The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-15
PALESTINE REDS
Lead fight ON
BRITISH rule
Arabs and Jews Unite
Against Imperialism

Little Palestine again has been the
centre Of interest for few days. Tho
telegraphic agencies and special cor
respondents Of the big English news
papers sent out detailed descriptions
Of Lord 5aIfours Journey In the "Holy
Land" his arrival, his welcome, and
everything else concerning the matter.
But all these announcements and de-
scriptlons-probabIy purposeIy rather
than acknowledgements the true poll
teal significance Of the Baifour trip.
The ceremony Of the opening u Jew
lsh university In Jerusalem (which, by
the way, has a thoroughly clerical
character, and will be a bulwark Of
reaction, and with the spIendour Of
which the Jewish bouroeolsle will dan
zIe the broad Jewish masses In varE
GUS oountries), Is naturally not suf-
fclent reason for Turing a British ar
istocrat, advanced in years, Of high
standing In political circles, such as
Lord Balfour lie, to Palestine.
Tests, British Policy.
And the other popular" explanation
that Lord Balfour came to Palestine
in order to see with his own eyes how
the Zionists have put the "Balfour
Declaration" Of 1917 into practice, in
which Palestine was set aside for the
Jewish peoples as a national home"
also deos not suffice. The crux Of
the matter is that Balfour, as one OF
the most moderate" conservatives in
intimate relation with the foreign Of
ace at present, has been entrusted
with the task, under the guise of a
visit" to subject British policy in the
Near East to test.
After the rehabilitation" of British
power in Egypt by the Ziwar Pasha
cabinet, and the dissolution Of parliar
ment, and the security Of the other
wing of the British possessions in
the Near -Mesopotamia-by the
cleverly melted uprising in Kurdistan,
the time has now come for British
policy to introduce the policy Of the
firm hand in the centre, i 9. Palestine
and Arabia. Lord Balfour's journey,
as the British conservative weekly
Near East itself states, was pro-
vocation of the Arabians, just as the
Journey of Lee Stack to the Soudan
was five months ago. But that Is just
what the imperialists wanted. At the
same time a test was to be made to
find out how capable the native pop
ulation was of resisting British imper-
ialism, and also how far the alliance
with, or rather the lackey service of
the Zionist bourgeoisie and the social
democrats could be depended upon.
Socialist Allied With lmperialists.
The second test was a glorious sue
cess. The Zionist bourgeoisie and
their lackeyes, the social-democratic
"Poale Zion" of various tendencies,
showed that they place good deal
more value on the smile Of the Eng
lish lord than on the peaceful rela-
lions with the Arabian population OF
Palestine. The Zionist organization,
which, by the way, not only in Pales-
tine, but also in the other countries,
has put itself completely into the
hands of the reactionary sections OF
the Jewish bourgeoisie (Which recent
ly went beyond an INSCRIPTIONS Of
fensive against Soviet Russia and has
again begun taking an active part in
the Intervention schemes), is ostenta-
tiously challenging the Arabians to
battle by abusing the Arabian central
committee and the Arabian nationalist
leaders. When tanks and aeroplanes
are holding the Arabians in check, the
Jewish bourgeoisie courageously at
tacks them. AS consequence, the
Arabians break out in wild fury a
gainst the Jews and instigate pogroms
against innocent poor Jews. 1t is this
which constitutes the greatest service
rendered by the Jewish bourgeoisie to
British imperialism, because it can
maintain its position in Palestine only
on the basis of national antagonisms.
Arabs Unite Against British.
Thus, whilst the Jewish bourgeoisie
in Palestine showed to Lord Balfour
that it was trustworthy lackey, the
attitude of the Arabs showed that the
native population has much more
power Of resistance than was expect
ed. The two parties in the Arabian
camp (the "nationallsts"- party Of
compromise and the extremist party
OF the Arabian Executive Commit
tee'D. as well as the various small
peasant parties Of Palestine have
made common cause in answer TO the
British-zionist provocation, anda the
protest against Balfour was unani-
nous. Apart from the slavish and
fawning zionists, the whole country
was united in its protest against brut-
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