Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-04
COMMUNIST SPLIT
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Rykov's Explanation of Zinc
Jews Expulsion Given
Out by Soviet.
BY JUNIuS h. WOOD.

BY JUNIUS Il. WOOD.
BY Cable 10 The Star and Chicago Daily News.
MOSCOW, August 4.-The inner his
tory of the sensational events which
have occurred within the Russian Com.
munist party are exposed to the world
with unprecedented frankness In two
remarkable documents occupying
more than two pages In the Soviet
newspapers. One is the verbatim re.
port Of Alexi RykoV. premier. eX-
planning Grecoire Zinoviev'S eXpul-
sion from the party's political bureau
and foceca sting significant future de-
Velopments. The other is a similar
detailed report of the last speech of
Felix DjerZinski, president of both the
political police and the Supreme Coun-
Gil of National Economy, before his
collapse and death three hours later
Hitherto. public reports and party
arguments behind the kremlin walls
have been limited to announcement
either of the resolutions taken or a
brief announcement of the action
taken.
Proposed Regulated Platform.
II insist the partys differences with
comrade Trotsky are greater than
Kamenev." said Rykov in his report.
More than that. he was the first to
propose the political platform which
was repudiatef by the party. Many
times the party has expressed its at
titude toward Trotsky. Ills differ.
enceS with the party started long be.
fore the fourteenthaC Congress last De.
cember. In the thirteenth Congress
he attempted to revise bolshevis and
split the party toward petty bour-
geoise deviation.
The party worked with Zinoviev
and kamenev longer than it did with
Trotsky. However, as he. while main
tanning different point Of view, did
not create factions or organize dis
ruption. but carried out the partys
resolutions, II is unnecessary to en-
force measures of discipline against
him.
Anybody who treaspasses against
the workmens discipline during a
strike is considered a strikebreaker
Anybody who infringes against the
discipline Of the party or the prole-
tartan dictatorship is worse than a
strikebreaker.
Difficult Conditions Prevail.
Our party operates under difficult
conditions, with a bourgeoise environ
men outside and struggle of class
forces inside. The @proletarians being
in the minority in our own country,
steely enforcement of discipline is
necessary to maintain uniformity
within the party ranks"
Zinoviev refused to attend the meet
ing which expelled him, explaining
that he was busy writing a thesis on
the recent Soviet elections, according
to Rykov.
Though he was insistently invited,
he refused to come" Rykov con-
tinued. IF he had appeared and made
a frank statement disclaiming parti-
cipation in illegal, descriptive and fac
tional acts. though all trails led to
the Third International, of which he
is president, a question regarding him
would not have been raised
Regarding the effects of Zinoviev's
fall from grace, Rykov said the presi-
dent of the Communist Internationale
was elected by the Congress of the
Third Internationale and therefore
the Russian party could not appoint
or remove him. However, many mem.
bers of the executive committee of
the Third International as well as
officers of the Communist parties of
other countries were present at the
meeting of the International, Rykov
said.
He continued:
Concessions Are Suggested.
'They declared on behalf of their
parties complete solidarity with our
party and declared they considered 1t
their duty to help our party inside
Russia and abroad
Some among the audience, seeing
the inevitability of differences of opin-
Wi q no pft tod
cessions and compromise with the
growing ranks of dissenters.
ours is not only the ruling party,
but the only legal party in this vast
country" Zinoviev declared "AS our
party expresses the dictatorship of the
proletariat and enjoys monopoly of
legality in the country, it is the
worlds leading party of the pro.
letariat and must resist any hesitanc
within our own organization and adopt
preventive measures against the re-
appearance of hesitancy"
While Rykov left no doubt as to
the fate of promoters of any attempt
to launch a second party in Russia, he
also explained the status of dissenters
by saying:
Asks for Assistance.
cit is futile and useless to adopt
severe measures against comrades who
only have political differences with
the party"
In the midst of Diepzinski's speech,
following a heated exchange with
Kamenex, came a pathetic plea from
that grim fighter, like a swan song,
only a few minutes before he fell
you know what my strength is, but
/ do not save myself, he declared. adj
dressing his colleagues. You. my
like me because you believe
me, because / never lie, because If |
see something wrong / point it out.
but ! cannot de everything myself
| beg you to assist me.
Djerzinski assailed his fellow Off
Gals Of the bureaucracy for extrava-
gance and inattention to work. He
most of his fire at Leon
amenev, peoples commissar for trade,
and Georges Piatkoy, his own first
a ssistant on the council of national
economy.
Djerzinslli declared their assertions
that peasants were growing wealthy
and that private traders were making
81 per cent were groundless.
Cites 80 Per Cent Profit.
Kameney and Paitkov, he said,
showed complete ignorance of what
they discussed. Dierzinski bluntly de-
clared that in the year ending Sep
TENDER 80, 1928, private traders made
s per cent, in 1924, as tper cent and in
1926 81 per cent. He contended that
private traders should be limited to
20 ner cent with 10 or Is per cent