SOVIET'S DREAMS FADE.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 December 1932, Page 4

SOVIET'S DREAMS FADE.

DEAF EAR TO PROMPTERS.

SEEKING- TRADE WITH RICH POWERS.

("Sun" Special)

LONDON, Monday

With its dreams of a world revolution growing fainter as economic and political problems are receiving more attention, the Soviet is leading a kind of double life, asserts the Moscow correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian. ' '

Slogans of the revolutionary faith are still religiously shouted across the Red Square, while M. Litvinoff busily negotiates treaties with capitalist neighbours. The Third International's utterances, at the same time, diminish in importance. They do not represent the Soviet policy, as the Government becomes more respectable, and count for little in shaping its foreign policy. For example, the Comintern considers the Manchurian situation ' the worst form of capitalist exploitation, yet the Soviet regards it more leniently than Sir John Simon, the British Foreign Minister, and may ;even conclude a non-aggression pact with Japan, based on recognition of Man- ! chukuo. The Soviet is equally anxious to enter into a new trade agreement with Britain. It is not prepared to spend money in fomenting disturbances in India or elsewhere, but sets greater store on the expansion of trade with Britain, on the French Pact, and on' the prospect of diplomatic 'recognition by the United States. PLACATING ARMY. (Published in "The Times.") The Soviet, according to the Riga correspondent of "The Times," has ordered immediate investigation of the condition of soldiers' families throughout the country. The Soviet declares that local authorities are ignoring the privileges promised to soldiers' families, and thus are impairing their fighting efficiency. The army's pay was recently increased by 40 per cent., in order to improve its temper.

The cable would indicate that the Soviet Government is repeating the experience of more than one Labour Government in Australia, which, finding that theory and practice could not be reconciled, ignored the instructions of those who aspired to pull the political strings. The Communist PaTty is the only legalised political organisation in the Soviet Union, though non-party candidates are freely elected to public office. This party's directive body is the Central Committee, elected by the membership at the annual party congresses. This committee selects a small executive body, the Political Bureau, which makes decisions on policy to be followed by the Government. The Sec-retary-General of the Bureau is Stalin. The membership of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union on. April 1, 1931, was given as 2,258,908.

. The Government of the Soviet Union, consists of a Union Central Executive Committee and a Union Council of People 's Commissaires. The former, is elected by the Union Congress of Soviets, the supreme authority of the Union, and between congresses is the supreme legislatiyej administrative and judicial authority.