The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-02
American Samoa" Bares
the Atrocious Crimes of.
Wall Street imperialism
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

CONSIDER the case of American Samoa" cluster of
- pearls in the south seas set gaudy in Wall Streets
perast diadem when CooIidge's bandit government in
Washington begins screaming about American capitalist
rights in Mexico.
Lorrin A. Thurston, publisher of the Honolulu Adver
tser made trip to Samoa to gather shells on shores
washed by than four thousand miles distant
stumbled into facts that oed him into telling the world
about Them Thus the conviction of Paul Crouch and Walter
prison sentences while serving in the dollars army the
Pacific, has interesting sequel with which all American
labor should acquaint itself.
The United States not dispute that Mexico belongs
to the Mexcans Washington has recognized the revolution
ary government of Gales On behalf Americas profteers
however the Washington tries in its usual way
to bully the Mexcans into abogang their oil and land laws
is again threatened malicious antMexcan propa-
ganda resumed. The atrocus MagdaIena Bay hoax is
again trotted to do its usual service in breeding
hatreds.
Washington is trying to apply Samoan methods to Mexi-
These methods in Thurstons words follows
of annexns territory pursued lin
bringing American the
Its independence
formal privilege
ing coang and supply station PagoPaso harbor.
Germany might IT, pes-
dent thuPo by executive order grabbed not only the whole harbO
but the whole island which
islands WE'LL and designated
That the way the "Locarno spirit" works in the South
Pacific Congress has never ratified this grab 1t doesn't
have to- The constitution does follow the flag
governor accepted and the tyranny that hves murder
and massacre that Wall Street has visited upon Guam the
Virgin Islands and Hay ready for business Samoa The
governor has supreme power He uses it only American
despots
For instance, Samoan put trial for murder. Even
the has admitted that the testimony a les
But the victim is convicted His lawyer tries appeal
higher authorities. But Thurson vouches for the following
exchange OF cordiaities at the foot of the gaIow:
samoan law provide appeal governor
"Who going to tor"
T the president of the United statss replied the
Youre too late" replied going
the defendant this afternoon they
until he
Evidently the u S. navy didn't worry much about the
life OF one rebeous Samoan where had previously
dered thousands in Hayti with mpunity.
This is the United States government that talks hypo-
critically about confiscaton to the Mexican government
Mexlcos workers must develop strength kick every
american profteer far beyond their counys
DER They must learn to root out every sembance SYM
pathy to be found in their midst for capitalism FORMS
Labor in the United States must stand by them this
Iaudabe effort
The imperialism that peoples in other lands
also turns its lust for murder its people, Congress
gives ready to stories brought them by preudced
Catholic spokesnen seeking to stab awakening Mexican
labor in the back. It will listen the striking textile
workers OF Passac, New Jersey seeking raise their
standard of living.