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By Carrier: Weekly, 18 cents; monthly, 75 cents, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1934 Communist International Speaks F the Daily Worker on Saturday was published the Thesis of the Executive Commitiee of the Commu- nist International, adopted at its XIII Plenary meeting held in December in Moscow. gives the answer of the World Party of Communism to the | questions that have been raised by the events of the | 15 months since the XII Plenum, and the estimate of | the present moment in the world situation. It is there- | fore of the greatest importance to all workers, and es- pecially to the members and supporters of the Com- Mmunist Party. It must be carefully studied and dis- | cussed. | Already at the XII Plenum, the Executive Com- | ‘iiitce noc signalized the end of capitalist stabilization, ae% the Seginning of the transition period to a new Series of wa.> uxd revoluions. Now the XIII Plenum declares “that tis ~bjective prerequisites for a revolu- tionary crisis have “ctured to such an extent that at the present time the worn \ closely approaching a new round of revolutions and wes.” Further the thesis declares: “The mainstays of capitaliem an already being destroyed by virtue of its profound, insoluble con- tradictions. The world economic crisis is mst closely interwoven with the general crisis of capitai‘sm, and sharpens all the cardinal contradictions of th. capi- talist world to such an extent that a turn may take place at any moment, a turn which will signify v4e transformation of the economic crisis into a revolu tionary crisis. The great task of the international | proletariat is to turn this crisis of the capitalist world inte the vietory of the prolearian revotntion.” by Objective preconditions already exist for a revolu- tionary crisis, What is still lacking is the prepared- ness of the workingclass, its revolutionary determination to make an end of the bankrupt capitalism system that is condemning the masses to hunger, oppression, and imperialist war, what is missing is the revolution- ary awareness of the masses of the workers to the fact that it must decisively cut itself loose from the This document bourgeois demagogs a la Roosevelt, and the treacherous | Parties of the Second International which support the capitalist system, and organize its forces around the Communist Party to prepare for the struggle to break the power of capitalism and begin to build the new In almost every country the Com- munist Parties are growing, extending their influence, preparing larger masses for the revolutionary struggle. The Socialist parties of the Second International are in crisis, their policies have been dscredit by their more open betrayals and bankruptcy, especally by the ex- ample in Germany. But this process is only well begun, 4 is not completed, and the majority of the working- class has not yet liberated itself from reformist illu- sions, not yet prepared itself for the decisive struggle for the socialist society. The influence of the social- | fascists still remains the chief obstacle before the work- | ingelass, which must be destroyed before the next stage | of history, that of socialism, can be entered by the | millions now suffering the agonies of a dying capitalist | World. How long will it take for the workinglass to | be prepared? The Thesis answers: “The question as to how soon the rule of bank- apt capitalism will be overthrown by the proletariat ‘will be determined by the fighting preparedness of | the majority of the workingclass, by the successful work of the Communist Parties in undermining the mass influence of social-democracy.” rt crisis of capitalism deepens and enters a new stage. At the same ame, however, in the land where the workingclass took power in 1917, in the Soviet Union, the construction of the new socialist society is developing, its power is being raised to a higher and higher level. Already the Soviet Union, in the midst of @ capitalist world that is falling into decay, has teken a backward agrarian country and transformed it into & modern industrial country, has conquered the Jast stronghold of pre-socialist economy by the collec- tivization of agricuiture, and already realized the slogan of Stalin: “To catch up and outstrip the most advanced capitalist countries” in industrial development. The Soviet Union is already the greatest industrial country of Europe, and is exceeded in the whole world only by the United States in the volume of industrial produc- tion. While the capitalist world imposes deeper misery and starvation upon the masses of workers and farmers, the Soviet Union develops an increasing socialist pros- perity; while living standards fall sharply in the capi- talist world, in the Soviet Union they rise steadily; while culture and education fall into ruins in the capi- talist world, including the U. S., in the Soviet Union they grow and blossom in the greatest achievements of haman history. Thus the Thesis is able to point out that: “The main stronghold of the world proletariat, | the powerful land of the Soviets, the land of the victorious workingclass which ts making the present r into the last year of economic difficulties, raising well-being of the toiling masses to a new and level by its great socialist victories, serves as : lutionary struggle.” a oak age aa T= Tise of fascism in Germany and its strengthening 4 in many capitalist countries, the New Deal of Roose- elt, the increase of capitalist production upon the basis of feverish war preparations and a huge speculative Market created by inflation—these developments of the past year have been taken by the Socialist Parties as the basis to proclaim a restored capitalist rule, an class from revolutionary struggles. XMI Plenum points out the treacheous false- of this line of the Second Internation, which is etically supported by the renegades, the Trotsky- id Lovestoneites, The rise of fascism is itself a of the depth of the crisis of capitalism, which is | r able to rule except by open, bloody violence the toiling masses. Roosevelt's policies, far being a stabilizing influence, throw the whole list world into deeper chaos, greatly sharpening contradictions. The very increase of capitalist tion, when examined, is seen to be of such a “Ss | ternational is liquidated.” DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1934 tagonisms w Signalizing the im- mence of new imperialst wars whch threaten to engulf the world. We must come to the necessary conclusion, therefore, that “When the bourgeoisie reorganises its tottering dictatorship on a fascist basis in order to create a firm, solid government, this in the present conditions, leads to the strengthenings not only of its class terrorism, but also of the elements which disrupt its power, to the destruction of the authority of boar- seois law in the eyes of the broad masses, to the growth of internal friction among the bourgeoisie and to the acceleration of the collagse of its main social support—social-democracy. Finally, when the bourgeoisie tries, by an aggressive war policy, to strengthen its foreign position, it extremely intensifies international antagonisms and the danger for capi- talism which arises from them.” ‘HE Thesis of the XII Plenum is an annihilating | reply to the slanders of the Socialist Party, the ‘Trostkyites, and other renegades, who have been assur- ing their capitalist masters that “the Communist In- But these political lackeys oh capitalism are so lost to all honor that they will only turn to new slanders; the exposure of their shame will not even bring a blush to their cheeks. We have dealt with only a few of the main political judgements of the Executive Committee of the Com- munist International, of the representatives of the Communist Parties of the entire world, from which flows the tasks of the Communist Parties which are outlined in the Thesis. We will continue the discussion of these tasks in coming issues of the Daily Worker in these columns and in special articles On the Road to Mass Expulsions 'TH the fig leaf of a sham trial to cover up their Gictatorial methods closely akin to Hitlerism, the ruling clique of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union has ousted from office twenty-five lett wing leaders in the administration of Cloak Finishers Local 9. The brazen action of the Dubinsky-Hochman of- ficialdom brings squarely into the open the concerted drive, cloaked in legalistic form, to smash the left wing in the I. L. G. W. U. The unabashed dusting | of the left wing leaders of Local 9, is one of a series as to intensify all the social and economic an- | of attempts made by these misleaders to stifle the | Toars of the rank and file against their treacherous acts. In Local 1, nominees for office proposed by the lex, wing were summarily removed from the ballot on firasy pretexts. Three left wing members of the Executiv. Board of local 22, were suspended from the Board *nd robbed of their rights as members on the “crime” *f solidarity with pickets led in strike by the Needle ‘Ssades Workers’ Industrial Union. Discrimination agains, and persecution of left wing workers is proceeding witi. greater tempo in all the locals of the I. L. G. W. U. The Dubinsky-Hochman clique, “lewing in the footsteps of their inglorious predecessor Dforris Sig- man and their allies, the strikebreaking McCradys, Wolls and Greens, are heading straight in the direc. tion of mass expulsions of rank and file workers who refuse to follow their class collaboration policies. « yet is back of the systematic campaign against the left wing which is now breaking out with renewed zeal by the combined forces of the reactionary right wing and the Lovestonite “progressives”? What do the I. L. G. W. U. officiats fear, that they move more and more in the direttion of establish- ing iron control over the union through high handed methods of robbing the workers.of all rights in the union and destroying any vestige of trade union democracy? The I. L. G. W. U. officials canfiot cover up their collusion with the bosses to smash union standards established by the agreement following the general strike, however loudly they may shout against “chisel- ers” of the N. R. A. They cannot conceal the con- tinued wage cutting and lengthening of hours in the shops and other violations of the agreement, which they have effected through secret concessions to the bosses, A mounting tide of resentment and distrust is found among thousands of members In the Inter- national. In the left wing program which relentlessly throws the searchlight on the betrayal policies of the officials, the rank and file are finding the only leadership in the fight to maintain union conditions. The left wing leaders of local 9, were ousted be- cause they fought for concrete gains for the workers in the last strike; because they were the champions in the struggle to defeat piece work and were able to swing a referendum vote of two to one in the entire membership for week work over the desires and intentions of the I. L. G. W. U. ruling clique. They were removed from office because they fought for a united front of all needle workers including those affiliated with the Needle Trades’ Workers Indus- trial Union and for a struggle in the workers’ in- terests. The “progressive front” of the reactionary officials, their loyal opposition, the Lovestoneite Zimmermans, now stand exposed as bulwarks of the ruling clique. Nowhere was the logical end of their opportunism better shown than in Local 1, where the Lovestonite progressives merged openly with the reactionary right wing club in the union to fight the left wing. Even their own renegade sheet had to admit that this exposed them too openly and deplored the fact that now they could no longer fool the members that they were progressive. | Te left wing has the all-important task of winning the entire rank and file to the struggle for the defense of the rights of the members. With the utmost persistence, the membership of Local 9 must resist and struggle against the decision to remove their elected officials. Only through struggle will it be possible to force the officials to back down. ‘This was seen in the first round when the officials were compelled to ad- Journ their meeting to elect new officials after the militant batfle of the left wingers. Above all, the left wingers must continue the struggle in the shops for the maintenance of conditions won through their strike, to resist wage cutting and to work to establish one united union with a class struggle policy over the heads of the rulers of the I. L. G. W. U. Join the Communist Party 38 EAST 12TH STREET, NEW YORK, N. Y. ‘Please send me more information om the Comnea- nist Party. 'Japan To Use Pu-Yi In Drive for Control’ ‘Of All North China Foreign Observers in| | Tokyo Stress War Plans | Behind Coronation TOKYO, Jan. 14—Foreign observers | {here see the Japanese plans for the |coronation of Henry Pu-Yi as “em-} |peror” of Manchukuo as camouflag- | jing the aims of the Japanese mili- | |tarists to realize the infamous singe | naka Document calling for the con- \quest of China and war on the Soviet | Union and the United States, The plans for a puppet “empire” are seen as cloaking Japan’s aim for hegeomony over North China. In this| connection, it is recalled that at the! time the Manchukuo puppet state | was proclaimed, Japanese officials openly declared that Manchukuo | would probably expand “peacefully” | |as the masses of North China came |to a realization of the “blessings” of the hangman rule of Japanese im- perialism. Evidently the anti-im- perialist masses of North China are to be heiped by Japanese bayonets te this realization, while at the same |time, the Japanese will undoubtedly utilize the sympathies of the North China war lords and the gentry and landlords for a monarchist regime. “The public clamor” formerly al- leged as influencing the Japanese plans is practically scrapped in favor of ‘the divine plan,” with Japanese and Manchukuo officials declaring today that Pu Yi had been “unwilling to accede” to the “public clamor” but has now received a “divine rev- elation” that he must ascend the throne. Probably another “divine revelation” from the “Son of Heaven” |in Tokyo will send Manchukuo troops into North China under the com- mand of Japanese officers, paving the way with occupation of North China and Inner Monogolia for Japan’s planned armed intervention against the Soviet Union. Whitewash Coat Is Given French Gov't In Stavisky Swindle Communist Deputies Score Cover-up Tactics In Chamber of Deputies | PARIS, Jan. 14. — The French Chamber of Deputies handed a lib- eral coat of whitewash to the Chau- temps government on Saturday with- out, however, succeeding in its at- tempt to allay the furious mass in- Jaignation aroused by the colossal |swinai> engineered by Serge Stavisky, | with the «./* of high government of- ficials, of $40,0°0.000 from small in- vestors, unemploye. workers and in- surance companies. Thousands of Parisians -mon- strated throughout Paris while > Chamber was in session. News of the Chamber's action brought re- newed outbursts of indignation from the demonstrators, who were kept away from the Chamber by a huge army of police and military. In the Chamber, the Communist |Deputies ruthlessly exposed the gov- ernment and its every step to balk a real investigation of the scandal, involving Premier Chautemps and other high officials, and exposed An- dre Tardieu’s connection with two other scandals, when Tardieu at- tempted to defend the government. Tardieu, in an effort to belittle the looting of thousands of Parisians, had declared that politico-financal scan- dals were not peculiar to France, but had occurred in Great Britain, Bel- gium and the U. S., as well. The Communist deputies retorted that the scandals were peculiar to the capital- “Don’t Worry, Buddy, A.Fof L Delegate ; fBeresa Its Regular!” —By Burck CASHIER Span Pacific, Carrying TOKYO, Jan. 14.—The tactical flight of a U. S. Naval squadron across the Pacific to. Honolulu, Ha- waii, is described by Japanese offi- cials as creating “an entirely new situation in the Pacific.” They stress the military importance of the dem- onstration, which shows that modern bombing planes can span the Pacific carrying death and destruction to “enemy” cities in time of war. U. S, imperialism is shown to -be linked by a matter of hours, instead of days, to its island outposts of Hawaii, Guam and the Philippines, in the opinion of Japanese high offi- Tokyo Sie U. Widening Range of Bombers| S. Flight As Demonstration That Modern Bombing Planes Can Death and Destruction cials, who do not disguise their con- cern in view of the frantic war prep- |arations on both sides of the Pacific. | Honolulu is seen as a stepping stone for U. S. bombers to Guam and the Philippines, and thence against Jap- anese cities. The flight was accom- Plished in a little less than 25 hours. The flight was not only watched with great concern by Japanese au- | thorities, but Japanese oil tankers co- ‘incided their arrival at San Francisco with the departure of the air squad- ron, while Japan had many unoffi- ciel observers at Honolulu to report on the arrival of the squadron. German Sailor Risks Death to Greet U. S. Workers in Seattle SEATTL«, Wash., Jan. 10.—Living proof that the Gi-™man revolutionary movement js alive and y.cving under the leadership of the German C>>~ munist Party was brought to the workers of America when a seaman off a German boat appeared at a re- cent mass meeting in this city, and, with arm raised in the Red Front salute, greeted the audience in Ger- man. He risked death at the hands of the Nazis for his militant act. “I, a German sailor, greet the workers and Communist Party of America,” he said. “It is dangerous for me to appear here at this meet- ing, but I take the risk because I want the workers of America to know that, in spite of the. Hitler ter- ist system which prevailed in the countries named. Prof. Goldschmidt Con- trasts Nazi Promises With Their Actions NEW YORK.—Irrefutable proof on the tremendous decline in real wages in Nazi Germany, of growing im- poverishment of the peasants and bankruptcy of the petty-bourgeois masses, together with a huge in- crease in state and private debts is given by Prof. Alfons Goldschmidt, formerly of Leipzig University and a leading German economist, in an article published in yesterday's (Sun- day) New York Times. In his ar- ticle, Prof. Goldschmidt contrasts Nazi promises (comparable in un- bridled demagogy only to the similar promises of Roosevelt) to abolish the miseries of the German people with the manner in which these promises have been carried out in the exclu- sive interest of German finance cap- ital and the Junker landlords, with a terrific worsening of the conditions of the toilers and the petty-bour- geois masses. Promises Unkept Election Program Scrapped Prof. Goldschmidt takes up one by one the basic points of the announced Nazi program and show these points have been scrapped one after the other, On the two basic demands of the Nazi economic program, he writes: “The Nazi economic program had 2 basic demands: from the moment Hitler attained power, ‘general good should take precedence over indivi- dual good,’ and the ‘breaking of in- terest-slavery’ should be carried through by all means. These have remained demands and nothing more. (emphasis ours—Daily Worker). “Of a real socialist economy not the slightest indication is to be seen. Not even has a real step been taken toward State capitalism. No conces- sion has been made to the urge of the working masses and the middle class for material participation in the economic strength of the Nazi State.” Qn tbe maior eeonomiz points of ror, the German working class, un- der the leadership of the German | Will Help Socialist, Not Communist, Victims of | Fascism, Says MacDonald |_ NEW YORK.—James G. McDonald, | League of Nations High Commis- | sioner for German Refugees and | honorary chairman of the Foreign ' Policy Association, “pleaded” at Town thal) Cb Tuesday for the rehabili- tation u. “*yman refugees and then in answer to a y:**ion after the close | of the meeting said: “There will be no question helping Socialists, but of course not Communists, We can’t do anything for them.” Mr. MacDonald said between 25 and 50 million dollars would be needed for the refugees. He received the club's Distinguished Service Medal for 1933. Communist Party, will overthrow Hitler and all who try to oppress it, and will set up a Soviet Germany!” Rates | Foreign News. Briefs BULGARIA ASKS DEATH - PENALTY FOR ANTI-WAR FIGHTERS SOFIA, Bulgaria. — The death penalty is asked for tweniy in the trial of 69 revolutionary workers, soldiers and sailors charged with ear- tying on anti-war agitation in the Bulgarian naval and military forces, The trial, which is taking place’at Varna, is being held under the‘strict- est secrecy, with workers excluded from the court. » SHANGHAI SILK MILLS SHUT SHANGHAI, China.—The “Shan- ghai Times” announces that all the Chinese silk mills in this tity sixty-five in nomber, have been’ shut down, throwing 10,000 workers out of their jobs. The newspapers lay the cause to Japanese dumping.’ 2,188 AIRPORTS IN UNITED STATES NEW YORK.—The number of air- ports and landing fields in the United States on Jan. 1, 1934, have increased to 2,188, the aeronautics branch of the Department of Commerce de- clared today. TOKYO MILITARY CONFER ON U.S. S. RB TOK YO.—A conference of army officers “interested in questions relating to the Soviet Union” was held here recently. ‘The meeting which lasted for three hours, was aw cofed by Minister of War Araki. OPENED IN 1x22. AOSTA, Italy. — A mite school to train officers and non-com- misioned officers for fighting in the snow-covered Alpine mountains, has been opened. here, today. The inauguration of this chool, the first of its kind, was witnessed. by civil and military authorities. Shows Wages Drop, Misery Increases the Hitler program, Prof. Gold- schmidt points out: Finance Capital Aided at Expense of Masses “In regard to industry, the party demanded that the State take over all industrial enterprises already so- cial in scope—that is, trusts and other large-scale concerns. Further, it de- manded the complete confiscation of all war-time profits, hence especially the profits of big business, which earned most during the war. “Up to now, not one of the great industrial trusts or the other big busi- ness undertakings has been acquired by the State. True, a sort of econo- mic council was formed under the direction of Fritz Thyssen, but it has not carried on any socializing. On the contrary, hundreds of new in- dustrial cartels and trade associations have been organized... . Confiscation Pledge Thrown Over- board “The workers in the factories of big business have not been offered par- ticipation in profits. No mention has been made by the Hitler government of any such participation. Just as little has been heard of industry's war-time profiteering gains. “In the same way, the profits of the epoch of the German revolution and also ‘the accumulations of hoard- ing and usury’ have not been con- fiscated. These profits, once seized, were to have been used for expanding social welfare activities.” Conditions of Peasantry Worsened Prof. Goldschmidt next contrasts the worsening conditions of the pea- santry under the Nazi dictatorship to the Nazi promises to the peasants: “In regard to agriculture, the Hit- lerite arty promised to carry through great reclamation, conservation and amelioration projects, since it con- sidered the peasantry to be, so to speak, the backbone of German economy. Masses of the unemployed workers were to be provided with land, and by taking root in the native soil were to be transformed into true servitors of the National Socialist State. “There was to be a guarantee that the soil might not be mortgaged to private capital. The peasantry was to be rendered independent of the jburden of interest. In other words, so-called ‘interest slavery’ was to be wiped out especially, and first of all, in agriculture. “Instead, a State grain. monopoly has been formed with relatively high fived prices and a limitation of pro- duction, This aids the big land- owners, but greatly injures the small and middie peasantry, who are mostly raisers of hogs, cattle and poultry and must buy feed at the higher prices. Further, an inheritance mono- poly has been decreed; it makes pea- sant ownership rigid in the oldest son and threatens to bring about a new exodus of peasant population from the land. “Favoritism toward the Junkers of East Prussia, in the form of gigantic agricultural credits, has been con- tinued in increasing measure since the beginning of the Hitler regime. So now the Prussian landed gentry, one of the factors that has always been most essential to political power not only in issia. but in all Ger- many, is supported by the grain mon- opoly and large subventions to the detriment of the interests of the middle and small peasantry. Usurers Protected by Nazis “Putting settlers on the land is hardly even mentioned. This means that the redistribution of great masses of workers from industry to agrizul- ture remains, up to now, nothing more than illusory. “Meanwhile big business, in so far as it is essentially interested in the agricultural market (as in the case of I. G. Dye Trust and Potash Syndicate) has been favored by the extensive grain policy, But whereas the manu- facturers of chemical fertilizers are beneficiaries under this policy, the real peasant agriculture goes empty- handed. State Debt Piles Up, Inflation Nears “Interest on land loans, speculation in land are present as before, their effects are felt more sharply.” Control of the bankers over State’s e Big Business and Junker Landlords Benefit at Masses’ Expense an increasing trend toward inflation: “In the field of public finance,” writes Prof. Goldschmidt, “the=Na- tional Socialists pledged themselves ‘to free the State, and therewith its people, from its interest-bearing’ in- debtedness to big loan capital; to bring about State ownership the Reichsbank; to raise money all big public tasks without re: to |i loans; to bring about a firmness in currency, based on adequate cover- age; to create an institution for ex- tending interest-free loans; to] - ate the consumer from the 1 of indirect taxes, as well as the luce: from restrictive taxes.’ Social Services Ruthlessly Cut: st “The Nazi State and the German people continue indebted to~ ‘i capital’—and obligated to pay r= est. Reports of the German market show distinctly that has changed, The Reichsb: not been reorganized in ax with the Nazi program. It more than formerly, the national : terests of politics, but it is not’ ~ tive in the sense of the Natic cialist economic and financial ‘pro- gram. Nor can it be—for. the. pro- gram is not being carried out"? Finally, even the right of Unem- ployed workers to social i neehas been attacked by the Nazis: : “In the social insurance tional Socialists have introduced the principle of aid only in case of need, in place of the right to . But they have by no means provided, even for every needy true German, protection against inability to “Work as a result of old age or misfortune. The Nazis have already cut down appreciably on the old social insur- ance without having put anything new in its place, excepting charity grants, which are given either only once or very seldom, and which cor- responds in no way to the has been strengthened, with ft penered:asenrieyiot Ufa ania ete ~ | the Preletarian Revolution.) Fukien Capital Falls; U.S, England and Japan Land Marines | Nanking Seeks To De- stroy 19th Route Army While Bribing Leaders SHANGHAI, Jan. 14. — Foochow, | capital of the Fukien province seces- sionist regime, was occupied Satur- day by a Nanking naval landing party, while the 19th Route withdrew, without fighting, toward Changchow. Civilian heads of the regime fied in automobiles by way jot Futsing. | ‘The fall of the city was accom- jpanied by the landing of marines {from U. S., Japanese and British | warships under the pretext of pro- tecting their nationals. The Nanking armies finally oc- cupied Kutien and Mintsing, where units of the 19th Route Army had held up the Nanking advance through northern Fukien, despite the waver- ing attitude of the heads of the seces- sionist regime. Negotiations are under way for liquidation of the rebellion by bribery of its leaders, who are offered high positions and emoluments by the Nanking government. At the same time, Chiang Kai-shek, Nanking dic- tator, is using the situation to de- stroy the 19th Route Army, which has always been a weapon in the hands of rival war lords. The rank and file of the 19th Route Army also won Chiang’s hatred by their heroic defense of Shanghai against the Japanese in January 1932, in de~ fiance of Chiang’s orders. It is pro- posed that the 19th Route Army shall withdraw to some point to be de- signated by Chiang and submit to reorganization and inclusion in Chilang’s forces. Chinese educational circles were widely stirred following the arrest last Thursday of Prof. Kiang Kang- fu,.who is on a year’s leave from his’ professorship at McGill Univer- sity, Toronto, Canada. Prof, Kiang is charged with anti-Nanking activi- ties, specifically in support of the Fukien separatist regime. France Signs New | Commercial Pact With Soviet Union PARIS, Jan. 14—A new commercial treaty between France and the Soviet Union has been signed after nego- tiations lasting over a year. It is understood the treaty pro- vides for larger French imports of Soviet cil, coal, wood, flax, metals, hides and furs, and for French ex- ports of machinery, etc., to the Soviet Union under extremely favorable credit terms. The trade pact, which together with the recent American recognition of the Soviet Union, signifies the grow- ing power of the Soviet Union in in- ternational affairs, is being used by certain sections of the international capitalist press to distort the peace aims of the Soviet Union with the implication that the trade pact is a step ioward a military alliance be- tween France and the Soviet Union, despite the well-known policy of the Soviet .Government against such al- liances. pes apt WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. — The Washington government denied press reports from Paris that the United States and the Soviet Union had “an understanding for a defensive pact in the Pacific.” On Jan. 21 workers throughout the world will commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the death of their revolutionary leader, Viadi- mir Ilyitch Lenin. The Daily Work- er; under the heading “Lenin Cor- ner,” will devote daily space to quo- tations from the workers of Lenin. There will also be articles on Lenin in other sections of the paper. ‘The Daily Worker of Saturday, Jan. 20, will be a special Lenin An- niversary edition. 8 Leni Corner Lenin on Pacifism “Socialists always condemned wars between nations as barbarous and savage. But our attitude to war is fundamentally different from that ef, bourgeois pacifists (friends and = — jadvocates of Ipeace) and anar- chists. From the former we are dis- ee \tinguished by our ‘junderstanding of whe inevitable con- -jnection between ~jwar and the class .ptruggle, by our anderstanding of Ehe impossibility to do away with = wars without the V. I. Lenin >limnation of classes and the establishment of so- cialism, and also by our recognition of the legitimacy, the progressiveness and the necessity of civil wars, that is, Wars of an oppressed class against its oppressors, of slaves against slave- owners, of serfs against feudal land~ lords, of wage slaves against the bour- gecisie. From the pacifists and anar- | chists we Marxians are dis' by. cur recognition of the necessity of making a historical study of each “te war from the viewpoint of dialectic (Lenin: The Military Lenin on Wars of National Liberation “It is theoretically wrong and an obvious historical error to deny the possibility of national wars under imperialism; from a practical aspect it is tantamount to European chau- vinism. How can we, belonging to nations which oppress hundreds of millions of people in Europe, Africa, Asia, etc., tell the oppressed peoples that. their war against ‘our’ nations tary ‘rosraimine of the Prete of the Revolution.) os a eotton.