The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-15
American Imperialism DEGREES
Perpetual Slavery for Panama

tween the United States and England.
The leaders of both the old parties
perceive clearly that the conflicting
interests between the two giant i'm
perialist powers of the world can
never be settled around conference
tables. At the same time both Britain
and the United States perceive that
the greatest menace to Imperialism in
general is the Union of Socialist
Soviet Republics and the Chinese
revolution. In addition to defending
their present imperialist conquests
both of these powers, in varying de-
grees determined by their own special
interests, strike to destroy the Rus
sian and Chinese revolutions. This
fact is ignored by such politicians as
Swanson.
In this connection it is timely to
recall the fact that American i'm
perialist policy in China is the direct
opposite of its attitude toward the
Southern Republics. In the case Of
the Western Hemisphere the Monroe
Doctrine is used to close the door to
the aspirations of European imperial
ism. American Imperialism demands
undisputed domination of the two
American continents. wall Street
by its tremendous economic power is
rapidly bringing the British dominion
of Canada under it's domination) In
the case of China the Wall Street
gang demands the "open door" in or
der that it may strive to GUST the
other powers from that vastly rich
territory and secure undisputed
domination of it. When and if that
goal is realized it will close the door
against other powers as it does today
in the Latin-American countries. The
apparent contradiction between it's
policy in China and in Latin America
can be easily reconciled when it is
understood that the aim of yankee
Imperialism is to dominate the whole
world.
And in carrying out this aim the
United States certainly is not going
to permit, for moment, any nation
or group of nations to threaten its
supremacy in countries under its
domination.
The canal itself is of tremendous
military Importance inasmuch as it
| affords means whereby the Atlantic
and Pacific fleets may merge for any
concerted action necessary to main
| tain and extend the rule of Wall
Street over the republics to the south.
In a world war it would also be in
valuable as an aid in facilitating
heavy concentration of forces either
on the Atlantic or the Pacific.
Panama is but one of many nations
sharing a common fate of victims of
the most ruthless despotism extant.
1t has special significance inasmuch
as its position on the canal makes it
a very sensitive nerve center for
American Imperialism and any sug-
gestion Of challenge to yankee DOM
nation meets with determined resist
ance at Washington
Certainly at a time when the
ravaging Of Nicaragua by American
marines assumes particularly repul-
sive forms with the systematic
murder of natives proceeding day
after day in order to conquer more
territory for second canal the
American banditti is not going to
temporize with those who question
its domination of its first canal.
IT is impossible at this moment to
perceive, through the maze of intri-
CUES and the cabals of the league the
real motives behind the declaration of
Morales. 1t is doubtful if it is a
deliberate provocation on the part of
Britain, but it is crtain that Sir Aus
tin Chamberlain and his associates
will welcome the statement Of the