The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-01

scheme.
The treatment of the people of Irak,
an artificially created nation at the
door of Persia, with king" who is
as servile to British Imperialism as
Ramsay Macdonald, is well known.
Even under the alleged labor gov
eminent" the natives who rebel
against the satrapy, are massacred--
men, women and children indiscrim-
inately, by airplane bombs of the Brit
ish army. So sickening has been these
massacres that the soldiers Of the air
force protested to the labor" gov
eminent at the butchery, but were or
dered By these "pacifist" members of
the Second International to proceed.
The Ruthless Treatment Of India.
The fight Of the Communists to bring
real liberation to the oppressed ma
tionalities may be seen clearly in the
case of India. We see first the steel,
shod feet of England crushing the
lives Of teeming millions. Without
India the British empire would not
last day. For good reason does Eng
land send her best bloodhounds and
"tirmest" statesman to service in In
dia.
One Of these. Sir Thomas w. Hol-
derness, tells US in his SNUG imperial
list way Of the recent years. relations
between India and what he calmly
assumes is "the paramount power.
He speaks OF the gracious proclama
I ton" Of King Edward. of the notable
vice-royalty" Of Lord Curzon, Of the
courage and tenacity" of Lord Morley
and Lord Mimic against the "misguid-
ed zealots" who answered oppression
with tyrannicide, Of the "demonstra-
tions of loyalty" upon the visits of the
royal family in 1911, strangely follow
ed by "dsep4eated anarchy" and at
tempts to assassinate Lord ,HardingO.
Educated" and the HMaIeontents'
A new tone comes into Sir Thomas
voice when he discusses the relations
Of the Indian people and the para
mount power" during and after the
war. Subtly, he praises the military
races" the territorial aristocracy"
and the educated classes" who ''in
many touching ways" demonstrated
their loyalty to "the throne" He adds
in the way Of ecstatic philosophy, 1.-THE
personal relation which kingship en-
bodies is of magic power still in the
East" True, he asserts, that some
Sikhs, "indoctrinated with revolution
airy principles" some "malcontents in
the Indian army" and so on, did not
fully appreciate the blessings of the
paramount power" But" he add
ed, "a vigilant government. armed
with sharpened powers" successfully
dealt with them.
The war began a great upheaval, in
spite of the touching" demonstra-
tions Of loyalty by the educated class
es." India sent-sometimes by plain
CONSUMPTION, and usually with virtual
compulsion or purchase, 100000 COM
batants and 100000 non-combatant
army laborers to France. India, al
, ways with her millions on the edge
OF famine, was drained Of food. Pric-
es rose for the masses while the "rul-
ing princes and territorial magnates"
dashed them of to fight for the white
overload and the manufacturers and
trade ''reaped substantial fortunes"
1t was necessary that British free
dom, should protect itself with repres-
sive laws. and the Rowlatt bill passed
by Lord Chelmsford was meant "for
dealing with revolutionary crime"
The native capitalists were quick
to turn the rage of the masses against
the English rule in order to force from
Britain their own swaraj or self-gov-
eminent, meaning their right to op-
press the Indian masses without shar-
ing the loot with English Imperialism.
Mahatma Ghandi appeared as the
bourgeois-pacifst type, seeking to Cd
pose to British arms the soul force
Of the Indian masses, preaching non.