The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-01

opened negotiations with the British
government, with the result that by a
declaration of Lord Balfour in Novem-
Der, 1917, a practical protectorate was
established by Great Britain over Pal
estine. The motives, says Hyamson
coyly, Were complex. Prominent
among them were the sentimental and
religious interests in the return of the
Jews to Palestine. Another motive
doubtless Every probable, indeed-H.
CD was the desire for the security Of
the imperial communications with In
dia and Australia"
His excellency, the controller Of la
Dor, goes ON to say how n tive Arab
agitation against this state Of Affairs
grew, and he observes this was in
creased by, a course, "a wrong In
depreciation" Of the promise Of Arab
independence made by the British gov
eminent in 1915. Affairs became worse
until anti-Jewish outbreaks occurred
in which many Jews were killed at
Jerusalem on Easter, 1890" The Brit
ish, doubtless out of pure sympathy
with the Jews and not At all influence
ed by solicitude for imperial COM
munications" fastened to declare a
military rule under Sir Herbert Sam
uel, and 1.-THE riot was suppressed and
punishment melted out"
The Arabs began non-co-operation
movement somewhat favored with
riots. But the league of nations IN
September, 1928, formally allotted Pal
estine as a mandate" to the British
crown and covered the whole mass of
duplicity and imperialism with an
odor Of international sanctity The
armed forces OF Britain still rule by
force over the preponderant Arab pop
ulation. The bible and the Talmud are
in alliance protecting Imperial COM
munications with India" and doubt
lessly, some undeveloped oil fields.
British Bandits in Persia.
In Persia, says Brigadier General
Sir Percy Sykes, who was (some Of
the time) a peace-loving consul gen
eral, and sometimes a leader Of ma
rauding bands Of British mercenaries
euphemistically called tAe South Per-
sian Rifles" "The policy Of Great Brit
ain was and is to maintain the indie
pendence of Persia, which has served
so long as valuable buffer between
the Indian empire and Russia" He
adds as mere afterthought that the
merchants of London and Bombay
were deeply interested in Persian
trade, and that "the oil resources Of
Persia are her greatest assets"
Sir Percy did his best to grab these
things for England, and even to lay
hands upon the Soviet oil fields of
Baku. OF course, he found good moral
grounds for this. He says that 1.-THE
collapse of Russia constituted a seri-
Gus blow to the Indian empire" Be-
sides, the Internal Germans were try
ing to get Baku first. A brigand crew
of mercenaries politely termed a
British Military Mission" dashed
across 700 miles Of supposedly neu-
I trail Persian ground, united with the
counter-revolutionary white guard
cossacks and seized Baku.
| The Red Army Smokes Them Out.
These bands were, OF course. later
put out, together with both Germans
and Turks, by the red aWny of real
liberation. But imperialist Germany
and Britain continued to use Persia
as bone to quarrel over The ma
tive Persians rose against both and
drove back Sir Percy and his South
Persian Rifles" The interest Of Eng
land in these footing bands of white
guards, may we'll be seen by Sir
Percy's own admission that if his fore
es had been completely routed, There
would have been rising in the Pun
jab, which was seething with sedi-
ton. AS it was, this did not take
place until the following year when
the war had been won" And, then,
we may add, with no democratic pre-
| lenses to sustain, the machine guns