The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-28
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MacDonald's Achievement" in the
issue of Oct. % is a strange admix-
ture of insufficient knowledge, half
truths, and inglorious admissions. It's
enthusiasm at the record of the labor
government accords very poorly with
the latter's day by day record of bro
ken pledges, compromises, and even
betrayals of principle. Liberalism in
excelsis!
Let us follow the Nations outline of
this amazingly impressive record"
Foreign Policy. 1. MacDonaldism
sold the German workers to allied fin
ance-imp eriaIism thru the Dawes plan
The 1912 hour day, reduced wages, in
creased unemployment Gas in the case
of the German railwaymen, Ia, 900 of
whom are to be sacked), increased
taxes on the workers, who now pay
80 per cent of the taxes, ETC., are Ger
many's share. For England the fol
lowing threatens: "the grave danger
to British industry and increased I'm
employment, which may result from
the Dawes report being put into OPP
Grafton" is called to parliament's at
tention by the national union of manu-
facturers.
DEGRADING Poincare, Macdonald
IN astonished him with "determinet
friendhness" just as the election in
France was coming on. The French
liberals were also astonished at such
friendliness at such a time. The
Franco British breach was temporarily
healed, but the surgeon was the Amer
lean bankers compulsion, not MacDons
aid. This massive achievement"
(the forcing of the Dawes plan on
Germany, etc. was colossal betraya
Of MacDonald's election pledges on
the Versailles treaty, on pacifism, and
on naturalization macdonald dena-
3 tionalized the German railways in his
support Of the Dawes plan.)
q On Russia, the facts were these:
Il When the negotiations nearly
broke up, it was Macdonald land
Snowden) who ordered the rupture,
against Ponsonby's wishes. He Mac
Donald) was compelled to climb
down" by prominent trade union lead
ers and labor NJ P.s who threatened
to expose him to the labor move
ment. Macdonald insisted on full
compensation to bondholders despite
the fact that the R40,000,000 of rail-
way and harbor bonds were to a great
extent bought by spectators at ITO
to 100 of their value; that many
ports are now Latvia's and Esthon-
las; that British Intervention smashed
much of the Russian railways. Mac
Donald's own party showed up the
falseness of British claims in rus
sia's Counter-claims" by w. P. Coates,
published by leading labor M. P.s.
Macdonald stood completely on Bald
wins and Lloyd Georges claims, de
spite his election pledges Of full rec.
ognition, peace on a working basis.
extensive credits, etc. Since he was
to be defeated on the Russian treaty
he could at least have remained true
10 MS position as laDor1te and so
cialist. If you are to be defeated any
way, why not at least retain the con-
fidence of the workers? But that is
not the way of yellow socialist.
q AS for disarmament. we can
" quickly dispose OF great achieve
ments there. Building five cruisers
when the liberals were opposed to it
was not quite the acme Of pacifism and
disarmament. The specious excuse OF
replacement could not do away with
the real fact that they are a new type,
as the Observer said as complete a
revolution as dreadnoughts were eight
cen years ago: practically the
whole Of our present cruisers will be