The New York herald., 1920-12-29
SOCIALISTS CHEER
GERMAN WOMAN AT
FRENCH CONGRESS
Clara Zetkin, 60, Reichstag
Member, Makes Sudden
Appearance at Tours.
LOCK DOORS, BAR SPIES
forbidden, Like a Good
Communist / Came Any
way She Says.
SCORNS ALL MODERATES
Urges Casting Out of Party
Those Not Fully Subscrib-
ing to Red Ideals.
SCORNS ALL MODERATES
By the Associated Press.

TOURS, France, Dec. 2S.-The SeS-
sions OF the congress of French So
cialists. which have produced a series
OF unexpected developments. staged a
sensation to-day when Clara Zetkin,
member OF the German Reichstag. and
Of the executive committee of the
Third Internationale, whose passport
It is alleged the French refused to
wise, came suddenly into the hall dur
ing a debate. The session bescarne bed
, lam. M. Frossard. secretary OF the
French Socialist party, who was speak
ing for the COMMUNISTS, was inter-
rupted and the delegates escorted her
to the platform.
Clara Zetkin is white haired
woman of so. 1.-THE French have for
bidden me to come" she said to the
delegates, "but like a good Communist
I came anyway"
The doors of the hall we're locked and
the telephone and telegraph wires in the
hall disconnected and no one was allowed
to leave the building. She then con-
tinued her speech. denouncing the
Echeidemanns, Nockes and Reynaudels
Of all nations She also denounced
the moderates and all those seeking to
form an Internatlonale in opposition to
Moscow.
Urges Cutting on the Weak.
"Split your party to achieve more
precious unity" Nine. Zetkin advised the
congress. II urge you to split from your
party all social patriots and all vacillat-
Ing Centrists and form single revolu-
tionary force capable Of discipline. Wig
orous action and the emancipation OF
the proletarat
"The barbarians who destroyed the
ancient cathedral at Rheims belong to
the same class, kin and family as those
who destroyed the ancient cathedral at
Kieff," she cried. referring to the Polish
warfare against the Soviet which was
carried on with allied aid.
Frau Zetkin arrived late in the after
noon and spoke for half an hour. She
then left with a small escort of friends.
No one else was allowed to leave for
twenty minutes. to enable her to depart
secretly as she had come. 1t Is supposed
that after leaving the hall she proceeded
to the German frontier
NJ F'rossard. before being interrupted
by Frau Zetkin, made one point that
seemed to meet the approval Of all
wings He said: mot all revolutions
are won at the point Of the musket and
over barricades. Barricades In the past
have impeded revolutions as much as
they have aided them. We cannot get
revolution at the point Of the revolver
unless circumstances are ripe. and II is
not we, but the capitalists. who make
the circumstances through the rottenncss
Of their system"
NJ Frossard said that the Communists
would continue to participate In the
elections. following Lenine's advice. but
would use Parliament as rostrum to
proclaim its futility.
The Congress was notified to-day that
unqualified acceptance Of the twenty
one conditions laid down by Moscow Is
the only way the French Socialists can
Join the Third Internationaie, In a tele-
gram received from Nikolai Lenine, the
Soviet Premier: Leon Trotzky. Soviet
Minister of War. and G. s. Zinovieff.
Bolshevik Governor Of Petrograd.
America Represented.
The telegram was signed by the chiefs
OF all the national parties. which are re-
ported members of the Third Internation-
ale. Together with the name OF the
party In the United States appears Nhe
name "Courvitch." It Is believed here
that "Courvitch" Is Nicolai Hourwich.
one of the editors OF the Communist
organ Novy Mir, the Office of which was
raided by Federal agents in New York
early this year.
It is pointed out In the telegram that
Moscow indorses a resolution proposed
to the Congress by Marcel Cachin.
Socialist Deputy. for unconditional affil-
iation with the Third Internationale. II
says the Soviet leaders in Russia regard
as "imbued with a spirit of reformism
and diplomatic chicanery" a middle road
resolution presented by Jean Longuet.
minority leader, and Paul Faure Of the
Centre Party.
'Jonsuct. Faure and their groups
show they have no claim to be accepted
from the reformist camp" the telegram
continues. They have been and will
remain determined agents of bourgeois
influence"
The platform presented yesterday by
M. Faure provided for adhesion to the
Bolshevik regime In principle. without
acceptance of the twenty-one points Inn
posed by Moscow.
The message concludes with the state
ment that Moscow can have nothing In
common with such elements as are rep
resented by Longuet and Faure, and
says that "for the French workers to
get entangled with such reform compro-
misses would mean the deathlnell Of
their party.