The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 8, 1924, Page 11

Why Was the Rising in Georgia Needed? By KARL RADEK. We have more than once had the opportunity of observing how the bourgeois pregs can lie, and we had imagined ‘that there could be no fur- ther surprises in store for us in this line. But. when daily war bulletins appeared in foreign newspapers dur- ing the two weeks ending September 17, with reports on the fall of Tiflis, Batum, etc., and on bloody struggles in Baku, etc., we began to ask what could be the meaning of all this. There are foreigners in Tiflis, there are foreign consuls in residence there, we are no longer living in times of intervention and blockade, when no- body abroad was in a position to judge of the extent of their mendacity. But at last, on September 18, the so-called Georgian embassy in Paris announced to the world that the great rising of the Georgian people was over. The “Daily Telegraph,” which had taken active part in the propagation of ali these lies as to an extensive insurrec- tion, now publishes an article entit- led: “Treachery and provocation,” which destroys the tissue of lies main- tained by the bourgeois press up to this date. The article is however, in itself a fresh flight of invention. The organ of the English foreign office writes to the following effect. A Tissue of Lies. “The events in Caucasia are typical for conditions in Soviet Russia, and for Soviet methods. The information which we have now received from trustworthy sources shows that the news on the success of the rising in Georgia has been exaggerated, and that the Bolsheviki themselves have spread this false news (!). hwer since the independence of the. Georgian re- public was annihilated by the Red Army, Moscow has been expecting the day to come on which Georgia would rise to win its freedom. When the Bol- sheviki expect an insurrection, they attempt—and are often successful—in provoking the movement into activity before it is ripe, so that the adver- sary’s forces have not time for ade- quate organization. “The Georgian patriots, who fled to Europe before the red forces, estab- lished their headquarters in Paris, maintained communication with their native country, and energetically gath- ered together men and money for the purpose of a general insurrection against their oppressors. The Cheka in Tiflis, which possesses sections all over the Caucasus, exaggerated the success of the success of these preparations, in order to increase the importance of their work for the quenching of the imsurrection. The patriotic organizations of Georgia were led astray by treachery. Provo- cateurs have endeavored to create con- spiracies where there were none in reality, and to induce a resort to force where nobody had thought of such a think. When Moscow heard that the patriotic movement was increasing in strength, it was resolved to accelerate the outbreak of the insurrection, in order, first, to provoke the Georgians to a struggle and to annihilate them, and, second, to show the Russians the strength of the Red Army and the Cheka.” We have quoted the whole of the “Daily Telegraph” article, for in addi- tion to a lot of rubbish it includes two highly valuable admissions. We need der to show how powerful it is. No- body possessing the least grain of common sense believes this. But it is of importance to note the admission mter of the i : : ! 4] : i i EE s g | English organ, a newspaper which re- ceives its information from the soure- es of the English foreign office and English espionage. The Plan of the Georgian Mensheviki, Since the Georgian rising was not the outbreak of the dissatisfaction of a people, but was organized from a center, the question arises: For what purpose did the Georgian Mensheviki, living in Paris and sending Dshugeli and others to organize the insurrec- tion, need the rising? The whole international situation, and the methods employed for carry- ing on the insurrection, give the an- swer to this question. In England a party belonging to the Second Inter- national has secured the government. This government has been obliged, un- der the pressure exercised by the Eng- lish working masses, to ‘acknowledge the Soviet Union unconditionally, without wasting one word on Georgia. In France the government is in the overthrow the Soviet power with their own unaided forces. They decided to take possession of a few remote cor- ners, without entering into actual fighting. They themselves were neither able nor willing to attack im- portant centers, and hoped gthat the Bolsheviki would be equally ‘unable to resolve upon an attack upon them. They had correspondents in Trape- begin to study the lesson. But again the subject mainly dealt with is not that of the title, but the loan. But towards the end of this article against the Russian loan we find an appeal to MacDonald: “English money must not be used for financing bestial and bloody cam- paigners, such as that which is now drowning Georgian liberty in blood. zunt, commissioned with the task of]-Within a week MacDonald has to informing the whole world that there were two governments in Georgia. speak. We once more call upon him to study this question, for he knows MacDonald and Herriot would then in-| more about it than anyone else. He tervene. burst, for this action received no sup- This wesle soap bubble/| was in Georgia when it began to build up its magnificently developed and port from the masses of the people, | splendidly managed state, full ef pride and the Bolsheviki showed no inclina- in its newly-gained liberty. He was tion to play at negotiations, but pre-| full of-enthusiasm and confidence in ferred to act. How was the Georgian Rising Utilized by the English Bourgeoisie? Anyene who has not fully grasped the object of the disgraceful lies spread abroad by the English and IN QUEST OF BREAD Unemployed hands of the left bloc, and is depen- dent upon the support of the social democrats. Messrs. Jordania and Ze- retelli turned with tears in their eyes to their patrons MacDonald and Ren- audel: Have you forgotten us? Can you not do something for us? What cofild MacDonald and Renaudel reply? M. Jordania decided to supply proofs e g : at allie i : i t i Fe | ie | F a? in Germany. French press on the rising in Georgia should now read the leading organ of English imperialism. We have before us the “Times” of September 18. This contains an article against the loan. One half of the article deals with the loan, the second haif with Georgia. What connection exists between the loan and Georgia? This is easily ex- plained. The article states that Geor- gia was the embodiment of the high- est wishes of Mr. MacDonald, ahd of Messrs. Snowden and Renaudel as well, who even travelled to Georgia in order to be able to describe this earthly paradise. But the Soviet wolf had devoured the Georgian lamb, and Mr. MacDonald, forgetting his love for Georgia, recognized the Soviet gov- ernment, and thought no more of Georgia. But now negotiations are be- ing carried on regarding the loan. and -bloodshed. What now? Is it possible that MacDonald, in face bloody victimization of his friends, can resolve to fur- the future of Georgia. Three years ago he protested in glowing terms against the unheard of crime, against the subjection by force of arms. It is his duty to tell us what security he is able to offer us that our money is not used for such undertakings. He must tell us what feelings are now aroused in him by the orgy of po- groms and murders in Georgia.” Scheme of imperialists. It is easy to comprehend the ends objectively served by the Georgian Mensheviki. They wanted to utilize “pacifist” imperialism for the attain- ment of their own aims, but now it be- comes more than evident that their blood has served imperialism with- out any pacifist coverings. The Eng- lish capitalists are endeavoring to de stroy the loan agreement, in order to employ the financial blockade for the purpose of forcing upon Soviet Rus- sia the denationalization of industry, the abolition of the foreign trade mon- opoly, and the payment of the czarist debts. The petty bourgeois bleckheads dream of utilizing imperialism for their own ends, but invariably prove themselves the blind tools of imperial- ism. The imperialist social democratic press raises a tremendous outery over the bleod which has been shed in Georgia. But this blood is upon the heads of imperialist England and France, on the heads of the’ gentle men of the Second International. When substantiating his resolution on Georgia at the leagne of nations con- ference, M. Paul Boncour, member of the Second International, made the very characteristic statement: Georgia has risen, and we, the league of na- tions, are bound to reply, if only by a gesture. Yes, for the Georgian Men- sheviki, fooled by their foreign lead- ere, the league of nations will surely find a gesture. But this gesture will have to bring in money for the Eng- lish and French bankers and indus- trialists, for the whole of their outcry over Georgia has but one single end in view: The English workers are ex- ercising pressure on the English gov- ernment, and demanding a loan for Soviet Russia, The English press therefore raises its outcry over Soviet brutalities in Georgia in order to sow confusion in the ranks of the Eng- lish workers, and to weaken their pressure on MacDonald. This is the reply to the question why the rising in Georgia was neces- sary. But the gentlemen managing the English imperialist press have this time woven a mistake into their tis- sue of untruths. They are obliged to acknowledge that there has been no rising in Georgia, but a putsch or ganized in Paris, and they have shown their hands remarkably soon, and de- monstrated with remarkable candor that the bloodshed in Georgia was for them a necessity, as a means for frus- trating the Russian loan. 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