The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-15
AS WE SEE IT
BY T. }. o'FLAHERTY.

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britain did nofgo into the war to
- gain a foot of territory or
pound sterling as the spoils of victory.
Just to save the poor Belgians from
getting their national dignity trodden
on by the beastly Germans!s But
what can poor ]. Bull do II he finds
himself in possession of territory
that doesn't belong to him, but which
is hankered after by some predatory
power, that has not the interests of
civilization at heart as well John?
The only thing the honest plug can do
of course is to hold on, and grunt
along under an added white mans
burden"
A S the headline in one of the morn
"A ing papers tells us, Britain's grip
tightens from the Red Sea to India.
Those of you who read the bible will
remember that Moses, when fleeing
from the Egyptians found in the Red
Sea a good ally. With the enemy in
the rear, closing up on his people, he
was at loss what to do. But inspira-
ton came along and he struck the
sea with rod, whereupon the waters
divided, allowing his army to walk
across without wetting their tootsies
But 10, as the bible would say, when
the enemy tried to make the grade,
Moses wickedly turned his rod loose
on the river and the waters rolled
over the enemy, drowning them.
DURING the war, while England
~ was sending troops, sparingly, to
the Western front to hold the Ger
mans back, she was sending troops in
goodly numbers into the Near East,
TO protect that country from nothing
more dangerous than the hot sun.
But when the war was over, France
began to get suspicious and this sus-
picion increased until today there is
as much enmity existing between the
capitalists OF France and England as
existed between the pirates of Ger
many and England prior to 1914. Now
both nations are quarreling over the
spoils Of the Near East. But Britain
has possessions that means a good
deal
XTIHEN BaItour was in Damascus a
w few days ago the Arabs stoned
the hotel In which he stayed. The
stone throweFs had just said their
prayers and no doubt were informed
by their god or gods that stoning Bal
four was a religious duty. OF course
Balfour's god was Of an entirely diff
ferent opinion The latter uses pois-
son gas and lighting airplanes, while
the Arab diety is still in the stone
age. However, stones we're in the
majority for the moment and Balfour
fed. Now the peculiar thing about
the affair is, that Balfour was in
Syria, over which the French have a
mandate when the excitement took
place.
MO doubt he was keeping his wealth
~ er eye open for an opportunity
10 strike a blow at French influence
In Syria, when the Arabs began to
hurl the Irish ammunition at him.
And it is by no means outside the
province of practical politics that
France had melted the Arabs to rain
stones on Balfour who was after a
fashion the guest of the French. But
when Balfour was compelled to fee
Tor his life French police came along
and jabbed the Arabs with sabres and
took Balfour away on a French
steamer The Arabs have no love for
the French exploiter but of the two
evils they certainly don't prefer the
British Now the British fear their
prestige in the East will be impaired
because of Balfour's hasty fight.
THE British and the French robbers
L quarrel over the loot in the Near
East. and they use the peoples of the
East as pawns in their game Of pill
lage and murder, but there is only
one power making its influence felt
in the Near East which is gaining the
confidence OF the masses as II did in
China. That is Soviet Russia and
Britain is much more afraid of Com
nunist propaganda in its possessions
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