The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-08-13
WHEN GREEKS BEAR GIFTS.

One should not look gift horse in the mouth is an aged
saying which balanced by axiom equally as agedbewae
the Greeks bearing gifts
Capitalist governments giving expression to hope that
the Sove will not commit violation of bourgeois manners with
too close scrutiny of their relief offers the present famine
situation which has followed the excessive drought.
And yet there need for caution this matter the part
OF the Sove fact they well Of True to form the
capasc governments and phlanropc agencies are
using the Russian hunger situation weapon against the
sian Workers Republic and its form of With nuendo
lies MISREPRESENTATION and advocacy Of making the
throw Of the Sovs the price of relief they attempting
what they have not able to do with and the blockade
the destruction of the beginning of Communism Russia
For four the capitalist nations Of the world have been
in conspiracy against the Sove Every available means has
been brought bear upon the Workers government Wars in
gues conspace conerrevoutons have fostered with
capitalist government funds including own without avail The
Soviets have heroay and gorous whstood every assault
The seemed hopeless for capitalism and it has steadily
making with Russia and establishing relations of trade and
commerce.
The excessive drought in the grain growing regions has brought
about situation which vaor of and the ideals of working
class determined ending exploitation may not be able to
withstand without assistance from the outside world To the
aconare is supreme Under the guise Of humantar
iansm they may again make the assault naming the
dons upon which relief may be had
Paris seat of reaction foremost making its declarations
in this matter French capitalist papers openly stating the
aims Of French relief "Above ALL the Sove must co. says the
Figaro and the sentiment echoed by number of other nue
a capitalist supporters The French does not consider
Mr. Hoover the engaging entmentast and humanitarian
believe him be- 1t is depending upon him it that Amer
ican relief does not strengthen the Red Army frankly and
openly favors to suppa the Soves with capitalist
government To what extent is willing to venture this line
may be guessed from past French effort
At present the Supreme Council in its meeting this week con
siderng' Russia
The Supreme Council is considering Russia what will decide
will depend upon how it sizes up the revolutionary situation in
the big capitalist countries There only council more
pree than that Paris and that the Communist international
The Communist international calling to the millions of it's
bers and to progressive wogass elements everywhere to
to it that capitalist nations not permitted to turn their
relief measures weapons of destruction against the only work
ing in the world is call that demands an I'M
mediate response from the workers AS workers. must demand
that relief Russia advanced humanitarian grounds only
without any attached strings and without political advantage to
capitalism This duty which must perform the
grounds of our interests workers Captastc relief
ces will bear watching when they render aid to Russia Capitalist
governments will bear watching when they set upon Of
Humanitarian activities Let the working class Of America
watch Mr. Hoover the American government and keep
England and France as we'll