The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 23, 1926, Page 6

Page Six snes aan tis!| THE DAILY WORKER THE DAILY WORKER Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. Phone Monroe 4732 ~ ai. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mali (in Chicago only): By mail (outside of Chicago): $8.00 per year $4.50 six months | $6.00 per vear $3.50 six months $2.50 three months $2.00 three months Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IlInols MORITZ J, LOEB.. Entered as second-class mail September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Chi- cago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1879, Editors Business Manager ep 290 Advertising rates on application. > 290 shea Pilsadski’s British Bred Madness War always has been the method of Bonapartist dictators for rallying the nation on which they have imposed their rule. Pilsudski appears to be no exception. His government, based on the army, and without any policy ex- cept that of holding power at all costs, is the laughing stock of the world. He has alienated the lower middle class and the skilled workers who support the Polish socialist party, his inability to com- pletely suppress the workers and peasants has cost him the con- fidence of the big landholders and capitalists. Even American bank ers, willing because of their huge stores of gold to gamble when twenty to fifty per cent in interest returns are in sight, are not) anxious to take a chance in Poland under present conditions. Polish industry is in a state of collapse and mass unrest is grow- ing at a rapid rate. Pilsudski is making war talk. For war against Soviet Russia he can probably get support of a kind from,Great Britain. He might get it from France if France did not have troubles of her own which make the prosecution of the Syrian war on a major scale impossible. The rumors of plots and counter-plots along the Soviet and Lithu- anian frontier are preparations for a military adventure which may or may not materialize. Army leaves have been cancelled and a tense atmosphere created. Pilsudski and Poland alone are no menace to the Soviet Union, but backed by Great Britain a Polish offensive would be able to torce Soviet Russia to abandon a considerable part of the recon- struction work to crush it. The British imperialist strategy, de- signed.to weaken Soviet Russia as much as possible, would be glad to back such an enterprise. It would be a desperate venture, bring- ing severe repercussions at home but Great Britain, like Poland, is in a desperate situation. It goes without saying that a Pilsudski-British war on the Soviet Union would not be successful. The result would be that Poland would be smashed between Russia and Germany, the eastern sections becoming autonomous Soviet republics, the western either following their example or becoming German provinces again. But needs must when the devil drives and the paranoie Pil- sudski would believe in the possibility of victory in such an ad- venture until he died on the bayonets of his own troops. The world’s working class should exert pressure upon Great Britain to prevent the tory government giving financial support to Pilsudski. One of the best ways of exerting this pressure is to sup- port the striking British miners, to feed and clothe the miners and their families until they win. Borah Blowing Bubbles Senator William E. Borah, the best-lunged member of the upper congressional house, delivered a speech last Sunday in Augusta, Georg! of the eighteenth amendment “are practices of the kind that are making a hell of Europe today” and that “Bolshevism in Russia, fascism in Italy, military dictatorship in Poland and nullification in the United States are whelps from the same kennel, barking at the same thing—constitutional government.” The senator has allowed his sympathies with the Anti-Saloon League to get the better of his judgment. The various dictatorships mentioned by Borah did not come into existence because ‘people scorned constitutional methods. The Russian revolution was the successful reply of the Russian masses to a tyranny, centuries old, to a ruling class that only granted limited constitutional rights under pressure from the | masses and took them away when the pressure lessened. Today, the great masses of the people in the Soviet Union enjoy more “con- stitutional” rights than the people of this country ever did, even before Woodrow Wilson introduced the latest edition of his “New Freedom.” Fascism in Italy means the dictatorship of the employers. It exists because the Italian capitalists needed an iron hand to pull them out of the post-war puddle and the workers were not suf- ficiently organized to seize power and hold it. In all the other coun- tries the dictatorships are the servants of the ruling classes, What has all this got to do with the propaganda of the brew-|: - ing interests to repeal the eighteenth amendment? Nothing. Borah was talking thru his hat. He delivered his speech in a state with a rather high record for lynching Negroes. We are‘not aware that this form of murder is constitutional. Yet Borah, in his zeal for the constitution which yet suits the Wall Street rulers of this coun- try, had not a word to say against the favorite southern outdoor sport of stringing up colored workers, PLAN SACCO-VANZETTI PARADE IN BROOKLYN SATURDAY, JULY 31 BROOKLYN, N, Y., July 21—The Sacco-Vanzetti agitation committee of Pope’s Gardeners Get 50 Cents Daily; Walk Out in Legal Strike ROME, July 21.—The gardeners in the employ of the pope are on strike for a raise of wages over their pres- Brooklyn, which was formed by a ent scale of fifty cents a day, advanc- number of Italian-American associa-|ing the reason that the steadily in- tions is planning to hold a parade |creasing cost of living makes fifty thru the Brooklyn streets demanding |cents a day impossible for them to the release of these two Italian work: | live on, ers. While the cost of living is the same height for other Italian workers, the fascist government prohibits strikes by law, But the Italian law not cov- ering the territory of the vatican, the employes there are breaking no law by striking, The vatican managers are fearful that the gardeners’ strike may spread to the other vatican employes and a commission of cardinals is examining matters to stop the spread of the strike, The parnde is to be held on Satur- day afternoon, July 21, at 3:30 o'clock Tho parade will start from the head- quarters of the L'Unita Adornese, 107 Wilson Avenue. Invitations have been sent to many Italian and other organizatio™s to par- ticipate in this demonstration. Or- ganizations that have not received an invitation but would like to partici: pate can do so by notifying the secre- tary of the Comitato Provisorio Agi- tazione Pro Sacco-Vanzetti, care of L'Unita Adornese, 107 Wilson Ave. WRITE AS YOU FIGHT! a, in which he dedlared that arguments for the nullification ; | By C, E, RUTHENBERG. NDREW B. MELLON and J. Pier- {*™ pont Morgan—the financial head jot the American government and | America’s uncrowned financial king-— | are hurrying to Europe, having sailed j together from New York last Satur- day, Morgan said he is going to shoot grouse in Scotland and Mellon on a pleasure trip with his son, These reasons for their journey to- gether will deceive no one. The ruler of American finance and his represen- tative in the government are journey- ing post-haste to Europe on a rescue mission, | Europe’s Shaky Financial System. A few weeks ago the Council of the International Chamber of Commerce, issued a pessimistic statement in re- gard to the economic ‘situation of the various European countries. Warning was given that the outlook was dark. It sald: “That the present economic condi- tions, due principally to the war, are rapidly becoming unbearable in most countries, and especially in Europe, and prompt remedies are essential if eventually an economic disturbance, which would affect all countries in | succession, is to be avoided.” Since that time these forebodings \have been more than justified by the |developments in a number of Europ- |ean countries. First and foremost there is the situation in France. Gov- jertment after government has wrest- \led with the financial problem of that jcountry, only to find it insoluble and |to pass from the scene. The instabil- jity of the French cabinets which come jand go with each new moon are an {expression of the financial instability {of that country. The franc continues jon the toboggan. No French govern- | ment dares to apply the drastic meas- |ures necessary to even partially |achieve the balancing of the French } |budget and the stabilizing of the |frane because to do so brings with it almost’ certain revolutionary upheaval. | | Belgium has just been obliged to give its king dictatorial powers in fi- nancial matters because of similar de- velopments to those in France. | Poland is in a revolutionary crisis, \having roots in an economic and fi- nancial crisis. "The dictator Mussolini also finds himself involved in similar trouble, In Germany,'‘the director of the reichsbank, serves notice that he will take advantage of the presence of Messrs, Morgan and Mellon to apply for a reduction in the payment to be made*by Germany under the Dawes plan. He asks something, which if granted, would deepen the crisis in France, Belgium, and Italy, which are depending upon the German rep- arations payments to aid them in solv- ing their financial problems. On top of all this, Great Britain finds itself in the grip of the coal strike which is affecting the whole economic structure of that country and sharpening-the economic crisis from which it has been suffering for some years, America’s Interests. No wonder Messrs. Morgan and Mel- jlon are hurrying to, Europe, there to meet Mr, Strong; governor of the Federal Reserve'System, when all the wonderful achievements of the Dawes plan thru which; the European finan- cial and economic system was to be rebuilt upon a golid foundation, are disappearing into;thin air. The American capitalists showed their faith in the plan of our hard- smoking vice-president for enslaving the European workers, by investing new hundreds of millions of dollars in loans to the European governments jand investments in the stocks and bonds of the Huropean corporations. These investments show signs of go- ing the way of the smoke from Mr. Dawes’ pipe. The situation has evidently become so critical that it requires the com- bined efforts of Mr. Morgan and Mr. Mellon to endeavor to find a solution, It can no longer be entmpsted to lieu- tenants like Dawes no matter how great their financial cunning, and the financial king himself and its gov- ernmental representative must throw all their power into the balance in an endeavor to save the situation. Coincident with the deepening of the financial crisis thruout Europe, |comes a new cry against “Uncle Shy- \lock” Europe's new version of Uncle |Sam) because of the insistence of the American government that Europe pay its debts. This insistence has not been very 61 The General Council (Second Installment) By GREGORY ZINOVIEV The staff, ie. the general council, had waited for the “opportune mo- ment (opportune for the bourgeoisie) and capitulated in the most infamous manner, thus carrying confusion in the ranks of the army from which, at that stage, it was unable to recover. MacDonald could “testify as a wit- ness,” that in the course “ofall the negotiations and discussion during the meetings of the general council not a single reference was made by anyone to political questions, regard- less of whether this member or that of the general council belonged to what is known as the right or the left wing...) The “left” thoroly deserve this fawn- ing of MacDonald's, The “Labor” correspondent of the Manchester Guardian writes: | “From the very beginning, the gen- eral council made every effort to per- suade the workers to accept a tem- |porary reduction of the wages of the best-paid workers... After the strike had begun, the general council lost no time in bringing the conflict to an end as soon as possible... it accepted the suggestion of the archbishop and carried on assiduous negotiations with Samuel... The general council felt that a fur- ther spread of the strike would have had extremely serious consequences . Revolutionary forces wiuld have been let loose even contrary to the wish of the general council, the cen- ter would have been proved to be |cut off from the masses, and every local strike committee would have be- jcome a Soviet... The general coun- cil proved to be the exact opposite |of a revolutionary committee, It con- |sisted of weary trade union officials |who lived in the unhealthy atmos- phere of stuffy rooms, tortured by sleeplessness and in constant conflict with the miners (!), with the mem- |bers of the cabinet, with delegations of strikers; the general council con- | sisted of persons who were constantly | obsessed by a fear of disturbances!) . +. The general council resolved to | act quickly. It was evidently pre- |pared to bring the situation, which had arisen, to an end, at any price (!) Manchester Guardian of May 16th, 1926.%) | The reformist Brailsford testifies: | “On Sunday, May 2nd, the friction | between the general council and the miners almost led to a breach.., | From what I heard on that evening, |T had the impression that we were on |the eve of a new breach and a new “Black Friday” (New Leader of May 21st, 1926.) The reformist Wheatley states: “The general council gave Baldwin more than he demanded,” (Forward of | May 22gd, 1926.) | From his point of view as a social *Translatgd from the Russian, SECOND INSTALLMENT OF ARTICLE ON BRITISH STRIKE BY ZINOVIEV DITOR’S NOTE:—The DAILY WORKER continues today the pyblication of a serles of articles by the foremost working class leaders of the world on the British general strike. Printed herewith is the second installment of an article which began in yesterday’s issue, by Gregory Zinoviev, president of the Communist International. In yester- day’s installment the treason of the members of the general council of the British Trade Union Congress in gutting and surrendering the gen- eral strike at the moment of its highest point is compared to the “Fourth of August” — the day of 1914 which marked the betrayal of the working class by social-reform- ist leaders at the opening of the world-war, After this and another installment of the article by Comrade Zinoviev, articles by other writers will be pub- lished in The DAILY WORKER, In the August number of the Workers’ Monthly, theoretical organ of the Workers (Communist) Party, the theses of the Communist Inter- national on the “Lessons of the Brit- ish General Strike” will appear. The theses should be made the basis of a thoro discussion and a wide pro- paganda, Advance orders for the August number of the Workers Monthly Containing the theses of the Communist International of the “Lessons of the British General Strike” should be sent in immediate- ly. traitor, MacDonald was quite right when he wrote that the strike was in the hands of “firm leaders.” (Forward ot May 22nd, 1926.) eee FTER the general council has been beaten, the Waders of the Second International began to shift the blame onto the workers/as might have been expected, just a, after August 4th, 1924, the leaders of the Second In- ternational triedto justify their own vile social patriotic treachery by pointing to what they described as the “patriotic” mood of the mass of workers, In this respect an article by Otto Bauer, the “left” leader of the Second International, is extremely in- structive, in that he “proves,” without the slightest foundation of fact, that the general strike in England came to grief in consequence of the whole- sale blacklegging of the workers. Otto Bauer goes so far as to main- tain as follows: “The experience of 1921 was decis- ive. At that time the miners also de- manded a general strike; the leaders of the railwaymdh and transport work- ers however refused it, After that they were for "years contemptuously called “traitors!® It is not everyone sharp, “Uncle “Shylock” has really not shown himself’ very much of Shylock for he has’ generously dis- counted what is owing to him, grant- ing Great Britain 20 per cent off and Dictator Mussolini about 80 per cent. But Europe is not satisfied. It can- not be satisfied, because its financial and economic system is on such an insecure basis. that any payments at all-on the debts owed to the United States sharpens the financial crisis and brings a threat of financial col- lapse. ‘ Dangers for America, This situation carries with it grave dangers for American capitalism. In addition to the $12,000,000,000 of debts to the American government, the American capitalists have about $2,000,000,000 invested in private Bu- ropean business ventures and another billion and a half in loans by the American capitalists to European gov- ernments. The total of American dol- lars involved in the European eco- nomic and financial system today, is somewhere between thirteen and fif- teen billion dollars. * That is a pretty big stake to have in the balance. The situation in Eu- rope which would make it impossible for private business concerns to meet these obligations or even the inter- est on these obligations, would have a decided repercussion on the fi- nancial and economic system of the United States. No wonder Mr, Morgan and Mr. Mellon are journeying post-haste to Europe on their misison of rescue. They are not only hastening to Eu- rope to help solve the European finan- cial problem but to help save Ameri- can capitalism from the consequences of the ever sharpening crisis, the ever growing danger of collapse, which is threatening European financial struc- tures and which threatens to bring to an end the era of prosperity and great profit for the American capitalists. Incidentally the journeying together of Mr. Morgan and Mr. Mellon are evidences of the interlocking direc- torate which exists between the American financial rulers and the American government. The financial oligarchy which rules this country and the American government at last ap- pear before the eyes of the workers as one in the union of Mr. Morgan and Mr, Mellon journeying to Europe. who can bear such insults. This time they were afraid of being again rep- resented as traitors. For this reason they voted obviously against their conviction, for the proclamation of a|” general strike.” (Vienna Arbeiter Zeitung of May 16th, 1926.) Is it possible to imagine a meaner sophism? So the heroes of “Black Friday” 1921 were unjustly described as traitors! And now, poor Thomas & Co., in order to avoid new insulting accusations of treachery, voted “against their conviction” for the proclamation of a general strike, whilst the “backward” masses of workers were guilty of blacklegging, | thus shattering the general strike. But there still remains to be explained for what purpose Thomas & Co, or- ganized the capitulation of the gen- eral council on May 12th, 1926. Was this treachery also committed only that they might not be called traitors? The only thing that is true in all this is that the leaders of the gen- eif.l council “voted for the proclama- tion of the general strike against their conviction.” This recognition must be registered as a fact by which the further behaviour of these leaders can best be explained. Large numbers of the English work- ers have only developed far enuf to understand e@olidarity among workers in one trade, but not to understand class solidarity—this is the gist of Otto Bauer's remarks, The workers are still far behind Mr. Thomas, the “defender of class interests” (perhaps the interests of the bourgeoisie?) This is how Otto Bauer who became the “left” theorist of the Second Interna- tional sums up the position. It never occurs to Otto Bauer that if some strata of the English workers are still up to the neck in craft prejudices, the duty of real labor leaders should be to train them up to an understanding of class duties. Otto Bauer is not in the least aware that, during the strike, the leaders of the general council did exactly the opposite. Even the reformist Brailsford {8 obliged to admit: “For nine days the masses of workers gave evidence of a solidarity such as has never been seen before in the industrial his- tory of our country, From beginning to end it was a soldiers’ battle, But no single leader was equal to the task of giving expression to the unanimous will of the masses of workers... The most remarkable fact of this gen- eral strike was the unbounded devo- tion to the common cause... The masses of workers flocked up in such numbers that the difficulty was, not how to mobilize the workers who came into considefation for the strike, but how to hold back from striking those workers whom the general had not called out.” All voices of the press are unani- mous in stating that there was. no slackening in the strike, but that on the contrary an @xcellent spirit pre- valled among the’ masses and that the “second Une” of Workers was clamor- t Mellon and Morgan to the Rescue The Significance of the Growing Crisis, When the Dawes’ plan was adopted, chere were cries of jubilation tyom all the capitalist world. Capitalism, it was claimed, had overcome the forces undermining it, which resulted from the war. The analysis of the Commu- nists, which declared that capitalism was in its period of decay and dis- solution, was refuted according to the capitalist economists and apologists. Even the social democrats joined in the chorus to declare that capitalism was re-establishing itself on a firm foundation and would continue for another century. The Communists, thru the Commu- nist International, answered that cap- italism had attained a partial and temporary stabilization, that the forces of destruction let loose by the war were still at work in the finan- cial and economic structure of capi- talism. This declaration was made by the Communist Internafonal in the spring of 1925, after the adoption of the Dawes’ plan. In the spring of this year, at the meeting of the en- larged executive committee, the Com- munist International’s estimate of the situation of world capitalism was that while the period of temporary and partial stabilization continued, there was evidence of a weakening of the period of stabilization, with the forces of destruction again growing stronger. This estimate of the situa- tion has been more than justified by the recent developments in the var- ious European countries. The trou- bles of the capitalists are increasing. From one end of Europe to another, financial crisis and economic depres- sion have made their appearance. It is clear that capitalism has not overcome the forces everywhere which are undermining it and threat- ening it with decay and dissolution— forces let loose during the world war. The fact that- American capitalism after throwing in a couple of billion, is compelled to send Mr. Morgan and Mr, Mellon on a rescue mission, show how grave the situation has become. But Mr. Morgan and Mr. Mellon will not:aceomplish more than General Dawes: achieved, that is, placa a few patches and bring some temporary relief—and even patching will be harder now than when Mr. Dawes as- sayed the job. ’s “Ath of August” ing to be allowed to enter the strug- she. Otto Bauer’s words are flatly con- trary to the truth. This is how the leaders of the Sec- ond International twist the facts, After that it is easy to imagine what an ocean of lies the traitors of the general council have set in motion in order to drown the truth. T the decisive moment, Thomas & Co. were masters of the situation in the general council. Like every great crisis, the British general strike has dissipated a number of illusions, and, revealed the true relation of forces. The géneral council proved to be. under the thumb of Thomas, altho officially the right was in the minority in it, A number of reliable reports speak for the fact that almost all the mem- bers of the general council voluntar- ily submitted to the leadership of Judas Thomas from the very begin- ning of the general strike. Many equally reliable communications point to the fact that a “left winger” such as Purcell, looked at the general strike, even before it began, thru Thomas’ eyes. When it was a ques- tion of accepting the help of the in- ternational trade unions, especially the help of the trade unions of the Soviet Union, Hicks, a member of the “left,” took up an equally treach- erous standpoint as that of Judas Thomas (Hicks’ speech on the “Damned Russian money”). The fate of the strike was actually sealed at the moment when the general council refused the help of the international trade unions, All the “left” members of the gen- eral council, together with Thomas & Co, exercised continuous pressure on the miners and demanded that they should capitulate. All the “left” lead- ers of the general council with one doubtful exception, voted for the oa- pitulation and took part in the shame- ful pilgrimage to Baldwin in order to offer him the head of the general strike on @ charger. Some directly sold themselves to the bourgeoisie, others clung to the bourgeoisie out of - reformist short- sightedness and lack of character, others again were in a blue funk, which increased with the growth of the movement, whilst still another sroup vacillated to the last moment. Objectively the so-called “left” mem- bers of the general council played a much more treacherous part than Thomas himself, for, in view of Thomas’ sadly treacherous past, the masses would not have entrusted* so much actual power to Thomas, had he not been backed by all the other members of the general council, (To be continued.) WRITE AS YOU FIGHT! Open your eyes! Loox around! There are the stories of the workers’ Struggles around you begging to be written up. Do It! Send it int Write as you fight] WITH THE STAFF | Being Things From Here and | There Which Have Inspired Us to Folly er Frenzy A MERRY MONARCH. The king of Spain, Alfons& XIII, got away from his keepers long enough to tell the world through a Paris reporter that, unless the “grandeur of Spain is giving fitt- ing satisfaction” that the League of Nations will leave Spain. It could be put the other way around, but that’s what the king said, The league is getting so that nobody with a sense of humor takes it se riously, while kings and dictators use it for a door mat every time accidentally gets in the way, eee Capitalism and Corns. Convincing the wage slaves that god is particularly concerned about them, reminds us of the story of an old English lady, whose pastor was telling her that she should be grateful for the many mercies received during @ long life. ~ “Yes,” she said, “god has been very good to me, sir, but he do ” take it out in the cor g se 8 Now You Zell One “T must emphasize the H peaceful tendencies of 4 our foreign policies.”— Premier Bartel of Po- land, WARMTH, RELATIVE Of Wilkins in the Arctic There are columns in the press, And the gentle icebergs cluster Round his fur-lined northern dress; But when thinking about snowfields It is always well to note | You can be as cold in Sydney If yOu have no overcoat! There are wild and awful blizzards « In the region of the pole, And the ice will form around you If you fall into a hole; { But the cold will grip you swiftly With exactly the same pain If you sleep without a blanket ‘Neath a tree in the Domain. When the northern lights are flaming In the distant northern night {f you have a well-warmed shelter You are probably all right; But a well-equipped explorer Might have all his hopes destroyed If he starved a while in Sydney With the winter unemployed! —The Australian Worker, “e @ Lords>Love and Luere. “Love is to collective humanity what the sun is to our solar system. We see love everywhere, the tender solicitude of the poor for those that jare poorer than they, and the warm- hearted generosity of those who have the means and the inclination to help.” The above words were written by the English Moslem peer, Lord Headley. Isn’t it cunning how he mixes us all up In one grand and happy family, but saves himself from being called a blooming Har by Inserting the cautious phrase “and the inclination.” If the Lord would stick his head under a Pas saic cop’s blackjack ordered out by the Botany Mills, he would discover that lucre and not love had some thing to do with “collective humant ty." But who can teach a British Lord, let alone one who Is a Moe lem? : 6.6 6 Bill Green and God. We wuz pondr’in over the soul ful remarks of Bill Green as to how it was “sinful and a thing of evil when profit is wrung from the needy and the helpless,” when our lamps lit on the following from the Koran: “Let there be no force in religion.’ / Now we know that Bill Green is no whiskey-drinking christian, but a Mohammedan. Allah be praised for the B. & O, Plan, erg What and Who Are the Enemy? “Humanity is a great army, marching to the conquest of un- known lands, against enemies both strong and cunning. The peoples are its corps, each with its special operation to carry ont.” ‘ ~From The Moslem Outlook, Cape Town, . oe “Breaking up the Home” “Come, Rudolph, quickly! Your child and my child are beating our child” —Nebelspalter, Zurich, a £| bl | eo