The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-09
The Smoke Screen at Geneva.

Under the preext of proposals the antagonists
between being fought out in the eighth assembly of
the league of nations at Geneva.
On the surface the small appear staging revolt
against the domination of the big nations The capitalist press
exceptions ntepres the OF forces at Geneva
that superficial They mistake the apparent movement
for the real movement.
The chief the Polish delegation NJ Sokal is preparing to
introduce resolution ouaw war; by making act of
aggression by another international crime This
verbage for the simple chat the gathering
that lead armed clash between nations always
such character that each of the begerents claims that the
enemy guilty aggression The attitude of the neutral
tons again determined by their Alliances or enes Even
today thirteen after the outbreak of the world war there
still heated debates among the historians of capitalism
Britain France mad Russia
aggresss The conflicting opinions Of the historians them
selves determined by their national and class peudces which
in determined by the political and economic interests for
whom they speak.
Obviously proposal is only smoke behind
which the inrgues of the carried The
illusion that the proposals the small nations directed against
the big powers as BLOC must De cegocay TeJecIeo as unreal
well established fact that the small nations
serving pawns the of the big nations
That does not however, that each small nation the tool
specific power Quite frequently the inner political life of
small nations motvated by conflicting interests serving
agonstic big nations Poland example of such nation
has for number of years been striving to dominate
Poland influence In spite of the fact that
coup of Psuds in Poland behalf of Britain
there strong influences And the action of the
delegate the assembly of the league of nations indicates
that behind the scenes the willy Aristide manouverng
align against Brtan domination of the league. Britain
Immediately launched counerast through its agent M. Pol
it's chief Of the Greek delegation who criticized the Polish
should be deceived for moment regarding the indie
of small nations While these minor all have
their specific national interests history has decreed that
they tools of the great powers long they remain
itaist nations.
Another fact major one that considered is
the Imperialism which nextricaby
yoved all the economic and political struggles of Europe New
to Poland the Wall Street to place at the
disposal hundred million dollars at per
refund debt which pays eight per cent that
United States be dnteresed party in regard the
aba at member of league its position
enables its
nomic and political power in its own interests.
The eighth assembly of the league of nations is
danger signal working of the world again
the antagons between the powers The only thing that
their flying anoher Threats the fear of the
the existence the Soviet Union which
the powerful influence for peace the world today and
aho the league council tables its presence felt and its
unreenting opposition Imperialism feared because of the
its the working the great powers
and the suppressed masses Of the colonial countries