The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-01
British Imperialism Is
Speeding Up Armament
Race for the Next War
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

TODAY British imperialism prepares to spend more than
warThe War IN the Pacific Parliament has put its
stamp of approval on the Baldwin governments cruiser
ment race. that will call for an equal not greater add
ona execn by the United States and Japan and perhaps
other nations.
1t is natural that the two pacists, j. Ramsay Mac
Donald and 2avd Oyd George sh9ud hss the % Ts
labor and liberal parties are anxious to coin working class
hostility to imperas wars into political advantages for
themselves But when actual comes they prove the
best of ingoes and labor will not be fooled this time
The discussion in the British parliament shows that the
Baldwin government must consider the United States
opponents fear voiced by the conservative member
Maj Sir Bertram FaIe when he complained that Great Brit
ain ranks third in naval power the Pacific, asking the
members of the House OF Commons they could be sure OF
Americas friendship He felt that the United States might
be covetng Jamaica or the Bermuda the Bahamas the
Falkland Islands or even Canada. ....,
American imperialism is making its answer Immediately
by its plans to establish gigantic aircraft
base at San Diego, caf dotting the Pacific coast with
ing dgibIes three times the size of the Shenandoah
and with touring of 7150 miles, while at the same
hurst j. TO render the East safe from European invasion
by air. All this while Coolidge is seeking to propagandize
the world with his fraudulent disarmament proposals.
1t is not impossible that American Imperialism, in its
efforts to gain complete ascendancy in the Pacific, should
Jockey British imperialism into hostile position fore
ing into alliance with the mkados government at Toxic
Canada and Australia the two great commemorative Of
the British empire, closer to the Pacific policies OF
Washington than they do those decided in London This
especially of the American effort to make the Pacific
"a white mans ocean,
1t Great Britain that is bearing with Japan the brunt
of the hostility of the Chinese workers. growing out of the
murders strikers the of Shanghai and other
Chinese industrial The Japanese strong in
their criticism of the United States both at the Pacific nst
tute held at Honolulu Hawaii recently and now at the
paaverts conducted by spokesman of many countries at
WIamstown Mass The way of British empire in the Pac
fc does lie alliance with the Imperialism that sails
under Wall Streets flag, but rather in cooperation with
Japanese imperialism against American dollar expansion.
It significant that Great Britain plans for cruisers
as its greatest Industrial crisis with the approaching
miners strike If British workers know how to unite their
they evidently doing in support of their indus
trial demands then they also unite to war against the
next mpeast in spite of the pacist illusions con-
tnuay danged before their eyes, by of their
own so-calIed leaders,
British labor is today setting inspiring example for
the workers Japan the United States Let them
profit by that example mperiast of ornaments
goes on Then the day the only possible world peace
der Soviet Rule will approach little closer.