The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-12
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CHARLES EVANS HUGHES will
~ not direct the course of the United
States foreign policy after next
March 4, the date on which the Massa-
chusetts mill king, Butler, takes over
the White House for Wall Street, thru
the compliant little man, Calvin Cool
idge. Hughes letter of resignation
leaves nothing to be desired in the
way Of diplomatic refinement, but cap
italist statesmen are not accustomed
to telling the truth even when no
good purpose can be served by lying.
XKTHY did Hughes quit the cabinet?
wv This question will beiasked and
answered for many months to come.
We are not interested in superficial
reasons. This much we do know
about capitalist governments and the
individual members of those govern
ments, that on the whole they are the
executive committees of the capital
lists and individually, the representa-
titCo VI ROUOAAut Sl0uRo VI CaPlLal-
lists. When the representatives of one
group is not getting it's share of the
spoils it is customary to spring a res
ignation on the administration and
Brighten it a bit. But there is more
to this case than the usual resigna-
tions.
HUGHES Is a capitalist statesman
/ l in tho Wilson sense. He consid.
ers his foreign policy from the view
point OF the interests Of capitalism as
a whole. His extremely hostile atti-
tude towards Soviet Russia; his will,
ingness to surrender points to Eng
land in order to save that country's
dignity. in the interests of a united
front for the exploitation of the world
by the big robber powers; his desire
for peace with Japan as proved by his
unfortunate suggestion to previous
Japanese ambassador on the immigra.
ton question; his persistent attempts
to find some substitute for the league
OF nations that could be put over in
the United States; all these policies
indicate that Hughes had the aim of
bringing about an, International alli-
ance among the big capitalist powers
for the common exploitation of the
world. In this grand scheme the
destruction of the power of the work
ers and peasants of Russia figured
prominently.
nERHAPS the question of Soviet
/ recognition is at the bottom of the
Hughes act. The rise of Senator
Borah---an advocate of Soviet recog-
nition--to power in the present gov.
eminent and the death of Samue'
Gompers. bitter foe of Russia,
makes the position of Hughes very
dificult. There is no doubt but the
question of Soviet recognition will
come up, unoficially at least, after
March 4. Obviously Hughes prefers
to be somewhere else than digging into
the mass of evidence collected by his
stoolpigeons during the last four
years, designed to prove that Russia
is interfering with the internal affairs
of the United States. Hughes is a
good radiance anyhow. His successor
Kellogg is just as reactionary but less
Intelligent. which is not our lookout
The reasons for Hughes retirement
will become evident as time goes on.
We cannot miss the luxury of guess.
ing however.
.IJNLESS the German socialists re-
" member at least little of their
socialism the Communists will win back
what they. lostein the recent election,
warns the London Daily Herald. The
trouble with the Communists, con-
tinues this paper, is that they have
htheir faces turned to the past. In other
.lwords to Marx. Nevertheless unless
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