The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-10

low the trend of his thoughts. He
therefore, organized at Zimmerwald
left wing which assumed definite form
only at Kienthal But even after the
conference at Kienthal one of its par
Elephants, the French delegate Bris-
son, spoke Of Lenin as of queer sort
of fellow who had been making pub.
licly very childish propositions.
From the very beginning Lenin had
very clear idea rs to what results
the imperialist war would bring to hui
manity, and that the capitalist world
would under no circumstances be able
to avoid civil war. This explains his
radical slogans. But the international
labor movement had been developing
very slowly. It had to have a few
more years of war before the masses
would come back to their senses. And
this had been Lenin's task, to awaken
the masses to revolutionary action al
tho he was very little known to the
wide proletarian masses.
After the February revolution the
patriotic henchmen of all countries
started a campaign Of vilification
against Lenin as an agent of the Ger
man general staff. This story found
wide circulation also among social
democratic circles. Only after the DC.
tober revolution did the masses come
TO learn the part played by Lenin at
Zimmerwald and Kienthal where he
demanded that the working class be
reused against the imperialist war.
Only after he assumed the leadership
If the greatest revolution in the his.
tory of the world did the masses come
know who Lenin really was. And
since then the International labor
movement has been divided into two
groups as far as Lenin was concern
cd, enthusiastic friends and deadly
enemies.
Every day Of the existence Of Sow
let Russia, every attack against Rus
STA by its enemies, have contributed
towards the increase of Lenin's popu-
larity among the masses, thereby rails
ing the importance Of those organiza-
tions (the Communist international
and the Red International of Labor
Unions) whose fate was bound up with
that Of Soviet Russia.
Lenin's death deeply impressed the
working masses of the entire world
Most of the leaders of the information
al revolutionary movement have real
lied that Lenin has been the trail
blazer for the Communist Parties of
every country in the world. At pres
ent the theoretical and practical fea-
lures of Bolshevism which were Gre
ated by Lenin have become factors Of
world Importance. Since Bolshevism
has thrown off the chains of czarist
rule, it has become the object of uni
versal attention and Of the hatred of
the imperialist bourgeoisie the world
over. Bolshevism at present stands
Imperialism and reaction as a real
power. In the constant development
of our movement, in the constant
growth of the Communist ideas and
Communist Parties, in the extended
lnHuence OF the communist Interna-
tional and the Red international OF
Labor Unions, in the internationaliza-
ton of our methods of struggle and
in the elasticity Of our revolutionary
tactics, in the growing international
unity between the various sections Of
the revolutionary proletariat- in all
this we can see the firm hand and the
great genius Of Lenin. He stands out
in the history Of tile international la
Dor movement as one OF it's foremost
and greatest leaders.
TO m orr ow--"The Father Of the
Communist International"