The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-29
What of This Rising
Flood of Discomfort
of Labor Everywhere?
By J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.


TODAY Europe recovering storms that swept over
during the past week. Not revolutionary storms. Only
the storms that nature visits upon the EARTH greater
less intensity
But even these storms had their political signifcahce
was noted that the devastation wrought
OF Europe was forgotten by the capitalist press headed
WAVE --'''''N'>''O W. O"OeN ''DAI
Even this calamity, fallen upon metropolis Of the
Soviet Republic must be hailed by the subsidized press of
the money kings in the hope that may help down the
It true that terrific did sweep the waters of the
Baltic Sea up the Neya River and into the canals Of Lenn-
the floods OF Nov 7, 1924 century ago.
But Leningrad like the agricultural districts hit by
drought again this issued appeal for help to the
capitalist world The Russian workers peasants are
helping take care of their FLA Mackenzie the Rus
sian correspondent of the Chicago Daily News who never
loses an opportunity to Islander Soviet Rule says his
cabed correspondence that Moscow pouring foodsus
into the city.
Mackenzie tells how martial law was declared on
wednesday morning. but admits that public order
good that possible to end the martaaw period on
Dawes heard of such Iaw and order the United
States
It interesting to read the decress that
Every person was ordered to clear the Of
his house, before clearing his Every provision
store was ordered to reopen and remain open until mid
night and was forbidden under heavy penalties raise
prices"
American business would consider this last decree a
greater calamity than the flood ITSELF great
the proportions of the disaster.
Mackenzie continues: THESE orders were STRICTLY
obeyed as can personally testify 1t good pro-
letarans bourgeois, Communists and whiom arstocrats
working side by side with the eagerness of volunteers
pumping out Easements, collecting wooden paving blocks
city"
But the Associated Press have its final fling de-
carng that spotted yphus has broken in this storm
swept city, adding horrors to the flood" If all plaques
that the Associated Press has visited upon Soviet Russia
since the BoIshevk Revolution 1917 had been realities
the whole face Of the earth would swept bare of
al humanity But even in this Associated Press dispatch
that somehow sometime, how Soviet Rule will be
destroyed. But that is a forIorn hope
1t may be we'll compare the discipline courage and
es o. me n the LETT BY the
pant the Dutch army for instance may taken for
granted that the spirit of the Dutch soldiers isn't diff
teren than that of the conscps in the standing armies of
other Western European nations.
Perhaps would be good thing for American per
oeners VINO are so eager to show their paytrots; for
the youth in the high schools colleges and universities
Of Day for the intended Victims nS Of ts ans
preaching Ant,Red Week" arranged by the American
Legion head of the Bureau of Education at Washington to
read what happens little Holland when the workers are
called upon to DO military SERVICE to prepare for the
This report also in the cabIed correspondence
of the Chicago Daily News from Amsterdam follows:
sr s"s os s' p Df a . the SOU
stany urging the necessity military
Ih characterized by
ing character showing the
FIGHT MILITARY POLICE
is % .sSs and Is. s; ;
police In few camps the soldiers against their officers the
protesting conditions
been partly inundated by the heavy rains Of the last few weeks
THE military authorities interviewed
obliged
OFFICERS AFRAID OF ASSASSINATION
an
having declared
MEANWHILE m
lowands
watched company British
military
Swedish Danish armies"
We might go ahead and compare this condition with
the enthusiasm that prevails within the ranks of the
sian Red Army But that wait for another time Suf
flee it to say that the Russians have something live for
Famines and floods temporary obstacles to the WE'LL
ordered advance of the civilization that rising in
land Of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics
The workers and peasants of Soviet Russia not only
have something to live for but they have something fight
for They have their Red Army to protect the fruits of
their triumphant revolution.
In If Tho he aIeo