The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-23

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~ important differences that have
arisen In the ranks of the Communist
International. in the final analysis,
have centered round the estimation of
the democratic pacifst EZRA" Per
sons like Newbold, Phillips, Price,
Hoglund, Rosmer, to certain degree
are the casualties of yesterdays dem
ocratic "era."
How did these people picture the
situation to themselves?
Simply that the revolution has
passed and that the world situation
had ceased to be revolutionary. They
said, since the Soviet Government has
not been able, to achieve much i'm
provement In the lives of the work
ers, in the course of five or six years,
then Macdonald should be given as
much time. This was said by Com
munists! Hoglund judged events of
world historical Importance from the
fact that Newbold was defeated in the
parliamentary elections.
THE question Of the proper method
Of approach to the democratic
pacifist era has been the central point
of our tactics during the last nine
months. Several comrades were Ia
boring under doubts which, however,
they feared to express openly. They
stated that, on the whole, they were
in agreement with the line Of policy
OF the Fifth Congress, but they con-
tinued to regard the democratic paci-
fist episode as genuine era, as a pro
longed period, as new epoch in
world history. They thought that
from this logically follows the neces-
sfty to change the whole of our tao
tics in more or less social-democrat-
&c sense. Newbold and Hoglund fell
victims to this illusion. Others were
more cautious and more diplomatic.
They only caught one of their fingers
in the door. but their establishment
was SO great that they lost all desire
to put any more Of their fingers in it.
What do the facts teach us?
First of all, with regard to the dura-
ton Of the notorious "era," the facts
show that the democratic-pacifist
ERA" was nothing more than an epi-
sode, as was foretold in the resolution
OF the Fifth Congress. In a certain
sense, it may be said that the demo
cratic-pacifst" episode was tanta-
mount to the approach to power of
the petty bourgeoisie. AS a matter of
fact, power fell into the hands of the
Electromagnetic not entirely, but only
within certain limits. In the period of
Imperialism and proletarian reyoIu-
ton Ia period which can least of all
be described as ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
the petty-bourgeoisie cannot hold DOW
er independently. For that reason, It
was compelled to play the part of a
puppet in the hands of the big bour-
geoisie. England and France serve
as a brilliant and historical illustra-
ton of this situation, for in those
countries It was clearly demonstrated.
that In the epoch of imperialism, the
petty-bourgeoisie cannot govern a
country as an independent force.
WHAT do the facts teach us? They
" teach us that willy-niIly, Mac
Donald was working for us. A pro
cess Of differentiation is taking place
within the labor government and
genuine win to power is growing with
in t. Frequently, the question was
put on philosophical plan: what
does the Macdonald government real
ly represent? Does It represent the
last phase Of the postwar crisis, or Is
It the first phase Of a new paci6st
eraf This method of presenting the
question appeared to be highly "dia-
lecticai." think that the Macdonald
government was both one and the
other In ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 10 have