The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 10, 1925, Page 4

j i ' Page Four ‘me DAILY WORKER ‘ peaEE EN es RUSSIA TODAY (Continued from Saturday’s Daily Worker ) SYNOPSIS.—The official report of the British trade union delegation to Soviet Russia described the workings of foreign trade, transportation, Industry, finance and agriculture in the Soviet Union. The trade union leaders concluded that foreign trade is increasing, and ‘that in agriculture and industry the level of production is being raised. The finances have been Placed on a sound basis, the report showed. Harm is being done to Eng- land by the absence of full diplomatic relations, the union leaders stated. Schools and universities, and Iiterature, music and opera and. the theatre were then discussed. Art collections, censorship, newspapers; wall news- Papers, and freedom of the press were explained, with the conclusion that “the results of education are astounding.” The report then took up hospitals, welfare work, sanitation, birth control, abortion, cleanliness’ and: housing, rent regulations, family life, and prisons. “The Soviet government is achieving most remarkable results in respect to public health, housing, and the prison system,” says the report. Regarding the trade unions and labor conditions, the report states, “The Dtlegation were much impressed by the position and activities of Trade Unions under the Soviet system.” The report then described labor regulations, co-operatives, wages, and told of visits to various industrial works. The general conclusion on labor con- ditions reached by the commission was that, “The U. S. S. R. is a strong and stable state. The government is not only in every way better than anything Russia has ever yet had, but it has done and is doing work in which other older state systems have failed and are failing.” Report of Delegation. The Comintern (Red International). In view of the recent attempts to re-ofganize the united front against Russian Communism—the risk that this will eventually lead to another “Sanitary Cordon” against. Russia and to another armed intervention— and of the results of this new policy in reaction and repression in the minor States bordering on Russia, the Delegation think it advisable to give in the first place a summary of the results of their investigation into activities of the Comintern (Third International) in connection with their inquiry into the authenticty of the “Red Letter.” Their inquiries have convinced the Delegation that this organization is fot of such a character that its activities should be allowed to affect the re- lations between two World Powers such as the British Empire and the U. S. 8. R. The Comintern, like other Internationals, is a co-ordinating and con- trolling authority—not a world-wide conspiracy. It enables a central Com- munist organization to discuss and direct a common policy with national or- ganizations; which on the whole, tends rather to prevent local‘extremists from disturbing the peace in futile Intrigues and insurrections... Further, they have good evidence that the influence of the Comintern in, respect of England is at present excersised for moderation and for action on constitu- tional lines. They are satisfied that the Commissariat for Foreign Affairs has both a position and a policy that would prevent any action by the Comin- tern in breach of Tréaty engagements; and that the Comintern has not committed or even contemplated any such breach. Finally, that the Comin- tern so far as Great Britain is concerned is not the formidable affair that both its opponents and officials might like it to be thought. These views have been formed partly as tne result of the report of the deputation that inspected the archives of the Communist International. Permisston was obtained in the course of a convorsation with M. Zinoviov, and no previous notice was given of the inspection. The deputation con- sisted of Messrs. Tilétt, Grenfell and Young, of whom one had a good know- ledge of Russian and another of both Russian and Gorman—the seerct records being found to be mostly kept in German. The deputation first asked to be shown the file of correspondence with the British Communist Party. This was produced from a lockod press and “*. UNION thie Courtesy of the Intefnational Pub- t Ajshers Co. ig! was a loose file of typewritten duplicates in English. it was read through and leave was asked {o take a copy of one confidential document, The deputation then inquired as to the procedure for drafting, registration, etc., in respect of important confidential documents. Lull information on this point was given in the form of about 30 typewritten pages of instructions containing the internal organizution of the office and its methods of pro- cedure. This was r through and copies of certain paragraphs were ob- tained. In the light of this document the deputation then asked for the daily register of all out-going correspondence. A large ledger was pro- duced from another locked press and was carefully examined as from June ist, There were many hundred entries;in Russian and German and where- ever an entry could either directly or indirectly concern England the com- munication was asked for and produced from its proper place in the ar- chives. It.was impossible that this record, a large volume,in.many different handwriting bearing every evidence of having been daily written up could have been tampered with. Finally, as the departmentaliregulations showed that all communications of any importance such as the “Red Letter” could only have been drafted on the basis of a discussion in ‘the’ Executive, the deputation asked to see the minutes of the Executive meetings. After a good deal of consultation and telephoning, the last volume of minutes was produced from a e in the same room. Some 50 pages. were read through and several documents were examined. This gave a very complete know- ledge of the whole recent activities of the Comintern—between ‘June and October, 1924. It is enough to say in regard to these activities that there was good evidence that in respect of England they conformed to the inter- national agreement as to propaganda and the main operations of the Comin- tern have of late been given a very different objective. A ‘eppy of a very confidential document was obtained, the result of an Executive discussion concerning England, which showed conclusively what the real policy of the organization is in respect of Great Britain. Before leaving the deputation satisfied themselves that |here was no other channel in the Comintern departments by which a letter signed by ‘ M. Zinoviev would have been either discussed, drafted or issued. Finally, the whole attitude of the officials and the atmosphere in which the inquiry was conducted was such that the deputation, whic. had among its members men accustomed to foreign investigation and ‘intelligence” work, were entirely satisfied that they had penetrated to the most secret archives of the Communist International. Indeed one of their difficulties is to deal with the matter in hand without divulging more than yould be fair. This inspection convinced them, so far as a negative can be proved, that no “Red Letter” cver left the Comintern. And this conciusion that there never was a “Red Letter’ is corroborated vy the little that has been divulged in London as to its origits. Thus Mr. Chamberlain in the House (December 15th) in reply to Mr. MacDonald ad- mitted that the foreign Office had never an original and that it'was “wholly immaterial whether the signature of Mr. McManus was put by him or not.” While Mr. MacDonald stated: “I never had a particle of evidence.” On the other hand Mr. Chamberlain positively maintains the authencity of the document as a result of his Cabinet inquiry, while Mr. MacDorald considers it “not proven” as a result of his. So that the inference drawn by those who still believe in a Comintern ‘conspiracy is that while, the “Red Letter” may not have been a formal signed despatch yet that its @ntents were communicated in some form or other. And the explanation generally ac- cepted by such believers is that the substance of it was edatained in a speech of which a summary-was sent to the British Communist Party. The delegation has, therefore, to deal with the further question as to whether M. Zirfoviev could have said anything like the Substance of the letter in his periodic addresses to the Comisitern, which had subsequently been sent to Eogland. They found thai it was a@ procedure of the Comintern to Circulate information to Committees abroad in the form’6f summaries of speeches made by M. Zinoviey to the Central Committee. But that instrue- tions such as the “Red Letter” purports to be were never sent in this form (as in Annexe II.) but always In signed despatches (as in Annexe III.) Fur- ther that under date of September 12th, summaries of a speech of M. Ztnoviav to the Central Committee wore sent to the British Communist Par- Conroe ii OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE BRITISH TRADE DELEGATION TO SOVIET RUSSIA- Copyright In the United States by the International Publishers Co, Ali Rights Reserved, Copyright by the Trades Union Congress General Council In Great Britain, ty in covers marked secret, and sgined by Mr. McManus. The substance of this speech was quite unobjectionable and dealt mainly with matters on the Continent, Full notes were made of it during the inspection and a copy obtained of the covering despatches. One of these is appended (An- nexe IL). The original was destroyed after receipt by the Communist Party Office as instructed in. the second coverer, It is worth noting that Mr. Chamberlain told the House that the original of the “Red Letter” could not be produced for that reason. Tho opening phrases of the “Letter” read like a speech badly translated and clumsily garbled, It will be observed that the most offensive passages are clearly interpolations in defiance of sense and syntax (see Annexe Ib). Moreover in the latter part of the letter the style and substance change. From general and impersonal assertions and advice the letter becomes dc- tailed instructions as to the formation of a “Red Staff,” with tho British as “you” and the Russians as “we.” The advice in the first part is adapted to the political situation. and there seems no sense in tacking these later in- structions as to insurrection on to the earlier advice as to. constitutional action. Moreover the source of the forgers’ material for this second part has probably also been found in one of the popular text-books on militant Communism, while the long paragraph about China in the middle is very much like a passage found in propaganda for the “anti-war week.” To those who like the delegation have had evidence of what is the real policy of the Comintern in respect of England, this latter part of the | letter is an absurdity. The Comintern officials indeed bitterly resented be- ing ascribed the authorship of anything so futile and foolish. But it is these instructions to tamper with our army and navy that affected British public opinion, and turned the election. In order, therefore, to give some evidence of what the real policy of the Comintern is in respect to the British forces, leave has been obtained to publish a secret despach on the subject, a copy of which was got in the course of the inspection. It seems improb- able, if not impossible, that instructions based on this policy could have been followed in a few days by those in the “Red Letter.” The delegation, therefore, claims to have produced evidence that should satisfy all open-minded opinion that the “Red Letter” was a forgery. It further claims to have exposed the probable sources used by the forger. And finally, that enough of the information in its possession has been pub- lished to convince any reader open to conviction, that if a similar investiga- tion were undertaken in London it would certainly expose who the forger was. (To be contiiued tomorrow) BRITISH PUTTING INTO EFFECT AMERICAN ANTI-LABOR SCHEME (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.—London news dispatches tell of the exposure by the Daily Herald (labor) of secret orders by the British war office, for the recruiting of a new constabulary force, to be made up exclusively of non-members of trade unions, and to be under control of the army. Its ob- vious purpose Is the crushing of the power of the British labor movement next May, when the crisis between the coal miners, railway and transport workers and their allies, and the big employers, is due. BOTVIN DIED AS HERO, SONG OF REVOLT ONLIPS Horde s of People at Killing of Commanist (Special to The Daily Worker) WARSAW, Poland (I. .R. A.)—-Some weeks ago the young Communist Bot- vin killed in Lemburg the “famous” provocateur Cechnovsky. The ‘Polish ‘terror government placed the young revenger before a court martial and on August 6 he was sentenced to be hanged. In the Polish bourgeois press we find the following description of the execution of the death sentence against Botvin and his last moments, This description characterizes on the one hand the furious terror of the Polish bourgeoisie against the sup- pressed labor movement and particu- larly against its advance guard, the Communist Party, and on the other hand the revolutionary determination, devotion and militant spirit with which the best sons of the working class, the members of the Communist Party and the Young Communist League in Poland are carrying on their work. Police Fear Crowds, In the streets leading to the court house immense crowds of workers gathered. Hundreds of thousands of people streamed together in order to see Botvin for the last time. The street leading’ to the Brigittki prison was locked up by strong police forces. Lemburg looked like a town under a state of war. As there was no hang- man, the court changed its sentence into death thru being shot. Before the execution of the sentence Botvin was‘allowed to say farewell to his family. He remained completely calm towards his family. He consoled his,mother and sisters. When the sisters began to cry, Botvin asked them to follow the example of the mother, who remained calm and com- posed. Rejects Rabbi. When his family had left, a rabbi entered Botvin’s cell. Botvin rejected him and declared with sharp, pronun- ciation: “I am an atheist and do not recognize confession. Only those peo- ple are pious who ‘are not enlight- ened.” He demanded that the rabbi should leave his cell immediately. Then Botvin met his mother once This strikebreaking army scheme was suggésted some years ago, in debate in the senate, by Senator Wadsworth of New York, now chairman of the senate committee on military affairs. One of the opposition had asked why Wadsworth was advocating a larger army in time of peace. His reply was that a substantial military force under federal control was always needed. 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Why waste words?” Botvin asks for something to eat and for cigarettes. After having eaten and lit a cigarette, he sits down calm- ly and waits for the appearance of the executors, Political Prisoners Sing. When he is led into the courtyard, he starts to sing the revolutionary song, “Praise and honor, for your tyrants.” The political prisoners come to the windows of their cells opposite to the pole where the ex- ecution will take place, and join the marian with powerful voices. t the sight of the pole the: with fury. Botvin is led to Bee by one officer and eight soldiers, They try to put @ bandage round his eyes, but he rejects this energetically. When the officer gives the com- mand, “fire,” Botvin calls out clearly, “Long live the social revolution!" 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