During the first period of it: existence the Soviet Government! set itself the task of introducing! 10 Russia communistic principles at' any cost. The foreign policy of the Soviets consisted mainly in the propaganda of communism among different nations for which purpose: enormous sums of the Russian gold reserve were spent. All the communists expected. the World's Revolution which was to strengthen the Soviet réyime in Russia and spread waves of communism all over the world.
communists' expectations were not realized either in their home or foreign policy and fearing to lose their power in the general chaos that reigned supreme in Russia, they had no other alternative but to begin a retreat and to find other ways to retain their power.
Events then) taking place in Russia imperatively pointed the way towards capitalism whereas the position in foreign countries showed that there was little hope for the coming of the World's Revolution. All this forced the commun. ists to establish economic and diplo matic relations with foreign Powers and to insist on recognition, which aid not prevent the communists from carrying on their propaganda and trying to organize the World's Revolution at some future date.
The Soviet power in acknowledging the failure of her communistic policy admits the fact of her re treat. Among others is the characteristic speech delivered by Lenin when the Bolsheviks began to make concessions to capital:
"The retreat 1s very unpleasant but when you are beaten it is not a question of whether you like it or not, the army retreats and nobody is surprised about it." (''Pravda" No. 249).
Lenin further says that the communists will stop their retreat and begin to advance as soon as they have a chance to get a hold on anything.
A_more definite note: was struck by Lenin at the eighth conference of communists at Moscow when he said that "'all the attention should be concentrated en the economic system. If we do no: succeed in introducing higher technical standards than existed in Russia before, there can be no mention of re-establishing the national economy and it will be impossible to introduce communism. The organization of the national economy on a new basis is impossible without foreign specialists."
In his speech on Russia's_rele-! tions with foreign Powers Lenin! says that a "the communists have correctly estimated the intensity of the imperialistic competition and have also understood that we shall have to make use of their dissent and deprive them of the possibility to fight us. We have won to ourselves such a position that we can still subsist parallel to imperialistic states who are now compelled to enter into commercial relations with us.'?
Industry Returning: The Attitude of Different Classes
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