The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-18
Red Rays
EDWARD RUSSELL.

| CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL,
one of the most prominent of the
socialist renegades that left the So
cialist party because of the st. Louis
resolution against the war, has donned
the armor OF battle for various causes
since he returned from his trip to
Russia with Elihu Root, in the in
terests Of woEld Imperialism. He
usually attaches himself to move
ments that arouse enough opposition
to bring him into print and enough
support to keep his larder filled. Tho
he rendered service to the allies,
among them Great Britain during the
war against Germany he became an
Irish patriot when that profession was
less hazardous than it was when
Woodrow Wilson was the chief prose-
cutor Of real Irish rebels against
British imperialism in the United
States.
! ( ATER on Russell took up the
- cudgels for Filipino independence,
but it is likely that his interest was
greater in the Quezon treasury than
IN the sufferings of the Filipino
masses under the Wall Street yoke.
Perhaps his contract ran out, anyhow,
we don't find the gentleman writing
any more in behalf of Filipino indie
! pendence, but he has broken into the
headlines again by espousing the cru
SADIE conducted by William Hale
Thompson against British propaganda
in the United States.
WE are by no means in accord with
" those who regarc Thompson's cam
paign as Quixotic fitting at
windmills. There is plenty of British
imperialist- propaganda in this country
and almost every British lecturer that
comes here, from the socialist Ber-
trand Russell to the most reactionary
tory, does his best to boost the en-
plre. Thompson's campaign is far
sighted recognition of the growing in
tenslty of the competition between
this country and Great Britain and as
a politician he is not making any mis-
take in getting in on the ground floor,
Our attitude is one of "a plague on
both your houses" Peace can only
be established in this world by the
exploited workers and subject peoples
when they wrest power from the
brlgands who are now in control.
While Thompson is fighting the
British empire for carrying on propa-
ganda in this country favorable to it's
interests, he has not a word to saw
against the imperialist campaigns
waged by the United States in Latin
America, the Philippines and China.
CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL
served on the Commission of Pub
lie Information in London during
1918. His job, in conjunction with
others, was to misinform the public
about the war. While he was in Lon-
don, many of his former comrades
were in Jail for opposing the war.
They dared to be on the unpopular
side. At that time fighting the
British empire meant Jail, even in the
United States. 1t was Russell's mas
ter, Woodrow Wilson, who gave the
information to the British govern
ment that resulted in the arrest and
execution of Roger Easement, who
came from Germany to Ireland on
submarine. Russell will pull the
British lions tail at so much per
jerk. He would feed the lion for q
similar consideration.
ORD Robert Cecil in explaining the
reason for the flop of the Geneva
conference on naval ornaments de.
clared that Great Britain's refusal I'd
admit parity of naval strength with
the United States "bangs, bolts and
bars the door" to any hope of agree.
ment with the United States. The
noble lord is right. The two great
empires are liable to be at each
others Threats in a comparativelJ
short space of time, unless they first
start war on the Soviet Union. In
the latter case there may not be mucY
left of imperialism by the time tn.
battle is over
TIE police department of Bethlehem
Pa, has rather novel method O,
paying its way. On Saturdays it puts
in few hours arresting people on
vague charges of disorderly conduct
Inmates of bawdy houses are ar
rested, fined and turned loose again
This activity nets the departmen, -
about $4,000 year. We submif
that this is mighty good wav q,
keeping police department going