The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-01

stead of communicating the whole police force in
Venna-they have not only the power but the con-
stitutional right to do ths-the red leaders OF
Vienna have even surrendered on the question OF
the night-watchmen whose pistols are in any case
loaded against the Communists!
Capitulation in parliament, capitulation in the
Vienna Municipal Council and continued capitulation
in the streets: for months peaceful demon
stration of social democratic rnarshals being
prepared for the 7th of August in Graz, and in
connection with this joint demonstration with the
"Reichs-banner." 10000 members of the social
democratic defense force had made all preparations
Fares had been paid, ETC. Then fascist leader in
Syria uttered a threat to disturb the demonstra-
ton The provincial government There social
democrats in the government) therefore prohibited
the demonstration and the social democratic party
called it off The streets belong to the fascists!
These few characteristics of the present
situation in Austria after the July fighting one
two snapshots of the capituation of Austro Marx
ism.
All this has caused severe troubles within the
social democratic party of Austria. There is almost
no conference, membership meeting but what
there are violent scenes. In particular in the meet
ings of the shamefully misused Republican Defense
Force the speakers hardly obtain hearing.
Perhaps the organizationa machinery will succeed
IN holding the party together but continuation of
the crisis is inevitable and the joints of the once SO
strained The social democratic workers are shaking
the prison walls of the reformist party.
The Communist Party of Austria is carrying on
its struggle despite all the persecution and the
hatred viii has been let loose against it. It will
continue lis struggle with mistaken courage and
the greattet possible activity Apart from the agi-
tation TO- is normal political aims it has taken as
the -2-trat point of its activity in the immediate
futu-> TIE campaign for the release of more than
100 workers and recruiting campaign for the PGrty
and the Party press Excellent results have already
been obtained: the circulation of the "Rote Fahue"
is growing steadily and the Party is winning new
members everywhere by its active agitational work
The Party has the sympathy of the workers to an
extent unknown since the days of the revolution.
The working masses are beginning to under
stand the past and present policy of the Communist
Party, they have gained confidence in the Party
1t will depend the organizatona strength of the
Party, on the permanency of its work in the fac.
tories and IN the mass organizations to what extent
the Party can organize the sympathy which is being
shown towards it and create Communist mass
party in Austria. Tlv8v
Austro- Marxism is as vet only ideologicallv de-
feated it is not yet organizationaly defeated The
organizing power of Austrian reformism even after
the July events, will remain both relatively and
absolutely extremely strong; that is the situation
IN Austria which has its roots in the structure and
IN the past of the Austrian working class move
ment But the Austrian proetarat has had ire
mendous and bloody experience and this has laid
the basis of revolutionary clarity The capitulaton
OF Austro-Marxism, its impossible treachery has
introduced period for the Austrian working
class movement, period in which the relation of
forces inside the working class will change IN
ceasngly to the advantage of the left