The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-01-09
FRENCH CENTRISTS
TO FIGHT LENINE'
Middle Party in France Will Oppose
Left Wing of Socialists.
(Ry Associated Pressl

FFGSSJ
PARIS. Jan 8.-Lenine's attempt to
rule and unite the socialists OF the
world and control their policies
Internationale Of Moscow is to be
contested by the central party.or fac
ton, of socialists. This party occupies
middle position between the ex-
IRENE right, or moderate faction, Of
socialists and extreme left, or radical
faction. 1t was in order to organize
their forces into a Fourth Internal
ionale that meeting Of the Centrist
socialists of the world has been
called in Vienna on February % next.
The Center socialists are dissatis
fed with both the Second Internal
ionale and the Third International
of Lenine. leaders of that faction say.
Joseph Gollomb, who claims to have
represented the Socialist Party Of
America at meeting in Berne,
Switzerland, December 5, which
called a meeting at Vienna next Feb
ruary to form the proposed Fourth
Internationale. declares that the Soc
ialists of the world have become i'm
patient at the conduct of Lenine's
Third Internationale of Moscow.
The Russian organization, he de-
clares, lis devoting itself chiefly to
splitting the forces of socialism and
Of the workers"
Dominated by the chiefs of the
Communist Party of Russia" Gollomb
alleges, "the Third Internatio1ale is
trying to force on other countries a
program, temper and tactics, which
whether good for Russia or rot. takes
no account of differences of condi-
tions throughout the world. Those
socialists who do not accept to the
letter their ukases are denounced as
traitors. The Third Internationale
is splitting socialist. parties in every
country, discarding whole masses of
workers whose fidelity to socialism
has been proved and, by dividing the
trade union movement. sows hatred
between worker and worker
Gollomb contends that both the
the Second International which existed
before the world war and the Third
Internatinale are mainly negative
in character and effect. 1.-The members
of the Second Internationale," he
says, have so limited. compromised
and forgotten the principles Of So
them. AS the conference at Berne point
ed out, they abandoned the workers
during the war, and by participating in
capitalist cabinets and coalitions, they
have bent all their energies toward
patching the present system instead of
building new one.
Socialists want an adequate interna-
tional organization to marshal all their
forces and to carry out positive up
building program. At present there is
no satisfactory organization"
GoHomb declares that fundamentally
socialism is a constructive movement
and that the negative attitude of the
Second and Third Internationale does
not meet their need today and the re-
suit has been general dissatisfaction
with both of them. He asserts that
more than 900 voting socialists
were represented at the Berne confer
ence which has called the meeting in vi
emma and that most of the delegates
at Berne have been representative fig
ures in international socialism for
years.
The delegates of the Socialist party
of America were delayed in arriving,
but Gollomb says the party had de-
clared itself officially in favor of the
action taken at Berne. The German
Independents were represented by Le-
debour, Crispien and others, while
Jean Longuet and Paul Faure repres-
ented the socialists of France. So
cialists of Austria and Switzerland al
so were represented at Berne.
1.-THE possible formation of a Fourth
1nternationale is a matter for the Vi
emma Congress to decide" adds Col
lomb, but the outlook is that this
gathering will become the centec OF
gravity for the socialists and work
ing class movement throughout the
world"