The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-31
.BOrah Takes His Place
with the Imperialist Foes
Of the Chinese Republic
By ]. LOUIS ENGDAHL.

of subject peoples rapidly fall away This always takes
place The present situation, not only with regard to
China, but also Mexico and Nicaragua, is no exception
It will be remembered that prior to the world war,
Newton D. Baker of Cleveland, Ohio, had a reputation
a pacifist and liberal Yet he became Woodrow Will
sons secretary of war, of the worst jingoes of
them all.
J. Mitchell Palmer, of Philadelphia, was Quaker and
pacifist with supposedly liberal twist of mind But
Wilson's attorney general, he led reign of terror
antedatng the deposed Attorney General Daugherty
red batter and radical hunter
Now Senator William f. Borah joins the casualties
including those turning against the Chinese He
strips himself Of the last shreds of the antimperiast
cloak that he has been wearing socalled friend of
oppressed nations.
The stripping has been a gradual for Borah. But
it has, nevertheless, been effective.
He has continually urged the ntion of the Union
of Soviet Republics Recently when he charged
with having deserted his stand on this question: he
reiterated his demand Tor the recognition of the Soviet
Union The crucial test however occurred when Samuel
Gompers the late president of the American Federation
enemy of the Workers Republic challenged Borah's
stand The open clash came at hearings held by the
senate foreign relations committee of which Borah is
chairman. At the crucial moment, when Borah
pected to make an aggressive fight, he suddenly ad-
journed the hearings. His mitancy this question
has gradually faded
Borahs failure take definite and aggressive stand
against the open intervention In Nicaragua is of more
recent date In speeches delivered Tuesday at Utica
and Syracuse New York. he revealed himself more than
drifting closer and closer to stand with
the imperialists. On the Nicaraguan issue he said:
81 object to the Nicaraguan situation not much
because marines there protect life, but be-
recognized the wrong individual"
That is about deep Borahs differences with inn
perialsm go at the present time Borah, in the
speech declared that he had been campaigning for the
republican party since the campaign for Blaine and
Logan way back in the last century, which that
he claims to have always been good republican. Borah
has been upholder of the republican party during
all the time that it has been the political spokesman of
the developing American imperialst empire. He has
never broken with it.
At Utica Borah declared that 81 think he Zeal Cool
idge) entitled to the nomination flor reelection
president in 1929 and have it if he wants it."
Borsh knows Coolidge wants it.
To support Coolidge in the United States is to sup
pol the creature Diaz in Nicaragua, of the imperial
ism thar keeps Coolidge in the White House. This
roses how sincere Borah is in lending lip service to
Sacasa, the opponent of Diaz This is the Borah that
contents himself with a speech in the senate the
LEGALITY of dollar diponacys aggressions in Central
America, as if robbery could be committed legally"
Another shred of large proportions was torn from
Borah's anti-imperialist cloak when he meekly
rendered to the administration in its refusal to permit
him to go to Mexico with other members of the senate
foreign relations committee and investigate conditions
there for themselves
Senator King at least made effort to get into
Hayti forcing the local stool pigeons of the Dollar
Kings to keep him out. Not So Senator Borah At this
time when Coolidge and Kellogg trying to explain
mysterious letters to the enemies of the Mexican
workers, promising American aid and sympathy in sup
port of uprising against the Mexican government,
Borah is upstate in New York making speeches that
favorable if anything to administration policies.
The least that could be expected from Borah would be
immediate investigation of these letters and siren
demand that they be made public that the work
and farmers of the nation could get look them
and decide for themselves whether they forgeries
But Borah has lost his zeal for open diplomacy He
winks both his eyes at secret dollar diplomacy.
But it is in his latest statement on the Chinese sit
uation, that Borah stands stark naked imperalst
ally. No longer he parades ant-mperiast poll
tcian the friend" Of oppressed peoples and subject
nations Wall Street may be proud of the chairman
Of the senate foreign relations committee who says:
"The United States government is simply protecting
the lives of its citizens there Gin China) the govern
ment has gone further and will continue TO protect
its citizens until the spirit of the revolution has passed
away"
No protest here against the wanton murder of 1000
defenseless men, and children at Shanghai. No
voice raised against the assassns aerial attack the
quiet villages of Bias Bay under the shallow pretense
that they were the abodes Of pirates. No indignation
the slaughter of workers in Shanghai both by native
Chinese exploiters and alien mperiaist soldiers who
number approximately 10000.
One American has met his death at Marking 1t is
shown that his slayers the Shantung allies Of the
United States France and other nations that continue
to the actual situation lie the goggles of Wall
Street and beholds the situation in China presented
to him by the gifted propagandsts Of Dollar Dipo-
macy.
All that is necessary now is for j. Pierpont Morgan
to step forward and pin Dollar Dplomacys most famed
decoration, "The Double Cross Of Gold" Borah's
breast heaving with love and admiration the achieve
mens of the armed FISTS the army and navy in cruel
flying helpless peoples Yet, without this decora
ton, Borah is now branded.