The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-17

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lent lubricator and diplomatic agent.
The Royal Dutch Shell, a British
government oil trust howled to heav-
en- at the idea of seeing a christian
finn like the Standard Oil Company
of New Jersey buying oil which it
said was "stolen" from its rightful
owners. Quite Indignantly it insisted
that it would have nothing to do with
"stolen" goods, no matter how profit
able such trade might be.
HOWEVER it was learned that the
IA sanctimonious Dutch Shell tried .
until the last minute to get a mono
poly on this "stolen" oil, but failed /.
The British government used the
Dutch Shell in its diplomatic cam
paign to boycott the Soviet Union
but the oil trickled thru. II
THE Portuguese army has again dec
Jared its loyalty to the government
of the day. We have an idea that
it's collective thumb was somewhere
in the vicinity of its nose. Another
palace" revolt was attempted in that
country and the ambitious generals
who would like to swap places with
the present cabinet are safely locked
up.
PRESIDENT CARMONA is receiv-
ing the plaudits of the press for
the courage he displayed when
lieutenant who headed a delegation
that demanded his resignation decided
to shoot him first and make his de-
mands afterwards. Carmona simply
socked his armed antagonist on the
jaw and called it a day. "There is
nothing remarkable about my con-
duct, Carmona admitted to the press
"What else could a Portuguese do?"
There is good deal in what the
president says.
portugal is satrapy of Great /
Britain and those revolutions usu-I
ally take place when the quarterly
subsidy arrives from London. Those |
in power have the spending of the
money, of course. In return for |
keeping Portugal on the payroll the
British receive the tobacco concession
and many other favors that repay
the cost
| ORD BIRKENHEAD, secretary for
- India, and one of the most bitter
enemies OF Irish freedom back in /
"Home Rule" days has high praise
for president Cosgrave of the Irish |
Free State executive council. Birken- /
head declares that he would not stand
for any modification in Substance"
of the oath of allegiance to the king
of England which is a hint that a
change in wording without making
a difference in meaning would be
satisfactory. 1t was Birkenhead who
drew up the formula that was ac-
ceptable to Cosgrave in 1921.
IT will not make president Cosgrave
more popular with the Irish people |
to have praise showered on him by
Lord Birkenhead, The British have
always taken good care of their tools
as long as they are of service to
them. Indeed this a universal policy
used by all imperiaisms. The United
States does it in the Philippines and
Porto Rico. The capitalists follow
this policy in the American Fedora
ton of Labor. They shower favors
on the labor leaders and are always
ready to buy off the most promising
of the workers leadership.
THE action of the New York World |
in refusing space to Haywood |
Broun's articles on Sacco and Van
zetti shows what myth this boosted
free press is. There is no such ami
NAL. The DAILY WORKER never
pretended to speak for all classes.
1t speaks only for and in behalf of |
the workingclass. The World on the
other hand pretends to be for the |
whole community, yet when Broun
insists on defending two members of |
the workingclass with the necessary
vigor, his writings are killed even
tho ne is one of the foremost and /
most highly paid columnists in the
United States.
NOBODY who is opposed to this
Az social order can express his con-
victions in the capitalist press. We
do not get indignant over this fact. !
1t is just as it should be. The !
capitalist press stands for the pres
ent social order and it would be sui
cidal for it to allow itself to be used
for the purpose Of sabotaging the
system from which it draws susie
nance. 1t is the hypocrisy of this
press that we object to. The thing
to do however is to actively support
the only workingclass daily news
paper published in the United States
in the English language that speaks
for the workers and the exploited
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