The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-03

ters. Especially characteristic in this
respect is Jugo-Slavia. You remem-
Der that as soon as the democratic
France and England, it was reflected
in Jugo-Slavia by the advent OF the
more or less democratic Davidovitch
ministry. Now the reverse is true.
The bosses had hardly come to power,
hardly put their stake upon black,
when black hundred government,
headed by Paschish, appeared in
Jugo-Slavia. We observe the same in
a number of the central European
states which live by the reflection of
the big imperialist powers.
We are thus facing the beginning
Of new phase of world politics, OF
the darkest imperialist reaction. Yes
terday the capitalists put their stake
upon the social democrats and men
sheviks, today they are again stalking
upon the blacks, which will not pre-
vent them, of course, from stalking
again upon pink-yellow or yellow
pink, or some similar color Claugh-
teri. THIS shows the serious insta-
bility of the capitalist regime. 1t is
no longer what it used to be before
the war, when one anC the same CAPT
talist party ruled for decades, and
when what is now considered storm
in a tea cup, change of liberals by
conservatives, or vice versa, was con-
sidered an event of tremendous mo-
ment.
The characteristic feature of the
present phase consists of the fact
that the bourgeoisie of the most re-
spectacle countries, such as England,
are forced to rule by such extremes;
today they stake upon pink, tomor-
row upon yellow; today they admit
to power mensheviks, almost work
ers, tomorrow the most inveterate
tories. This, doubtless. is a symptom
Of degeneration, of the instability of
the capitalist system. All these chang
es in policy do not of course, pass
with impunity to the bourgeoisie, tho
outwardly things appear rather
smooth. See how "easily" MacDon-
aid was superseded by Baldwin. At
4 p. m. Macdonald was invited to
Buckingham Palace and he person
ally announced to the king that now
that the elections are taking place
he resigns. The king said: Alright,
your resignation is accepted" Naugh-
teri At 5 p. m. Baldwin was invited
and asked whether he would not
agree to form new government. He
kindly agreed. alright, I'll form a
new government" Naughter).
The change of government passed
painlessly for the bourgr oisie, but
among the people all these perturba-
tons pass very far from painlessly
or traceIessly. The workers took it
All very Seriously, and have develop
ed real appetite for power. We see
how the English workers behaved
during the election campaign. True,
they have not yet got used to Russian
methods (applause), but hope they
will get used to them (applause).
However, they behaved, to tell the
truth, not quite like gentlemen as is
the custom in England; at some
meetings the workers were putting
their fists before the lords, express
ing quite an unambiguous desire to
make some corrections in their physi-
ognomies. Applause, laughter). This
is something new in British history,
and 1t shows that not only in the
election campaigns are the broad
working masses becoming imbued
with strong passions, and that among
them events do not pass OF SO
smoothly as in Buckingham Palace.
The richest bourgeo.sie in the
world. that of Great Britain, finds 1t
impossible to rule any longer by the
old methods. Our business, the bust
ness Of the leaders OF the working
class. is to watch these ep sodes, to
watch how the bourgeoisie passed