The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-13
Labor Must Refuse to
Bleed and Die in Wall
Streets Next Dollar War
BY J. LOUIS ENcDAHL.

"This deadlock was finally broken
by the flourish of American rifles.
Captain H. S. Knapp, in command
of the marines, declared martial law
on Nov. 20, 1916. He ousted the
Dominican officials, dissolved the
national legislature, forbade cleo
tons and declared himself supreme
legislator, supreme Judge and SUI
preme executor established a re-
gime Of military force and court
martial, set up rigid censorship,
levied taxes and increased the pub
lie debt. This military dictatorship
was, according to the official pro-
clamation of martial law, set up I'M
der instructions from Washington
because the United States govern
ment has urged upon Santo
Domingo certain necessary meas.
ures which that government has
been unwilling or unable to adopt.
THUS THE UNITED STATES
FRANKLY SET UP A MILITARY
DICTATORSHIP FOR THE PUR-
POSE OF FORCING SANTO DO
MINGO TO SIGN A TREATY CIV
ING TO AMERICAN INVESTORS
COMPLETE CONTROL OVER THE
FINANCES AND ADMINISTRA-
TON OF THE REPUBLIC"
This National City Bank Of New
York City, that keeps it's govern
ment at Washington continually ON
the jump and rushes battleships
overseas in protection Of the inter-
ests of American investors" now
has branches in as of the most i'm
portant cities of 20 important coun-
tries scattered over the world. The
beginning of this year saw it abb
sorb the International Banking cor
poration which enabled it, in the
words of the New York Time, to
branch out into a worldwide or
ganization under the one name"
The extent of the consolidation is
shown by the fact that the branches
of the International Banking corpo-
ration, that will become foreign Of
fees of the National City Bank, in
clude eight in China, in Canton,
Dairen, Hankow, Hardin, Hongkong,
Picking, Shanghai and Tientsin;
four in Japan, in Kobe, Osaka, To
kio and Yokohama; three in India,
in Bombay, Calcutta and Rangoon,
and one in Batavia, Java. Activi-
ties of the London branch will be
combined with National City's ONCE
In the British capital. Branches in
Spain and the Philippine Islands
will continue to operate under the
control of the corporation and it's
offices in London and San Francisco
and the head Office in New York.
The new members will make an
important addition to the list of Ma
tional City foreign offices, which in
cludes twenty-five in Cuba, seven
in the Dominican republic and
others in Argentina, Belgium, Bra
I'll, Chile, England, France, Italy.
Panama, Peru, Porto Rico, Uruguay.
and Venezuela.
The above represents the ramifi-
cations of the interests of but one
group OF Wall Streets international
bankers. 1t is to protect the profit
interests of them all, under the
high-sounding camoufage of 'Iife
and property" that "the greater
navy" is demanded from congress.
For the glory of the American
dollar the navy-army murder ma
chine is sent against weaker
peoples to crush and enslave them.
1t can be halted in its tracks,
however, by the American working
class, that has always furnished the
soldiers who are about to kill and
die for the capitalists. Let labor
spike the war machine of Wall
Street declare its solidarity with all
oppressed, uniting all who toll
against the common enemy pro-
fiteer for the victory of the work
ing class.
Labor must not bleed and die to
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