The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 9, 1927, Page 3

Why the Maneuvers on th Atlantic (This article, first published in the Young Worker, was written on the | opening day of the recently concluded maneuvers and the predictions made | in this article have been corroborated by subsequent news reports, In a future article by Jack Bradon, the Lindbergh flight will be explained as part | of the competition for air supremacy on the part o” France, Britain, and the | United States.) . * * The well advertised joint maneu- vers of the Army and Navy’ in New England and off its coast line, are be- ing conducted not for the sole pur- pose of war practice as the press in- dicates or as military leaders profess. But in addition to providing excellent é By ed training for Commanding Staffs and at Block Island lying some twenty- thé ranks of the armed forces, as well?°"¢ miles from ou »w England Coast jwhich calls for immediate guarding against. Such a belief will make easicr the squandering of millions of dollars for further militarization. Bo y oy later an open propaganda will be made for that part of the mil- ita tion plan of our imperialists which aims to establish a naval base, THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1927 Ce ne) | NINE AIRSHIPS HAVE CONQUERED ATLANTIC as invaluable practical and theoretical ' line and in the vicinity of which is the | data for the War College and War Department the outcome of the man- euvers, in harmony with the general) militarization plan, will soon be de- cided and broadcasted by the umpires, War College and the multitude of lesser agencies, as to create a basis and give great momentum to a wide- spread preparedness propaganda and activities—particularly in relation to Narraganset Bay capable of accom- odating a large fleet. With the attainment of this goal, ; American Imperialism will establish ‘a sort of a Honolulu of the Atlantic and will thus become quite invincible jin a defensive war even against a) {group of the larger capitalist nations. | | Thus fortified, we may expect a new, hitherto unheard of brutality to mark |the International dealings in which Page Three et ‘BELA KUN WARNS AMERICAN WORKERS CAPITAL PLOTS A WORLD-WIDE SLAUGHTER FOR THEM (Continued from Page One) | faces a new trial that may bring with /it a life sentence; his crime being {that he was a People’s Commissar in vould follow the s in the New rs would come (declared that no onc Horthy-Bethlen bann War, in v h the c from London. the Hungarian Soviet Republic. An- Prepare For War. {other prominent victim is Stephan British-Italian grip on Hungary Vagi, of the Socialist-Labor Party, re of munitions | which consists of elements that- have broke from the Soctalist Party The socialists have been the best allies of the reaction in the war on But these withdrawn, vw aiding in and a prohibition Horthy’s } " the shipmen nd capitalist the Hungarian trade unions, just as gttack on the : t Union. General the Thomases, the MacDonalds and); y training has been estab- even the Purcells give support to the the profes- Baldwin government, especially giv- andards and ing i 1 in the latest parliamentary of persistent attack the trade unions. new form of Socialists Split Unions. | Expulsions of militant sections of |, the trade unions where socialists are | the in controt of the national organizations pour in continually. iumerous desertions from by the peasant youth, an A a a element of disintegration are increasing. Tihs is testimony to “Conditions are such in Hungary the fact that the influence of the! gt the present time,” declares Bela growing in the unions. Kun, “that the people will not supe have split the min {union and they have acquiesced in the government’s dissolution of the rail- road workers’ organization. The so- et Union realized n regime is in por for long that the Horthy the hands of Great Britain and Italy.” Beth the Atlantic, 4 sf ; | cialists have also given their pledge The two pretenders to the throne : our Im w involved. § hi > ¥ nder acy a rd Ran it to further eee tions will become limitless and the | ganda Work ace the Talaentantea the eis 7 ate: bis moe bee | its present and potential rivals so as workers of this. country will be called peasantry. This leaves the Commu nol Alby aah 2 oe oh to bring them more completely under | YP With increased frequency to shed | nists and the Left Socialists as the Siaiahe the ceoerelaeei its domination, American Imperialism | their blood for the purpose ef sub- lonly champions of the oppressed|ihe Hu ee area § hak hay Rok. i develop a military Jugating other workers so as to safe-| | crea kina cai’ pica tae cae Phish ciple «eh otoy psn r} ill b bled | guard the wealth and power of our, | gh ; i 3: 2% world war. Both pretenders are o: “aiienee nay ee enabled to suc-| Fit This cf aia bee 0 0. phe the House of Hapsburg, hated be- cessfully fight, if necessary, even ‘J agreemen' reachet etween Ne cause of its 400 y of oppression against ‘combined armies and navies The Army and the Maneuvers. Horthy terror in 1922 with the so- of the Hi " F a iy ex- of a number of countries who, due to; The army authorities, too, will be in cialists, that provided for an accept-|treme mon for Prince the growth and crowding of American! a more favorable position to ask for| ance of the fascist regime by the so- Otto, Premier Bethlen vascillates be- Imperialism, may deem it wise and) more man power and appropriations. | cialist reaction with a pledge not to! tween both. It is declared that it necessary to temporarily reconcile | Major General Brown, who is in com- | oppose it. would not be difficult, under British their own differences and contradic-| mand of the land forces in these man-| The publicity given this vicious and Italian pressure, to foree a com- compact at the time caused quite a seandal in the Second (Socialist) In- ternational. A special Committee of the international of traitors, however, appointed to probe this unheard of treason even in the second inter- national, white-washed the Hungarian sotialists by declaring that they were faced with “an exceptiong] situation.” But since then the practice of the Hungarian socialists has become the Must Be On Our Guard. practice of the second international,” Bela Kun then points out that an another outstanding case being thd| aggressive attack by American work- treason of D’Aragona, who has joined! ers and farmers on the imperialist ~>~ | in the declaration for the diss olution} designs of the United States govern- SECRETARY DAVIS DETAILS PLANS FOR NEXT Chile, Too, Has “Red” si the ever! Trute Union Feders-|ment inthe orient cans help bt tion and surrender to the Mussolini}weaken any proposed Anglo-Ameri- Documents; Owe Many | terror. , can alliance in the Far East, which Millions to Britain! Te Communists in Hungary are | helps cripple the British bandits. tions long poo give military S| euvenm will be amply assisted in prop- tention to the curbing of the limitless| agating for the army. He will recom-| appetite of the giant that threatens to| mend do doubt, the strengthening of eventually swallow them all. | the Eastern Garis wit a thal Levi The propaganda for which the pres-|same time weakening those er | ent maneuvers are paving the road,|away from the coast line. He will} vantageous naval bases of which | speak of the necessity of more and will enable American imperialism to!longer ranged coast guns and will the fight on both coasts with equal ad- | yell for great mobi.*,; of the entire Cap vantage. It is intensely desirous to|land forces so ‘as to make possible prom between the two. Just as the defeat of the British general strike and the miners’ strug- gle that followed, released the strength of British imperialism for its present war on the Chinese revo- lution, just so will victory in the Far East give the British reaction new strength to build its power to attack the Soviet Union. LIEUT.COMMOR.READ =COMMDR FRANCO In view of the extreme newspaper hysterics over the trans-Atlantic flights of Lindbergh, Chamberlin and ine, the above map is interesting. It shows that the Atlantic has been crossed by airships no less than nine times before Lindbergh's tiight. The first trip over was by Commander Albert Reade, U. S. Navy, but was not a non-stop flight. Reade went from Newfoundland to the Azores, May, 1919, then on to England. Two British officers, Capt. John Alcock and Lieut. Arthur Brown made the first non-stop flight, in June of same year. In 1922 the Portuguese pilots, Captains Sacadura and Conhinto flew over the Canary Islands, Verde, Brazil route, a way to cross the Atlantic with two stops, but blazing the trail which the fascist cite: Tie Gauche. evenkaniite sc itkele bettie to" eithee EGaad On short | Propagandist, De Pinedo, claimed so much credit later, in 1927, for following. De Pinedo departed a little from PECRare SOR Sie 91h EVERCE Ee), Tees ; e i 3 a 2s the example of his predecessors, and flew two-thirds of the way over land. Others who have crossed are Smith Sioa onic hints (ascii toeople bat ies elects Poapigy of Nelson, 1924. Ramon Franco, Spanish, flew over the Cape Verde route in 1926. ‘wo. dirigibles have also making gestures et an alliance with! "acattered” soldiers to. defend a tront| Tossed, the British R-34 and the German (later American) ZR-3. Japan, ‘of 130 miles, beginning at Chatham) fi 3 % : ot There was a time, not so long ago,, Cape Code and ending at the mouth of when the ambitions of American Im- the Connecticut river. Fe A a ae yet a sa pesatce ave aise aimed st mit, WORLD SLAUGHTER; TELLS INDUSTRIAL POWERS to limit its protective program to the ‘itary propaganda, is further indicated | Pacific where it has obtained most ad-| by the fact that a great number of} basis of which|correspondents have been gathered to, pect were made by Secretary of War Honolulu is the most important. But give publicity to the maneuvers. The Davis yesterday at the annual con- vantageous naval now, not only did it come into fric- tional contact with Japan and par-} ticularly with Britain in China but it! tion propaganda. If these maneuvers| Jersey. has via the Dawes’ plan, the loan to, were held solely for war practice, | Italy, the pressure of its war loans,'n.wspaper ce?respondents would not| the mobilization of the power indus- ete., entered the very front door of its|/be welcome; because the war depart-| try in war time, but he made it clear European competitors; to say nothing ment knows the advisability of keep-| that this mobilization was only. part | mittee to investigate the power situa-| of having financially annexed Canada ing whatever discoveries ave derived| of a vast scheme involving the whole | tion, and at least partially other British from military maneuvers, While it is| of industry. |true that press correspondents do not) This development of American dom- write about things they are not want-| being worked out. inance calls for a gigantic naval and ed to, even trusted correspondents | have already been adopted. Capital, | tivities. military preparation orientated both often blabber. They are not all pro-| according to these plans, is to “play the delegates that. their industry will dominions, idea being to play up the maneuvers so as to pave the road for militariza- tact with the organization of railway | owners (American Railway Associa- tion). (Continued from Page One) | vention of the National Blectric Light Association at Atlantic City, New Protect Capitalists. During the last war, the Secretary The Secretary discussed primarily} worry. In certain areas there was! a shortage of. power. The Council of National Defense appointed a com-| Later this committee became the Power Section of the War In- Some of them industrial end of America’s war ac- The Secretary reassured on the Pacific and the Atlantic. And hibitionists and when drinks go in, its role,” but Secretary Davis took; not be nationalized. | since the Pacifie has already received words come out. The wat department |g00d care to make it clear that! | “In time of war,” he said, “the na-| adequate attention and fortification, |knows this and doesn’t take unneces-| Prefits will not be reduced under any | tional energies must not be taken out, the large scale naval maneuvers usu-| sary risks. Therefore, if these man- Circumstances. ally conducted on the Pacific have been transferred to the Atlantic. In a, practice the unprecedented staff of word, the military eye of American) newspaper men would not have been; in wartime is vested by law in the, machine. Imperialism has been focused upon Europe. And the spectacular front- paged maneuvers afford an excellent medjum with which to attract the pub- lie ear to propaganda for preparedness on the Atlantic. It matters but little what conclu- sions the War Department arrives at as a result of these maneuvers, one thing is reasonably certain and that is that the American people will be told in most skillful sentiment-mould- ing language that unless great prep- arations are undertaken at once, there is grave danger that some foreign foe will come and steal New York from under our very noses. Many will be made to believe this not as a remote ibility, but as an eventuality A Rare Pamphlet By LENIN SOVIETS AT WORK \ ! \ y real good fortune we ve been able to pur- chiase the only remaining lot| of this little booklet by ‘Lenin, right after the Russian revolution. No more are in print. Before these are sold out, we ask every worker who does not own a copy to secure one, 10. CENTS Other Books by Lento: ON CO-OPERATIVES —$.05 STATE AND REVOLUTION ON THE ROAD TO REC N — 2h ON ORGANIZATION (Cloth 1.50 The Daily Worker Pub. Co. 33 First Street " New York an ,euvers were conducted only for war ‘ gathered, Maneuvers a Threat to Britain. Some of the features in the conduct of the present maneuvers justify the statement that they constitute the) boldest peace-time threat ever made jby this government to an important foreign power. This threat is directed \at Britain not to renew her pre-dis- |armament conference alliance with) {Japan and to watch her step at the coming Geneva Naval Conference. One of the outstanding features dis- tinguishing these maneuvers from others is the fact that in no time in the peace-history of the country was |a make-believe attacking force actual- \ly named after a foreign power. The press is continually referring to the attacking torces in these maneuvers forces.” | The State and War department -must have approved of this terminol- cousults with the State department and is in turn consulted by the de- ‘partment on publicity relating to such matters. And the press as a rule echoes the attitude of the State de- partment, particularly when there is not a great conflict in the interests of the press owning groups. For the workers of this country those maneuvers, which are part of the general plan of militarization, there is a lesson; these preparations mean more wars, more blood shed, more exploitation and poverty, At every step the workers must block the greedy and bloody road led to by our imperialists. We must fight against military expenditures and mil- iturization of the country which is carried on among every strata of the the young workers, The young work- ers and the old, are the only power in this country that can put a stop to the war schemes of the ruling class. Instead of obeying our war instigat- ing master who will soon call upon us to “kill and be killed, we must turn upon them and once for all relegate the system of robbery, poverty and war to @ past chapter, yes a sad chap- ter in the history of man, Acco wna vaste as the “British Fleet,” altho officially those forces are known as the “black | ogy for, the press because the press | 700,000 different items of every con- population, but - particularly among! P of the hands of the private agencies, | WU Billion in Two Years. lexperienced in their case, and put) The power of mobilizing industry into the hands of a gigantic official Such a machine could not} | War Depariment. During the last| manage them as effectively. Private | imperialist war, the government spent initiative, energy, and resourcefulness | \fourteen billion dollars from June| must ndt be thrown aside and the 11917 to April 1919. Of this sum,| vital and complicated processes of | twelve billion was spent on war sup-| production and transportation low- | plies, ered.” | | manufactured products in the United) However, a plan has been devised | | States at that time was only 62) for a certain amount of control. The} billion. {chief engineers of the army in con-} | Secretary Davis declared that prior junction with the National Electric | |to the imperialist war the United| Light Association keep an up-to-date | States was without an “adequate plan} survey of the power facilities in the | of national defense.” The General| United States. As a result of this| | Staff, organized ig 1903, was small| plan the War Department has in-| and restricted in its activities. In| valuable information on the subject 1920 the National Defense Act was) and knows just where surplus power} passed by Congress, ingreasing the| is located. } scope and powers of the General Low Wages. | Staff, and authorizing the War De-| Secretary Davis’ speech did not} partment to organize industry on &} touch on the role of the workers and, war basis. . farmers in the next war. He was} The National Defense Act provides| talking on a limited subject to a for seven supply branches. A war| group of power owners. He did. how- effort on a major seale, Secretary| ever, emphasize that wages wil! not Davis said, involves the supplying of| be “too” high. It is a sure thing} 5.000.000 articles, made up of some | that there are elaborate and snecific plans for drafting workers and far-| mers into the military and 1 for- ces that will “defend” the Wwvited) States in the next war for marlets| and investments. It would be interesting to know! | although the total value of | ceivable kind, and in quantities run- ning into many millions. | A general mobilization plan has been drawn up, he said. This plan aims to do away with the competition among industrialists which character- whether the American Fede of ized the last war. In the next war} kak . ‘ 3 | Labor, like the railroads, and the War Department plans to allocate | powar companies, has entered. into certain facilities to certain agencies! oie kind of agreement with the War of the government, and ~ ret them | Department for the industrial mobili- to accept aera ied production. | Jation of those workers who will not | T 5 higenahny e D t | be in uniform, but will remain in the wo years ago the War Depart- | ¢.-tories and plants to carry on pro- +ment presented to the railroad owners! Tuation a tentative plan for operating the |‘ C i | railroads in war, Secretary Davis | Bigger ond Better Wars. \said. ‘This plan has been developed; The experience of the lust im ‘by the Department in collaboration] pevialist blood-bath has taught us jwith the railroads and has been ap-|that such preparations as Secretary | proved by President. Coolidge, | Davis outlined are not made in vain. |. The plan provides that the rail-|A rrogvam of “national defense,” is roads shall not be taken over by the|#!ways advertised to the masses as | government “unless. the emergency | the best way to prevent war. It has ‘was such that in the opinion of the| ever yet prevented a war. It can- | President that step was necessary in, bot prevent a war. Its whole pur- order to insure the efficient prosecu-| P is te prosecute war, to make the | tion of the war." Should it be neces-; nex! war a “bigger and better” war | sary for the government, to take over} than ever, the railroads the Pres will ap-| The workers and farmers of Ameri- | point an executive assistant. who will) cn must watch this steady march of in turn be assisted by a committee! the capitalist governments, their own of railroad presidents nominated by| included, on the road to war. | the Association of Railroad Exec-| They must take the most energetic é utiyes, This plan was formally ap-| measures against the looming P ved ty tha ae mee oh the oa aravson ws a 4 c 5 - t bit ante antes Sf Pt ms eaninte * vat pen) Ba bi SANTIAGO, Chile, June 8.—In an effort to ape the tactics of Great | Britain whose position as her over-| lord is increasingly evident, local of- ficials have also been “discovering” said, the power industry caused some) documents similar to the forgeries! the future of concocted during the raid on Arcos, Ltd. In the present instance mysterious “letters” said to have been received rom the Arcos House are declared Canawmte plans fox tb of 4 | by the officials to have been found| great masses of the workers and pea- vent the collaboration -between the mn LS e next War are dustries Board, which conducted the | on the person of Teodoro Toro, a|sants oppose this new attack on the! imperialists of the United States and |Communist newspaper man who had | Soviet Union, but they are supported/ Great Britain in China, that paves |been jailed following a raid on his| by sections of the petit bourgeoisie.|the way for the new war on the home here. especially strong among the coal! miners, the leather workers and the agrictltural workers, declares Bela | Kun. | The development of the power of | Hungarian fascism, its consolidation | | and stabilization, depends entirely on British imperialism. England prepares its new war against. {the Soviet Union, and the Hungary | of Horthy is but a pawn in this cam- paign, Bela Kun points out. Bela Kun declares that not only “Everything possible, therefore, should be done by the workers in America,” declares Bela Kun, “to de- | velop the war against the war. The whole situation in China, growing out of the treason of Chiang Kai-shek, makes the thieving designs of Great Britain in China, so much easier of execution. It is the duty of the Com- munist Party in America to fight against any underestimation of the {war danger. America’s workers must do everything in their power to pre- Recently even a conservative paper! 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