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TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST · 12,

1936.

HERBERT MORRISON

IR WALTER CITRINE'S "I Search for Truth in Russia" (Rontledge, 10. d.). will have a varied

reception.

propagandists

Reactionary will pick and choose extracts from the volume with a view to proving that Communist Russla Is the world's greatest failure.

Those Communists whose opinions are determined by pre- conceived views on polley rather than by fact will go up in the al." They will denounce the book as a hel on Soviet Russin and as an insult to the heroic struggle of the workers and peasants of the Suvlet Union for cconende emancipation and advancement,"

Both will be wrong. They will be wrong because they have he come accustomed to the idea that all books about Rus:da are propagandist books.

O

N this bis second visit to

the Soviet Union after A break of ten years, Sir Walter Citrine has not been con- cerned with propaganda. He went to Russia to see what was to be soen: he went as a seeker for the truth.

Day by day he recorded in a note book Citrine is shorthand writer) things he saw, facts that were given to him by witnesses, sometimes after examination or even cross-examination, and the principal points of conversation he had with all kinds of people during his long journey.

I

read through masses of de- Grces, annual reports and statis- tical returns. He came to conel- slons and recorded them in his diary, and here, in this book, the diary i printed.

The mind of Sir Walter Citrine is one of the most honest analy- Ural and objective minds in the British Labour Movement,

That is why he is so hated by the Communists. For the man who will. not cringe to them is black-sted and made the subject of abusive attack and Interruption at pubile meetings.

I do not alwayh wires with Chris mind and camelusions. He is very British, and when in Russia

Search for TRUTH

in Russia

A REVIEW BY

The Right Honourable. Herbert Morrison, M.P.

he perhaps finds it a little more difficult to be a Russian" than I. do,

He makes generous allowance for the great difference between Rus- sia and Britain, but perhaps not quite enough for the differing economic, political and social con- ditions, and for the very different customs and racial or national traditions.

The Bolshevik jack of under- standing of these differences is in- finitely more serious; they hardly understand them at all,

Yet the real approach is an the basis that these differences aro real: that they are going to last for a long time, maybe for cen-

urles.

And, after all, these differences. of national temperament and tradition are not without their charm. They go to make up the interest of this varied world,

Throughout, the diary appears to be the result of that honest and courageous mental entlook characteristic of the British T.U.C. Secretary..

He is concerned with the truth as he sees 11, and he cares not in writing this fascinating and inter- esting record whether he pleases. ur displeases: And, to be of value, 15 in that spirit that the diary of the setentiile observer should be written.

What, broadly, are hia conclu sions?

это

They

these. That the economic and suglul effects of Soviet effort constitute one of the most important worth-wille social adventures in the history of man- kind: that management is not yet at a high state of efflclency, and that the industrial workers are driven at a pretty fast paće, de- spite the fact that until recent years they were not extensively accustomed to the rush of modern Industrialism,

H

OUSING. bullding work and capital-equipment are very. imperfect, the Impressions continue. but there Inay br. in part at any rate, understandable reasoris for this at the present juncture.

That in many respects definite and important, improvements have taken place in the last 10 years, and the social and economic con- dition of the people, particularly the children, has advanced and is facts, sometimes by gentle ques- somrilmes by almost cross-examination, runs

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Citrine was treated very well. He was shown every consideration, in Recordance with the delightful $6,000,000 hospitality of the Russians.

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He had gone to seek the truth, 117-122, Leadenhall Street, London. E.0.3. and. please or offend, it was the

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truth was determined to get.

Yet I am quite certain that at

14-10, Cockapur Street, Landun, 9.W.1. BHANCHES--Bombay, Calcutta, Calicut Coimbatore, Colombo, Hongkong, Bindras, the end of his visit the Bolsheviks Shanghai, Singapore.

had initely more respect for him Agencies in all petoripal towns of the than for many of the tourists who General Exchange and Banklar basisem go to Itusja wanting only to be- transactul. Lone and overdratis granted on approved security, Current and Fixed Deporteve the best. Indeed, that was almost admitted by the Russians accounts opened.

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Tonisky disputed most of this with all his old fire and rallery. We left him und Bron, after a long con Vormation, uni he concluded by say- *ing almort sorrowfully, “You remain the Lame clever, courageous, but stubborn fellow you always were.”

Saboru I cried. Stubborn. He calls me stubborn. Talk about the put calling the kettle black)" Indicted tint I was hard to convince, but one I had been convinced, my convictions usted long,

Two other distinguished British

advancing: although the progress has been checked by the vast in- erense in expenditure on the -armed forces.

That, novertheless, the economic condition of the Russian workers is definitely inferior to that of our country and of most of the West- ern communities; and, finally, that the political dictatorship is irk- some, tyrannical and injurious to intellectual freedom and the speed of economic advancement.

No simple tourist swallowing everything at its face value was thla distinguished British trade unionist.

He had taken pains to get as much ns he could into his head He about Russia before he went, uned his knowledgo and his wits while he was there.

COMPARISONS

between

Russian and - British wages and prices are exceedingly difficult to make.

The following passage between Citrine and a factory committee, In the presence of the manager, shows

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the spirit of thoroughness in which LONDON SERVICE he conducted his investigations.

"flow do these wages compare with what was paid that your?” I Inquired.

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'Oh they are definitely higher.” was the reply

"How much higher do you think?” "We can't tell you exactly with- out poling into the books," said the manager, after a moment's

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'But all that is not clear increase in real wages." I said. "You had round about ten per cent. Increase t the beginning of 1935, breause of the abolition of bread rationing didn't

You?

I remember rending that the Government had decreed that be cause bread was going to cost more the workers would be given this in-

crease."

**That is 30. Conrade Citrine."

"So that was riot an actual in erease at all, was 17 It only mude up what the workers would lose because of increased prices. Are These iniciüuses in waget bring main- Lained?

"They vary

from worker to worker, but they are going up all the ture."

"What about the prices in the shops; they are Increasing. too. Aren't they?" asked,

The tendency is towards unity prices in all stores,” said my guide Ultimately we shall have the same lees for everybody,"

This determination to get at the Socialists paid serious visits to -Russia-Sidney and Beatrice Webb. The result was their monumental and

Ewo exceedingly. valuable volumes, "Soviet Commumim.”

The Citrine's book is n diary. dlary of a man who is concerned with the ascertainment of facts rather than the elaborations et a social philosopher and a political scientist.

Citrine's Some may consider book to be a Lie on the harsh side, sonte may consider the Webba' volumes to be somewhat loo bene- volent.

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Y advice to those who have read the Webb Abook is to be sure to read Citrine's book. To those who read Citrlue's book to read the Webbs volumes as well.

In any case, Sir Waller Citrine is to be congratulated on his pains- taking work.

There will be rows about his book; it will create controversy. But it is a book of high value, writ- ten by a man who scorns any policy that ignores facts..

It is an essential book for those who seek the truth about the great Soviet Union and the results of the Bolshevik revolution.

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