The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-10
LIBERALS GIVE
AID TO BLOODY
US. IMPERIALISM
"Peace" Society Foe Of
Colonial Workers
Federated Press).

WASHINGTON, July s.-(FP)-As
tho to forecast the official propaganda
which would accompany a sudden
naval and military Occupation" Of
Mexico, the Advocate of Peace Thru
Justice, official magazine Of the Am
erican peace society, has published a
leading editorial in its July issue,
withdrawing the conquest of Haiti
and the Dominican Republic, as we'll
as the stationine of marines In SAL
vador and Nicaragua.
The irony of this plea for imperial
ism lies in the fact that the list of
honorary vice-presidents of the So
ciety includes Jane Adams, David
Starr Jordan and other liberals, along
with Elihu Root and former Senator
Sterling of South Dakota, while Rep
resentative Burton of Ohio and Rep
resentatives Mckinley Of Illinois are
on the executive committee, with
David Jayne Hill, leading fascist
spokesman in the national capital.
Liberals Distort Facts.
Utterly ignoring the facts as to the
suppression of the Haitian congress
by American armed forces under COM
mand of Smedley Butler, the editorial
says that the American marines were
landed "to protect American and
other foreign lives and property" and
that under the protection of these
marines, 1t was possible for the con-
gress, in accordance with the consti-
tuition, to assemble and elect presi-
dent"
II then asserts that a treaty was en-
j tered into with this new Haitian
government" and under the terms of
this treaty the United States felt it.
self compelled three years later to as
sist the Haitian government to put
down a revolt of those elements
which had hitherto lived exclusively
by revolution and brigandage, ele-
ments unwilling to accept me new
conditions. This uprising was not an
organized movement with definite pol
itical aims Tfiis rebellion-there is
no other word for twas put down
by the Haitian governments own pol
ice force, with the assistance of the
marines, after long and difficult
campaign"
American Bayonets Rule.
The fact that the Haitian govern
ment" was a puppet group set up by
the American military forces and
maintained at the point of American
rifles and machine guns is not men,
toned. However, the peace society
editorial admits that the marines are
still in Haiti because both govern
ments agree that their withdrawal at
present might result in disturbances
and bloodshed." It ends this apology
with a suggestion that the date of
safe withdrawal is close at hand The
fact is that the secret extension of
the treaty" until 1885 means that the
Washington government plans to re-
tain military possession of Haiti I'M
til 1885.
Defends Capitalists.
Explanation or the crushing out OF
the government in the Dominican Re-
public in 1916 and American military
occupation until 1922 is made in the
same hypocritical vein. Thus: "A
complete political and financial break
down in the republic clearly threat
ened. After a deadlock lasting sew
eral months, the United States there
upon found it necessary to direct the
officer in command OF our naval forces j.,
in Dominican waters to assume the |
direction of affairs and to set up a
temporary military government"-be-
cause the Dominican president and
congress had refused to enter into a
treaty dictated by the American gov
eminent.
1T has not been a happy business,
but we hnd nothing in II to warrant
the charge that we have been pursu-
ing a policy OF imperialism in that
country"
The cFs,9r. Arthur Deerin Call, is
a conspi'zous reactionary who had
advocated American entry into the
world court