The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-12
Socialists No. i'm Harmony.

Paris, Jan. S.-Leninc's attempt to
rul" and unit" the socialists OF The
wCr!d and control their policies
'hr"u@h the operations of the Thi.d
In,"lnatioralc Of Moscow is to BE.
infested by The central party. o..
ldction, of socialists. This Dal.tv oc-
'upies IA middle position between The
'Nt:rmc right, or moderate faction.
OF socialists and the extreme left. or
""dlcal faction. 1t was i'm Ordcr 10
rg;niZc their forces into I'ourth
intcrnatiOnale that a meeting Of the
tcntrist Socialists OF the World has
Decn called in Vienna on February
22 next.
The center socialist sarc dissatis-
fled with both the Second In.crna'-
ionalc and the Third IntcYnaUuua,c o.
Lcninc, leaders Of that faction gav
Joseph Goilomb, who claims to have
represented the Socialist party Of
America Il meeting in Ec,nc.
switzerland, December :, which call
eel - meeting at Vienna next February
to form the proposed FO"rth Intor-
rationale, declares that the socialists
Of the world have become impaticnt
1T the conduct of Lcnine Third IN
tcrnationale OF Moscow. The Rusaian
orga niZation, he declares, 'is d"Vut-
ing itself chiefly 10 splitting the
forces of socialism: and OF the work
crs."
"Dominatcd by the chiefs Of the
Communits party Of Russia" CiolIomb
alleges, the Third Iurc!maiiou.lc is
frN-intr tt I,
program, temper and tactics, which
whether good for l.uss!a or not talk
no account of differences Of c9nli-
tionS throughout he world Those
socialists who do not accept TO the
letter their uEases are denounced as
TRAITORS. The Third International, is
splitting socialist parties in every
country, discardinS whole masses Of
workers whose fidelity to socialism
has been proved and, by dividing the
trade union movement. sOWS hatred
between worker and worker"
Go!lomb contends that both the
Second Internationulc which existed
before the world war and the Third
lnternationalc are mainly negative in
character and effect" The members
~ the Second In'"rnationale," H.
says, have so limited, COMPROMISED
and forgotten the principles OF So
cialism that there is nothing lcrt OF
them. AS the conference at Borne
pointed out, they abandoned tho
workers during the war and, by par
lclpatinS in capitalist cabinets ana
coalitions, the have bent all their
energies toward patching the pres
ont system instead Of building Il new.
one.
Socialists want an adequate inter-
national organization 10 marshal ali
their forces and to carry out positive
upDui!dinG program. At present
there is no satisfactory orga uization.
Gollomb declares that fundancn-
tally. socialism is a constructive
movement and that the negative at
ttudc OF the Second aud Third In,or-
rationale. does not moct their need
today and the result has been "cn-
cral dissatisfaction with both OF
them. He asserts that moro tlan S.
100000 voting socialists wcrc repro
Nentcd at the Bcrne conference which
has called the meeting in Vienna and
that most OF the delegates at Eclnc
nave pocn representative iiSurtS in in
tcrnational socialism for years.
The delegates of the Socialist la"Oy
OF America were delayed i'm urriyin..
but GollOmb says the party HAL Uo-
cl"rcd itself officially in favor OF the.
action taken at Ecruc. Tho German
independents were represented }y
l."d"h"ur CrispiCn. and oth"ls, Wujlc.
Jean l."n%uct ana Paul Flurc reur.-
i"nicd tn" socialists ur France. Soc
riallats OF Austria ana SWiHcrlaud Also
W"r" represented Hi If..rc.
Th" p"sSill" formation cog 20.
Fourth international, 't - m.i.c-
Toy tho Vienna congress. go G.r..!.."
dds GollOmb, but tive uutlcui, 5. tl.t
his gathering viii become the center
4 Gr3vitN for the socialists uud work
nG class movement th.oU"hout TIE
world"