The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-11
By ANDREW WILMER

challenge.
"Tm not your man, guvnor And if you want to
know what think about it, well, think it's the
drtiest, meanest bit of blackguardism I've for
many long day.
'What?" whats that?" "The mans Bolshe-
wiki" why, what do you mean sir?" burst from the
startled gentlemen from Hampton Court to Wimble-
don. Sounds of agreement with the broad-shoudered
came from some of the new arrivals.
. what do mean? Well, mean this: the people
who are always talking about honor and loyalty the
members of the gentlemany party, the Conserva-
tive Die hards have broken the pghted word of the
British government as though it were worth less
than nothing. They have raided rooms which were
guaranteed immunity by themselves, smashed open
DOORS stolen diplomatic correspondence, ill-treated
the employees, let the women be searched the body
by male police and in general conducted themselves
like their Chinese bandits"
There was a moment or two's silence of sheer
paralysis. The speaker went on.
"The Conservatives accused the Russians again
and again of breaches of agreement, but when they
asked to prove it, they couldn't prove one
single concrete instance"
By this time his listeners had recovered from their
establishment and there almost roars of dissent
from the irate Conservatives but the broad-shoud-
cred one stuck to his guns.
Can anyone of you prove one concrete practical
breach of the trade agreement" he persisted. eff
you can, then you can do more than Chamberlain
has been able to do"
Half dozen voices assailed him with, "But the
propaganda. )" Communism "Bolshevsm!"
That's no argument" declared the stalwart "The
propaganda doesn't come from Moorgate Street,
most of it comes from King Street. And remember
just such propaganda years before ever an official
representative of the Soviet government set foot on
shores, before the Soviet government existed in
fact"
"That may be So" interposed an apoplectic look
ing old gentleman, "but we have certain proof now
that the Russians have subsidized and encouraged
this anti-constitutional propaganda"
"Ho Ho! Hot" laughed the man with the pipe,
'you jolly fine to talk about the constitu-
ton, when your party has just proved that it is
ready to fling all the laws of the land into the sea
to get it's own way!"
"But the seven tons of documents, the arms the
secret safest" they bombarded him.
"Seven tons of fiddlesticksl" said another man
near the door, speaking for the first time He also
was broad-shouldered with big red hands and heavy
hob-nailed boots. Between his feet there was tin
can which obviously contained his dinner. "Fiddle-
sticks" he repeated energetcay whilst his friends
laughed eff you went into any big business con-
and pinehed all the papers you could lay hands
on, dare say you'd get seven tons of documents
too if you weighed emil"
There was renewed laughter and one or two of the
well-dressed passengers looked little foolish
81 suppose you think the Russians have been care
fully writing down all their conspracies and savin
EN- up until they got seven tons of documents all
ready for the marks in nice little 'eaps"
There were roars of laughter. No made any
attempt to answer
"And as for the arms" said thin young man with
union badge wedged in between brace of stock
brokers, they were shot guns for export to Siberia
Who thinks you can make revolution with shot
guns?"
At the next station, Vauxhall matters got still
More with smelly pipes and caps on
their heads got into the smoker. They all had their
food in billy which they deposited on the floor
of the carriage. There was not pair of spats to
be seen amongst the lot of them and some Of them
wore chokers instead of decent collars and
ties In consequence the relation of class forces as
the Marists call it, changed still further TO the dis
advantage Of the citizens from Hampton Court to
Wimbledon.
"The fact of the matter is" snapped hooked
nose solicitor from Raynes Park, shat these for
egn spies have captured British state documents Of
paramount Importance, and the government is en-
titled in sheer self-defense to every possible
means to recover them" And his little beady eyes
glittered angrily at the broad-shouldered man who
had first taken mn the cudpels no latter ,raa