The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-06

workers. -fOr THIS ne was arrested.
In the meantime the English workers
found it was only right that soldiers
should not fire ON striking workers.
The Macdonald government was com
PEELED to have him released, and with
draw the charge brough against him.
This was the thing over which
Macdonald tripped. The liberals and
conservatives accused him of with,
drawing the prosecution as q result of
pressure. 1t now appears that
Macdonald and Co. must prove to the
working class that it was impossible
to hold Campbell under arrest and
bring him before the court.
Macdonald has been commanded
by the bourgeoisie to prosecute the
Communists. He persecuts them. The
day before his defeat he carried
through a resolution for the expulsion
of the Communists from the labor
party. 1t is true it was only carried
through by an insignificant majority,
with 100000 against 100000 votes.
Macdonald at the last moment per-
formed this service for the bourge-
oisie. But it was already too late.
The English bourgeoisie said: it is
not enough that you are prepared to
prosecute the Communists if the
workers are not prepared to do so.
Thus the Times in its issue of Oct.
8 declared:
"The difference in the size of the
last from the proceeding majorities
is striking. The explanation is no
doubt to be found in the fact that
the Communists have strength in the
trade unions, where they are exceeding
ly active and where they are entitled,
by the payment of their trade union
subscriptions, to all the rights and
privileges of membership. They are
more prominent in some unions than
in others and have seats on the ex-
ecutive committees of several. The
miners recently elected one who had
been identified with Communism to
fill the Office Of general secretary of
their federation. 1t is evident from
the figures that there was on the part
of a large section of the conference
an unwillingness to prescribe the
Communists altogether. But the
majority is large enough to settle the
party's policy on the matter, and if
yesterdays resolutions are observed
there can be no Communists in next
years conference, no Communists pos
ing as official labor candidates, and
no Communists whatever in the local
labor parties. But the resolutions
make no difference to the status of
Communists in the trade unions"
How the Elections Will Turn Out.
1t is of course difficult to be a
prophet, especially when dealing with
a fereign country. AS far as can be
judged at present, believe that
Macdonald will hardly be returned to
power, but this does not exclude the
possibility that his party will be in
position to furnish ministers and for
long time to be factor in govern
ment combinations. The English
bourgeoisie has not driven out
Macdonald in order Immediately to
let him return to power. We must
not expect that in one form or an
other there will be bloc of the con-
sentative with the liberals. MacDon-
aid win not obtain an absolute major
ity in parliament. He may perhaps
obtain the relative majority. The
workers of England are still behind
him. He has not yet compromised
himself with the workers as he has
with the colonial peoples. According
to English parliamentary procedure
the party which possesses the relative
majority forms the cabinet But if the
working class is raising its head. il
the class danger arises, then of course