The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 12, 1925, Page 10

HE bourg niale an and their lackeys of the os (Socialist). Interna- tional, hypocritigally and falgely. shout about “Red Militarism.” “Red Imper- ialism,” “The Red Danger,” etc., and hence allege that the U. S. S. R. has an army. It would be superfluous to prove that the proletarian power is not car- rying on an imperijalist policy and that it is of its very nature an irre- concilable enemy of any kind of im- perialist aspirations, The whole struc- . ture of the Soviet regime, the very form of political training of the army in itself differs sharply from that of the armies of capitalist countries— this is sufficient to prove that the demagogical jslogan “Red Imperial- ism” is absolutély *benséless; : S far as the’ numerical strength’ of* the Red! army ‘fs coticerned,’ this is an absolute minimum,’ ‘The Réd army is composed of 563,000°men, ‘i. e., one Red army man to every 231 members of the population of the U. S. S. R. and for every verst of the frontier there are only 11 men, while in Poland, which has an army of 263,000 there is one soldier for every 107 members of the population, i. e. the military force of Poland in so-called peace time is more than twice than that of the U. S. S. R. For Roumania, which has an army of 163,929 the figures work out at one soldier to 103 inhabitants, i. e. the military strength of Roumania is even greater than; thateof. “Poland. For France whose army *antounts to 685,- 459, i. e. the proposition is one sol- diers per 57 inhabitants, France’s mili- tary strength as compared with U. S. S. R. is simply monstrous. They also like to. retort, that in actual numbers our army is bigger than that of any other country, ‘First, this is untrue; France for instance, has a much larger army than we have, and second, if we take into con- sideration the fact that it is not sim- ply some one state which will fight against the PJ . S, S. Ry byt also. the little Bon 4 and pouty Japan, we then see that in peace time there are 843,529 men on thé Side’ of thé “coal- ition” a figure far in excess of our army. These are: sufficient reasons for saying that the Red army, with its negligible quantity of men is far from occupying the first place, and it will be truer to say, takes the last place. What do these figures signi- fy? They signify that with an army of such dimensions there could not be even any. thought of “imperialist attacks” Union. Former Russia did~have im- perialist tenglencies and«it: had an army nearly three times as big as the present one. UT malicious people generally re- ply to this by saying: “All right, let us assume that the Bolsheviks really have a small army. But to make up for that, they say, they spend crazy sums in preparing for war and in this manner, they say, they redeem the insufficiency of their numerical strength and at the same time usually refer to the fact» that we are. intro- ducing a territorial, system... Let us examine these two arguments. What does the existence. of a territorial- militia system in the U. S. S. R. sig- nify? This-system permits us to keep under arms the smallest number of men possible leaving the largest pos- sible number free to be employed in productive labor. This alone goes to show that a state adopting such a system cares more about raising the standard of its economy than about warfare. Second, if we remember the numbers of railways in the U.'S. 8.'R. and approximately the time necéssary for rallying all the people occupied on the economic front thruout the whole extent of Mother Russia, it will be quite clear to all that the “cam- paigns” which give Mr. Chamberlain no rest, cannot even be thought of by the Red army. The introduction of a territorial system is the best proof of the fact that the state is only’ preparing for defense and not for attack. — No with regard to fiance. We will base our conclusions not on the information of “our own cor respondents” but ¢m the basis of offi- cial state records of the U. 8. 8. R. and other states. The war budget of the U. S. S. R. in 1924-25 amounts on the part ofthe Soviet, to 406 millions, plus 6 million rubles released subsequently, i.e. a total of 412 million rubles which includes expenditures on the fleet and war in- dustry. This figure represents 16 per cent of the total’ state’ expenditure while in Great Brifain war budget for 1925-26 (From March 1,°1925 amounts to £120,513,000 sterling, which in Sov- iet rubles amounts to 1,070,191,230.) We therefore, see from this that there are some who dre’ spending much more'than the U. 8S. 8. R: on arma- ments.- Poland has: a war budget of 680,500,000 zloti (540 millions accord- ing to the estimate, plus 40 millions already received on account of the 70 ‘millions demanded’ by Askorsky), or 84+per cent.of the total state expen- diture.. In this matner Polaié is’ all measures: taken of late in China and Morocco. Polish attacks, on the frontiers of the U. 8. S. R., a frantic increase in the air fleet, the construc- tion of new’ war ships;/néw naval bas- es,'etc., etc. All go to’ show that the iiperialists’ are: préparing new wars. squandering more’ than one-third ’ of’ its. budget on preparation for war, while the U.S. 8S. R. is spending only one-sixth or.in other words Poland is preparing for. war twice as inten- sively as the U. S: S. R. In Soviet money Poland is spending approxi- mately 255 million rubles, At first glance this might seem less than the U. S. S. R. If we speak in absolute figures, then Poland is of course spending less, but if we take the com- parative size of the states, the co- relation becomes quite different. If we take these figures in relation to the population, we find that in tlie U. S. S. R. war expenditure amounts to 3r. 16k. per head of the population, while in Poland 9r. 10k. Where and by whom the greater preparations are being carried on one may judge for oneself. : R France the latter figure (war expenditure per member of the population) amounts to 154 francs or approximately 38-39 rubles i, e., the war preparations of the state which cries loudest about the “Red Dan- ger” and about “Red Imperialism” leaves no doubt. In this manner “mad sums” may also be relegated to the domain of the usual gossips of “our own” correspondents, They also make a very poor show, about ,“imperial- ism.” Resources are spent on the army just in so far as is necessary for preparing for the defense of the conquests of the working class. All that we have shown quite suf- ficiently confirm that the Red army is an army of the workers’ and peas- ants’ state and of the conquests of the working class. It is only because the U. S. S. R. is surrounded on all sides by bourgeois sharks with gaping mouths ready to swallow up the U. S. 8. R., it is only because there is not yet such a power of Soviets any- where in the world, for this reason only is' there such a stern necessity for a ‘workers’ and peasants’ Red jarmy. HAT is the cause of these hypo- critical wails in the bourgeois (and Second International) camp about the Red budget? This is be- cause, they (the bourgeois states) are all themselves partly preparing and partly already conducting a war. The budget figures (constant increase of budget for military expenditure) show this in an illuminating fashion as also ——— BEB A Blow Sa ne ie DARD. wh CR Naat Ps ab ER EL PLE ERE AOI a Ai Nn PERETTI a i A EF The contradictions of the imperial- ists are too strong and too evident to allow the slightest doubt as to this. The policy of the U. S. S. R. is a policy of’ peace; the Red army is the guardian of the policy of the U.S. S. R.—the Red army is the guardian of the policy of peace. What arises from this?, The imperialists are pre- paring and are ready for war.:. Al- ready several times after the “‘peace conferences” there have been’ mo- ments , when, war: has seemed inevit- able. But it has not happened. ‘Why is this? This is because the im- perialists very well understand , the existence of the U. S. S. R. and the Réd army which-are decisive and real guardians of peace and. attentively follow ‘all these.preparations and at the.right moment will give a remind- er that they are “against the war.” The imperialists are perfectly aware of this and know that the Red army, which guards the peace of the Union of Soviet Republics will in general not allow this peace to be disturbed. One reminder about the existence of the Red army in a moment of in- tense preparation for war drives the imperialists frantic, for it partially (and to no small extent) cools their war fever. But one might reply to this that the Red army is not so strong that the mere fact of its exist- ence would influence the decision of world questions. Thatis so. Froma numerical and technical point of view the Red army is relatively weak, but The Red Army--The Guardian of Peace the strength taken at one with the masses, and in its international na- ture, its striving to preserve peace guarantees it the sympathy of tre mendous masses of toilers thruout the whole world, This force is’ already threatened and has not only to be considered. but has: even sometimés to be listened to, And the remaining . reason of the violent cries about the “Red Danger” is of course, the growth of the revolutionary movement thru- out the whole world. The bourgeotile has become temporarily “stabilized,” but it knows very well that its rule is coming to an end. : HIS. of course; enrages the bour: geoisie. ‘Therein lies the real rea- son for the cry about danger. The im- « perialists, fear that ‘thé Redarmy will - not allow them to dfsturb peace, drag: the masses. into war and ctake’ sthe >. revolution njust «: And safter sally : vengeance® on “the: when they want to. the whole of their policy and all their measures are based on .warfare .and struggle against revolution and it is. obvious that when this basis is under- mined, they begin to yell. They scream and try to save their skins. The aim of ‘our article is to show the masses the root of the evil is not to be found in the person of the Red army, but in those. who are shouting about Red imperial- ism for, the Red army as has been shown already, by its very nature cannot have imperialist tendencies. But, defending the conquests of the working class, the U. S. S. R. guards peace and is ready to meet the peace- breakers with an insuperable resist- ance. In the struggle for peace and on behalf of the conquests .of the | working class the Red army, ig always ready for action. on NOTHING WILL STOP DETROIT RED YOUTH __ CELEBRATION SUNDAY onTRork Mich, ‘Sah. 11—The Red Youth affair, the International Youth Day celebration which was postponed for a week will be held on Sunday Sept. 13th at Campbell’s Grove, at 12 noon the same grounds formerly arranged for. This affair is being held in conjunction with organizations representing Hindu, Chinese and Negro workers; also several trade unions and working women’s organizations and promises to be the biggest ever held in De- troit. In case of bad weather the celebration will be held in the House of the Masses. Don’t forget—Big works start at 12 noon—Lets go! ’_ * 2 ETROIT Young Worker’s League Sport Alliance and the Cleveland Young Workers League Soccer Team participated in Labor Day program in Belle Isle. The Clevéland Young Workers Team evened the score with the Young Workers Sport Alliance of Detroit by beating them in a return ; Thy game:—(One to Nothing). The Young Workers Sport Alliance has been vic- torious in a previous game by beating them 3-0 in Cleveland. The Cleveland team scored early in the first half the only point in the whole game. The ball travelled at fast rate thru the entire game being in Detroits territory in the first half. After Detroit changing the field play- ers to different positions, started to make a rally in the last half. They kept the ballnear their opponents goal quite steadily. The last ten minutes of the game Detroit dangerously threatened Clevelands goal, only the fire work of the Clevelanders saved the day for them. After the game the Detroit Young Workers Sport Alliance gave a ban- quet to the Cleveland Young Work- ers Soccer Team at the House of the Masses, 2646 St. Aubin, After the various talks made by, the members of both teams, and the dancing with the music furnished by the Young Work- ers Sport Alliance, our reception com- mittee. escorted the Clevelanders to the boat. And so ended a really en- joyable day! If you want to see the Com- munist movement grow—get a sub for the DATLY WORKER. _THE LENINIST YOUTH CAMP OF NEW YORK. em