The daily worker., 1926-09-22
LEAGUE PLOTS
new War upon
SOVIET union
"Peace" in West May
Mean War in East
tspeelsI 70 Ia palIy Workerl

GENEVA, Sept. 20. - A new lndl.
cation Of the intention of great i'm
periaIlst powers controlling the league
Of nations to solidify themselves for
another effort to destroy the Soviet
Union by armed Intervention is seen
In the proposal, backed by the Y. S.
delegation to the preparatory "disarnn-
ament" committee, to be introduced
by the Finnish delegation to the
seventh assembly Of the league.
The scheme was proposed by For
eign Minister Holsti of the white
guard Finnish government, and will
be brought before the leagues council
committee Wednesday, after which it
may go before the assembly.
League Is To Judge.
The scheme provides that unlimited
financial assistance should be furnish
ed any nation, member of the league,
which is attacked by another coun-
try, with a concurrent shutting off
of all financial assistance and supplies
from the "aggressor." The league of
nations, which has proven It's com
plete subservience 10 the exploiting
interests of the big iMperialist powers,
is, of course, to do the deciding as
to who is attacked" and who is the
"aggressor.p
The crux of the proposal is that it
follows the policy of the peace of
Locarno"-a peace based upon an at
tempt to quiet the rivalries and hos
tilities between the various capitalist
powers, but only that united front
between them be made against the
Soviet Union, whose progressive sue
cesses in building up its economic is
becoming a strong Indictment to the
workers of western Europe to follow
the example of the Russian workers.
"For Instanoe--Russia"
This is as much as admitted by a
capitalist spokesman for the league.
who has the following to say about
the practical working out of this pro-
posal for peace" submitted by white
guard Finland:
For instance, if Poland should be
attacked by Russia, the members of
the league would advance financial
credits which would enable Poland to
buy unlimited supplies of munitions,
cannon, and airplanes from Germany,
England, France or any other acces-
sible market"
Poland A War Camp.
When it is understood that Poland
is a virtual fascist dictatorship, with
Pilsudski holding down the workers
only by the most brutal persecution
falling thousands, dissolving the trade
unions, openly preparing for war
against both the Soviet Union and
Lithuania, and acknowledged by every
observer as provoking war under the
orders of England and with the aid
of the United States, the proposal of
the Finnish white guard government,
an ally of Poland, can be seen in its
truly sinister aspects.
This may be also seen in Poland's
treaty signed last week with Yugo-
Slavia. But another sign of the
peace among the capitalist powers
is shown in the full admission of
Germany into the league council and
the rapprochement between Germany
and France, signalized at a secret
meeting last week between Strese-
mann, German foreign minister, and
BRAND, foreign minister Of France at
the Swiss village OF Thoiry.
Germany No Longer The Enemy.
There is no news of what was dis
cussed. Only the semi-official Temps
says that all has been said that the
public needs to know. The absorption
of Germany into the imperialist
schemes of the league powers can be
seen fully as creating a new threat
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