The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-06
Speech of comrade zlnoviev at the
Opening Of the Course Of instruction
for Party Functionaries.
CONCLUDED from last Saturday,
The Coming Together Of the EnsIisI
49, pueeian prolefariaf

The Coming Together OF the Engllsn
and Russian Proletariat.
It would have seemed as if the sit
uation for US was most unfayorable.
At the head of the English govern
ment the bourgeoisie had placed one
of the most cunning leaders of the
Second International and hater Of
the Soviet Union. Before he came to
be the head of the government,
Macdonald had written in one of his
articles on the international policy
of the labor party that when he sue
ceeded to power he would not permit
any monkey tricks on the part of So
Wet diplomats. In the same article
he wrote that only through the firm
and well-grounded position Of the
Second International, which had taken
up the whole weight of the struggle
against bolshevism in the period Of
its greatest strength, would it be
possible to get rid of these injurious
elements.
Regarded from this standpoint we
were placed in a very unfavorably
position. A furious campaign was con-
Quoted against us in which use was
made of every possible fact in order
to Islander us. But a few months passed
and what has been the result? In
spite of everything there has been an
Impeachment of the working class of
our country with the working class
of England. 1t is true that this was
only a substitute for what could have
been if we had an alliance of two
real governments. But the workers
of both countries understand one an
other. However moderate the trade
unions may have been, however much
they may have been bound by tradi-
ton, this Impeachment has undoub-
teddy taken place. When the polit-
clans attempted at the last moment
to wreck the treaty between Great
Britain and the Soviet Union the Eng
lish working class, as everyone
knows, exerted pressure and compel
led Macdonald to sign it.
1t is well known that the adherents
of Macdonald hate our trade unions.
When, however, the representatives
of the Russian trade unions appeared,
the representatives of the English
trade union movement, even the lead
ers. welcomed our delegates with un-
exampled enthusiasm. We have heard
of touching scenes, how old workers
have accompanied our delegates to
the station and given over to them
various simple gifts as keepsakes.
There were genuine and sincere
scenes of fraternisation.
The English Working Class Has
Grown Politically.
So moderate, so much inclined to
opportunism as the English workers
may be, they have nevertheless, after
their manner, understood the fact that
the labor party has become govern
ing party. They understand that if a
labor government came into power,
they would be able to exert pressure
upon the rich, to compel them to dis
gorge some of their wealth in order
to help the unemployment, that they
will be able to proceed to nationalize
the mines and railways, etc. They
have retained their class instinct.
The English workers began to con-
slider that they really must begin to
take power into their own hands.
However much Macdonald tried to
twist and turn and to serve the
bourgeoisie, the working class began
to understand our workers. The pre-
sent labor" government is the gov
eminent of his majesty, but the