The daily worker., 1924-10-09

n NEW host of Vikings are setting
4 out from Norway and Sweden to
conquer the big, wide world: Tran
mael and Hoeglund plan the forma-
ton of a Scandinavian International
which they hope to transform pre-
sently into a real international Inter
national. Tranmael proudly declares
that this new International will
neither bow to Moscow nor to Am
Hsterdam. The Craewinkle- Congress
of the Hoeglund group declared that
this new international is to unite all
Communist and other revolutionary
parties which are outside of the Com
munist International. Hence we have
to deal with a new edition of the 21a
international. The first appearance
of the 21a International in the labor
movement could, with some good will,
be called tragedy. The second, how
ever, is unquestionably farce.
The initiative for the formation of
this new 21a international originated
with the Norwegian labor party. On
Aug. 28th its Christiania organ "Arbeid.
erbladet" published an article under
the heading "The International"
Tranmael rings the death-knell for
the Communist International in this
article: 1T is clear now that the
Communist movement cannot be saved
by the Third International. 1t must
remain without that organization.
The independent communist parties
have great task ahead of them"
The Communist International had to
go bankrupt because "the organiza-
tional practice OF centralism, Jesuit
ism and the disease of prejudice had
gotten too much elbow room in the
International and had killed its life
inspiring and uniting IDEAS" Even
the Soviet system in Russia had to
fall into ruins and became an empty
institution" Old capitalism again
raises it's head in Russia and "by all
appearances a new revolution is nee
essary even there" The executive of
the Comintern pushes the best COM
rades like Trotzky and Radek into the
background; it works with putches
and party splits; 1t pulverizes all
mass organizations of the Comintern
and transforms them into insignifi-
cant sects. Only the independent"
Communist parties outside the Com
munist International can save the ST.
tuation: they must now get into
contact with each other. must work
together and must create the founda-
tion for the unity of all workers of the
world on broad, Communist basis"
The Norwegian labor party has al
ready taken the initiative for the
formation of the new International:
"Our party shall now get into contact
with the Communist party of Sweden.
There are chances for connections
with similar-minded comrades in Den
mark as well as in Finland During
the autumn we surely can succeed in
organizing an international confer
ence. Many big parties and groups
viii participate. And our numbers
are growing. These parties and
groups have to create organizational
unity and an International bureau"
Thus we have the great plan all
fixed up and ready. Why should the
saviors Of the international labor
movement not start their march from
Christiania? Skeptics, of course, may
doubt ~ but then, skeptics, even one
thousand nine hundred and twenty
four years ago, have already asked
the ironical question-"What good can
come from Nazareth"
The cooperation between Tranmael
and Hoeglund is an accomplished
fact. Tranmael appeared at the con.
gress Of the Hoeglund group in Stock.
holm as representative of the Nor