The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-25
ULTIMATUM BROKE
SOCIALISTS UP
Twenty -One Conditions Promulgated
by Head BOlshevik Have Met
with Negative Response
ASSOCIATED Press)

mines ultimatum to the socialists of
the world, giving them the "21 condi-
tons" to which they must subscribe
before they can be received into the
third or communist internationale. of
Moscow, has met with a widespread,
If in many cases negative, response
1t indicates decided split in the
ranks of the socialist party in many
countries judging by reports from
abroad
/ In the fifteen nations where such
opinions have been expressed, four
have been unqualifiedly against enter
ing the third internationale. one is
undecided, three are divided and seven
ir favor are opposed by determined
niinorities.
Lenine demanded. among other
things, that socialist organizations
must purge themselves of all mod
crates, defy all national laws, under
mine armies, gain control of the
press, throw off the allied "yoke,' ~
promote world economic crisis, con-
denim any league of nations, aid the
soviet government and abandon for
the blood and fire of "red revolution
lall conservative social democratic
programs.
Action on the bolshevik dictator's
terms has been taken as follows:
United States. National executive
committee of socialist party in refus-
ing to recommend affiliatpn said
l"We concede to the Russian comrades
the right to formulate their own in
ternal policies without interference
from any other section of the working
Iclass movement of the world. What
we concede to them we claim for our
Iserves. Every resolution adopted by
our party implies or claims this right
for the American movement"
England. Leaders of British labor
party and trades union congress, in
appeal to socialist and communist
parties of world urged efforts to ere.
constitute the internationale on 4
Hon-sectional basis"
Italy. Executive comittee of Ital
ian socialist party voted to adhere tc
internationale principles and appealed
to Lenine for aid but he warned then
they must first eliminate the reform
st or conservative element.
Germany. Independent socialists
at conference in Halle in October
voted to adhere to the third interna
tionale program, the vote being 90
to 156. Great disorder marked tn,
session and a number of delegate
bolted the conference. A month pre-
yiously Independent socialists at
iconvention in Berlin went on recor,
against bolshevism.
!. France. Socialists split into thre
: factions following convention a
: Tours on December 20 at which mo
ton by the left wing to join the thir
internationale without reservation
received 3208 votes, winning by
large majority. The centre and righ
groups oppose the elimination of con
servative leaders.
Spain. Socialist congress voted i
o favor of the bolshevist program las
) June but no definite action was take
q until September when Marcelino Dc
; Iniingo and his followers pledged aG
lherence to Lenine and his rule of tn
lproletariat.
Switzerland. Executive committee c
the Swiss socialist party refused a
A legiance to the Lenine program. TIL
party approved the committees stan
1t but a split followed over the questio
a, of joining the third internationale.
l. China. A socialist party reeferndul
IS resulted in a majority of socialist
;. registering their approval of the Mo-
ID cow dictatorship but small minorit
lie opposes adherence to Lenine.
Z Argentina. Delegates to the n;
rational socialist convention on Jal
uary 10, by vote in the ratio of thrt
to one, rejected proposal to accel
Is Lenine's terms and decided not
n send ENJOYS to Russia to study sovie
al ism.
An Sweden. Extreme socialists al
;s laborites favor world revolution. i
ar dependent socialists in 1919 voted
Join the third internationale.
Norway. Resolutions advocatir
ne lcreation of a revolutionary regin
r. based on the soviet system we
passed at the last socialist congres
Scandinavian workers congress
all session at Copenhagen, however, by
ge vote of 385 to Is, rejected the Norw