The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-08
AS WE SEE 1T
BY T. J. o'FLAHERTY.

NOW it can be told! Not that we
" care thraneen Gaelic for very
thin blade of certain grass whether
the Archduke Francis Ferdinand of
Austria was shot, or hanged, drawn
and quartered, but as his death was
the spark that exploded the powder
magazine of Europe in 1914, news of
the plot that led to his death is of in
terest. Until now it was believed that
some nationalist student, acting UNI
der the orders of a nationalist organ
ization, was solely responsible for the
assassination, but according to an ar
ticle written by Arthur Ponsonby, I'M
dersecretary for foreign affairs in the
Macdonald cabinet, the Serbian gov
eminent planned the murder
THE assassination was Matched by
l the head of the intelligence sec
ton of the Serbian general stan, with
the knowledge and connivance Of the
Serbian government The president of
the Serbian parliament has made this
confession in writing. 1t is quite likely
that the Serbian government was act
ing in 1914 under the orders of the
British government as it is today.
n N old man with bushy whiskers
n died a few days ago. He was
worth about 200 million dollars. He
was one of the wealthiest men in the
world. His income was so enormous
that he never took the trouble to get
the low down on it. One mine alone
enriched him to the tune of $12,00O,000
year He was one of the principal
owners of the state of Montana and
was director in several companies. His
passing does not stop one wheel from
moving The strike of a few thousand
garbage collectors in Chicago was of
greater moment to millions Of people
than the death of man who had the
economic lives of hundreds of workers
in the hollow of his hand.
THE tory government of England
l is in a delicate situation. During
the election campaign one of the
promises made by the extreme reac-
tionaries was that a bill would be
passed thru the parliament prohibit
ing trade unions from using their gen.
eral funds for political purposes. OF
course, the funds of the trade unions
went to the labor party. The die hards
in the tory party insist on keeping
this PROMISE, despite the reluctance OF
the cabinet to go on a trouble hunting
expedition. The fact is that British
labor is now considerably more mill
tant than when the labor party gov
eminent was in office. The ascendancy
of the pro-Soviet element and the
comparative fall from grace of Mac
Donald, Clynes, Hodges and company
has keyed the spirits of the British
workers to high pitch and it looks
as they were ready for a scrap.
THE Baldwin cabinet does not care
l to rouse the lion. Even such a
fire eater as Churchill is opposed to
pressing the bill The die hards, how
ever, insist on vote and it is likely
that the bill will be defeated as the
tories are split on it and the liberals
will vote with the labor party. The
victory of the tories in the recent cleo
lions was not so overwhelming that it
can stand severe punishment. The
workers had a chance to scratch their
heads since then, and the recent visit
Of their trade union delegates to Rus
STA would make it difficult for another
'zinoviev" fake letter to be put over
on them.
THE report of the voting in the
| recent miners election is very
interesting. John l.. Lewis polled only