The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-14
All Honor to the Austrian
Revolutionary Workers


thirsty, fiendish fascist scum of Austrian
capitalism.
The eyes Of the entire working class Of
the world are turned on the Austrian work
ers. Facing howitzers, poison gas, machine
guns. hand grenades and field artillery, the
Austrian workers are stubbOrnly fighting
against the fascist barbarians.
In one of the bloodiest civil wars in his
tory, begun by the capitalists to install their
open reign of terror, bloodshed and violent
suppression, the Communist and Socialist
workers of Linz took up the counter-offen-
sive in manner that will arouse the admira-
ton, the grit and determination Of the whole
world proletariat.
The whole world Is forced to acknowledge
the great heroism, the remarkable fighting
determination and doggedness of the Aus
TRAN proletariat. They are storming the
heavens against the greatest odds and mired
bv the dirtiest treachery Of their own Social
ist leaders.
Despite the apparent success Of soldiers
and police" writes the United Press cores
pondent in Vienna, "the struggle continued.
The revolving Socialists Tread, rank and file
workers), opposing a fascist threat in the
government, used pistols, hand grenades,
gas bombs and machine guns with savage
daring"
The murderous fascist dogs, bent on rule
or ruin, hesitate not moment to open the
deadliest fire on the workingclass sections,
drowning in sea of blood hundreds of
workers, their wives and children.
In the breast of every worker must be
stirred up the profoundest hatred, the great
est venom against this expression of the
democratic" capitalist regime with it's dem
agogic toga stripped from its brutal CHASTITY
flanks, with its bloody teeth barred-capi-
talism degenerate, sadistic, seeking to build
its violent dictatorship on rivers of gore and
mountains of workers bones.
The whole working class must be reused
into actions of international solidarity with
their Austrian brothers, the vanguard in the
front line trenches in the world fight against
fascism,
ON THE Austrian barbados, the worst
u treachery of the Social-Democrats haunts
the workers.
Everywhere, in France, in Germany, and
now in Austria, as a result of the experience
of the treachery Of the Social-Democrats
which has its elimination in Linz and Vienna,
as result of the treachery of the German
Social-Democrats who opened the flood-gates
to the brown pest of Hitler the workers are
instinctiyely taking to the Communist path
Of revolutionary struggle against fascism.
The French proIetariat took to the mass
general political strike, based on the broadest
united front from below. The Austrian work
ers have taken to the barbados.
The present hard-pressed situation of the
Austrian workers is the outgrowth of the
whole long history of social-democratic be-
trayals. The Austrian and German social
democrats have constantly disarmed the
workers with their maneuvers, their concili-
ations and alliances with the capitalist breed
ers Of fascism.
THE Austrian Social Democrats, on the vile
4 theory of the lesser eviT' negotiated and
co-operated with Dollfuss, the leader of the
armed forces now daubing the streets of
the Austrian cities with workers blood On the ground
o staving of brand Of fascism they ENCOURAGED
nlrtured the fascist hordes VINO are now taking the
tell of workers lives.
Not many months ago Otto Bauer left" demagogic
leader OF Austrian Social Democracy arguing against
workers in his own ranks who cried out against the
criminal cooperation with Premier Dollfuss declared
"The differentiation falls today not between DEM
ocracy and the PrOIetaran Dictatorship but rather
between democracy and che fascist dictatorship"
on this ground the ocialdemocratc leaders justi-
ned their cooperation with the fascist Dofuss
Who ordered the shooting against the Austrian
workers. It was this very Dollfuss the repre-
sentative Of democracy" in the words of the social
democrat. Bauer Dollfuss hailed by the leaders of
the socal-Democrsts as the lesser evil" as the bull
waIk against fascism, enemy Of "Hitlerism" is
today the butcher Of the Austrian working class the
Austrian Hitler.
Only last Friday the leaders of Dollfuss Party the
Christian Socialist Party and the leaders Of the Social
Democratic Party Of Austria joined hands in public
demonstration Of mutual admiration.
In Germany, the Socal-D Democrats helped to put
Hndenburg in power, the lesser evil" the very
Hindenburg VINO undersigns every deed of Hitler
The first fruit Of the DoIfuss- Bauer cooperation
the outawing OF the Communist Party Of Austria
This the first fascist blow directly aimed at the
head Of the entire Austrian working class And step