DESTINY OF BOLSHEVISM

Taranaki Daily News, 31 January 1931, Page 5

DESTINY OF BOLSHEVISM

FIVE YEAR PLAN THE TEST

industrialisation scheme A SUCCESS ON THE SURFACE DANGER OP ITS FAILURE By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. London, Jan. 29. ‘The success of the Five-Year Plan is the outstanding question in Russia,” says Mr. C. J. Ketchum in the Daily Express. “The whole destiny of Bolshevism depends on the answer. Stalin aims at converting the populace, 85 per cent, of which, are peasants, into a populace of 85 per cent, successful industrialists. If he fails Russia will again be a bloody battlefield of new sociological experiment. “On the surface the plan is succeeding. Immense factories are springing up and cities are being born in the night. Magnificent modern plants are being completed in every corner of the land. “Stalin has long realised that he cannot achieve his ends by employing revolutionaries as organisers alone, so he unearthed the few remaining engineers of the old regime. If they fail to produce a programme in time they will be accused of sabotage and will suffer imprisonment, exile or death. Workmen are practically slaves, hence, personally, I believe the Five-Year Plan must fail.”