The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-14
After Marking
Continued from last issue.

We have already poiuted out that the Second
international has refused to give any active support
to the Chinese revolution. We also know OF the
activities of the largest sections of the Second In
ternational The British Labor Party has actually
sanctioned the military hostiltes of the occupation
forces in China The German Social Democrats tell
the German workers through the 'Vorwaerts" that
the Chinese revolution is not their affair. The
French Socialists helped Poincare to pass the mob
ilization law which enables the government to mob
ze the population and to decapitate revolutionary
organizations that dared to resist war, while the
Marking bombardment in the process of pre-
paration.
We have before us a marvelously interesting
document which characterizes the attitude Of the
Amsterdam international to the Chinese Revolution
HOWEVER, regardless of the position taken by
IL the Second and Amsterdam Internatonals, and by
all reformists, have reasons to believe in the
growing sympathy of the working class for the
Chinese revolution This sympathy has not yet been
organized; in many countries it has not yet taken
definite shape. But the first attempts of the Com
munist Parties to mobilize the Labor movement for
an active struggle against mperialst intervention
have shown that the slogan for the support of the
chinese revolution meets with the warm sympathy
Oh the proletarian masses. The Marking lombard
ment was not surprise to the Communist Parties
We have quoted above the British Communist ORGAN
on the growing war perils. If we analyse the docu
ments OF other Communist Parties we will find that
petty war against China will, as a result of the
development of the Chinese revolution and the social
Disqualification of the character of that revolution
develop into great war directed not only AGAINST
China but also against the U. S. S. r.
FSee Victor Demar's article in this issue 'Amster
dam and the Proletariat of the Colonies and tba
East" on Oudegeest's reply to Chinese delegaton
In the manifesto of the Eleventh Congress of the
Communist Party of Germany we read:
"Never, since 1914, were the war dangers so
great as they now. Be ready every
where and particularly in the chemical and met
allurgcal industries and by our transport 70
Illustrate the war and undermine the front in
the coming war"
In the manifesto of the Communist PARTY Of
France, read:
"The road to peace lies in the unconditional
support to the Soviet Union in its construction
OF Socialism, and in the victories of the Chi
nese national revolution which must be supported
by the proletarat to the utmost"
This manifesto, well as that of the German
communist Party speak of the pending danger Of a
great war which must be resisted with all force
The ideas expressed in the Manifesto of the
Communist Party of France were advocated at
mass meeting March 22nd, which according to
the French press, was both as to the number of
participants and the enthusiasm much like the mon
ster meetings in 1920. Scenarios declaration at that
meeting, that the Communist Party will not stop at
anything until it turns he armed masses against
the government and transformed the imperiaist war
into civil war and gives all power to the workers
peasants and soldiers, was met with vigorous ap-
plause by the working masses.
But, it must be stated that whilst the imnerialis+s
have already gone over from words to action we do
not yet see any concrete definite action on the part
OF the working class in Europe starting real
struggle against the imperiasts and giving deter
mined support to the Chinese revolution
1t seems to us that now more than ever we must
remember that war cannot be stopped with words
slogans, and fine gestures Moreover, under the
present circumstances, action is the best agi-
rational method Imperialism does all in it's power
to keep the broad masses under it's influence The
social traitors and pacifists help Imperialism in
that These lackeys Of Imperialism must be merci-
lessly exposed. But exposure alone will not do
Ii it is true that the Marking bombardment was the
beginning Of great war-and it is absolutely true
then this calls out to the working class to exert
heroic efforts in actually beginning to organize
the war against war.