The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-06
By P. MANUILSKY

ties with a comparatively radical pro-
gram for the fight against imperial
ism. This tendency resulted, for in
stance, in the formation of such a
workers and peasants party in the
Dutch Indies, and especially in Java,
and in the formation of the Koumin-
tang Party in China. 1t is also due to
this tendency that purely peasant par
ties are being formed, such as, for in
stance, the Republican Croatian Par
ty of Raditch in the Balkans, whose
influence is felt beyond Croatia
Let us now consider the attitude
which the Communist sections of the
respective countries must adopt to-
ward these parties, and what should
be the concrete organizational forms
of their common revolutionary front
in the fight against imperialist oppres-
sion. We know that the Comintern
decided these questions as they arose.
1t allowed the Communists in Java to
take an active part in the work of
the local workers and peasants par
ty there. 1t also allowed the Chinese
Communists to join the Koumingtang
Party, and we know that it is due to
the Chinese Communists that this
party took up more active attitude
in the fight with international impe-
rialism. But we also know that at the
last plenum of the Central Committee
of the Chinese Communist Party the
work of the comrades in the Kouming
tang Party was severely criticized as
"class collaboration" Thus, our sec
tions are faced with twofold danger:
the danger of ignoring the phenomena
which are revolutionizing the east,
and the danger of losing their prole-
tartan character by collaboration with
the petty-bourgeoisie, we are also
faced with the question not only of
revolutionary collaboration in existing
parties of this kind, but of the advisa-
bility of Communists taking the initia-
tive in organizing such parties in
countries with low standard Of eco
nomic development. We notice that
Communists approach this question
with great timidity, with the result
that we lose control over the national
/ liberation movement, which passes
into the hands of native nationalist
elements.
To this group of questions belongs
also the question of the Communist at
titude toward various kinds of COM
mittees of the national-liberation
movement. Imperialist oppression,
which reached it's eliminating point
in the postwar period, of course con-
tributes to the growth of this kind of
organization, which is bound to be-
,ome more numerous as time goes on.
rs an example, let us take the Mace
onian Committee, headed by Theo-
ore Alexandrov.
| b. The second group of questions
he Second Congress we determined
what the attitude of the young Com
munist sections to the national liberia.
ton movement of the bourgeoisie
which was on the way to power,
should be. But since then we have
been faced with a new situation in
two eastern countries, namely, with
the necessity OF deciding what the at
titude Of Communist parties should
be to the national bourgeoisie, which
has already assumed power. l refer
to Turkey and Egypt In Turkey, aft
er series of revolutionary liberating
war conducted by Kemal Pasha
against foreign armies, the young
Turkish bourgeoisie came into power
with the help of a revolutionary wave
from below. In Egypt the problem
of power was solved by the British
government by means of reform from
above" by Zagul Pasha's return from
exile and taking over the government
of Egypt. Two different movements,
but both having the same result as
far as sOcia1-political changes are CON.