The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 13, 1924, Page 11

‘Z Letters From Moscow The session of the Central Commit- tee of the U. S. S. R., (the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics), combin- ing the R: 8. F. 8. R. with all the small Soviet states has just closed. The session was held in the great white and gold pillared Andreyevski Hall of the old palace. What they talked about, I shall know when I get the DAILY WORKER. But tho I could not understand, I could see the interest- ing place and the interesting people —rows of men whose names meant much to me and whose faces I could study thru my glass, and I had the honor of nearly trampling on. Kari Radek in the corridor. That was as near as I got to any experience of distinction on this occasion. Aside from the session, it was an oppor- tunity to go in and out of the Krem- lin with my. permit and stroll about in as leisurely a fashion as I pleased every day. Over the great white bridge near the Comintern, we passed the Red guards at the outer gate. The Krem- lin enclosure stands high above the surrounding streets, and thru the cre- nelations of the bridge wall one looks right and left down thru the yellowing strips of parking that follow the high Kremlin walls. Passing by Red guards again at the inner gate, at the top of the tilted bridge, we followed lines of palaces around to the high drive that overlooks the river and sweeps by the stately front of the old palace. Within, we climb a long broad stair- way straight ahead in easy ascent, and at its top are confronted thru 2 doorway with an enormous hall crowd- ed with people in a rather smoky at- mosphere. I catch my breath. “It hardly seems real,” I exclaim, and then suddenly I discover, it isn’t real only a very life-like picture thru a loorway—a picture of a historic meet ing, with portrait figures of all the prominent revolutionary officials, ad- dressed by Lenin, who stands out vigorously in a characteristic speak- ing pose. At the door of the Andreyevski Hall, we show our permits to the two unas- suming young fellows in stunning uni forms, with bright red riding breech- es—a uniform I have hoticed in par- ades and have not been able to fin’ out about. Here is my chance. My compahion translates, , “This ameri can comrade wishes to know who you are,” to put it as directly as I asked it! They are soldiers of the “Gay Pay Oo,” the G. P. W., the State Poli- tical Police, which has succeeded the Cheka and has not quite its broad powers. They are friendly and amused. My curiosity does not cost me my head. Here at the entrance to the session, I leave the narrative to intelligent correspondents, who long since have covered it by cable. After the session» we wander quite freely about the palace, up stairway after stairway, and by round-about cor- ridors and thru all the beautiful apart- ments of the czars with low-vaulted ceilings and subdued gorgeousness of decoration—semi-oriental or Byzantine —with gay-tiled stoves and deep win- sa By Anna Porter $e dow niches. Those rooms are familiar to all of us who heard Chaliapin in Boris Godonov, for the scenery of that opera was a very faithful copy of the rooms of this imperial palace. Then a stroll about the Kremlin grounds among the groups of church- es with their picturesque clusters of little golden domes shadowed with the black stains of ages, past lines of heavy barracks and palaces with their great connecting porticos, and lighter carved and decorated structures, past the lofty bell-tower, “Ivan Veleki,” John the Great, past the huge cracked bell that was never hung because it fell to its ruin in trying to be too big and swing too high, past rows of cap- tured cannon, and by groups of march- ing soldiers and soldiers with stacked arms. And so out of the gates again, past the Red guards and over the white Troitski Most (bridge) with its crenelations framing the yellowing trees of the parks, and home to wait ‘or the DAILY WORKER and find ut what it was all about! LORE AND THE COMINTERN (Continued from Page 2.) of which the Russian comrades were often incorrectly informed of the sit- uation in western Europe. Comrade Paul Levi writes about these as fol- lows: ‘The Russian comrades judge events in a situation which is differ- ent from that of the rest of the world. They judge conditions in the positior of owners of political power. To change their trend of thought from their situation to ours is difficult, and herein may lie the cause of misunder- standings.’ ” OMRADE LORE thus allowed to spread thru the “Volkszeitung” the idea that the Communist Interna- tional was a plaything in the hands of the Russian comrades, that the Rus- sian comrades were uninformed as to the situation in Europe, that the men- tality of the Russian comrades was entirely different from that of the rest of the world, and that herein lay the reason for discrepencies in the Com- munist International. Lore’s Peculiar Idea of R. C. P. OME. time later Comrade Lore proved that he had peculiar no- tions about the Russian party itself. _ Not only were the Russian comrades, in his opinion, misdirecting the Com- Editor’s Note.—Every day until publication has been completed, the DAILY WORKER will publish a new chapter from the book, “Len- in: The Great Strategist of the Class War,” by A. Losovsky, secre- tary of the Red International of Labor Unions. The twenty-third (concluding) chapter is entitled, “A Child of His People and Cen- tury.” > e+ @ ENIN was the child of his people and of his centry. When called a Jacobin he would answer: “We, the Bolsheviks, are the Jacobins. of the twentieth century, that is, the Jacob- ins of the proletarian § revolution,” Lenin was, as we have seen, the very embodiment of the idea of internat- ionalism, and at the same time he was part and parcel of the mighty revolu- tionary movement that the oppressed masses of Russia have been carrying ‘on for years and years, He was really one link in a long chain of struggles for the emancipation of the Russian proletariat and the Russian peasantry. From Radschev, thru Belingky, Do- broljubov, Bakunin, Tschernischevsky, Netschajev, and Jeliabov, thru the “The Will of the People” and thru the group of “Emancipation of munist International, but even in their wn party they created intolerable conditions. Comrade Lore expressed chis idea in the course of the discus. sion withy the Russian Communist Party a year ago, a discussion con- nected with the name of Comrade Trotsky. T was a severe discussion which i shook the Russian Communist Par- .y to its very foundation. It was a broad comprehensive discussion em- bracing all phases of party life. To use only the captions of Trotsky’s book, “The New Course,” which was the storm center of all the discussion, would suffice to realize the scope of the discussion. The captions are: 1— “Question of Party Generations,” (the Old Guard and the younger Commu- nists; the position of the Old Guard within the party and the state appar- atus, etc.). 2—“The Social Composi- tion of the Party” (Number of werk- ers and number of peasants, number of non-workers; role of the students, especially the workingclass students, as a ‘barometer’ of party life.) 3— “Groupings and Factional Formations” {A hint at the possibility of form- ing groupings, an assertion that if the party proceeds in its course, group- ings would be inevitable.) ——- reaucracy and Revolution.” 5—“Tra A CHILD OF HIS PEOPLE AND CENTURY | the prisons of the Czar and of Siberia, there runs the thread of struggle which unites Lenin with the Russian revolu- tionary movement. He was a man of an all-inclusive spirit; the press of our opponents would speak with irony about the utopian plans of Bolshevism. But in this irony there is to be found a profound truth. Lenin has been oper- ating with whole continents. He was basing his policies upon the exper- iences of millions. Only the limitless and vast extent of Russia could give birth to such a spirit.. This youth, born to a family of state functionaries and adopted by the proletariat, embodied and gave ex- pression to the hatred of the working class of Russia accumulated thru cen- turies. He also reflected in himsel/ the hatred of the peasantry against its oppressors that accumulated thru centuries. He had a deep sense for the sufferings of the toiling masses, even when the masses could not give expression to those sufferings in words, Lenin cannot be considered apart from the Russian workers and peas- ants and from the Russian history. Only within the social structtire of Russia, the revolutionary struggles of whole generations, only by consider. |in Labor,” and thru many unknow re-|ing the achievements of the Russian presentatives of the workers and jrevoltionary movement since the _ peasants, which have been populating'century and up to the last day, ue dition and Revolutionary Policy” (Nec- essity to adapt one’s self to ever- changing conditions.) 6—“Lack of Appreciation of the Peasantry.” 7— “The Main Problems of the Supply and Land Policy.” 8—‘“Planned Eco- nomic Activities.” 9—‘Red Tape, Military and Other.” 10—“Linking Town with Village.” Lore on Discipline. N all of these problems the question of discipline pure and simple occu- pied an almost insignificant place. It may be said that Communist discipline as such, apart from the question of the older vs. the younger generation, did not occupy the minds of the Rus- sian comrades. However, Comrade Lore found the problem of discipline to be the pivotal problem of all the Russian discussion. Commenting on the Russian discussion in the “Volks- zeitung” editorial, Jan. 6, 1924, he writes: “Selt-control and discipline will naturally be inevitable in a party which has to carry out such formidable tasks. But a rigid central- ization which allows the member no right to raise objections, which makes the member a link in a large chain, moved and operated by invisible hands, such discipline, according to the opinion of Trotsky and many other IMPORTANT CHANGE IN RUSSIAN MOVIE DATES IN DETROIT Owing to mistakes of the theater managers there is an important change in the dates for the Detroit showings of “Polikushka,” “Soldier Ivan’s Miracle,” and “Russian Asbes- tos Industry.” These pictures will be shown simultaneously at two theaters on Wednesday, Dec. 17. The correct list of next week's dates: Medbury Theater, Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 16 and 17. Caniff Theater, Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 17 and 18. Royale Theater, Friday, Dec. 19. we locate the factors that have brought St., about the appearance of Bolshevism in| yj Russia at the cross-roads of two cen-| onterta turies. Only by taking all this into] tne o¢, consideration can we properly esti- mate the moral, political, national, and international physiognomy of Lenin. For us, his contemporaries, who have been living within the circle of his influence, one thing is clear. Lenin was one of those men by whom human- ity marks its historical path, con- peat re whom legends are being told his lifetime and the farther we go from the date of his death the clearer will stand before us Lenin’s greatness and immortality. ae influential comrades, may gradually be loosened to be superceded by a sort of democratic centralization. To- day Trotsky may still find himself in the minority in the Russian Commu- nist Party, in the end he will prove to be right because it is simply un- thinkable that the state of war should be maintained within the organiza- tion even under conditions of peace which are now being approached by the Soviet Republic.” b img remarks proved Comrade Lore to be sharing at least Dart of the menshevik prejudices concerning the Russian Communist Party. Ac- cording to Comrade Lore, a Russian Communist was not allowed to raise objections, was only “gq link in a chain,” i. e., a mute and obedient or manipulated by “invisible hands.” cording to Comrade Lore, the palo obtaining within the Russian Commnu- nist Party was not democratic central- ization. Comrade Lore thus misjudg- ed discipline within one of the nation- al parties as he misjudged discipline within the Communist International. Comrade Lore had a distorted view of the requirements of party discipline, and his distortions were akin to those made by the social-democrats of the Two-and-a-Haif International. (Third Article in Next tec ea tee ee Beane Is Haxt Supplement Ce re ec ince Party Activities Of Local Chicago Saturday, Dec. 13. ¥. W. L. dance, North North and Western Aves. igh dings vw. 1 reraay:, Des. 3. nce, Northwest Hall, North and Western Aves. gad JUNIORS HIKE SUNDAY Meet the bunch at Milwaukee and Western at 10 o’clock sharp on Sun- day, Dec. 14. Bring tunch and car- fare. Lots of fun ahead! League and party members invited. St. Paul Readers, Attention. A hard time dance will be given by the City Central Committee, of St. Paul at Commonwealth Club, 435 Rice Saturday evening, Dec. 13. There be a kangaroo court and novelty inment. Come prepared for casion. The cow-bells begin ringing at 8 sharp.. Next Sunday Night and Every Sun. day Night, the Open Forum. the International , Learn iirgucse” IDO 16-page pamphiet, giving outline of language, showing its superiority over Esperanto, etc., sent free. The Workers Ido Federation Room 5, 805 James St., N. S. PITTSBURGH, PA.