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HE TO
ILER
CLEVELAND, 0., SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1921.
THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2nd CONGRESS OF THE 3rd, COM-
. 4th Installment.
SPEECHES OF FOREIGN DELEGATES.
After an intermission the representatives
of foreign Socialist parties who are parti
cipating in the Congress of the III Interna
tional are given the floor. The first speaker
is the representative of France, comrade
Rosmer.
SPEECH OF COMRADE ROSMER.
Comrade Rosmer, in the name of French
workmen and peasants, expresses thanks for
the reception, which deeply touched all. "A
happy thought came to yon when to-day
you brought all delegates to Smolny, to
make them see through what sufferings
and heroism the Russian proletariat has
passed, to attain the victory which we are
to-day celebrating."
He says that the words of Comrade Kali
nin, that it is time for the international
proletariat to show clearly its solidarity
with the Russian proletariat, have fixed
themselves firmly in the minds of all present.
The French working class had, however, al
ready realized that perhaps it had not shown
sufficient energy in coming to the assistance
of the Russian people, simply because con
fused by the libelous propaganda, it did not
know sufficiently well the latter's condi
tion, and, was not as yet sufficiently strong
to carry out its own will.
"But now, having been here, the French
delegates will be able to acquaint French
workmen and peasants with what is going
on in Russia. They intend and promise, to
strive with increased energy, to the end
that French workmen and peasants may
understand that here people are fighting
and dying for the common cause of the
entire proletariat ; they promise to increase
their efforts to the end that all French
proletarians and workmen shall enter ac
tively into the ranks of the great interna
tional proletarian army. They promise to
call attention to the great services of the
proletariat of Red Petrograd, which has
manifested particular heroism, self-sacrifice
and steadfastness, taking, the lead among
hero proletarians. He proposes the following
resolution :
MESSAGE OF CONGRESS TO THE WORKMEN
OF PETROGRAD.
(Petrograd Pravda. July 21, 1920.)
''Brothers, the 2nd World Congress of the Com
munist International, in opening its session in Red
PetrpKiyd, ygdgjtts warm greetings to you, Petro
grad workmen mid workwomen! Red Army soldiers,
sailors, and all toilers.
We, the delegates of labor organizations of the
whole world, considered it our duly to open the
first sitting of the Congress in your PetroRrad, in
order thus to pay the tribute of respect and affec
tion to the proletariat of Red Petrojrrad which was
the first to rise up against the bourgeoisie, and with
heroic concentration of strength and will-power
overturned the authority of capital in one of the
most important forts of the bourgeois world.
"The proletarians of all countries know how much
you proletarians of Petrograd have suffered during
the last three years, how you have famished, how
many of your best sons have perished at thp front
defending the great cause of Communism. The work
men of the whole world love you, particularly be
cause you did not hesitate for a minute at the
time of the great crisis that threatened Petrograd
and the entire Soviet Republic, but defended the
bloodsoaked Red Flag wih the courage of lions, with
tireless daring, and with the steadfastness of the
Petrograd proletariat.
"The Communist International says to you: The
Petrograd Commune carries on in a worthy manner
the cause of the Paris Commune, avoiding the
weaknesses and mistakes of the latter and leading
the proletarian battalions to ictory.
"The Communist International is convinced that
the workmen of Red Petrograd will continue to
represent the best detachment of the world army of
labor.
"Long live the glorious Petrograd proletariat!
''Long live the Communist International!"
SPEECH OF COMRADE SERRATI.
In the name of the communistic, inter
nationalist Italian Socialist Party, which is
adhering to the Communist International,
Comrade Serrati greets the brilliant Red
Army, the defender of Soviet Russia, and
the defender of the great ideals of the
world proletariat.
He says that when the world war broke
out, in Italy the traitors of the working
class wished to convince the latter that it
WM necessary to go over to the side of the
bourgeoisie; they spread the idea that once
the proletariat gets hold of iron, once it
gets hold of rifles, then it will be able to
win its bread, and sejttfe its liberty. "But
from the very first day. the Italian party
cut loosefrom the Socialist-Traitors," says
Comrade Serrati.
'They said it was not a question of hav
ing iron and rifles in hand, and of fighting
on the suit' '!' the bourgeoisie, but a ques
tion of fighting on the side of thl working
class against the bourgeois', with rifles or
without, always and everywhere. .
"And now the glorious Red Army has
shown by experience that iron and rifles
are a revolutionary weapon only when the
working class as an army cun control this
' weapon; this means only for the conquest
MUNIST INTERNATIONAL: Moscow 1920
FROM "THE SECOND CONGRESS OF THE; COMMU1
RUSSIAN DIVISION OF THE
$T INTERNATIONAL," PUBLISHED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
of the great ideals of the proletariat against
the interests and intrigues of the bourgeoisie
of the whole world.
'This brilliant army, which wins victory
after victory, in the south against Wrangel,
in the west against the Poles, this Red Army
at the present moment is a unit. With it,
directly or indirectly, are also the English
workmen in Southhaven, the Italian sailors
in Ancona, and the German sailors at Kiel,
wherever the proletariat is preventing the
sending of munitions to the Polish front.
"May the day be near when the Red Pro
letarian Army will consist not only of Rus
sian proletarians but will consist of prole
tarians of the whole world. That will be a
great hour, when the proletarians of all
countries and the brilliant Red Army sol
diers will be able finally to free themselves
from their dependence with respect to war
military service- and will be able not
only with cannon but by peaceful means to
lead the whole world to a Soviet form of
government and finally free the whole world
from all that now represents oppression of
the working class." Comrade Serrati pro
poses the following greeting to the Red Ar
my and to the Red Fleet of the whole Soviet
Federated Socialist Republic in the name of
all parties represented at the Communist
International :
MESSAGE OF CONGRESS TO THE RED ARMY.
(Petrograd Pravda, July 21, 1921.)
Brothers, the 2nd World Congress of the Com
munist International sends hearty fraternal greet
ings to the entire Red Army, to the entire Red
Fleet, and to each Red division, from the smallest
to tl.e largest.
To you, Red Army soldiers and Red sailors, to
all of you and to each of you, and particularly to
the comrades at the front:
The toilers of the entire wqrld with bated breath
fondly follow your struggle against capitalists and
landlords, Tsarist generals, and imperialists. The
workmen of the whole world share your defeats
and celebrate your victories. The toiling population
of the whole world enthusiastically notes with what
great effort you have striven to overcome Kolchak,
Denikin, Yudenich, and Miller, breaking up the in
trigues of French and English capitalists.
The 2nd World Congress of the III International
heartily greets you, and the Red Army which at the
present moment fights on the western and south
western fronts against the white Polish nobles,
whom the bourgeoisie of the Entente has sent in
order to suppress the Russian Soviet Republic of
workmen and peasants.
Brothers, Red Army Soldiers! Know that your
war against the Polish nobles is the most just war
that history has ever known. You are fighting not
only for the interests of Soviet Russia but for the
interests of all toiling humanity, for the Communist
International. The toiling masses can not destroy
the yoke of the rich, and wage slavery, except by
war with arms in hand. .
You were the first to turn your arms against the
oppressors. You were the first to create a strong
and powerful workmen's-peasants' Red Army. You
were the first to point out the road to the oppressed
und exploited of the whole world.
Because of this the proletarians of all countries
bless you. The Communist International knows that
your victories over the enemies of workmen and
peasants have been bought nt the price of in
numerable sacrifices and deprivations.
We know that you will not allow yourselves to
be defeated. We know how many of the best sons
of the Red Army have given their lives fcr our
cause. Your heroism will never be forgotten in
history. Know, comrades, that the Red Army ia
now one of the principal forces of world history!
Know that you arc no longer alone. The toilers
of the whole world are on your side. The time is
near when there will be created the International
Red Army.
Long live the great, invincible Red Army!
Long live the army of the Communist International!
ie situation tnat
complete and de-
world bourgeoisie.
the shock troops of
of 1905-6. But the
able to take ad-
SPEECH OF COMRADE STEINER.
The representative of the Communist
Party of Austria, Comrade Steiner, in a
brilliant speech dwells on the international
position of Soviet Russia, and calls on the
workmen o! aff countries to render immediate
assistance to the heroic country, which was
the first to rise in rebellion against the
power of capital.
"Workmen of Austria, Germany, England,
France, Italy, and other countries, who till
now have supported a white-guardist ad
venture on the territory of Russia and of
its small neighbors , should immediately
cease work in all organizations which are
working for the support of the Russian, and
therefore of the international, counter-revolution.
Not a single shell should be per
mitted to reach the camps of the whites, and
not a single cannon should be molded for the
whites; not a single coat should be sent to
the soldiers of counter-revolutions."
Speaking of the wishes of the proletariat
of Hungary, after the international bour
geoisie had overthrown the Soviet authority
in that country and had organized a sys
tematic white terror, Comrade Steiner did
not see any way out of
has been created, except
finite destruction of th
"The- criminal bourgeois gang in its de
sire to wreak vengeancefa the proletariat
and stifle forever the w )rfcmen's movement
in Hungary, does not he sitate at any crime.
For this band there d not exist either
Mensheviks, Communist! i, or nonpartisans;
all workmen, without ex jeption, are subject
to the same persecutio i and to the same
harassment. From the K)int of view of the
present masters of Huiigary, whoever has
callouses on his hands is "the most bitter
enemy of the bourgeoisie."
Comrade Steiner concludes his speech with
the words: "Soviet Hungary is no more.
Long live Soviet Hungary."
SPEECH OF COMKABftJ MARKHLEVSKY.
The floor is then givm to the represent
ative of Polish Communists, Comrade Markh-
levsky, who reports tlftft'the delegates from
the Polish proletariaffyere already on the
road, had already staptid for the Congress
when news from Wwsaw forced them to
return, because the hjK had struck for the
direct conflict of theBfolish proletariat for
its rights. (Stormy arMause.)
Comrade iMa'khlevsfv then discusses the
situation in Poland. iPolish revolutionary
workmen were amon
the Russian revolutif:
Polish proletariat was
vantage of the results. Of the work it did.
During the war of 1014 Poland was sub
jected to destruction, and the Polish prole
tariat was ruined and weakened. Polish
Communists opposed this destruction with
all their strength, by uniting proletarian
forces, and their efforts led to the beginning
of the awakening of Polish peasants and
workmen.
"Now our Red Army is rapidly moving
forward, and the proletarian revolution in
Poland will go very rapidly. But you must
remember that bourfc$frs Poland has as its
neighbor bourgeois Roiamania, which would
gladly render it assikance. It is the task
of the Russian $moKSi1lTo "assist the
Polish workmen and pes Bants in their strug
gle against the bourg fcisie, and to bring
the war to a concl'usio i as quickly as pos
sible, by a complete destruction of the
Polish nobles. Polish Co nmwnists swear that
they will not retreat a j tep from their aims,
and they beg for assistripe in this decisive
struggle."
In answer to th: appeal of Comrade
Markhlevsky the Congress sends a 'message
to the proletarians of all countries and par
ticularly to the Polish proletariat, calling
on them to fight for the liberation of Poland.
"TO THE PROLETARIAN (MEN AND WOMEN)
OF ALL COUNTRIES."
(Petrograd Pravda, July 21, 1920.)
The 2nd World Congress of the Communist Inter
national convenes at a moment when White-Guard-ist
Poland, the stronRho! 1 of the capitalist world
reaction, is' falling before the powerful blows of
the Red Army of Russian workmen and peasants.
What all revolutionary workmen and workwomen
of the whole world fervently desire has now been
accomplished.
Russian workmen and peasants have gone against
the impudent Polish WhiU-Guards just as they
rose to suppress the Ru- an counter-revolution and
the troops of Kolchak, I cikin, and Yudenich. The
Polish capitalists and landlords have rejected the,
honorable peace proposalslof Sovnt Ku- : in t Ik
hope of receiving assistance from world capital and
in the belief that Soviet jiussia had exhausted all
her strength in the struggle against counter-revolution.
Thc-y throw their troops into Soviet Russia and
are now on the eve of a qreat military defeat. .
Their troops have fallen back from the Ukraine
and White Russia, and the ttoops of Soviet Russia
are pursuing them. The brigands of world capital,
the Polish landlords and capitalists, now wail that
Poland is in great danger.
They are appealing to the governments of cap
italist countries with requests for immediate as
sistance, so that European culture should not be
destroyed by the barbarians of the Russian revolu
tion. And we see how the English Government,
which armed the Poles for their criminal attack on
Soviet Russia, which together with its allies refused
to leave Poland when Soviet Russia proposed on
April 3 to begin negotiations in London we see
how that same capitalist England impudently threat
ens a new general attack by all the allies in the
case Soviet Russia does not conclude an armistice
with the Poles, who have advanced into Russia.
The directors of world capital, who are playing
with the destinies of peoples as though they were
cats, now come forward as the defenders of the in
dependence of Poland. The French Government,
which in 1917 was ready to abandon Poland to the
Tsarist government of Russia if the latter would
recognize the French pretensions with respect to
the left bank of the Rhine, the English Govern
ment which frequently during the war declared
confidentially through its agents to the German
Government that it would turn over Poland to the
Central Powers if German Imperialism would
evacuate Belgium, where it would be a danger to
Englandall these traders in human flesh now
shout that Soviet Russia threatens the independence
of Poland and under this slogan are attempting
to prepare the public opinion of the whole world
for a new attack on Russian workmen and peasants.
Workmen and workwomen of all countries! There
is no need for us to explain to you that Soviet
Russia does not entertain the slightest plan of
conquest with respect to the Polish people, of Hoff
man and Beseler. Soviet Russia was ready to con
clude peace even with Polish capitalists, and in
order to attain peace not only recognized the, inde-"
pendence of Poland but ceded to Poland extensive
border regions. Soviet Russia is closely bound to
the Polish working masses by. decades of common
struggle. For Soviet Russia self-determination of
the Polish people is a sacred and inviolate right,
and if not a single soldier defended Poland, thc
Polish land would nevertheless remain the property
of the Polish peaple, and the Polish people itself
would determine freely its own fate. .
But so long as there rules in Poland a band of
capitalist adventurers and landlords who have
dra-n the country into a criminal military adven
ture; so long as the capitalists of the Entente
supply Poland with arms, Soviet Russia is in a
state of defensive war. Should Soviet Russia to-day
give the Polish White-Guardists a respite anO allow
them to reestablish their shattered troops and again
arm them with the assistance of the Entente, to
morrow Soviet Russia would be obliged once more
to tear hundreds of thousands of her best sons
from the plow and workmen's bench and send them
to the front for a new defensive war.
Workmen and workwomen! If the capitalist filth
of the whole world cries out about the attack on
the independence of Poland, in order to prepare a
new attack against Russia, you should know the
following and if! alone: Your employers tremble,
fearine that one of the pillars of their rule, of
their world system of reaction, exploitation and
oppression is falling; they fear that if white
guardist Poland falls before the blows of the Red
Army, and the Polish workmen take over power
into their own hands, that then it will be easier for
the German, Austrian, Italian, and French work
men to free themselves from their exploiters, and
that the workmen of England and America also will
follow them. If the capitalist filth wails that danger
threatens the independence of Poland, it h because
they fear that your slavery, your involuUiry
servitude, workmen and workwomen, may be re
placed by liberation from the chains of capitalist
slavery. Therefore, it is the duty of the proletarians
of all countries by every means to prevent the
Governments of England, France, America, and
Italy from rendering any aid whatsoever to the
Polish White-Guards. Proletarians of the countries
of the Entente! Your governments will continue to
try to deceive you; they will insist, as heretofore,
that they are not rendering support to Poland. Q
is your duty to stand guard at all ports and all
frontiers, and see to it that not a single train or
ship with food supplies or arms should leave for
Poland. Take up your positions as jruards! Do not
allow yourselves tc be deceived by false indications
as to the places from which transports are being
sent; such transports, you know, can be sent to
Poland by roundabout routes. And when govern
ments and private capital do not give way to your
protests, organize strikes, act by force, and under
no conditions help the Polish landlords and cap
italists to murder your Russian brothers.
Proletarians of Germany! When white-guardist
Poland falls then the capitalists of the countries
of the Entente will be willing to conclude peace
with German generals and with German capitalists;
they will help the latter to equip large armies of
hired troops, and these troops will suppress the
German proletariat in order to convert Germany
into a base of operations against Soviet Russia.
The capitalists of the countries of the Entente will
not hesitate to convert Germany into a heap of
ruins, to become the advance post for the struggle
against Soviet Russia and Soviet Poland. Germaa
workmen and workwomen! The hour has come
when you can accomplish what you promised thou
sands of times during great manifestations, namely,
to come over to the side of your Russian brothers,
ar.d together with them fight for your freedom.
Do not allow on German soil any attempts to
render assistance to white-guardist Poland, and do
not allow any new recruitment of hired soldiers.
Watch carefully all the trains going eastward, and
keep a strict watch over what takes place in Dan
zig, doing everything that is required by the cir
cumstances. Not a single freight car and not a
single ship should go from Germany to Poland.
Proletarians of all other countries! Remember
that the enemy now is white-guardist Poland. The
task of the present hour is to crush this enemy.
Proletarians of all countries! Remember that you
must not give in to the deceitful speeches of
treacherous or hesitating leaders of the workmen
and to false promises of government. Now you
must act, and you must gather all forces in order
to blockade Poland. You must concentrate all forces
in order to show in fact the solidarity of the world
proletariat with Soviet Russia.
Workmen and workwomen! Your solidarity with
Soviet Russia at the same time is solidarity with
the Polish proletarians. The Polish proletariat,
under the directon of the Coirimunist Party, is
struggling steadfastly against the war with Soviet
Russia. The Polish prisons are filled with our
Polish brothers the Communists of Poland. The
defeats of the Polish White-Guardists arouse the
greatest enthusiasm in the hearts of Polish work
men. A wave of strikes is rising in Poland. Polish
workmen are striving to take advantage of the
defeats of their exploiters, in order to deal the last
blow to their .weakened class enemy and in order
to unite with Russian workmen in a common strug
gle for freedom.
The blockade cf Poland will represent direct aid
to the struggle for liberation of the Polish work- .
men; it is the road that will free Poland from the
chains imposed on it by the victorious capitalists
of London and Paris, the road to an independent
republic of Polish workmen and peasants.
The 2nd World Congress of the Communist Inter
national sends you this appeal; Come out onto the
streets and show your governments that you will
not allow any assistance to white-guardist Poland
or any intervention against Soviet Russia. Stop all
work and movement if you see that the capitalist
clique of all countries,, despite your , protest is
preparing anew attack" on "Soviet 'Riissia. Do not
let a single train or boat pass through to Poland.
Show that the solidarity of the proletariat exists
in actual fact and not simply in words.
Long live Soviet Russia! Long live the Red Army
of Russian workmen and peasants! Down with
white-guardist Poland! Down with intervention!
Long live Soviet Poland!
i
SPEECH OF COMRADE LEVI.
The leader of the German Spartacides, the
Communist Comrade Levi, outlined the
treachercus role played by the Socialist
compromisers, the followers of Scheidemann,
in suppressing the Communist movement
and uprisings in Germany. The entire Con
gress, and all delegates present at this
sitting, once more paid their respects to the
leaders of the Communist movement Karl
Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg.
"The Communist cause," says Comrade
Levi, "since their tragic death grows and
becomes stronger daily and hourly through
out all Germany. At the present moment
the country is making an inventory of its
Conrmiunist forces, which have established
deep root in the proletariat, Which latter is
gradually freeing itself from the hypnosis
of compromise parties. It is being pushed in
this direction by the cruel actualities of
present day Germany." t
The speech of Comrade Levi does not
leave any doubt that Germany will be one
of the first to enter on the road of social
revolution.
(Next Week Second Sitting of the Congress).
IN MEMORY.
By an Ex-hero.
"Allied troops invade Germany,
war again declared" these mre the
words that greeted me; ''Allies an
nounce they will take over Germ an
territory und make her pay the last
mark." -In my mind came the vision
of long lines of inarching men,
rumbling cannon and flying banners.
Yes, cities to ho oaupied. The
WORKERS must pay or fight other
WORKERS what fools itmortals
are, what confounded jackasses!
French diplomacy wins oVtr Lloyd
George, on to the Rhine Jnd TAKK
OVER the FACTOR IKS.
isn't the Dictatorship of
then what is it?
Now, if the French workers would
take over French factorial and the
Germans take over m German
factories we wouldnt kicl BUT to
If this
Capitalism
see these nrraed WORKERS repre
senting the League of Nations march
ing in like heroes to take over the
INDUSTRIES for their MASTERS
and then in TURN work them for
their MASTERS makes one feel like
saying that after all old P. J. Bar
num was right on with the dance
its the LAST march and somewhere
between the two oceans the Dictator
ship of Capitalism will meet these
same WORKERS on their WAY
BACK, ready to take over their own
factories.
Revenge, revenge and more re
venge, the workers must pay, if
they don't, we are done for, these
darn Reds will mop us up-Germany
pays or we will huve a revolution
on our hands and if Germany goes
Bolghuviki we will have? perish the
thought, begone from me impos
sible, why Russia is breaking down,
who will the Germans hook up with
wo have no Reds amongst us, our
workers are cither LOAFING or in
the army. Such is the song of the
wise ones, but deep down in their
dear little hearts they know it to
be n LIE. Capitalism is crumbling
and breaking to pieces right before
their noses and the WAR LORDS
have ussisted greatly in doing it.
Across the long space eastward arises
a new day, people born anew out of
the apcony and misery of capitalist
war the Allied workers are headed
in the right direction who knows
what their thoughts are? Let them
march on with speed of the winds
and let's hopo that they never hear
the command HALT until across tho
way the outstretched hand of the
sons of the Worlds First Socialist
Republic bids them WELCOME and
together let them sing war's last
RECALL, in memory of the world's
workers, to those sons and daugh
ters of the salt of the earth, the
prolctaire. s
No more the rut infested tr.-nches,
the stink and skcltons that by night
light up No Mans Land with ghastly
rays no more the parting, the an
guish and living by the minute; no
more heroes but JUST MEN living
as such with all men. Happy, rosy
cheeked children, contented wives,
and workers without a four of de
portation; men amongst men, living
and letting live. Speed tho dny when
from war's last recall there wiil
come PEACE and CONTENTMENT
and the MEMORY of the WORLDS
WORKERS who fought and died that
WARS will bo no moro. All power
to the workers and may they
MARCH ON and ON and OVER
the RHINE and come back with
changed banners and as members of
the Workers League of Nations
the 3rd International.
The now day is dawning to the grim
faced, ill fed, 111 clothed Russian
peasant and worker, wc aro indebt
ed, he guvo us tho way of PEACE
and out of a blood soaked world
bullded the new civilisation where
WARS are no more.

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