The daily worker., 1924-05-03


THE way Soviet Russia paid tribute
! to the memory of Lenin during the
week his body lay in the Moscow
House Of the Unions needs no recap
itulation. Even the capitalist press
was forced to print column long ca
bles giving accounts Of the mourn
ing by the Russian masses over the
loss of their great leader. The dam
age which will be paid to his spirit
ual heritage in the years to come will
be just as profound and devoted as
was the respect and love shown to
the dead teacher during the never-to-
be-forgotten last week in January. In
reading the news from all parts of
Russia, one cannot but feel that tens
of millions Of workers and peasants
have made place in their hearts for
Lenin's memory, which they will car
ry with them until their dying days
1t is necessary to review the way
the worlds revolutionary workers or
ganized in or in sympathy with the
Communist movement received the
news of the death of their great
teacher and leader. The most Illus
trious pupil of Marx, Lenin by his
life and work, has left heritage
which will forever remain source of
enlightment and inspiration to the dis
inherited thruout the world.
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS ACT.
The governments of the various
countries which have diplomatic or
trade relations with Russia have all
expressed their condolences upon Len
in's death. Premiers or foreign min
listers of these governments sent Off
cial communications to the Commits
sariat of Foreign Affairs. According
to reports in the Russian press, 21
different countries have officially ex-
pressed their condolences to the Rus
sian government These countries in
clude England, Germany, Italy, Aus
tria, Czecho-Slovakia, Turkey, Persia,
Afghanistan, China, Mongolia, Japan,
Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Poland,
Finland, Lithuania, Esthonia, Latvia,
Mexico and Chile
The official expressions of grief over
Lenin's death by the various govern
ments did not prevent some of those
governments from prohibiting mem
orial meetings for the same man
While President Ebert wrote to Kalin-
in that 'the German people express
their sorrow to the Russian people
over the loss of their teacher and
leader" and that "the significance of
Lenin and his influence upon the for
tunes of the Russian people and the
whole world was so great that a true
revelation could be given only by fu-
ture generations" meetings where
similar sentiments were being ex-
pressed we're dispersed by the police
in Dresden, Hamburg, Bremen, and
other German cities. The fate of Len
in memorial meetings in Poland, Lat
via, and Lithuania was not better not
withstanding the warm sympathy ten
dered by these countries to the Sow
let Government. Proper diplomatic
usage required the dispatch to Rus
sia Of messages of condolences upon
Lenin's death, but his name could not
be mentioned sympathetically without
invoking the wrath of the govern
ments at home.
The conservative and liberal capi-
talist press thruout the world gave
much space to news from Russia after
Lenin's death. 1t has wasted so much
space on rumors about his death dur
ing the past six years that it was will
ing to open its pages wide now that
Lenin was really dead. What has oc-
Cured in Russia during that memoir
able week in January was so spon-
taneous and impressive that it could
not be ignored. Besides the avalanche
Of news from Russia, much space was
devoted to editorial comment upon
Lenin's life and work as well as upon