The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-21

unless they are defeated the trans
ference Of the land into the hands of
the people will not remove the dis
tress of the people. The soil cannot be
eaten, and it is impossible, without
money, without means, to get hold of
tools, cattle and seed for sowing. The
peasants must not put their trust in
the capitalists nor in the rich peas
ants tfor they are capitalists too)
but only in the urban proletariat. In
alliance with the latter, the poor peas
ants can insist on the land, the rail-
ways, the banks and the factories be-
ing recognized as the property of all
workers. If, however, we are salts
fled to hand over the land to the peo-
pie, misery and distress will not be
abolished.
IN some districts of Russia, the work
Aers are introducing a kind of super
vision (controO of the factories. This
supervision on the part of the work
ers greatly benefits the peasants, for
in this way production is increased
and the products become cheaper The
peasants, to the best of their ability.
support this action of the workers, and
refuse to believe the calumnies spresd
by the capitalists against the work
ers.
The second question is that of the
war.
This war is a war of conquest. The
capitalists of all countries are carry
ing it on in order to make conquests
and to increase their own profits. Thi~
war can and will bring nothing but
destruction, horror, devastation and
brutalization of the working people,
The party of the class-conscious work
ers and the poorest peasants. that is
our party, condemns this war: it is
above supporting the capitalists of any
country, it is attempting to bring
about an end to the war as quickly as
possible by overthrowing the capital
lists in all countries, by kindling the
proletarian world revolution.
Ten Of the ministers in our present
provisional government belong to the
parties of the large landowners and
capitalists. six to the parties of the
"Narodniki" Socialist revolution
aries) and the Mensheviki. In our
opinion, the Social Revolutionaries
and the Mensheviki are committing a
serious and fatal mistake in taking
part in the government of the capital
lists and altogether being prepared to
support it. Men like Zeretilli and
Tchernov hope to persuade the CAPT
tallsts to put an end to this criminal
war OF conquest as soon as possible
The leaders of the NarodniiSi and the
Mensheviki are in error; for in real
ity, they are helping the capitalists
to prepare new offensive against
Germany, that means they are help
ing to prolong the war and to null
tiply tenfold the terrible sufferings of
the Russian people caused by the war
WE are convinced that the capital
I" lists of all countries are deceiving
the people, they promise an early and
just peace and nevertheless prolong
the war of conquest. The Russian
capitalists, who were supreme in the
old provisional government and who
have the new government in their
hands, even refused to publish the
secret predatory treaties concluded by
the former car, Nicholas Romanoff
with the capitalists of England,
France and other countries; treaties
from which it is evident that it was
intended to rob the Turks of Con-
stantinople, the Austrians Of Galicia.
the Turks of Armenia, etc. The pro-
visional government has recognized
these treaties and is continuing to
recognize them. In the opinion of our