New-York tribune., 1920-08-30
Lenine Sought
To Impose Red
Rule i'm France
Eighteen Secret Orders to
Which French Unionists
We're Asked to Subscribe
Are Disclosed i'm Paris
Repudiated by Workers
Pure Communism, Seizure
of Offices, Civil War and
Assassination Advocated
specia, Cable to The Tribune

Copyright, 1920. New York Tribune Inc
PARIS, Aug. 29.-Lenines eighteen
secret commandments which French
trade unionism had to subscribe to be-
fore it would be admitted to the Third
Internationale at Moscow were divulged
today by lie Populaire.
These conditions were brought back
to France by Marcel Cachin and. the
Socialist leader, Frossard, who became
converted to Boshevism while on a
Socialist mission of inquiry in Russia.
When the conditions were brought
before the French trade unionists,
Jouhoux and other leaders Immediately
repudiated them. Jouhoux declared the
FrerNh workers would take no orders
from Lenine or anyone else. The ex-
termists among the workers, however.
will bring the question of entering the
Third Internationale before the Trade
Union Congress next month at Lyons,
when the matter will be decided by a
vote OF the rauk and file of the party.
Lenine's commandments stipulated
first that French workers should adopt
pure communism. Their newspapers
should be directed by communists. The
communist press must attack without
pity not only the bourgeoisie, but also
reformists of all parties.
Would Seize All Offices
Seco7d-All party officials Of great
or small responsibility must be de-
prived of their position and genuine
communists must be substituted.
Third-Legal and illegal means must
be used in the development of the COM
munist system. 'In almost all coun-
tries of Europe and America, class
struggles lead to civil war" says the
document. "In these circumstances
communists cannot pay attention to
create, parallel with their legal organi-
zation, another secret one capable at
the decisive moment of fulfilling it's
duty toward the revolution"
Fourth-The workers must conduct
q systematic propaganda and agita-
ton
Fifth-Comm mist workers must be
sent to all parts of the country to con-
vert the peasants an agricultural
laborers.
Sixth-The communists must de-
nounce hypocritical .ocial pacihsm as
strongly as social patriotism. THE
workers must be shown systematical-
ly," says the docAment, that without
the overthrow of capitalism, no interna-
tional arbitration tribunal, no debate
on rec -ction of armaments, no demo
cratic organization of league of ma
tons can save humanity from i'm
perialist wars"
Seventh-lhe Communists must ef-
feet complete rupture with all other
political and reform parties.
Support Revolts in Colonies
Eighth-They must support bv word
and deed all movements toward eman-
cipatlon IN colonies belonging to i'm
periahst governments.
Ninth-They must form Communis. =.
centers everywhere and denounce
treachery.
Tenth-They must fight with energy
ana tenacity against the yellow trade
unlonism of Amsterdam.
Eleventh th-The Communist deputies
must subordinate their activities to
real Red interests of propaganda and
agitation.
Twelfth-Strict press censorship
must be established to secure uniform
Communist policy among the party
Thirteenth-An iron discipline of a
quasi military nature must be imposed
by strongly centralized body.
fourteenth-There must be periodi-
cal purgings of the Communist organ
ism OF interested individuals and small
bourgeoisie.
Fifteenth - The Communists must
support the soviet republics in their
nght against counter-revolution.
Slxteenth-Party programs must be
approved by the Third Internationale
or its executive committee
Seventeenth-All decisions of the
Third lnternationale and its executive
committee are binding on all affiliated
parties.
Eigrteenth-~A distinctive party name
must be chosen, because "the Com
munist international has declared war
against the old bourgeoisie world in
its entirety and against all the old yell
low social democratic parties"