The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 2, 1925, Page 6

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What bloody possibilities there are in ihcidents such as thi The “gunmen of American diplomacy,” as an American writer has called the naval detachments recently, are responsible to no one but the war department and in the past they have presented the American masses with more than one wholesale butchery of “backward peoples” neither hushed up or justified in the face of popular clamor. The Chinese people are, with much pain and struggle, throwing off the yoke of their own reactionary ruling class and that-of the foréign exploiters. ‘Slowly they are uniting their country, divided again and again by the military chieftains and portioned out among the great powers. A national labor movement, the infallible sign of the advancement of the masses, is rapidly arising. In m&ny ways, some of them difficult for those who live in highly industrialized countries to understand, the Chinese workers and peasants, with some student organizations playing a leading role, are lifting themselves out of the morass of ignorance and poverty that western capitalism is largely responsible for perpetrating. American shipowners have never been ,regarded as angels of efness and light and it, is certain that the American. steamer which got into diftic ulty 1.400 miles up the river from Shanghai was engaged in no altrui mission. In plain words, it had no business there, yet no sooner are its ewners. notified of its being looked upon as an enemy by the Chinese than a gunboat is dispatched to terrorize the natives. ’ Of late there has been a let-down in the news carried by the cap- italist press on the Chinese situation. The popular opinion seems to be that the crisis has passed and that pending the conference of the Chinese government and the great powers oyer the question of custom duties and extra-territoriality perialists will cease. The dispatch of a U. S. gunboat to the interior of China shows that this is a wrong idea. American troops and warships are still in China. They are there to terrorize the Chinese masses and to sup- port any reactionary uprising that can be utilized to thwart the Chinese liberation movement. What news of the Chinese developments that is carried by the capitalist press now emphasizes the danger of the ‘“Bolshevist menace.” If the American militarists choose to slaughter Chinese workers, peasants and students, it will undoubtedly occur in the holy cause of freeing them—and American businessmen in China— from the “menace of Bolshevism.” The Shanghai strike has shown that Japanese, British and Amer- ican imperialist interests could not work together harmoniously altho as thieves they had many things in common. The other powers will not allow America a free hand if her activity threatens their privileges. There is the threat of imperialist war of a world-wide character in such advéntures as that of the gunboat Palos. The slogan of the Workers (Communist) Party of America is just as forcible today as it was three months ago— Bring American warships and fenepn any out of China! The F French Debt The middle class spokesmen can yip their heads off about the huge sums owed to “their country” by European nations, France in particular, but the kind of settlement that is indicated by the nego- tiations now in progress between Caillaux and Mellon is fairly con- vineing evidence that American finance-capital is not going to force the French ruling class into bankruptcy. That.ruling class is still, with its hostility towards British imperialism, too valuable an asset for Wall Street to dispose of for a matter df a few billion dollars. American imperialism prefers to,keep France under its thumb and it allows her therefore to pay at the rate of $40,000,000 per year on a total debt of over $4,000,000,000.. This is at the rate of one per cent per year—certainly very generous terms as any debtor will ad- mit. But these geperous terms can be revised at any time and they mean that the House of Morgan will continue to be the real ruler of France: The French national economy will be forced to adjust itself to the needs of Wall Street. The needs are just the opposite of those of the French working" class and peasantry and as in Germany a Dawes plan under some other name will throw the whole burden upon their shoulders. ‘ Overshadowing all the fine phrases of the diplomats and finan- ciers put out for public consumption is the one basic fact—that France is an appendage of American imperialism and favors in the matter of money payments will have to be repaid a hundredfold by still more brutal suppression and exploitation of the French masses. the aggressions of the im-j Another View of N. Y. Saklatvala Demonstration ARDLY two months ‘after™ the Tenth Congress of the Communist Party of Germany in July the. Com- munist International found it necés- sary to take issue with the leader- ship of its German section. In a com- munication sent to the German Party the Communist Interhational discuss- es all questions at issue and gives advice and direction. This letter is not only\a manifesta- tion of the international leadership of our Comintern, but it is. also a con- clusive proof of the absolute hec sity of such a leadership. Too often there exists a tendency that political | orientations fall victims to subjective influences of the leadership. Too oft- ‘en the subjective conceptions of a leadership give a wrong slant to the consideration of objective conditions. HUS, for instance, we find, that the desire to stick to Leninism is in itself, not sufficient. One must have the fundamental concepts of; Lenin- ism as an integral part of one’s point | of view. Where this fundamental con- cept is missing, we find that the mere technical attempt to be Leninist leads to distortions of Leninism, manifest- ing themselves in leftist opportunism, or in opportunist pessimism. The Communist International, led by those comrades who have been } the comrades and fellow officers of the great leader of »the world prole- tariat in the victorious battle against Russian capitalism, preserves a_uni- versal outlook for its consideration of the problems of the revolutionary movement in the different countries. They are Leninists in action capable of judging the Leninist qualities of the activities not on the basis of a Leninist formula, but on the basis of the live principlés of Lenin. / UTH FISHER, the leader of/the severely criticised group of lead- ership of the German Party, recog- Letter from the E. C..C. I. to all Organizations and Members of the Communist Party of Germany. a8 8 Dear ‘comrades: As early as the last session of the Enlarged Executive—March-April 1925 —and shortly afterwards, we discuss- ed in detail, in conjunction with the representatives of the German Com- munist’ Party, those questions in which, in our opinion, the greatest defects of Party work are evidenced. The most important. question—the question of the German Party—was at that time, and still continues to be, the blem of increasing the recruit- ing, powers of our Party, the problem of. winning the masses, especially the massés of social democratic workers. Our. general political line has been determined from this standpoint, and from this standpoint we have consid- ered the other questions. Among these we find the following tasks; work in the trade union convincing the social democratic workers (questions of propaganda, “change of tone,” etc); the “normalising” of Party life (inner Party democracy, employment of the former opposition, freedom of discus- sion, election of Party functionaries, introduction of fresh leading forces, etc.), was regarded by us at the same time as a prerequisite for the estab- lishment of correct relations towards the masses outside the Party; the liquidation of the hidden fight against the International (liquidation of the custom of so-called independent emis- saries in other parties, sincere ‘car- rying out of the real Bolshevist line). Before the Party Conference, the representatives of the Executive once more negotiated with the *represent- atives of the German Party, although not~entirely officially; this was at the wish of the German representatives. At these negotiations the three most important groups of questions were discussed . Firstly: The Executive pointed out the existence of certain right devia- tions in the leading group Ruth Fischer-Maslow; the adoption of a too parliamentary attitude, etc. Secondly: It was decided that a really new course should be followed in the trade union question; that a strong and capable trade union de- partment be demonstratively elected at the Party Conference, or instruc- tions to this effect given to the new Party Central. RS SPOT Ye aN aN CNET The Comintern Letter to the: nized this and sti testified to the correctness of the Communist Interna- tional’s criticism’ with*her signature. The Communist ‘International is the genreal staff of out titernational re- volutionary party.© To this general staff falls the right and the duty to finally pass upon the correctness of the use of our revolutionary forces on all national and international bat- tle fronts of the class struggle. To recognize this right and duty of the Communist International carries with it a determination to understand, rather than to criticise its decisions. The DAILY. WORKER will print the Communist Interpational letter to Germany. Its importance is ob- vious, First the German’ Party is part of our own, party because ft is part of our International. * Second the Commbnist Internation- al judgment on proffierhs' in Germany suggests valuable arid important con- clusions on the Cémmunist Interna- tional judgment on problems in Amer ica. Third, the letter helyg us to under- | stand better the methods of judg- ment of the Communist .International, helps to give us a better understand- ing of Leninism. 4~ve will print the letter serially, ' beginning in today’ ifftie. For the better understanding |of ‘the letter we reprint here an artiéle of the Pravda, official organ of the Russian Commun- ist Patty, onthe Cothniunist Interna- tional letter to the German Party. + 8 The Political Meaning of the Letter of the E.C. C. I. to the German Party | | | (Reprinted from Pravda.) LL those who hold dear the in- terests of the world revolution Thirdly: The representatives of the Executive insisted that fresh leading forces are to elected to*the Central, especially comrades ‘familiar with trade union work, and including some comrades of the opposition. Not for the purpose of dragging the Party over to the “right”, ab has been. de- liberately wrongly asserted, but in order to a create means ‘of access to the vacillating members 6f the Party. The Pxecutive received three sub- sequent inquiries as to the elements of which the Party Ceritral was to be composed, and three” tithes it con- firmed its advice. At the Party Conferetice itself thése decisions were, for the most part, not carried out. Comrade Ruth Fischer’s group not only sabotaged the deci- sions, but at the same!"time caused the delegation sent by tie ‘Executive to be treated in such a manner that it was obliged to issue a declaration to this effect. At‘the conclusion of the Party Conference an’ offer of an alliance on the part of the Scholem- Rosenberg group againstthe Eecutive was tacitly accepted,‘ proceeding void of all principle,” seeing that [politically the Party Conference was being carried on in the spirit of fight against the ultra left. A conflict with the representatives of tite Youth In- ternational was brought°about in an analogous manner; thé*"nternational Youth Conference, in ‘which the -re- presentatives of 13 Golintries par- ticipated, ha® officially!* stated its standpoint with regard jo this, and addressed an appeal tg is effect to the Eecutive. This brought about a severe crisis. The first delegation coming to us with instructions for the disavowal of the E. C. C. I. delegation was obliged to admit, after a heated discusion, that FASCIST ITALY PREPARES FOR MORE VIOLENCE Mussolini Thteatens as _ Regime Tatters ROME, Sept, 30—The growing op position to the fasci#t’ dictatorship in Italy has called fortH frantic and vio- lent speeches from €H€ spokesmen of fascism in a campaigi designed to in- timidate parliament when it opens In October or November, Premier Mus- solini, speaking of the opposition at a meeting in Northern Italy, sald “They will never peed. in paralyz- Ing with their fee! ¢ barricades our powerful movement,’ He warned the opposition that it must accept the government or be “constrained by force.” Sig. Farinacet, secretary general of the fascist party said, “This is a peaceful revolution if not opposed, but if opposed it will be carried out by force.” Rumors’ persist that the army is undergoing.“® changed atti- tude regarding fasdisin and certainly the civil population ts’ becoming daily more resentful of “the iron dictator- ship. Tightening Wieretenip In order to sa’ If, the dicta- ever more #e- ,| time immemorial. must give careful ‘consideration to the letter of the Executive Committee of the Communist International to the Communist Party of Germany. May the gourgeois. penny-a-liners, may the opportunists and reformists rejoice because of-the public criticism of the Executive Committee of the Commun- ist International on the leadership of the German Communist Party. To rejoice about the difficulties on the road to revolution is the shameful historic profession of the Social-Demo- cratic lackeys of capitalism. Cruel self-criticism, understanding of one’s, own mistakes, and the rectification of such gmistakes is what Lenin taught us. rtain deviations became appar- ent in the Ruth Fisher-Maslow group and also certain mistakes in the lead- ership of the party. On the other {hand, the Communist Party of Ger- many did not understand how to ex- ploit all its. chances of propaganda among the masses. Naturally there are also- objective conditions which make this propaganda of the Com- munist Party of Germany among the masses more difficult. The tiredness of the masses as a result of the Octo- ber defeat is still prevalent; the: il- lusions are not yet overcome which were created by the victory of the left block in France, by the MacDon- old government in England and by the Dawes’ plan the German boungeois- ie ‘still pulls along with it certain proletarian groups on the basis of western orientation. . HIS’ inad@ it all the more neces- sary to calliattention to a number of mistakes ahd deviations of the Ruth Fisher-Maslow group. The lat- ter underestimated the characteristic historic changes and. particularities which took place among the masses. To All Organizations and Members of the the Eecutive was right. The whole delegation made a declaration to the effect that it held the criticism made by the E. C. C. I. to be correct, that it considered the standpoint repres- ented by the E. C. C. I. delegation to have been right, and that it was in agreement with the political line taken by the youth representatives and by the Internatiénal Youth Con- ference. Meanwhile it was decided—at the With of the German delegationto have thelarger body of representativ- €8 s@nt for. Ruth Fischer employed evéry possible means in order to delay their .arrival. . _ The second delegation was divided into two groups. At first comrade Ruth Fischer opposed the criticism of the E. C. C. L, but after a long dis- cussion in the-Commission of the E. Cc. C. I, participated in by the re- presentatives of all the leading parties, she too made a declaration acknowledging the correctness of the criticism made by the E. C.-C. I. This, briefly stated, is the state of affairs. We wish however to add some further explanations, for the purpose of- making the standpoint of the Communist International clear to the German comrades, 1. The General Situation. The ‘world political situation may be regarded as extremely critical. Despite the relative stabilization in Central Europe, the fundamental in- consistencies of modern capitalism are causing a state of extreme tension. The rapid growth of the Soviet Union, the decline experienced by England, the successes of the International red united front (Anglo-Russian trade union bloc and the struggle for unity; the German and other workers’ dele- gations to Soviet Russia; the wofkers’ islation is proposed that will further centralize the government, giving it complete jurisdiction over the press and usurping for itself the appoint- ment of mayors of municipalities— & procedure unheard of in Italy from The feeling is current that Musso- lini’s last resort against the growing menace of the internal situation will be to plunge the country into a for- eign war. His foreign policy is of the most eccentric character and his solutions of the Italian debt prob- lem have failed to materialize. The regime is undoubtedly tottering and is making preparation for its last feast of violence. Quake Hits Oakland, Calif. OAKLAND, Cal., Sept, 30—A strong, sharp earthquake rocked Oakland at 7:20 o'clock this morning, paralyzing telephone service thruout the city for ten minutes. There were no casualties and no damage was reported. The shock was at first thought to have been caused by a terrific blast. Uni- versity of California seismogolists are investigating their instruments for ‘an explanation of the shock, Echo of Teapot Dome. CLEVELAND, Sept. 30, — Appeal from the decision of the U. 8, dis- trict judge for the district of Wyo- ming upholding the validity of the Teapot Dome leases to Harry F. Sin- clair was fi led at St. Louis in the U. 8. court of “appeals by Atlee Pome- reme, counsel’ tor the government, argument begins at in your shop tomor- hem what the DAILY “Communist a a eer CAN HER SR THOME ‘Party The offendivejof'apital. and of ‘reac tion. created among the Gérman masses a will for self-defense and for struggle. A growth of the sympathies of the proletarian masses for the So- viet Union which expressed itself in the Social-Democratic and non-parti- gan workers’ delegation to Russia is also unquestionable. The masses be- gan to move and new energy accumu- lated for thé class struggle. “This change in the consciousness of the masses has not been correctly estimated ..and:-sufficiently exploited by the German comrades. As a re sult of this {the Wissatisfaction of the masses merely drove water on the {mills of _ the, social-democratic ‘left’ opposition “instead” of becoming use- ful for! the Communist Party of Ger- ;many.. The Ruth Fisher-Maslow group not only‘underestimated this change of the midod of the masses but it also disregarded the work in the rade unions. Too small forees were con-{ centrated ‘on this sector of the prole- tarian front. For this reason we suf- fered considerable losses in the field of trade union” work. ERE it becomes clearly apparent that we have to pay for any at- tempt to-be more left than Leninism. It would be absolutely incorrect to take for granted that the Commynist Party of Germarfy has no- prospects for success in the trade union work at present. Even the social-demo- cratic Liepziger Wolkszeitung must} admit that in the elections of the |. German federation of Labor the Communist Party of Germany polled | from :25 to 30 per cent of the votes | altho it elected only three represen- tatives. “The united front strategy was also insuffiicently understood. Many thot that the united front was merely a of Germany diplomatic play of the Russian mass policies. “It is absolutely clear that the highest organ of the revolution, the Executive Committee of the Commun- ist International, had to call the at- tention of the party membership to the dangers besetting the correct Bolshevist line. The Executive Com- mittee of the Communist Interna- tional acted in accordance with Len- inism, It acted correctly. The cor- reetness of the criticism of the Exe-, cutive Committee of the Communist International is also recognized by the, resolution, of the Central Execu- tive Committee of the Communist iPad of Germany. 0 the mass Néarer to the So clal-Democratic workers! Real application of the united front tac! tics not in words but in deeds! Ener, getic strengthening of trade union unity! That is the poljtical meaning of the fetter cf thé Executive Coms mittee of the Commuist International! “The Communists must: penetrate into the depths of the- Social-Demo- cratic working masses and must carry on trade union work. This will, not jbe very pleasant for the Social-Demo- cratic Party, but our main task is to | widen the scOpe,of influence of our |Party among the. masses. | “May the renegades of the prole- |tarfan revolution rejoice about the fight of Moscow With the Communist |Party of Germany. May they laugh | about the ‘penants and fanatics of {the world revolution!’ It is not the | first time that we hear such cries. | The revolutionary advance guard of the German working class has suffici- ently strong nerves to consider the j;Malicious rejoicings of the soctal | traitors with contempt and to discip- line its will to fight and its determina- tion for victow.” Communist Party of Germany and peasants’ congresses in France; the revolutionizing of the whole Eng- lish dabor movement, @tc.), and the enommous increase in the acuteness ofthe, colonial and semi-colonial struggles for freedam (Morocco, Syria, and; especially in China) on the one hend; and on the other hand the con- céniration of imperialist forces against the ;Soviet Union (the military-diplo- matic, “ting”. around Moscow; agita- tionwin the bourgeois press; English poliey and the security pact; prepara- tiens for wdr and blockade; the attitude adopted bye Kautsky and the sasial: democratic press, etc.)—these areal symptoms of the general aggravation of the situation, Among this complex of symptoms one of particular importance is Ger- many's fresh orientation towards the West... This orientation is. creating another general trend of feeling among the people, and. is even mirror- @tkjto @ certain extent among the least ¢lags conscious sections of the prole- tariat. diwo different processes are to be ohserved among the German people. Incthe first place the fresh wave of sympathy for the Soviet, Union; the secial democratic workers are begin; ning <to: develop towards communism. Notidixectly towards the Communist Partyebut. by roundabout paths and in novel ways, which the Party must learn to:estimate, A typical example issfurnished by the workers’ delega- tions: < On the other hand, we nave to re- cunee growth, in certain—if small— sect! of the working class of the so-called “‘anti-Moscow” tendencies, an expression of the fresh orientation of the bourgeoisie. This process is also going on in the German C. P. to a certain extent. The so-called ultra left tendency is frequently merely a cloak for social democratic, reformist, “Levitic” tendgncies, which But by the Combined V hao map City aiseas. ssaze sister a le to ‘ NOT BY THE STROKE OF ONE Be Possible to Save THE DAILY WORKER Tam sending you my response to your appeal. I en- ‘Address ‘letters. and’ make’ checks and money orders ‘or beer | 1113 W, reed threaten to change into direct betray- al of the international working class. These two processes are of an inter- national character, and are thus of particular importance. There is no doubt that a number of circumstances. @eatly increasing the difficulties existed at the time when the left took over the le&dership of the Party. The October defeat, six months of illegality, the MacDonald government, left elections in France and the Dawes report with its re- sultant reformist illusions among broad strata of. the’ working class. But in spite of all this, the losses sustained by the Party, unavoidable to a certain degree, would not have been so great if the leaders of the Party had not committed the above grave errors. In spite of this we must state here that the above-mentioned group. of leaders in the Party Central have not by any means showed themselves Capable of reacting properly to the new processes. taking place’ in the working class. Although the general situation is by no means unfavorable, the number of members in the Party, at best, only maintains its level; there is a serious falling off in the trade unions; there:were serious loes- es at the political elections; the re- cmuiting powers of the Party are in- sufficjently developed, despite the apparent unity, which is by no means a Bolshevist unity. This is the point which has now been reached. . The Party leaders have not proved capable of winning’over the social democratic and non-party workers... The Ruth Fischer-Maslow group has not proved capable of an getic fight against the “ultra left” reality in anticommunist tendencies, and has even supported thesé ten- dencies by playing a highly ambi- guous role in international questions, (To be continued tomorrow) Efforts of All Will It *