The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-07
LOREISM IN THE WORKERS PARTY

Of this nationalism. Two days after
Comrade Lore confessed his sins re-
garding the Communist International,
his stupid, social-democratic articles
regarding the German revolution and
the British labor government, there
appeared on the editorial page Of the
volkszeitung (Dec. ~ the following
notice:
1.-THE Shame Of the German 5ourge-
olsIe. Berlin, Nov. IL. As we have
learned, the constructors and engin-
GERS Of the Zeppelin works at Fried
rickshafen are going to move to Amer
lea. Just the people who always talk
Of the 'fatherland' are selling them
selves to the entente"
The shame of the bourgeoisie''-
because of the loss of the Zeppelin
worksl The Shame Of the bourge-
oisie" because Germany will no longer
be able to build zeppelins! And when
the Zeppelin arrived in America, Lore
celebrated it with a broad scareline in
the volkszeitung!
Radek was perfectly right: Lore is
still a nationalist.
soeiaEdemoeraey Still Rampant.
In this period of the decay of cap
italism, the social-democrats not only
fail to lead the workers into action
against the capitalists and capitalist
state, but in keeping with their cowar-
dice and treachery, speak well of the
bourgeoisie and refuse to attack the
enemies Of the revolution.
Unfortunately we have to record
that in the Workers (Communist)
Party there are remnants of this ide-
ology and Comrade Lore is one Of its
most outspoken exponents. A man
the name of Louis Simon died recent
ly. Simon was a socialist, a member
Of the cigarmakers' union and of the
Volkszeitung Konferenz, and viciously
fought the Communists at every stage.
Lore knew this as well as anybody
else. Yet in the Nov. II issue of the
volkszeitung we find an obituary con-
tanning the following. Simon did not
always share our ideas especially in
the last two years, but he was a
staunch mana man Who always sup
ported a good cause and was always
on the job when 1t was necessary to
help it along" Evidently in the mind
of Lore, to fight Communism is a
"goood cause'-to assail the Workers
Party is a good cause!"
On Sep. "a, there appeared in the
Volkszeitung an article by Kautsky,
entitled THE Question of the War
Blame" In this article Kautsky at
tempts to prove that the social-demo-
Gratis were not responsible for betray-
ing the international, but on the con-
trary succumbed to the deception of
the German kaiser. Innocent politi-
clans who took q position only
against Austria and not against the
policies of the German government"
because they "were deceived by the
German government in the belief that
Germany had no hand in Austrian pol
icies, that she was mediating between
Austria and Russia and in this activ-
ity in the interest Of peace, was at
tackled by the car"
Lore declares that he placed foot
note in the issue explaining the rea-
son for publishing the article. But
Lore always has bad luck: things just
happen In the Volkszeitung. Only
three weeks later, after the real Com
munists in the German federation pro-
tested against the publication of an
article by the renegate Kautsky in the
Volkszeitung, did the footnote appear.
And what does Lore say in the foot
note? He too, wishes to prove that
the social-democrats did not act from
innate cowardice and treachery, but
were deceived by the German kaiserl
In other words, he practically iden-
titles himself with kautskyi Lore. the
Communist"
The Crown Of Lore's Treachery
Lore's attitude to the Communist
International as revealed In his article
on the fifth anniversary of the Comm
tern in March, is duplicated In the
following paragraph from an article
in the volkszeitung on Dec. IL, 1924,
entitled Dark Clounds Are Rising on
the World Firmament" This article
deals with the charges Of the Herriot
government that the Communists in
tend to overthrow the government.
In the midst OF this article Lore
writes: The Communists not
only repudiated the nonsense attrib-
uted to them. but at the same time
proved how little their ostensible In.
tentions Of overthrowing the govern.
ment would serve the interests OF
Moscow which is supposed to be
directing them. II the Soviet gov.
eminent, as is constantly being con.
tended by the capitalist press, is plac-
ing great hopes in obtaining loan