The daily worker., 1924-12-02

AS WE SEE IT


THE Chicago Daily News cores
! pondent in Russia recently sent
out q big yarn about persecution Of
n-Communists in Russia. One of
the sad facts related by this journal
ist, was that devoted admirer of
Patriarch Tikhon, kissed the ground
son which that bewhiskered prodigy OF
superstition trod, and for this offense
was thrown into prison. One of the
luxuries that he most missed was the
privilege OF licking the ground. We
90 not know whether such man was
ever imprisoned or not but we are in
clined to believe that the health de-
partment of any American city, would
have put him in a straight jacket. The
moron was lucky that he did not
eatch the foot and mouth disease.
n CHRISTLY pose is not the best
~ device to escape suspicion nova
Gays, az Anton Lang, the famous pas
si0n player of Oberammergau, Ba-
ynria, may readily admit. Lang has
portrayed the role Jesus Christ in the
play for many years. He is now un-
der suspicion of being a CRATER. The
trouble began when the players were
induced to come to the United States
by wealthy Americans, and the finan-
cial side of the venture was under
written by thirty men who put up
$1,000 dollars each.
This Passion Play and the revenue
i therefrom appears to be consi-
derable part of the visible means Of
support of the Oberammergau villag
ere, so they organized to get what
they could out of the American tour
What they got was so little that they
got sore and sent an investigator to
the States. He learned that the play
ers had made at least one hundred
thousand dollars on their trip, tho
they only handed over paltry ten
thousand to the villagers. Oh. Jesus.
how many robberies are committed in
Thy namel
ses
THE New York Times comes to the
defense Of British rule in the Su-
dan. Och's journal tries to take the
rough edge of Britain's brutal ulti-
matum to Egypt 1t says that Eng
land was only making a gesture to
Impress the Oriental mind" which is
awed for a gesture of force. The
orientals have proven that given equa-
lity of bayonets and other weapons Of
war, gestures have no terror for it,
Japan is just as oriental" as Egypt,
but force has no more terrors for
them than it has for any other race.
ENGLAND, says the Times, en-
L courages progress towards self
government in its colonies. What
brazen lyingl Britain is no exception
70 any other imperialist power and
has always resisted any efforts on the
part OF its exploited colonial peoples
to win their freedom. The Times says
more OF less bluntly that the British
are interested in Palestine because
that country is regarded as a first line
Of defense against invasion from the
East. There is great unrest thruout
the Mohammedan world today and
SPANS defeat in Morocco has awak-
ened the spirit Of revolt in the Near
East The Times does not think the
league of nations should embarrass
England by taking up the question
raised by the Egyptian parliament.
Birds OF feather stick together, when
there Is danger that their victims may
unite against them.
NRAND Duke Cyril, who now exists
~ In Paris. was so offended by the
action OF France in recognizing the
Soviet government, that he threaten
I'd to leave the country which he had
so long honored with his presence and
10 to the United States which so far
Nhad the kind Of secretary OF state
wo is the ideal Of the Grand Duke
Bto,trouble was in store for Cyril. The
FrenAh and American authorities re-
fused's2 wise his passport, not on the
groundN at he is too reactionary, but
simply be< suse there is too much com
petition fors rzar Nicholas grave. Cy-
I'll will have to do the best he can now
in Paris, and put on blinkers when
ever he passes the Soviet embassy
where the red flag flies proudly. 1t
"a reported that the American ariato-
srats In Paris are getting a kick out
OF life by keeping Grand Duke Mich.
oias in hot dogs and coffee.