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Many
prominent people are now predicting war between Red China and the Soviet
Union either in the near of distant future. It is assumed that such a war
will find the United States either neutral or allied with the Soviet Union.
A corollary of this assumption is that American foreign policy, as it
relates to the Soviet Union, should be one of appeasement.
The question of the
possibility of war between Russia and China is of the utmost importance. An
intelligent discussion of this question must take due note of both communist
theory and practical politics.
Communist Theory
Marxism teaches that war is the child of capitalism, and that war
between socialist or communist countries is unthinkable since the cause of
war has been destroyed.
The most powerful
recruiting argument of communism has been the blunt statement that the
triumph of communism automatically abolishes war. Whittaker Chambers stated
that every intelligent person of his acquaintance who embraces communism,
did so because of the Marxist argument that capitalism inevitably caused
depression and war, and that the abolition of capitalism would produce
peace.
Marxist Analysis of Capitalism
The Marxist argument that capitalism causes war is very persuasive. I
will attempt a brief summary. It states that capitalism produces goods and
distributes money. Because of the profit retained by the capitalists, the
money distributed is never adequate to purchase all the goods produced over
a long period. The following cycle therefore inevitably occurs: Production,
overproduction, unemployment, diminished purchasing power, increased
overproduction, increased unemployment, recession and depression. Capitalism
solves the problem of depression with its economic stagnation by war which
releases money to the population to buy up the surplus goods.
Millions of students
throughout the world accept this argument.
Since there are no
capitalists and no retained profits in the economic system set up by
communism, this cycle does not exist and therefore the necessity for war
ceases and war disappears.
To the communist who
accepts this Marxist doctrine with absolute faith, war between socialist
countries becomes unthinkable. Since both Communist China and the Soviet
Union are governed by communists devoted to this doctrine, it would seem
that both countries could ignore any possibility of war between them. The
doctrines declare war impossible.
The Capitalist Soviet Union
The proverbial fly, however, has appeared in the Marxist ointment. Today
those in control in Communist China state that the Soviet Union is a
capitalist country. They state it was formerly a socialist country governed
by the "dictatorship of the proletariat" but that a bourgeois
counterattack has now recaptured Russia for the capitalists and that
socialist economy has been replaced by capitalist economy. They claim that
the "dictatorship of the proletariat" has been replaced by the
"dictatorship of the bourgeoisie."
Since Russia is now
capitalist, it will obviously need war to solve its economic problems. It’s
therefore quite likely to attack Communist China. Communist China must,
therefore, build its military defenses to meet the dreaded capitalistic
assault and preserve socialism. It may even be necessary to initiate
military action to forestall capitalistic plunder. This is the way the
Chinese Communist leaders see the situation.
Surprising as the
information that the Soviet Union is now a capitalist state may be to most
communists and noncommunists, it is central to all that is taking place in
Communist China at present.
Consider the following
statement from an article in the "Liberation Army Daily" published
in the "Peking Review," July 15, 1966. It is pertinent to note
that the head of the Chinese Communist Army, known as the "Liberation
Army," is Lin Piao"
"The anti-Party
and anti-socialist activities of the bourgeoisie’s representatives on the
ideological and cultural fronts are intended to open up a road to the
restoration of capitalism.
"We know from
historical experience of the proletariat that the bourgeoisie invariably
uses two tactics in working for a counterrevolutionary comeback. One is
armed suppression of the proletarian revolution. . . The armed
counterattacks of the bourgeoisie, whether alone or in collusion with the
forces of international reaction, are an obvious, military form of staging a
comeback. It is easier to see and to notice, and people are more alert to
it. The other form of staging a comeback is ‘peaceful evolution.’ It
starts operating in the sphere of ideology in order to prepare public
opinion for a comeback, for subversion and a counterrevolutionary coup d’etat.
Once the conditions are ripe, they will seize state power and restore the
dictatorship of the bourgeoisie. People often fail to see this, fail to take
note of this and are not vigilant against this.
"The role of
advance guard in the 1956 counterrevolutionary riots in Hungary was played
precisely by a group of revisionist men of letters of the Petofi Club. The
Tito clique of Yugoslavia had long before defected through ‘peaceful
evolution.’ The Khrushchev revisionist group used the same method to
bring about a capitalist restoration in the Soviet Union. We must never,
never forget these historical lessons paid for in blood." (Pages 19 and
20)
The Peril in China
Since socialism in the Soviet Union has been overthrown by a bourgeois
counterrevolution, the Chinese Communist leaders have a paranoid fear that a
similar fate awaits the Chinese revolution. The purpose of the so-called
"great cultural revolution" presently taking place in Red China is
to avert such a dread development. Lin Piao makes this point in his speech
at a rally celebrating the 17th anniversary of the founding of
the People’s Republic of China. He states:
"Today,
we are celebrating this great festival amidst the upsurge of the great
proletarian cultural revolution. This revolution is a great revolution, an
entirely new and creative revolution, carried out after the seizure of
political power by the proletariat. It is to overthrow through struggle
the small handful of persons within the Party who have been in authority
and have taken the capitalist road, to sweep away all ghosts and monsters
in our society, and to break the old ideas, culture, customs and habits of
the exploiting classes and foster the new ideas, culture, customs and
habits of the proletariat, with a view to further consolidating the
dictatorship of the proletariat and developing the socialist system. The
historical experience of the dictatorship of the proletariat in the world
teaches us that if we fail to do so, the rule of revisionism will come
about and the restoration of capitalism will take place." (Peking
Review, October 7, 1966 Page 10)
Chou En-lai,
Premier of Communist China, makes the same point in his speech at the same
gathering:
"Our
great proletarian cultural revolution was initiated and has been led by
the great leader of our people Chairman Mao himself. Chairman Mao raised
the question after summing up the historical experience of the
dictatorship of the proletariat and class struggle both at home and
abroad. The historical experience of the dictatorship of the
proletariat cannot be consolidated and that to consolidate this
dictatorship it is imperative energetically to foster proletarian ideology
and eradicate bourgeois ideology, thoroughly dig out the ideological roots
of revisionism and firmly implant Marxism-Leninism, Mao Tse-tung’s
thought." (Peking Review, October 17, 1966, Pages 11 and 12)
The Wonderful, Wonderful Bourgeoisie
Unconsciously, these communist leaders pay tribute to the superior
qualities of these so-called bourgeois individuals. They always stress that
there are only a handful of bourgeoisie at large; yet their achievements are
enormous. A bourgeoisie must surely be more than 10 feet tall. The system
that creates bourgeois ability must be magnificent if we accept the Marxist
doctrine that the economic system creates personality, character, and mine.
Some of the achievements of the bourgeoisie are specified in the
"Peking Review," July 15, 1966:
"Over
a long period, however, a handful of representatives of the bourgeoisie
within and outside the Party countered Chairman Mao’s brilliant ideas
with a black anti-Party and anti-socialist line of their own. Using all
sorts of insidious and devious methods, they have set up a rival stage in
the academic, educational, journalistic, literary, artistic, publishing
and other cultural spheres in opposition to Chairman Mao’s line on the
proletarian cultural revolution, and they have fought the proletariat
tooth and nail for leadership. In a thousand and one ways they have tried
to spread bourgeois and revisionist ideology in such ideological fields as
the press, radio broadcasting, periodicals, books and textbooks, lectures,
literary and art works, the cinema, the theatre, ballads, the fine arts,
music and dancing, making frenzied attacks on our socialist system, the
dictatorship of the proletariat, our great Party, our great leader
Chairman Mao and the great thought of Mao Tse-tung.
"They usurped
the leadership in some departments, newspapers, and periodicals, turned
monsters of all kinds loose and refused to carry out Party policy. The
reality in these departments was that the bourgeoisie was exercising
dictatorship over the proletariat and not the proletariat exercising
dictatorship over the bourgeoisie. Bourgeois representatives of this sort
include Yang Hsien-chen, the former President of the Higher Party School
of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Hsia Yen, the
former Vice-Minister of Culture, Tien Han, the former Chairman of the
Union of Chinese Stage Artists, Yang Han-sheng, the former Vice-Minister
of Culture, Tien Han, the former Chairman of the Union of Chinese Stage
Artists, Yang Han-sheng, the former Secretary-General of the All-China
Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and Chien Po-tsan, Vice President
of Peking University, who had been exposed earlier; and Teng To, former
member of the Secretariat of the Peking Municipal Committee of the Chinese
Communist Party, Wu Han, Vice-Mayor of Peking, Liao Mo-sha, the former
director of the Department of United Front Work of the Peking Municipal
Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and Lu Ping, the former
President of Peking University, who have now been exposed, and those who
backed and shielded them." (Page 16)
The Chinese
Communists see a bourgeoisie under every bed and behind every tree. These
bourgeois are so clever that they concealed their true nature for more than
thirty years and captured many of the major positions within the Chinese
Communist Party. They are so powerful that they have reconquered Russia.
Surely the world has never seen anyone like them!
Practical Realities
While it is clear from the foregoing that theoretically the possibility
of war between Communist China and the Soviet Union exists, practical
considerations make the chance of open warfare remote.
The communists always
prefer war by proxy unless their own base of power is attacked. It is
probable that the Chinese Communists are seeking and will seek to organize
dissident national minority groups within Russia to engage in "people’s
war" against the central Soviet Government. It is also probable that
the Russian Communists are trying and will try to organize elements of the
Chinese Communist Party to overthrow the group which presently holds power.
Both of these developments are quite different from war between the
countries.
The industrial and
military technology of Russia, including their advanced atomic weapons and
rockets, would make an attack by the masses of Communist China suicidal,
while an attack by the forces of Soviet Russia on the land area of Communist
China would be pointless and out of character.
The Greater Danger
While this madness sweeps China, the Soviet Union continues to unite the
Communist Parties of the rest of the world and to pursue the goal of world
conquest by propaganda, economic and subversive warfare. The Soviet
Communist leaders are attacking the Chinese Communists because the latter
are preventing maximum military aid from reaching the North Vietnamese
aggressors. They claim that the Chinese Communist deeds make them allies of
the "United States Imperialists" whatever their words may say.
Brezhnev, the Soviet
Communist leader, recently attacked the Chinese Communists for helping the
"Imperialists." The following article appeared in "The
Worker," October 15, 1966:
"Brezhnev Hits Chinese Leaders’
Refusal of Unity in Viet Aid
"Moscow – In an address to a Soviet-Polish friendship rally in the
Kremlin last week, Leonid Brezhnev, general secretary of the Communist
Party of the USSR, discussed the situation in China during the course of
his speech.
"‘Our
countries, our parties, our peoples,’ he said, ‘denounce the criminal
war unleashed by the U.S. imperialists in Southeast Asia.’
"‘We have been
and shall be rendering all-round assistance to the heroic Vietnamese
people, political, economic and military help. Such is the position of all
Warsaw Treaty member countries who have recently signed a joint statement
on Vietnam.’
"He stressed the
task of broadening support for the Vietnamese patriots to repel the U.S.
aggression in Southeast Asia, and for the peoples’ anti-imperialist
struggle as a whole.
"‘This is why
all socialist states, all communists of the world, all people of integrity
supporting the Vietnamese people’s struggle against the American
imperialist aggression bitterly regret and sternly denounce the refusal of
the leaders of the People’s Republic of China to reach agreement with
other socialist countries on join effective actions in defense of Vietnam.
"‘The Chinese
leaders prefer to indulge in fierce attacks on those who are rendering
Vietnam broad and effective assistance in its struggle.
"‘The policy
which the leaders of China, the leaders of the Communist Party of China
are following in the international arena, particularly in connection with
the war in Vietnam and vis-a-vis other socialist countries, the hostile
campaign they have started against our party and the Soviet people, the
splitting actions which they are trying to take in the international
Communist movement, and, finally, the current developments in China proper
under the flag of "cultural revolution" – all this has nothing
in common with Marxism-Leninism, with socialist policy. This policy, these
actions, can only discredit socialism in the eyes of the peoples, mislead
them. They obviously add grist to the imperialists’ mill and it is not
without reason that the imperialists propaganda so avidly jumps at
everything that happens in China.’"
The Soviet
offensive is persistent and sinister. It must be met and defeated. It is
suicidal to seek national salvation by waiting for war between Russia and
China.
The Future
There appears to be three possible developments that could take place
within Red China. These are:
1) The continuance of the present
policies with the Lin Piao group in power.
2) An internal coup which would giver power to the
"revisionists," the communists who desire fraternal
relationships with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The probable
leader of such a group is Liu Shao-chi.
3) The triumphant return of Chiang Kai-shek to power in China.
If the
second of these possibilities takes place and World Communist unity is
restored, the Communist World danger increases enormously even though many
would undoubtedly proclaim it the triumph of moderation in China. In the
long run, the less spectacular danger may be the greater.
If Chiang Kai-shek
returned and established effective control in China, a major victory for
world freedom would have been won. This is a possibility which the Chinese
leadership takes very seriously. They discuss this possibility in the
"Peking Review" of July 15, 1966:
"If
we do not carry out this revolution but allow the representatives of the
bourgeoisie to carry out their schemes of restoring capitalism, some
incident of the Hungarian type or some counterrevolutionary coup d’etat
of the Khrushchev type is bound to occur. At such a moment, the
possibility would arise that the Chiang Kai-shek gang would return to the
mainland and that great numbers of landlords and despots and their armed
bands would hit back and take retaliation, our Party and our country would
fall into rack and ruin, we ourselves would be killed and history be
drastically pushed back. Gone would be the fruits of the revolutionary
struggles waged by the Chinese people during the past hundred years and
more, years in which fresh forces continually came forward to take the
place of those who fell shedding their blood and sacrificing their
lives." (Page 20)
Foreign
policy which would translate this possibility to reality would be positive,
constructive, and triumphal for human peace and freedom.
The Great Dividend
The theoretical possibility of war between Communist China and Communist
Russia destroys the greatest recruiting argument the communists possess. It
is obvious that the triumph of socialism does not automatically destroy war.
The causes of war lie much deeper in human nature than the Marxists
realized. Another basic Marxist doctrine is revealed as erroneous.
Armed with this
knowledge, we can dry up the source of communist recruitment. Without the
ability to recruit idealistic and intelligent students, communism cannot
advance, and its prospects for survival are diminished.
INDIANA SCHOOL OF
ANTI-COMMUNISM
November 14 – Dr. Walter Judd – Televised
8:30-9:30 p.m. Rally at North Central High, 8:00 p.m., WTTV, Channel IV,
Indianapolis and WFAM, Channel 18, Lafayette
November 28-December 1 – Evening rallies in Northview Junior High
Auditorium, Indianapolis Televised live, 9:00-10:00 p.m., WTTV, Channel IV,
Indianapolis, Delayed telecast, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Nov. 29 - Dec. 2, WFAM,
Channel 18, Lafayette, Indiana.
The faculty will speak at the Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, and High
Schools of Indiana.
The faculty includes: Walter Judd, M.D.; Herbert Philbrick; Fred Schwarz,
M.D.; Daniel Lyons, S.J.; Dr. John W. Drakeford; Joost Sluis, M.D.; Serafin
Menocal; Raymond Joseph
CHRISTIAN COMPASSION
"Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of
the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me." Matthew 25:40
Since mass starvation
is worldwide, it is tempting to regard it impersonally and to feel that
there is no point in trying to do anything on a small individual plane.
"Let the government take care of it," is the prevailing attitude.
This is not the
Christian point of view. As part of our Christian ministry, we are providing
the material necessities to enable Mr. and Mrs. Ch. Devananda Rao, Christian
Indian co-workers, to support a large family of orphans. Their family is
constantly growing. Mrs. Suvarna Rao writes:
"‘I
am from a village from Mahaboolmagar district over 100 miles from here. I
came from a Hindu high caste Reddy family. I have passed 8th
grade and this boy is my only younger brother who padded 2nd
grade. My father died over 5 years ago by overdrinking of alcohol, etc. My
mother went to Nagarjun dam for work and died accidentally 8 days back
while working of the project. We ate our food three days back, and we are
very hungry’. . . This is the story the boy gave me one evening a week
ago. It broke my heart. I immediately gave them hot rice and curry. I
asked them to have their bath in our newly constructed baths. I gave them
new clothing and admitted them to the school. You will be happy to know
that I was able to take them into our home, and now I have 85 dear
children besides my own five children.
"You will be
glad to know that our boys now have their own baths, toilets, etc. They do
not need to go out now except to school. We have our overhead concrete
tank and a very fine American pump to pump the water from our deep well.
Now our 6-room building with its large veranda is in progress. Of course,
the costs are much higher than our estimates.
"Before I close
this letter, I respectfully request you to please increase the help for
our orphanage from September 1, for the 15 new boys."
$10 monthly
is needed to support each boy in the orphanage. Individuals or families may
adopt these children and provide $10 each month. Foster parents are given a
photo of their boy and regular reports of his progress. Will you help?
AN IDEAL CHRISTMAS GIFT
Below is a black and white picture of our
record album (shown in actual newsletter) which contains the four
long-playing records with the lecture series "What is Communism"
and eight anti-communism songs. The album is in full color.
This album will solve
the problems of selecting Christmas gifts for special friends. It is
attractive and valuable, instructive and entertaining.
The lectures are being
broadcast over a hundred College Radio Stations while the songs give a
unique message with rhythm and rich melody.
The album costs $10 or
$50 for six.
FULFILLED PURPOSE
"Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou
shalt find it after many days."
The following letter speaks clearly:
"Dear Dr. Schwarz:
"As a college student I attended your School of Anti-Communism held
in San Diego in the summer of 1960. This was my first awakening to the
communist danger. I was very impressed and have continued to study and
learn since that time.
"I taught school
for two years after graduation and fell I inspired patriotism in the
children and educated them in party concerning the awful conspiracy. I
would never have done this had it not been for you and your school.
"We now find
ourselves on the threshold of another marvelous step into our future. My
husband is attending Loyola Law School and our career in law, and, very
possibly politics, is materializing. How marvelous it is that we have the
proper background and the desire, fed by you and your newsletters and
books, for more information and better methods to effectively combat this
creeping disease.
"I will feel
eternally grateful to you for my education in this field. I have now
become an alert citizen and am trying to instill this in my children.
"Linda L. Egbert, Van Nuys, California"
The stated
purposes of our schools of anti-communism are:
1) To instruct citizens in the
philosophy, morality, organization, deceitful techniques, and objectives
of communism.
2) To encourage students to begin a continuing program of study and
applied citizenship to transform acquired knowledge into local, national,
and international programs which will be effective in the maintenance of
freedom.
Letters
like the one quoted assure us that our purposes are being attained.
Schools of
Anti-Communism for selected University and College students are most
valuable. We plan to hold such schools for 1,000 students in Washington,
D.C. and on the West Coast in 1967. An investment in these will return great
dividends. Your check is eagerly awaited.
Plans are maturing for
the launching of Project Thailand. Dr. Sluis is preparing to go to Thailand
to commence our educational work in that strategic land. Have you sent your
donation for this purpose yet?
We are sustained by the
divine admonition and promise, "Let us not be weary in well-doing; for
in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."
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