The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-16

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THE trail Of jacques sa.
douI who ". to death
By a French milit. in 1918 for
"deserting to the .emy" was adj
journed, after. the prisoner was
granted temporary liberty pending
continuance Of the trial. The case
has international interest. Sadoul
was a member Of a French military
mission to Russia He informed the
court that Clemenceau refused to give
the Russians any assistance against
the. German ruling classes after
Ksrensky's fall and therefore the
Brest-Litoysk peace had to be signed.
Sadoul told the court that he was a
Communist but liked France so well
he wanted It saved by revolution
such as took place In Russia. Evil
IDENTIFY this viewpoint impressed the
court as the captain was granted
temporary freedom!.
COURTS are not generally swept
~ of their feet by oratory. The
main, reason for Frances, diliatoriness
in carrying out the court martial sen
tenceT is fear of the consequences
Sadoul has the goods on the French
government, the government Of Glenn
enceau. The labor movement is bac)
40 hi,,, o,.d +ha. Lr~a~,oh ..yO,.lyn,o q "a
inclined to suit the action to the
word. It is not likely that the death
sentence will be carried out in the
case OF Sadoul. This is evidence of
the power of the Communist move.
ment in France rather than an indi-
cation of soft heartedness on the part
of the French bourgeoisie.
DREMIER HERRIOT is still suffer
ing from sick foot, but his i'll.
ness does not prevent him from max
ing an occasional attack on the So
vict government. In this respect he
is following the example of Ramsay
Macdonald. The latter won consid.
cradle notoriety when he threatened
not to stand any monkey business
from the Soviet government" but
the tories made monkey out of Mac.
Donald, while the Bolsheviks are
holding the fort gayIy. Moderates are
unlucky devils nowadays. Those who
are neither hot nor cold, politically
speaking dc not 1T in this era OF cri-
ses. wars and revolutions. Herrfot 10
destined to follow his foot into retire.
ment. s
N MOTHER gentleman who is. des-
n tined to follow in the footsteps
OF Macdonald and Herriot is Gales of
Mexico. A headline in local paper
describes the Mexican president as
making an attack on the reactionar-
les. On reading the text however we
learn that Gales is attacking the
radical agrarians who helped put down
the De La Huerta counter-revolution
Stung to anger because his treachery
was exposed, Gales insists that he is
still true to the revolution but will
uphold law and preserve order"
The fact of the matter is that Gales
has sold out to the Wall Street bank.
ers and is now being held to his agree
ment by his American masters. He is
q, social democrat and is playing the
same role in Mexico that the yellow
socialists Of Europe are playing.
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nOBERT p. BRINDELL, former
Near Of the New York BUILDING
Trades Council is the kind of thief
who does not understand the tech
nique of the. fine art Of grating
Other trade union burglars who have
feathered their nests while posing as
representatives OF labor have man
aged to retain their popularity with
their followers. Not so Brindell At
a recent meeting Of the Dock Labor
ers' Union which he organized, his ex
iulsion from the Carpenters Union
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