The daily worker., 1924-12-10
AS We SEE IT

THERE is remarkable similarity
1 between the manner in which
Ramsay Macdonald was bounced out
Of Office and placed in bad light be-
fore the wavering workers of England
and the plot woven around the lib
eral Premier Herriot of France by the
big bourgeoisie of England, quite
likely assisted by the big bourgeoisie
of France. Herriot. like Macdonald,
Immediately after recognition of the
Soviet government proceeded to make
raids on the Communists, presumably
in order to prove to the big bour-
geoisie that his recognition of Russia
did not mean that he was in sympathy
with Communism.
1T should be noted that Macdonald
and his government had the Com
rnunist editor, Campbell, arrested just
about the time he signed the trade
treaties with Russia, and delivered
furious attacks on Communism in gen.
eral and on the Communist Interna-
tional in particular. The bankers
must be convinced that Macdonald is
not 4red." He succeeded in doing
that but the bankers were not in the
least grateful Just as soon as they
had used Mac for all he was worth,
they gave him the order Of the boot
Urrpurr,fr so,~t,,esfo he ~, fi,a aaY,4a
road as Macdonald. He began
to attack the Communists when Kras-
sin, the Soviet ambassador. arrived in
Paris. He arrested the French cap
tain, Sadoul, who was sentenced to
death by court martial in 1919, for
joining the Bolsheviki. He organized
raids on the Communists, on the mis-
information that a plot Matched by
foreign radicals to overthrow France
had been discovered. He removed a
Communist mayor because the latter
led the workers of the town in a
strike Yet, this conduct does not
seem to have appeased his foes, the
big capitalists. 1t certainly does not
meet with the approval of the
workers.
TOR those who still prattle about
Soviet interference in the affairs
of other countries, the visit of Austen
Chamberlain to Herriot may prove
Illuminating. The tory minister talked
long and secretly with the French
premier about the Communist men
ace" chiefly in the colonial possess
sions of the. capitalist powers, but
also in France. Chamberlain is ac-
tually reported to have presented
Herriot with evidence of Communist
activities in France collected by Brit
ish secret service operatives. 1t is
stated that this "eyidencer induced
Herriot to start the anti-Communist
raids.
THE big bourgeoisie do not trust
I the Herriots, MacDonaIds or La
Follettes any more than the class con-
scious workers do. Only in cases Of
necessity, usually when the masses
are in state of incipient revolt and
some decoy duck with a radical
camouhage is needed to deceive them
until the big capitalists get their wind
back. do the latter tolerate the leader
ship Of representatives of the petty
bourgeois. 1t can be predicted that
Herriot will go the same road as Mac
Donald when he succeeds in discredit-
Ng himself with the workers and
PEI Sants who mistook him for radi-
cal npd when the big bourgeoisie are
in a position to ditch him.
THE Communists of Germany put
up an excellent fight despite the
handicaps under which they suffered.
with most OF their leaders in Jail and
the remainder bounded by the police.
The social-democrats and the other
capitalist parties used the Dawes plan
to fool the masses But the Dawes
plan will soon disillusion them and
then they will turn TO the only party
that opposed II from the beginning.
THERE is no indication that capi-
talism in Europe will be able to
get back on it's feet. II is very groggy
tho still able to waddle around. The
American bankers gave II an injec.
ton OF the gold cure which peps 1t up
for little while, but there will be a
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