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1SDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1919.ZTit of mak-ip US not Kingdom. rld whom■t market*,11 of u* la id and In-»ut adding aking pfo-Inesa.EA.e want to Instead of rago office xan should count In a the firm’s tlon.anager to sheet with tied to re-hls system ik what he enses. and eat In theING8.t with the y an ad-favorably jive a man the hank; y lying at opting thisdency will each week ent that If universally he working llgnity, be-md a little become a n the busl-tusinessea.’’THE REVOLUTION IN CENTRALEUROPE. .Tho spread and growth of the Socialist movement, developing according to tho tevlet idoa in thoeo countries hitherto without democratic institution#, continues. Every week news arrives of a new Soviet in some little known corner of the world, in every ease expressing sentiments similar to thoss of Sooialiata every-where. The following ie from the Manchester “Guardian,” one of the best informed papers in the world.OD.On June 16 a Soviet republic was proclaimed in Slovakia. A Government was formed under the presidency of Anton Yanousck, and an alliance with Soviet Russia and Hungary concluded. On June 22 the Slovak Press Bureau announced that the socialisation of all Industries, banks and larger business concerns was in progress and that a Red Guard, to which the town of Kaschau (Kassa) alone is said to have contributed 16,000 volunteers, was being organised.A few .day* later the Hungarian armies evacuated Slovakia In accordance with the demands of the Entente. On June 29 the Slovak Press Bureau announced that the Government at Kaschau had decided to resist the Czechs. Resistance, however, was futile; Slovakia was re-occupied and once more embodied In the Czecho-Slovak republic.The Instance is one among many that are symptomatic of the new revolutionary movement. The Slovak Soviet rose and fell, but others have risen and have not fallen. In Siberia. In Central Asia and In Caucasia they seem to have been multiplying In spite of 'intervention.THE P08ITION IN RU88IA.The Pester Lloyd, of July 2, announces that five Soviet republics have beenjive Persia uncial aid *ve out her nt and stillbig-hearted solely with •vii In dls-raging in a organising he Persiandinner In respect the ughout the rnious note officials of sm In the Ing In this.t promises: Bet up ,n t*le Krasnoyarsk region since a charac- last December. They are said to hove established a common battle front and to have beaten off all attacks directed against them.Vorwaerts.” of June 21, reports that a Federal Khlrghiz Soviet republic has been formed as a part of 8oviet Russia.According to a Petrograd wireless message, the Communist parties In Baku, Daghestan and Transcaspia have recently obtained big majorities.A Moscow wireless dated June 21, and appearing in the Pester Lloyd, announces that, in the southern half of the Baku province the Soviets have already assumed cbntrol and have declared for union with Bolshevik Russia. It would seem that the movement is strongest where the danger of violent repression is greatest, but there are signs that It Is also growing powerful outside the vast area of active conflict.On May 25 and 26 the Bulgarian Revolutionary Social Democrats held a congress at Sofia. By a resolution, which was carried unanimously, the party decided to withdraw Its members from Parliament, to abandon the Second International and to join the Third, to form an alliance v'ith the Russian and Hungarian proletariats, and to follow that path for the realisation of the Communist ideal which the great Russian Bolshevik revolution has revealed.” The full text of this resolution appeared in the Berner Tagwacht on June 19.5RECY?with this rltain once or the par-onomic ex-la had. to h bayonets knout. The tlating the tish agents r with Per-re is one of iuld British Were they 'orld would t a case of benefactor ce a Becrett gives the is lying was mntrles for now rules Persia will Imperial-ttlon, hypo-lying. and n adept atGREEKS AGAINST INTERVENTION.The Humanite of May 23. reported that the Greek admiral at Sebastopol had informed the representative of the Red Army that the Greeks would not undertake any further operations against Soviet Russia. Before his departure he and other Greek delegates informed the Revolutionary Council that Greece sympathised with the Soviets and protested against the action of the Entente, who had compelled the Greeks to take part In the w^r against the Red armies. Soon after, on% June 8, the Greek Socialist Workers’ party joined the Moscow International. A message was despatchedto the Humanite. requesting that t*,„ French Socialist Party might be Informed of the event.Similar action has been taken In Scandinavia. A Stockholm telegram appearing in the Pester Lloyd. and the Berner Tagwacht on July 1 announced that the Swedish Social Democratic Left recently held a congress, in which a resolution was carried, by 138 votes to 69. demanding’ mass action leading to the true democracy of the Soviet system. the formation of Soldiers1 Councils, the disarming ) of the bourgeoisie, and the suspension of all Intercourse with all parties except those who stand for class warfare and the dictatorship of the proletariat.The same telegram announces that the Norwegian Labor Party has also followed suitThe Berner Tagwacht. of July YJ, publishes the text of a resolution by which the committee of the Swiss Social Demo-, cratlc Party repudiates the Second International, and demands union with the Third.THE POSITION IN GERMAN AUSTRIA.Most remarkable of all Is the situation In German Austria. From June 29 to July 6 the Austrian Workers’ and Soldiers’ Councils held a series of plenary sessions. A verbatim report appeared in successive numbers of the Vienna Ar-beiter Zeitung. The main theme of discussion waa the advisability of establishing an Austrian Soviet Republic.The Communist delegates, who demanded an Immediate proletarian dictatorship, were defeated by a big majority. Nevertheless the Soviet idea waa by no means repudiated.All parties agreed that Austria would have to become a Soviet republic sooner or later, and it was only over the question of the most favorable moment that there were any differences of opinion.The arguments used against the Communists were briefly as follows: rIf the Soviets were* to assume control Immediately the Entente would renew tho blockade and the war. Hungary had been asked if she could supply sufficient food to keep a blockaded AustrlA alive.' but she was unable to spare more than one day's rations per week. Austria was exhausted and helpless; she could be starved out more easily than any other country, and could not risk another war. Thus the time was not ripe for Soviet rule, which would have to be postponed untU-circumstancea were more favorable.PEACE TREATY DENOUNCED.A resolution waa carried denouncing the peace of violence, demanding union with a truly Socialist Germany (though not with a Germany dominated by the Majority Socialists), honoring the members of Rosa Luxemburg, Uebknecht, and the Munich Communist Levine, and conveying fraternal greetings to the workers of Russia and Hungary. It waa also stated that when the time for Soviet rule arrived, then the Workers' and Soldiers* Councils would themselves effect the revolution.Writing In the Arbeiter Zeitung. Dr. Frits Adler, who presided over the congresses, asserts that these councils are the chief Instruments for overturning the social order, and that in future they are all, from the Central Council down to thf District Councils, to have both executive and advisory powers and thus dlreoUg snforoe the will of the proletariat.
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Thu, Nov 27, 1919
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