The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-02

u Inc COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL
among the masses of the ordinary
English workers. There is not the
least doubt that the C. p. of Great
Britain is fulfilling this great task
with everincreasing success. If this
were not the case the English bour-
geoisie would not have recourse to
such extraordinary methods as the
forging of documents.
Hits at "DaiIy Mail"
What is the meaning of the whole
stunt regarding the alleged letter Of
the E. G. @. II? And who is the chief
culprit in this forgery?
Apparently the daily Mail' played
a great role in the whole affair. A
telegraphic report states. that "a copy
Of the document is in the possession
Of the Daily Mail and we consider
it our duty to publish it. Yesterday
at noon we sent copies to the other
London papers, and somewhat later
the foreign office decided to publish
the document" 1t is evident that the
Daily Mail'' is not quite innocent in
this matter.
1t is remarkable how the date was
chosen. The exposure" of the al
legged letter of the E. G. c. l. took
place at time when it was impos.
sible for our answer to arrive in time
in England, as only few days re-
manned to the end of the elections.
1t is not difficult to understand why
some of the leaders of the liberal-con.
sentative bloc had recourse to such
methods as the forging of documents.
Apparently they seriously thot they
would be able, at the last minute be.
fore the elections, to create confusion
in the ranks of those electors who
sincerely sympathize with the treaty
between England and the Soviet I'm
ion.
1t is much more difficult to under
stand why the English foreign Office
which is still under the control Of the
Prime Minister, Macdonald, did not
refrain from making use of such a
white-guardist forgery.
VA Trade Unions viii Investigate.
We, on our part, have proposed to
entrust the examination of the whole
affair regarding our alleged letter
to the English trade unions, the gen.
eral council of which will appoint a
commission which shall have access
to all documents, and whose decision
we will regard as final. l hope that
by means Of this proposal we shall
best prove to all English workers and
to all unprejudiced people in England,
that we have nothing to fear from an
Investigation of this affair, and that
the document attributed to us con
stitutes a forgery.
Today we received news from fairly
reliable sources that the forged let
ter originated in Polish circles. In
Poland, apparently, there is a perma-
nent group of enterprising people
l (who are probably closely connected
with the Polish counter-revolutionar
spy service), who supply similar
documents" to those foreign govern
ments who, for any reason, require
them.
A strange. state Of affairs! 1t suf.
fees when any bourgeois statesman of
Europe or America-let us say Mr.
Hughes-finds himself in a difficult
situation, if this or that letter" of the
Executive OF the Comintern, alleged
to be signed by us, is Immediately
placed at his disposal. This letter
is solemnly published and the press of
certain camp raises the necessary
alarm.
It would seem therefore as If the
Executive Committee of the Comm.
tern take a pleasure in writing letters
which are very convenient to states.
men of the type of Hughes and Cur.
zon. And in strange manner these
alleged 'letters"-like eggs at Easter
fall into the hands Of the respective
bourgeois ministers. precisely when
they need them in this or that politi-
cal campaign against their "own"
working class, or against the Soviet
government.
Now II Is Germany's Turn.
The parliamentary elections in Ger
many are approaching. 1t will be q
terrorist election, in the sense that
the German government, to the advan.
tage Of the social democrats, is throw.
ing almost the entire STAFF Of the Com.
munist Party and thousands OF the
best workers who sympathize with the
Communists into prison. We shall not
be surprised IL some days before the
German elections one or the other re.
dictionary German newspapers, or one
OF the other bourgeois ministers Of
Germany, likewise at the most approp-
riate time, receives from somebody q
letter" Of the Executive Of the Com.
intern, which viii be worded precisely
in the way in which the enemies OF
Communism require 1t.
Nevertheless, this weapon will be
come blunt from too frequent use
We are convinced that the too frequent