The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-04

imperialists.
logg are able to. The crash of shells
exploding. among the huts of colonial
peoples must be made to sound more
like a hymn. America must be al
ways doing good. Coolidge methods
are too harsh, they lack the fire and
romance which impels the youth Of
the land to deeds of darring-do in be-
half of empire.
CTILL further, and connected direct
y ly with the orgy of militarismr
especially in naval armament prepara-
ton, which will follow Geneva and
give expression to the struggle for
world power, is the reluctance shown
by Coolidge to sacrifice his economy
campaign, designed to appeal to the
farmers, middle class and lower sec
lions of the capitalist class, in the
. interests of an adequate navy"
Coolidge is provincial in that he
sees American imperialism princi-
pally in its relation to the Western
Hemisphere. In Latin America he
grasps quite readily the fact that
Wall Street has the sacred duty of
rescuing the populace from them
Z, selves, but he has but scant ability
to visualize and popularize the wider
world interests of American finance
i capitalism.
| WHO will be the choice of Wall
+" Street to give official government
j tai sanction to its domestic and
foreign policies in this period of wars
f.; and revolutions?
Borah? Hoover?
Both have qualifications which i'm
perialism can use in president. One
has appeared as an opponent of i'm
perialist tactics-but not of policies
and even this oposition has never
crystallized into serious action. The
other is advertised as man of mar
vellous brain, tender heart and trem-
/ endous practicality.
! ar will the choice fall upon Lowden
or Dawes? One is a farmer-banker
and the other is banker-farmer
/ Whatever choice is made by the
oligarchs and their under-cover men,
we can be certain of two things: first,
that the candidate will be selected for
his real or imagined ability to pacify
agrarian unrest, and second for his
understanding of an agreement with
the imperialist program of the gen.
eral staff of the American ruling
class and ability to present it in
i sugar-coated form to the American
masses.
THE next five years probably will
witness the construction of the
Nicaraguan canal-the waterway
which will double the mobility of the
American war fleet. The struggle
for control of the Pacific area will
become more intense, the hostility of
world capitalism toward the Soviet
Union may we'll break into an open
armed offensive at any time, the
liberation movements of the colonial
peoples will grow in power and the
Filipinos, under the influence of the
Chinese revolution and the pressure
of American Imperialism may launch
a real struggle for freedom, the hos
tility of Latin America to the en-
croachments of the COLOSSUS of the
north" will express itself in more
determined action, competition be-
| tween American and European in
dustry will grow into unconcealed
antagonism--the class struggle in
America will be acknowledged by ever
wider masses of working class, the
agrarian crisis, will become more
acute
For such tremendous problems, up
u on partial and temporary solutions
of which the life of Imperialism de-
ponds, Coolidge is obviously incom-
petent even when surrounded by
skilled advisers.
In the expressive popular language
of the United States, che cannot put
it across"
American Imperialism, for t h e
standard bearer of its principal po-
litical party, needs some one who can
render better service.
NOR will this fact be altered if the
~ Coolidge machine is able to arouse
a popular" clamor for its chief in
the ranks of the republican party and
pick enough delegates to tender him
the nomination in spite of his declina-
tion-a nomination which could be in
terpreted as an irresistible "call to
service"
Wall Street will choose then be-
tween an A Smith, the second entry
in the Imperialist stakes, and Cool
idge which it is unable to rid itself
Of due to the restrictions placed up
on is rec choice by law, custom and
procedtlrN.