The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-18
Soviet Union Gives the
League of Nations Slap
in Face in Disarmament
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

GEORGES TCHICHERIN commissar of foreign affairs for
~ the Union of Soviet Republics replied the invita-
ton of the league Of nations asking that the Workers and
Peasants Government send delegates to the proposed Pre-
paratory Disarmament Commission
mperast diplomacy got such singing slap in the face
that the smarting will be kept alive for some time.
It is necessary for American workers and farmers to
fully acquant themselves with European itaris since it
is with wealth stolen from labor in this country that the in
ternaona bankers make huge loans to European govern
ents most of this money being spent to maintain nceas
ingy large ornaments.
disarmament gatherings attempts to drug the peo
Piles of the world into believing that the that
plunged the world into the last sincerely seeking the
path toward peace. Thus Tchicherin declares:
the league naons) deliberately
prevent participation
the commission all formal the
Importance collaboration
That the of the Soviet Union to the effort Of
the leagues ackas to place the blame for the failure dis
arm on the shoulders OF the Russian workers and peasants
The Soviet Union was the first to present in full the
in 1922.
The Soviet Union had already called conference of
bordering states with the purpose of examining the question
of disarmament To this conference presented concrete
and quite reaIzabe program
The Workers and Peasants Government voluntarily re-
duced its military forces the absolute minimum pos
sbe in view of the refusal of the capitalist states reduce
their ornaments
Yet the Soviet Government has never concealed its
skepcsm regarding the alleged efforts being put forth by
the league Tor the supposed OF reducing ornaments
In spite of the protests Of the Soviet Union the league
officials insisted holding their preparatory conference
Geneva Switzerland 1t the Swiss government that not
only failed to protect NJ Voovy the Soviet delegate when
threats were made against his life at the Lausanne Confer
ence in 1922 but later did everything possible to absove the
murderer The Soviet Union does not intend any
OF its spokesman into this murdereFs to become
the target of imperialist assassins
It would be very easy for the leagues gathering be
held in other country But no! 1t in Geneva
pot of boiling impeas intrigue. So hypocritcay SEXES
on the Soviet Unions refusal to Geneva an OPEN
ing for another attack the Workers. Republics But
Tchchern rips off the mask of this doubIedeang diploma
Cyl revealing its hideous face the whole world when he
declares:
ever meets to examine which
desired anticipated and which
purpose OF ensuring the failure Of the enterprise
"The attitude of the directors
definitely convinced the Soviet seriousness
and nsneeriy Of the the atters
ncapay and Inaptude important calling
universal disarmament conference" .ee.s.
These charges will be fully substantated by developing
events Last Tuesdays elections in Illinois indicate that the
workers and farmers of this state quite at least
some OF the repusve characteristics of the league That
knowledge must grow into class opposition, only
against the league but also against Wall Street
ment at Washington that gives it aid and comfort.