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An inconspicuous news item, sent out from Moscow recently, contain- ed an announcement which prob- [ably heralds the most Important development in Soviet Russia in several years. According to this an- nouncement, Russia's Army was preparing to take a new oath of al- legiance. The 1,300,000 soldiers of Europe's largest army are to pledge their loyalty, for the first time, not to the "workers of the whole

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world," but to the Soviet Union, upon patriotism in Russia was cer their own country. They are to take tainly one of the chief causes for the new pledge as "citizens of the disputes between himself and many Soviet Union,” and not as "sons of

of his revolutionary associates which the working class,"

internal precipitated an as they have done since 1917.

struggle which has raged in Russia .

To students of Soviet Commun- since August, 1936. The struggle, in turn, weakened Russia at a mo- ism, this was indeed a momentous announcement. It helped to answer

ment of international crisis, and

a number of questions about Soviet affected all those countries in Eu- Russia which arose after the Mun- rope or Asia which had depended ich settlement had so completely upon her own resources. Russia has shattered Russia's ties with Europe. other nations in history which become as violently nationalistic as In particular, it suggested an an- swer to the question, “What foreign world. To-day young Russians are broke off connections with the outer policy will Russia pursue in a post- being taught that most foreigners Munich world?"

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are "outer barbarians." Even the "working class” of other countries One thing seems clear: Soviet which was excepted for a time from chieftains, after several months of official denunciations, is now discussion, have adopted for their garded with suspicion in Moscow. army an oath of allegiance which is purely nationalist for the first time since the revolution. They thus car-

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Russia's growing isolating and

ry to a logical conclusion the ten- extreme nationalism- have already dency toward nationalism in Russia affected her foreign policy. Since They are caught n which first became apparent in the revolution Moscow has really been ever since 19 1933, after Hitler's rise to power in had two foreign offices, one the re- of a dilemma. If Germany. Once again, after 20 gular foreign commissariat of her Communist Interna years of Marxian internationalism, Soviet Government, and the other dissolve the myth Russia has thus swung back to na- the Communist International. The the

fountain-head tionalism. Moscow's socialism, a latter, designed originally to "fo- munist revolution. system of state ownership of every- ment world revolution," was trans- several factors. thing, thus officially becomes

formed under Stalin into a non- Moscow, by dissol tional socialism. Russia's Commun- revolutionary organisation, whose tern, would destro ist rulers have taken another step foreign members were compelled to basis of the most toward dissolving the legend that serve the interests of the Soviet bination against h they are a "general staff of world Union rather than the revolution- her chances of ob revolution," whose government and ary aims of their own countries. ist allies. But, on army belong, not to Russia, but to Since 1934, Moscow has compelled she would lose the the "international working class." Comintern Communists to join "po- pular fronts” with all kinds of non-

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It seems reasonable to interpret revolutionary political parties to the new army oath of allegiance as resist anti-Soviet movements of a formal admission that Russia's every kind. Some of these "popular present rulers have turned away fronta" had ephemeral success, but from the whole conception of invariably failed in times of na- "world revolution," and intend to tional crisis, because the citizens of concentrate their attention

national states usually fear and upon the development of a Soviet Rus- distrust fellow-citizens who sian national-state. Circumstances their orders from a foreign capital appear to have convinced them that and a foreign ruler. national patriotism is more effec- If Stalin abolished the Commun- tive in holding together the citizens ist International now, he would em- of a modern state than the more barrass Germany, Italy and Japan, vague appeals of a “world soviet who have used the Comintern as republic,"

the pretext for their "anti-Comin-| Looking back, one can see that tern bloc." He would compel these. Stalin foresaw and predicted his states to change the ideological 40 m.p.g. On a rece The Vauxhall 10:1 government's present state of isola basis for the alliance to which they trial, over 1,000 mile tion, and began to build up ener are now inviting new adherents all the 10 h.p. Saloon di getically, with the assistance of his through Central and Eastern Eu- progapanda machine, the feeling of rope and even in. Asia. patriotism, verging upon chauvin ism, which the founders of Bolshe It is doubtful, however, whether, vism scorned. Stalin's insistence the Soviet rulers will go that far.

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