sentially
a world revolution....

"The Bolsheviki follow a consistent policy. They realized long ago
that the revolution, though primarily political, must become
economic and socialist. They know that economy and socialism have
nothing to do with racial or political boundaries and that the
future of our revolution must, therefore, be international. The
revolution must pass over all political and racial frontiers and
crush opposing economic ideas. They know that a state organized on
Socialist and pacifist lines cannot exist if hemmed in by
capitalistic and militarist states. Russia's revolution must follow
the law of all healthy organisms. It must increase. If it does not
increase it will decline....

"Russia will continue to propagandize unshrinkingly in all
countries.

"We may be left temporarily in peace to enjoy our revolutionary
social and economic system while the rest of Europe continues to
groan under a capitalism and monarchism which, perhaps, for the
time being, will be purged of a too dangerous imperialism.

"What will Russia do if this be so?

"Short-sighted men reply: 'Cherish your own revolution; thank
Heaven that you are better off than the rest of the world; and let
the rest of the world do what it likes.'

"But we Bolsheviki are against such a policy. Short of armed
pressure against any European country, we shall not shrink from
measures necessary for spreading our revolution in the world.

"The motives why every Bolshevik must approve of this policy are
overwhelming. The first is that a peace between the ideas of
revolutionary Russia and the ideas of non-revolutionary Europe
could at best be a truce....

"Each side would foster its ideas and prepare for a future
struggle, and since non-revolutionary Europe will always be better
armed than pacifist Russia, the European despots (as soon as they
have recovered from their present bitter lesson of the meaning of
war) undoubtedly would hurl themselves upon Russia in order to wipe
away the one revolutionary plague-spot.

"For that reason our revolution cannot rest until it has
established full revolution in all neighbor lands.

"The second reason why Russia must incite Europe to revolt is that
by its very nature, the revolution cannot live in isolation. Eur