The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 15, 1925, Page 7

+ a | ee eee | MIRAE ta icra ee 4 “The idex becomes ! power when it pene- trates the masses.” —Karl Marx. The New Course of English Policy At the same time as the hostile ac- tivities against the Soviet Union in the West are being intensified, Eng- lish imperialism is endeavoring to cre- ate an Eastern front against the Soviet Union. The English press ds. making efforts to exploit in an increased de- gree the theme of the omni-present hand in Moscow and to frighten the leading groups in the countries of the Near East with the: bogey of a “red imperialism of the Bolsheviki” which is said to be directed against the back- ward peoples of the East. This Eng- lish: propaganda is noticeable in recent times especially in Turkey, Persia and . Afghanistan. ~ In connection with the recent reso- lution of the Government of Angora to build up a new the Turkish navy, the English paper Near East proposed that Turkey should work on similar lines to those taken by England, on the grounds that the interests of Turkey and England are complete- ly identical, in that both these coun- tries are obliged to carry on a policy of defense against “the aggressive plans of Russia” in Asia, in which proposal it is easy to see a transpar- ent hint that it would be best for the Turkish fleet to be under Bnglish guidance. The taking over by the An- gora Government of the property of the non-Moslem population of Turkey, which remained unclaimed in conse- quence of the_ war, prompted the Morning Post to urge’ Turkey not to fellow in the footsteps of Bolshe- yvism ‘but to take its direction from ~ ‘Western civilization” and to help England. At the same time the Engiish press is raising a hue and ery about the Bol- shevist threat to Persia and Afganis- tan which is alleged to have arisen as a result of the demarcation of na- tional boundaries in the Soviet Repub- lics of Middle Asia, and is trying to represent insurrection of the Persian Turkomans, which has been provoked. by the activities of English agents. as a Moscow intrigue. The Daily Telegraph expert on questions concerning Middle Asia re- cently demanded, in that paper, the revision of English policy in the Near East. He pointed out that the man- datory territories of England _repre- | sent a narrow corridor at the extreme ends of which lie the potentially hos- | tile districts of Egypt and Persia, * whilst in the North is Turkey (and nothing has been done to gain its - sympathies). and in the South the sovereign territories of the Sultan of ,Nedjd and leader of the Wahkabiti, Tbu Saud, the whole of whose interests have been prejudiced by England’s policy in the last few years. In his opinion the foundations and principles of England’s policy in Middle Asia should be revised, as otherwise she might expect to lose her whole infiu- ence and prestige in the Middle East. As a matter of fact England has in the last few months developed a fever- ish activity in Egypt, Palestine, Ara- bia, Iraq, Turkey and Persia. New perfected methods of diplomacy are being used side by side with the form- er methods of force and terror. The English High Commissioners for Egypt and Palestine are being ex- changed. The resignation of Lord Al- lenby-in Egypt and his replacement by George Lloyd, the former governor _of Bombay, signifies, as has been re- marked in the Arabian press, that the English government circles are to’ cover the iron hand of the policy carried out by them in Egypt, with a velvet glove. The replacement of Sir Herbert Samuel in Palestine by Lord Plumer is regarded in English political circles as a preventive mea- sure for possible political complica- tions in the Near Hast. According to | } SPECIAL MAGAZINE SUPPLEMENT THE DAILY WOr SATURDAY, AUGUST, 15, 1926 the opinions expressed by the leaders of the Zionist movement, Plumer’s appointment signifies a change in f{nglish policy in Palestine, with the object of morally disarming Arabian nationalism and turning Palestine into a pur¢ly English colony. In Palestine and Transjordania, England is creating a new strategic base the significance of which is grow- ing, thanks tO England having recent- ly taken possession of the harbor of Akabah in the Red Sea and thanks to the transformation of Cyprus into an English colony. ; In recent times England “has obvi- ously renounced her attitude of neu- MSGI 290 til the September session in order .to give the parties the opportunity of coming to an agreement. In the meantime English - capital openly renounces the actual. boycott of Turkey. which was imposed by the treaty of Lausanne, and is ahead of all other countries in tHe economic conquest of Turkey. Last. year, among the foreign limited companies regis- tered in Turkey with a capital of 226 million Turkish pounds, 23 companies with a capital of 23 millions Turkish pounds were English. . The more or less conciliatory policy of England in the question of Mossul, Strictly Forbidden The Austrian government refused to issue passports to a labor delega- tion to Soviet Russia for the fear they may learn the truth. The socialist press of Germany tried to persuade the workers not to send any delegation, but it did not succeed. The German and Swedish labor delegations went to Russia and learned the truth. were not held up by their fascist government and went anyway. now learning the truth for themselves. The Austrian workers They are trality and non-interference between the two States, Nedjd and the Hedjas, which lay claim to the hegemony in Arabia, by confiscating the arms bought by the Hedjas and by making efforts to subject Ibn Saud, the strong- est aspirant to a united Arabia, to her influence, English diplomacy is at the same time making efforts to adjust the deli- cate factors in the relations between England and Turkey. The insurrection in Kurdistan gave the Government of Angora the opportunity of concentrat- ing considerable forces on the bor- ders of Mosul; this threatened to bring about a military solution of the og question, if Turkey should not be satisfied by the decision of the League of Nations, It is character- istic that the examination of the Mos- sul question in the League of Nations Council which had been fixed for the mouth of June, is now postponed un- is partly explained by the fact that the situation in South Kurdistan threatens the English interests in Iraq; com- munications have appeared in the press to the effect that Sheik Makh- mud has succeeded in defeatitng re- peatedly the English troops in Iraq. A few days ago the government of Iraq signed a treaty accepting 70 Eng- lish specialists, for periods up te ten years, in the State Government. This is evidence that the transformation of Iraq into an English colony is rapidly advancing. The change is most striking in the working methods of English diplo- macy in Persia, After the inglorious adventure of its puppet Sheik Kheisal, English diplomacy has decided not to play the part of an enemy of the na- tional movement for freedom in Persia, openly, and, as it is endeavoring to persuade Persia to take its orientation from England, it is working out plans on a large scale for the economic en- GEER SECOND SECTION This magazine supple- ment will appear every Saturday in The Daily Worker. By Irandust j slavement of Persia, with ‘the wale ance of American capital, In’ England’s policy in the Near Bast, the Anglo-American bloc which has -so obviously collapsed in China, continues as before to play an impor tant part. It finds expression in @ series of agreements between the im terested capitalist groups of both -countries, in the first place between the petroleum companies “Hnglish- Persian Oil’ and “Standard Oil” which haye come to an agreement as to the dividing of the treasures of native oil of North Persia, and are offering unit- ted resistance to other competitors, especially France, Preparations are being made for the transference of Persian finances to. Anglo-American control, for which object the issue of an Anglo-American loan to Persia is planned. Further Anglo-American cooperation in the question of rail ways and concessions can be observed. A similar picture is to be observed in Turkey and the Iraq. The “Stan- dard Oil” and the “English-Persian” have come to an agreement with re gard to a common exploitation of the pative oil of Iraq, and a short time ago a concession treaty was signed in Bagdad with the Government of Iraq. Bngland is trying by this agreement .o get America to guarantee the bor- Jers of Iraq. Hand in hand with this a tendency ‘an be observed for the relations be- ween England and France in the ‘ast to become strained; this corre sponds to a certain degree to the sitn, ation im Europe, “Thug bes Se dg of the French to gaih a share in affairs Connected with wnati¥et bil ant railways in North Persfa is met by England’s violent opposition, When communications were published with regard to negotiations between Tur- key and France As to the adjustment of the frontiers of Syria, the English press very plainly gave expression to the opinion that France had no right to dispose of Syria, The English press showed similar anxiety during the last visit of Franklin-Bouillon, the French politician, to Angora. England’s. attempts to strengthen | her position in the East and to create | in the East a hostile front to Soviet Russia are, in their very nature, full of contradictions and therefore doomed to failure. The Turkish Government has already declined to have the Tur- kish navy reorganized by an English mission. The Arabian movement in Palestine and Transjordania against the English rule continues. The Eastern peoples cannot be de ceived by the new mask of English imperialism. This became evident at the Conference for the Limitation of Trade in Arms which took place re- cently at Geneva, a crass example of a cynical farce, at which the military great powers who hold all the achieve- ments of the modern technique should limit their armaments, In accordance with the interests of England and France, the conferenee provided for the establishment of forbidden zones in Morocco, on the Red Sea, in the Persian Gulf and in the Gulf of Oman as well as in the Indian Ocean. It endeavored to isolate and weaken the national movement in the East, After a series of protests on the ‘part of representatives of the Eastern co tries, the Persian delegate demowistra tively left the conference and dé- clined to sign the minutes. Accord- ing to a communication of the Morn- ing Post, in which a hidden threat is contained, this incident might lead to Persia resigning from the League of Nations, As yet there are no com- munications as to whether the Geneva protocol will be signed by Turkey and Afghanistan. This shows us what the forerunners of the success of English aga in the Near East look tke. (interhnpttinnncinaamannaatitatcipeititmapennetapaisttae tetanus iaibbd lesen SSAC TIS ai agar ae a a Ee BAO RR Sse Ey t+