The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-04-03
.4irued from last week.
vi.
GENTS OF BETRAYAL

The @ srb+ against betrayal on
i the Sar issue is not not, OF o SDuf IDEAS
mere bs'[ cIear r. on the question, -, OF
must be t Glefl is never enough. The
IDEAS NUS P5aaffTTaV W does not descend
ton. Be'I paies. It is carried out
from t the sA by men, en- by powerful
IN pf: 5c.liI' al and great Organlza,
irdiylopTTIbHe fight against betrayal
tons. t Inc ne nlecessarily-the strug
i; th srsiUst the betrayers,. There
gle ag "a no illusions on this score.
nnst Dc ~ not be confused by
We Iu laiToooraI" notions about the E;
pseudo w and "good intentions
'sinceI a;snts Of war" The effect
q TO. @oP0 actions y Of the betraye;rs, if
Of the sr s'' successful, is literally to
tley t d1s working class to capltu-
lead the E. | the enemy and to the
lstlo Gb+ ~ The struggle against
s , gBofravers must be bitter, in
the a Ge' unceasing. Our aim
tFa ,.ns ge to smash utterly the in
9 9gsDce e. of the betrayers and the
ilus annTizafions whose positions con-
o !s'1tn betrayal. Nothing short OF
Iis is enough.
,s TO the outright pacifists--
.ba 'i Leagues for Peace and Free
l Ia5o The tbe World Peaceways, the
councils Conn., lis Of Churches for Peace
S =. broken down liberals-th'
we uroblem is clear enough. We mus
p FIN to Isolate them, to prevent
t alpi IDEAS from gaining any hol'
. among the working class and it
s aTos' and we must destroy the in
f flsre which these ideas have
gained.
But It has already been mad
clear that the most dangerous Q
tbe betrayers are those within tn
working class itself. 1t is agains
these That the great struggle mus
bo waged, for so long as they hol
tEe allegiance of the workin
class, betrayal will succeed.
=. The Second International
The parties of the Second Int,
national engineered the great b
travail in 1914. Nothing funda
mental has altered in their p
sitiOn since that time. They r
main, as they were, ready to har
: over the workers to the imperial
governments when the war start
Their whole course Of action, n
only on the war question but
every other, is to weaken Il
revolutionary struggle of all tn
workers, which in turn is the on
genuine struggle againgst Wa
The keynote of their policy ever
where is: compromise with-ths
is, equalization to-the stat
which means, capitulation to t
chief instrument of the class en-
my. Since this is the consta
guide to their day-by-day acti'
ties, they could scarcely be e.
pected to cease compromise in
greatest crisis of all: the W
crisis.
Throughout the world, soci
democrats Of all shades supp,
= the rottenest types of pacifist
CARNATIONS. Only recently tn
have swung behind the ridiculC
and illusiOn-breeding plan of t
International WOmen's League
5tS and Freedom to secure 6
WV,OOO signatures against wa
and have praised this campaign
great blow to war. Promine
oOcla!StS in every country
conspicuous members of ev
%cnst organization.
Duflng the development of
present crisis, the Socialists eve
Saere have supported the Lea,
VI Nations, as the instrument
SoEe the present crisis. T,
nave been vigorous advocates
TTSasue and governmental sactiC
Inc meeting of the Execul
S EOn9lttee Of the Second Inter
. SOnal held in August officially
to SS' SEA this h policy, going so fal
" Is clO s. the Suez Canal.
p. IN England, the British Lal
tt%ly' affiliated to the Second
SStt l Il has throughout pl;
csHit the hands of British fina
ssplsal BY supporting governr
with S' na and now finds il
to oa no policy for the coming
I fs fundamentally differentia
Sg rom the Conservatives.
oSs;lL!!l!.lcant that almost the