The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-20
BY ROBERT MINOR

Continuation Of Convention Report)
In carrying out their duties for the
defense OIL the Chinese revolution, the
Communist farCies III several coun-
tries have made certain serious mis-
takes. The Comintern was obliged to
search every Communist farty, in
Guiding our Workers Communist
Party, for every particle of evidence
to see whether we had made mistakes
/ in regard to the campaign in support
of the Chinese revolution. The Com
intern found it necessary to criticize
several Iarties. The Party in the
United States, our Workers Com
munist Party, received from the Com
munist international the following
comment on its Chinese campaign,
W hi c h has been referr e d to
during this d scussi ion. | think
that there is danger that it might
not be understood, and so [ am gong
to read it to you. Before reading l
call attention to the fact that the
Communist Party of France, the
Communist Party of Japan, and the
Communist Party of Holland were
criticized on the ground that each of
them underestimate the role of its
own Imperialism. If you understand,
comrades, that that is one of the
most serious offenses that a Com
munist party can commit, you will
understand that every particle of
evidence that was offered by anyone
to prove that any Communist Party
underestimated the Importance Of it's
own imperialist governments role
was gone into very carefully by the
Comintern. Naturally, the Comintern
without exception, condemns the faults
OF any OF its sections, in so serious
matter. The three Communist
Parties which are condemned by name
for Understanding the role of their
own imperialism are the Party of
France, the Party of Japan and the
Party of Holland. In regard to the
Chinese campaign Of the American
Party, the Comintern was obliged to
express itself for the additional rea-
son that the question had been raised
in regard to the campaign of the
American Workers (Communist)
Party, and thus its policy was under
consideration
The Comintern's words on the sub
ject of the American party's Chinese
campaign are as follows:
"In the present stage of the world
situation, the preparations for war
against the Soviet Union and the i'm
perialist menace to the Chinese revo-
luton constitute the greatest danger
for the working class. British i'm
perialism plays leading role in these
war preparations. At the same time
the attitude of the United States to-
wards these conflicts (China), the
speeches of its official spokesman
against the Soviet Union (Ambas-
sador Herrick in Paris, it's loans to
Poland, Finland, etc, show that
America will not play a passive role.
Despite all it's antagonisms with
Great Britain, the United States I'M
dertakes, to an increasing extent, to
back, thru open and covert collabora-
ton, the British war preparations
against the USSR in order, I'M
doubtedly at the decisive moment to
support actively Great Britain's war
policy while at the same time it con-
tinues to strive for world hegemony.
The absolutely necessary struggle
against Great Britain's plans to wage
war on the Soviet Union and the I'M
perialist intervention in China must
therefore always be linked up by the
Workers Community Party with the
mobilization of the masses for the
most energetic fight against the
specific role of American imperial
ism.
"In this sense the demonstrations
organized by the Party in connection
with events in China in front of the
British Embassy and Consulates were
right and a proper move. But the
writer of some Of the editorials in the
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deviated from this line of action by
minimizing the predatory role of
American imperialism in China and
by representing it one-sidedly only as
a tool of British imperialism"
You will notice that the Comintern
criticizes the editorials on the ground
that these editorials deviated from
the line Of action of the Political
Committee, by minimizing the pre-
datory role of American imperialism.
That, Comrades, must be understood