The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 20, 1926, Page 7

(A Buyglimect fy é E DAILY WORKER. + ALEX. BITTELMAN, Editor. Second Section: This Magazirie Section Appeare Every Saturday in The DAILY WORKER, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1926 Ae iRe Coal Miners Stealing Coal. IN THE WAKE OF THE NEWS KORETARY KELLOGG, as dumb a secretary ot state and as obedient, as ever conducted the for- eign affairs of the United States; is shaking the mailed fist at Mexico. The danger of intervention fm Mexico is by no means over. The Knights of Columbus are discreetly singing low for the good reason that their yelling for war on Mexico might @rouse the anger of the anti-Catholic elements and make things hot for the administration, if it could be proven that Coolidge was incited to -action by papal pressure. American diplomacy is not as slick ee the European brand. Kellogg usually speaks frankly. This is not a virtue. It is only stupidity. * io * - reason for the latest threat against Mexico is as follows: There is a revolution in Nicaragua and Mexico was charged with supporting the pro- gressive elements against the reactionaries that had the support of.the United States. Washington made a bluff at not recognizing the reactionary Chamorra regime on the ground. that it came into existence thru a coup d'etat. Yet this virtuous government of ours did not repudiate Mussolini of Italy, Horthy of Hungary, Primo de Rivera of Spain or Pilsudski * of Poland tho all those brigands seized power by force of arms. But he who expects honesty from a capitalist government is liable to be found want- ing. . 2 . + J P| ? HE reason-fer Washington’s refusal to recognize Chamorro was other than that. In all probabil- ity Chamorro did not See the necessity for comply- ing with the demands of American capital, or he held out for a better price than was originally of- fered. Then the progressive elements attacked, and hig government did not look like ten cents for a while. The United States got busy and sent cruis- ers to cheer up the reactionary forces. It was re- ported that Mexico sent arms to the progressives. The latest news is to the effect that a fellow by the name of Diaz has been seated in the presidential chair with the backing of the United States, So fields to the domain of American im By T. J. O'FLAHERTY Kellogg warns Calles to keep his hands off South America since that is the stamping ground of Ameri- can imperialism. It should also be noted that the American agent in Nicaragua, Lawrence Dennis, suggested to Diaz that he buy off the liberal oppo- sition with a few cabinet seats. N connection with the threat against Mexico in - the latest Kéllogg note on ‘the Nicaraguan ques- tion it might be well to notice that an obscure para graph appeared in the capitalist press a few days ago to the effect that the secretary of war sent out a notice to draft boards that functioned in the world war to gold themselves in readiness. The war de- “partment did not deny the report point blank but suggested that the story was based on indefinite instructions. It looks very much as if American cannon fodder might be soon asked to add more off lism. s » * ' did the queen of Roumania decide to leave ‘ for home so suddenly? This question is on every tongue. The queen says it is because her husband “Ferdy” is ill, But the queen would not quit a dog fight for that reason. What we think is this; The queen has her $150,000,000 loan tucked away in her royal stocking. And the storm of pre test against her mission, which was initiated by the Comniunists is reaching such proportions that the _. wise lady believes discretion is the better part of valor and deems it a good time to make herself scarce, There may be interesting developments in Roumania also. Ferdinand’s illness may only be diplomatic. But he is sitting on a tack and those that have the say in that oppressed country, those that own the real estate, can make “Ferdy” dance any way they‘want. Perhaps they are afraid the queen may get the $150,000,000 and leave them bit- ing their nails. There are many surmises, But just now we bet on the first two reasons. * . * T appears that the British miners by an over whelming majority have rejected the government peace proposals which were submitted by the fed- 1 eration leaders with more or less benevolent sug gestions for acceptance. This is the only case wé can recollect where the rank and file have persist ently and successfully resisted the counsels of their leaders to surrender. A. J. Cook and Herbert Smith are honest trade union leaders, but they made serious errors during the severe crisis. And the most serious was Cook’s failure to back up the déman@ifor a com plete discusion on the question of the betrayal of the general strike at the Bournemouth meeting of the British Trade Union Congress, . * 7 gaa South Wales miners, the Lancashire miners and the Scotch miners have refused the terms of surrender. Those terms meant longer hours and less pay. On the other hand British industry is in dire straits owing to the strike. It has lost $5,000, 000,000 directly so far because of the tie-up and its loss in trade is enormous. British 1s mow tmport- ing 4,000,000 tons of coal per month at a cost of more than $35,000,000, while in the same period last year she was importing hardly anything but was exporting $18,000,000 worth a month. Only five of her 470 blast furnaces are in operation. All this taken in conjunction with her $40,000,000,000 war debt shows what a sorry plight the old empire is in. HIE heroic struggle of the British miners is a glorious page in labor history. But for the aid rendered them by the Russian workers they would have been obliged to return to the pits lang ago, because of sheer hunger. It is to the everlasting discredit of the American workers that they have neither given financia! nor moral support to their comrades in Great Britain outside of the contribue- tions made by the radicals, those workers that the pampered labor fakers never tire of branding as enemies of labor. The A. F. of L. bureaucracy “re- ceived” a delegation of British trade unionists, who came here for money, gave them nice speeches and sent them home with their pockets empty. On the other hand the workers of the Soviet Union have already contributed over $5,000,000, Who are the friends of labor?