The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 17, 1929, Page 3

DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JAN RYT; 1929 gage Three Secret German Document Reveals Anglo-American A REICH WAR GHIEF INTERNATIONAL SITUATION URGED BIG FLEET FOR PENDING WAR Confirms Polish Anti-| Soviet Activity LONDON, Jan. 16.—Secret mili- tary treaties in preparation for an- other war were brought to light | here today with the publication in | the British Review of Reviews of, | what purports to be, a secret docu- | ment signed by the German Minister | of Defense, General Groener, which | he communicated to the government | on the occasion when the Reichstag was discussing the construction of armored cruisers. The document, which found its way into British hands in some mysterious way, reveals the group- ing of European powers in two main phalanxes—-cither taking sides in the rapidiy critical Anglo-Amer- ican antagonism or siding with the | British-French-Polish_ entente} against the Soviet Union, The main point of the memorandum is to urge the rapid construction of cruisers for Germany so that- when war comes Germany will be in a posi- tion to “uphold her rights with weight” and “take part in the fight if there are real prospects of suc- cess.” The cruiser bill was passed when the social-democrats voted | against the Communist proposal for a referendum, thus assuring the passage of the bill. Britain Anti-Soviet. After enumerating the antagon- isms in the Balkans between France, supported by the British, and Italy and the maneouvering of Poland along the Soviet frontier he declares that the “antagonism between Eng- land and Russia is notorious.” “Revelations of the last few weeks reveal as if by a search-light the future grouping of powers around England and France on the one hand, and America on the other. The fighting out of these antagon- isms is only a question of time.” Stronger Navy. After pointing out that Germany would also be drawn into the strug- gle he adds, “If there are prospects of success, the stronger Germany is, the better she will be able to realize them. The only way the country’s fighting power can be increased is by the navy.” He points out that Poland is strengthening her fleet by ordering destroyers and submarines , from abroad. But more important than this, he writes, is a secret treaty be- tween Poland and France, of which Germany has learned, under which France has agreed to support Po- land in case of a war with a strong cruiser squadron on the Baltic Sea. He explains that the Franco-British naval agreement guarantees the protection of the French colonies and routes on the Mediterranean. MORGAN PARTNER ON DAWES BOARD Lamont Suggested for Reparations Expert WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. — J. Pierpont Morgan notified the world, unofficially, yesterday that he had other and still more important in- terests than sitting on the repara- tions “council of experts” to modify the Dawes plan, and that some | junior partner of the banking house of Morgan would do. : There are rumors that Thomas W. | Lamont is to be selected. He has! been already announced as Morgan’s| alternate. Another name suggested is that. of Morgan’s partner, Jay. Owen D. Young of the General! Electric Co. seems certain as on¢ of the delegates, but he also has an al- ternate, Thomas Nelson Perkins, middle Western. banker and Calumet and Heckla Copper Co. man. i All of these appointments are un- | official. The U. S. government takes | the position that the American repre- | sentatives attend in their own! capacity. That this is a fraud, is well known, for the reparations council of the Allies will not invite anybody that the Coolidge admi: tration has not previously “unoffi- cially” recommended.* No formal! invitation has yet been issued. | The American bankers’ men at ‘the conference will try to dictate policy by their control of U. S. bond | markets, but if their propositions | are not accepted, the U. S. govern-, ment wishes to be in a position to refuse to recognize the decisions. 3 Peasants Devoured by Wolves in Poland VIENNA, Jan. 16 (U. P.).—Three peasants in Hastern Poland were devoured by wolves during the weekend. A number of shepherds were injured by the hungry beasts and many head of sheer and cattle Killed. The cold wave throughout central Europe made the wolves fearless through hunger, and reports of attacks were received from Jugo- slavia, Southern Hungary, Poland and Russia, where soldiers with ma- Fagen guns have joined the campaign AND THE TASKS OF THE COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL NEW AFGHAN KING satire Sees eee | (NOTE—Today the Daily Worker begins publication of the theses of the 6th World Congress of the Communist International ov “The International Situation and the Tasks of the Communists.” The 6th Congress was held in Moscow from the middle of July until the opening days of September of last year. The Daily Worker has already published the theses of the World Congress on the war danger and the tasks arising from it—EDITOR) * * * INTRODUCTION 1. After the first world imperialist war, the international labor moyement passed through a series of historical phases of development, expressing various phases of the general crisis of capitalist system. Phases of Crisis. The first period, was the period of extremely acute crisis of the capitalist system, and of direct revolutionary action on the part of the proletariat. This period reached its apex of development in 1921 and culminated on the one hand in the victory of the Union of So- cialist Soviet Republics over the forces of foreign intervention and internal counter-revolution and in the consolidation of the Commu- nist International. On the other hand it ended with a series of severe defeats for the Western European proletariat and the beginning of the general capitalist offensive. The final link in the chain of events in this period was the defeat of the German proletariat in 1923. This defeat marked the starting point of the second period, a period of gradual and partial stabilization of the cavitalist system, of the “restoration” process of capitalist economy, of the development and exransion of the capitalist offensive and of the continuation of the defensive battles fought by the proletarian army weakened by severe defeats. On the other hand this period was a period of rapid restoration in the U. S. S. R., of extremely important successes in the work of building up Socialism, and also of the growth of the political influence of the Communist Parties over the broad masses of the proletariat. i Third Period Finally came the third period which, in the main, is the period in which capitalist economy is exceeding the pre-war level and in which the economy of the U. S. S. R. is also almost simultaneously exceeding the pre-war level (the beginning of the so-called “reconstruction period,” the further growth of the Socialist forms of economy on the basis of a new technique). For the capitalist system, this is the period of rapid development of technique and accelerated growth of cartels and trusts, and in which tendencies of development towards state capitalism are observed. At the same time, it is a period of intense development of the contradictions of world capitalism, opera- ting in forms determined by the whole of the preceding process of the crisis of capitalism (contraction of markets, the U. S. S. R., colonial movements, growth of the inherent contradiction of im- perialism). This third period, in which the contradiction between the growth of the productive forces and th» contraction of markets become par- ticularly accentuated, is inevitable giving rise to a fresh series of imperialist wars:—among the imperialists states themselves; wars of the imperialist States against the U. S. S. R.; wars of national liberation against imperialism and imperialist intervention; and to gigantic class battles. The intensification of all international an- tagonisms (antagonisms between the capitalist States and the U. S. S. R., the military occupation of Northern China—which is the be- ginning of the partition of China—the mutual struggles between the imperialists, etc.), the intensification of the internal antagonisms in capitalist countries (the swing to the Left of the masses of the work- ing class, growing acuteness of the class struggle), and the wide development of colonial movements (China, India, and Syria), which are taking place in this period, will inevitably lead,—through the further development of the contradictions of capitalist stabilization — to capitalist stabilization becoming still more precarious and to the severe intensification of the general crisis of capitalism. I, THE TECHNIQUE AND ECONOMICS OF WORLD INDUSTRY. 2. There is not the slightest doubt that considerable progress has been made in the technique of industry in a number of capitalist countries. In some countries (United States, Germany), it has as- sumed the character of a technical revolution. The gigantic growth in the employment of internal combustion engines, electrification, the development of the chemical industry, the new methods of producing synthetic fuels and raw materials (benzine, artifical silk, etc.), the employment of light metals and the extensive development of auto- mobile transport on the one hand and the new forms of organization of labor, which is linked up with the extraordinarily rapid development of the endless chain system on the other, have revived the productive forces of capitalism. On this basis foreign trade is expanding and the export of capital is increasing to an extraordinary degree. The relative importance of the latter form of economic intercourse between countries has grown considerably compared with pre-war times. Growth of Trusts. 8. In the sphere of economics there is to be observed an excep- tionally rapid growth of capitalist monopoly, (cartels, trusts and banking consortiums) which are exercising increasing influence on agriculture, Simultaneously with the organization of capital in cartels and trusts on a “national” scale, there is an increase in the growth of international finance capitalist tombines. At the same time a growth is observed in state capitalist tendencies, both in the form of state capitalism proper (state electrical stations; municipal indus- trial and transport enterprises), as well as in the form of the mer- ging of private enterprises with the organs of the state. 4, Meanwhile, the general crisis of capitalism is assuming new forms and is developing special and specific contradictions, which arise out of the radical structural changes that have taken place in the world economic system. Contradictions Leading to Explosion. The transference of the economic center of capitalism from Europe to America and the growing efforts of Europe, now recovered and trustified, to liberate herself from the economic domination of the United States; the development of capitalism in colonial and semi- colonial countries; the disproportion between the rate of growth of the economic and military power of certain countries and the dimen- sions of their colonial possessions; the danger threatening the posi- tions of the imperialists in the colonies, primarily in China; the development of the U. S. S. R.i—the counter balance to the world capitalist system which revolutionizes the working class of all coun- tries, and the toiling masses of the colonies—all these contradictions cannot but lead, in the final analysis, to another explosion. 5. The growing productive forces of capitalism come more and more into conflict with the restricted internal markets—which have contracted as a result of the state of ruin prevailing in a number of imverialist countries after the war, the growing pauperization of the po ant masses in the colonies—as well as with the structure of post- war world industry, the inherent contradictions of which have greatly increased and become more complicated as a result of the new, fundamental antagonism that exists between the U. S. S. R. and the capitalist countries, “German Problem.” The disturbance of the equilibrium between America and Europe finds most striking expression in the so-called “German problem” and in the decline of British imperialism. Germany, having rapidly achieved a higher level of development—thanks to a considerable degiwe to American capital—and compelled to pay reparations and interest on loans, cannot find sufficient markets for the export of her commodities and the whole system of her relationships is main- tained by means of repeated additions of American credits, which in their turn increase the competitive power of Germany in the world market. British Decline. The decline of British imperialism reveals itself directly as a continuous process of decline and stagnation of British industry which, notwithstanding all the attempts at rationalization and the serious depression of the standard of living of the working class, is steadily losing: its competitive power on the world market in the most important branches of exports, It reveals itself in the steady decline in the exports of British capital as well as in the fact that the British “ee has lost BRITISH INCITED REBELS FIGHTING | \Imperialists Continue | Anti-USSR Move | PESHAWAR, India, Jan. dar Omar Khan, who vanished from Fritish custody Allahabad, India, has joincd forces with Bacha Sakao, the rebel leader | and the insurgents have surrounded | |Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, |shelling the -city with heavy guns, niessages received hefe tonight said. rec LONDON, Jan. 16. |from the British emb: capital of Afghanistan, say that fighting still continues aroun] the city despite the abdication of King Dispatches in Kabul, Amanullah in favor of his older brother, It wid thut Bazbai Saka c jlLardit leader who lea.’s the ins gent tribesmen, has entered Kabul. British Protected. Although the British embassy in Kabul is reported to he in direct line of the firing, officials here state jthat the British Ambassador, iran- cis Humphreys, is absolutely safe. ‘The ambassador watched the prog- ress ‘f the fighting from the rout ot the legation with field glasses and sent his report directly to the ‘ritish station m_ India by radio. The British government was) forced otficiaily to declare thet | Coionel Lawrence, britisn spy in ihe Near Hast, was stationed under the name of “Private Shaw” on the Left, Amanullah, king of ism, and made a trade treaty him, have their own candidate in Kabul, the capital city. repulsed more than one British sell them out. ntagonism; Bloc ga Where British Imperialism Grabs at a the throne when the nobility and priesthood hired by British spies, attacked Amanullah’s government. Inayatilllah is supposed to be very pro-British, but the nobility serving England do not all recognize Below is a mountain fort, on the way to India. \Pravda Hails German CP in Honor Deaths of Liebknecht,Luxemberg: w Colony n of the Communist Party of the discusses the, Union, tenth ann y of the murdeviof: Rosa Luxemberg and Karl. Ijiéb- knecht by the bloo low socialists of Germ It reads “Phe fifteenth of January is a day of the t as follows: world proletariat, The past decade has been the growth and strengthen: ing of the Communist Party of Gere many in its struggle for Bolshevism. |The attempt of the right wing rene-, gades expelled from the German Commun arty to form a second party will meet with the ruthless ré- sistance of the German proletafiat. |Our brother German Party is ‘the rightful successor of the Spartacus }Bund and the heir to its’ révolu- | tionary traditions.” The | Communist International Afghanistan who ob'ected to turning his country over to British imperial- with the Soviet Unim. Right, Inayatullah, his brother, who took over for the job, and con'inue the war. At the top is the seat of government The Afghan tribesmen have | military invasion, and may do it again, even tho their priests and nobles | | Afghan Border as a member of the volved in incitin,s the order tribes | to revolt against Amanullah. | A aS Hand of British. | BERLIN, Jan. 16.—The Berlin press is almost unanimous in dec- | \laring that the revolt in Afghan- istan was incited py the British as | Standard “Family” a move against the Soviet Union, | and that the abdication of King Amanullah and the victory of the | rebels would mean a strong British stronghold on the southern border of the Soviet Union, The “Deutsche tung” said that from the moment Amanullah openly expressed his friendliness to the Soviet Union, it was clear that Britain would not grows hotter, insurgents. The “Lokal Anzieger” said that)... «. fell ted ibs exauilpiat alingiin Miahadies ee ee tan who was independent of British! : 3 power would be a moral support to | Debevois, Rockefeller instructed h' ndia. | meeting not to vote on the chai The “Boersen Zeitung” said that) manship of Stewart. he new king, Inayatullah, was NO- | goller | toriously pro-British. | Many newspapers stated that Col-| | onel Lawrence, the British imperial-| board meeting, | Stewart. | the government. | Rockefeller | owns |New Soccer Teams in Metropolitan League Standard Oil of Indiana. diana compan, only | | The Metropolitan Workers’ Soccer, League which was formed last year | ‘second team, joined the “C” division. , Bolivian oil fields, its predominant position both as world creditor and world banker. This It reveals itself primarily in enormous, chronic unemployment. economic decline, taken together with the growth of the domi and the growth of revolutionary movements in the colonies, flected in the tendency towards the break up of the British empire. Growth df Mass Unemployment. 6. The successes achieved in technique and organization has helped to create chronic mass unemployment in the leading industrial countries. Thevunemployed army of today far exceeds in number the industrial reserve army of pre-war times, and is not absorbed completely even in periods of boom. In the United States, for ex- ample, where the greatest successes have been achieved in technique, we have simultaneously with a powerful increase in production, a diminution in the amount of labor power employed by capital in in- dustry. Even in those countries where great technical successes have been achieved, rationalization, while causing an enormous expansion of production, results in the intensification of labor t othe utmost, in a murderous speeding up of labor and to an unparalleled exhaustion of human labor power. The mechanization of the labor process enables the capitalists to employ unskilled labor to a greater extent (women and child labor) and generally to substitute unskilled labor power for skilled labor power, ‘Increasing Struggle for Markets. | The attempts to alleviate ‘these difficulties by forming European | and international cartels merely reproduce on an expressed basis and in new forms (the introduction of the quota system, the struggle for enterprises not yet absorbed by cartels, etc.), the comnetitive struggle between Great Britain and the European continental states as well as on the continent of Europe itself, which is politically and economic- ally broken up into fragments and covered with a network of tariff barriers. Under such conditions, the problem of markets and spheres of investments becomes extraordinarily acute. Hence, the maturing of a new series of gigantic military conflicts, of wars of intervention against the U. S. S. R., and the intervention now proceeding at full pace in China. Therefore, the development of the contradictions of capitalist stabilization inevitably leads, in the final analysis to the present “stabilization” period growing into a period of gigantic cataclysms, (To Be Continued.) 4 J LIED IN OIL WAR BY WINTER COLD Struggle for Power in/400 Workers’ Families) | As the battle between Rockefeller | Workers in the central and and Stewart interests for contro! of |eastern portions of the United States \the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana| Were still suffering yesterday from charges of broken faith are made. Thomas M. Debe-| Alaska, in spite of the fact that the i _ |voise, a Rockefeller man stated to-| weather was reported generally Allegmeine Zei- | day at his New York office that warmer, with the sun appearing for | when the last meeting of the Indiana | company’s board of directors was) ,about to meet in May, Stewart huge army of jobless was able to permit him to be victorious over the! came to New York, saw the Rocke-|find temporary employment clear- ; |feller managers, and promised to re-|ing highways and train roads which | In return for this promise, says |the movement for independence in| proxies at the board of directors/in which temperatures were sent When Rocke- | "9 then demanded Stewart's resignation, he refused. At the next/24 hours, There were 136 fires in Rockefeller will try|the working class sections of Chi- ist spy, incited the tribes against|to have enough proxies to oust’ {® about/in their homes. jfifteen pgr cent of the stock of|families of poor workers were left | The In-| homeless. | is one of the Stan- ‘dard Oil family created by the dis- solution order of the U, S. Supreme with a handful of teams and ended | Court in 1911, The companies have ‘the season with 32 active teams, | maintained a central organization in \playing in 3 divisions, has attached | @n extra-legal and probably illegal | la few new teams to its ranks, The| manner, which Stewart by his com-| |Harlem Progressive S. C. has joined | Petition with other Standard Oil ‘with a new team the “B” Division, companies now threatens to destroy. | lthe Hungarians put a new team in'He has united in the past with Sin- | the “A” division, the Martians S. 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