The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-17
Capitalism Can Show no
Symptomofl Improvement
Turnout the British Isles
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

TODAY Germany staggers under the heavy burdens in
foed by the MorganDa plan, and the French franc
movers on the brink of chaos little attention given
ditons in Great Britain. This land least is held by cap
ast apoogsts to be an mpegnabe citadel OF capitalism
Great Britain certainly will continue be capitalist
stronghold the leaders of the British party
their say These include especially j. r. Thomas, who
secretary for the colonies in the Labor government
and J. Ramsay Macdonald the late premier himself, with
others like Frank Hodges and Philip Snowden Thomas
ism when he declares that if he had the power put
ism into operation by his vote he would refuse do it,
because the majority Of the people do believe in it."
The Thomas-MacDonad brand of socialism, under la-
Dor rule consisted of open alliance with British imperial
ISM in fact in the of oppressed Egypt these
capitalist dictatorship against the dictatorship
British workers thru Soviet republic.
"United We Stand Divided We FALL is the motto alike"
declares John l. BaIderston in the New York World of
Stanley Baldwin for the propertyownng classes and H.
Thomas and Frank Hodges for the workers"
BaIderson, of course knows he is committing false
hood when he that Thomas Hodges snowden Mac
British trade union delegation to Russia conclusive proof
of this This writer lies much in this instance he does
when he verbosy procIams that W certain that in this
postwar world the old shbboIeths of capitalists
workers alike are as out of date as the mdnneteenth
fury dogmas of Karl Marx, which worshpped gospel
texts by the Communists of Moscow"
This writer like capitalism itself would like to hide his
head oschke in oblivion and dodge the truths of Marx
ism and Lennsm that conquerng the world for the
working class
In this England of Baldwin and Macdonald, according
to Lloyd Georges fearful confession the Of
commons there nowhere to be found real symptom OF
improvement; rs per cent of British pre-war foreign trade
and IS to 20 per cent of prewar national income has dsap
peared. 81
While the British press franticay points to Soviet rule
charging that the recovery of industry and agriculture there
is not rapid should be- it is admitted that production
in England untouched by the of external and civil
and Intervention, is today below what it in 1913
There today 1,25o0o0 registered unemployed work.
in Great Britain, who have received than billion
and half dollars in does since the Efforts ship
these obess workers to Canada and Australia offer
luton since both of those colonies have unemployed pro-
bems of their To refuse this ameoraon of the suf
ferings of the voorhees, would produce crisis than
the present drain upon the treasury. aaa
The temporary safety of British capitalism the
ability the Badwns Asquths and Lloyd Georges unite
with Thomas Hodges Macdonald and Snowden, in tory
beraabor-socast bloc against the interests of the work.
That what the Worlds correspondent when he
says, United We Stand; Divided We Fa' But the
British working class will develop sufficient strength throw
off the yoke of the united opposition" of capitalism. That
is what helps develop serious crisis in England well
Germany and France The struggle for bread keen in
the British Isles is the continent Capitalism has its
troubles everywhere.