The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-28

the employment of $4,000 men was
the excuse. Ammon navy dept.)
gave this away when he said there
was mo warrant for any such sug.
gestion." He continued with the real
reason, 1--WE have placed first and
foremost the needs of the navy" NO
sblah" about giving employment. And
a tory was heard to say, "Well, we've
no need to turn these fellows OUT
Walsh twar minister) considered the
army "a non-party question" and an
nounced there would be mo policy of
further reduction in the fighting
arms" This pacifist disarmer urged
employers to let their men off ito
join the territorial army" Thomp
son minister of air. had an attitude
toward the development of the air
service which is decidedly sympathe-
tic" London Times). He was accelerat
ing work on war planes and engines
and following out Baldwin's policy in
this: intensifying anti-aircraft train
ing; spe. ling $15,OOO,0OO more on air
forces than was spent by the bour-
geois government in 1929.
The labor ministers refused to di-
vulge any information in regard to
explosives, the mystery towers" at
Littlechampton, relative aircraft
strength, etc. Munitions being made
IN Australian state factories under
the council of ambassadors were none
Of parliament's business. The pacifist
government would take care Of that
in time for the next war. AS the
French Communist Cachin said re-
garding the French left bloc, they
wanted "reformism without reforms
and pacifism without peace"
IMPERIALIST POLICY. 1 Capital
ism has not in the least been
modified by the labor government.
On the contrary, it has if anything
benefited greatly by it. A tory gov
eminent would have had to spend
much more money on housing, un-
employment, and the like than Mac
Donald has. The British bourgeoisie
has got away with murder" thru
Macdonald.
- The labor government also sent
e. armored cars, machine guns, and
troops into Ireland to fight against
republic. The labor government
"honorably" insisted on carrying out
every treaty made by capitalist gov.
eminent preceding it, except when
such treaty promised self-determina-
ton, dominion government, or SINH
lar small measure of freedom. Exam
pies of this will be given in items
3, 4, and 5. ]. H. Thomas insisted
that the Irish question was closed
and that his government would give
no consideration to complete ma
tional freedom thru republic to Ire
land, at that time or in the future.
Irish political prisoners imprisoned
by previous governments, and now
held in Holloway and Norwood
Scrubs prisons were kept there de-
spite protests to Macdonald and Hen.
derson. Only Georgia wrings their
hearts.
To call the Nations account of
W India an achievement" is rather
strange. MacDonald's bullying and
imperialistic ultimatum to India
when word of friendliness was ex-
pected could have been sent by Cur
zon or Churchill. To say that he
kept the Indian question in "sus-
pense" is to be absolutely without
knowledge of the situation. Agnes
Smedley's article In the Nation on
the Akali Sikhs some months ago is
one instance OF suspense" in tur
MOL. Thousands OF peasants are TO
ting in Jail STILL some as a result OF
the 1921 Moplah uprising. some a,
political prisoners, after a mockery OF
a trial or none at ALL