The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-09
EDITORS NOTES
lConti1.ued from Paqe One)

better candidate for them than Coolidge.
But how about the middle, the poor and the work
ing farmers? What do they stand to gain by Low
den as against Coolidge? This the important ques-
ton. And the answer to it is: Nothing. Lowden's
agraran program, assuming that he IS sincere
adherent of the PRINCIPLES of the McNary-Haugen
bill would at best serve the interests OF the rich
and partly of the middle farmers. The great mass
of those farmers that seriously suffering from
the effects Of the agf2rian crisis would not be re-
lieved at all by the and methods Of Lowden.
This must inevitably happen not only because of the
total inadequacy of the measures chanpioned by
Lowden personally but also because he is q prom
inent politician Of the republican party-the party
of capitalists--which is not going to permit the
strengthening Of the farmers position with respect
TO the grain spectators and big bankers.
The poor and working farmers must look for farm
relief elsewhere. Neither Coolidge nor Lewden,
neither the republican the democratic party, are
agencies fit for the job of aiding the poor farmers
The way to actual agrarian relief is the way OF
organized political struggle of the farming masses
themselves, through their organizations, and
in alliance with the workingclass organized in
party Of its own
THERE is one good thing--and only one-about
the three power disarmament" conference in
Geneva. 1t offers a splendid demonstration of the
fact that the imperalis interests of the capitalists
of the United States and England cannot be recon-
ciled, that sooner later, unless successful pro-
letarian revolution intervenes in the meanwhile.
these two capitalist powers VIII come to an armed
clash precipitating world war.
In the conduct of the British delegation at the
Geneva conference there is nothing particularly
except perhaps unusual amount-unusual for the
cool and composed British arstocracy-of heated
emotionalism, caused undoubtedly by the desperate
state of affairs of the declining British Imperialism
The ruling classes of the British Empire to
find it very hard to become accustomed to the fact
that England no longer holds the first place in
world mperiast politics There is still good deal
of imperialist illusion in the minds of English capt.
talists. But these illusions being Knocked out
pretty fast by the realities of the world situation
and by the aggressiveness and militant sef-asser-
ton of American Imperialism.
Study the conduct of the American delegates to
the Geneva conference and you will find the other
side of the present world pcture-the growing
ascendancy of American Imperialism. These Amer
lean delegates, comparatively unimporant and little
known persons by themselves, speak the powerful
and arrogant voice of American big monopolistic
capital This voice has already made its will known
in Geneva quite plainly. 1t is that American inn
perialism is out to dominate the world and in order
to accomplish this aim it is determined to become
as strong sea power as England and later on
stronger.
The technical discussion among the experts as
to the present relative naval strength of America
England and Japan is of course important. It shows
that of these capitalist powers really abided
by the so-called Washington agreement which es-
tablished the 1888 ratio for capital ships Each
proved particularly guilty in that respect was Eng
land That is why the United States government
initiated the Geneva conference. And that is also
why the American imperiaists militant IL
their present attempt to reduce Englands nava
strength and to increase their own.
Those who expected real disarmament,
reasonable limitation of naval ornaments, bount
to be severely disappointed The Geneva conference
is nothing more than another phase in the struggle
between American and British imperialism for SCI
power and world domination. The best that cal
come out Of it is some sort of fake understanding
under cover of which each of the parties concerned
will continue to cheat the others until such time a
American Imperialism finds the moment opportun
to step out from under cover and take charge 0
the situation by sheer force of arms.
The American workingclass, the American farm
and all those exploited by the ruling class o
the United States must face the present situatio
frankly and honestly More pacifism of the old ira
ditonal style will not do any 1t is tina
futile to expect big monopostic capital to give u
the struggle for world domination merely becaus
it leads to which Practically inclined pei