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HISTORY DOESN'T REPEAT ITSELF

World Copyright.. By arrangement with Darty flevold.

WHAT DO WE MEAN

BY DEMOCRACY?

CCORDING to the tradition of the West,

a democratic state is one in which the community possesses sovereign authori- ty, maintains ultimate con- trol over affairs and decides "THE FEATHERED SERPENT" what form of government

⚫ with Roland Wintors a3 CHARLIE CHAN

ORIENTAL

shall be set up.

By .N.

Carew

Hunt

whose book "The Theory and Practice of published in January by Communisrn,' Geoffrey Bles. Ltd. has caused much interest. He is an expert on political theory, and an au- thoritative writer on international problems.

since group

Europe Honours Great Composer

BY.

PAUL KUTSCHE

B

7HEN Johann Sebas- Sweden's commemoration

with a jumped the gun tinn Bach died on Minor Mass performance by July 28, 1750 in the Swedish Concert Society Leipzig, Europe mourned its tast December. At the end of greatest organist, but few a year heavy knew that he was also the Concert Society will offer three

Bach

evenings December 13, world's greatest composer. 14, and 13.

few

with Bach, the

Two centuries later, Bach's The Netherlands and Britain, creative genius in one of the two countries where the "Bach cultural 'forcen strong Cult" is most highly developed, enough to unite all of Europe. are presenting s works as close to the original as possible. Nearly every European nation The Netherlands' Bach Society

commemorating the bicen- and tenary of his death with special Performances of his works. Enstom Germany, where Leip zig itself to located, as well Bach's

the British Broadcasting Company recently called 매 neient instrument ke the viola da gamba, d'amore, the birthplace, Eisenach, the recorder.

the viola harpsichord, and

for outstanding

held 剔除 biggest celebration: concerts of Bach's smaller

June 20 when

presented at An Bach competition.

prizes were works. International

choral

the Mars in

war-damaged Thomas Church at Leipzig will be re- bull. Here Bach was Kapell meister, and composed Unc most colossal of his works. including B Minor and the Pansion Ac cording to Saint Mathew. Lale tivals will and Bach's coffin, rescued from the ruins of another church in

this summer, Bach fea

be held in Leipz.

the city, will be placed in the

reconstructed Thomas Church.

Lotters and votes

All over Germany, East

Bach concerto

and

and

Major works

Mathew and

The major works the St St John Passion, the Max and the Brandenburg concertos--will be perfonned y socletics in both countries. The Netherlands, however, is but În exquisite cialising little-played music Goldberg Variations, Das Must-

the

kalische Opfer, and pleces from the Orgelbuechlein. Both the Edinburgh Festival Amsterdam Festival will feature

and

thu

Bach's muse strongly this year. Latin countries seem as eager as the rest of Europe to honow the Protestant German cumpo ser. Portugal's Lisbon Music exhibitions will be held. The

ne Conservatory presented the St city of Goelungen has drawn Mathew Passion

recently, and the church choirs have performed

West alike,

on

to

and the university stnie for letters and notes written by Bach, which wil be on exhibition from July 23

Later August 6.

in the year, the exhibition may be lent to Copenhagen.

of purely

musical com memorations, the most outstand- ing was undoubtedly the Pablo

nationality (not, as originally, Cosal festival at Prades, in the

only those engaged upon uustive work); organization today church organisation may publle nominate its candidates.

wilailo

evea

Pro-French Pyrenees, The self-

any exiled

Spanish cellist, who nswore he

would never play while France ruled in Spain, gathered some of the world's finest interpreters

his shorter works all this year. Venice has been the centre of Italy's commemorations. The Antonio Vivaldi Musical So- three notable elety sponsored concerts, perhaps to mark Fuch's indebtedness to the great 18th century Venclina poser.

com-

of

Secker of truth

Organ, violin, cello and chura! concerts were also given in the May celebrations, alfended by Yet it is imposible to accept Bach's Instrumental musle and musical scholars from all over the continually repeated asser-the dite of Bach

Chrope. lovers in Hon that elections in Russia are Europe and America, The re- Roman Catholle and Protes- free, whereas in other countricoult was a series of concerts tast, capitalist and Communist, their recorded ver Europe pays homage to a genius they are always carried out un-which, in In the old days of the Greek

der pressure

-slons, will probably be enjoyed who has survived a social re- of capitalist city state it

volution and Innumerable wars. tereals. For although the can- for many years to come. exercised these

Denmark's musical of pro- didates need not be Parly mem-

societies An old-fashioned functions directly, but as stales more democratic than the most volution.

composer a Bach Week during his own lifetime, Bach is grew larger, this became in democratie bourgeois republic," fessonal conspirators might bern, all must be approved by will celebrate

October, with perfor- teday more modern than ever. about possible, and thus there

It is under arose

the dictatorship very

a the local Party organisation late in well bring

carries out, after the minces of in choral and in- One of his blographers called vurious forms of representative of the proletariat that Russia revolution in a backward coun, which

unblased Seeker Government of which the most sving, and this is retry in which the proletariat kad names have been published, an strumental works on the radio him "an

truth."-United Press. of internal "primary" (to which and concert stage. democratie of all is present-day presented as the true "prolet not yet reached that stage parliamentary government based in democracy" as opposed to development which, according the Constitution makes no re- upon universal suffrage. We the spurious "bourgcols de- to Marx, constituted its justifiea ference) and eliminates the on-

under need not pursue the

tion, definition mocracy" of the West.

desirables Again, the democracy further. In

Thus the Russian revolution single-party thu

What then is the difference was carried

pledged to sup last analysis there are but

two

whatever the Government juncts

two conceptions? which successfully exploited the port between the of government-these

to do, so that ណ stllutional

and

disparages those which Lenin

a commies were their enemies. The

little difference government by realt was that the country was it makes very which can only be changed by "bourgcols", is STALKING

sliscussion carried

And out through reduced to a state of chaos, ro walch of them is elected. institutions, that Lenin had no option but 10 In care

any.

there is only one Parliamentary whereas "proletarian democracy"

detatorship which candidate to vote for. enblish a is the rule of the Cominalis

he may have intended, to ba Parly conducted in accordanc

dane provisional, but which Stolin with the principal of "demo- hat made permanent, cmlle centralism", which means Diat every lower Party organ must obey the order of the higher, and thus ultimately he

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Main St to sprongs by fchat Baksas and R. Behard Rank ara aeront in Kumar Koons » "DEAN BITIET

THE Russian conception of de

mocracy, which is shared by all Communist Parties, differa

Inner ring of leaders who form radically from the western idea,

the Polltbureau. During the In his "State and Revolution", written a few months before he st years, groups within the Party were Indead permitted, seized power, Lenin outlined

but in 1921 any form of distem

it-

no om-

No Exception

The island that frightens explorers

towards

the

island.

the Belgian Waves 15ft. high are frequently

JOHANNESBURG. drifts HXPLORERS in Ex

Congo are trying to solve seen. the problem of how to reach an and that has never been trodden by man. It stands In the middle of the mighty Conge from a width of several miles

A Travesty

FINALLY, the Supreme Soviet River, just where

has no powers comparable to

to

has no powers comparable

direction of Athe same time Communist those of a normal parliamentary

theory contains certain objec- body, as the

Western on to

democracy, pulley 1 in the hands of due weight must Politbureau. also be given. Marx taught, and Lenin repeated, that the in-

to half a mile.

it narrows

The Jaland is reputed to house a rate of pygies Selentista are axious to explore it in view of the theory now held that man's origin was in South Cen- tral Africa.

No boat can

It is thought that forms of remain afloat life different from those so far few minutes in known might have developed on

the island.

the

more than a

such a torrent.

The waters race past. A boat

In 1947 the Russian preco re-

Many have tried to teach the

has been taler-lutions of every class-divided corded with pride that 99.7 of can be quickly broken up if ilanl. All attempia have failed,

the form of joverurnent he was condemned us "fuction. And to these tended to introduce during thu allem, and thereafter period which would elapse be clal opposition tween the overthrow of {lia capitalist order and the estab- lishment, In Use more or less distant future, o! Communist society, and to this he gave the hame of

of the dictatorship the proletariat," a term that he

#

led.

Long Process

was

Та

codlety Invariably reflected the the electorate had gone to the Intercola of the dominant clam polls, and that 09.18 had voted and

suspect. for the official candidates.

no exception. but u

therefore Parliamentary government was the western mind such unanimity It was nothing is the best potable proof that was o fraudulent device of the the whole proceeding

for THIS development must in part buurgeoisie keeping

the Russians the travesty, and that be attributed to the logic masses in subjection, and the are experts in Marx, who had ttle interest of

rts in racing elections Mirx franchise only As

permitted them they wish, has been sufll- in social planning, had not ta- grew older he came increasing periodically to elect zone mem- elently demonstrated In the deed precisely defined its na is to conceive of revolution not ber of the exploiting clars to catellite states. But an election

had borrowed from Marx.

circumstances.

those technlest

to

iure, but Western Marxists held as a coup d'etat which could misrepresent them in Parlia- in Russia is not intended that he meant a Workers' State be carried out at any time, but ment. The two-party system signify what I docs, for ex- which would be democratic in as the culmination of a long was equally indefensible, and ample, in the United States. Ute ordinarlly

accepted sense, dialectic process on a result of there would be no need for it in. It is not held in order to decide i.c. one in

which the workers which the proletariat, by vir a classiess society in which the which of

two partles chould would rul either directly tue of an elemental force in workers would be represented form a

a government, but to pro- Wrough

their freely elected herent le 1 Fradually a by the Communist Party which vide a periodical opportunity representatives; and when they quired

altest thic and formed their vanguard, since if for the masses to

their saw that Lenin's "dictatorship" other qualities which: would a second party agreed with it loyalty to A government which was nothing of the kind, they enable it not only to take over was superfluous, while if it did there is no question of changing. loudly protested. Lenin singled the national economy from the not it should be suppressed in For to be allowed at stated in- out the foremont of them,

the bourgeoisie but also to run that the public interest.

tervals to vote for a candidate German leader Karl Kautsky, economy more efficiently.

who has no more power than and in 1910 launched against

None the less the electoral the voter himself to challenge him a violent diatribe in which But Lenin did not believe in system has been introduced into the monolithle Party is the he explained that the "revolu- this elemental force, and hold Rusla. The Stalin Constitution ezence of "proletarian do- tionary dictatorship of the pro- that the revolution could only of 1830 claims to be the most mocracy, and all that can be letariat" would be maintained be brought about by a highly democratle in the world", as in- said is that this implies a con- by "power unrestricted by any organized, and disciplined band dred at first alght it is, peeing ception of democracy which has laws", but that it constituted of revolutionaries which con that anyone over eighteen who never been held rince the term "proletarian democracy" and stituted the Party, This mado is domiciled in the country may first entered the currency that this wa "million times nonsense of the dialectic of re- vale without regard to race or political thought.

of

POCKET CARTOON

by OSBERT LANCASTER

"Lady Littlehampton renda ire love and please do you think the Rosseans will move

before Goodwood !"

Two died making them.

Explorers hoped that their curiosity would at fast be sails- feel when a

helicopter arrived

in the district.

The pilot flew over the tumb- ling waters, studied the dense vegetation, and refused to ot- tempt a landing.

Dense foliage has always de- feated efforts

to study inland from the banks telescope.

the

by

days

Оп calm, wludien branches have been reen sway- ing, as they do under the weight of monkeys. monkey has

there.

cver

But по bean seen

The Congo In its 3,000 miles length contains 4,000 Inlands, This one

remains unmopped" except for a rough outline of its shape..

It is as much a mystery now as on the day when a while man first set foot in Africa.

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