The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-03
FRENCH REDS ID
 CONTEST LEVINE
 MOSCOW SYSTEM Centrists in Chamber of Depu- ties Refuse Ideas of Moder-
 ates and Radicals-Say World Condemns Both
By Associated Press

Paris, January S.--Lenine's attempt to rule and unite the~socialists of the world and control their policies through the op- erations of the third internationale Of Moscow is to be contested by the central party, OF faction, of socialists.
 This party occupies a middle position between the extreme left. or radical fac. non.. It was in order to organize their forces into a fourth internationale that "a meeting of he central socialists of the world has been called in Vienna on Feb ruary 22 next
 The center socialists are dissatisfied with both the second and third interna- tionale of Lenine. leaders of that fac tion say. Joseph Gollomb, who claims to have represented the socialist party of America at a meeting in Berne, Switzer- land, December 5 which called meeting at Vienna next February to form the pro- posed fourth lnternatonale, declares that the socialists of the world have become impatient at the conduct of Lenins's third internationale of Moscow. The Rus sian organization, he declares, lis devot- ing itself chiefly to splitting the forces of socialism and of the workers
 FORCING IDEAS
 Dominated by the chiefs of the com munist party of Russia" Gollomb alleges. the third internationale is trying to force on other countries a programme. temper and tactics which, whether good for Russia or not, takes no account of differences of conditions throughout the world. Those socialists who do not ac- cept to the letter their ulases are ie- nounced as traitors. The third interna- l&,< s< .so r, every country, discardng whole masses of workers whose fidelity to socialism has been proved and, by dividing the trade union movement, sows hatred between worker and worker.''
 1 Gollomb contends that both the second internationale, which existed before the World war and the third internationale are 'mainly negative in character ansl effect" The members of the second .n- i ternationale,' he says, have so limited, l compromised and forgotten the principles 1 of socialism that there is nothing left 1 of them. As the conference at Berne . pointed out, they abandoned the workers 1 during the war and. by participating in I capitalist cabinets and coalitions, they have bent all their energies toward patching the present system instead ci i building a new one.
 MILLIONS OF THEM
 socialists want an adequate interna- | tional organization to marshal all then forces and to carry out positive up- building programme. At nresent there lis no satisfactory organization
 I Gollomb declares that fundamentally socialism is constructive movement and that the negative attitude of the second and third internationale. does not meet i with their need today and the result has been general dissatisfaction with botf l of them. He asserts that more thar I S,5oo,OOo voting socialists were rerre ] sented at the Berne conference which has called tho meeting in Vienna and Ithat most of the delegates at Berne havs been representative figures in interna tional socialism for. years.
 The delegates of the socialist party oi lAmerica were delayed in, arriving, btu Gollomh says the party had declared itself officially in favor of the actios taken at Rerne. The German independ Tents were represented by Ledbour. Cris ipin and others, while Jean Longuet ans Paul Faure represented the socialists , Trance. Socialists of Austria and Switz lerland also wore represented at Berne.
 'The possible formation of fourth in
 ternationale ls . matter for the yienn' iconeress to decide adds Gollomt. "bu the outlook is that this 8atherihg VII become the center of Gfayity for the 70 V cialists and working clan movenep
 fhrouchout tfhe world :"