The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-26
Unrest in Egypt


1t appears extremely likely that the smolderine
revolt in Egypt will soon burst into flame that
will threaten the whole British colonial empire
British Imperialism at the cheap cost Of the life Of
one "sirdar," repudiates its agreement to the sin
dependence" of Egypt, promise which of course
was never intended to be kept and openly throws
the hangmans moose again around the neck of
Egypt And Egypt flames into rebellion.
Most persons are too naive to believe that Brit
aims agents instigated the assassination of this
fellow whose ordinary carcass is covered with the
awe-inspiring title of "Major General Sir Lee
Stack but it is strange that always at the pre-
else moment when an excuse is needed to seize an
empire, a convenient agent is "assassinated' and
the assassination always results in the seizure of
what is wanted. In China an immense field was
coveted by northumberland the necessary mis-
sionaries were conveniently violated, and the ar
mics entered and conquered in the "Boxer war"
economic advantages for those who had sent the
missionaries to China. American oil companies
found "Christian Armenans" suffering precisely
along the line of the Batumto Baku petroleum pipe
line More recently Persian oil became tempting,
and the American diplomatic agent Imbrie was
killed. strangely in company with an agent of
Standard Oil. Again China becomes the center of
capitalist covetousness, and disorder" calls for
battleships
I And now it is Egypt.
One is inclined to wonder whether the recent
change in the British government had anything to
do by way Of preparation for the Immediately fol
lowing assassination of Stack so completely CO.
incident with the growing need of an excuse to take
Egypt into stronger strangulation. Surely the
Macdonald 'labor' government would have been
willing humbly to serve in the strangling of
Egypt, as it was in the case of India. Maybe it's
doing so would have spoiled MacDonald's demo-
cratic pose-thus injuring mask that British cap
italism will need more urgently at a future time.
But the murderous assault upon nation which is
now about to begin in Egypt will not be a simple
affair. Remember Turkey Her stranguation was
not success. Remember the present-day upsurg-
ing in China! Remember India-oh British i'm
perialistsl Light the match in Egypt, then watch
the results. Far more than half the population of
the world is in Asia and Africa inferor" peoples
suffering under the iron heel of European and
American capitalist Imperialism. And everywhere
they have a new hope, and some tendency to arm
themselves.
You must have many armies, imperialist Eng
land! Are you sure you can afford several wars
at once that may involve more than half billion
of .'inferior" peoplesn-such as the Turks were?
Communists should watch closely the events in
the colonies Many are inclined to underrate the
Importance of these affairs as major factor in re-
laton to the world proletarian revolution. But the
Communist International does not. Did Britain's
re-discovered irritation with the Communist Inter
nationals activities have anything to do with the
impending assault on Egypt?
Where is the "stabilization of capitalism? Is
the proletarian revolution so far away after all?
Will its development be unaffected by these fast
developing colonial upheavals? No.