The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-11

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The psychological moment will arrive
when England will be forced to mobi-
lie all her forces and make an at
tempt at armed resistance But in
an open struggle, too. all the chances
seem to be on the side of America.
England is an island. America is
also an island in a way, but a good
deal larger. England Is depending
almost entirely upon other countries
for her daily existence. America, on
the other hand, has everything that
is necessary for life and for the wag-
ing of war within her own borders.
England has colonies in all the seas,
and America will be "liberating"
them In case OF war with England,
America will Immediately appeal to
the millions of Hindus to rise in re-
volt against the British yoke and to
defend their unalienable national
rights. In the same way she will
arouse Egypt and Ireland. There are
many to be liberated from the yoke
of British Imperialism Just as Amer
lea has at present attired herself in
the cloak of pacifism in order to sap
the vitality out of Europe, she will in
the coming war with England, appear
on the arena as the great savior of
the oppressed peoples of the colonies.
Old grandmother-history is serving
as an oracle to American capital sup
plying it with ready made "humani-
tartan" slogans for every one of its
intended robberies. With regard to
China, Americas policy is that of the
open door" Japan wishes to dis
member China, to subjugate by force
of arms certain Chinese provinces, be-
cause Japan needs the iron, coal and
oil in which those provinces abound.
Japan can neither live nor engage in
war without iron, coal and oil. These
are the three outstanding disadvan-
tages in her struggle with the United
States. She is therefore, trying to Sc
cure for herself the mineral wealth of
China by means of conquest. But al
truistic America says, "No, we want
an open door in China" America pur-
sues a similar policy with regard -
navigation. She wants freedom Of
the seas" But what does freedom
of the seas" mean in reality? 1t
means this: 'You, English fleet,
move out of my way, please" And
the open dor" in China means this:
you, little Jap, step aside and let
me in" The whole affair is one of
economic loot and plumber. It is only
due to the specific development of the
United States that this brutal bust
ness of American Imperialism takes
on the appearance of pacifism.
OF course, England too, has some
important advantages resulting from
the specific character of her historic
development. England has mighty,
fortified naval bases all over the
world which America lacks. America,
however, will be able to overcome this
difficulty. She can build up and de-
velop bases of her own or else seize
them by force from England. 1t must
also be remembered that England's
sea bases, because they are intimate
ly connected with her colonies, can
therefore, be easily attacked. Ameri-
ca will find allies and friends all over
the world-the strongest always finds
| friends and thus be able to establish
the necessary bases.
Already now America is gaining the
confidence of Canada and Australia
by championing the interests of the
white race against the yellow race,
thereby justifYing her claim to supre-
macy on the sea. We shall not be
bit surprised, if in her next move,
which may take place in the very
near future, America will make a
pious declaration that after all, the
yellow people, too, are created in the
image and likeness of God and, con-
sequently, they possess an unalienable
right to substitute English sovereign
ty by American economic rule.
The position of America in case of
war with ENGLAND would he that NJ q