The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-19
.SAXONY TOILERS
VOTE HEAVILY FOR
C 0 M M U N | S M
Treachery of Socialists
Defeats Workers

DhE0OG4Ng oOs LCs--4AA bhS ~
nicipal elections which took place in
Saxony last month the Communist
Party doubled, and in some cases
tripled, it's votes of the last cleo
tions, and it made these tremendous
gains under the sabre Of General
Seeckt's dictatorship, for the Com
munist Party has been officially "dis-
solved" by the military dictatorship
now ruling Germany, and is an out
law party.
The social-democratic party suf-
fered a disastrous defeat in the cleo
tions, losing in many places as much
as so per cent of its vote Of the last
elections. The capitalist parties won
the elections with a combined vote
that was greater than the total num-
Der of votes received by the Commun-
lists, the social-democrats and the in
dependent socialists.
Socialists Lose.
In one sense these elections mean
reversal of the last elections, in
that the capitalist parties have come
out ahead. The treachery of the So
cial-democrats in sabotaging the
revolution, in playing into the hands
Of the capitalists, has discouraged
many workers and especially the
lower middle class elements and has
thrown them into the arms Of the
capitalist parties. But on the other
hand tens of thousands of workers
have foeked to the Communists,
they have given a clear answer to
the provocative measures of the
white dictatorship. The bayonets OF
the Reichswehr did not deter the
workers Of Saxony from piling up
votes for the dissolved" Communist
Party.
In Dresden the Communists receiv-
ed $4,000 votes as against $4,000 in
the year 1929. The social-democrats
received $1,000 votes as against
$4,000 in 1922. The gains for the
Communists and the losses for the
ocial-democrats are not so marked
in Dresden as in other cities, such as
Leipzig or Chemnitz which are more
industrial. In Chemnitz, for instance,
the votes of the Communists we're al
most equal to those received by the
social-democrats, as the Communist
Party received $1,000 votes and the
social-democratic party, $4,000 votes.
In Leipzig, the Communists received
$4,000 votes, the social-democrats,
$1,000 OF those elected, "a are Of
the capitalist parties, are demo-
Gratis, are Of the German peoples
party, 10 social-democrats, IA Com
. munists and 2 independent socialists.
T., V,.r;alxou q Tov,s.,t.osotc .s,aro
elected, as against in the last cleo
tions.
Last Capitalist Bulwark.
The social-democratic traitors have
felt the wrath of the masses, for the
. masses realize that the social-demo-
: cratic party is largely to blame for
} the military dictatorship now in Ger
! many. The masses feel that the so.
J cial-democratic party is the last bull.
: wark of the capitalist class, blocking
the proletarian revolution which will
: end the present misery in Germany
The social-democratic party has suf-
fered a crushing defeat, and it is now
we'll on the road to complete disso.
luton. The masses are leaving the
once mighty social-democratic party
and are fiocking to the Communist
party, tho many are still deluded anC
have thrown their support to the
. capitalists. However, there are signs
that even the lower middle class ele.
q ments are realizing that the only sal
+ walton is for all non-capitalist ele-
;, ments to accept the leadership of the
Communists in the fight against CAPT
40 60 ~.rhfo1 fc lxAaraf,arr
7 in the abyss of suffering. 1t is be-
a coming clear to them that there is
e no middle ground.
Workers Gain Hope.
i The situation in Germany is very
discouraging when the Reichswehi
. entered Saxony and drove out the la
= Dor government. On top of that the
! Communist Party was officially dds
!, solved" all over Germany by the mill
i tary dictatorship. The Communist
= Party was outlawed by the order Of
General Won Seeckt. The German
:. working class suffered a defeat II
. Germany. But the elections in Sax.
. ony bring back hope, give back cour-
! age to the Communists to lead the
= fight against the rule of the bayonet
, The workers have shown that they
. have not lost confidence in the Com
: munist Party, and that they are ready
to give more than votes, that they
are ready to give their blood in the
I, proletarian revolution which is in
. evitable in Germany. The German
, workers are not crushed. The mu,
Z nicipal elections in Saxony are an in.
!, dication that the German working
class still has the undying will fol-
4 revelation.