monstrous slander of the USSR and its representatives, even the bourgeois Press. Because many newspapers, such as the "Vossische Zeitung," for instance, behave by far more "impartially" and "decently" in their struggle against the USSR, than the "Vorwärts." This may seem strange, but it is a fact which cannot be ignored. If the "Vorwärts" could behave not worse than some of the bourgeois papers, then its representatives would surely find their place in the USSR together with the representatives of the bourgeois papers. A few days ago a "Vorwärts" representative addressed himself to one of the employees of our diplomatic delegation in Berlin, with a question concerning conditions necessary to be complied with for a "Vorwärts" representative being permitted to enter the USSR. In reply, he was told: "If the 'Vorwärts' will prove, in deed, that it is prepared to behave towards the USSR and its representatives not less 'decently' than the Liberal Press, such as the 'Vossische Zeitung,' the Soviet Government will have no objection to permitting a 'Vorwärts' representative in the USSR." I think that the answer was quite reasonable.
Question 6.—Is it possible to unite the Second and Third Internationals?
Answer.—I think it is impossible. It is impossible because the Second and Third Internationals have two entirely different viewpoints and have two different objects in view. If the Third International looks forward to the overthrow of capitalism and the establishment of the proletarian dictatorship, the Second International, on the contrary, looks forward to the safe-guarding of capitalism and the annihilation of everything which is essential for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. The struggle between these two Internationals is the ideological expression of the struggle between the adherents of capitalism and those of Socialism. In this struggle, either the Second or the Third International will be the victor in the Labour Movement, I think that unity between them is impossible.
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