The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-11
AS WE SEE 1T
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and later on when he framed the
fourteen points and again later
when he sponsored the league of ma
tions.
THE pacifists are always hoping
4 against hope that the capitalist
tigers will park their claws in cold
molasses and go on a milk diet, in
stead of living on the flesh and blood
of the working class and oppressed
peoples-their natural diet. The
pacifsts as a rule live on incomes
drawn from the same source, so they
would like to continue to do so, while
enjoying the thrill of swinging a
wicked puff a the cashier now and
then. The pacifists want the present
system to continue, but they would
like to dress it up like Sunday
school teacher ss
THE British spies were commission
L ed by the same government that
infests Soviet Russia with "intelli-
gence experts" to get tine facts on the
latest developments in French war
aviation. This means that England
looks with a jaundiced eye on her
neighbour across the channel, and the
osculatory exchange between the vol
stile BRAND and the aristocratic ice
berg Chamberlain did not halt the ac-
tivities of the British intelligence de-
partments for one moment. Of course,
this is no news to anybody but a fool
or a pacifist. Capitalist powers trust
each other about as much as insur-
ance agents.
THE league of nations is in trouble
4 again. And so is the world court.
Both are related In fact the court
is a feeler for the league Britain
wants the oil that is buried generous
ly in the subsoil of Mesopotamia. The
particular spot is Mosul. England
has no more right to the oil than
yellow Kid" Well, of Chicago, our
outlawed confidence man, who re-
fuses to join the chamber of COM
merce and be a regular fellow. Tur-
key also wants Mosul, and the natives
being a good deal like Turks, appear
to have a reasonable claim to it. Eng
land however, being tender hearted,
fears that the Mosulians would be
unhappy under the Turkish yoke"
s3i&
DEING of this opinion England will
- have the oil If It costs her the
last Hindo soldier In her armies. But
in order to have the support of the
good ladies of Fifth Ave, Newport and
the Chicago Gold Coast, England calls
on the lague of nations to do its duty
The lague tried to do so, but the
thumb of Turkey right hand flew
to a finely chiseledl lose and England
tried the world codft. A loud "haw-
haw" from Turkey greeted her new
dodge. But England continued her
efforts to save the Mosulians from
Turkey. Finally the world court, alias
England, decided that Turkey must
abide by the unanimous decision of
the league council, minus the votes of
Turkey and England on the question
of oil rights in Mosui. The Turks hav-
ing sense of humor, laughed moder-
ately and then told the league to go
and chase itself. Mussolini did the
same thing, when he suddenly turned
loose his cannon on an island full of
Greeks. Nothing happened to him,
human beings not being as precious
as oil. Just now 1t looks like trouble
between England and Turkey over
Mosul. 1t will be interesting to watch
what will happen to the Locarno pact.
1t may work for England, but it will
not bring peace.
THE son of a Chicago millionaire
l. was sentenced to life imprison-
ment few years ago for murder. He
is now enjoying the open air. Far be
it from us to suggest that the family
millions had any effect on governor
Small's parole board, but one cannot
help thinking that had be been
penniless murderer, he would spend
the rest of his life. behind the bars,
or get his neck broken on the gallows
lust what we expected happened to
- the famous apti-injunction bill,
secured by labor leaders, thru the as
sistance of their friends" in the IL
linois legislature. Judge "Dennie" Sui
livan landed a haymaker on its jaw
and it is down for the count. In fact
1t is not longer of any account. The
law provided for peaceful picketing.
The labor takers Boosted that what
the workers need is patience. This
virtue would bring them relief from
the more onerous burdens now laid
on them by the employers. "See the
anti-injunction bill"they chortled. But
the law is dead, atlleast temporarily
Yet 1t is encouraging to note with what
never failing hope the labor takers re-
new their fight to have another ST.
milar law nlaced on the statlita hooks