The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-25

mittees of public safety in the first revo-
luton In the c. G. r.. as well as in the
mass OF unions. there have been mot
crates. "reformists." as well as extrem-
lists. But, again. the extremists-that is
to say, those who discard reform
through Parliament for revolutionary ac-
! tion-are The victors. Five years ago
about 10000 Of the total strength of 800
y" trade unionists were represented in
the c. 6. T. Last year the number had
/ reached nearly 10000. TIE c. c. T. is
I swiftly converting, swapping. the entire
mass OF French trade uniOnism. In other
"oius' revolutionary syndicalism is
crushing out professional trade unionism.
Negation of Parliamentary Action.
For years the C. G. T. has had its
agents preaching all over France the
doctrine Of Faction directe"-the Mega
ton and supersessiOn OF action polit-
ique'-that is, parliamentary action. The
C. @. T. scorns collective contracts. com
rulsOry arbitration joint boards OF mas
ters and men, proit-sharing These, says
the c. G.. T., are lodges for defeating
the mission Of the new syndical SIN
which is the destruction of the capitals
a. system, the disruption OF the existing
social structure, the assumption by the
ldboring community of all the machinery
of production and distribution the sub
sttution OF collective ownership for
waCe-earning. This mission Of svndicai-
ism is Identical with the mission Of So
cialism. and so it happens that al every
congress and on every platform NJ Jau-
res the Socialist leader in the Chamber
Z Of his IauEEfeffof4
on the c. G. r.. while maintaining that
his own policy Of gradual reform through
parliamentary action Is the shortest and
safest cut 20 the coliectivist paradise
The general strike. including the boy
colt and sabotage damage 20 machinery
and refusal Of military service and fra
termination with the invading enemy. is
the C.. C. It's weapon. The general strike
was voted at the April congress Of the
railway unions. when the questions now
az issue between the men and the COM
panies were debated. Some Of the dele
gates voted an immediate strike: Others
for one In July or August or at the END
o. the year But the secret committed
has been busy since then and the genera
strike has come like a thief in the night
I'VE are the anti-militarist anti-patri-
otic organization the c. O. T. pro-
claims: "detacher le proletariat de Pidee
de Ia patrie-that is our business. that is
the very essence of the new syndiCalism
our old professional unionisn. younger
sister TO the old jog-trot British t-ad'
unioniSIn. is dead and gone" The Seine
Federation. already naLed lately passed
90 a man. the "anti-patriotic" vote. Marx
this-a refusal by the reservists in the
railway service 10 obey the war minis
ter's mobilization order will be the FIRST
overt warning OF nonresistance against
invasion. Mutiny. for that is what re-
fusal amounts TO. IS necessarily preached
The C. G. T has its ENJOYS in and
around all the barracks OF France. It's
organ. Voix du Peuple. and Nerves pst-
per. La Guerre Sociale, as also the anti
militarist. anti-patriouc Soldiers Manu-
al have turned thousands OF conscripts
active service men. and reservists into
revolutionary syndicalists.