The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-20

bread and land Go and take what
belongs to you"
Soon Kerensky and his gang were in
flight and are now doing mind reading
stunts and other tricks to amuse the
jaded bourgeoisie of England and
America. The Bolsheyiki seized
power in Russia and are still in the
saddle, making good time. That was
the little thing that spoiled the game
and made the capitalists who were
yet in the fight, begin to furrow their
brows. Suppose our workers and
peasants follow the Russian example"
they said. They did not, however
because for one thing they had no
Lenin revolutionists in these count
ries and for another their rulers were
wiser and more powerful than the
Car and his lieutenants.
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But to make long story short the
war finally ended with Europe very,
very sick. The capitalist system over
exerted itself 1t came very near draw
ing its last breath. In fact a little
kick from the European working class
boot would have saved the world a
lot of subsequent bloodshed and mis-
cry. But the social democrats saved
the system temporarily and it is still
tottering along.
But peace has its terrors even as
war and peace brot Europe no relief.
Capitalism could not provide employ
Co
was impoverished. Millions were out
of work. Rebellions and revolutions
became the order of the day. Amer
lea, the young capitalist giant of the
West, loaned billions of dollars to
Europe during the war. America grew
rich at Europe's expense. We mean
the capitalists of America They had
gold in their vaults until they threat
ened to burst and didn't know what to
do with it. Soviet Russia was to them
like a red rag to a wild bull. They
made war on it. All the capitalists
countries in Europe joined in the fight.
Japan chifned in. It was all to no
avail. The Soviet republic beat off all
its enemies and insisted on surviving.
Then some of capitalists of Europe
decided to make the best of a bad
bargain and recognized Soviet Russia.
They would sup with the devil for the
sake of trade Still the United States
held aloof. 1t would not recognize
Soviet Russia because there was a
dictatorship of the proletariat there,
tho it did recognize the black shirt
dictatorship of the Italian Fascist
chief, Mussolini.
Things were going from bad to
worse in Europe. Germany stood
trembling on the brink of a revolu-
ton. A revolution in Germany would
set the fashion in the rest of Eu-
rope. The American capitalists
finally decided it was up to them
to save" Europe for themselves and
from revolution, so the ''innocents"
we're sent abroad to do the job
Europe owes the capitalists of the
United States billions of dollars and
they have no money with which to
pay their debts. In order to win the
war for democracy and civilization
France and England needed money so
they borrowed from the United States.
When the war for democracy was won
American wanted its money back.
Europe simply said search me-"
Secretary of State Hughes scratched
his whiskers and got an idea. The
way to get this thing Strengthened out
was to place Europe in the hands of
a receivership composed of efficient
American bankers who would run it
along the lines of the Standard Oil
and Steel trusts.
The plan was to make Germany
pay the reparations to the Allies i'm
posed upon her by the Peace of Yer
sailles. When the Allies received
these preparations from Germany they
would then turn over the billions they
owed to the United States.
Three great men were selected to
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