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 munist International, and declaring in advance that it would submit to its decisions. This is the resolution which was passed unanimously. What happened after that? A few months have elapsed and Serati is showing no intention of submitting to this Congress; he has only employed stratagems to prevent the sending of delegates here. I ask those of you, a comrades, who are members of parliament, in the French or in any other parliament, to help me to find a parliamentary expression for such a mode of proceeding. They decide, after the departure of the Communists, that they will submit to the Congress, and then, when the latter takes place; they send no delegates to it. Anyone who is capable of thinking, will understand that they do not wish to submit.

Serati said after the resolution was passed: "It is quite possible that the declarations (of the representative of the Executive) were drawn up in Livorno, but the Third International will never disavow them. Levi told me here that they had also been dealt with without consideration in Germany. Suffice it to say that the K.A.P.D., which is nationalist and has supported the Kapp-Luttwitz outbreak, has been accepted by the Third International as a sympathising party."

This was published in the "Avanti." This was written at the time of the Congress. You can read it here. Thus stands the question formally. And, comrades, you must clearly consider the fact that, since the congress in Livorno, the party has continued to develop retrogressively. Here are a few examples.

The "Avanti" of May 11th contains an article, "International Solidarity," full of enthusiasm, full of international sentiments. For what reason? Some organisation had sent the trade unions 50,000 lira. That is indeed an event of international importance. What organisation had sent it? The Amsterdam International of Trade Unions. Prompted by this fact, an inspired article is written, in which it is said: "The Amsterdam Trade Union International, which