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RESOLUTION.
The Communists of Persia expect the introduction of all the abo
mentioned measures as soon as the borgeoisie has been democratized and
this the party will struggle. As soon as it has achieved its object it wll
consider it has won its first battle and will institute class warfare for ft!
introduction of Socialism and a Soviet Government. Eor, without this th 6
oppressed nation of Persia will never be able to free itself from the i 6
grip of world conquerors and capitalists. ron
Our aim and object is to establish equality throughout the human familv
In this we will succeed with the help of the workmen and labourers of th
whole world—also with the help of those poor working men, the Bolsheviks of
Russia, who have hoisted the Red Standard of Revolutionary Socialism andhava
proclaimed the message “ Let the proletariats of all the world unite! ”
The.Communist Party of Persia, which is one of the divisions of the HI
International, believes in the steadfastness of the working people of tli
world, It believes, too, that western imperialism will work its own das
truction.
. Tt } e da 7 ^as come when the poor will be rid of the tyranny and oppression
which is now their lot at the hands of capitalists and when real equalitv
among the people will come into being. H
The workmen of Persia should be prepared for the coming of that
Blessed D&y. ^
Extract from Liwa-el-Islam”, published in Persian in Berlin, 28th Muhar-
ham (1st October) 1921, and distributed in Meshed.
The Battle of Sakhahia,
AHer a minor engagement _ in the vicinity of Kotahiya vhere it was
roughly handled by the Turkish reserve stationed to the east of Eskishahr, the
Greek army was forced into an engagement with the main Turkish force.
Although this action of the Greeks was dictated by the British Govern
ment yet the lust for conquest of Constantine gave it an added stimulus.
The commanders of the Greek army were fully confident of victory and
advanced almost to the bank of the Sakharia river. There they engaged the
lurkish forces in a fierce battle. The latter were in position on the east bank
or tne river awaiting the arrival of reinforcements.
twent r- 0Iie days and at first the Greeks were slight!/
successful, but later their army was practically routed.
nll-v an ex ^J aor( ii 1 iary and a two-fold significance, especi*
fh Jarbitm f 1 ^ W ° re ^ erre d the solution of the Anatolian question to
oil ? ^ w ? r * Moreox er, it acted as a trial of strength of the two
combatant peoples, the Greeks and the Turks.
rnn ^ 1 forces be ^ an on the 18 ^ August. If the Greek
east nf 'PePi' u acc ?]> e ^ bac ^ established their position fifty kilometres
and Sakharia ^ covered the distance between Eskishahr
official cnmrrm ^ " tiometres, in 5 days. We have the evidence of a Greek
which i« nni 1 ^ l qne rn support of this. Now the ordinary march of an army
would leprl b ?h rb ^ a V ? TSmt is 20 t0 25 kilometres a day. Hence it
retreat Added th- Gaim / has an extraordinary capacity for
no sense n rnni i 1S -u tba ^ tbe H' 116 retreat of the Greeks was in
the contrarv th^^rf , thereby the march of an army would be facilitated. On
a nroloup-ed’ 1 U G WaS a r ^ ver liquid mud owing to heavy rain and
some?hini like 9^r SOn + n ^ ^ Gt remains that the Greeks who had lost .
pressed on both fln’ l h ln of Sakharia, overwhelmed, scattered, and
distance of ^ P ur8aill g Turkish forces, were forced to cover a
march can reali p ^ Hi a one wbo l ias witnessed an army on the
march can realise what they had to undergo.