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nets? Or should the Nicaraguan peo-
pie have the right to self-determina-
ton and a government which they
approve?
Coolidge's Pretenses.
The hypocritical pretenses of Presi-
dent Coolidge in his message to con-
gress are so clearly given the lie by
the course of the American govern
ment in Nicaragua that every work
er can see that what the American
government is doing is setting up
dictatorship Of the American govern
ment through its marines and by force
suppressing the wishes of the people
Of Nicaragua. This American dicta-
torship in Nicaragua may be camou-
flaged by the servile Nicaraguan pup
pets Of Wall Street, but the impeli-
alist aggression of the American gov
erument in support Of the exploita-
ton of Nicaragua by the American
banking houses is 50 clear that even
the Executive Council Of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor cannot help
but acknowledge it. Nicaragua is to
become another Haiti, ruled by the
representatives of Wall Street backed
by American bayonets and exploited
by American finance capital.
Other Mobilization.
At the same time that this imperi-
alist aggression goes ON in Nicaragua
the American government is mobiliz-
ling naval forces at Shanghai as q
threat against the Chinese nationalist
forces, which are Wrestling China
from the clutches of the imperialist
capitalist powers, which have looted
that country during the last half cen
tury and inflicted the indignity Of
extraordinarily and foreign tariff
control upon its people. While the
United States pretends to be in SYM
pathy with the demands Of the Chin
csc nationalists for the ending Of the
unequal treaties, it follows the lead
Of Great Britain in massing naval
forces at Shanghai.
The object Of sending these forces
is the same as that which is pursued
in Nicaragua-the use of force in
support of Wall Street investments
aud exploitation of China and to keep
China as field of imperialist exploit
tation by the American capitalists.
No Message TO Workers?
Have you no message to the Amer
lean workers and farmers in, regard
to these events? VIII you not raise
your voice in protest against The
wholesale beheading of the Chinese
trade unionists of Shanghai by the
Chinese warlords who support CAPT
talist imperialism in China, because
they called a strike to show their
support of the Chinese nationalist
cause?
The open imperialist policy which
the government at Washington is
following in the Intervention in Mica
ragua and the sending of American
forces to China, and which is also APP
parent in the threats against Mexico
over the oil leases, carries with it the
threats Of involving this country in
new imperialist war. The workers
and farmers of the United States will
pay the cost of such a war, in the
sacrifice of lives upon the battlefields
and the sacrifice of wealth which they
produce and a consequent lowering of
their standard Of life.
Workers Protest.
L.. .r ,r.1,.lso,.s
have already expressed their protest
against these imperialist policies Of
the government. Notably the Farmer
Labor Conference Of Minnesota, rep
resenting the view Of the quarter
million farmcr-labor voters Of that
state, the Chicago Federation Of La
Dor, and scores Of local unions Of the
American Federation Of Labor.
In spite Of the seriousness Of the
situation which the imperalist policies
Of the government is creating and all
il involves for the workers and farm
ers, in spite Of the open, brutal use
Of the American forces to subdue the
people Of the countries which are
fighting American imperialist exploit
tation, and in spite Of the protest Of
the masses of American workers and
farmers against these actions, the
Executive Council Of the American
Federation Of Labor has remained ST.
lent.
Where Does Council Stand.
Does this mean that the Executive
Council Of the American Federation
u Labor has aligned itself with the