The daily worker., 1925-06-03
French Socialist arty
Finally Disappears in
Capitalist Quicksands
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

TO-DAY, the socialists of stand unasked before
the workers OF the world as the supporters of French
lmperialst policies in northern Africa, including the
ht against its native peoples This was inevitable The
French socialists have merely taken their stand with the
Macdonald socialist Labor rule in England that outspped
imperialism itself in its efforts keep submission the
ec peoples Of Egypt and India; with the socialists
nations that have thrown all pretense socialist principles
aside and made their peace with given their energetic
support 10 capitalism as against Communism
The French socialists chamber of deputies made
the vote unanimous against the COMMUNISTS an historic
event in the unfolding of the struggle of the French
for power The French socialists hand with the
natonaists boastng of their fascsm the other with all
the bourgeois trimmings between all giving their support
to the PaneVe government defender of the French imperial
st struggle for empire What spectacle the
workers to hold their and away The commun-
lists exposed the The Communists call the work.
that has called this alliance against the interests and
the colonial peoples into being In this the Communists
stand al0ne'.in France as in all other countries
The French socialists have long of collaboration
with the French capitalists. The first big in 1907
at the Stuttgart Congress of (Sociaist Inter
national when the Frepch socialists, BRAND Merand
VVian with inviting parliamentary opening before
the fought for right socialists enter the Capitalist
governments In that year the Second International refused
them this right They left the French socialist party and
have since headed governments of their own
that have used every capitalist crushing the work.
Next the world war when the French socialist
party coaborated with the government in Turing work.
ers to the slaughter pits Albert Thomas Jules
others became cabinet ministers taking their places beside
the 'renegades, BRAND, MIerand and Vivan who had
Qeserteo tne class struggle but years before While
thomas was now the munitions minister at home France
VVan touring the United States melting the workers
OF this country to support the mpeas massacre. Thomas
and Vvian-soldiers in arms, for French imperialism
But the French socialists still remained welded to some
OF the Wsonian phrases like the right of sedeermnation
tor all peoples At first they argued with their capitalist
tutors in French politics that the African only
defensive war For two days the capitalist parliamentary
ans argued with them this hypocrisy Then they sur
rendered. and in common with the eactonares gave
their support to the Paneve government their ballots be-
ing registered with the 5a7 votes that against
- Communist ballots demanding immediate peace and the
evacuation OF Morocco The occasion historic that
marks another milestone registering the passing of the
French socialist party with the detection of to
the sturdy and growing ranks of the Communist
Party M
On the day of this latest Of the French social
sts Eugene Debs chairman of socialist party in this
country launched socaed membership drive at CIeve-
land Ohio in an effort to resuscate socialist organza,
ton heads He might spare himself the effort The quick
sandsno less the capitalist qucksands have claimed
the socialist parties natons-navar riue LII Laad