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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-31
Nicaragua and ''NiIitary Necessity"

Readers the allied imperial
lists and the horror their dupe the occasion the
by the Imperial government the effect that
the invasion of Belgium dictated by military necessity
Barrels of shed "bedng Belgium" and when
German marists followed the first statement with characr
cation Of the treaty guaranteeing the neutrality of Belgium
'crap paper" hatred the IIuns" burst all bounds
The crap Of paper theory whose croary the complete
absence in small nations rights which mpepaist
bound respect has taken the United States coincdent
with the acquisition Of dominant position in the world in
and in the hemisphere particular Speaking of the
concluded recently with Panama. in German pres
its openly mpeas features The Chicago Tribune
says in its issue for December 2S:
The OF the Panama canal oOud cripple the military and
industrial effort Of cont time of such
that the defense Of the canal Of greater importance than the
defense of Nelo York TO EXPECT THE UNITED
STATES TO TREAT WITH PANAMA THEN, As 1T WOULD
TREAT WITH GREAT BRITAIN OR GERMANY ON TERMS
OF EQUALITY IS ABSURD. The treaty merely the
frank q fact lchich every OUR COUN
r<TRY CAN ALLOW PANAMA A CONSIDERABLE INDIE
WAR. Emphasis ours)
The kaiser spoke with brutal frankness.
After Panama Nicaragua An offensive against Mexico
In progress long time All these taken
guise protecting it obvious
that long independent republic exists in the
American Imperialism will be guaranteed 100
cent
conquest of LatinAmerica follows logically from the
premise of military necessity"
The policy of Americas government policy
conquest
Nicaragua before the ink the Panama treaty dry
being because the Nicaraguan people refuse to be
1aF4et formerly bookkeeper for American lumber
pany WIKI first act to sell his country to American i'm
peraism.
Withdraw American forces from Nicaragua let the
anAmecan peoples have the form of government they want!
believe that the American Masses after having been
shabes 1917 osensby the conquest small
government which anspan this doctrine North and South
( America in a more open form. n
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-31
BY JOHN PEPPER.

THE manifesto Of the bankers was
l. indeed signed by the financial
magnates of England, Germany,
France and the United States. The
chief impelling force behind this man
ifesto, however, is the change in the
policy Of the most powerful army
corps of world Imperialism, in the at
titude of American finance capital
American finance capital is attempt
ing to break down the tariff walls in
Europe because it is thinking of
breaking down the tariff walls of the
United States of America.
THE traditional poiicy of American
Il finance capital is policy of high
protective duties, British Imperialism
could allow itself the luxury of free
trade as long as it possessed a world
monopoly or as long as its hegemony
was not shaken. American imperial
ism developed into a Junior robber"
in the embittered war of defense
against British large industry and has
always shown a very strong tendency
to high protective tariffs. The trans
ference of the hegemony from Eng
land to America in the imperialist
competitive struggle led to a change
in the attitude of the two greatest
imperialist rivals. In Great Britain
ronger and stronger tendencies to
adopt a system of high protective tar
ifs are becoming evident. while in
America financial capital is beginning
20 steer its course towards free trade.
In America the accumulation of cap
ital is advancing with gigantic steps.
No country in the world knows such
powerful trusts as the United States
Of America.
For American Imperialism the ex-
port of capital has become a vital
interest. In 1925 America exported
81 200, 900 900 Of capital, in the first
six months of 1926 1888 900, 900, and
here is an increasing tendency to in
vest the exported capital not in state
cans but in the industries of Europe.
Canada and Latin America. Of the
levGl milliards of capital which
America has invested abroad, no less
han S6,232,OOO,00O are invested in in
lustry. In the first six months of
1924 only IL per cent Of the American
apital exported went to industry, in
he first half of 1925 as much as 81
per cent and in the first half of 1926
no less than 45 per cent was invested
IN industry.
THE growing accumulation of CAPT
tai, the increasing development of
rusts which has already led to al
most 100 per cent monopolies in all
Important fields of industry, the fact
hat the export of capital has become
vital necessity for American impe-
alism, the enormous investment of
lpital made abroad by American
nance capital, the increasing pene-
ration of important branches of in
dustry abroad by American capital
these are the economic foundations of
the significant change in the policy of
American finance capital.
For the past year there have been
symptoms indicating this change. For
many years the prevailing policy of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-31

petty bourgeois movements against
the trusts. The rise of Imperialism,
the unlimited power of the trusts, the
favorable state of affairs, which has
lasted for years, have made it pos
sible for the republican party to de-
clare itself openly, without any mask,
in favor of the policy of finance cap
ital.
The second political factor which
makes this change in the policy of
American financial capital possible is
the new attitude of the masses of
farmers to the question of high pro-
tective tariffs. The establishment of
the system of Industrial high protec-
tive tariffs in 1922 only succeeded be-
cause the masses of farmers at the
same time stood up for the introduc-
ton of high agricultural protective
tariffs against European and South
American competition. The great az
ricultural crisis which followed shook
the faith of the farmers In the ef-
icacy of agricultural protective tariffs
High protective tariffs keep up the
prices Of industrial articles in Amer
lea, whereas, at the same time, in
spite of the protective tariffs, the
prices Of agricultural products are low
and are still falling. American finance
capital is now, in increasing measure,
finding the Disconnected farmers a
powerful ally in this campaign against
the high protective tariffs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-31
Fascisn,, Socialist Leaders and Communists
Lithuania has fascist government.

Lithuana has a fascist government
The Lithuania organize struggle
against They struggle the way against
socialist coalition government which preceded ascism
This from Lthuania capitalist
press services:
KOVNO, LithuGnio, Dec 27.-Fotw Communists
By firing squad today teo minutes after
the Communist Party.
Italy practically all of the the Party
during the reign terror and
# present whether they dead alive
Poland the government Psudsk
peasant death having
copy the Communist publication
Freedom"
Bulgaria Communist peasants
by the fascists the bloody persecution
inues.
world
egns the class struggle fighting
working class victory their lips the socialist press
joins ascsm denouncing them and their world party
Communist international.
United States where every tradition and the
huge emundewod class points to the rise Of fcsm the
bureaucracy joined with potential
republican parties against Communist
the trade unions.
history repeating itself Of the socialist
playing counrrevoluonary role
ton situation in America.
That they cheering the murder squads of American
Communist workers bucheed their
but the fault Of the historical development
class struggle
hope that the pace the struggle will
sufficiently in America allow present generation socialist
leaders play the role which history
( them and which they accept
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-31
Classical Play Producers in Russia
Get Jolt When Revolutionary Stages
GogoPs "ReUisor" With Class Angle

The Soviet poet-laureate on Deny
an Ryedni publishes a sarcastic qua
train in Isvestia wherein he blames
Meyerhold for using his outstanding
talent to mutilate and pervert Gogols
masterpiece. But It is significant that
last nights proletarian public in the
cheaper seats of the theater enthusi-
astically applauded the slapstick buff
foonery which Meyerhold substituted
for Stanislawski's dignified-one might
almost say stilted-production Of this
old-fashioned comedy.
The popular taste cared nothing for
tradition, but keenly appreciated the
topical aptness Of Gogops plot, where
In a dissolute student is mistaken by
set of grating officials in q small
country town for a government In
spector and entertains with wine,
women and song until the final disas-
ter when the real inspector arrives.
A similar incident was reported IN
the press few days ago from
town near Odessa, where an individ.
ual who was believed to be the az
ent Of the grain commission. dor
rowed" 500 roubles from the uneasy
local representatives OF different pur-
chasing departments.
The crowd, too, at the theater did
not in the least object to The increas-
cd coarseness OF the satire on the
morals OF czarist officials. Even the
harshest critics admitted the high
lunlity Of the acting and the lively
and striking acenaa.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-31

party of finance capital. The first
consequence of this great change in
the social structure of the republican
party was that the party and its gov
eminent openly dropped the "anti-
trust policy" The political Skin
mishes in the party battles, great and
small, in America in the last few
decades, have been nothing but the
fight of the petty bourgeoisie and the
farmers against the trusts.
No country has so many antitrust
laws-and in no country are the trusts
so highly developed and so powerful
as in America. The whole policy Of
Roosevelt, Bryan and LaFollette con-
sisted in leading and betraying these
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-31
The Change in The Policy Of American Financial Capital

America rested on two pillars: a pol
icy of high protective tariffs which
reached its eliminating point in 1922
with the Introduction of the Nc
Cumber-Fordney tariff law, and the
slogan of Away from Europe!" In
recent times American finance capital
has introduced movement against
both, which is increasing in strength
The new slogan of American finance
capital Isl
Cooperation with Europe" and
Break down the walls of the high
protective tariffs"
A MEXICAN capital has invested so
"A much in European industry that it
must see to it that it gets interest on
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-31

this capital. The milliards of debt OF
the European states to America have
been funded in recent times, and
Europe must now begin to pay off
both interest and capital. Europe
can, of course, only pay both interest
and principle in the form Of the ex-
port Of industrial articles. The high
protective tariffs of the United States,
however, make it impossible for Euro
peon industrial products to penetrate
into America. The Shylock of Ameri-
can finance capital will have his pound
Of flesh and that is why he is now in
favor of breaking down the protective
tariff walls.
Financial capital is, of course, the
most important and powerful factor of
political life in America, but even this
financial capital would not have been
able to carry thru this far-reaching
and sudden change were it not that
important and deep-rooted political
changes-caused by and due to the
mighty imperialist rise of America
had occurred in American life in re-
cent times.
THE first of these political factors
4 is the Cleansing" of the ruling re-
publican party. In consequence of the
last election, of the presidency of Coo
lidge, of the LaFollette split, the petty
bourgeois and farmer elements have
left the republican party en- masse,
so that it has become definitely a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-31

| THERE Is, however, a third factor in
4 political life which affects this
question and which makes it possible
for financial capital to carry out its
new policy. America is becoming
more and more country of small
investors. Thanks to the cunning
democratic" distribution of the in
vestments in capital, millions are in
terested in the export of capital. The
more this imperialist development
progresses the larger becomes this
section of small investors which bears
a certain resemblance to the classic"
institution of RENTERS" in pre-war
France. These small investors want
their interest, they are therefore in
favor of Cooperation with Europe"
and of breaking down the protective
tariffs which prevent the influx of
this interest into America.
The economic and political factors
described above are working together
to produce the new turn in the policy
of American finance capital The
finance capital of the eastern" banks,
under Morgan's lead, is the pioneer
for breaking down the wall of high
protective tariffs. Some sections of
finance capital, however, are still in
favor of high protective tariffs, espe-
cially the elements whose interests
are not in Europe, but in Central and
South America. Two poles are con
stantly becoming more sharply crys-
tallized; on the one side New York,
on the other side Chicago; New York
as the center of eastern" financial
, capital being against high protective
European policy" while Chicago
stands up for the protection of the
american standard of living" and
| propagates a "Pan-American policy"
THE American Federation of Labor,
L as the organization of the aristoc-
racy of labor, is declaring its soil
darity with the industrial bourgeoisie
and is in favor of maintaining the high
industrial protective tariffs, as it is
well aware that with the abolition of
the protective tariffs for industrial
products, the prohibition of immigra-
ton, 1. e., the protective tariff against
the importation of labor power must
also fall.
Without this analysis Of the changes
in the social structure of America it
is impossible to understand the most
recent manifesto of the bankers. The
policy Of the manifesto is the policy
of Morgan, is the policy of American
finance capital. "Away with the high
protective tariffs in America"-so that
American capital can better extort its
tribute from Europe; away with the
customs barriers within, Europe"-so
that the industrial countries, where
American capital is invested, can bet
ter crush the agrarian countries
Away with the monopoly of foreign
trade in the Soviet Union"-so that a
clear path to the Soviet Republic may
be opened for capitalism; these are
the latest slogans of American hnance
capital The International alliance of
the working class of Europe, of the
proletarian state of the Soviet Union
and Of the proletariat of America
must fight against these slogans.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-31

rights of citizenship and inviolability
as regards the Chinese fighters for the
national emancipation.
The struggle to save the lives Of the
q means for the Chinese laboring
masses recognition of their right to
exist and putting an end to the reign
Of violence and debauchery, perpetra-
ted in this enslaved colony of world
capitalism.
By your general protest you must
stay the arm of the executioners over
the heads of the 27.-The Executive
Committee, International Red Aid.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-31
See End Of Frisco Strike.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29.-The
end of the carpenter strike in San
Francisco seems near. The union Of
ficials and the Industrial Association
have got together in an informal par
ley and will appoint committee to
consider terms for ending the walk
out, which has existed since April 1.
Each side win select seven men and
the fourteen will choose a neutral
chairman.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-31
Aimee Church Splits.

LOS ANGELES branches of An
gelus temple, where Aimee Semple
Mcpherson breaches her "four-square
gospel in between drownings and
elopements, are beginning to revolt
against the mother church" Venice
temple branch has already revolted,
and definitely severed its connection
with Aimee and her mother. Mrs.
Alice Franck is the evangelist in
charge Of the rebelliods organization.
God called on me To do this" she
said.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-31
Another Bank Failure

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Dec. 20. - The
Bartlett Trust company, one of st.
Joseph's largest banking institutions,
closed It's doors today. A sign in the
window of the bank this afternoon
stated its affairs had been turned over
to the state banking commissioner.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-31

MOSCOW, Dec. 29.-Stanislawski's
famous art theater has been challeng-
ed in its own territory by Meyerhold,
whose revolutionary slant is in strong
contrast to Stanislawski's classicism.
Meyerhold produced Gogols celebrat-
ed Revisor"-"District Inspector
which formerly was a feature of the
art theater's repertory. Enormous IN
terest had been aroused here in Mey-
erhold's production, which had been
In preparation for upward of year,
because IL was known that II was in
tended to "modernize" Gogol to a
startling degree.
The first-night audience included
every one in Moscow with a claim to
literary or artistic appreciation, and
tickets had been at a premium for
weeks. It got the anticipated sensa-
tion-and shock.
Hlghbrows Attacked.
TITS like jazzing Hamlet critic
said. 81 don't deny there is artis.
tic merit and pungent ingenuity In
Meyerhold's production. but In the
case Of 'Revisor' 1t almost seems bias.
phemy. Gogol is the greatest master
Of expression Of the body and soul OF
the Russian people. No one has tho
right to distort his play. changing
words and scenes and interpolating
and emitting in this wholesale fash.
ion. The excuses OF movie adapta
lions ard pale compared with this mar.
formance.'
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-31

See that guy In the lesd2 He's 60
Ing to be the first onS to get to the
7. v. E. L. Ball on Ntw Years Eve,
friday night, and boy-flt sure will be
worth running to.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-05-04
Mu Eauorite Stories
Blu lRuIH s. cosp
"A Scotchman's Conscience

n SCOtCIlfIlau 3 \CEtS(tSttSS
The purchasing agent Of a big 3oA-
bling concern In San Francisco is 8
Scotchman. He gave an extensive
order-indeed. the total ran iato many
thousands OF dollars-to a salesman
for q supply house Although Re has
obtained the business Ia open caalpcts-
ton. and by Virtue ~ the exces3estc
Of his wares and the low teuTeS he
quoted, the salesman felt gratitude N
being favored and sought a way 10
show II.
He knew he dare not offer the Scot
q commission; likewise Il gift of
money, he figured. would be regarded
as an Insult. He had IN inspiration.
The Scot, he noticed, constantly
g7noked cigars. So the salesman
excused himself for a minute, slipped
out to a cigar store and bought q box
containing fifty of the finest Havanas
the tobacconist carried in stock. The
price for the fifty was fifteen dollars.
He brought the box back under his
arm and asked the purchasing agent
to accept 1t with his compliments.
The latter drew back. He explained
that it was against the policy of his
house for its buyers to accept pres
ents of any sort from those with
whom the concern did business. He
was sorry, he said, but he could not
take the cigars as a present, even
though he felt sure his young friend
had rendered them with the hest of
Intentions and in absolute good faith.
The salesman had another idea:
"Well, he said, II hate to throw
these cigars AWAY. They are Of no use
to mel smoke only cigarettes. l
wonder If you would buy them from
me?-there's no harm in that, I'm
sure"
"What would you be asking for
them. laddy?" inquired the prudent
Scot.
"Ill sell the whole fifty to you for
O Nickel" stated the salesman.
The purchasing agent lifted one of
the cigars from the top row, smelled
It, rolled 1t In his fingers and eyed 1t
closely.
Every WE'LL" he said, Eat that price
I'll take four boxes"
Copyright by the Central Press Association.)
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lifetime, to journey with US all the
way-what a treasure beyond COM
pare!
I think that friendship between man
and woman can only last when each
brings to it fine qualities of mind and
of heart. Friendship which is Il mere
cover for Irritation or an avenue pro-
viding a convenient approach to a pro-
posal is only a pretense.
Men do not always want to make
love to women. Many a man honestly
wants a woman comrade-soineone to
talk to-someone, also, with "A o
understanding ear, and with more pa
thence, than his brother man. And
what a luxury it is to be ourselves,
quite naturally, with just n human
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-05-04
To Keep Friendships
Gin Constant Repair"

Death and absence are not the only
from people. and often this is sadder
than going away from them. There
are friends who pass and friends who
remain. Few come with us all the
way, Marie Stuart comments sadly in
Daily Mail.
With some we travel to the cross
road, and then. whether the farewell
be conscious or unconscious, we turn
In different directions. This does not
prove ~dlsloyalty or failure on either
side. We and they are in the grip Of
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-05-04
To the Point

Make your wants known. Page s.
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different tendencies, circumstances, So
cial and spiritual laws. The currents
of destiny bear US east and west.
We outgrow friendships as we out
grow clothes. Doctor Johnson said:
"If a man does not make new ac-
quaintances as he advances through
life he will soon find himself left
alone. A man. sir, should keep his
friendships in constant repair"
If one or two have grown with us
and the years have welded us we are
blessed indeed. IF we find but one to
whom we can speak out our heart
freely, with whom we a walk in love
and simplicity, without discrimination,
we have no ground of quarrel with the
world or God" One such friend in a
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-05-04
Finding Ambergris

Tramping owe Nantucket with his
dog. Edward Davis skirted the shore.
Wedged between two rocks. washed
now and then by the waves. was a
sticky. waxy mass. Mr.. Davis did not
pay much attention to it, but the hunt
ing dog knew his business and per.
sisted in calling his attention to It.
Mr.. Davis scraped the substance to.
gether and took it home. He later
brought it to New Bedford and sub.
mitted it to Capt. Benjamin D. Cleve-
land, a retired whaling master, who
pronounced it ambergris. If SO, the
hunting trip nets Mr.. Davis $1,792.-
New York World.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-05-04

earlier days, and instead of proceeding
~conservatively, they ~'speculated. OF
the more than 1000 dealers in radio
receiving sets and accessories in japan
50 per cent are in Tokyo. Import
houses number about thirty. Japa-
nese-made radio outfits are numerous,
but those imported from America pre-
dominate. In Tokyo. it is estimated,
there are at least $4,000 listeners-in.
The Tokyo broadcast station declares
that only about $4,000 have registered
and pay fees.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-05-04
Radio in Japan

In Japan the outlook for the radio
in the cities is, not bright. The situa-
ton in the smaller towns is more
promising. The pinch of depression is
beil e felt by radio dealers and import
ers., Not d few have failed in the last
two or three months, Most of these
concerns were profiteer;ng in the
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-05-04

l love the schoolhoy definition of a
f~riend-"one who knows all about you,
and likes you just the same"
To be admitted to the friendship of
a man or conan of true culture, large
ness of vision and kindness is the
greatest privilege on earth.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-05-04

We don't know about the peak OF
the prices, but the pique of the con-
sumer was reached long ago.-Boston
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