The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 17, 1927, Page 4

Page Four THE DAILY WORKE R. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1927 The Hearst Forgeries, the Monroe Doctrine, the Nicaraguan Invasion and Mexico By WILLIAM F. DUNNE. The outburst against Mexico and Nicaragua in the Hearst press fol- lowing as it does closely upon the ppointment of ae Morrow, a| partner of t Mexican am preceding | Pan-American | to be held in Ha- | the much adve ed Union Conferenc yana on January me rely as one of the evidence nti-Mexican liam Randolph H much valuable proper Hearst—the Coolidge Booster. In the first place, the Hearst press, \3 with its tone s Arthur Brisbane, its $100,000 per year editorial w is perhaps the most enthi ie sup- | porter of the Coolidge-Kellogg-Mel- { lon-Wall Street administration. 16, > taken 2 owner of 2 Mexico. Its praise of Coolidge, Kellogg and Mellon is of the most fulsome kind, Brisbane himself never overlooking an opportunity to write in a tone of slavish adulation of this trio of im- | perialists, collec and severally. | *eudal grovelled before clerieal-feudalism Hearst and Clerico- Reaction. The Hearst p the avalanche whic charist congr in Chicago last year! and which was used to whip up ha-| tred of the Calles government among | wide circles of American Catholic The palpably » documents which Hearst is publishing now are admi tedly furnished by the same landlord and clerical elements which tried to organize the Catholic boycott in and | outside of Mexico following the Eu- | charist congress, and which a short | time ago backed the abortive ccunter- | revolution led by Gomez and Serrano. The Connection Established. i The publication of the Hearst docu-! ments establishes publicly the con-/ nection between active American im- | perialist inter d the reaction- ary elements hos o the Calles re- | gime. No longer of preceded and following the Eu- can these clerico-feudal | reactionaries pose as “Mexican pa-; triots.” The sale of forgeries to} Hearst, the obvious willingness to ac- | cept assistance from Wall Stfeet in! si order to weaken the middle class na- tionalist government of Mexico, the ! unblushing and open appeal to the | lowest depths of Yankee jingoism for | aid against the Calles government, stamp these reactionary elements as Mexican Benedict Arnolds, preferring ; imperialist domination for their coun- try to struggle against imperialism. Reaction Has No .Popular Support. | The swift manner in which the last reactionary revolt was crushed forces the conclusion that clerico-feudal re- action in Mexico has little or no real} popular support, that it cannot be a} powerful menace to the Calles regime | without unlimited support from Wall Street and its government. Furthermore, in the present stage ; of imperialism there is no such thing as purely “native” reaction. In Me ico, as in all other countries which | have lagged behind in capitalist de- velopment and which are either dwned | outright, controlied cr threatened by imperialist nations, the forces of na- | tional reaction are actually the base | of the imperialists, the forces which are used to overthrow the anti-im- perialist colonial and semi- colonial | governments. | Imperialism’s Base. | Imperialism sometimes prefers to| use these forces rather than to or. | ganize armed intervention under its own banner. The first method has the possibility of being made to ap- pear as a “native” movement and does not bring about that consolida- tion of all honest nationalist elements | against imperialism which interven- tion does. It is cheaper and less dan- | gerous. | But if native reaction is too weak | for imperialism’s purposes, if it can- | not set up and maintain a reaction- | ary as a puppet of imperialism. arm- ed intervention follows as soon as it ean be arranged with the minimum of risk. A Stalking Horse for Wall Street. This is the role of Mexican clerico- feudal reaction—to serve as a stalk- ing horse for Wall Street, to weaken the nationalist government as much} as possible and, failing to bring an-| other Diaz to power, to prepare the way for intervention. It is in this light that we miner regard the latest onslaught of the/ Hearst press upon Mexico—as part of the general Mexican policy of American imperialism outlined above. Popular Protest Aroused. Second, the invasion and conquest | of Nicaragua by a combination of | military and naval forces and finan cial penetration, designed to make of this country a second Canal Zone and at the same time another buffer state | between Mexico and Ce and the South Americé another step in the dev the general program of American im- | perialism for complete domination of | the ibbean area as against Great | Britain and also intimately bound up with the Far Eastern policy of Wall Street, has aroused much popular | criticism, protest and opposition. Pan-American Union Conference. At the coming Pan-American U Conference, at which the lead spokesmen of American imperialism, | including Coolidge, will be preseii the Nicaraguan policy will be under } | ’ ter, | s {les government, and which the state | state and war jthat it at least had as much right to |support Sacasa as Kellogg and Cool- | | SELVES. The Latin-American press is bitter in its criticism and Mex- | looked upon by the Latin-Amer- | v republics as the leader of the op- | position to the Wall Street program. | Two Excuses for Intervention. The Wall Street-Coolidge-Kellogg policy in Nicaragua was justified by administration spokesmen on two grounds: | First, that the Calles government | yas giving aid and comfort to “Bol- | st plotters” of Latin-America | gainst the United States. Second, thdt the canal treaty with | Nicaragua made it eminently right and proper for the American govern- | ment to anything it believed neces- ry to protect its canal zone from hostile powers. Purposes of the Documents. The Hearst documents are intend- | ed to corroborate the wild tale with | which Secretary of State Kellogg re- | galed the representatives of the capi- talist press services relative to the} “anti-American” activities of the Cal- | department tried to force all press services to carry as legitimate news without the state department taking any responsibility for The Hearst forgeries also are de- signed to prove that the Calles gov- ernment gave aid in the form of fi- nance and munition to the popular forces which rebelled Diaz-Wall Street dictatorship in Nica- ragua. Some Facts. | That Mexico had recognized the Sa- casa government which the American department crushed, | idge had to support Diaz (are the} facts that are not mentioned Hearst and his war-mongers. | A New Stage in the Monroe Doctrine | This brings us to a third and vitally | | important point: It is that the Mon- ,Toe Doctrine has developed to a new | stage. Briefly, the stages of its de- | velopment are as follows: by Who Backs “Hearst? t Back of Hearst are the most pow- jerful sections of America’s imperial- | First, that period when the Monroe |ist —rulers—finance- capital repre- Doctrine served to justify joint! sented by the House of Morgan and struggle by the United States and| Dwight Morrow with its holdings of | power trying to establish its domina- | bonds, oil barons, metal mining capi- tion over any substantial section of | talists and landowners. Latin-America. | It is possible and even probable | 7 Second, that period when the | that Wall Street does not give cate- United States itself determined the |gorical approval to all of the state- policy toward European powers. ments and insinuations made by Third, the present period when Hearst and that it does not contem- Wall Street government not only de- | plate intervention NOW. jmands that it alone shall determine} But there cannot be the slightest ‘the policy of Latin-American repub- | doubt that Wall Street welcomes this lies toward European powers, but |campaign as a blow at the Calles gov- / ALSO DEMANDS THAT IT ALONE | ernment and will be only too glad SHALL DETERMINE THE RELA- Ito use it if possible to force more | |TIONS BETWEEN THE LATIN-|concessions from Mexico. |AMERICAN REPUBLICS THEM-| wall Street Welcomes Attack. Finally, it is certain that Wall Stated differently, this means that | Street’s Latin-American program ha Wall Street government considers it- | advanced to the point where it is d self the sole arbiter of the fate of | liberately aggressive in the political all Latin-American governments. If | sense. The.interpretation of the Mon- Wall Strect refuses to recognize a|roe Doctrine which makes American government, whether it be the gov-| government the dictator of internal ernment of Mexico or the gcvernment | Latin-American relations, and which |of Nicaragua, it demands that all La- corresponds with its role as a world tin American governments follow its| imperialist power, is sufficient proof example. of this. What It Means For Labor. For the American labor movement and the whole American working class these developments are of the most vital significance. They mean that the weakening of the American labor movement thru the attack on the United Mine Work- ers and the needle trades, the pro- gressive militarization of the masses, the placing of American industry on an army corps area basis, have the sinister purpose of co-ordinating an aggressive foreign policy with ag- gression against the working class and its organizations. The menace of imperialist war for the American masses can never be ab- | gent from the present period. A surong and conscious labor movement is the best protection for the masses Lenin Said:- | “Politics is a science and an art that did not come down from Heaven and is not acquired gratis. If the proletariat wishes to defeat the bourgeoisie, it must train from among its ranks its own proletarian class politicians who should not be inferior to the | bourgeois politicians.” And he proceeded to organize the Bolshevik Party of Russia | without which the Russian Revolution would have been impossible. We must organize a strong party in this country that will be able to organize and lead the masses. The Workers (Communist) Party asks you to join and help in the fight for: A Labor Party and a United Labor Ticket in the 1928 elections. The defense of the Soviet Union and against capitalist wars. The organization of the unorganized. Making existing unions organize a militant struggle. The protection of the foreign born. Application for Membership in Workers (Communist) Party (Fill out this blank and mail to Workers Party, 43 E. 125th St., N. Y. City) The Real Issue. | If, in spite of its pressure, another Latin-American government recog- nizes the offending regime, Wal! | Street. government considers that “an unfriendly act” and “a plot against the United States.” This is practically the whole ques- tion at-issue with the Calles regime | so far as its support of the Sacasa| government was concerned. The new attack by the Hearst press, as were the previous inflammatory | statements of Kellogg, is intended to notify not only the Calles government |but ALL Latin-American govern- ments that American imperialism will tolerate no opposition to its latest in- terpretation of the Monroe Doctrine and the policy of domination and con- quest based upon it. CRGUP REIT 65:55 sccisins,e tie ois oxs's 6.4.00 Beco ML ta ew ae ee WN ea Uae dioblad (Enclosed find one dollar for initiation fee and one month’s dues.) / ’ & After a strenuous day gi the polls the socialist wares to await the next political fair. hucksters THE STAGGERING STEED return home with their and the biggest jhathele to carrying®to ara with a suspicious eye all out the Wall Street program. | Working Class Preparedness. 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Angle, Minneapolis, Minn, 1.00 New York ‘City .. 8.75 |Abe Ezkowitz, New York City ..1.00 Buy your tickets at The DAILY WORKER office, 108 Kast 14th DAILY WORKER and this theatre. The New Playwrights Theatre 40 Commerce Street, near Presents Paul The firs? modern labor play to debunk company unionism and the so-called prosperity in the Ford factories. UPTON SINCLAIR SAYS OF “THE BELT”; e produced one of the n in my life. * Sheridan Square Greenwich Village TELEPHONE WALKER 5786. THE ONLY HOME FOR LABOR PLAYS IN AMERICA If the workers knew how much fun you your little theatre couldn't hold the crowds, ars younger, to start writing for your theatre all over Street and held The Sifton’s play BELT most vivid and exciting labor piays I wish 1 | jured. Killed By The A Kept Woman Commits 3y. The HE s Suicide in “New York” at the Mansfield Theatre LAYS have a Mabie nowadays of starting out with promise and wind- ing up without making good. The first scene of “New York” playing at the Mansfield with i Ruth Shepley and George MacQuarrie in the leading roles opens on a living By room in a working- the breadwinner + Conway, layer, is injured refused compensa- tion under the Workmen’s Com- | pensation law for | | the alleged reason that he appeared | |before an inspector with the smell of liquor on his breath. Ruth Shepley comes home from work and admits that she stole a purse belonging to the daughter of the man for whom her father was working when he was in- The admission turned the father against her and almost immedi- ately afterwards the lady who lost the purse arrives with a detective and the | next scene opens on a line-up at the | police station. Here the brutality of the police is shown effectively. A tims, dragged in to show themselves to the masked detectives and when they answered a question they were | abused and threatened with punish. ment for answering. scene as‘anybody who ever had the | pleasure (?) of finding himself in a similar situation knows only too well. | The bricklayer’s daughter is sent up |to Auburn for two years. When she returns her father refuses to take her in because there never was a thief in the Conway family so she | leaves the house in the company of | the detective who was made her par- | ole officer, thru the influence of Mr. Crane, father of the lady whose purse she took, also her father’s employer at the time he got hurt. Of course the detective has designs on the girl’s honor and even if he were not the kind of a dog who takes a job as stoolpigeon his personal ap- pearance would freeze any tender emotion that might be expected to bloom in the girl’s: heart. After assisting Mr. Crane’s daugh- ter to get a divorce from her husband, Madeline finally winds up in Cathedral Towers, on the 36th floor of a sky- seraper as the mistress of Mr. Crane, She reaches those heights thru the aid of Alma Lavelle, played by Mabel Acker to perfection. After considerable conversation dur- ing which cynical remarks are made on things in general including virtue, the play comes to an end after Mr Crane’s son falls in love with has father’s mistress, which quite natur-| ally aroused the indignation of the father. The play might be an effective at- | tack on capitalist society with all its works and pomps but it seems to me, that it is wrecked by bad acting and | the introduction of chap melodrama. Mabel Acker as Allma LaVelle was the gag-shooter and being a likable person, at least from the sixth row, pleased the pleased the customers. George Pro- j class family where | a_brick- | while at work, but | The bricklayer’s daughter Maceline | brutalized lieutenant bawls at the vic- | It is a realistic | FRIE A INESC ORT | With Testi Howard in “Escape,” |John Galsworthy’s tense drama at the Booth Theatre. bert as Sanchez the detective sueceed- ed in getting himself thoroughly dis- liked which may indicate that Sam- | uel Ruskin Golding, the author of the play does not like “dicks.” | Ruth Shepley as Madeline Conway | struggled thru the piece like an un- fortunate daughter of sin who could | never be reconciled to her role of an old man’s private darling. | George MacQuarrie as the roue i Crane was too much of a blackguard to be convincing. John D. Seymour as Mr. Crane’s son could not be more {unfitted for his role. George Conway. jas the honest and indignant brick- layer aroused my anger so he prob- |ably did a good job. Te OF? |Civic Repertory Group to | Open Children’s Theatre The Civic Repertory Theatre has embarked on a pew policy. The or- ganization will furrish entertainment to the younger generation, It is the intention of Eva Le Gallienne’s Four- teenth Street Playhouse to present special children’s performances every Saturday morning. The first of these will take place this Saturday when Bobby Fulton will join with his puppets in giving “Jack. and the Beanstalk.” Bobby Fulton is the master of puppets who served his apprenticeship with Tony Sarg, and whose performances of fairy tales were so successful at Fifth Avenue Playhouse last year, The Civie Re- pertory Theatre will provide its chil- dren’s Saturday mornings with the best available entertainments. Jt is planned to have the Civic Reportory group give special performan at least a few Saturday mornings during {the year. The first performance of ‘the “Twelfth Night” this year will be jgiven Saturday morning, December 17. The cast will include Eva Le Gallienne, Josephine Hutchinson, Al- ma Kruger, and Egon recher. | ees 5 William B. Friedlander will start rehearsals on Daisy W olf’s play “We Never Learn” this Wednesday. The east will include Phyllis Povah, | Charles Trowbridge, Austin Fairman, ‘Helen Flint, Mabel Kromans and Al- fred Cross. ay Ale Max Reinhardt’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream” oP TONIGHT at § SHARP at CENTE URY heatre. Boh Mat. Friday | The Theatre Guild Presents | PORGY!I Th. W. Guild Wie Tati Theatre, 41 St. W. of B'w ¥ National 2YSS50, site Wed. esau Extra Mat. res) lection Day) Tuesda, “The Trial of Mary Dugan” By Bayard acts with ANN HARDING—REX CHERRYMAN The Desert Song ; with Robt, Halliday & Eddie Buxzell | ond Year IMPERIAL ‘HEA,, 45 St.W.of B'way Hvenings 8:30 Mats. Wed. ‘ee Baty 2:30, LYRIC k aice A ies W. of B'wa w. he . Thurs, & Sat. 2: a | ry nd MARY ELLIS with Garrick Players in the Modern TAMING of the SHREW DRacw Bway, 46 St. Rvs. 8.36 FULTON inet & is 2:30 Wim. 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