The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-16

AS WE SEE 1T
BY T. J. o'FLAHERTY.


THE Rev. Norman Thomas, orphan
! socialist candidate for governor
of New York state, and Morris Hill
quit, the Moses of the American so
cialists Che is leading them out OF
Egypt sent messages Of greeting to
Ramsay Macdonald and expressed the
hope that the British labor party
would be allowed to run His Males
TVS Empire after the coming general
elections. Thomas likened Macdonald
to LaFollette, which is just about
what we have been saying right along.
The fact that a yellow socialist hap
pens to agree with us for once does
not necessarily mean that we should
change our opinions, that it makes
one feel uncomfortable.
10th messages are worthy of a
ID place in the record. Thomas
said American labor and American
progressive movement sends best
wishes for triumphant return to power
OF the British labor party in the COM
ing election. We hope to duplicate
British labor's wonderful achievement
by the election of LaFollette to the
presidency and the creation Of pow
erful American labor party"
VILLQUIT is a little more to the
left" than the preacher. Morris
mentions Socialism" This is what
he cabled: Socialists of the United
states send congratulations upon the
determined and dignified stand of the
British labor government against the
petty attack of it's combined reac-
tionary opponents. The forces of Ia
Dor, socialism and progress on both
sides of the Atlantic are now en-
gagged in a simultaneous campaign for
the rights of the people-social JUS
tice and world peace. May both be
equally triumphant"
90 the aims Of American socialism
= are Whitfield down to social JUS
tice and world peace" Unless we are
mistaken, this is the program of the
League of NationsI Who is not for
world peace? Why, even Calvin Cool
idge swears by it. But in view OF
the conduct of the British socialist
government during its term of office,
toward the subject peoples of His
Majesty, in India, Egypt and now in
Turkey, the subject peoples of Nor
gan and Rockefeller in the Philip
pines, Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii and
other American colonies, cannot get
much comfort out of the prospect of
exchanging Calvin Coolidge for LaFol-
lette, provided there is such strik-
ing similarity between the LaFollette
movement and the British labor party.
NORMAN Thomas is nauseating
IN hypocrite. He is not such an
ignoramus that he is not aware of the
crimes committed by Ramsay Mac
Donald against the people of India,
for whom Thomas and his paymaster
Of the open shop mine, Willard, profess
to have so much admiration. Only
yesterday we read in the papers that
J. II. Thomas, colonial secretary in
MacDonald's cabinet, delivered a
lingo speech against the Turks, that
even Curzon would hesitate to make.
Thomas warned the foreigner" who
happened in this instance to be the
s Turk, that the labor party would fight
for the preservation of the empires
prestige, against all corners.
lie warned the Turks to quit their
tomfoolery. Yet the only crime
committed by the Turks is that they
insist the oil lands Britain holds with
her armed forces is Turkish territory
and suggest that the matter be left
to arbitration. Thomas waves his
sword like a regular defender of the
predatory interests" that Norman
Thomas, Hillquit and LaFollette are
lighting against here. OF course, 1t is
needless to say that the LaFollette
leaders are not fighting the "preda-
tory interests" What they are really
after is an opportunity to serve cap
itaIism, and they feel they can do a
better Job OF II and give the system
better service than the capitalist
hacks now on the job in the legis-
!. ,<atures. II is refreshing to learn from
such excellent authorities as Hillquit
\ and Thomas. that His Majesty's ia
Nbor" governorment and the LaFollette
would-be American government are as
alike as two peas.
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