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On Mandates and Soviets
By H. N II1I LSFOII) ini Londlon Hferald.
The powerfully rcaf oner( letter. on ly
"Dl)rect Action" ,- \Ir. Verinon Hart;- not
horn in the "Oh:-- or" raises fllda- we
imenlal issues which call for clcar and sIu
dpctded 'hin1rng. r. ItArtslurn no
ttlrts fro in the li tho ox (!F ohr-ati i -(e
ipositlion, bil e at , hat t r I e' .
alliance. or au ;y ofh ' Ct ; th
labor. Imodvelll ntr, i' ; 1 I tl.lc:t tght. 1v
to defeat tile ot.ie t hie g'e' ll- is
m ient by .triling, bl(c:no-, i n . . aint it(]
nhmatters it is acting wii ' out r "'nlli:n-r t
date" froil the ' nnIr r . l Thii vern- ;ti
lent has behind it 11i:: inatmn (nhu-. ,
jority of a Ireia inent r ..,,'iy et,- l.
cd on salehing liter, a de toc ,ti, i
franchtise,. 11 is doinc ', (." is ab u. t i, c.!I
do. crneatn thindg- -r whih "t, '(-i rid
lently oijute , ; .r d it s pti ! . , " Ft
by electieons shc , ., is llnlo ia : .r 1 ), .
tar. The plain rman ill l s re . , 'It
fIrom tihe first intoxie:' i n of -ih r. i b
Ile is, or can be. induc,'d to tbo ii--(
easy aboltt conserl . ' u, h or - ,i " .
he, if one can bring hint to Chin.
Iabout if , 1;.r' ike illt is dlv1iii tr e 1i .
Sii a gin t hat one coIld f:Ii me t ii." e
tions for l rf.ere. duit ;i thal t wel . r'
lpossible, which would c'rrsult in
lheavy vote against Iiot r.. oerintuol. I1 ,
Takei the .ol' ori , nl rete, 1'.. X- .
ample. Thie posit.k', i . Ih ,e of
conscriptio, has t i r el r ill i
the rl:d of March; ite will ib: drlond (
then, if -r. Ch"I r:! ill :'in r;:-l '" Ii
tit (r nei'i' t lip ii 'st tit.() n'e- eii r,; e;i
rnandg .o oi une U phll, (.ied 11 .; il'S e l'i i
If one colt tier 'a t ' ,i l il'ie i ',ie
(1) Dio y lou t in-k t."at I o' 1' ' i 1
tin;g d(ow.s the Glrr n tlll er1i, . ir_ l'e
Ih0(0 1n120 we r'<."¢ : ." , "
a paid a nr y ,.of 9 (),u , Hh'
(2) Do yo:: h I " Ig Imo
illg the Ger;alt l"n 'to , Ib .- a rip- It
lion, we tought i lly ('1'' c li,,.;li" e',- if
to adopt it oursellr o s': i. li:,gine Illiul Ili
the answer tr, )otlt would hre an over- it,
whelming "N.:
The BIlockade e -.ie ir,'- :i'e'
Again, if some of the fir' .' ri . ut ,
our intervention ir i'"Ossi t.ilo t 11' i
miadte known, tihey woul' cr'ainly jt
excite a general iIoverura.I o'-' evolt ly
anld disgust. The trctb'.e t ., h e i only e
the readers oft tle- !le ily ie r, ld, tIh ,
"MIanchesJer (h ( :r'n ,." a-l ti tihe -."
"Daily New::" rte tir,. di lt I;noV r
these facts;. I slo ,;d !I.' , 1 :.l ke a I1
r d ohof the blo o a' :: of R)t'u ':it n id 11Ill- .
gtiry. WVith ty ill ' I t l l ' t 'li ' '
iril 'ttoiei a il l a FI·il l il'll,;. ['l'( lll r `;
'iand ltorert i : sIumr n r we i "xr ilr e i
all 'ediciu ns and t rfite t en In
sia, antd even forb d t't,' )nnriis'
Cross to send ( con::;il.l l 'n t ('
flsal to litlow e (l" i 'rii-'', . , ,
reacl thle' sovi.t :t r y Ii ie t to rt It
tion til e civ;l op"'.li ' :; '11011I
plain violatilo 1 t he Gen ;t con
vention---e harbarous 'te ii. ; t a '
the occasional (- -:hpades of lite folr- it
inan submarino i,'u lttuird' r.-, (always
denied and disavoo-iVi ) r i :, inking I
our hospital sthips. t'h'e ounrt"' i"
not tbehind such a policy te s ii
Again, if we could' point out. er'.
to thie plain man, teat for ail *f , li,
aboult the ieag, iof llationls, ''
spitte of this soletm el volr ui, .
pledges us all to *d.,iate a i r
tlrlite before we fight, we h!t\.l 111;1 - "
'wai' eeio Itrussiri C 1'vi ''lr.gti r onl it I -
gilry (a little st ,e, which ,ii' lrlte'( ee
terror, attacked io r.glthbor, alld
asked only to t , l --I tloni ), r vit ntel .
ai thought Of t, ,' 'ation or mei di
tioil or even of nre gtli'ttion, h1e v. (iid
not. vote lotr .te ('hi, 'lirll policy. Thie'
simiple fuelt is tha. ,iCi r tlhe <' o '
iint ofe this leng,' rtie' 11aey reit'
eat' iidetfiiitely oil "i), ri ter ll il
one tdislikes by I, r - iilrr' .xlpedinerl
of refusilng itoi "l'(u'(it'niz: " it rler'
forwarl, iany genr iri lee ; I ' e V
ernm ent will alwtay. I0 ~,ii v.mp(d ili
this way, and ,tex 'tlu' d irn, ti. • hin -
fits of the leagu . i' ilatinly i (l (o-tll('
get a worliteg-els:;. c h'le. - a i. it
liberal, vole aga' i';t this poli'c'y.
flow to (e! 1landatet
Mr. Itartsholin is t shrerwd e,,i
elian, who put:- his c' e ' oi tel he ilsl
which invites the l a "- ,lissetl. 11111,
alifter' all, cat rayone' ,,.all t gov
erntinenlt which e:'cap'd the chitarge of
acting without a manldate. or even
against its ,unndate? Th1." . it co,)
inton lace of p(ti s,, anilld ls venoTl.r'h
ble as the Brilish coiln titutiont it''elf.
Is it not 'ili' to l se v Nither l llr
cotttm lainItt is etlily one Ith;t lie's eeie''
PARIS PL.D. I EAT TRIBUTE
TO LIVIN ANU DflAD HEROES
(United Press Confr, spo "li .)
Paris.-(-ty ?,air.) Ir ~",e has
just outi!neld ii, general htour it n'
the viclo.y eelebrliiions ;i'It air to I
mark for Fr:-,ce and the allie the
c:lose of the ,.,r.
They are in last fo. ' hiree days,
and it is planned to malke thiten .loro
iilpiosing than a , tl ,io., .lI cltr'.
lthat has h eno stn-a; d .iee-c the days
of the victorious return it' lio,,t of
ti lelgions i f t he (nes:i -,. Firl n e'
viltory celehrilinil, inpo. ing as it
lialy ie. will, io v' 'c,, also be al
trifle lorl diiP ll'oc ii. Ind i a trifle
''The fitr d;y of }e groat celebra
lion wil! , n , ., r c" .lirely tol
a r tri:sl, ,'I tI h d aii d ( i .
In all p1 , ' 1, fl y i m illio - i
w ill far x-,:,ee d 'r:, :.id t: ill, .
living tr ,t., 'b : .:! bh - :·.e , I.
to march u "
and down ha,.::
granld final trigi,' ., , l s ....
For the coil e I ln ior(;t!l ,f i ,"
dead, the grao t arl'.h of 'ri:i . .,
be draped in coilless thou
yards of maoutrn ig. An a n
death watch will 1 noo" .
picked troops, anld on ithe oI
of the beginiing of the t!frl' " i
celebrations, the widows, the or: h
and the surviving relatives ,
millions who l,'rishi d during
war will be escrrted to the Pa .t
where there will be buried nd die
posited on behalf of France thei ash ,
of dead soldiers gathered from the
battlefieds of Fraei,:, and mixed with
the earth of the battlefields on which
they fell and from which their re
mains were exhumted.
This national intermnent in France's
temple of immortality will be synm
bolic of the interment of all the 1,
700,000 French soldiers who gave up
their lives in the ;eat cause.
n ]y against this government? May it
not lie against "democracy" itself as
- we piractice it? Mr. IHartshorn half
lI suggests this when lie points out that
n no trade union wiuld allow its repre
' 0 sentatives in vital matters to act
lov.:1:out a dirct "mandate," and in
Steil- 1ast resort it would mt ake s!IrI
it 'y taking a ballot of its mellmber. That
I- is True. and tilt I lu'ral is, i tllink that
i ildlu -t .-I 1 expe'ienclle has thrown II!,
1.i 11 11"!1 betel' imodel of "democracy"
-! haon or parlimentary institutions.
- (v(.. n l1now enljoy a wholly u!nl
t- 1 . rved prestige . iThg e 'soviet" i:
lilt an 1 (xperimentali institu ftiol
' -lich has varied a good deal in ]tus
-. a. sho so': l s fr h ftil . es years 'ein
" - n ry, and niao, be modified b)1
S peri l- . aGld lh,' needs of ei(act:
l " cu itriy. O Ite' of the chief vir tle:; of
" te 1`0l i, 1 i< a:n i it itutio l is '
Sc: y t; i,i it provides and lleans -y
Sill ti ' 111hol(e go ve rn stlll e
-, all i tt a i ni) is g ons;t tlan t
St iier111' ith (hiroue on trol of the s
t- 1)1,e' . 110 tii g;Ivrl'nm' ente hl:s f('t
r, it 1;= ý,. C ch 10e for five years. W e
ac l , isi ' i aii, to r.ci0 ll t:V1 1 sipill
I" " : <,ll" loe'l member who , l
i- jlt tort it., ltve byi teIf w futile devi oE
t of soe:dii i: illm I.Ittlrs 1and rxesol -
i ,in . ,f iv, years hence (or less) Ir.t
-) (; -rue- w' ill fi, ll y a I toth, f glood e11
t i.. g is'r - iit- a itd go n to O i i l to I.\
,, "o l ; vt fo r s ,o il lll) . ll ly ( h l 111 111 I
. 1, I, i y illl I Of l hol sovieti syste b g
I . l () Ill 't titl ll' lliy would lhave ils
11- d - ,](1lnding council, alwaly
1- r to ' Itl )l tile (each issuel as it caui,
"'n,). " , ., , . e " . I l have . :en . <.
,1ie ?1. I'_ to w h | a it would send de- P
S 111 ile l llil. l '1S tills )1 lllt.l' n li11 W )o illo.
p- It Coll ei ' :'llt '.l hillm at al y l; rtt'111 1
11if i' went wrong. alnd puti. a othllll
at l;I il in his place. On lhe ( llnn:i
r- itself icatni membller, responsible to
'defini ' body of people who knov.
111h , her l lid act readily togethlli
('he 1 ,ine ; l ' fro ll one pit, the spi)l
ill t, from one factory, the teachers '
0c '. ), is Il i' liable to recall and )sub- 11
ly jes t ), I ns actionsl1. If we feel strong-h
0It ly .Ia ;blut a|ny lthing, be it conscriptiot:
lY l or e f, L're is an 1 l sltic inls'r' )
1" ,nent of government by which we 11
h1 ('' inl ur): that our will a. least- V
ova c ;.m )iP,'F i 11111nn )018 ia O, will ha"'(
I(h: l',poriHtitoa el'ffct whiich it dlh
If we want a governing mta
10- rillh, which really will b': sellsitivw
" 1.:, on opt io!n. and can h': applied
t' 1 ,0("11 i / :e o' tiht, day rather oftenl -
r.i. t !10 e il five years, our 1lled, 1
.1' "'- '. s. e ,1)ten. bt , the soviet.
iWhat is lDemoeracy?"
This whole quvstion of "What b
b l . racy?" 1-a i.es bigger im01 (
>l1- t 1hi 1 1:e 1a atll 1te mI t to tackle ill n !
;m-' short ar:(it le. Ill lMerlin I found hl
01-! wrnjority sociali::ts appeo pling fo1
ys :'.p or|t against the more adva rn((! i
in 1( ;"",- on hl ls renglth of their InOt- '
T' hroug '"I'[.l'(lr h 1)k racy to Social
Put in that, way, the motto i,
challt .,'r. II ought to be reve'rsed.
i ('n oill. have political demlocrua ..
,,ýinellt ,.ocialism'? Till I had fought
: I ll t Iln m vself ts :t laI lr c'ordi
D- lit(' I 'evvl' fully realiz'ed the count
, , ct w y:; ill \hJ(ich ''v ery elnptoyer'
anJ- o (ight ;,lmost, say every lalnllher
|o f 'he properlie(I class---eau nil doe:
,1s1l mIrk'' opinion a111(1 govern by v me h (a ;
O1lt of his illdire t imi] eye (l power. It it
il- (ilou1gh to look i at the filllclion of tihl
1l h I \W S l); pl r. I)m v b y d a y , W re e k b
I'hi week, year by year, thlt capital(:i ;
,- ' 's mn t-akes; the thilking of 1 :ib
' oulll r 'y. 't'he pl'iltling cihnel ello wttav
ý.lt Ihe il' ind of this country a:; ituerall
ic ( l i n' ll%" ty weave wool. Tilt- effect
roe.. of the sel]',lr.d news, the asicendonel'
))\'- of th' suggestcd point of vi,,w, |1to
i ul ( 1|| 'etial cep(lor'slhip of)[ | rl'\'rliv\
"t- bias, outweigh t1l0 oeno fit to ]hte
1l' I. " ''rs of every lowering of 1li
o a fr : tc h ise . Il th is w o rld , :ii it i:;
)her; cap be 1 Io democracy, ;ill(1 be
('1n:(e there can he for the 11 11)5ss5 no
Iho111,]|ht dham is independeit of this
i'i- dirI''ton o an1 In ipull tionl from
I-,i:; 'i'YV th' " 1jesty of "d(le lo lr'ey'
mll, i;s :.Ot t(daty a thing that need ehtel
gov- uIs inn 1 l r c1:s;e from "direct ac
e of I ;t" for a political end - be it I:
,v(,1 .,, - i Socialislm abroad or to thwart
1)1l m 1:ili :;|ian at ]l(om . B|ll if we value
er:I tl.is weapon we llust think out the
:,11'. mlle:nns Iby which it e tI he cot, rolled
'">u mid10 , xerc.iised by t h]1 whole couscious
,",'e- t,;) of ilhe workers.
O tt e. i si cni itllalyl xIi1li ((i t Iwllil-o t
t't :ica ·t S Wits y itis e far-awray ti ii
oU fl ifll 'l ev ie Wre Inch j fll i.|IO l- t e' illlctoi'-.
Sou.. retunit to Pl ris of the regimnttts
a anl divisions from1 the front, their
;)i:.s . llIdter the great i arh of Iri
unipl . an' I heir t(i luiphal airch
I ¢ i' un It.h l iit t's Elysees to it h
i. l ace d'e la ('illiorde, lthen the iswtepl
down th, .feat l boulevards it the
'Pailt'in it' i lRepublique, wvith o v iiry
inich of the wtuy jamil ied with i wies,
t dat "hterts. mol thers and sweethel l ts.
I 'Il poilu has long dreamed huwl that
imoment wouldl repaly ]tint for all the
yetar. and sufferinlgs of the war.
On the last. day of the celebrations,
.111 ,f the French provinces will gath
or ii ithe Tuileries gardens tiand wxel
co;ol hack to their arms their re
stored silsters of Alsiie and Ltorratine.
l ']gatOioun troIt each of the Freont'h
pr~ t eit'-, composed largely lof wxom
I ;"irls, and vwearing the native
I (stum of the lir piarticulat'r p)rovitnce,
ix l i,'rticipate inll this festival.
'tit'ie has no intention of barring
it t lli~e: firom the big celebraltion
Ii.1 deftatlchtments. of allied troops will
. tiip ite in the big tritlphtal
" Ilh. allies titarclh throuI gh
.". f tri(' i iiph the fliigs which
i'turd in 1870 wxill lie
. ot honor in the pr'oces
s, '. " !"" },';.' Iit'ea y calls for the
it i L. I " l'i ll:' kils ill tilh ' iuI se
It! of ti 1. 1 - l t it ing, t dt it is '
h hoped il ':, i ti r r'ginlln ial
h e tii le . . ; i t ,ii l;;ni for the
e- great celti, , i| ,r, ot' l a 'iv ,- I
years tIhe ii- f a exhi
't bitionn tin h ri ..
The interest ii'ttlttiti . on.. l them
1p just by keeping .thion ' i. -singilgs
stamps we mean."
REGONSTRUCTION WORK IN LETTERIANtA IOSPITAL
.. . ::-.
:.. ..'t Newtry .r n
ef th mthosl used in the rfeconstruction of wounded at this big S'un Franc·is(en ho..pitnl is massaging of the
nd (y. Th, photogra.ph hlrows nutrs. doing the masslging. This is one of the best-equipped government
l . in tahe U nitsd Stats _and. td is lct at thed _r __sidio._
In Italy
Long jo3 irnl: ys on tilt : continlen are i'
Places in r tains ae noti oily dear. iI1
bhtI tlhel' ire none to bt- haid. But i im
'}!illne who wcs traveling in the so
Paris-Rolne etloress bIeca: ne ill, or (it
:onlld other attraciiois, or for 1other Wt
.eason could not. go, and we, directed t
l.eftly by lProvidence to the right
• lace at the right llmoment, found his
tingdolll jiust coming into the inar- ir
ket, and without more tado wet made it
;t ours. Thus we got to Rome. W
W nehad goni to b)d in the plains,
but with thll dim outline of hills ip- t
rolaching,; we got tip in a country gll
w ilticsh tS I It r inble-tuibl e of li'olllO
lninnrl:cs; It :soyt of disorderly pro - It
:ny playing atl. l11 feet of i 1heir
ttighty, utstere parents, who :;Stood l
tehind. Tt he wle11atht r-be1te t ilt tusl Iel
with Vlen tiltn shluttl'rs, tlil camel- 4
lilte clit ltl(he with loot ng neckslt and lt
uIche tlld-lt p )ll 1ks, tihe olives idi tlhe
mulberriest all told us we were in
HIaly.t nil- ll1 h. o m lnely al i plleasa t
iplahes o la illl(nternational brIlil
gave thlt, gentle louch to the old tnd
fnmitlar which made thie new fill lhe
freeher iand ml ore splcial.
That night we frinnd Romn e blazing
in light and deafennd by train gongs;
lictors and vestal virgins had gone,
and we wore afraid to ]oolk very spl'
dially for it'Im, lest we should find
ourll"ives in 11the coml pany of sl1pi
.1to bed. Nest. mnorning w\e plungeII
Illnto llthe elll s of Italianillll soc()'iliSn
Iand l th internlttionall , aI nd for will '
d(IIy ,. w ('lo led 11our w ai y th Irougi h thenl.
It' tIu [1ined by hoslpit lity lld good
hllllor 'In h ' as is diffieult to find oelt
sai, 11 of Italy. The Italian is a fiery
it fl'll'l o WhIlos hintirl is r'eally It g 11
iil domestic lieurliI, bill which l'la'es
II Ill) anld F'"t the M o) ' 01111 0 fire if tll{' is
a:, Il euuii !h 1 j11 ll ii blo o1 W 1 .
T hel'O aV' Illally 'ooli h peoplle p tll
in1; I11o0 bhll'werc oil ill Ilialy at the.
Thli ..i1i t Of lit c t tll tlry is tad .
\Vhoever trhies to chan;l t Italian lire;
into the ltti ny of Ii ram. e or Switzer- 1
land is made painfull(ll aware of the. I
doIilrira iltio of Iti alian credit. hI ood I t
is still ls 'ce , 11d is, l'of coe( , dear;
s tlt is- almoi st s titrar as gold; some
in:igtlnificant hit' us of clothing whitch I
thadIn it ptil'ise coist Ine ailltol n as
'il lich 1, iwoit, d haIt V adornei']ti i d lle
Cro it top to lth before i he wu ar. i a.it Iges
iiv s gone t lli d iIIi l'S Iiha.ve .i ine
O ei(' illOr llit I oll ti(led a lleW bill
nhI the walls, and m dli ets it out to hlie ite
tigreltily witrdeI It u ttI -; uttltst se hto
profitoers. Outing tl h day st t all
crowds Istood rwhils it. reading dit mld
diseussing, it. Wherever I passed a
.copy of the bill. it hadl its rei detrs,
tlyd they shltued to ie drawnlt from
Various classes. The unsettlemvent of
the Italian mind is great and Ihose
whluo k w h it tly hestt hiuat least itn -
ielined to exresis views upon t wht is
!0 htl ppelln.
Id toubiedly the only party il thec
state is the sit cilist party; the rest
ar tcollections of mta is(tIellan ousl ele
nentst, hound vby four ian i s 11interest,
together with a intionalist :sectiont
which is frankly predatory i 111and ouild
Itr ilnsporlt existed bettWell tihe lm tn
iti. tlt, whilst events t11 end to divide
and disrupt and discourage th'se
;rou'is, the gi i octita lists go on front
stet ngit to st tingth.ic i t e
Thi e I talian i arty is a party of ilthe
left. I'p In o 1912 it Wai s dlo lillated
by the right, biC ut the t ripoli \ar
Winnowed the citnhiat from edr the sat.
Those who :lsupported tt w hae .ad, bret
expelled, and the pruning strength
cned ihe Ii'ee. 'T'hen the ll1'ty sus
!ited i itin wrkbeing dclasses ire ssy
r et,luls, ndre lss m oed by therence
011 Alneonn11 in 1914 it gave its nienl
her1' the choice of ceasing to be Free
ma111sol.s O1 c ('.sin g It) he m11emlle(rs.
That year, \\']ln we were (nlltorinlg
the war, the I11 l 1talian1 partry was stead
ily adding to its strength. It had
1.800 branches at hole and .iblbtad,
and 60,000 paying nmemlhturs. Its elect
e1d mlem1bers controlled foul" provinces
out of 69, 400 cllnln1uneS out of S.-!
000, and it had 50 members of plrlia
inert out of 500.
Throughout the wvilr the party has
taken ul p practically the sale st.id
s we slid. It exposed the true char'
actor of the conflictt it saW that the
W;\1. would end with it peace of vio
lence and imperial conquest; it strove;
to secure a11 international demolcratic
movement, so 11S to talk: advantage'
of tile peace when it cilme. Thuls
with the Swiss party, it 'organized
the Ziillll'orw'ald and liionthal Conl
It has also had to endure the same
flood of slander as we have had, but
the Italian working classes are less
credulous of capitalists tales than are
o1111, alnd are less moved by the
tra.ilne chorus of capitalist newsr:pa
s. till ni.e rly every c,-ie f tl!y i
nembers of the committees whom we I
met1 had been in jail. The Italian
socialist mllOvemnll t retains the hon
ored tradition of being led by me'n
who have been ill prison, and who are
therefore respected.
But the persecution and the call
ing of men to the colors had a dam
aging effect upon the pia ty as a °
whole. Its branches fell to 700, its
membership to 3{4.000, and tie great
er numnber of socialist mayors were
turlned out of office by ed1ct of the
government. an d -some of thlem prose
cuted. Now the tide has turned. The 1
I en who are demobiiized are full of
disconltent, andl are crowding to so
cialist mietings. The memnlbelrship
(oln a doutibled subscription) is now10
45.000 (2,000 being in Trieste and
I 1,500 in (orizia); by the end of the
y'(ar it is Oexplected to reach 80,000,
included in 2,000 branches.
At the sautle tine there is a great w
revival of trade union0 activity. 1t1- li
fore the war the Genetral Conlfedera
tiot of Labotr' had 3i)00,0tii tietitler's:
tnow it ]ih s S01,ll00O . In Italy, as in
Great tritait, thie sections who ltpro
feissed the 1m)ost heiroic cllreeds Ie-:
catlne the host windy imlr rialis-.tes,
and now thle old Italian syndicalist
sno ( mleat is for Ihhe thle being maori
blund, after being temporarily swal
lowed up ill jingoism.
At the pirtse'lt iinontent there is the
lmost completlle itttder'statnding be
i' 11he admlllillnistraL(ive c ni:()llllllitto!e
tof the socialist party indt the' rxcel-i;
live of' Ito . trade unions, and they;
lire waltchinit il tl'rendt of evi t t s il ind
lpa1rin1g for whatever 'tlit ion ay
ihe tecesslry. It is admlnitted on aill
edes that the new itpeltus in Italy
coine to 1 111f Itlhussi ll In revolution,
Ianditl all sections itare unit'edl in the
lmost, hitter opllositiolf to the allied
itt11)pt tO (diesroy Ihat I't'volltLiOI.
iThn Italiaun workm'ltnan ldeclines to
go into an1ty Inico.ty ion lhis mattter.
Ili' looks uIlIpon it as a; whole. lie
klno\ts his governing tlcitasses too well
Sto bie takenl ill by theoir plrofessions.
tle grasps qluite tlefinitely that if tilte
present. Russian govrnmlent goes it,
Sis liberly anlld socialisml that go
not only in Russia. bul ill Hlungary,
and perhaps throughout Europe. Ie!
is not ii I lshevis , bIut to hintm bol
-llh visl is a im (l'tu stage in revolt-i
tionary evolutlion, as jacobinisiLm v\ast i
in 1Prtlncee, a1d h' has tuoo itch
sountld political instinct to becomle a:
tool for the dlestr'uction of the 'revo
lution. Therefore, the demand of
' "hands off lRussia" is tile one thing
Ill ales abouti . To hint it, is the
ii shibbolth itest of socialist rectitude.
SIn the saelll direct way lie (onsid
et rs the illllernattiolal. lie asks you,
in a tllone (of surplrised inltelligence, if
Iing with 1111i: "tlow cani we co-op.ir
s ato w'ilh ltople' like Scheidemtann,i
Vandelr\idtce, t rantilg, A b e r tt
Thomlnas. who have violated the prin
e ciples of t11( internationallt alnd have
rt Iprvented the l wo rking classes froin
- democratic thoullght and action diur
, ing the w'ar'i'?
S A well-informeld socialist journal-t
Sist ut11111 it to 1ei' this way: 'It is dif-i
i ficult to siay V what the Ita.lian mitove
e ilet11. is driving at. It is unsettled;
i it lis ctsl'd ti) believe ill parlia
I ulnllel l t'v l ir'lll lcvy; it is irevolutioil-,
arty, and it syimbolizes lRussia as the!i
new order of proletariat power and
e all its enelite as the old order of
it inmperialist ca pitalism. The ruling
r classes are \'vry frighteled. Ayllthitlg
nlight i''tcipitate a serious crisis."
- Of tihe fiars of the ruling classes
-' 1 had good evidence. WV' htld a great
y ilmeetini g ill .\tilan. t housands lpacking
: 0 / I hall ait ilol tlhret -qulartlers as big
1- as the St. .\Andrew's hall, but with
evel'ry seit takenl out, and there was
one of the rost memlorable m{etiings
g I have eve'r addressed. WNoVlen w'e left
t\w, found regiment after regiment
d drawn ii'ii up in the streets, the soldiers
1. standing wilth fixed bayo\'tis, and iin
i- tihe center of thie city by I the cathle
i dral. there wa','s another great military
dislalhlyv it hi fire i'ngines, twater
I hiosi, lhnlld I wasi n toitll. mlichillte gllls.
On Sulldayi I saw miotor lorries
full of armed soldiers careering
of ilntilmidation. The fountl ations of
Italian society are ctertainly not se
curel. The pariiliamentt 1s111t mleet ill
a few weeks, land tile view is general
that if the oppositionl -particularly:
tlh soicialist s- -wish to ldo sto. tiley
can bring down the govtrolllent at
onllce. Turati extpressed that view
qilite definitcly to rmie.
But the iondition of tlie country
is so bad and its financ'i,li position
so evil t1hat the socialists doubt if it
is not best to let the cracks go deep- :
er before they strike their blow. lany
a time did I think, as the situation
was being unfolded to me, of the i
strange madhouse fact that from the I
heights of their ignorance and vanity I
it was to this state, so tottering and I
broken that an opposition hesitates
to asse iLe the responsibiliti es of gov
eri nment that, the four Paris gentle
iien ae G;inS pIiobleius of such po
litical difficulties and material cost
to solve.
At the end of the Corso, in Rome,
and on the face of the capitol, rises
a high, white monument to the glory
of the House of Savoy, with a colos
sal gilt King Victor bestriding an
enormous horse as the central figure.
These heroic monuments are in ruins
all over Rome. The pedestals of some
of them have borne different statues
as times and heroes changed and
even the bodies of a few have borne
the heads of different men. When I
rose f ien my seat at the table of
the cafe in the Piazza Venezia for
the last time, and bade adieu to that
delightful square, where one can
lazily contcemplate busy crowds and
I e soothed by the palace opposite.
I lookedl up at the gilt figure set
-against the great background of
blinding white marble and wondered
whose head would be on that statue
t when my children come upon their
lpilgrimago to Rome.
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Appeal by Polish Communist Party
Funilshecd by our Eastern Correspondent.
(Following is an extract from an lth
appeal made by the Polish Corn- Ri
munist party. This appeal shows ex- bo
actly where the class conscious work- ag
ing men and women stand in their Gt
affiliations. It also demonstrates in
how dangerous it is for the workers R1
to be caried away by cries of national ar
independence, without heeding its Ai
own class interests. We have seen ot
how national independence worked cl
i-n Finland; we see how it is working w
in Poland and in the Baltic privinces m
of Russia. There is only one way for is
the people to become independent,
and tl at is to become inde;:endent u,
as a class. Real self-determinatior i
by the working class. It will be re
membered that the present reaction
ary government cf Poland which rep
resents a clique of capitalists, bank
ers, landowners, and priests, is be
ing aided by the "great powers" is
a crusade against the government o.
the working class, the sovict govern
ment of Russia. For the price of ex
pansiou promised by those powers
Poland is being used in the same
manner as the Czecho-Slovaks hat
been and are still being used in Rus
sia and Hungary. And this is the
"independence" that the powers have
so generously bestowed upon Poland
In addition, the Polish troops have
been engaged in the most brutal and
beastly massacres of the Jews, before
which the most frightful Germar
atrocities fade into insignificance.
And these are called upon to "save t
civilization from bolahevist terror
ism." N. N.)
Translated the appeal reads as fol
lows:
"The Russian workman and pea-:
sants have been the first to over
throw the rule of owners and ex
ploiters. They have iqtrodu'cd al.t
over Russia a new syStem-the so
cialist system. The Russian capi
talist is not going to skin Russian t
workmen any more, because the peo.
pie have taken away from the ex
ploiters their means of exploitation I
and converted them into social own
Sership.
"Following the example of Russia '
t the working class of the central pow
ers entered the struggle.
S"We are being told that the Polish
people have already obtained every
1thing they have been striving for
, !They point out to us that Poland has
d become independent. They etndeavor
e to divert your attenion from your
r most essential interests, from the re
volution. They incite you against
the Germans, Ruthenians, Czechs.
Russians and Jews. The Polish
bourgeoisie has already begun a fight
against the Ruthenians in eastern
Galicia and against Lithuanian work
ing men and peasants. In white
Russia they are instigating forocious
and bloody massaTres of the Jews.
And all this is being done with the
object to imbile the Polish working
class with the spirit of hatred to
ward their brother workers of Ger
many, Russia, Bohemia and the Jew
ish working men.
"The history of all former revol
utions teaches us that the new so
ial order, the rule of toil and juseice
an be ushered in only as the result
f an armnil direct struggle of the
-roletariat against the bourgeoisie,
ot through the attempt to convince
he bourgeoisie through parliamcn
ary debates.
"If we would avoid new fetters
)eing fastened on us, we must start
.ur own revolution, we must over
brow the rule of the bourgeoisie
Snd transfer all power to the Soviet
n the cities and villages of Poland,
Jeing guided by the deep convic
ion that these Soviets will become
he centers of the struggle of large
)roletarianl masses.
"Let then all countries remain
,vithout classes, and the wealthy
vithout wealth.
"Working men and women! All
the promises that the constituent as
.,embly will help the working class
ire lies. The people have nothing
g ;ood to expect from the assembly.
The 'main object of the assembly
is to suppress the working class. Sup
: ported by the rule of the assembly
r- the Polish bourgeoisie will commence
a crusade against working men's or
1 ganizations, against the right to
" strike, against "idle" unemployed.
1 The bourgeoise will undertake to ex
' tend working hours; legalize starva
" tion wages and drive us into the
[ country to perform hard labor for
in the big land owners. The constitu
"| ent assembly will sanction exclusive
laws against workmen and peasants.
ia Itwill pass the budget of the nation.
- alist government and will impose
new taxes upon the poor. But what
li is most important, the assembly will
' introduce compulsory military ser
ir vice that will furnish the govern
as muent with soldiers for the conduct
or' ing of war against revolutionary
UJ Russia and peasant Ukraina."
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