The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 1, 1927, Page 7

| [ me Notes on Great Britain and Ireland HE LONDON DAILY HERALD, organ of the Trade Union Congress, in its issue of September 14, ‘carried two news stories on its front page of executions of Communists by the Dutch and Lithu- anian governments and of the passing of the death sentence on nine monarchist terrorists by a Soviet court in Leningrad. There is an editorial in the same issue commenting on the Soviet trial and regretting the: death sentence. There is not a word of editorial protest against the execution of the proletarian rev- olutionists in Dutch Batavia and in Lithuania. We are expected to believe that those camouflaged Brit- ish;labor imperialists are pacifists. They are, only in so far as pacifism serves the interests of the empire. * ca 7 Sesion on the subject, it might be timely to call attention to that liberal fraud Bertrand Russell, a scion of an old English family of imperialist rob- bers, now here on a lecture tour. Russell comes to the defense of British rule in India in the columns _ of Abraham Cahan’s Jewish Daily Forward. It is generally believed that Russell is a pacifist but he justifies British policy in India and is an eloquent apologist for the murder, loot and starvation policy carried out by the British government. He says that civilization has progressed thru conquest and that the Hindoos would kill each other off if the British withdrew their armies tomorrow. This we the British justification for occupying Ireland but since the British troops were withdrawn from south- ern Ireland after the treaty was signed, the death rate has been considerably lower than in “civilized” Britain. Most pacifists are imperialists under the skin. Only those with an income that is sweated out of the bodies of wage slaves can affsrd the luxury of looking at the world thru rose-colored glasses. Others must either fight to exploit others or strug- gle against the exploiters. Even George Lansbury, the most noted of British pacifists, is now going so rapidly over to imperialism that it is hard to keep up with his smoke. In this stage of the class struggle one must be on one side or the other. A middle ground is only tenable for a short time. * * * AMSAY MacDONALD charges Sir Austen Cham- berlain with rendering the empire a disservice at Geneva when he cast aspersions on the famous Pro- tocol of 1924 which MacDonald considered one of his grestest achievements while in office. Chamberiain thinks the Protocol is alright if one wants. to kill the empire. MacDonald: believes that. it will save the empire. Two great minds with but a single thought, but tho their aims are similar their meth- ods are not. Now, MacDonald proposes that the League of Nations appoint a commission to examine the Protocol of 1924 and that the British government call an imperial conference to discuss the interna! administration of the empire in relation to Protoco! . obligations. The fact is that this famous Protocol which was to bring peace on earth—at least to coun- tries fairly well supplied with the tools of war—is now as dead as a pickled haddock. Even Philip Snow- den, MacDonald’s chancellor of the exchequer, deliv- ering a speech in opposition to it inthe house of commons a few weeks ago. The best of relations exist between the right wing labor party members and the government. Indeed the so-called “left”? mem- bers are toothless and the erstwhile militants of the Clyde have lost their punch. The atmosphere of the house of commons and the swing to the right made POISONED. By T. J. OFLAHERTY J. H. Thomas Two English Mis-Leaders of Labor Ramsay MacDonald by the leaders of the trade union movement in re- cent years are responsible for the growing respecta- bility of the once “wild men” from the Clyde. A change is bound to come. Tho the leaders of the trade unions have gone to the right the masses must go to the left. The influence of the Communist Party is growing as can be seen from the increased circulation of its press. * * + AUL VALIERE, a French Communist, was sen- tenced to six months imprisonment with hard labor for having entered England without permission for the purpose of attending the Minority Movement conference in Battersea and later on attending a Communist meeting in Trafalgar Square. Valiere who is 25 years of age landed on the English coast from a sailing vessel and the charge against him including landing elsewhere than at an approved port. A young clerk who was accused of sheltering Valiere was acquitted. * * * N THE RECENT Irish elections, Tom Johnson, leader of the Irish Labor Party, was accused by BIOLOGICAL NOTE With dainty tou. You wield a tiny pencil Tracing each eyebrow Into a thin curved line, Thinking thereby To make yourself more attractive To the male. Do you knov Madame, The purpose eyebrows? The purpose of eyebrows? They were given us. To keep the sweat From running into our eyes. —HENRY REICH, JR. —Sketch by Fred Ellis. — 2 — an opponent of being an atheist and the head of an organization affiliated with Moscow. Johnson in- dignantly denied those charges and they weré: with- drawn. This did not help Johnson in his fight, how- ever. He was defeated. * * & R.FENNER BROCKWAY, secretary of the I.L.P. attended the anti-imperialist congress at Bras- sells and at that time seemed to be quite enthusi- astically in favor. of its mission. But at the recent conference of the executive of the Labor and Social- ist International. at Brussells, he declared that the League Against Imperialism and Colonial Oppression was another Communist maneuver directed against the socialist movement and therefore the LL.P. would not join the League. No doubt the LL.P. re- ceived its instructions from the British foreign of- fice and Mr. Brockway was merely carrying them out like a loyal son of King George Sela a ian on to Valentin no’s wid lonely life in his bu Great Bri * * 8 a Rambova, one of Rudolph . the dead sheik is not living a ngalow beyond the dark ocean. im is a happy hunting ground for the spook | herefore it is not surprising that Miss Ri sould try to make an honest penny by getting out a book in London, telling all about it. “Caruso,” declares Rudolph, “comes to see me frequently. Efe does not leok just as he used to either. He looks more like his musie sounded, if you can imagine what I mean.” We don’t unless he means that Caruso has been transformed into a wild bull ef the pampas. Rudy and Caruso go to hear the opera and in general have a helluva good time. Most of the film stars are with Rudy. The ex-sheik tips off Pula Negri, that she is mediumistic if she only knew it. When she bent over his body Valen- tino, according to his own spiritual admission flew right up to her and seized her by the arm and shouted in her ear. Well, this is what I gathered out of the Lendon Daily Herald, 1nOVa S: * * * gee labor leaders who voted for the dissolu- tion of the Anglo-Russian trade union committee still insist that their friendship for the Russian people is as strong as ever. No doubt the tory government entertains the most friendly feelings towards the Russian people but entertains the most bitter malice towards the government that the Russian people have selected to regulate the coun- try’s affairs and o¥ganize its defense against foreign foe and native conspirater. George Lansbury, writ ing in the New Leader, blames the Russian trades unions for the rupture, attributing it to the lan- guagé employed by the Russ¥ans in their communi- cations with the British leaders. The real cause of the rupture is that the British leaders refused to carry out thé original agreemech cntered into between thé trade councils of both countries which called fora militant struggle against imperialism at home and abroad. * * 7 THERE is a movement developing among the Irish 1 hourgeoisie for unity between the De Valera an Cosgrave parties. Owing to the bitterness engen- dered between the two factions of the former Sinn Fein organization it is not likely that anything will come of it in the near future, but there are no fundamental differences between Cosgrave and De Valera. The latter is influenced by the church and the church is mighty in Ireland. Hitherto the bishops have supported Cosgrave but in the recent elections they did not come out with their customary fulminations against the Republicans. A_ strong minority of De Valera’s followers would not follow him into an alliance with Cosgrave and that politi- cal opportunist will not move until he feels that hiv army will retreat with him. The Sunday Work- er of Great Britain, left wing organ, has devoted two pages of each of the last two issues to the Irish situation. The issue of September 11 contains the pictures of Jim Larkin, his son, James Larkin, Jr. and Jack Carney. The latter was not a candidate for election in Ireland but Larkin and his son were, Larkin being successful. Judging by the Sunday Worker articles, an effort will be made to build a mass Workers Party in Ireland. At the present no political workingelass organization of a radical nature exists there, outside of the little Workers Party, which is not recognized by the Communist International. The Labor Party is discredited on account of its reactionary policy and suffered sev- erely in the defeat of its two principal leaders Tom Johnson and William O’Brien, VIEW FROM MY CELL Across the street the building is too high To see the smallest stretch of sky. The window, far away, prevents my sight From roaming far to left or right. I can’t see clouds by day; at night no stars, But only criss-crossed prison bars. —DAvm Gorpdon.