The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-29

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Opening of the Course Of instruction
for Party Functonaries.
should like to make few observa-
tons regarding the most urgent ques-
ton of world politics Anglo
Russian relations
Democracy" and Macdonald.
The Macdonald government took
Office about nine months ago. 1t was
the day Of the death OF Vladimir II
ytch. The whole Second International
endeavored to characterize the taking
over OF the government by Macdonald
as tremendously important histor-
ical event. One Of the so-caIled go
cialists." the democratic" president
Of the Czecho-Slovakian Republic,
Massaryk, regarded it as symbolic
that Macdonald entered Office on the
same day on which Vladimir Ilyitch
died. He said:
THAT is the replacement Of one sys-
tenn by another" Il noted in my diary
on the 21st of January the news re-
garding the voting in the English
parliament, which decided the entry
Of Macdonald into Office On the 22nd
of this month noted the news Of the
death Of Lenin. Lenin departed
precisely on the day on which the
vote took place in London over the
new government In England,
social democracy triumphed without
a bloody revolution. in Russia it
triumphed by means of bloody revolu-
ton. That is to say, in England
MARKHAM tactics were victorious. But
in England there triumphed the more
mature Marx. The revolutionary Of
the old tactics the tactics Of blood
departed. The revolutionary of the
new (bloodless) tactics arrived
This idea is common to many states
men of democratic Europe and OF
the whole Second International. They
all believed that the entry of the labor
party into Office really opened up a
new era, and that its rule would
mean the greatest blow for the tao
tics of the Communist international.
They wished clearly to demonstrate
by the example of this event in Eng
land, the richest country in Europe,
the advantages of the so-caIled peace
full democratic tactics Of "construc-
tive" socialism.
However the approaching elections
may end, there is not the least doubt
that they will mark certain conclu-
sion to the past nine months. MacDon-
aid himself has for long been an ap-
ostle of petty-bourgeois, or as he him
self calls it, constructive socialism"
He was often ridiculed by Vladimir
Ilyitch and subjected to a merciless
and cutting criticism. The represen-
tatives of this Constructive social
ism" have only overlooked a trihing
thing, and that is, that Macdonald
succeeded to power, not through the
will of the working class, conscious
Of its interests and victorious over
capitalism. but by the will Of the
bourgeoisie, and that therefore his
rule could not be otherwise than ex-
tremely uncertain. Whenever Bald
win and Lloyd George seriously
desired it, they only had to wink
and Macdonald was no more. Lloyd
George and Baldwin have often at
tempted to beckon, not only with the
eye. but also with money bags, war.
ships and occupation troops in order
to "remove," not a sham labor gov.
ernment, but. the real workers gov.
eminent of our, country. They found
it a more difficult job with us thhnl
with Macdonald. y 4
Tho representatives. Of the Second
International have not noticed this
"mere bagatellepae They threw sand
in the eyes OF the workers and tried
TO kid them that the Macdonald gov
crnment signihed an actual seizure of