The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-05-28
ppo rF SECOND CONGRESS PUBLISHED BY
rA0" i RUSSIAN DIVISION DEPARTMENT. OF STATE

ternationa. If individual members of the
party do not accept these theses, by this very
fact they are automatically excluded from
the party.
Then Sylvia Pankhurst is given the floor
in the order of speakers signed. She draws
parallel between England and other coun-
tries, and notes the fact that in England it is
also very difficult to draw a line of demar-
kation between the ideology Of various So
cial and political groupings. Frequently it
happens that for this same reason it is diff
cult to determine the political physiognomy
even Of q. particular individual Thus, for ex-
ample, many consider Williams practically
Communist and in any event champion OF
the Soviet authority; but in actual fact we
have recently learned that he is giving as
sistance to the sending of military equipment
to Poland.
Then Comrade Sylvia Pankhurst dwells on
the relations which have developed within
the Labor Party. The political acts Of indivi-
dual representatives of the Labcr Party are
controlled by its central body in the strict
est manner, If we enter the Labor Party we
shall therefore come under political con-
troll which is most undesirable for us, a con-
| troll further complicated by the cid democra-
| tic and parliamentary traditions of this par
| ty In deciding the problems of the English
revolution Russian experience can not be TAX
en- as the point of departure, because the
conditions are quite different. If the Com
munist international! shall decide the ques-
ton in the positive, then the British Social
lst Party will of course enter the Labor Par
| ty. But the Congress should know that by
such decision it will be turning over the
fate of the revolution in England into the
hands of the Labor Party.
Comrade Mac Lean gives many facts
which refute the point Of view of Sylvia
|Pankhurst. He considers that the Labor
| Party is simply the political expression OF
the state of mind of the English workmen
organized in trade-unions, and that work
/ must be continued within the Independent
Labor Party. In his opinion it is fully possible
to accomplish this work. inasmuch as the
rights of political agitation and of freedom
of speech do not to date come under any Ii
mutations within the Labor Party.
Comrade Gallagher says that this question
has been discussed in England for 20 years
1t is proposed here that is is necessary to en-
\ter the Independent Labor Party in order t.
maintain contact with the working masses
"But in Scotland, for example, we work un
! der most difficult conditions outside the La
Dor Party, and yet much has been done TO
the revolution" Comrade Gallagher recall
the former trips of Lloyd George with nj
/ clique, police, and his Socialist patriotic agi
tation etc.: Nevertheless the workmen Q
: Glasgow remained loyal to proletarian ide
: ology and proletarian interests Conrad
: Gallagher asks that the English Communist
4 should not be hurried or forced to enter tn
: Labor Party. All their activity to date arou'
: es in them aversion to such a step. He ask
t that this fact be taken into careful conside
: alton.
/ Then Comrade Lenin speaks. He says tn;
/ the fact that this question has been discu