The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-12


lished by the capitalist press over
the world these past few days con-
corning alleged disorders" within
the borders Of the Workers Repub-
lie.
Moscow hit upon a phrase that
will be understood in our backward
America. American fiction is light
and frothy at the best, even in the
coolest winter. The most intel.
lectually laggard mind must have
his brain tickled at all seasons
OF the year. But there must be
thrill to 1t, or many thrills, the more
the better. This must especially be
true of summer fiction" major
national necessity right now.
Evidently the kept press editors
had concluded that "sex appeal had
lost Its punch, that the detective
story was becoming too blase, and
that other fiction forms were lack
ing sufficient kick. "Trudie" Ederle,
swimming the channel, was the SEN
sation of but one day. The tale Of
who is going to fight Jack Demp-
seyY" has been worn threadbare. The
baseball season is going stale. Sen.
Reeds slush fund investigation has
played itself out. No excitement on
the whole monotonous horizon. A
new wrinkle had to be put into
Americas summer fiction" for the
season of 1925. So the editors final
ly hit upon another Bolshevik scare
as their only salvation. They had
used it before. They Joined In the
common acclaim, TRY It again!"
There is some significance to the
fact that the widest tales were man
ufactured and given elaborate space,
with scare headlines, In the Hearst
press. 1t shrieked so loudly that
the rest of the employers press,
even some sections that try to cling
to a semblance of truth, began
screaming along with 1t. 1t became
the widest sort Of orgie.
But the storm is over. The thous-
ands Of miles of newsprint. streak.
ing thru hungry rotary presses like
sheet lightning, have spread their
wierd tales for nothing. Rivers of
cloudy ink have flowed in vain. The
atmosphere clears once more. The
sun shines again and according to
the headlines themselves, Russia
is Serene!" 1t may be that the kept
press automatically lived up to it's
usual traditions In furnishing the
usual happy ending" In this case
1t was inevitable. No other ending
was possible, as has already been
pointed out in these columns, for
there was never anything unusual
transpiring In the Union of Soviet
Republics. The last chapter, as the
Associated Press was forced to send
1t out to its clients, with the head
line as 1t appeared in one Of the Chi
cago Heart sheets, is published
herewith. Hardly any additional
comment is necessary. 1t is a con-
fession of error that workers will do
we'll to remember.
But that isn't all. AS the cable
from John Pepper, at Moscow, pub
iished on another page points out,
the disorders were and are outside
and not within the Soviet borders.
1t was under cover Of the "Bolshe-
vik scare" which the American
press used for its own purposes, that
reaction was seeking to carry for
ward its evil designs in Eastern
Europe. The clash between Poland
and Lithuania is becoming more
acute. England is trying to advance
chr interests along the shores of the
Baltic. At the same time the war
drums beat in the Balkans, as has
already been pointed out. Roumania
of the white terror, in addition to
Joining with Yugo-Slavia and Greece
against Bulgaria, concentrates her
troops against restless Bessarabia.
These are facts that cannot be hid
den behind any Anti-Soviet barrage,
no matter how carefully it is laid
down.
We repeat again, the disorders are
not within the Union of Soviet Re-
publics. There the workers and peas
ants are buster than ever building
the new social order. All the dan
gers are from without. The danger
to Soviet Rule is right here In the
United States. among workers lulled
into deep slumber by the narcotic
influence Of summer fiction" whe-
Their II deals with fake tales of
alleged industrial prosperity at
home or the Justice" OF Wall
Streets policies abroad. The attack
on Soviet Rule originates in cap
italist countries. II is the duty OF
workers and farmers in all coun-
tries, especially in the United States,
to overcome this attack and elimln-
ate It's source by establishing work.
ers' rule everywhere.