THREE MAIN • POINTS.
Apart from the mass of most -interesting detail in the book there are three Main. points. developed by Mr, Ivy Lee which seem to . ine of profound interest. The first of these is the distinction which has .to be made between the Soviet official Government and the International Communist Party in Russia. Another point is the extraordinary mentality of Russia towards her external financial obligations and, indeed, towards other , nations in general. Thirdly, there is the great problem whether Russia will swing .towards the West and civilization or whether she will continue her aggressive propaganda in the East and such countries, for example, as China and India.
With regard to the first of these points, Mr. Lee holds that even in Russia there is a great difference between the members of the Soviet and the extreme International Communists. Briefly, the former may be said to have learned a good deal from experience and to have begun to realize that it is impossible to continue revolutionary processes for ever, and that the work of construction requires not only capital but intercourse with the other nations of the world. The International Communists, on the other hand, still burn with revolutionary ardour and arc possessed with the idea that their mission is to produce revolution in other countries, though how such conditions are likely to minister to the good of their own country, of course, passes comprehension.
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