Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-10
LEVIN WRECK|NC .
SOCIALIST PARTY

R!s tie Associated Press.
PARIS. January l0.-L,enin's At.
tempt to rule and unite the socialists
OF the world and control their policies
through the operations of the third-
int"rHationalc of Moscow is to be
contested by the central party, or
faction. of socialists. This party &C.
cuples middle position between thu
eNirem" right, or moderate faction.
oi N"tIa iStS and the extreme left, or
[ radical faction. 1t was in order TO or.
Safh@" their forces into fourth in
teFhatrlalr that a meeting Of the
SehtriI socialists of the world has
pceh called in Vienna on February %
next.
ar center socialists are dissatisst
| ned with both the second internation-
IRE and tn" third internationale OF :
f-ehln. leaders of that faction say
('"S"nh tollomh. who claims to have
represented the socialist party of
America al meeting in Bern. swift
criand. December 5. which called a.
meeting at Vienna next February to
form tn" proposed fourth internation-
ale. declares that the socialists of tho
world have become impatient at the
conduct of Lenin's third information
ale of Moscow. The Russian organ
lZafion, he declares. lis devoting itself
'hlchy 10 splitting the forces of So
! cialism and of the workers"
Lcnin Splitting Party. -.
Dominated by the chiefs Of the
communist party of Russia" Coll,
tomb alleges, the third internationaleI
is trying to force on other countries
a program. temper and tactics which,
!" neither good for Russia or not, takes
/; no account of differences of condi-'
tons throughout the world. Those
socialists who do not accept to the
"a nc
| traitors The third International 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 sec
ond internationale, which existed be-
fore the world war. and the third in.I
ternationale are mainly negative in .
character and effect" The members
of the second internationale. he says.
have so limited, compromised and.
forgotten the principles of socialism
| that there is nothing left of them.
AS the conference at Bern pointed
! out, they abandoned the workers dur"
ing the war and, by participating in.
capitalist cabinets and coalitions,
they have bent all their energies to-
ward patching the present system lnst
stead of building new one. 80
Seek Constructive Program.
Socialists want an adequate inter-.
national organization to marshal all
their forces to carry out a posi-
tive upbuild program At present
there is no .sctory organization"
Gollomb { IS that fundament-...
ally socialis constructive move
ment, and le negative attitude,
of the, sec. and third interna-
nationales d not meet their need =
today, and L result has been gen.
eral dissat:s. action with both OF
them. He asserts that more than
100000 voting socialists were repre-o
sented at the Bern conference which
has called the meeting in Vienna. andpr
that most of the delegates at Bern :,
have been representative figures In :
international socialism for years.
The delegates of the socialist party
of America were delayed in arriving,
but GoIlomb says the party had de-
clared itself officially in favor OF the !,
action taken at Bern. The German
independents were represented oy
Ledebour, Crispien and others, while 1
Jean Longuet and Paul Faure rep-'s
resented the socialists of France
Socialists of Austria and Switzerland
also were represented al Bern