The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-12
Socialism in Germany
Reveals Itself AS Twin
Brother Of Fascism
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

TODAY an echo of Herriots attacks on the Communists
in France, linked with similar moves turnout Europe
to pave the way for the Dawes Plan, heard
nounced intentions of the German Socialists" to Join what
is called the great coalition government"
The recent reichstag elections didn't result in much
change IN the echstag makeup But results will be secured
thru the changing attitudes Of the various parties notably
the Socialists"
The Socialists" scheidemann, Breitschod and Lobe
now declare that the socialists the government
of the capitalist republic tho it Stesemanns
peoples party, with its monarchistic incnations.
Hitherto the socialists" have timidy refraned from
joining in bloc with the party Of the late anIabor indus
triaist Hugo Shines But 1t is ready to take the
plunge. The antcommunist coalition, chain the whole
German working class to Morgans chariot must be built
at all costs What an aggregation: socialists so-called
democrats, center cathoc and the peoples party Tin
dustranonarchst), with its Ludendof wing Of extreme
fascism.
The only difficulty is not that socialists" will fall into
line with Morgans Wishes but that Stresemanns crowd
may refuse to mnge with the socialists" While the so
casts ready surrender the German workers the
Wall Street banking interests without fight; Cheeseman's
crowd holds out for high price for German capitalism
Sesemann wants to be chancellor at the head OF coalition
that would include the nationalist fascstD party. Srese
man chancellor would put struggle in the interests
of Germanys industrial oveords against the demands
that will arise under the carrying out Of the Dawes PLAN
This situation reveals all parties from the socialists
the left, to the extreme fascist the right ready to
protect the interests of the bcurgeosie Only the Conn
stand forth the champions of working Glass in
teests the leaders OF the aborng in their bitter
struggles.
fascis In fact the German ocademocracy and fasoism
stand forth twin brothers. Fascs does not object to
alliance with the Simultaneously But it insists that so
casts" into the alliance the fascist terms laid
down for it, And that the socialists will do The tenacity
with which the Schedemann-Ebert socademocracy cngs
the German bourgeose reproduced in miniature in the
death-gp with which the HIqut Berger socialists in this
country hang to the LaFollette movement.
In England there is growing opposition to the Dawes
plan among the workers. among its most reformist
sections This opposition not pronounced in Germany
aho it growing The results of the recent German cleo
tons shows that large numbers of German workers still
harbor hope that they get something out OF the
Dawes PLAN This be the only explanation of the slight
recovery Socialist" strength in the rechsag, atho the
socialists met with big reverse in the elections to the
Prussian diet, while the Communist gained.
But the workers will be stung into action under the
lash of Morgan Dawes oppression. They will break the
class thru withdrawing their support from the social
democracy They will give their strength to Communist
leadership the Communist struggle for power and
Soviet Germany.