SOVIET SPLIT

Hokitika Guardian, 25 October 1928, Page 5

SOVIET SPLIT

f ON ECONOMIC PROBLEM. (United Press;. Association—By; Electric .i f Telesrriph—-Copyright). \ . P ... ...LONDON,. Oct. 23. „ Y “It may sepm strange to you, comrades, but -we have failed to uproot ; Capitalism.. Indeed, there, is a more - solid ibasis for capitalism ■in Russia r than for l .Communism,” said President / Stalin, addressing'.the Bolshevik:Party according to , the “Daily. News’ ’ Moscow correspondent. President / Stalin added ‘‘Even the restoration of Capitalism is possible, .“because, al-r-.-.'ithough we can remove, people exhibit- ' ing tendienbiesjfAwe cannot eliminate the danger, , which is. the direct consequence of the present conditions.” He admitted that a battle between ;the ‘Right’ and, . the ‘Left’, had; been proceeding since the grain requisitions began in February. He denied that the Bolshevik ‘Right’ partisans within the inner political .bureau were the keystone, of the Bolshevik . power. Presidcn b ; Stalin promised practical measures, not a mere war of words, against op-

ponents. The “Daily New?” points out that there is a widening gulf within Sovietism which indicates, it says, that the economic problem is growing worses and that it may destroy Bolshcvisih. ' 5 :• , k