The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-27

According to the richly favored
yarn that emanated from the foreign
office, the document captured in Ger
many was held unpublished pending
the arrival of another which was ex-
pected from Zinoviev Sure enough it
did. Sherlock Holmes must have been
on the job. On October Zinoviev
was good enough to accommodate the
foreign office by sending a document
calling for the overthrow of the
crown" wrapped inside an envelope
with few kopeks' worth of stamps
on the outside. But even then Mac
Donald held his silence.
Defeat in China.
Political observers look upon the
exposure as a campaign trick and
something more. The British govern
ment has just suffered a severe
diplomatic defeat in China. The
Soviet government has thwarted Mac
Donald's efforts to overthrow the ma
tional revolutionary government of
Sun Vat Sen. Furthermore, WI Pei
Flu, supported by British money, has
been defeated by General Chang, who
before he entered the fray turned over
the administration Of the Chinese
Eastern Railway to Soviet Russia
Within a short space of time Soviet
diplomacy has established itself in
China, to the great chagrin Of the
British.
India Watching Events.
1t is reported that treaty between
Russia and Japan is about to be sign
ed. The great strides made by Soviet
Russia in China and its defense Of the
interests of the subject peoples of the
Empire has created feeling Of un-
rest in John Bulls possessions. India,
Egypt, Mesopotamia and other lands
under the British yoke are watching
Moscow. Advices from India indicate
that the Hindoos are looking for a
breaking of relations between Lon
don and Moscow, and revolutionary ac-
tivity is increasing. There is sus-
picious activity at the war Office and
talk Of strengthening the imperial
forces in the East is rife.
The Georgian counter-revolution
which was financed to the tune of one
million dollars by the British govern
ment, proved complete failure. The
surrender of Boris Savinkov removed
the last capable Russian czarist from
the list of active Soviet foes. Savin-
kov received millions of dollars from
the British government for causing
rebellions in Soviet Russia and for
attempting to assassinate Lenin and
Trotsky.
England In Delicate Position.
France and Russia are about to re-
sumo diplomatic relations and treaty
between the two countries is sched-
uled to follow shortly after de jure
recognition. France is England's
most dangerous enemy on the con-
tinent, and if Macdonald sends
Rakovsky home, a beautiful prospect.
for the activities of Soviet diplomats
will be open. 1t is unlikely that Eng
land will go too far, considering the
present strength of Soviet Russia and
the pro-Soviet attitude Of the work
ers at home.
The success Of British diplomacy in
the East and the steady loss of pres
tige Of British diplomacy coupled with
the eflciencies of the election cam
paign are responsible for the desperate
act Of Ramsay Macdonald. The Daily
Herald, few years ago, proved con-
clusively that Scotland Yard forged
copies of Russian papers, and the sig
natures Of Lenin, Trotsky and Zinc
view. The present document is an |
even more shameless forgery.
Brand It Fabrication.
The British Communist Party after
an executive meeting denied that they
received such a document, and brand |
ed it as complete fabrication. They
claim it was manufactured by the Am
sterdam International in an attempt to |
discredit the British Communists and
kill the Anglo-Russia treaty.
What effect this stunt of MacDon-
AIDS will have on his political for.
tunes Immediately is hard to predict. |
But there is no doubt but it will raise
a storm in the ranks of British labor.
The trade unions look to the purchase
of machinery in England which the
ratification Of the treaty would speed
up as one Of the means of thinning
the ranks of the unemployed. With |
the miners up in arms against the
Dawes plan. and the trade unions in
favor Of the Russian treaty, on both
questions Macdonald being on the
wrong side, 1t looks as il the premier
would need his notorious automobile |
to get him out of harms way.
n TT ..