Those who are clamoring for another so-called Summit Conference between the Western leaders and Khrushchev, in the naive hope that the interests of peace might best be served by dickering at the conference table with this diabolical clown, might do well to consider the contents of two dispatches, both appearing in the Montreal Gazette of November 7 past.
One is out of Peking from Reuters news agency and features Madame Soong Ching-Ling, vice-chairman of the government. This lady's statement, appearing in all the official papers of Red China, served as the official comment on the celebration of the 43rd anniversary of the Soviet revolution. After lauding the "unbreakable and eternal" friendship which flourished between Moscow and Peking, she said: "The imperialists have been exerting a prodigious amount of energy in spreading rumors trying to sell the idea that China considers peaceful co-existence no longer a valid policy... The policy of upholding peace and doing our outmost for peaceful co-existence among countries of different social systems is the basis of the foreign policy of China and any other socialist country. The socialist nature of our society determines that."
The second item was a report from Tokyo, written by Walter Briggs. It quoted Red Flag, Peiping's chief theoritical organ, to the effect that any idea of world revolution without armed violence was simply preposterous. Red Flag declared that "no dictatorship can go into effect or be maintained unless it rests directly on violence... what is violence? It consists of the armed forces, police, law courts, prisons, etc." The editorial declared quite openly: "The development of revolutionary forces of the people in the various countries and their successes in revolution are fundamental factors" in winning the world to Communism.
The ability of the Communist to change faces whensoever he feels the interests of the movement so demand, is quite remarkable. An amazing exhibition of this acrobacy was given when Germany declared war on Russia. Fellow-Communists who everywhere had been denouncing the western allies as aggressors, now turned upon the Axis with the greatest of ease and without a blush.
The ease and facility with which the Communist faithful performed the flip-over when Khrushchev made his memorable attack on Stalin and Stalinism, is another example of how quicly the Communist can change.
The Communist is by the very nature of his doctrine and his training, a liar. And it is openly taught in the texts of Communism and the Communist Revolution, that nothing which furthers the interests of the movement is wrong. Does China go along with Moscow's theory of peaceful co-existence or is she opposed to! it? The answer can be either yes or no depending upon which is most convenient and useful to the Chinese Communist. Madame Soong Ching-Ling, vice-chairman of the Red Chinese government, utters soothing words to assure the world that Peiping is heartily behind "peaceful co-existence". At the same time, Red Flag is thundering that no Communist revolution can succeed without having recourse to violence.
This is the story of Communism, a story of deceit and duplicity and treachery. If the Devil is the father of lies, then certainly Communism is his legitimate child.
The word of a Communist means nothing. And those who foster the idea that anything can be achieved favorable to world peace through "negotiations" at the "Summit" or at any other level, are quite literally deluding themselves. The Communist has one idea and one idea only - world conquest for Communism, and any face he may display is simply for the purpose of achieving this end.
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