The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-19
Thorough Clarity On Situation In German
Party Needed for All C. /. Sections

within the ranks of the German C. P.
The second reason which formed
the basis for the attack of the Right
wing in Germany, lies in the objec-
tive conditions of the development of
German capitalism in recent years.
We know that Germany, which lay
PROSTATE after the last war, has lift
+ ed itself up under the conditions of
the Versailles Treaty and the Dawes
plan literally from ruin and enslave-
ment. 1t would be absurd to deny
| that during the course of recent
years German capitalism has made
certain progress.
There is not country in Europe
which has recovered so quickly from
the consequences of the world war
as Germany has recovered despite
the Preparations and the naked rob-
berry of the Entente. Only the prog
ress made by naturalization in the
industries of the United States can
compare with the naturalization of
Germany's industries. 1t is no ex-
aggeration to say that the favor
able situation of German capitalism
ip recent years has determined the
whole situation Of the European eco
nomic system.
This situation of German capital
ism was above all calculated to
awaken an illusion in Germany of
the permanence of capitalist stabili-
cation. The German social democ-
racy fastened upon this illusion,
which formed the basis of the whole
policy of the trade union bureau
crazy, and represented the starting
point of all Hilferding's theories of
economic democracy" 1t is there
fore not at all surprising that Sec
ton of the German Communists has
become entangled in this idea, that
this section sees the capitalist sta
bilization as the characteristic of the
Third Period"
The Illusions concerning the estim-
alton of the capitalist sterilization
are closely connected with pacifist
illusions with regard to international
relations. Whoever attempts to base
the policy of the working class upon
the assumption that capitalism has
finally stabilized itself again, must
certainly underestimate the signific-
lance of he intensifying international
antagonists whQch are leading the
capitalist world with memorable logic
to new war. Germany is country
where these pacifist illusions are
nourished by the peculiar situation
lof German Imperialism in the gen.
eral system Of the imperialist states
German Imperialism has an economic
basis at its disposal which is not in
Iferior to that possessed by the i'm
|perialist countries which were vic
|torious in the world war.
/ Despite the limitations imposed by
the Versailles Treaty and the Dawes
plan, the growth of German industry
in recent years has broadened this
basis and faces German capitalism
to an increasing extent with the
Question Of markets and the ques-
ton Of colonies as sources Of raw
materials. The fulfillment of the
Dawes plan by Germany is depend
ent upon the export possibilities OF
German capitalism. These needs Of
postwar German Imperialism. how.
ever, collide with the political frame.
work of international relations es-
Itablished between Germany and the
other imperialist states as a result
of the fact that Germany lost the
war. (The occupation of the Rhine
land, the Dawes screw, the. limita-
ton Of ornaments, the lack Of col
onies, etc.,.
This contradiction between the eco
nomic basis and the political super
structure" causes German imperial
ism to use "pacifist" methods te
!cloak its plans to much greater de.