The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-01
The Political Situation in Germany
BY BURch'

crisis, the threatening danger of revolt of the
working class the national humiliation and the
bankruptcy of its foreign policy drive the bour-
geoisie to play its last card In all circles of
bourgeois Germany, from the social democracy
to the fascists. it is accepted fact that
in the near future the Hitler movement will take
over the business of government At present the
only dispute is the form the participation of
the Hitler movement in the government shall
take.
The social democracy the strongest and hith-
erto the only reliable support CT the Bruening
government, is already preparing to cepitulate to
the new constellation of forces Just as hitherto
it has described the Bruening government as the
lesser evil, so also now it is preparing to desig-
nate Bruening- Hitler coalition as a lesser
evil than purely Hitler government. Respon-
sible leaders of the social democracy have al
ready at number of meetings openly spoken
of this lesser evil Hitler wishes to enter the
government in order to get into his hands the
social democratic positions of power. The pre-
toran guards, numbering over 100000 which
Hitler has gathered round himself, are demand
ing their reward for their faithful services The
Hitler movement is not party like other bour-
geois parties. but it is the party of DECEASED
elements petty bourgeois who have lost their
means of subsistence. former Hohenzollern Of
ficers who are fighting for the positions in the
state which are now occupied by the social dem
ocrats Politically the social deniccrac has al
ready capitulated to fascism. 1t hopes now by
means of well-considered diplomacy, to save
from its collapse what still remains to be saved
This is causing great Generalization in its own
ranks. Cases are becoming more and more fire.
quent of social democratic state and municipal
functonares going over to fascism. And, to
far greater extent than the case with the
Italian social democracy, the German social
democracy, when fascism takes power will
go over to fascism whilst its working class fol-
lowers will go over to Communism
The steady and uninterrupted growth of the
Communist movement, the going over of social
democratic workers to Communism brings the
Communist Party ever nearer the aim which it
has set itself of winning the majority of the
working Glass; This is what terrifies the bour-
geosie, which is therefore organizing with few
erish haste pretorian guard in the shape of
the fascist organizations of the Hitler movement
as the last hope against the threatening danger
OF a proletarian rising. All the big towns and
industrial centers are covered by close net
work of barracks of fascist shock troops The
number of mercenaries which fascism finances
and keeps under arms with money supplied it
by heavy industry is estimated at 100000 TO
10000.
The masses, numbering millions who have
hitherto followed the treacherous social demo-
cracy are beginning to recognize that the policy
Of tolerating the Bruenng Cabinet has only
served to prepare the way for fascism. The
fresh betrayal by the social democracy OF the
interests Of the proletariat, the open captula-
ton to fascism is driving them still more to
the red united front. The Rechsbanner, the
social democratic defense organization, In many
districts fights together with the Communist
workers in a revolutionary united front against
fascism. In this embarrassing situation the
commander Of the Reichsbanner, Herr Horsing,
himself proposes the dissolution Of his organ
izaton in order to prevent It's district organiza-
tons going over in body to the red united
front. The attempt to prevent the social demo-
cratic workers from going over to the revolution
airy camp by setting UP centrist buffer
ganization, the acknowledgements party, has
proved absolute failure This so-called So
cialst Labor Party has not bean able to gain
footing anywhere in Germany, and is doomed to
become an isolated sect without any Influence
The membership Of the Communist Party on
the other hand, has more than doubled, in fact
nearly trebled in the course of the last IL
| months The Party has grown strong, both
qualitatively and deologicay, and, thanks to It's
| firm, determined policy and unshakable unity
| and discipline is exercising increasing influence
| over the working clsgs
| Pie SHINING example which the proletariat Of
the So7iet Union has g. en- to th1 weld p-o,s-
tariat and especially to the German proletariat,
| will inspire the German working class Ia Its VIC
torious fight for emancipation