The daily worker., 1927-04-11
CurY9ntEUentS
By t. J. o'FLAHERrY.

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THE raid of Chang Tso-Lin's police
on the Soviet embassy in Peking
shows to what extremes the imperi-
alists are ready to go to strike at the
Nationalist revolution. 1t is believed
in authoritive quarters that the raid
was carried out under British instruc-
tions. The Manchurian bandit would
not have dared commit such an un-
precedented act without the sanction
of the powers. The dean of the dip
lomatic corps gave Chang's brigands
permission to enter the foreign lega-
tion quarters Of the city.
As the fortunes Of the imperialists
Tin China are waning the prospects
of Intervention loom larger on the
political horizon. Those birds of prey
hoped that they could split the Kuo-
mintang Party and thus block the on
ward march of the emancipation
movement. 1t seems that the expec-
tation that Chang Kai-Shek would be
able to deliver the goods for them
is no longer considered a probability.
England is evidently ready to make
a bargain with Chang Tso-Lin and
pay that brigand's price for again sell
ing his country.
THE raid on the Soviet embassy in
Peking and the threatening attitude
Of imperialist police in the interna-
tional settlement in Shanghai towards
the Soviet consulate indicates that a
supreme effort is about to be made
by England to involve the Soviet
Union militarily in the China civil |
war. England was never faced with |
a more serious crisis than confronts |
her today. Her rule in India is sit
ting on volcano that seems to be |
about to resume activity. Her Sikh |
troops in China are disaffected and |
several of them have been executed
for anti-British propaganda. The
whole of the Orient is liable to go
up in a revolutionary blaze at any
moment. This would indeed mean
the beginning of the end for British
Imperialism and to a lesser degree
for world imperialism.
DAMSAY MACDONALD, right wing
Az leader of the British Labor Party,
has shown his true imperialist colors
in the crisis over the Chinese situa-
ton. Like the notorious charlatan,
Lloyd George, Macdonald exonerated
the tory government of wrong doing
in dispatching thousands of troops to
China. The presbyterian socialist, or
socialist presbyterian, prates about
the necessity for defending British
subjects tho he knows quite well that |
the question at issue is not the pro-
lection of the lives of British subjects
in China but the protection of Brit
ish pounds invested there.
ACCORDING to London dispatches
II John Wheatley is candidate for
the leadership of the parliamentary
labor party, a position which Mac
Donald is liable to lose as a result !
of his repeated acts of treachery to
the workers. Wheatley speaks in the
language of a left winger, but his
words must be taken with pinch of
salt. He is catholic Tho he was
one of the first to take up the Com
munist suggestion that British labor
should organize workers defense
corps for the protection of the trade
unions against the attacks of the
fascist and other extra-legal arms
of the government he was rather 81
lent during the general strike, while
Macdonald, Thomas and Snowden
were busy selling out - liners.
Nevertheless his candidacy icates
that the opposition to MacDonaldism
is assuming concrete form. This is
good.
THE avalanche Of bills pouring into
Albany, aimed ostensibly at obscen-
ity in the press and in the theatre are
certain to be used against the work
ing class. It was to be expected that
Governor Smith would sign the bill
permitting the padlocking of theatres
NpilNiNbth Va idNiii6 oNoSSN pays NOh-
, sidered lecherous. obscene and lasci-
Nyious by New York policeman. This
I&w can be stretched to paddock any
working class club or hall that will
meet with the disapproval Of the au-
thorities,
CALVIN COOLIDGE hates to see
" the Filipinos suffer the torture of
being forced to submit to a referen-
dun on the question Of independence
from the United States. The Filipino
legislature passed referendum bill
4 and Governor-G General Wood promptly
vetoed It.. The legislature just as
promptly passed it over "Ivory
Soap's" veto. Then the ex-bill collec-
tor from Vermont turned down his
thumb on It. Yes, the United States
is determined to save the Filipinos
Ryop, themselves. Perhaps the Fill