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DICTATOR STAIN.
He Has Survived.
he left on his mission, but was recognized
soon after his return and arrested He u
dying in . Hungarian prison.
The representative of France at the
first convention Of the Third International
was Jacques Sadoul, the notorious captain
of the French Army sent to Russia to
combat the Bolsheviks. Capt Sadoul
started organizing the Bolshevik movement
in the French Army and succeeded in
disrupting the expeditionary force. but was
later tried by = court martial, served .
term in the penitentiary, and is now free,
but utterly tired out, and takes no in
terest in politics or in the Comintern.
Czechoslovakia was represented by Hand
lir, who suffered considerably at the hands
of the excited legionnaires after his re-
turn; he was = leader OF the Communist
trade union movement and in 1923 was
expelled from the party as liqudator. He
Is now secretary OF . social-democratic
organization. Ukraina was represented by
Skripnik, one OF the charter members Of
Lenin's party and later for many years
president Of the Ukraina Soviet of Peo-
pies Commissars. He has escaped arrest
only by suicide. Unslicht, the delegate
of Poland, died a natural death soon after
the convention. The Netherland delegate.
Wijnkoop, left the Comintern in 1929. es-
tablshed q party Of his own and sank
into oblivion.
Stain Only Survives.
The Russian bolsheviks were represented
by Lenin. Obolensky, Zinoviev. Trotsky,
Stain and Bukharin. OF these, Lenin and
Oboensky died a natural death, Zinoviev
was executed, Trotsky Is in exile and Buk-
harin in prison or dead. On q motion by
Lenin Zinoviev WAS elected president Of
the Third International. Only Stain now
remains of the founders Of the Third In
ternational. OF the others, those who were
out of the reach of the Soviet power, were
expelled long ago or left the party, while
those who remained in the Soviet Union
were shot to death or sentenced to forced
labor
The decisive convention was the third.
opened in June. 1921. In two years the
Third International had become a real
worldwide revolutionary organization.
Lenn had elaborated 81 basic conditions
for admission to the International. The
members of the third convention were real
representatives of great parties not mere
individuals or tiny groups as had been the
| case at the previous conventions The tool
of world revolution had been forged.
At the very beginning of the convention
| sharp conflict developed between the
| Czechoslovaks and the Hungarian delegates
| Bella Kun, Alpari, Rakosi and Rudas.
| Speaking for the Hungarians. Alpari ac-
| c,lsed the Czechoslovak delegates Of being
| chauvinists and opportunists Altogether un-
| worthy of being admitted to the Third In
| ternational and asserted that Czechoslo-
vakia was ripe for a revolution If the party
| dent Zinoviev agreed with Alpari. In later
years that would have meant q decision;
| start q revolution or be expelled.
Such severe discipline was not known
then however, and the excitable Tausik,
disregarding the opinions of Zinoviev,
simply slapped Alpari in the face few
times. After that unexpected turn OF
debate the whole matter was submitted to
Lenin. who received both delegations and
Zinoviev. president of the International,
| in the Kremlin.
| Adviser of Popular 'front.'.
OF the first delegation of the Czech
section only Kreibich, Zapotocky and
Smeral are still members of the party.
The first two do not play any part OF inn
portance. whereas Smeral, after many ups
and downs, now is basking again in the
blaze OF the Comintern's problematical
power. He had been retired many times
as hopeless opportunist and even sent
to. Mongolia to be out of the way; then
became the leader of the Balkan section
of the Comintern, was retired again and
came to Praha as figure of no importance.
Now he is an adviser of the Popular Front
i'll France and thus holds the most respon-
sible political position In Europe. The
Popular Front had been his own conception
for the sake Of which he had been chas-
tized 50 many times under zinoviev as
well as under Stain.
Edmond Burian died as q social-demo-
cratic secretary. Tausik enjoys the best
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lives in retirement. verchik is social.
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