The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-11
Monows Conference at the State Department on Mexico

Most revolving is the eulogy of
Morrow because he once declared that
"the military power of the United
States should not be used to collect
foreign debts" When and where and
under what conditions has any gov
eminent of the United States ever
admitted that it used armed force to
defend the interests of the loan-mong-
ers or any other creditors? 1t is one
of the functions of capitalist diplo-
macy to conceal its military aggres-
sion behind humanitarian slogans.
When an expedition is launched to
collect debts, or pillage oil lands, or
grab territory or for any sordid mer-
cenary purpose whatsoever, the gov
ernment does not make public an
nouncement of the fact, but resorts
to atrocity tales while the reptile press
screeches about defending the inter
ests of civilization, justice, liberty,
saving the lives of American citizens,
avenging insults to the flag and other
hysterical yarns.
In the realm of capitalist diplomacy
is most fully exemplified the observa-
ton that Language was invented to
conceal thought" One must indeed be
bereft of even the slightest degree of
acumen to believe what statesmen say
of themselves and their motives. 1t
is not what the agents of American
imperialism say, but what the i'm
perialist forces do that counts.
Can it be possible that the Washing
ton correspondent has forgotten that
past master in sophistry, the late
Woodrow Wilson, whose pacifist twad-
die and lofty rhetoric entrapped all
the liberals of the country and many
of the alleged revolutionaries at the
very moment he was preparing to
deliver the country to the war-mong-
ers of the House of Morgan?
When particularly vile and dirty
piece of imperialist criminality is to
be perpetrated it is precisely the mas
tiers of exalted sentiment that are
chosen for the job and Morrow be-
cause of his talents in that field has
been chosen to prepare for the con-
quest of Mexico by Wall Street.
If Morrow and Sheffield speak of
winning the good will of the Mexican
people" it is only to disguise their
predatory designs against them, the
same as Woodrow Wilson expressed
sympathy for the Russian people
while American troops were invading
Soviet territory in order to destroy the
workers and peasants government.
Most laughable is the concluding
observation of the correspondent that
MeXicans arc waiting to see whether
+ Morrow's influence will lead to the
withdrawal of troops from Nicaragua
and Haiti.
If ever the American armed forces
get out of these two countries it will
be because they are forced out or
because the agents of American inn
perialism have corrupted a sufficient
~ large number of native mercenar-
les to carry out their predatory policy
without the aid of armed forces, but
certainly they will never withdraw
because of any benevolent sentiments
on the part of Wall Street.
THE fact that the appointment of
Morrow does not at all signify
friendliness of the Wall Street gang
toward the Mexican government is
proved by the intimation from the
state department at Washington on
| Friday that the government has
reached the conclusion that it is best
to remain absolutely neutral" This
can only be interpreted as a friendly