The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-12
AS WE SEE 1T.
BY T. J. o'FLAHERTY

n MONG those excited by the news
Of the treaty between Japan and
Russia is ex-Kaiser Wilhelm of Ger
many. William has not broken into
print for a quite some time, but he
has nose for publicity and is as
clever a poser as even Samuel Com
pers, the best Snowman since Barnum,
Williams favorite hobby is the "yel-
low peril. His own prospects being
rather black, he sees in the Japanese
question chance to snuggle into the
American-British caucus and pose as
the original Japanophobe.
CPEAKING Of the treaty, he is re-
- ported to have said: 1.-THE roper
cussions Of this event will shortly be
felt in the relations of all the Europ-
can states, and it is bound to cause
deep thinking and heart searching in
Germany and among the allies. France
is backing the black races. Russia
is backing the yellow, and the United
States and Britain are backing the
white. Where will Germany stand?"
Where can she stand? She is now
owned by the Dawes plan and Wall
Street and only workingclass revolu-
ton will make Germany free, such as
she never was when the maniac Kali
ser Wilhelm was on the throne.
FRANCE is not backing the black
| races for the good of the blacks.
France is exploiting the black races
and so is England, wherever she has
the opportunity. So is every other
capitalist country. So was Germany
under the Kaiser But Russia is back
ing the yellow races against their
white exploiters for their own good.
There is no question about that, and
it is no secret. Soviet Russia is the
greatest influence for good in the
Orient. The masses know Russia to
be their friend This feeling is now so
universal that the capitalists have
realized the futi4ty of spending more
millions on lying propaganda among
tne peoples Oh the East.
DUSSIA is growing in power every
IN day. The prophets of evil who
few years ago were able to break in
to the front pages Of the capitalist
press with tales of the downfall of
Soviet power are now rarely able to
even find corner among the adver-
tisements of second hand radios and
Boston terriers. This year the third
session of the Russian federal parlia-
ment will be held in Tifiis, Georgia.
Tiflis was very much in the news not
so long ago. Those who read the
Chicago Tribune and take it seriously
may have expected disaster for the
workers and peasants government on
reading the report of the Trib's Con-
stntinopole liar, on the Georgian
revolt.
n MOTHER sign that normally is
n travelling on seven league boots
in the workers republic is the recent
congress on Soviet Reforms held in
Moscow. This congress was called ON
the initiative of the Russian Commun-
fst Party, which is not satisfied with
well enough" but is always aiming at
perfection. In a country OF 130,0O0,0 600
people or more it cannot be expected
that any government can give COM
plete satisfaction. But when a coun-
try of Russia's illiteracy under car
ism is considered and the fact that
under the car, the people never had
a chance to have their say ON what
kind of laws they should have, the
great progress made by the Soviet
government is extraordinary.
(ERTAlN capitalist editors began
~ to see trouble for the government
in the calling of this congress. But
there was no serious trouble. The
congress was an orderly, peaceful, but
lively affair. Several leaders of the
Soviet government delivered speeches
and the proposals of the presidium of
the Central Executive Committee were
carried out with few slight amend |
ments. The congress was called be- |
cause the government learned that |
only 81 per cent of the electors par
ticipated, in the voting for the village
Soviets. This might be considered
fortunate by the democratic solons of
Alabama and Georgia but in Russia,
such laxity is frowned upon. The gov
eminent wants the producers in the
rural districts and in the country to
participate in the work OF building up
the new social order. Therefore, II
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