The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-08
AS WE SEE 1T
BY T. J. o'FLAHERTY.

Communists often say that the CAPT
talists honor their own laws only so
long as such observance suits their
purpose. The truth of this statement
is attested to every day, in the United
States and all over the world. The
Germans are supposed to be strictly
proper. They had reputation as OBJ
servers of rules and regulations. But
two instances i'll recent German his
tory show that the German ruling
class acts under compulsion in man.
ner no different to it's brother robber
class of other countries.
The raid on the Soviet Commercial
Bureau was one instance. In open
violation of international law, the
secret police under the instructions of
the Minister of the Interior, broke in
to the Soviet offices, on the pretext of
looking for a prisoner and searched
for him thru the files and the pigeon
holes of the embassy. They did not
care so much about finding the alleged
prisoner, but they carted away several
truck loads of Soviet documents. That
is what they were after. Having ac-
complished their purpose, the German
statesman, apologized for the act, but
kept the documents and proceeded to
spread propaganda about Russian in
reference in the affairs of Germany.
The latest violation of German laws
by the German ruling class was the
recent raid on the Prussian diet and
German Reichstag and the seizure of
more Communist documents" The
revelations are framed in the best Will
liam ]. Burns style. Assassination
plots, chekas, plots to blow up water
works, plans to shut off gas and cleo
tricity, served up with the latest en-
bellishments known to the specialists
in the art of lying. The German COM
munists make no secret of the fact
that they have organizations whose
object is to overthrow the capitalist
system in Germany and organize So
Wet Republic. But the German Fas-
cisti led by Ludendorff are also armed
and parade openly with the conniv-
ance of the German government. Luz
dendorff and his gang threaten TO take
over the government by force when
ever it fails to reach his standard of
reaction. Yet the government, at the
head of which is a socialist, looks on
with benevolent neutrality. But, the
Communicative is different.
The Dawes report has hard shedding
in Europe. The French trust magnates
were in favor Of it at first, because it
promised them money at German ex-
pense, while it did not tell them to get
out of the Ruhr. Now, Ramsay Mac
Donald, acting for the British Fedora
ton of Industries, does not relish the
idea of the French getting the money
and still keeping the Ruhr That
would not be fair to the British heavy
Industries which are suffering from
the competition Of the French. The
socialist Macdonald and the radical
socialist Herriot, much tho they would
like to come to terms in order to pre-
serve themselves politically, must
listen to the masters voice and act ac-
cordingly. The Dawes report was de-
signed to stabilize European capital
ism, at he<expense Of the working
class Macdonald and Herriot were
quite willing 1t should be done this
way, but the capitalists of Europe, like
the Democratic candidates for the
presidency, may risk bringing the
whole structure down over their ears
rather than share the spoils with each
other.
Lord Danesfort is the Fred II. Mar.
vim Of England. MIR. Marvin is the
gentleman who furnishes the Ameri-
can capitalists with a daily thriller on
the progress of "subversive" move
ments, which includes anything from
the suporannuated Daughters of the
Revolution to the Workers Party. Mar
win does II for living. OF course, and
no doubt laughs heartily at the dupes
who keep him eating beans and cof.
fee. The British lord, however, pre-
sumbly is not so hard up and his