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which time it has experienced a number of splits. We believe, however, that in spite of many deficiencies, the party in Bulgaria is a good, strong Communist Party. When the time comes for this party to pass from propaganda to action, it will have to show what preparations it has made during the last 20–25 years. We hope that when the hour arrives this party will not prove a disappointment to the Communist International.
I should like to say a few words about the Finnish Party. It belongs to the Communist International as an illegal party, but the legal Finnish movement is heart and soul for Communism, in spite of the White terror. According to statistical data, this legal movement has twice as many members as the old Social Democratic Party, which had completely broken down. The plain Finnish workers who come to us always tell us that the question of Communism is no longer a question of propaganda, it is a question of action. (Lively applause.)
Comrades, if I have not mentioned some of the parties it was not because there was nothing to say about them; it was because I must bring my report to a close.
THE NEAR AND FAR EAST.
We now come to our important sections in the Near and Far East. In the Near East the work has been carried on by the Council of Propaganda formed by the Baku Congress. There is still a great deal to be done as regards organisation. We find the same situation in the Far East. It is most essential that we should have better communication with Japan; we must secure a firm foothold in Japan. The situation in this country is about the same as that of Russia on the eve of 1905. There is a strong revolutionary movement of the masses. You ought to see the publications of that country. The first and second volumes of "Capital" have been translated into
