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The Revolutionary Age 

^__^^^ronicIe and Interpretation of Inlernational Events 



M. I, No. 31 



Saturday, May 17, 1919 



Pric^ :j Centg 



"1 (Jill- soci 
'-'iiic- 1o thai 



- fniperial- 
struggle of 



Hi 

Ik 



n^irc up. 11! V. liicli \ M 
/Jiich has prepared nu.^' 
Two devcIopinciJts lur/, : ./<■ Vii 

I'talisni — tlic (levclopnu-iii oi an a:^':^ ' ,^ 
isjn, and llic developincni of um a;^^;^!-(, ssis (^. 
labor against capital. 

American _ Capitalism lias c-onqncrcf! in the ^rreat 
war. American Capitali^n is now a world power— 
"our" Imperialism sliare«^ wiUi Great Britain the do 
minjon of the world. 'Hie T'nited States has not only 
made billions of dollars profit out of the war and se- 
cured a i)osition of economic dominance, it ha>^ ednallv 
;ecured great military prestige and tl)c npix-fitc Vor 
more military conquests. Tlie beast (;f Xni'.'riran Cap- 
italism is being convulsed v:hh militarv hx-.teria 
It has felt its strength, and it wants to use that strength 
again and more completely. 

The industrial tran<rorm<-ition wrought In- llie war 
in the Unite<I ."^^tate^ is nnparallelled in '.economic 
history. Prior to the war. Aimerican capital owed ilu- 
world three billion dollars: to-dav. llie \vorlfl cue. 
American capital alxnit five billion dollars. This 
country ha>.s*'-^cfme, thanks to the war. tlic chief nir.ney 
market ..'^ world: and its finance-capital is now 
very much • ■• a world dictator. Mr-n-over. the rc- 
(juirements of 'the- war have prodncd a nc \- c ;-(;<• icncv 
in American industry, larger caiiacii-, n.r -irorluciion : 
and this means either that America will ha\e to con- 
|uer new markets, or that industry Avill not ai)^or]) all 
available workers, and a Icrriliic uncmplfjymen! 
crisis arise. But capital reunircs profits : and .American 
capital must secure new markets, mu';! find the mcaii^ 
for absorbing its surjjlus capital and sm-plns proflnct^^. 
This mean'^ militarism and ag^rc^>if)n against un- 
developed nations — a tendency alrca<lv aniiarent in 
the campaign for "intervention"' in Mexico. This 
tendency is all the more dangerous, since the Peace 
Conference in Paris, which re-divided the world 
among the conquerors, has recognized the prif)ritv of 
interest of United States Capitalism in Central'and 
South America. 

But, simultaneou.sly. a new spirit is develoDiiifr in 
American labor. The great revolutionarv events in 
Europe have left their impress on the minds of our 
workers, an impress as yet vague in expression, but 
bound to assume a more definite character under the 
influence of et-ents. But. even more imnortant. a gen- 
eral unrest is developing out of definite .\merican 
conditions. The workers did not share the ''war 
prosperity" which created htmdreds of new nu'llion- 
aires out of the bones and blood of the dead in 
Huropej and, moreover, the adiustmcnt to ncacc con- 
ditions is such that nn'llions arc nnemplovcd win'lc ilie 
future is fraught with danger. The workers arc los- 
]ng their jobs, while the eniplo\ cd arc being crim en cnl'^ 
m wa^es. at a time when the cost of living. iiT^tcad of 
<Ieclining. is actually soarins: again. This condition of 
economic crisis is bound to become worse as Europe 
resiunes normal production, and competes in the world 
markets which during the war were practically mono- 
polized by the United States. 

riie new spirit in the .X'mcrican labor movement 
1"^ expressed in manv wav<. Tt was anparent in the 
ureat general strike in Seattle, in the Butte strike, in 
tbe large number of strikes in which more autrressive 



They Incite to Murder ^ndRbt^ 



inSrl ^''"'^ ^^-"n^aign, the governn.enl and 
I ^. Kl udual mugs o/ the "Loyalty" leagues uniting 
• ' tins glonoii. work of reaction. ^ 

a !nMr''"r '""T' ^''^ ^^"'^ ^^'^^ ^^'^ "•'-'t sim- 
al e. ;l c ''^'''■^'' propaganda; but that 

espc ate. They feel that much more drastic r^ieans 
n.ust be resorted to io crush the proletarian menace. 
.^ind they arc consciously organhing a ccmpaiqn of 
ierronsvi m order to crush the militant proletariat 
otood. i his campaign has three aspects: 

\. Provocation— the hirelings of Capitalism are 
trymg to_ provoke an "uprising" of the workers which 
will provide them with a pretext for violent and bloodv 
suppressions. 

2. Terrorism against Socialists— the law and the 
thug are uniting to suppress Socialist meetings and 



The fourteen points'' 
ha ve become fourteen 
daggers thrust at the 
heart of the peace and 
liberty of the world, - 
thrust directly at the 
heart of the colonial 
peoples and of the prole- 
tarian revolution in Ger- 
many. 



tactics 



are being adopted. Tt is api)arcnt 



the 



up- 
surge of a more radical soirit in large unions of the 
A- P. of L.. in the rcvoh of these union-^ against the 
bureaucracy and in their agitation for a -eneral strike 
-ifi^Qftro^el the release of class war prisoner^. An<l it 
nt. again, in the T-<>ft Win--- movement in the 



iParty. which i< .about 
ffutionary Sociali'^m 
lis aggressive rla<< ^i.i 
l^ement is most cle.irK- ; 
1 of the hirelim^s of i 
pMd Sociali'^m, ag.'iinsi 



to ciin(|ne 



tlu' part\- 



it in the \mcncan 
pnari'nl in the violent 
ipitali'^m avMiU'-t 1"^<^^- 
thr rons.-ions pr.We- 



A large and inlen^i\« e 
J^^jainst revolutionarv idca> 



.mp.-M'j^n 



Mone\ and laletU .uc be 



demonstrations, to assault our comrades, to provoke 
riots. 

3. Strikes — the conscious use of terrorism in strikes 
is being resorted to by the liirelings of Capitalism : in. 
Seattle and Butte the soldiers were mobilire : .-c"."- >■ 
the strikers, in Lawrence the ^x^lice are usinc 
gun while lliey and their hirelings practiv 
against the strikers and their reprcsentativis 

Consider the events of the past tliroo month '■rK>;"' 
aftr "plot" has been "disco\erod" in whicn "• v' r..'-" 
were to start an "immediate" loxohuion. 
the great "plot" in \ew York l^ity: score- 
rested: "blue-print" jilans were produced b\ , . 
of ;m allei^ed ]^lan of seizure oi the Co\-e!;in-.ent 
the whole thing tir./led out The "diseovery " 
given great jniblicity in the jness. tlu- ii.-/lo w.is '.-o; 

Then tliere was the "great boml^ plot" (i;reeti\l 
prominent men. Hark were tlie Iv'ms ot "n.ii-or: 
<,\ ide" e(Mis])ir.u-\ , dive ueie the !!iie.>ts .i;;.;-:^^; 
i.idicals. Arrests were prc>mi<ed "mominem Ixe^is 
to lie e.im;ht in net;" but so f.ir (Mic .nicsi ;douc has 
been made, and that o\ an innooont bom j;ooisi gcntle- 
m,in Thi^ "plot" was i-ibvionsh- a "pl.int." the w*^rk 
of /•'^. ':■.'( .i/r.'c' .■ but it pr^^\ ided .ui oppov;unil\ 

lo inflame the popul.ice \o produce .Uu! ius!if\ the 



I'M-rorisia u^ul :tga<insl Suciali- 
agaiii. the iJUrx>osc is ftbvioiis: i,, - 
means of which a real rci^i of 
ized by the Covcrnnient. 

Now comes another g^reat plot, this time in Chicago 
1 erir-r,, ......... ^j^^^^^ ^^^^^ "(Hscovercd" a 

uprisii^g. a campaign of ter- 
^>"mb outrages" scheduled for 
- ve been made— one of them a 
. J ueen of the Anarchists/* Ser- 
. . -^e Ciric-rigo pohce sa\-s: •'We 

'r^'"'", ' ■'■ ionally vnportant arrest/' Pmt 

^'^^ flown 10 agitation for a de^ 

monstrat, • ; . • ; ... for the release of our pohtical 
j-risoners. ... ^ 

Is there a conscious polic.- i- r/l ^' '-^^ There is 
Capitalism is apprehensive • ' the crisis is 

coming, and that ^virh everv ... the revolu- 

tionarv -rr:- - V,-- V- nd influence. 

yj ' rtrcncfth at a 

"' _ .' •. it is tr\-ing 

j'* ■■ 'vvM.; t A^ciiifi ],,_. suicidal for the 

m/:!n;int pr' <k-iariat. And the reasoning of Capitalism is 
■ <^"''bcr n:ir -r-- }]] produce a revolt. 

an ea-i!\- • - rcrrori.sm will not 

"(^'voll, V : our terrorism will 

■ jment. 1 'laving both 



- lo a ciiorus 

ironi^ ;;:e zui:^:' : ' ^ the Bolsbe- 

v:ki. "brcac '.nvr ' : in hlood/' . . 

• incitation to 

by iniprison- 
me;;' --'c; ]y^y^ 

imjir;- oncd ^for :, ::,\v. })m not 

one or ilif !>rir-_ -If] ^ioj ]^avc 

- lo violence 
■ is the victim- 

"i'olice and a ciei,-. ■ - • _ 

shoot down our / - - 

cialists wlio art _ ■. — ■ i^^i-ig 

Tliat once was :. - rmnev. puV 

'i-^Iies a magazi--.; .- v\ iiieh he con- 

s-stcntlv ureses violence agam.s; :::v Socialists: but the 
\\'r;r DcTiarimrnt protects him. Mayor Ole Hanson 
^ " ' ■ ; . ?.n£ring place?" and "cem- 

II. W. W'.'s. Jwt Mayor 

Xo. i i-,e law ;s class law, used a;^inst the pro- 
letariat and for the capitalists. These inciters to mur- 
der and riot are rr'-j /lent work for CapiiaKsm, 
and Capitalism 

The rcvolmfov - . .-, vcalisl. Kcvohttion- 
..r\ oropac . ' is not an immediate rcvohi~ 

: :i. br; V .;s.^ struggle in accord with \\\c 

;.;;n;cnlar . ;.... .;> of the moment. 

The times are critical. They require action thai is 
nt the same time critical and aj^rressiN'C. We shaH 
. open, and give blow for blow. 
- Capitalism to determine oar 
0 our o\\-n tactics in onr own 
I stren^h of the rex'olw- 

. : ; - : . : . s ;orrori5im is ui'ed aSfaiitst 
: . o; simply against the revolurionar>' Sooi^list^ 
V ' e CO" scions representatives of labor. Terror- 
s' strikes which Are r>oi at all rcvoI«- 
er: but Capitalism knows that labor 
. ter acquire the consciousness of re- 
bsni. 

, er advance precipiti%Te?v, T>or >*fs;7t*re. 
. eirta;. W e shall wage . - - 

jii our own wa\ and in our o\\ 

rbe 'v-:-c:e^-< -o- ^- -s a tUcN , . 

oi|*A«ixc i1h>«« tor ii»c ^jroal 

*.\ip.;.. .> , c.v :e'.; '.e. pn>v*>kc m^' c" ^ ' 
Soc»a)isn>, Our answer is to intens 
.uv ngittition, to nwrshall tlie iro;, 
•':«>leiariat foractkw ami the co»»q\K>: vH ;vucr 

riicy cannot provoicTC ns. l>«t iJfwiH trcf>&*x\ 



Tlie Revolutionary Age 

A Chronicle and Interpretation of International Events 

Louis C. Fraina Editor 

Contributing Editors 

John Reed 



THE REVOLUTIONARY AGE 



Saturday, May 17 



said '.'Oil Id hi- inif.:s, .1 ,■('.. 

> iti! uf)r<]~ ot' ricfiaiicc. 

|-;iM[.l\ v.oi-N ■■ ■ , . , 

iiiakf the 

11111^1 |-.;t!i/, : ; • 



rnnauv. 
■r. I l ies lo 

■ ';:ii!c!lli)C'! 
'i ll m.'i'.' 



L X. I. 1 lofKW l( II 



Sen Katayama 

I. [•. r'i'Kci >(iv 

Eaij.m(j\ X .M.\rA m-i \ r: 



■c-|)lahl 



Ill- 



Split the Party! 



is.s.'I':d every Saturday 

By I ocil Boston, Socialist Party 

H. G. Steincr, Business Manager 
^^5 Washinffon St., Boston, Mass. 

lUnidU- orders 2c 0 coPy. Siibscrififiou $i.oo fo 
SIX jjiont/is ( 26 issues) 



Disciplining- the Youth 

Till-, lloy Scout uioveinciK has always J>cc;) a 
niowincin to discipline our youth into fjoocF 
servaiu< of e apiiah'sm — a characteristic of the 
nioycntcm cvcryw.icrc. It is that inilitarv ch'scipline 
vyliicli (li<:s out tlie brains and makes lov'al workers. 
Sir Roi)ert I'aden-Powell. the chief spokesman of the 
Hoy Scout movement, has alwavs made it clear thai 
tlie I!oy Sc(Mit> should be encouraged bv the employ- 
ers, lor busiiu'ss reasons. In an addre.ss'in noslon the 
other day. Sir Robert said: "After a boy has been a 
scout and has taken active Dart in the administration 
of his troop Jie is infinitelv less liable to I)e led astrav 
by violent soap-box orators. The Bov Scout lias a 
traimnir thai will, for one thin.^. offset ill-advised 
strikes. T^recisclv' The most dis-ustin- thin- about 
tapitaiism is tlial it uses human instincts for inl uman 
purposes. I he bov likes the country, drill, music 
.Barnes, e.vcitemem : natural instincts: Capitalism takes 
these and jicrvcrts them for its own purpose. Social- 
ism jiieans the liberation of the human spirit 



■111 in 



<. a bead, 
llie tactic-- 



They Speak Socialism I 

Till- terms of peace imposed upon (^ermaitv are 
accimj.hshm^r a miracle: the Ebert-Schcidemann 

uX"s;"'' -'^ ^^'^'^^^'-^ --^-'"v 

r (-.n^V .l'rcsi<lent Kbert declarc/s 

.at -einiany is to be exploited by forei.m Capitalism: 

to ti c Sociab..t. ot the world. But it woi^t work 
fhe ( .erman peace dele,ation-under the direction of 
ha . vol uioiiarv SocMabst. Count von Brockdorft- 

a h> All ot them-the Count. Scheideniann and tl e 
ntCnr"?;- uncompromis i 

Me s hole •.bert-Scheidemann ( loveriimeut consists 
sons w,io were thick withCerman Imperial s , 
etorc Its collapse. Ihey cut the throat of .S<,cia]ism 

r-"i;;T'^ 'nieCermanmaior- 
chose" il '•^•'"^■'•atelv made their choice: tbev 

S • ,i , ^■^'imalisni instead oV 

The , et-n-i Tr"''''"^ '>^^nishnieii,. 

etanat of ( .erniany must repudiate these men 

Hes salV:,i::r''"'-""''^^^'"'^^''->- l-'->-- that alon: 

Calculated Defiance 

C'lAXCKLLoR IMllLIPSCIiKIDKMWVi. in 
poopk- ""..ucpl.-ilile ,„ 

i. 

I'-.vin;: 10 preserve its urr o ^ l'^"!*'*-^ ^'"(I 

l^is ^an,s!e,s 1^, ^^'^culemann and 

Allies: cMilv a re .1 ^ ^'^^nnot resist 

'^epubb ' 

^•ure the svmpa hv an, I , • 
proletariat.- • ^ '^-i>uat ion of the Socialist 

'^""""n^but polities. TU.c 
I^k!!!;; ^^-'^^i'l-nann 
SslH- : X l es \ -'^'--'^ •-•public 

1 Isl,e L- V ''U-- 



- rev oIulionar\ 

loinin'f lo ,1 head 1 1 , , 
characlerislieallx . l.\ ibe m.-.U-rate- .ad 
of •:an.:,'-siers a-.n'uM the Ixi'l Wini^. 

These moderate-. Iiaxe iusixied thai the Left Winj,' 
yas breaking' i!h^ iniiix of the I 'arte, ihat the Parlv"t 
lorcev wd-e bein- bn.I.cn up bv these disjiute.-. tiiat 
11 lb'' p-ii|)().e <.r tlic i.ell lo either split the Partv 

or secede. ( Hir ;,:)^v.rv u;,.; V,,; it task to 

secure control of ibe I'an\. lo conriuer the I'artv for 
revoluti(jnarv Soeialinii .-.lal iniix.se U])on it a consist- 
ent proletarian-llol-.he\ ik policv. 

The rtiial aiisxeer p. tlii-, cnnin.ver.v- has been made 
bv the moderates in \ew \nrl. rchn arc pretarinq to 
sH'f the Parfy hy c.vt^rHino thr Lcfi Wnui locals' and 
branches, (mardiaiis of ihe imiiv of the Party! 

The first indicat-on of ih^ m„vc w;,s the resolution 
adopted by the State OMmuiitee of \ew York to cxoel 
all locals .-nid br.ancbes aPiiiated with the F.eft Wino. 
i'';! the I.elf \^.ycv^ the mo.h-ates to put this resoT- 
ni'on to a reterendum vote. 

Xow before \\v.' n>ierenduni. b-f..re the membership 
has spoken, the RiVlit W in- in Xeu- York Cilv is ,)re- 
Pann,. to evpel i!ie Left A\-in- branches. Thcv are 
r-sorti.i': tr, tactic^ of bri-and:i-e because everv dav 
that passe, sees iu-a accession- of >freii-th to ouV 
r^-yolut onarv crmira.l->s i„ X,.,v V,,,!< Citx. who arc in 
fh's crisis waunu: the Mni.-le „f whole revolntioii- 
•Ty w. :vem'Mit v\ the part v. 

Th. bureaucrat ofl.ocal Xew York, vvliicli is under 
'v^ 'lonimaiion o, !h.- nv.kraies. is usm- all means to 
break the revolt a;:a,ns, i,s supremacv. ( )n the Central 
( ommiltea the T.eft w.as .ecnrino- new s.ren-tli. threat- 
emnir to become a m.aioritv. The moderate maioriiv 
■•K-eordni-ly auOiorved the b:xecutive Commit-ec io 
suspend all mec!in..s of ih<^ Central ( .miinlKee '-uiil 
" -i-^' Kxecutive Committee. 

'1 a declaration, sav- that nn mcmi,er-s opinions will 
I'c coiisidered bnt ,ln, a branch must either break its 
athhaimn u ub tne Left W in,^ organization, or b. "re- 
or-anixed -wbicli nvans exDelled fmm ihe Partv. 

The ai-umeni used be the moderates in this .,u,-- 
>ter maneinre ;b r -s,,,,,,,, o.,ani.ation in tb- 
cannot be lolerated. ,-.at the re-ular means of 
expussion m tne nariv shotild Ive used. Rut tliis -sen- 
arate o,-^anixatu,n-; con.i.t. .imply of the revolution- 
ai\ comrades Lreltin- io-vi'u v for pp-, 

-•'"-•^-''-'inte!yne.u:ar:be;n:':;:;i;;: 

^'^""V"'^/"^'^-^ -"i "^"'v press in Yew York Citv 

- a^amM the Left Win.;. I, t>reciselv this -'separate 
'HUauixation an-...d of refu^ln, ,0 us. ,b. rU, - 

^-''annc s h.as made m issue of the e net 

oncv naiKMial CorvennYn of ilu- ParlN. 
Tbe Left W i'l- M, Yew ^'ork ( ■\\^ : • 1 

rr^..i.„i„„,,, ■■S.VialL,, • •'""l''n.lc. counter. 

a,,--;n\ll:t'^i:;''":;'' --i-u,,. >w„f 

"-"Hap. (ii>n;i,sini;. aftirmations of -'l-.x-di, , c ■^^ 
•"'<1 'iie.m. contempiible -.n-w-i ■ ^"^'•alism 

we are iccpsed ( ■ ''''^ and an im- 

' -f' \\uv> ,,e ,M '•'■•^'^ an.l an im- 



WiLon 
nioileni 1 

nn /^rrifili. 



Germania Delenda Est' 

r -V its ly])ica! brutal l^rn-y^izu fa^ .. . 
[ Trdjune characterizes the term*" of 121^1 
bcin^ iniixjsed iijxm ^'lernjany: "S^^^ 
■ " ' ' ' faith ha. c,.,.L 

y ItheGerrru:::;!^.-^;^ 
"•■ a vo,;j,.v ^Jtncmtioos.- 
Rome'< aTivcver to Cartlia^je \%as cf • 
• -This ruthlcM, 'le^ruction wa,;, 

rus of Cato-. i.le;,H,^ h Xl^'' 
' - a r,,^ml>la,^ce to^' 
' ^^as fore\ cr crush-J^ 

—5^ not as c'niin-^ ^ m. 

r...(,'yv,y,r; people: imt ,n terms ,.f con3 r 
ibj> ^^reai nval of the other impcS^ ^ 
etiectively di.p.o.ed of. The com, an^n^^ 
n.i..ht be pursued further, in its^^^^^^^ 
aspects: but this w<ml<l be a.rryl!!P,^^^^ 

'I'hat the destruction of Cennanv as :„ 
world power was ti^e purpose of 'the \1 ie 'C:^ ^ ' 
been made amply dear in the terms of 
destruction is complete. Cerm-mv ;■ .1. • 
colonie.-which are:-"" 
/'[ is a -mandator:^ Zn^l^- 

-'lon.al posse..,on>-,md its militarv and nav^/^" 
eomploteb- broken. We shall sj^cd n 1 ^ 
Hut the i-uthless pobcv ^^^ mI:::^"^^^ 
''an- matters, to the economics whkh alT^ 
tacTT m the situai on : ( lermanv-s ernnJ,- ^ 

::Sr:.;™;.V:vs;.;:;™? 

condition which the terms of peace impose upon 
"^'/ •crmaii pro etanat is one where it not alone ^- 
'^Kuns the vassals of its own capitalist class, but be - 
'•(Mres al.'^o the vassals of the Allies. ... 

Ol^l C.eneral P.ernhanli declared that the -ssue for 
f .crmany m t^he next war .voukl be: 'AVorld power or 
'lountall. It has ended in downfall, as complete a 
collansc as any that histor.N can show. The imperialks 
-'t < .ermanv are -ettin- what tlicv wouki nave ?iveiv 
\n<\ thcv wlime— that crin.-in- whine of the i)oun:eoi« 
who. whde strong; is ruthless, but when weak becomes 
a ^h.'imcless bc^^i'q'ar. 

''^ IS .an oppressive pe:ue — **a neace of annihilation." 
••1 ' 1'^ ^^•ords t tlic CO, ■ I emptiblc maioritv "Socialist" 
'T-ar. iIt- llcrlin !' .u-:,'nrrfs. Pet us say it : the .Ailie? 
■• ' eo:mi]":-no- the annihilaiion of ( lermanyV imperial- 
'. ," ' ' \\hch the pctiv ]^our<:eois 'Socialists" of 

^' ^■■■'cidcmann Y Ci 



"'-■'.ee of ;innihi!ai 
-e they are >\e:i 
task is to crush 
'! o^' the wreck \ 
Ivather become 



■ x.ion.'; i'(.vo;iie xa.s^ill^ VI IMC .-vuit^ 

ipriated by the revolut'onary proletariat! 



supremac\ 
to be expr 

I he ( lerman bour<,'coi 
to pass on the burden t. 
submit, then their futr- 



not w ish to comfrfcte. 
b'-r they will sign it: 
.:se their most 
:,in revolut:oik;| 
; \ -. . .;i of bourgeois: 
assals of the Allies that 



I 



^ie w ill trv \o re-irain its po^r?. 
•'■c \ . rkcrs. If the w-orker^ 
nd ho|>cless. 

Cermanv is crushed \- . ■ Mrolotanat will p*>' 
le bulk- of Ihe iHMialtx lYrrv -iipcr:".il:slic U^ar » 
one «~c;-vc ■ ■ • : Yahst v:!;i>> asaiw^r 
in a r- o-nal sense, of Cap- 

world 

o . W orld iv^^^'" ' 

even iK^forc the Gennan bourTj 
of tlrs power, the n.wolunoj«f? 



war- 



m 



capitalist cla 
italisni ai^ainst the ] 
means ])o\\er o\cr ! 

the Allies: ,ind 
''"sie felt the stipo 
proletariat felt it 
proletariat. 



I'aro . 
who).. 
'b.Te ;, 
ir;in- f, 



Ih, 




^^■;'ndal. The 
lo protect lb/ 
an ii<\.-v|i,. 
come up I, 

"i.Tabb.. 

represeni I 

' 'Ml- sloMn 

Socialisii) ! 



of -! 



.:1 \, 

f !h 



• Me 



'^'''^ Socialist 
•^■N uw mie-ritv- of tin- 
l''^"'^-^ '-t the Ki.^dit Wiuir 
I'artv becomo 
Soc-'alism. 

•■''^■•'1^ "111 .d.oiit this 

'"^^'-^vaie in order 
''"•<.^. Iheie should . , 
^ V""- ">^- ^^'H>le m.atter '\'"-^'' 
^ ""^^'Hiion. at uhich '.''^'"'•^c' 
^V" •'""^•ar cl.iimin- '^''i-'^^ 
' ''1 bo the test 
;^P''' !lie P.irtN • 
re\oluiionarv 



Cii*Ier these 
' "iidemned to a 
''10 C(<mmunist 
cept ihrou.ch C' 
"! the luaWetar'. 



Pr.perialism is the oppressor 

proletariat 



of the ] 



condif' • - 

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Satorday, May 17, 1919 

Peace That is Aggression 



__™e^revoujtionary age 



CAr'fTAlJSM (Hn prrKliirr in,',jrj,o(s onlv. For 'x 

(lie ^fllf of ir|f,-ils ,-nirl iofly I;, , , ,;i f jr,, , ; .j, 

end (iicy ;.r<- rcvcalr-l o|,<-n!y lu il,,.;,- n^,l,-,„.'_ 
;„kI putrcsrnirr. ( ;,pit;, 1, - „, [hmr. upon or^rai;i/rv( 
plunder .'I rid cJilniladiii;,' fircni ; ;mr| all it. ,Vieals 

)rality. nil ils "aspirations for a finer world"' arc 
p]y flic expression (it a inr)nstrr)Hs ii\ i)f)(Tirv ' to 
lote lis <^uprcinaiy anrl disiMiisc its nia Icvo]er,i-c 
vvnr was an aftocalyi.-v.. rcvealin- (he irfd 
^Fugly soul of ( ap.'.alisn,. || v.as ronccived in 
hinder, nurtured w fraud, and pro^ctnfcfl l,y iiieanK 
)j hypocricy and l.ru(alil>. Imperial ^iernianv ini- 
jcdiately revealed Us Insi of cfjufpu-si : ii hruiaflv vi- 
" Bel^inni. opeiilv placed its faiil, j,, 
Itlie ^rrenade. and dcv(dr)ped ^^randio^e plans for 
_J doniinafion. (erriforial plnnder aiul amiexations 
jAllies were equally Iient on jjlunder. as tlie'con- 
icn& of the secret treaty a^rreenienfs atnplv prove 
And all the while each Cfrou]) of belligerents \va.s dis- 
gustingly declainiing about national defense, democracv 
and fhe civilization of the world. 

The two belligerents proved their ef|uality in crime 
and their similarity of purfK.se by their eO'orts to crush 
•^e proletariat! revolution in Russia, to annihilate the 
■.oviet Republic. 

It was a war of plunder, of aggrandizement, a war 
gainst the colonial peoples and against the proletariat, 
was Imperalism. ... 

The character of the peace treaty is in absolute ac- 
3rd with the character of the war.' The betrayers of 
-lOciahsm and the naive jjetty bourgeois radicals who 
laced faith in the Allies' ifleals must now realize that 
the.se ideals were-— maggots. During the war. Cap- 
italism put forth a mighty effort to j)reserve and ag- 
grandize itself': and this effort is clearly apparent m 
the peace treaty. It annihilates German Capitalism? 
Of course, since in the epoch of Imperialism the Cap- 
italism of one nation aggrandizes itself by the expro- 
priation of the Captalism of another nation. Tt is beast 
rend beast. 

The treaty i^ not only characterized l)y its own provi- 
sions, but by inciflental circumstances. 

First of all. there is fhina's refusal to sign the 
treaty, as a protest agains; awarrling ( ierman\ s ter- 
ritorial and economic "rigir.s" in ( liina to Japan, 
particularly the Shantung Peninsula. These "rights" 
were wrested fror.i China by r,erman Imperialism 
through seizure and the might of briganrlnge : in a 
treaty that was "to make the world .-.afe for demo- 
cracy" these "rights" should have reverted to China. 
No! German Imperialism in China is expropriated, 
not to protect China, but to aggrandize Japanese Im- 
peralism. 

The treaty affirms directly the subjugation of the 
peoples of Egypt, Morrocco and of all the former 
German colonies, and indirectly of all colonial i)eoples. 
■^he claims of Ireland and Co'rea to independence are 
Jmplacently brusherl aside. 

But there is another important circumstance. The 
ir was, fundamentally, a product of the antagonisms 
international finance-rai)i{a] : the lust for territory 
in an.swer to the refjuirements of imj:»erialistic fi- 
ice-capital. and in iliis is revcaler] the character of 
•r epoch. The war lias made Creat I'.ritain. France, 
^ipan and the I'm'ted .^tates more particularly Creat 
'ritain and the I'nited States, ilie financial '(which 
wplies political) masters rjf the world. As a jjfoof 
that the j)cace is a prelude to fniancird aggrandizement, 
consider these tidings from W asliinglon, Mav 12: 



interna rn i' r " ^'^ ^''x^'''^ «^ 

nrn^LT ^l^^'^-'i-.^Pi'-'.! determine; here h China 

Doctrine i now'"'''" "^^^ '^e Monro. 

i.PM, , ' " ' '"^'nrnent to promote 

,,{ ■ ' '' ' r' V. of the world, the ::nit , 

rap](;,) ' ' politics and fmatR-e- 

arterize. j , -'nd it hli^tcringly cliar- 

* bided at I'ari's.T ' '" ~ '"^n- 
"i;!'^- buaneial panit.ou of Uu- uorid auK.ng ,he 
Tt.ir l owers. partiMiIarK the Whr T!i-ce \. ,,-<ri 

;tn:::^'^'^;t.;::::rrM'''^^^ .../.ratV^i;;: 

i^'pan. i-nn;;: 

^•"y. with i,sn-on;n.d - ..d^^ne. ^^^^^ 

-••'Inv.naHv: ..,-o„nn..n hy ..rnnnlv 
\ r e ^^^'^f '•'•vuch supremacv in 

Morocco, and Prance will prohablv -get" To-olan.. 
nd Kan.ermK japat, -gets- the ^^K^ntan" l^^^l' 
Islands north ot the e.|uator and r],,,,,,, Shantuiig: 
V'hde Great I'.ntam -gets" the , nicies, pinions (icr- 
Ishn.""^ ,^'7-- ^'-"-^Ves. Africa.' the Sam.:;:i. 

bmds a.ul other I 'ache pos^es^ous. The>e territor- 
■'d annexations, this subjecti..,, <.f colonial peoples, is 
disguised u.uler the term ••nunidatorv." Imt in fact 
con.stitutes annexation--a territorial rc'-division of the 
world in the interests of Imperialism. The United 
-Mates -gets no territory, bttt fmaiu i.d recr,gnitir,n and 
the acceptance of the .Monroe I )ortri,ie-- which in fact 
iali'sm ' '''^ f'"P^'-- 

This means an enornu.us aggrandizement of \nglo- 
American-l-rench Imperialism, winch i> increa.sed bv 
the absolute crushing of Germai v .-.s an imperialisti'c 
power (xermany. morer.ver. i. .ompelled to recognize 
('reat fintain s -prote- NMate- in l-.-vpt and the taking 
over l_,y the Allie^ of all its f./mier imperialistic 
rights in \arions undeNeloped nati».ns. 
The treaty erects a number of independent nations 
which is consiflered as a -mc!o--v „f democracv" bv 
|he unsophisticated, f^.nt this d.recilv imperialistic. 
These small nations are in no inr!e;)endent beinf 

the imlitical and financial vassals liie Allies, i,,"- 
struments of their Imperialism and threats' at the 
j)roletarian revolution in K'us.ia. 

The treaty is an aggressif,n again^i tlie peace and 
liberty 01 the world. It aggrandizes hrench and I'.rit- 
i.sh ImpenahsnT : and the re^nlt- ot the wiiole work of 
the Peace Gonferen. e ^ lo ;.-.nre \!i-!o- \merican 
domination of the wor]']. politir.il :,u<\ tni-n r'a!. 

The Feague of Xarions. n i. now clear t.'evond dis- 
pute, is an imjierialistic iiistmn ent of tlie ("".reat Pow- 
ers, of the Allies, li i. in the n;mie of (his Feague. 
which was to assure the neac^ and libertv (.f'tiie world, 
tiiat Germany is siraiigh-d and Anglo- \merican Im- 
perialisin assured tiie domination of the world. .And 
this is marie all the more cle.ar bv ilie i)roposal that 
Great Ilritain and IVance pledge !iiems(d\es to come 
to the aid of b'raiu-e in ca-c -f a nev. German attack— 
what tliis aciualK- merin- Mie .-onrlusio!! of an of- 
fensive and defeiisiv e aihan.-e br; ween these three 
Why. if the Feague of V.ilions is to 
hfiulrl this 



A new consor'.iiiin h.-is 'in-u aiT;in-(r! for the control 
of loans to Chinn. InMrarl n- Jnp.-ei having the chief 
voice on such matters, as claimed unHrr tlie secret atf- 
reements she made with China clurinfe tl.e war. the 
matter will be handled bv American. Frcncli. British and 
Japanese bankers backed by their governments. 

ra^" ^r^"^'^"'"^'"' ''^-^ whereby the .Siberian 

ailroad will i,e put inif) cnndition by these four powers. 
'^^^Ofiooooo^ '" ''^ •'''^ •'nccfl at once .a temporary loan of 
Great llntain and i-rane.-. which failed in their efforts 
LI'*'-'", ^ ^'■■"^■^ <';*Tnian bonds lo cover 

'^T indel,tedness to the American peu],!.', have lu.w 
and 'h turn over seeur'ties ot I5ra.il 

'Uier .Soiiili .\meriean countries as part iiaymeni 

Hie dispatel, add> that '"at the State Department it 
Q -^^'"d officially that under the conditions which are 
; tbe consortium the Government i)ract icallv. 

he I ^^-r^u., guarantees the investments nf 

'ranking gronp.s interested." And: -Deep inter- 
im taken 11, the plan to have the Fiiited States take 
•ro , O • secnrilies tr. cover its loans to 

feet of lessening l'".iii(,pean interests m South 
^nierica u will strengthen the Monroe Doctrine and 
"JOve one of the possible causes of serious cmplica- 
ni the future." 
lot^'^^" '' ''"'""■'•■'1 "'i' ' "f* four imperialistic na- 
with fireat I'.rit.ain and the I'nitetl States m ac- 



great ])Owei 

assure disarmament, peacf .mfl liheri 
three-power ;illi:uice be neci's-.;ir\ ;•- 

The treaty is an ;ii.-g;essi(,M .igainsi the peace anrl 
liberty of the world. ( oiKi.l, !- K'nssia- sh,- is not in- 
clufled in the tre.itx. e\c.p| m mention i.i rei.ar.ation 
by f^ermany ;iii<l in the ehiusv prodding tli.ii -German 
trooj)S at preseiU in tevriiorie- !o -'!,• i-a^t of the new 
German-I V>lish-I\ussian f-omier -.l;;,!! return as soon 
as the .\Ilied and .\s>,f K-iaied ( , neruments deem wise." 
W'hv not immediate e\ .icuai ion ? 'flu- answer comes 
in the plans for an Allied army of 40.000 troops to 
march agaiiKi Pettograd b\ of I leFingfors. open- 
ing a new war agauisi .^(niei Russia. 

It is Imperialism aseemlau!. It is. since the world 
revolution did not n';i;eriali/e. the n.a!ur;il otui-ome of 
the war. Imperi.dism i. lio'uemn- its grip upon the 
v.orhl. .-ind will wreaL its iired.'lors will unles> ilu- 
prolei;iri;iu re\'oluliou intei\ (.-te, ^ World ( ommum'sni 
is the oiil\ ;uis\\i-r lo world Impe: i.ihAm. 



0 



Bolshevik jabs 



so. but wc are r^ly huimr, ;uv1 dU^^ 
.ermany what would bapf^ Jf 4^ tZ^Z 
stick tng fo .SchcTdeniami. 



REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALISM 

\'>\ Fol !- G. 1m; \INA 



Tbi> I ... ' 
Fin|.,..i,d;-. 

('a|.ilali>!n ui 
t.'il.irsliii.. I 1 . 



d i>r.ibleins of 
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-> 11. 111'. II. ^lalc 
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Sp.ci d prici s ;,, .,1. .,,,.1 agents 
77//: h'l- l 0/1 I /I )\ /AT i( j 
8S5 W.islnn-ion rc, : Mosion. .Mas 



(lowcver. thing* arr nev«r <o t«e 
maglu l>e worse— -Mir»f)r,!^- Wilvm Uw' 

* - ♦ 

An<l imagmniir/n Mngger. I^rfore .br.! -.^.c^,; j^^^ 

* * 

I be chief difference l»etw«r: 
(•racy it would seem from the I '(-.,■ ■ 
democracy takes so much longer lo 

* * * 

There i.s one thing .stand..; out clcarlv in the -Ahole 
afra.r at f^ans and that is the manchtorv If 
. '^he^•l :, !,ad onlv thought of it what a lot' of trot^ 
wou d all have l>een .caved. For in.tance^ 
Soviets hhmr.y declare for the exproj^-iation of the 
bauK-s. and naturallv l>anker. all over the worUI 
sore : thev declare for the .seizure of the land and an 
andowners get red in the face with indignation : lft 
f they had given the workers a mandatorv over the 
banks and U^e r,easants a mandatorv over the 1a^ 
both he bankers and the landlords wotd.r have go^ 
n>ed to working for their living before thev had 7otmd 
out what It meant. ' 

* * * 

Xo banker could draw a tear from the A^orld at 
large by emitting loud wails about confiscation if it 
was clearly stated in black and white that the onlv 
c hange in the status quo was the granting of a mandat'- 
ory to the workers for the purpo.se of protecting the 
banker froi7i him.self. 

* * * 

Xow if Fnglanfl came out boldlv and <^tole the col- 
onies rrom r,ermany that she had stolen from the 
natives it vyoubl be clearly a violation of l>oih the 
principles ot democracy and .self-determination But 
when she is wilhngs to have a mandatorv thrust upon 
her. especially a mandatory that will nece^^sitate the 
upkeep of a large army in those colonies for the purp- 
ose ot e.xplaming to the ignorant natives what a mand- 
atory really ,s. all that we can do is gaze with reverent 
aue ui)on the sacrifices a good empire is willing to 
make lor the benefit of the world in general. 

* * * 

We use the -good empire" advi.sediv because there 
have been bad empires, such as Rome'and Spain and 
( iermany. Rome and Spain both seized territorv when 
tiiey won a war. and undoubtedlv the Germans' would 
have seized territory if thev had won, their whole 
attitude durmg the war showed that thev had none 
ot the finer qualities at all. They delibcratelv invaded 
I'elgium. mste^pd of rushing to aid her from herself 
as the Allies did in Greece, thev ruthle.sslv announced 
their purpose of raping Russia in.stead of rushing 
troops mto the country for the purpose of ^abihVini' 
tlie government, and at Brest-Litovsk thev never eveH 
hmted at the use of a mandatorv. 

The mandatory is the acid test' of an empire. 

* r s 

F)f coui^sc the mandatorx has its limitations and thi.<< 
IS where internationalization steps in. .\ mandatory 
over the Saar basin nnght give rise lo adver.se com- 
ment by suspiciou.s minded i)ersons. But who. hi thi<; 
age ot j>rogress. could object to internationalization? 

Internationalization satisfies evervlnxly. even the 
Germans will be allowed to burn cnii] from the Saar 
region— if they pay France for i- 

\t any rate the .\llies are no: foolcl aU.ni the 
1 eace terms— they are alread\ making pnivisions for 
-ategu.irdmg France from the results. 

* * * 

It has now definitely l>een established ih.it ronscn|>- 
iion Is an evil [)ractice — m (Jenuanv. 

* * « 

"Germany must pay the emire cost uf the anmes 
ol occupation from the <lale of the aniiisjice " T.-dk 
about .iflding insult to injur\ I 



\n.l the Allies insist that Germanv consjder the 

tr<aty 01 llucharest as -scrap of panor" which is a 

o.mplete victory for the prin.-iplc of the -^sanctitv of 
taaty obhgations." 



THE REVOLUTIONARY AGE 



RFO— on my hands, red on my clothos. red on mv 
comrades and in tlieir hearts. 

I'.lood- drawn from hel[)less nun. w-nuii and, 
yes. ohddren. hy [he relentless o!nhs and cnu-1 I.nlleis 
of tlie llui.<:s and i^. '!ice <if P.iw!,,!! 

Sniin- in .1 elu.e. <InM\ .ell vM'iii ^e\en eoueriii- 
\vomen I h\e the d.u ,i\cr and o\er a.i^ai'n. In tlx- 
»u \i eel! .1 \\ nn\tn. w !)(, h.i. seen iier Inish.md htutvu 
nneonveioiis. jno.nim- in ihe .•i'x<.nv cf premature 
chil(M,n (h W e pl. ad lor .1 dcH-tor. ! "ol iee ut1ieer< - 
can the\ I,.e men l.orn ..f wdin.ni: -ieer: ••|| \(,n don't 
like it eon ran .i^o !,aek !<- Rn^sia - ' ( )mside a ho\\ Hn- 
moh. m.ide np of the x ery workers for wliom we h.txe 
.•in<! are ,C'\in- .-nr ai!. tiiir<t< f.^r onr liloo.I. 

/ .CO h.ick tueniN -i"on:- iiotn-s. It is Afav D:iy. The 
^Swu IS shinino in ;i clean liln.e sky. le.ives and g-rn^^s of 
yoim.c. vivid crccji stir in. the warm breeze, the call of 
^prmc 1"^ in the air aiid one thrills to it.<; challenge. A 
c\v world is in Itirtli. 

A jo> ons. livinor crow d fills to overflowing the Dud- 
ley Mreet 0]^era l!o;:<e They arc tliere to celebrate 
^at most signinc.in; of all holidays— International 
•Labor Day ; and tin's year its significance has been in- 
creased a thousand toltl. In Russia tlie workers liave 
won; ilicy are winning in Hermnnv. in Hungary, in 
Austria; gainitig all o\er luiropc and aw.ikcning in 
Ainerica. Kvcryonc in the hall wears a bit of red. a 
token of the red' blood that courses througli the veins 
of all meti alike, of all races. Even the children, 
laughing and placing seem to have captured some of 
the spint that animates us. Jhere are speeches received 
with enthusiastic applause and sino-ing. Tears come 
to my eyes as I listen to the many languages blending 
into the -Intcrnation.-d." and I hear the^crv coming- 
down through the ages of peoples pitted against peo"^ 
pie, slaymg one another iliat the masters might fat- 
ten on tiicir blood. 

At the end of ilie meeting the chairman announces 
m the parade that had been planned cannot be held 
jjjfce a pcrmu was denied. However, we are all in-' 
Vited to go to the Bazaar which marks the openin- of 
the new Socialist home in Roxburv, at -Vcw huer- 
national Hall." .'^lowlv we leave, and slowlv in the 
street the various groups coalesce into a bodv of 
marchers bound for Xew International Hall half a 
mile distant. Some of those in the vanguard are car- 
r>-mg red flags. We are all happy, we are all wishing 

breling'-'''"'' is 
. On the opposite side of the street a rapidlv increas- 
ing gang of hoodlums is following us threatenin-lv A 
pohceman steps into the street, speaks to one cSmradc 
at he front, atid then retires. Soon patrol wa-ons 
clash past, turn and block the street. From it 



Red May Day in Prison 



By Martha H. Foley 

// Jio u-as arrested, coirricted on perjured testimony, 
nvd snUt-ucfd to eighteen months' imprisonment. 

deijcend police with clubs drawn. Without ad., ihev 
Mrike right and left among the body of marchers. Men 
tali to the ground. s(unned by tlie blow*;. The crowd 
of n. .n-SociaIists surge over toward us (and strives to 
'uit-d.- nic ixjlice in brutality. They are armed vnth 
large pieces of timber, with lead-jiipe and heavy wire. 
Men prostrate on the street are kicked and 'beaten 
mercdessly. Women are attacked and children iram- 
I)led upon. 

A man carrying a club approaches an officer near me 
and complams that his crowd is not large enough to 
kill oft tliose "damn Bolsheviks." The officer advises 
hnn to get together all his crowd, as thev are too 
scattered. Amazed. I remonstrate with the officer for 
encouraging the mob to violence. "Oh. go to hell i^: 
the answer. I report him to the sergeant in charge" 
who asks me if I am with those foreigners. To h'is 
^ ou ought to be proud of your associates," I retort • 
"I am, thank God, I am!" 

The police threaten to use their guns. One 

••k'!i /T'ne^^".^,^^' "^^^^ ^^'"^^ ^^east crying 

Kill. KiW. The sergeant takes deliberate aim at 
JUS Heart. Confusion reigns supreme. W'e fly for 
reiuge to door-wa3-s whence we are dragged forth to 
be set upon once more by the mob. Stones are hurled 
more shots fired, and more men beaten. The mob has 
grown amazingly. Several more patrol wagons have 
arrived and meii and women are thrown headlong into 
tliem. Two ofhcers drag me to a patrol and a dozen 
men, all bruised and bleeding, are crammed into it 
1 hey are too dazed to offer any resistance; and vet' 
while the wagon is jolting on its way to the station' 
hey are cooly beaten over the head with the billies of 

'onnd f';, 'k' '^^'''^'-^^ "^"-'^^^ ^^'^^ '^^^^^ that, 

.^o md of those clubs cracking against the skulls which 
still rings m my ears? 

In the .station we are pushed and shoved about Al- 
ready a large crowd has gathered outside and they 
msh up the stairs and almost through the entrance. 
A ter being hsted we are closely herded into small 
ce Is and spend the night in cramped position. A\-e 
hsten to the obscene language of the mob outside and 
ot the guardians of the law inside. The pre-nant 
woman screams and the woman next me cries%irenth- 
—her babies are being left uncared for all night. 

Meep refuses to come. It is a nightmare! It is not— 
sci/es me. 1 1 some can be so cruel— then all can. Of 



wliat Uic . . ; . 
it is unreal. Aixl y*:\ 
policeman is saying, 
Russia, that you can'' 
'f i>€ officer goe<? av 
a moment and then :r , 
Italian, the music of the Ini^' 
sing. ^iIlg with triumph and fer - ' w 

conquerH After il>e "Intema<:v^ ''^ ^ 

Kerl Hag an<l the Ru^ia„ IK.,^ ^ Z 

us fresh courage and neu- life ' ^ 

Tn the morning ^ve are thrust imo doi*^ 
taken to cells m the courthrnise ther*. *^ ^ 

munstration of "justice/* The pre^J^^^^aZ 
without medical attendance. h \^ZZ'*^St 
courthouse like the station is surroSdSl,*- 5 
Uirongs mduding many childrT'^^^^ 



Hymn of Hate to German school' chiW^?^ ^ 
worse tkan the encouragement given^?,-^ * 
Roxbury in their attacks upon us \T ^ 



- -wwc^v.^ upon us. A T<>«!:T 

whispers to me that she feels that she \^ - 
thing very precious, her love of chMr^ * 
derstand too well. We sit on ' -"^^^ ^ 

cells m the courthouse basement a^d'^^Sf ^ ^ 

Then a Russian saving: "T came tn 1 ^ 
from the Czar because thev told Ae V 
of liberty. Xow I am arrested orTawSi"! ^ 
up and what is my family goin^ to do ^ ^ 
Down the corridor a young bov is Jti^ , 
answer to my question he telk me tha^ H^" ^ 
rested for stealing. He was ryhlJ^u ^ ^^ 
work, having just -dergoneYn o^^'an^f^ ^ 
tion proved too strong for him HeT; 
manly hVtle chap and his heart Lost burT'' ^ ' 
^>oh. Only a bov who shouW 1^ S "I^^^^ 
books or in the sunshine P^aW ball t din:'"". ? 
- here. Eut such things Lnot^o on ?o,e^J^^^^ 
clay an eruption must come and ?hen le he^/^ 
beware. As they sow. shall thev reap 

^™whata^hrillw^^^ 
tion.s.m neveland, m Detroit, in Chicago in W 
^ ork and in Paris. Each account is ^7dved 
cheers. \\, are not alone! There are othS xnT 
many others and we triumph ' 
Again we sing the Red Flag and the International 
Outside the crowd shouts and presses against the 
barrel windows. They think th^ are fr^ and^ 
mipnsoned. But we know better, and to their cries 
or -Down with the P.olsheviki I Kill the dirt>- Bol- 
sheviks ' - - 



I 



our song answer? "Arise ve prison^ of 
starvation. Arise ye wretched of the earth." 



"A Poor Peace Better Than Proletarian Revolution" 

capitalistic .society was char- i.t. , , . *VV-.VV^1UUUH 



nrodner. • a vdevelopmcnt that 

arter, • , ,, ^njye-diggers." This char- 

lb. We .^^'^ '^Ku-e than a.rrecl as concerns 
oie I t.m t oiiterence m Pans- for ih\< r,.,,f - 
"'ore than auMlnn- else uer -n'. ^ erenee. 

Kanii.,. ' ' ,,V " •''<; '^"'Is 01 iho Allies | rc- 

<;.-n„:,„ n'il wi,;.i, ,„ a„.i, 

■II I- I, . .. 

' """-^ ••" ilic lime lulled ihe 



By Nicholas I. Hourwich 

■.iKx nf Ihe revolutionary masses of the Germ-,,, 
>.'.Iclar,;, ,,,,1 provided a plausible exc,,.'- f n, 
.l.plo.m,s ,o sig. u'e armistice , 
,.y an exonse For we did not think at'the , 4 
■ "I >u- ,io not tinnk „ow that these ■■,K,i„ s ' fo , 
^..'le n,.,nK.n,, Inlle.r ,he vigilance of ,1 e " .-ri n ed 



lile ( ;, 



r vigil.'iiiee ( 

pn<let;iri;a : \\u-., ' •'i' 
])lausil,lc 
the ai-niisi! 
in ()l)\i(,Ms 
when the e 
plied with, 
U)v Aliu-d , 

la n<e!e.s 
n'f'^t'd upon 
)nlani.,p.s |-i 

ui)on Soviet Rns>ia by ( 
kind and meek. 

The "Fourteen Points,"' 



lonarv masses of the C, 



din!' 



' ;i.i;Tei-nKTit „ 

"iitradielion Id i) 
'dnions of the : 

'erniaiiv 



rma 



'ollll V 



'be Mlies aitd' 
'l'"'^"t^ ." .-iMd now 
bave htvn eoni' 
l'="vine<.. are (KVupied 
. ,• l>i-«'^lraiv and al- 

'bvlared as 'rul.!.,Mi \. 
'^■'".'^ !'<-.u-e arr 'un- 
Willi whieh tlic 
"1 IK-.K-e inipo.od 
'^•nnany appear as nnuvent. 

' we repeat, lulled the vigij. 



Deporting Democracy 

Letter from Herman ShwHer fJ <: t 
Statin,,. Boslo,,, Mass. ^"•»i'(?ration 

Circumstances compel me to inn^-,] (r. 
«"ce. I am detained -iT tl^ u ''5^'^^- 
tion. and was arreS in r , ^^^^ ^ta- 

preferred t., ' s'itd ' L^'"""' "^^ "gl^t ajre they 
'H'c-n .M-dc r.d n I?. i\ • ^''^P^^^afon to Rns.ia has 

;:v:,";;r\'^'' ^ ^---.d, while 

' ^^"■^'•"' "^11 West Madisop s 

' " In.ins.r,.;; V ' ' ' 1}; 

1:,,..,..- T 



cinintv- 
^^■.■'^kers 



Mowo 



"IV •'".1 U „u- knou 
'l""in^ inti) my case 



a registered Jetter 

i.-;;;:^"',--^;- York 



<'ind alert (.erman diplomats and generals, and tfaeir 
aids the social-patriots; thev never reallv and sin- 
cerely |,laced any confidence in the "points." The 
act (,i signing the armistice, under conditions of mar- 
Hal law and iIk' reyoltitionarv situation in t'iemiain-: 
all.»\\ing the Allies, in cdiiformitv with the amiistic; 
icrms, to occupy the Rhine pn.vin.x-s. unoaralelled in 
"iibtary annals; surrendering with conscious alacritv 
ibe rew)]utuinarx fleet to tlie Allie.s, the sailors of 
[^'iich had i)een the tirsi to raise the banner of ti«e 
tvev()lntion.--alI tiiis we consider acts of deFoerate 
reason and betrayal of the Revolution bv the boui??- 
oi-s diplomats and bourgeois -'Socialists." It ^vas. a- 
atempt to betray and disarm the Geniun Revolation 
in the aid of foreign bavonets, an attemor vrhich 
finals Its analogy in the project of Genera: 
projxjscd to the Czar in tht eariv davs of th:^ " 
Kcvolution, a jiroiect involving opening the 
frontiers to the Germans and^the surrender of 
by General Kornilov. 

I be German "Socialist" traitors of the Ebe^t- 
>chei<Ieniann jK^rsuasion and the ordinary bo«r?coj 
traitors knew and felt sure that the AlHed 

at the heart of Germany would descend, ajw 
^Y^'i i HMr connivance, since thev were a part)- ^ 
\;hI this knife was to tiescend. no st^ 
order to damage bourgeois (iennanv. but to 
•»iid crush the (ierman proletarian revolution. 

■\n(l now it has come. The knife hai^i^ 
' '<''*"iany ha., descen(le<l. The peace conditions nc 
pose.1 In- ,he AlhVs xvill transform Gemwnv intoi 
vassal oi il,o Allies. But we have no doubt thuj^ 
•ornian bourgeoisie and the l-M>ert-ScheideJtunn ^^^'l 
crmnent will, while protesting, {viv this price 
: b'Sber pnce if necessary, in order to secure to 
nt .Allies a guardian and defeiwier against the 
uuian revolution that is still threatening. _ 
c^etter to save something than to lose cvtrytti*^ 



Saturday, May 17, 1919 



REVOLUTIONARY AGE 



Tllf.: new era has l.egiiii ! The era of iIk- downfall 
ol C\i])italisni— lis inti'rnal (lisinlcgrafion. 'pi^, 
t'|)(K-h of iIk' iin.Iflariaii f. )iiiiiiniiist ri-v(ilut ion 
]„ .oiiie c-()Uii(ric^, virlorious prolcianan rcvolm i,„, • 
incicasing rovolnl ioiiary fcMinnii in (,i|u-r land- - up.' 
risings in tlu' n.lonics ; nttcr incapaniy of [Uv , ;,ij„„. 
'lasses m eonirol the fate of pt'opics an\ lonnt-r.- 
that is fhe pii'lnre of world eondiiicms io-da\ 

Humanity, whose whole eultiire now lies in ruins 
faces danger of eoniplete desi ruetion. There is only 
one power wliieh can sa\ e it -the power of i|r. pnik... 
fariat. The old capitalist •'order" can exist no longei- 
The ultimate result of the capitalistic nujde of pro- 
duction is chaos— a chaos to he nvercoine only hy the 
great producing class, the proletariat. It is the p'role- 
tariat which must estahlish real order, the order of 
Communism. It must end the domination of capital 
make war impossihle, wipe out state houndaries,' 
transform the whole world into one co-operative com- 
monwealth, and bring about real human brotherhood 
and freedom. 

World CapitaHm prepares itself for the (inal bat- 
tle. Under cover of the "League of Nations" and a 
deluge of pacifist phrase-mongerincj, a desperate ef- 
fort is being made to pull together the tumbling ca|)- 
italist system and to direct its forces against the con- 
stantly growing i)roletarian revolt. This monstrous 
lew conspiracy of the capitalist class must be met by 
he proletariat by seizure of the political power of 
he State, turning this power against its class en- 
emies, and using it as a lever to set in motion the 
sconomic revolution. The linal victory of tKe prole- 
tariat of the world means the beginning of the real 
history of free mankind. 

The Conquest of Politico! Poiccr. 

Seizure of political power by the proletariat means 
destruction of the ]>olitical power of the bourgeoisie. 
The organized power of the bourgeoisie is in the civil 
State, with its capitalistic army under control of 
bourgeois-junker ofTficers, its police and gendarmes, 
jailers and judges, its priests, government officials,' 
etc. Conquest of the political power means not mere- 
ly a change in the personnel of ministries but annihila- 
tion of the enemy's apparatus of government: disarm- 
ament of the bourgeoisie, of the counter-revolution- 
ary officers, of the White Guard; arming of the pro- 
letariat, the revolutionary soldiers, the Red (hiard of 
workingmeii displacement of all bouri,a>ois judges 
and organization of proletarian courts; elimination 
of control by reactionary government officials and 
substitution of new organs of management of the 
proletariat. Victory of the proletariat ccjusists ui 
shattering the -enemy's organization antl organizing 
the proletarian power; in the destruction of the bour- 
geois and upbuilding of the prolct arian State appar- 
atus. Not until the proletariat has achieved this 
"ictory and broken the resitance of the bourgeoisie 
an the former enemies of the new order be made 
•seful, by bringing them under control of the com- 
mmiist system and gradually bringing them into accord 
with Its work. 

Democracy and ] )iclatorsliif^. 
The pl-oletarian Slate, like everv Slate, is an organ 
ot supre.ssion, but it arrays itself 'against the enemies 
ot the working class, it aims to break the opposition 
ot the despoilers of labor, who are using every means 
1" a desperate eiTort to stifle the revolution in blood, 
and to make imposible further opposition. The dic- 
tatorship of the proletariat, which gives it the fav- 
precl position in the community, is onlv a provisional 
jnstitution. As the opposition of the' hourgeoisie is 
proken, as it is expropriated and gradually absorbed 
Jjto the working groups, the proletarian dictatorship 
Qisappears, until finally the State dies and there are 
no more class distinctions. 

Democracy, .so-called, that is. bour-eois democracv. 
, "Othing more nor less than veiled dictatorship bv 
ine bourgeoisie. The nmch vaunted -popular will" 
^xists as httle as a unified people. In reality, there 
nn^ i^"'^"'^^^'"^' ^^'^'^ antagonistic. irrect)ncilable pur- 
poses. Mowever, since the bourgeoisie is onlv a small 
ninonty, ,t needs this fiction of the "popular will" a^ 



Manifesto of the Communist International 



Program Adopted by the First Congress of tlu 
Communist International, at Moscow, 
March 2-6, 1919 



'I'ranslaierl by |i,a |-|,k,.i>..n 

press and urj^anizat i(,ii^, i,j .K-irivi- and h-ii 
I'^'-'plf. On the other hand, the Soviet tvi..- 
cnnnenl .n;,k.-s ,t possible for ih,- piulrta , ,ai 
"h/e .,ts rights and liberties. Th.- :-.-n„ i 
gives to the people palaces, houses, prinhii.. 
I'^'l'cr supply, etc.. f(,r their iM-ess, their soceh, 
assemblies. And in this wav alone is a. tual pr 
'an democracy made pos.iible. 

H'Hirgeois deiuocracy, with its parliamenlar 
em. uses words to induce belief in popular liar 
Hon m government. Actually the masses aiu: 



y ih.- 



s .Did 

,1.-1 a r- 



y sys- 
ticijja- 
1 their 



^ flourish of 



fine-bounding words to reinforce its 



over the working classes and to impose its own 
upon the i)eo])le. The proletariat, on ihc 



rule 

class wiil 

^ntrary, as the overwhelming niajoritv of the pe( 
•e. openly e.xercises its class power bv means of its 
nass_ organization and through its .S(,\ iels. in order 
o Wipe out ihe privileges of the 1 .our-coisie and to 
' ^^Y^ J^^t* transiii(jn. rather the iran^inruiation. into 

Classless Conmiunisiic ( oninioiuvealtli. 
' "^ain emphasis oi bourgeois denioi-racv is on 
ir^ n ^'^'^'larations of rights :ind liberties which are 
/"^''yunattaitiable bvthe proletariat, because of want 
oo, niaterial mean.s for iheir enjovmenl : while the 
ourgeoisie uses its material advantages, through its 



The Collapse of Capitalism 

nrrlarolio,! of the Firsl Coiif^rc^s of the C<n,i munlH 
J iitrriitittoiml. 

Tlie contradiclion.s inherent in the capiiali!-! svsleui 
nave l)ec<)ine manifest in a t'iKantie explosion in ilie 
i^reat nnpenali.stic world war. 

Capiiahsni is trying through organization lo over- 
come Its anarchy in production. Instead of numerous 
competitors, huge capitalist associations arc being form- 
ed (syndicates, trusts, cartels.) The hanks unite with 
mdustrial capital; the whole econonuc life is dominated 
I'v. this financial oligarchy, which becomes a dictator- 
ship through the systematic organization of its power. 
Instead of free competition — monopoly. 

Hut while capitalist organization mav modify the 
anarchy in the capitalist system of prodiiVti.Mi in a f^-w 
countries, this, by making ever sharper tlu- opposition 
( the war of competition), intensifies the anarcliv in wald 
production. This war of competition hcv.em llir ^rta' 
robber states lead^ inevitably to a i^Miii uniuMialisiic 
war. The struggle lor iiroiits drurs wnrlrl-,apital 
to acfpiire new markets, make new an;m:'enu ;il -. it- 
page in new comiiats for raw niat. rial> and louial 
slaves to turn into cheap workers. Tlic ur',)rr;,ili tie 
powers that parcelled out the world aniMn.L- tliiai-.rls o-, 
--;1k- .\fnean, Asiatic, Australian :md .\inrric,m i.ro- 
Iftanat ;iiid [>easantry tiiat have Ih-cii cuu crti'd into 
U'.rking eatilf - nnist sooner or lau-r coinc in clasli 
with (.-ach ,;tiLr, exposing the anarcine n.iuua- ,if their 
eajutahst ^vst. ni. Thus arises the grr.ate-t of crimes— 
tlu- w.uld u.ir of iilimdfrcrs. 

Cajji.talism is .also trying i(, end <!i. cm:.; r 1 1. ii, 
Its social structure, liourgcois s..riri\ is d,,- ...cn-ly. 
The capitalists ,.i the most civili/ed naii..ii- '.<. i-h in 
CM\er up tlie-i- social contradictions. ( )nt of \hr plnmlcr 
drawn from colr,n!aI peoples, capital '•rew.uals" i:s own 
sla\es at h .ine, creates a common ground heiv.cen the 
e.\!.!.Miers and the exploited, in order to o;, press the 
-■>c!l.,w, blacki and red i-oples chains tlu- 
lu'.n'i.ean ami Aineric;ni proletariat li; ns nni-.-ri.distic 
fatherland. 

iiut tihis method for the i>ennaneiit corruption of the 
working class, which created its patric.tism and sjtirit- 
ual subjugation, was converted into its o|)p,)siie durmg 
the war ['h\ sical demoralization, woi id wide eiisja', J- 
-Munt of the proletariat, unbearable pressnie, world 
hunger, niisery,— that constituted the tin.;! reward of 
tlu- "ci\il iieace." It collapse<l. 



organizations are held far out of reach of llu" real 
power and the real Slate adminilration. In the 
C ouncil-Soviet system the mass (irgaiHizaiions rule 
and through them the mass itself, inasiiuich a> the 
Councils draw constantly increasing numbers of 
woiTers into the .State administi ation : .and onl\- bv 
this process will the entire working populaiion gra<ln'- 
ally become jjart of the government. The Council 
system also builds itself directly on the mass org.mi- 
zations of the proletariat, on the Councils iheniselves. 
the revolutionary trade uivions, the co-o]KT;itivi etc. 
I'ourgeois democracy and its parliameni.irv- s\stcm 
sharpen the separation of the masses from the Stale 
by division of the governmeni into leL;isl.iti\ e and 
e.xculive powers, and through p.arlianK-niarv mand- 
ates beyond poj)ular recall. The Council s\siein. by 
contrast, uniles the masses with the or>.',aiis n\ oii\ • 
eminent by right of recall, ainalgamatiuii Ir-is- 
lative and executive jiowers. ami by use <n working 
boards, .■\bo\e all this union is fostered l)\ ilu- f.ict 
that in the Council system elections are b.ised ;u,t uii 
arbitrary territorial districts, but tm miii^ ui pro- 
duction. 

In this way the Council-.So\ iel s\ sit-in hrin^s true 
proletarian democracy, ileniocrac\- 1>\ and iny ilie pro 
let irians against the bourgeoisie. I hc iiuliisirial 
proletariat is favored in this s\siein Ikcn^e it is the 
most aggressive, liesl organizcil and poln-,, ;,1K r pi-si 
class, under whose leadership tin- sv-mi ] a ( .Iriai i.ois 
.and small farmers will be graduall\ e!c\.iiod llusr 
temporary prixileges of the indusnial piokian.ii 
must be utili/eil to ilraw ihe sni.ill farmei> a\\a\ 
from the control of the big landowners and bonii^c 
oisie and to organi/e and train them as helpers m ilu- 
building of the communistic structure. 



Auction IS no 
• by the pro- 

-.pviuctiv- 

■ •.::rt of 

. o ^tr:;g- 
: anger of 



/■.Al>rnf,rialion of the Ifounjeoiue and Socialisation 

of Production. 

Ih.- \,r*'Mo.',u of t!;,- .aoi-rdistic order and the 

" ' ■ ' -d discipline makes 

""l"'-- ■ -! production on a 

' ''I'-' '-" • : the workingmen — 

T' " .' • anticifyated 

I'l'ii-rm.-jit ol 'o!.'!.'.., ■/ ; r>i,: workers can 

loll-.-l- , .;MlIo:i.-d l;V !,,, 

I'-ianal. In r^r-N-r to r.ai ■■ 
ity, in ord'-r to • nidi ih/- 
the bonrgcoi-u- ' hi< '.: (,\.\ . 
glc fif the (jid regime and i!i':r'::> 
lotal ruin J, the Proletarian Dictatorship must"carrv 
out the expropriation of the greater bourgeoisie and 
junkerdom and convert the means of production and 
distribution into the common property of the prole- 
tarian State. 

^ Communism is now being born out of the ruins of 
Capitalism— there is no other salvation for humanity, 
rhe opportunists who are making Utopian demands 
for the reconstruction of the economic system of Cap- 
italism, .so as to postpone socialisation, only delay the 
pnjcess of disintegraiimi and increase the danger of 
lotal demolition. The (oniinunist revolution, on the 
other hand, is the best, only means, by which the most 
important social power of i)roduction— the proletariat 
— can be saved, and with it society itself. 

The Dictatorship of the Proletariat does not in any 
way call for partition of' the means o4 production and 
exchange ; rather, on the contrary, its aim is further to 
centralize the forces of production and to subject all 
of production to a systematic plan. As the first steps 
— socialization of the great banks which now con- 
trol production ; the taking over by the power of the 
proletariat of all government-controlled economic util- 
ities ; the transferring of all communal enterprises; the 
socializing of the syndicated and trustified units of 
production, as well as all other branches of produc- 
tion in which the degree of concentration and centrali- 
z.-ition of capital makes this technically practicable; the 
.socializing of agricultural estates and' their conversion 
into co-operative esi.ablishments. 

As far as the smaller enterprises are concerned, the 
jjroletariat must gradually unite them, according to the 
degree of their importance. It must be particularly 
emphasizefl that small properties will in no way be ex- 
prtjprialed and that property owners who are not ex- 
))!oiiers of labor will not be forcibly dispossessed. 
Thk element will gradually be drawn 'into the social- 
istic organization through the force of example, 
liiroUL^ii practical demonstration of the superiority of 
ilie new order of things, and the regulation by which 
tile small farmers and the petty bourgeoisie of the cities 
will be freed from economic bondage to usurious cap- 
ital and landlordism, and from tax burdens (especially 
by annulment of the national debts"), etc. 

The task of rhe Proletarian Dictatorship in the 
economic field can onlv be fulfilled to rlie extent that 
the proletariat is enabled to create centralized organs 
of management .and to insiiiuie workers' control. To 
this end it must make use of :ts mass organizations 
which are in closest relation to the process of produc- 
tion. In the fiehl of distribution the Proletarian Dic- 
tatorship must re-establish conmierce bv an accurate 
{lislributon of products: to which end the I'tllowing 
methods are to be considered: the socialization of 
wholesale establ!shme;)is. the taking over of all bour- 
geois-State and ;v.i:!i.ci;\il ;ipparatus of distribution; 
C(nitrol of the grc;it co-operative societies, which or- 
ganizations will still have an important role in the 
production-epoch: the gradual centralization of all 
these organs and their c<~»nversion into a systematic 
unity for tlie rational distributiiin of products. 

As in the held of protlnction so also in the field of 
distribution all iin;il;!u-d i-vaii^.iciaits and specialists are 
to be m.ide use of. pruNuk-d their ])i)litical resistance is 
broken and thcv aie sidl c.ij>.iMe of ::d.apting them- 
seK es. not to ihe su \ ice of cai^ital, Imt to the new 
system of prodnotiiMi. l-'.ir from opiK-e.«.sinor tl^mt the 
proletariat will iv.tkc ;! js.-ji Ic for I'-c iK-^t ::me for 
them to de\eK^]> ;r.u-n-i\e cre.in\e Wc^rk. The Pn^- 
letarian nici,it(M-s!ii;>. w -.^iH-r.^iiv-'U. will re- 

lrie\e the scp.ir.ino;'. a-.! -.ental work 

w hich t."apitalisin lias v, -ji^s will Science 

and Labor he nnitied. i'.csui^s e\!>ro;>r!a:ini: t!ie fac- 
tories, mines, esi.ites. etc.. the )>ia>letariaT nnist also 
abolish tlu- exploit. nion of the people !)\ capit.ilistic 
l.nidKuds. ir.insfer tlte kiige mansions the l.val 
workers' councils, and oitue ti.e working people into 
ilie bourgeois dwellings. 

During this jjivat ti.iii-i;:on period the power of the 
Coimcils must coustamlx hniU! up the entire adminis- 
trative org.ini.--,ition into .i more cetitrali.-.ed structure, 

{Continued on po.^je ei,;hl) 



THE KEVOLt'TIO.'XAHY AGE 



The Czar's Hirelings are Active 



T, he capitaliM 

ui)\ loii^i'. in^jtiiTd rc\>iif:- I oucerning tli<' 
gweml r»*n«lciicv of Allicl polity in Russia aii'i 
'>n the )?i!5t!*ian "prolileni." li prevjously the jjoiiti 
oian^ <il' the Alh'es adtipted a cautious policy towarrl 
fhf "Kok-lial; f Itivenunent." if they fHsgiiised with 
ihc Mir-li'.tf of 'iitnnrah'ty" their actual suppon of this 
"cfoxennuenl" — now. with i-onimcndabie frankness. 

-h'HA-i'iif,' rhc'ir carfls. 'I'he newspapers 
iiient at \\ ashinifton. loffetiicr 
' he Alh'es. are ready to recog-- 



ilie A Hie 
rqxirt tha 
with the 1,' 
in'/e ' h 

of ( ■ 
Idilc'- 
I'ariv. :u 
hy the K- 
lion" ot' !•' 
ful 
W . 



ilrac! w'.ih 
f will I'rit^!] 
adliermts 



Mlit'S have been 
: - u-uh 1-1 

■ hiy i)y [J( 

■ -lah'sm. \, 

I •-;'«"!.;. - ■•onchide a \)Uu,i ; ^-..n- 
iDcii nt' the old ('/.-irist rci^^inic — this 

iicillicr llic Si)\-iet ' iovertuneiu nor its 

II n.uniries. wlio have been rapidly in- 



By A. Nyemanov 

, iie last analysis, this openly counter- 

rev (jiutionary policy of the AJlie* most prove naore 
adxantai^eous to the Soviet than the oM hicie-ami- 
seek guine. 

Hut. then, let not the Allies say they wish to «leal 
with a Viernocratic" Russia : let them nor cling^, with 
fastidious frauflulence. to the slogan, " All power to 
the C'/nstituent \ssemhly:" let thetn admit ofjenly 
thai ilietr policy is the same as that of the Czarist (gen- 
eral-, ulu) niarcli fiirectly trnvarrl a monarchist rc- 
-h^raiifjn. 

1 he l\ii-,sian people will defend Soviet Russia to 
lb..- end. They have proven their capacity ro fight, 
equally ajrainst the enemy within and the enemv 
without. 

Doubtless, the [)reseni p(;licy of the Allies has been 

diaped. in a noi - .i'i ■-■r-.-^i, by the Russian trav- 
'"'"'-T ^•'de<nie:i : ( For some months now 

a cotcDe oi :.'ie .: - n:ats and politicians have 

iKicn artp.e m Pan.^.— iiiL- .-azonoffs anrj the Hirshes, 
:he HaKhmctievs and the Maklakovs. The nests of 
the Allied vidtures have been open to them. — those 
vultures who are now deciding the world's fate. A 




British Imperialism in Egypt 



o f the , Dmdbne, 

the la). *Co..a«_ 

ail the maliootiS and ♦bitcfcrwfs ifi^ 
m the An»?ricaii ajuf AJItcii or^ ^ 

rated by Sazonov & Co. • 

ft has Ixren clear for «onie twn< tW« ^ 
reai-tionan.- forces woaM make anctW 2^ 
tempt to restore their former r*^*^ 
the moment for that has now con^ • if 

Soviet Russia wants peace The 

sentatives of the Soviet policy W^^L*^ 
agam and agatn. But shonJd the AJkJT^ *• 
the Russian counter-revolntion in , ^ 
storm the positions of the Rassian " 
will agam be repulsed. 

The time has gone by when the destin, rrf 
Stan people can be determined 
Sazonov & Co. That time will 



IX Dl-A EMlWUi i,S. M)J4. 
■l;irc(i ,! ]'■:• :\ccl or :\iL- n{ 
entirely rcspoii^iijii- ior w - 
tion. W e dccl.-iivd i iu>-e!; 
longer Klierlivc i . and he ha 
the Snltaii l-'oiiad,' who is 
moment. Hut the Suhaii of 
am aoiioii on the adxicr ct 
representini; 1 1, .Aj. ih<' Wiwj;. 
was ai)pointO(l K, tli;s ,,('tice mi 
is now in hjii^dand, and all powc 
the hands of * u-ncrri! \ llt-nl,-- 



During 
sc\-ere ;ii 
measure ' 
by the li; 



the 



QX Dl'j l'.Mj;r,R i,S. loj.j. i;;^rypt was formally de 
'-l.-M-rri , , , f j ; |-, ( ri i II . wliicli becamc 

)\iTiiim'nt and ;i(iniinistra- 
Kaniil to he Snilan ( no 
s Miu-c !)erii siicceeried by 
_rei,(,rnin.Lf at the in-esen't 
h-Ay\)i ''idy takes imporl- 
>iii- i iii,'-h C oniniissioiier 
r >ir Reginald Win^raic 
'aniiar_\- i. 1917, bur 
at the moment is in 
V!!e!i!iv. 'A-ho is \-irtually dictator. 

•:i unrler e.\ceedint,dy 
'^''■un>^ to a very large 
V . .tiiii -iiwrned on tlu' rivil side 
^ ligii rommissioner and on the 

■ ■■ ■ -■'<■:-> of the General ( itiicer ni Com- 
Jii'" ' in Egypt. 

miJe n; ; ^Var 

'''^ -V^'V'"^'"""^'^^'^"'^^'' ^'^^'^i^--' ^>^'l -",1- 
- • h.gyptian ( -overnnient. 

iien :i i.rrann- nc- - ■■■-..,,r ,u,. „ 

^ i'"-g. b,,dv o, nu-r. '■^^'f^ 

ingand oih.'-r uo,k ' .'■"•'^!'-'ii''"<- 

tlie armv in h-vi.t ivron,- " <'i 

nJ:;L!:-::;;:.::::'-''ivr'-- - 

' ■■"■e Mobaninic 
^ <»f mud-hovels 
"g the conrse 



Fro)!! 



'The Red Flag" of Canada 



lashed with the Eg3'ptian shorthide whip until thev 
changed tlieir minds. 

There were boys of 14 taken and men of 70 or 
even over. 

The medical examination, if anv, was a farce, and 
meti gravely dl were- sent to <io militirv duties. Once 
the men were eidisted discipline was ' maintained bv 
t!ie tree use of the lash, and whippings were so com'- 
mon that a medical ot^cer told off to oversee the ad- 
'mmstration of the punishment arranged to have his 
sud< parade • and his "whipping parade^ at the same 
tn le, the whipping parade being quite near to his tent 

)t nctu n' ^'"h r'^ '^'^"^^ "^'-^'^^^^ both 

'^"^^tions ,uMth a lutle agdity) at the same time. 

The men recei^•ed their pay. T understand, but ra- 
tions were often dehcient. and clothing, blankets and 




In the Shops 



By T. L 



action means to educate 
; lie theory of revolutionary 
••essity of its application to 
volutionary action. 



• la lie - 



I .-ill ; 



'I'heir livi 
'h'1(K: thev 
So hi'.. 



I the X 



simple, labor- 
' 'ic vast number 
■•md ihry li\e in 
tile small towns 



'.U depends on 
iiH- iiitensi.l, ^- 
I larior ,s this 
l"'''^'l>''.illv no l-.-vpt,a, 

Ibe l ellaheen ther. 
people ni 1-gvp,, m.-lndmo 



rh; 



I .noo 

Pl-opr 

non- !• 



1.1 



|hv| 
ion . 

\ ser\- 

3t^' 



vptiaus 
■ .-nil 



work in their 

:md homedov- 
'■'er thai there 
^••nlors, the voyage even 
'.vr a\\ a_\- I r,,ni th^ir homes. 

alKiui i.<V)o.ooo other 
" I'liropean. and thw 
'"-'•'.^ ""iH- rdurate.l and 
^"•'•'11 ;.n-nup r,f. ,,hu-ated 
•■naiioinbsis - To 



administrators 
'^'■'■'l''d. and .levised 
' = ' ''h- l.ab(,r ( orps. 
■"i'<'l ri-ansp,„-i ^ 

^vas in be for six months 
i;;;yj?-d fro,„ „ie peasant 
'''•'"'^^•t^ and lenia-e 



'■I'adily enough 
^^Tc s,ill re.inired 
">''i»te the reernii 
nuMhnd was est ,1, 



<uso 111 bo provuled 
_ A cert.-iin nn -. I,. - 
Then ihei . 
< >vders u. 
iuij. and (,,,,., :■ 

\ iru nd .U-serilu-. 

-'^'-K- when du- u 1 : 'V,"" ''*"^» 



I UK advocac 
the mass,- 
I^ocialism and 
the actual [iroi - : ; 

-on;J,: ;'^^^l^/^-;-P->- task 
I"-"''lem of I reiririn.v til ^'le main and central 
s:dered onK "'^ action is con- 

to tu ,,^ an opportm.itv 
,„ P '^^'■'^■'^f I^^rge strikes. ' 
' . 'T'';^'-^ '-^"^^ sympathizers 
' ' 1^ 'I- tor the purpose of educat- 
^^-'-'^^rs our theory and 

^™ point of view 

'•-^.-' of''^;;';;!""?^''^ necessity'"; 
-'mdar ..hop groups, etc. 

•^^^veral hundred 



:de 

presents its 
\\ e must 
i'l ibe union 
"v-^ Ibe m; 
j-raeiire. 



'■1'' ''oiiiradcs 
"r-am.-iii.^ 
Comrades 
whieli sh,,n:>! 
I<"asi (,.!,■,. , , 
I'anda romniit 
I'onarv .^,k- ali 
ibe present sir 
''''■'■•■a.ni.. ihe 



tentage very often deficient. la the wetter 
18 Egypti^s died like flies a.s the resuT^ 
ot typhus rever and other disease- cJd 
cient food. 

rJJ"^- '^f'''''^ ^^^angements for the rr^en were «. 
nrely inadequate, and the .sickness rate ^ ^ 
would prove interesting, if grim real^/ff ^JJ! 
be obtained. Egyptians were ir^tJ'^^^^ 
their own units that they were afraS Tor^Ji 
and those discharged as pennanenth .n^t^TSS 
grounds were not exempt from being rec^,^^ 
by the next press-gang pany whichl.^ ^^"^^ 
lage^ \ ery^ frequently indeed aJso men we?e fcS W 
yond the stipulated time of their contract SS^^ 

laheen tor men we also requisitioned nearlv the «U 
of their donkeys and their cameL^at anv "rare, aS*^ 
good ones. - *" « 

Of course, these animals were Daid for. but the peas- 
ant cultivator could not make a few piastres <fcX 
work ot a tour-footed assistant. .Also ^*-e boagfat • 
rnuch lood, and directly and indirectlr. as a^S* 2 
the presence of large bodies of troops in Egvpt, tilt 
cost of living went up tremendously ^-thoat a cm- 
responding rise in wages. 

Before November last the Egvptian paoers 
which are censored as to practicaliv eveWword bf a 
semi-mihtary official -were reponing riocs noarf 
tood stores^ and shops, where half a doren people •«« 
KHiecl. In Alexandria practicaliv all the ooorer dwo 
were underfed— Egyptian and European* ahke. 

Is it very remarkable, therefore, that we weirtairf 
and detested in Egv pt, an<l that it was currwdy mi 
that all Egyptians were pro-German^ 

VVTiat I have .<;aid hitheno -s the ei^onoraic faced 
toundation of the ''trouble.' 

But this has not contented our Imperialists. We 
nave conquered Mesopotamia. Palestine. Sym ^ 
1 urkey—and been studiouslv mv-sterioos i«J 
a^bout what we are going to 'do ^v'••'- rV^c^ coooinB. 
Are we gomg to turn the Ara'- • « 

tion which Eg>:ptians of the ng cs^ 

"Ot get answeretl when thev a.vs. - : ; m po^*" 
How. then, .should the Arab in his 
answer? 



In 



■nlar 

>''c-s when 



work 



that 



•"'I in ' ,orc,'"'!f"'' ".-"IL'';:!^."?" "J .hr 

* " 'leocs-iarv 

action w iMi, ,,. ,1 
'•"M'tv pbr,, , " of the worker. 



« !•« an 



And the rumor ran from villas : 

. Arab Moslem world frci/the i- 
wonder we lighterj «p , 

• , I" 't'f. ^a-^t "naiionalitv" dr. 
m the West, .md its place is (ak 
>yna and adioining ,'o"-rrVs ' 
'i^Jon. Meu ■ • 
%yptian nati. 
of .Vear Paste ; 

^^'^ '"ore <langcrou.> ror tJ^at rca^u^ 

I'be whole of t'^r W,- Pi.- -s v- 
"•eatett rhe r\>, 
"Ot cared for t 
""'rre*! up ^f(v 
.^ve are now plavmg the 
; 'cs with the d Jinie. o: 



.Sflluiday, May J 7, 1919 



THE RKVOLtmONARy AGE 



Imperialism -the Final Stage of Capital! 



( Contitnuitinu) 

I V fir>( iiiondi'- ol sled ixlj, ;,,<■ ( ,. 

jii.oiv w.'- ; ill .\'(jv<'iiiIht f<;<;.| 

„a(ioii.ii i.iil . ./iiilMiK vv.is rvi)Virju\yv,\ on ijic folI(nv- 
|„g l,;.M- l-n,L;l..ii'l 53 5'/. 'Kiin.Hiy ^8.83'/ a.ui 
■^iuni i/-''/'' iT.-inrr joincvi (I„. r,nnh\no on -i 
t,8<), 5'^'J. ''4'/ of ihc pn.fils .ihov'c 

Jje lirst, soon.i ihinl y..us, rr^jnTtivc- 

\hv Stoc! I nisi of Anx'i-K-a ( ilic I'liiic-.l 
C.^rpunilion , joiiici tlu- coinbinc so 
aii'l Spain. 

^roic- \''(.)ifclslcin in "ilu- <li\ision of 

oniploled. and (lie lar^ro consiniu-i s. ospcci- 
Jional railroad syslcnis. can live like the 
Jiipifer's cloud, for in (hat division of (lu 
fhoir infcrcsts have not been taken into -xc 
(70) 

\urd\ also mention the internklional zinc syndic- 
|unded ill I which (h'vided up the business 
r fi\e i^roups of nn'Iis, German. Bclirian. French. 
Ill and I'Ji.udish. .M.so the international powder 
yhich. to (juotc Liefniann. was "a close combine 
F the exnlosive plants of Cier/nanv and which 
will) similar I'-rcnch and .American factories 
; production of dynamite lo divide up the world, 
( to speak." (j]) 

Liefmann listed in some 40 international com- 

bines, including (iermany. that number risino- to 100 
in U)\o 

."^ome bourcjeois writers ha\c expressed the opinion 
(hat international combines, being: one of the most 
strikintj featn'-es of ihr internationalization of caoital. 
justify one in expecting- peace amon<j ihe nations 
under the cat)itali<t s\stem. 'i'heoreticalh-. such an 
idea is absurd : practically, it is a j)eace of sophistry 
and can be rsed to justify the lowest kind of opport- 
nnism. 

Tnfernalional combines reveal the -growth <jf cai)- 
italistic mononolies and also what irroups of capital- 
ists are fiehtin^^ for amon<r themselves. 'J'he latter 
point is the most important, but ii only throws lieht 
upon the historical and economic meainiifr of the 
past, for the figfht may assume and does continualk. 
assume a shape, for \arious reasons, more or less 
local or temporarv: but the essence of the ii^-ht itself, 
its class character, cannot i lian.fre a- !oii<^ as class 
'istinctions remain. ( )\ c(nirse. it nia\ be (jf interevt 
) some bourgeois, let us sav, I lie ( icrman bourtjeoisie. 
misrepresent the essentia! of the modern econonn'c 
••ht ('for (he division of (he world ; and to insist now 
one detail, now on another detail of the lii,dif. i< 
the ni-'^take Kaut^kv makes. lo)r after all. it 
t the German bour/^eoisie which is under consider- 
-^n. but the bour£/eoisie of tiie entire world. C;\\>- 
■ alists divide up the world, not out of anv malicious 
intent, but sfmolv because the det^ree of 
concentration which we have reached compels them 10 
resort to that device in order to make any profits. 

And th'^v divide it up accordin^^ Xo "their capital." 
to their "power," for under a capitalist system of 
production, the division cami<^t be made upon any 
othe;- basis. Power does not varv accordinj^ to econ- 
omic and no'itical develor)meiit ; in' order lo linderstand 
the past one must know what nue,-ii(;n^ .ire settled 
I)' ■ ■ 



By N. Lenin 

I KUL^lahul from tlu- Kus.sun, /. , 



^.'iys i,i hi- . 

I'olyn.sia '■ 
A- there 
IhIouu,,,^^, 

America, ^\■^ 
tlu- mo.-i 110 
that (he div 
sense (hat a 
imorjssible. 



.;f Afr 



lat i>. I 
in 



se ll, 
;i 1 1 a i 



;l the 



I lanris 

and ill 
IV (hat 
lion 

•rf.Hih 

po- 
^lonial 
ibie<-t. 



;ire no uno<-. upied lands, t! 
'> no power in i;arti' n!ar. 
' "li^jlit iiu fardier (ban Sno: 
((•\'.or(hy f.'f( (jf ilw priio^i 
'•■K'n (jf (he world i~ ( omi^letc. i 
i"edis(ribn(ion oi tcniiorie- is !i 
'"1 eoiKrarv thai lediM ribiit i 
sible ,aiid ine\ iiabN^ 1 bm it) f h,. 
""'!<-v of (he caphaliM iiatiouv has 

which was to (ake possession of all (he unoccupied 
laruls on (he plane(. 

The world has been flivided U|). and wha( is comini' 
now IS a redistribution of lands, that is. the passa.tre of 
land from one flomination un.ler another, not from 
Jnde()endence into dependence. 

We are Hvinp^ ihrotifrh a peculiar era of vvorld-wid.- 
'■olomal expansion which is intimatelv related to the 
latest phase in the devekjoment of ("aoitalism. wwh 
hnance capital. We miist (herefm-r dwell at 
uoon concrete .facts which will enable u- not onlv to 
show Avherein this era differs from the one orecndin.r 
iL bu( also to visualize clearly (he actual state of af- 
fairs at the present flay. 

And first of all we must answer (wo definite 
(ions : 

Do we notice .a keener 
enoch of finance^ capital 
np at (he |)resen( time, from tin 
onies 



s(rn-d 



Tjues- 

e for colonies in oio- 
is (he -•'.-kl divided 
poiiK of \iew (jf C(;l- 



An 



American writer. Morris, in his book 
histcM-v ot coloniza(ion. <7ive>.; us an idea of (he 
"f (he colonial empires of I'jifrl;,nd, iMance ar 
manv in die course cjf (he iwtli cen(urv 

Ifei'.' are, in condensed form, (he fit^ures 
ri\ es a( : 



on (he 
o-ow(h 
d (,er- 



I'jii^'-laiid 





■\rr;, 


Punu!- 






\ rc-i 






I'liilinn 




millions 


. :iti<iii 


I'Mllion 


;iti(iii 


Ye;(r< 


mile 




nii!(s 




niil',-^ 




I. S 1^-30 




'126.4 


0 02 


0.5 








-•5 


145- ' 


0.2 








1 S'Xo 


7-7 


2C}7.() 


0.7 


7-5 








03 




^■7 


.Sr>.4 


1 .0 





i>^' variations of pmver, but whether those varialioiis 
''•re purely economic or extra-economic f for instance 
due to wars) is af'er all a secondary (luesiioii which 
J-annot in any wav chan^^e the essential aspects of the 
latest .stat'e of CaDitalism T.j nei?lecf the essentials 
<>l the fiorht .and of the fli\ ision of the world anu^nj^r 
'■"'P'fahsts in order to discuss (he outward app<'ar;.ncc 
"lat fierht ..,,ul of that divisi(Mi f wf)rld wid.' oik- day. 
;>re restricted the next day. and then at'ain uorld 
'^'ei IS to dallv wiih sophism. A -lance at our 
indern Capitalism will show us (ha( /^ronps of cap~ 
^•'sts reach certain agreements amon|.^ themselves 
on the basis of an econoim"c d-vision of the world, 
^nj that concurrently, and in connection with (hem. 
Pf-'litical groups, or g(n'ernmen(s reach certain agrec- 
w n ^'^ '^''-^'^ <t'''-itorial division of the 

, a struggle for colonies, for exclusive territ- 

ories. 



The I 



vr 

mi of the ll'oiid Aitioiuj the Circat I'ouwrs. 



onol Ih-rrlofinu-iit of liitrofteaii ColoniiS (7^) gives 
"' a condensed form a clear idea of that develop- 
">^''>tal the end of (he |.;(h ceiUury. 

^ '^^^'rrs and of thr'l/uitrd States: 



Afrua 
^'1 Africa 
^'olynesia 
A.sia 

•'^"^iialia 
Anieiieu 



Tt was betw'cen 1860 and 1880 and. sirrniticani b.- 
etunudi. in the t\-.-eni\' \-ears of il'e " .•-■.nrrv 
al'<o. (hat I'nglriiui enlrrerj !ier LM-e;ilc-- - 
iai conoues(s. \',hil<' iM-'tnce .-uid , ; ,i 

mc)s( of (heir colonial possessions bitw'i:, o^So .i;;;] 
]C)oo. 

We have seen in a nrecediii'/ cliar>!ei- that the nif- 
monoDolisi ic era in the (le\ek)omept <if ( ;ioit,disni. 
that is raoitabsm flominated b\- free 'comi i i ii ion. 
stretched from i860 to 1870. 

We now see 'that that era preceded ;in enormous 
"rise" in colonial ac(iuisii ions, a more ;ind moi-e bii- 
P^i- stru!.'ude for the territorial (li\ision of the world. 
It is evid<.'ii< thei-efoi"'' ih.it the tr.iiisition from mono- 
polistic caoit.d to linance-capital is bound (o make (!i" 
strugo'le for the di\ision of the world more .and moi-e 
relentle^s 

ffobson, in his book- on I in perialisni . ch:iracteri/es 
the period from 188.) (o i(;oo as a period of nower- 
ful expansion foi- (he h'adimi l'".ur()i)e;m now cvs \c- 
cording (o his est im. ties. h"n!/land secured di 
peri(jd V7 iii'*lli')ii sipiare milc^ of l;md wilh 
(ion <»f million souN : l'"r,'ince ^.o ciilhi 
m'U's with :i ijopiilation of V) millions; p,( 
(YY) s(|uare miles with a popul.uion of jo millions 
I'ortn<.^'^l 800,000 scmare miles with o million o<'o|)|c 
The hunt U)V <-olonies at the end of the lotli cniurx 
esoecially in the ehjblies. on the pan oi all (he c;u)ital ■ 
is( nalions, coiislitutes .i -i-ncialK ;t(lnnite<| fact in 
the histoi'v of <liplomac\ .md foieiL:ii lekdions 

When free compel it ioii w ;is evocci.div lloniishin!.r in 
I'jigland. (ha( is fiom iS|i;i,i iSio, i he 1 1. ,u i -eois poli- 
(icians who were in the s.tddle opposed ^.ut of .-i 
colonial policw and coiisideitd ih.n ii \w)nld be nece^- 
l'"ii}.dan<l to ;^i.iiil lui colonies (heir mdi-pend- 



•in- lie 
popni. 
'ui s,|n;ii 
linn 000 



ism 



it not v'.iii'oij! 
1 on lictweeij the pn .t.- 
■■.] > . entbls of t;=' _xr- 
■ bvious U) thos.c icriot-r.- ot i)i<c- y.nfCi^i ^>our;^' 
' hainJ>erlai'n stated that liMf>ena!?fm wa* r\vt 
',m. .iM- and economiral ])olicy, %r^<\ •. •' 'h*- 
competition wlijclt Rnpiand is now i - in 
tlie world market on tlie pari of 'i*:r a, 
.tiul Belgium. The salvation lies in 
iialists said, aiul (Luev organi/-ed cur -i-s, 
ini f ' 0 >. in monofx>iy, tl:e '. >^^{- 

< ' '-Y cndcavore/r! t^) aiin^x part« of 

' ' ' not as yd Ikc" sei/c^d l»y f^pitie. 

' ''''■'<-. ;«s his 'mumnip. frieiuf 
<P a<! 'ells . •'<)'^ ihe ^r^wncni 

in fa\or of '.'-r-^: "f was '.rsterday 



in the I'.ast i- • 
of the unenij/ 
talk and < ries f, 
Ilected upon -a hat ' 
the C(;ncln^ion thai ' 
than ever. . . . I !' ■ 
problem : if we are 
of (lie Cnited KiuL" ■ 
we. the cok)ni;dj-ts 
occupied bv t!'e 
find new markets fe 
•nilN and factories 
plv. If x-rju do not \'. ; r . 
imi)erialistic." ^^74) 

Thus spake in i8<;5 Gecil ]\hodes. niillioniiairc. 
'nirmcial magnate, more than any one el^e resi>onsible 
f(jr the 'f'ransNaal war. 

learer picture of the territorial parti- 



\vf messed a »ieelmf^ 
' niiitj f« all llic wiM 
: went home, and rc- 
! heard. 'ami\ came t/> 
vas more imf)crativc 
Uttion for llic social 
:y inillton inhabitants 
murd'Toiis civil war, 
new territories to 1)C 
it ion. where we can 
manufactured in r>ur 
" nest ion of fo<^)d sijj>- 
A ar you must Ijcconic 



I o pre 

ti<.n of the world and of the various chan 
taken place in the rlistribntirm of colo- 
course of (be last decade, w. e s' ;,il , 
given by Supan in hi< wrin'i"- ' " 
vessjons ()\ all the nation- 
i!ie Ncars 1876 and i'fX.r ' ' 
i87'> for i( marks the eu'' e ■ -. 
monoi)olistic ("apitalisin ;iiid esi;i! 'isi: 
with (he year 1014. i-iyi'ig for the 1 i' 



having 

I the 



re< 



;e lor 
tlie year 
t of pre- 

fmparison 
ar TTud>- 

< figures taken from his (K-ogr.aphical -statistical 
rabies." 

."^up.-m onl\- ^i\e< ps t^' -'/r •■ ^ 



mlei 



1(1 aii'i 



rl.ition of 
pleie. wc 
! of uou- 
;a. China 
• entirely 
ii\ lu'com- 



Colonial f'ossessi(jns of the oleat Aorcr/-'.- //' millions 
! S'jiiiire K iloinetrrs and millions of population. 







Co! 


i.inic's 




Moilic 


rlund 


T.>iu! 






1876 


IOI4 




1914 




a re a 


|M)I». 


area 


poi). 


rca 




area iH>p. 
















3^.S 410.0 


Russia 


1 7.0 


'.=^•0 


17.4 




i 


1.56.2 


->i.« 169.4 


loapoe 






lu.O 
-'.t; 


I-'.? 


0.=; 


V).(y 
64. () 


ii.t 95-1 
.?-4 77-2 


I' \' 






0..? 




<; 4 


97.0 


0.7 106.7 










10.-' 


04 


.S3.0 


07 7i.7 


T.ltal^ 


40.4 




(15.0 




K1.5 






Colciiiics 




■ inp.'D- 






ll.H.if 


1.1 






















.e.Ktl Ian 












( )'.'ier 11:1: 
















i-liUire u 


oi-I.I . . 












1 V>.9 1^57.0 


W e s, 


re (de.ii 


rlv ,h,,! 








1 the 


woH<I was 


"comple 


led- bv 


tp.e d. 






Jt>th 


cnturv. After 




)lo-n.d ' 










.ijuic 


stc|>s and 




son, ell: 


!m-' hk. 


I- i 50 




cem. 


ihrougli the an- 


i'( •v.ilioc 


1 of belw ei n 


40 ai^ 




mil|j/)n s»|narc kilo- 



187^, 




( iain 


io8',i 




7W'> 


108'/ 


()().. \ 


?')<> 


56.8 




42,1 


5i-.S 


.S6.5 


5' 


i<y) 


1 00 




'7.5 


27.2 





to let them seicile enliicK' 
.M. Haer. in an .-iilicK' publislu-d in |S<;S i 
.•\ clopmenls t,\ |-'n^!ish Inmen.ilisni. ipK 



ill in 



the 



perialislK 
onies aii- 
end ol il 
land weo 



J. el 



0.3 



policie 



l.ylll 
( ecll 
^ ot U\\\n 
with the 



ided Disi 
milisp, 
ceninr 
Rhodes 
■iialisin 
-rcatest 



ell 



ic .ironnd .up neck " \i il'e 
the men of i|„. .|,o ,„ I 
.'lid losi ph (. h.iiiibeikun tin- 
pp'^'i'.i-: pipel\ imperialistic 
\ nicisin. 



nuit rs:>ix great powers sei/e«l the oinivalont of l^o'i 
' I iluii own .trci, th.'.i is in.j; million s<(uarc kilo- 

ine(res 

in 187^) (hree iiowei^ had no colonics: and .1 ihini 
one. I' ranc(\ had hardly aiu , In am iliusc four 
powers had aC(|uire<l a colonial empire ot 14.1 million 
spuare kilomeires. or approNimatcly one .in*! a hall 
limes i^ie.iter (hau the area of I'tirM|K\ with .1 P0|)uIr- 
t'on of s.Mpc 100 million >ouls. Tho Me>v colonial imksp 
sessions were \ery unevenlv flividcd. If we conuMre 
ih." colonies of I'rance, (Ionnan\ m.l jajun. three 
nations which do not ditTer j^hnuIv in .ov i an<l |K>|Mdu- 
tion. we sec that l*"rance ;tc<|Uirod three limes as much 
land .is ( .erm.ins an<l Japan |>ui together. 

I ; M( of view of tiin'ic«--<apiial. I-'rancc 

ihe begim'ny of the peri<xl nnder con- 
> i! (inu's we;ilihier < "crn\in\ aiul 



otmbi 



{'lo he e<)ntiHued) 



THE REVOLL'TIONARY AGE 



The Socialist Party of Italy 



flaly indicate 
ivement there. 



' 1 ii;se(l the other clay 
iirbances." 



the r-ha:- 

ami riu- 
The frontier^ r,r .uu 
x:ause of "revoiurionai 
And ^:-r 
renudi.T 
trayal. 

national .>:u: ;- ^i:. ir... :• -.vur. 

the Communist International ' ■v < ;;.ssia. 

While in its is.sne of ^^;l^ch - ./.'•;, central 

or<Tnn of the Socialist Party. ,q;rect.-> ilut ftjrmation of 
the Left Wint^ Section of the American Socialist 
Pan-^- 

W'hc:- leclared on August 4. [914, the 

Italian assimierl an official attitude of 

"neutrality ' vi-.iic -rcretly liargaininE^ and intriirtiiuir 
with the Allies. T'lH' Socialist Partv condemnerl ..the 
war as an imperalistic war, and adhered to the pol- 
icy of militant Socialism. When the Social-Demo- 
cratic Party of Germany, with the turptitude and in- 
solence of a (gutter strumpet, sent a delegation to 
Italy, .headed by Dr. Suedekum. to urc^e the Italian 
Socialist Party to favor Italy's part-cipation in the 
war to^cth.er with the Central Empires. — the Partv 
sternly repudiated the delegation and its monstrous 
nroposal. The Party equally repudiated Jules 
Guesde. when Guesde. the former revolutionist who 
had developed into a watch-flog of the imperialistic 
(government of France, urged the Socialists to plunge 
Italv into the war together with the Allies "for demo- 
cracv." 

Then rhe Italian Government, having driven a satis- 
factorv iiargain with the AlHe<;, declared war asrainst 
Austria "in the name of humanity and civiliza- 
tion.'' . . . The Socialist Party declarerl it.self as un- 
comnromisintrlv acjainst the war Ir did more: it 
translated rh'"s opposition into uncompromising pro- 
nar^anda. Government persecution could not stav its 
activitv. wl ich was based, not upon oettv bourgeois 
pacifism, but upon the basis of Socialism and the 
proletarian class struggle. 

In the summer of 1017. Italy was on the verge of 
a revolution. The revolutionarv propaganda was 
about the bear fruit. Then came the militar\' disaster at 
Caporetto. the invac'on of Iralv bv the Au'^tro-Ger- 
man troops. The Government exploited this to crush 
the notential revolution and inflame people a?-ain-^t 
the Socialists. The bouro-eois press blamed the So- 
cialist activitv for rhe di'^aster. and demands were 
made unon the Socialist Partv to. "in the hour of 
dan£rer." accept the national tlefense and its r,ol-cv. 
Some of the Socialist leader^, a few. wobblerl : InV 
the Party snoke out sternh- and uncompromisinglv : 
m soite of the invasion of Italv. we cannot vield or 
compromise our activitv against the war and our 
stmeprie for the Revolution. 

This crisis was a te.st for the partv. and the nartv 
met the test m the spirit of militant Socialism Com- 
pare this ^v\th the attitude of Algernon Lee &- Co 
who wished our party to accept the war "in order to 
save the Russian Revolution.". . 
_ The Rolshevik Revolution inspired the Italian «^o- 
nah.sts. who rallied to its cause. Thev accet)ted the 
Bolshevik loroDosal for an armistice on all bellirrerent 
fronts, and the Rolshevik policv of a revolutionarv 
peace, in December. Comrade Morgari delivered an 
'-'Heiress i„ the Italian Parliament, in which, amid 
boots and interruptions from tho bourgeois .lele-ates 
be declared that the S„cialiM Par,v wanted an ;n,- 
mMiate neace. not only on I'.olslu-vik terms. 
I olshevik methods. 



1 hiN ai c[)t.iiue of Bolslicvik policy and practice ui- 
spircd the i'arty to new activity, in spite of new and 
more intense persecution by the (^ovennnent. stead- 
ily, the Pan\- as a whole 'grew more revolutionary; 
section.s of the party in the summer of 1918 con- 
if-ni-i-iL^ -'-riain mirior compromises in the Party s 



"O YOU 

r hatred in their hearts. 

. • mmit a dastardly foul 

■•.jr.oiist rated solidarity f)f the wnrk- 
■ - -hr general strike and the snocess 
■ s determined u-> exact punish- 
ini : • victimizing and scizing^ upon 

• : , \vho.<;e acti\nties ;n the lalwr 

t il • . ritice for the cause ot labor, 
';cm -lie ;Tiost hated and dreaded workers 
if thf c.-ipitalist clas.s. 

!i;irrjcfi with starting a revolution, attcmpt- 
■'irf)\v the City crovemment of Seattle, the 
••!«• I'liited S4atcs government: conspiracy. 
:i;irciiv and felony, 
ui'is of Icatiets. dodcrers and propaganda mat- 
t-r. '■''c -rL':ini;riti(iii of the Workers, Soldiers and Sail- 
• ■ i. aiifi also >ome articles published in The 
•' Jl'rck/v. which is published by the Presw 
'.^c .Socinlist Party of Washington, alleged 
workers to .seize the shipyards. •'' 'm the 
iic prosccntion and charges. 
The ;r:-i ..t whs nrccipitated on the excuse that Thr 
"' '' 'V -':ly. which sold bv the thousands of 
•s of Seattle on Sunday of the gen- 
:he capitalist papers were not per- 
.e. contained the charged articles. 
-.-. 'iiind the capitalist class of Seattle is 
• whole capitalist class of America whicli 
- '■■■■'[ in- the (first) great general strike, the 
■r:\--v\KA a<iministration of the City. State and 

n. l'ind these comrades we must line all the workers 

nation. 

_T nu-.-irf'-: of fifteen year.s in prison stares in the eves 
'\ tho>-c victims of the general strike. 
^ '«iir MKirnl nnd linanciai support for the defense is 

r'-".Ti;l' ;icc(!oil. 



v<Mir cnntrii)utions to 
1 M.I.^T PARTV DEFENSE COMMITTEF 
m; L,l)ertv Rlfjg.. Seattle. W'ash. 



Tis a 



but In 



• ^nary <treet battles in Milan. Turin 
Iialian Socialists received their 
.^cores were killed and wounded, 
■■■ y^ny militants, including Comrade 
oi !:^7'nini. 'were arrested on the 
■ ••-■■n. Lomrade Lazzari, secretary of 
■ 'iLo arrested on a charge of trca.'^oi-. 
:;cncefl to three and one-half vears and 
ii-'it vcar^ in prison, rcspectivelv. and 
;;rter the armistice. Comnare this 
VAC American Government.". 
Party repudiated equallv the Social- 
i:-;on headed by Spargo & Co., and 
. .. Labor Mission," headed by Gompers 
Lu F arty has consistently, in its international 
.acter! on the basis of the class stru-cxle and 
rrvolutu,narv Socialism. • and 

--'rco tb.e armistice, the Party has intensified its 
propaganda, which is a propaganda for 
uUor.hm. It has no parliamentarv 
. 'ts parliamentary activitv to pro- 

Italian Party, unlike 

M ,. ' ' "V """^ '"^'"'^J"^'""- The P-i-u- 
■ en.MHi t„ compel the Government to" re- 

iMi-.v '"■'^''•^^''-•^ -^'^ortly after the arm- 



D 

thv 

& C. 
]>oHc 



revoiiKin 
' Vo!el;.r:' 



I) c 



riic funtiaiiieulal revyii:«:;j-_ 
Italian Socialist Partv is re-zeait 
ward tile Berne Conferf^ce 
of rhe social patriots 
Before rhe Confererrr 
ists of the Entente a:- 
gotiating- "terms of agrc-ment on -he ija 
they could meet together. The Italisn Parrv 
L'/U-anti, answered: 'We do nor havZ?' 
agreements with our Socialist Comrsdeg^,-,^ 
trai Empires, in the manner of perr/ boa " - 
keejier. : we know in advance the 
are wdlnig to confer with the StKirtao- -^^T*^ 
of the Ausfro-rjcrman Sociait.sts -v 
their principles: the basis of m-- 
1') C apitalism and the ScKrial Rc. 
the betrayers of .*>*ociaIism who must « 
t)f agreement." 

The Italian Party sent Comrades ftiles Ca 
a 77a ri and Morgan to Berne. Ar^- „ 
its.^If with the Conference, the ^eI^st^c^^^^?"^^ 
Comrade Cataltni. issued this statemeit- ^^^V^ 
ciaiist Pany of Italy has suthonzer! me tn 
the Berne Conference if it adheres toVhe T'. i 
national spirit. Raving obsen-eri, sinc^ nii- | 
that the Congress does not correspond w?th'±^T^^ ^ 
ot view of rhe i)arty to which I belong a W «<t« 
view that manifested itself during the war' hi t^hT^i 
merwald and Kienthal conferences. I ?hali not'^*"! 

rielegate. and shall reraain'onlv as 2 ^ ' 
Comrades Lazzari wrote 'in L'Avm 
2 : "The Socialist Partv of lah- ^ 
participate in parfai cnnfer^niis of 
• - "Itch worked hand in §iove iritfj i 
•:ients during the war . . . gni ' 
. with those uixin whose cobs- 
a.-sassination of Kar! Udiknedst aot 
a Luxemburg.'' 

Thi^ rc]>udiation of the Reme Gmference iras ia- 
nirdiatclv followed by the Italian Partv's renodiaiBB 
<•! \hii Litemational Socialist Bureau' and "the Olfi 
international and complete acceotance of rhe gar 
( ommun-st International, throiigli the following rt- 
soiuiin-: : ' 

"cuiivc Comitte of the Socialist P»p- 
•^'^"^■^ " "V from the Tntemational Sodafitf 

Vi; vith and works for ±e go^ 
lishment - /.i,st Revolutionarv Irt e i i a i it! 

upon the I .-.^ ^ • rincioles laid down 
of lamiarv by the Russian Communis: 
Moscow for the convening of an Inter: 
ciaiist Cotigrcss."* 

rhe SrK'ialisr Party of rhe United a 
l^^'"''" "evolutionar}- integrity of the 

■- These two parties aicme. or 
narties. took a stand asn 
Party is drawing the lopc 
against-the-w-ar policy tre « 
' ' - .evik-.^partacan International: ir^' 

no - the task of the comrades of the Axnercsa 3c 
ca';st Partv to act in the same revoinoc!®' 
manner. . 

PHe Italian (iovernmenr imposes a rn?id crasW^ 
sbiM. and it is difTiculr to know precisely what is gB- 
"^"^ "i^ in Italv. But it is clear that the 'reToiutkffi*;^ 



i^aocr man 
of ''^eb'-unr 
not co!\>^cn 
part es or 
the bot'r-- 
for a sr- 
cience lies 
I 



de- 



ls general and becoming more inteise 



but on the other hanri consiainl 
elements of the 



Manifesto 



raws ever increasintj 



control of government 



ing people into the immediate 



moreover, that in the event of a re\-^5iiw« » 
tlic maioritv Socialist Partv wiil f-' ^^W'^ 
•volution, anil in thai wav fariliate tlie '"^^^ 
In the proletariat. The revohjtinnanr 

Italian S- eia'ivt Partv i.s a chailctSC- 



The IVav tn Victory 

mie'uirnf'!!"'"*-" ^""^^^'^ '^'^ proletaria, ,0 
make uce nf the means ofM^attle which will .. 
trate its entire en.-rjries. naniclv 
logical re^idtant, 

'ixMi coinliat 



nio\-emi. 



_jniiachinerv 
|«)lul ir,nar\- 
I'of onl- 



mass action, m 
i-eet cnnlliet wth the gover;v 

other methods, sucl; 



larliamentarisni, 



" revohnionar\- 
: -suppression 
" '''.'"^'1 capitali.ti 
■"'■'■'''■^t betravers to u 
■ :be y^lU.y • 
;iieir services 



itali ■ 

whieh ilu- -,„■;;•,! | 

but aLo from li,,- ! ',,ri -. 

who .!(-.. Tt 111,. 

''"■'ier •(, :-,Miic 
the ojli.-r hand, ih.-v ., 
proletari,-,t !-rr.M..fore nr 
\Hio st;ind !i-nv .•ompletei 
form ot- lb,. l)!.-tatorshit. 



a I 



K.„u.k,an.,. 
' nu^inent in 
'-'onisis. Ou 



"i^<'rnationar* at 
" ^^'ilsonian 
V tor co-ordina- 
:'iese demand the 
' • - - proletarian 
•nternational. uhich 
I'Herests to the in- 

r '"V^'-'^';'^'^ ^vill not'he aht fo"""^""' 
" ' Hie orher i,and i„ the 
the soc hi " ^r''"-'^' ^^'»th the 

rrr '^'-'^-ion^ "sr':- 



lansm. jn order to hasten tlie fir:^ 
'niT>erialistic world svstem. 

T lie capitalistic criminals as.sertcd at " f - 
'^t the world war that it was onlv in detV - 
■ ' ~' ''^n Fatherland- Rut soon Cier-- ' 
' its real brigand character 
^-ia. in the Tkraine and Finlar 
-t.'tc^ unmask thcm.selves as w - 
nnirdei:crs of the proletariat. Tt^r 
nvm bourgeoisie and social -oatriots. ^ 
i^bras.^s about |>eace on their h'n^'^, rhey i- 
f'^r- rile revolution of the Europe.m 
ii^eans of their war machinerv and <t 
Innial sol.lierv. Indcscrihable is the 
fhe bourgeois cannibals. Incalcnlable 
the workiug class. Their r>est— 
« "ven>hurg— have thcv losi. \gair- 
» inai must dcfenri itself, defend at v . . 

^ 'MMuunisi Iniernational calls tlic whole 
' 'nt tv^ this final stniRvie, . - 

tk^ fnti'mtitiamti
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