ABSTRACT
A war of the imperialists against the Soviet Union is not only probable, but inevitable. The rupture of diplomatic relations between England and the Soviet Union was preparing long ago, but the defeat of the Chinese revolution hastened it. In this sense it was a reward for the Central Committee's refusal to adopt a real Bolshevik policy in China. The German bourgeoisie is already openly saying that in a war against the Soviet Union, Germany would perhaps at the beginning remain 'neutral'. The Japanese bourgeoisie is maneuvering no less skillfully than the Germans in relation to the Soviet Union. The bourgeois parties, including the official Social Democracy, will try in every way to deceive their people as to the real character of the war which imperialism is preparing against the Soviet Union. The defeat of the Chinese revolution changed the actual relation of forces to the advantage of imperialism, of course, only temporarily.
