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 a special attitude towards the French Party. It is certainly clear that a real Communist would not come forward and say: "Since the French Party is backward, therefore we should treat the Italian Party in the same manner, so as to force it back, too."

This is not internationalism by any means. Serati kept up an extremely personal and vile attack against us. He wrote in one article of December 24 the following lines: "When we were discussing the Amsterdam question, I asked Comrade Zinoviev why the Russian government, which is so irreconcilable towards opportunism, has given 72,000 pounds sterling to the "Daily Herald" which is supporting opportunist Socialism in England, and why has the Communist International expressed itself in favour of entrance of Communists into the Labour Party, which is affiliated to the Second International and the "yellow" Amsterdam International?"

Comrades, this one citation should be sufficient for every true Communist to understand the character of the person the Communist International has to deal with. We told them that Turati and d'Aragona are reformists, and must be expelled. Such was the decision of the Second Congress. Serati again declared that Tchitcherin and his Government have paid £72,000 to the "Daily Herald," a story which was first circulated by Lloyd George and which served as a reason for the extradition of Comrade Kameneff. Serati has plainly played the informer. We know very well that the Russian government has to deal with all sorts of people and elements. This is a fact. Why the Russian government is dealing with such people is, of course, well known to the Communist International. One of the reasons is that the working class is still too weak in those countries. But what relation has this circumstance that the first proletarian government is compelled to deal with capitalist governments—with the question whether Turati and