The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-16
Cardinals and Capitalism,
Red Hats and Revolution

lin recognition of his philanthropic
work"
THE attitude Of the capitalist press
l always a good indication Of the
trend of capitalist opinion-has been
one Of actual sycophancy. Such words
as prince" "enthroned," glorious"
multitude of his flock" regal robes"
impressive spectacle" Symbol of his
rank" Ellis Eminence," blessing on
whole city," "hail return in splendor,"
"trumpets sound fanfare" lin full reg
ALA" benign visage thrills crowd"
"Chicago's prince of the church
ascends to his crimson throne" ETC.,
ad nauseam, have made up the head
lines upon which the eyes of the news
paper reading public has Toasted.
Evidence of Influence.
1t has been a splendid tribute to the
power of the catholic church that will
make the Ku Klux Khan gnash its
teeth in irnpotent fury for the khan
does not know how to meet the power
of the vatican.
.HOUBTLESS the rank and file of
- catholics-those who bought the
badges with the cardinals pictures
believe that all this pageantry was
the reply of the Holy Roman Catholic
Apostolic Church to the assaults Of the
klansmen and the hierarchy will en-
courage that belief; it is one of the
best established dogmas of the church
that its followers are prosecuted for
their faith and the khan has been a
godsend to it.
The catholic church however is not
worrying about the khan. 1t is worry
ing about the breakdown of capitalism
and the rise of social revolution. 1t
wisely picks America and the Ameri-
can capitalist class together with the
backward sections of the working
class to save capitalism and the
church from defeat.
Basis For War.
VERY days dispatches from Eu-
- rope indicate that no European
capitalist nation, nor any combination
of European nations, can save capital
ism in Europe. Only the United States
has the financial resources to halt
the breakdown and enough back
ward workers to do the bidding of the
capitalist class if it becomes necessary
to suppress social revolution in Eu-
rope by force of arms.
1T is another holy war that the Cath
j Ollie church is preparing fora war
on behalf of capitalism and catholic
christianity and it hopes to use its
tremendous power in the United
States, linked with the power of the
finance-capitalists for war of con-
quest that il successful would again
make the catholic church the only
religious power worth mentioning in
Christendom.
In all America only the Communists
raise their voices in protest against
this monstrous scheme of church and
counting-house, as in the world at
large only the Communist Interna-
tional stands four-square against the
House of Morgan's plan for enslaving
the German working class as first
step to more rigid enslavement of
the working class of all capitalist ma
tions.
THE creation Of two cardinals, the
| pomp and ceremony consequent
thereon, were not religious incidents
except in the narrow sense. The House
of Morgan and the catholic church,
representing together the blacklist re-
action on the globe, united under the
red hat, have merely been conduct
ing a political maneuver which if sue
cessful will drench the world with
blood while it resounds to the groans
of the workers-groans which will
mingle with the rattle of their chains
to make the most horrid music ever
heard in world to which misery is
not new.