The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-25

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transition to the war against the
cal social-patriots supported the war
while the center, as for instance the
Independents" in Germany, paid Lip
service to anti-militarism, and there.
by only impeded the true information.
alists in their revolutionary fight.
1t would be difficult to imagine any.
thing more shameful than the com.
plete bankruptcy of the Second Inter.
national.
Branded Forever.
The originators of the war, the i'm.
perialists and their helpers-the so
cial-patriots, asserted at the beginning
of the war that they were only defend.
ing their country. The trend of his.
tory showed them in their true light
German Imperialism showed itself for
what it is at the peace Of Brest.
Litcvsk, and by its bloody deeds in
Finland and in the Ukraine. The En-.
tente powers betrayed their imperial.
ism and their predatory nature by
the treaties of Versailles, Sevres, and
others. The Second International fol.
lowed faithfully in the wake of i'm
perialism. The Second International
branded itself for ever by it's shame
full opposition to the Russian revolu.
ton, and by the murder of German,
French and colonial workers. The
blood OF Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Lux
emburg, and of thousands Of the Ger.
man proletarians, as well as Of MIL
lions of those killed in the imperialist
war, is on the conscience Of the Sec.
ond International.
The working masses will never for.
get that the predatory Versailles
Treaty was ratified by the Second In
ternational. Among the signatures to
this treaty is that of His Majesty's
Socialist Minister, the pride and glory
of the treacherous yellow information.
al-Vandervelde.
Oppressor Of India.
In the person of Macdonald, the
Second international has shown itself
in its true light to the masses of In.
dia and other oppressed colonial coun.
tries, by its bourgeois policy, which
only benefits the nobility, and finance
and industrial capital.
The Second International has be-
smirched itself by open collaboration
with the executioners Of the working
class-the fascist of Germany, Bull
garia, Hungary, Italy, and number of
other countries. The bourgeois gov
eminent in Germany was saved in the
autumn Of 1928 only with the help of
the Social-Democrats, for at that time
the German revolutionary movement
had reached its climax, and the disor-
ganization of the bourgeois camp was
complete. With the systematic support
of the Social-Democrats, the German
bourgeois republic is gradually assum-
ing the character of a monarchist mill
tary dictatorship.
Hollow and Insineere.
This being so. all the declarations
Of the Second International, of the
Amsterdam International, and of the
trade unions, about general strike in
the event of new war, sound hallow
and insincere. After the experiences
Of the world war of 1914-1S, and after
the continued collaboration of the
heroes of the Second and Amsterdam
Internationals with the black hun
dreds of capitalist reaction, one is scSe
in prophesying that the fine promises
of a general strike in the event of
war are nothing but piece of colossal
political humbug. The Second Inter
national will not be able to keep these
promises even il 1t wished to do so.
There is no doubt whatever that, as
soon as a new war breaks out, interna-
tional social democracy will offer it's
services to the bourgeoisie Of the bill
ligerent countries, and will call upon
the workers on both sides Of the front
to support their bourgeois countries.
Must Defeat Traitors.
Victory over the Second Interna,
tional, and over working class oppor.
tunism is an essential prerequisite Of
a successful anti-militarist campaign.
At the present juncture, the power
of the Entente countries (Great Brit
ain and France) is being transferred
to the left elements within the bour-
geoisie which adhere to the Second In.
ternational. We are seeing an attempt
to come to a settlement in the rela-
tons between the victorious and the
defeated countries Che findings OF the
Committee of Experts) together with
a recrudescense of pacifst agitation
This attempt, which has the support
Of the Social-Democratic parties. and