The Washington times., 1922-11-16
MARX MANDATE
CONQUER|NC
MOSCOW
Workers OF the World Uniting
Despite Red Influence.
Says Longuet.
BY JEAN IONGUET.

by JEAN IONGUET,
Grandson Of Kari Marx. and forme,
Member Of the French Chamber OF
Deputies. Leader OF French Socialism
Copyright Isss. by. Cosmopolitan News
Service,D
NEW YORK, Nov, ia remark
able spectacle Is taking place In
Moscow this week. In military
pride. red battalions march past a
great reviewing stand. Cavalry. In
fantry, artillery. all fly the red flag
Overhead wheel the air fleets OF red
Russia.
TrotMy. In generals garb. If
showing his creation to the commu
nists from all parts of the world
who have come to the fourth con
gress OF the Third Internationale
Army, populace and delegates salute
the Statues of Karl Marx. On the
walls Of the congress banners urge
in every language Marks great call
workers of the world. unite"
And the keynote speech Of Zin
ovieff. chairman Of the Third In
tcrnationale. annunces that tn
throughout the world Is to make
war gh-socialists!
Workers VS.. WOrkmen.
This has not been only a case o.
communist against socialists. /
means that workers In the Red
Trade Union Internationale, creation
of the communists, are to continue
their war on the 100000 organ
lied workers of the Trade Unior
Internationale OF Amsterdam; prac
tically everywhere labor, instead o
presenting a united front against {
common enemy. is to spend 1t!
strength in fighting itself. Goot
news for the enemy!
Fort unatel ~. however. laboi
throughout the world Is needing
Karl Marx rather than Gregory Zinc
vieff. The workers of the world fol
three years have had a taste Of DR.
Zinovieff's and the third information
ale's prescription-and 1t has only in
creased their wakeness and suffer
ing.
Uniting In Germany.
So the cry today among the labor
ing masses is "a united 'front.'" Tn,
greatest marshaling of workers in re
sponse to rally is taking place ir
Germany. where the majority Social
ist party has just reunited with tn!
independent Socialist party. Together
they will comprise l 400 900 due-pay
ing members. In 1920 the two partie.
out together polled nearly IL 900. .00
out of 25,000,00 votes. Cooperating
with the united party will be 5000. .00t
organized workers. of whom, how
ever, a majority are Communists
The United party also counts Isl
members in the German Parliament
In my country, France, a sign, o.
the new day is the proposal on th'
part Of the railroad unions belong
ing to the red" Trade Union Inter
rationale to join in common actor
with the other railroad unions il
France to maintain an eight.houl
day. A much stronger case in poin
is the electoral action in common OF
the part of all Socialists and pro
gressive elements against the ma
tional bloc. Considering how recently
some of these elements have split III
at the order of Moscow, this propose
argues well for Marks slogan a!
against Zinovieff's.
LabOr's Ranks Closing Up.
In England, where even MOSCOW
has not dared propose a split in tn,
ranks Of the British Labor party
the communists have abstained II
the current elections from fighting
the candidates on the Labor party
tickets. Elsewhere, too, this closins
up Of the ranks Of labor on a united
front Is taking place irresistibly.
Even the Third internationally, q