The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-24

empire conference now sitting in Lon
don. The South African declared that
his country would insist on being in
ternatkonally recognized. 1t will take
< all the diplomacy. champagne and the
slamor of Buckingham Palace to keep
the disconnected members' Of the do
minions from speaking frankly. Hert-
aog made it quite clear that he wants
no part Of the union jack in the South
American flag. Not that he intends
to secede. No, no. Perish the thought.
But you can never tell what may
happen.
TTOW little credence can be attached
Ii to the average news story is well
exemplided In the press reports sent
from London prior to the convening
in the empire conference. Everything
was going to be peaceful, and King
OF Canada, Cosgrove of Ireland and
Hertzog of South Africa would calmly
lie down with the lion. No responsible
person would make predictions as to
what position those gentlemen may
stand on, because they are capitalist
politicians with an admirable regard
for the safety of their political hides;
But blind person can see that the
countries those three represent hang
to the motherland by slender and
weak string.
TyOW the works of men and mice
4 i "aft gang agley'' is again demon
strated in Englands misfortune with
Iocarno. Sir Austen Chamberlain was
honored by the king for clinching the
Locarno pacA which was designed to
weaken France on the continent. Eng
lands campaign to get Germany into
the league of nations had the same
object Now France turns around and
airts with Germany with the object OF
forming a combination which would be
stronger from a military and CONNER
ciaI point of view than any ever
formed on the continent~of Europe.
And we gather that the erstwhile Ger
manophobe. Poincare, is behind the
negotiations with Germany, tho he
cannot keep from snarling across the
Rhine occasionally.
WHETHER the negotiations be-
w tween France and Germany will
develop into hard and fast alliance
is in the lap of history. America is a
FACTOR. Ii seems that the United
States does not see its way clear just
now how far it should go against its
greatest commercial rival, Great Brit
ain. The United States and England
put Germany on her feet, but capt.
talist nations are VIGOROUSLY thank
less. 1t is rather amusing to see the
nation that was saved from the ter
rible Hun" by the United States EN-
brace the aforesaid Hun" while Amer
lean legion delegates to their next
convention in Paris, are forewarned
that FIVE thousand French girls will
meet them on the dock with hands
outstretched, not to embrace, but TO
demand alimony.
DY the time the discussion over the
ID nativity of Columbus is finished
it may develop that he was an Es-
kimo. Hitherto the Italians have
claimed him and the Irish have built
his monuments. Then along comes
q German society and puts in claim
for the discoverer Of America. Now
come the Spaniards, who claim that
they paid for his berth. This ia the
penalty Of greatness. Christopher
would be better pleased. tho, If such
desire to do him honor during his
lifetime was more pronounced than
the desire to carve his scalp.
I.SUGENE V. DEBs is dead and the
IL working class in all lands will sor-
row. Whatever disagreements other
sections OF the revolutionary move
mept had with Debs. they were over
tactics, methods to be used in the
task OF overthrowing this robber sys-
tenn. Debs hated capitalism thoroly
and religiously He was a man of
great courage and never hesitated 10
take stand because OF any conse-
quences to himself. He sacrificed a
comfortable career in the labor move
ment for the sake of his opinions and
wore out his body on tho platform
and, sapped his nerve force in jail, for
the cause.
TN recent years Debs was not able
to accommodate himself to new
revolutionary strategy that was born
out of the womb OF the Russian reyo-
luton. 1t was pity that he was not
Gble to accept Lenin's invitation to
visit the Soviet Republic and see a
workers state In action. Ill health
prevented him making the journey and
also the pressure brought 10 bear on
him by the political pawnbrokers who
have been using the old mans pree-
tige for the past few years as ng
leaf 10 cover the nakedness OF tay
socialist party.