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 the leader of the masses. For this reason and to this end we shall in the summary vote, vote in favour of the total work of the session.

(Poland): We shall vote for all the resolutions. We shall later hand in a written declaration to be included in the protocol.


 * The speech of Comrade Zetkin has in my mind made many things clear and left many things unclear. It may be that a man may vote against a resolution on one day, and for certain reasons in favour of the resolution on the next. That may happen. In justification Comrade Zetkin pleads a new state of affairs. There is no new state of affairs. The resolution is exactly the same as it was. A second reason is that Comrade Zinoviev will write a foreword to the material, and therefore she will vote for the resolution. I make note of that, but I should like to ask Comrade Zinoviev whether the comrade may vote in principle for a resolution she has rejected.


 * The German comrades who sent me and Kienen here are of the opinion that the draft of Comrade Zinoviev on the question of the united front has drawn such a clear and unambiguous line that it must at all costs be supported. They object, however, that in the later theses which were drawn up without collaboration this clear line is not maintained.

The comrades in Germany have been engaged on two problems, the Russian and the German, and they have arrived at the conclusion that both in the Russian and in the German the attitude of the Russian Central Committee was correct, and therefore they support it. For this reason Comrade G was sent here to emphasise and vigorously to support this line of policy.

What has here been accepted as the basis for the policy both of the Russian Central Committee and of the Executive, this turn to the Left, we shall carry into effect in Germany with all our strength, by our activities, at the Party discussions, and by thorough explanations.


 * We have always acted as a united Executive externally. Therefore I shall vote at the summary vote for the decisions of the Executive. Comrade Zinoviey has said that perhaps in three months' time we shall see things differently. I make that my claim. Externally, I regard it as my duty in German matters not to make the work of the Party difficult. Therefore I will vote for.


 * I must say that the Party is now addressing itself very seriously to these questions, not only the officials but also the rank and file members. When we spoke yesterday in the Commission on the question of the Party Congress, it was not our intention that the discussion should in any way be discouraged. There can be no doubt that the German Party, can make a successful revolution only if it ruthlessly clarifies every question. But it is a fact that there is to-day another danger,