The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-09

{Note.-ThlS is the eleventh IN
stalment of the theses on the wal
danger, adopted by the 9Th Worlo
Congress of the Communist Inter
national. entitled "The Struggle
Against Imperialist War and the
Tasks of the Communist 1nterna-
onal."-Editor.)
V. Defects in the Work OF the
Communist Parties, and Their
Tasks.
SIS. The VIII Plenum Of the +. T.
C. /. called attention to number
of errors committed by the Com
munist Parties and to the defects IN
their work, and laid down a num-
Der of special and concrete tasks
to be fulfilled by all the sections OF
the Comintern in the fight against
war.
The opinion expressed by the VIII
Plenum of the E. c. c. l. still holds
good. Since the VIII Plenum we
have gained more experience, and
from this the vi Congress draws
certain conclusions in relation to
the future activities of the Commu-
mist Parties.
characterization of War Danger.
Sc. The principal defect from
which all the sections of the Com
munist International still suffer, is
their underestimation of the dan
ger and inevitability of war. This
is clearly seen from the fact that
none of the sections display suffi-
cient energy in carrying out the de-
cisions of the VIII Plenum. The
two greatest events in recent times
the British note to Egypt ano
Japan's war in China, passed un'
observed, as if they were minor, al.
together unimportant incidents.
In view of the rapid swing to the
Left of the masses, which indicates
that the masses sense the danger
of war-the Communists stand ii
danger of trailing behind the work
ing class instead of leading it ii
the fight against war. Many sec.
tons of the Comintern are influ-
enced by the bourgeois and social
democratic propaganda for "peace,'
disarmament" and "international
arbitration; they are not concerned
with the imminence of the war dan.
ger and speak about war as some.
thing very remote.
The under-estimation of the dan
ger of war, particularly of wal
against the Soviet Union, manifests
itself in the failure to understand
concrete facts and events which are
symptomatic of the preparations
now being made for war. Wher
Comrade Rakovsky was recalled the
French comrades failed for long
time to understand the significance
of this incident as a decided steI
on the part of France on the roat
of diplomatic preparation for wal
against the Soviet Union.
The Party in Yugoslavia admits
that it did not understand how i'm.
minent the danger of war was ir
the Italo-Yugoslav conflict. Severa
of the Communist Parties in the
Baltic countries did not immediate
ly understand the real significance
Of the concrete measures that are
being taken for the formation Of
an anti-Soviet bloc of the Baltic
states (for example the negotiation.
for customs union between Es
-honia and Latvia). All these mis-
axes, which were subsequently ad
litted and rectified by the respec
i've Parties, prove how extremely
aroercus It is to ignore the mea
ures being taken for the prepare
ion. Of war. The Parties mus
maintain constant vigilance ant
watch the concrete forms which thu
ar danger is assuming.
Absence of Basic Work.
ca. One of the principal defect!
the Parties work against war i.
,sir excessively abstract, schema.
:, and even shallow attitude to the
ar question.
Certain Of the sections confins