The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-20
WORKERS WAR on LAF0LLETTE
AS WE SEE 1T
BY T. J. o'FLAHERTY.

USSIAN rebellions nowadays
IN should be considered guilty until
they are proven innocent. The latest
uprising" was as shameless fabri-
cation as any that have appeared yet.
This did not prevent the Chicago Tri-
bune from giving the story an eight
column head, only to shift it to the
financial pages the following day. OF
course, there was no revolution. AS
the DAILY WORKER pointed out,
the workers and peasants Of Georgia
are so glad to get rid of the czar and
enjoy their own rule that conspira-
tors receive short shrirt from them.
THE publicity given to the fake re-
bellion serves the purpose of i'm
pressing on the workers the unrelia-
bility Of the news appearing in the
capitalist press. The European cor
respondents Of the papers that fea-
tured the yarn must have been per-
fectly aware that there was no re-
volt in Georgia outside of the bandit
escapade which was no more serious
than a few drunken officers in Chi
cago holding up crap game or shoot
ing up a soft drink parlor and rob-
bling the proprietor.
THE papers featured the alleged
burning of the Baku oil wells.
Trotsky was reported rushing to Geor-
gia to pep up his troops. All fan
tastes! The Soviet ambassador in
Rome in a statement to the DAILY
WORKERS Rome correspondent, said
that only few czarist bandits took
part in the so-called rebellion and
that it was crushed by the Soviet
troops as part of the days work. In
confirmation of the ambassadors
story, an Italian economic institute
with connections in Russia, ANNOUNCE
ed that it received kilograms from
the cities which were supposed to be
in the grip of great CONGREGATIONS.
Another revolution gone up in smoke.
THE Daily Herald of London, pub
fishes a very interesting account
of the proceedings of the Trade I'm
ion Congress which recently took
place at Hull. The most interesting
event that took place at the congress
was the appearance of M. Tomsky,
chairman of the All-Russian Trade
Unions and big gun in the Soviet gov
eminent, as fraternal delegate. While
other fraternal delegates, even Oudee-
gest of Amsterdam, were received
with comparative GOODNESS, the con-
gress gave Tomsky an ovation that
lasted for several minutes. His speech
was given practically as delivered in
the Daily Herald, while the speeches
Of Peter Brady, the American dele
gate and those of the Canadian and
Amsterdam delegates were dismissed
with a few paragraphs.
1T should not be assumed that be-
| cause Tomsky was given a great
welcome by the British congress, that
the British labor leaders are revolu-
tionists or Communists. Not at all
The Communist minority at the con-
gress was not large, but it was organ
lied for the first time in its existence
and it's propositions received consi-
derable support. So fast is the left
wing sentiment among the masses
developing that the trade union lead
ers themselves were obliged to put
forward as their own some of the
propositions for advocating which the
COMMUNISTS were accused of being
disrupticsAists one year ago.
NNE OF sac labor leaders at the
~ congress, tho processing a friend
ship for Russia and favoring the
movement for unity between the red
unions Of Russia and those affiliated
with the Amsterdam international, re-
marked that the Russians were not
angels. Tomsky with a merry twinkle
in his eye replied to the labor leader
saying he quite agreed the Russians
were not angels and nobody knew this
better than the Russians. But" he
added. angels don't make revolu-
tons" This witty retort was received
with gales of laughter by the congress.
NNE of the most militant delegates
~ was A. ]. Cook, secretary of the
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