The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-01
Notes on Great Britain and Ireland

THE LONDON DAILY HERALD, organ of the
Trade Union Congress, in it's issue of September
IA, carried two news stories on it's front page OF
executions of Communists by the Dutch and Lithu-
anian governments and of the passing of the death
sentence nine monarchist terrorists by Soviet
court in Leningrad There is editorial in the
issue commenting the Soviet trial and regrettng
the death sentence There is not word of editorial
protest against the execution of the proletaran rev.
olutionists in Dutch Batavia and in Lithuania We
are expected to believe that those camoufaged Brit
lsh labor imperialists pacifists. They are only
IN so far pacifism serves the interests of the
empire.
WHILE on the subject, it might be timely to call
attention to that liberal fraud Bertrand Russell
scion of an old English family of inperialist rob
bers, now here lecture tour Russell comes
TO the defense of British rule in India in the columns
of Abraham Cahans Jewish Daily Forward 1t is
generally believed that Russell is pacifist but he
Justlties British policy in India and is an eloquent
apoiogst for the murder, loot and starvation policy
carried out by the British government He says
that civilization has progressed thru conquest and
tnat the HIndoos would kill each other off if the
British withdrew their armies tomorrow This wsS
the British justification for occupying ireland but
since the British troops were withdrawn from south
ern Ireland after the treaty was signed the death
rate has been considerably lower than in 'civlized"
britain Most pacifists imperialsts under the
skin. Only those with an income that is sweated out
OF the bodies of wage slaves can afford the luxury
OF looking at the world thru rose-colored glasses
others must either fight to exploit others or strug
gle against the exploiters Even George Lansbury
the most noted of British pacifsts is now going so
rapidly over to Imperialism that it is hard to keep
up with his smoke In this stage of the class struggle
one must be side or the other A middle
ground is only tenable for short time
RAMSAY MACDONALD charges Sir Austen Cham
beriain with rendering the empire disservice at
Geneva when he cast aspersions the famous Pro-
toco OF 1924 which Macdonald considered one of his
greatest achievements while in office Chamberlain
thinks the Protocol is alright if one wants to kill
the empire. Macdonald believes that it will save
the empire. Two great minds with but single
thought, but tho their aims similar their meth
DDS not Now, Macdonald proposes that the
League of Nations appoint commission to examine
the Protocol of 1924 and that the British government
call imperial conference to discuss the internal
administration of the empire in relation to Protocol
obligations The fact is that this famous Protocol
tries fairly well supplied with the tools of wars
dead picked haddock Even Philip Snow
den, MacDonald's chancellor of the exchequer deliv
commons few weeks ago. The best of relations
exist between the right wing labor party members
and the government Indeed the so-caed cleft" mem
bers toothless and the erstwhe mlitants of the
Clyde have lost their punch The atmosphere of the
house of commons and the swing to the right made