The daily worker., 1924-05-03

ty, and can be compared to Sakia-
NUM- and Christ. The heavens are
merciless He went out from our
world, but his ideas will live forever.
The "Pekin Evening World declared
that the news of Lenin's death can
not be read without heartache. Len
in was a genius who knew not only
how to destroy, but also how to build.
China needs its own Lenin, l. e., a
man with an eye for the future; a
man with an iron will who could lead
his people out of chaos. Lenin is no
more, but what he has created will
live forever. The "Pekin Leader"
considered Lenin as "the most re
markable man of the twentieth cen
tury'' The Daily News" said that
under the leadership of Lenin, Rus
sia passed from chaos of destruction
to the road of rehabilitation. Lenin
will live in the future as a man who
has dedicated his genius and his
whole life to the work for the good
of mankind.
THE SOCIALISTS ALSO LAMENT.
The al-Democratic leaders who
joined the mourning procession of the
revolutionary workers remembered
only in part the old Roman adage to
speak of the dead either nothing, or
good. Realizing the esteem and love
which Lenin enjoyed even among the
Social-Democratic masses, the lead
ers felt the need of praising his deyo-
ton to the cause of the proletariat,
not forgetting, however, to refer to
"his mistakes" as we'll
Friedrich Adler, who once thunder
ed against the Social-Democracy of
the Second International and is new
doing business under that decrepit
firm, sent the following message of
coincidence to Zinoviev in the name of
the Second International: Deeply
shocked by the untimely death of Len
in We are deeply moved in this
tragic moment to tell the workers affi-
lated with the Communist Interna-
tional that, notwithstanding our differ
ences concerning the roads the work
ing class must traverse, we are GER
tain that Lenin travelled his way out
of deep conviction, pure heart, and
moved by deep devotion to the great
cause of the workers of all countries.
Karl Kautsky thought that Lenin
was poor on international affairs, but
rather well-acquainted with Russian
conditions. One wonders that Kaut-
ski gave the man who called him
renegade, as much credit for knowing
the country which he turned into
battle ground for Socialism. Kautsky
is forgiving and declares: Our diff
ferences should not blind us to ac-
knowledge the greatness of the dead.
He was colossal figure very few of
whom can be found in the world his
tory.
The German social-Democratic or
gan the Berlin "yorwaerts" thought,
of course, that Lenin was not Marx
ist, but believed that he acted "ac-
cording to his honest convictions and,
guided by disinterested motives, has
devoted his life to the struggle for
Socialism. According to the "Ver-
waerts", the Russian revolution was
a peasant revolution, but Lenin COW
cred it with proletarian ideology to
secure the support of the proIetariat".
That the reverse was the case, was
Lenin's contention, but, then, he was
not a Marxist of the Social-Democrat-
ic brand.
The SWISS SoeiaI-Demoeratic or
gan, The Berne "Tagwacht" does not
share the opinion of its Berlin con
temporary regarding Lenins failure.
Under the title, 'Lenin and Frogs,
the "Tagwacht" writes: "The Ber-
lin Vorwaerts believes that Lenin
reached other results than what he
set out to accomplish. The great
work Of Lenin is his destruction Of
the monarchy. II Germany had trav-