The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-22

the consent OF Lne Tory ana LlDeE~
al parties took upon itself the re-
sponSibility Of guiding the desti-
MES Of the mighty British Empire
the historic development was the
occasion for much speculation ON
the probable course the British La
Dor Party government would take.
The Executive Committee Of the
Communist International in q res
olution Published below states the
causes that brought the British La
Dor Party into Office and sets forth
the issues confronting the British
workers which viii test the metal
and the socialism" Of the Ram
say Macdonald government.
Resolution of the Executive Commit
tee of the Communist international
HE entry into Office of the
1 English Labour Party represents
an event of great significance. It
announces the awakening of grow
ing masses Of workers to class con-
seriousness, and to the knowledge that
both bourgeois parties are only rep
resentatives Of the class interests Of
the possessing and exploiting minor
fty. At the same time, the policy Of
the Labour government in England is
the touchstone for the masses Of
workers Of the whole world, as well
as the oriental races, whether the
principles Of the Second Interna-
tional concerning the way to Social
ism ara correct Therefore, the atti-
tude Of the Communist international
and Of the Communist Party Of Eng
land to the policy Of the Labour gov
eminent has the deepest significance
for the development Of the Commun-
ist movement. This attitude will be
decided by the following fundamen-
tai facts:
Must Define Issues.
1. The LabOur government Is
the result Of the economic and poll
teal distintegration of England re-
sultin9 from the severe burdens and
violent shocks of the world war. The
fact that the Labour Party combined
four million votes in the elections is
not the result Of its obstinate, ener-
getic and consistent work for the
liberation Of the proletariat from the
influence of the bourgeoisie. The
very fact that the Labour Party
possesses only one press organ for
tho whole of the English proletariat
speaks against that. It proves how
little this party has succeeded in awak-
ening IN the mass Of the workers the
capacity to make sacrifices for the
struggles against the bourgeoisie.
The Labour Party could not and
would not set the interests Of the
working class clearly, irreconciliably
and theoretically against the class
interests of the bourgeoisie. A large
part Of the working class still fol-
lows the Liberals and the Conserva-
tives, and the Labour Party itself, in
It's leading elements, represents
kind Of bourgeois fraction rather
than q party Of the proletarian class
struggle. 1t has taken over the gov
eminent as party Of the minority
1t the population, partly with the
consent of he bourgeois parties, and
partly thanks to the lack Of unity In
the ranks Of the bourgeoisie and its
inability to overcome this lack Of
unity in the face Of the terrific tasks
and difficulties which have been left
over by the war.
Election Victory Not Eonugh.
2. The whole of the Communist
International knows that the working
class cannot free itself from its eco
nomic slavery and political. yoke
without conquering the bourgeoisie
in revolutionary struggle, without
destroying the apparatus of the bour-
geois state and creating its own
state-form which is supported by the
mass organizations Of the proletariat.
Therefore the English Communist
Party cannot hope that the liberation
Of the English working class will be
the result of an election victory, or
the parliamentary tactics Of the La
hour Party. But the majority Of the
English working class still possess
such democratic illusions, which are
especially propagated among the
masses by the leaders Of the Labour