The daily worker., 1927-07-18
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By t. J. o'F1.Aarm7x.

thGt city bear out the prediction
atly made in The DAILY
a,&ER that the official leaders Of
sl socialist movement everywhere
uG1ld oe the most efficient policemen
* the capitalists in holding the
w4J&ers in check. The Vienna revolt
a2s sgsin proved the truth of this
cforee. Socialist leaders in uniform
a>e reported to have tried TO call off
ttle demonstration and the socialist
n,a@Qr is said TO have ordered the
ti;Hs tt fire on the workers just as
}sasist. Classens and other New York
@at3ts called on the police to club
.c nrilitant workers at the Sacco-
sa2etti rally week or SO ago.
FILINGS are moving all over the
world with Kaleidoscope rapidity
The Chinese revolution quickly passes
from one stage of development to
another and the policy that was cor
rect only few months ago may be
wrong today. Leaders who were
fighting on the side Of the revolution
few months ago are today fighting
egainst it, tho loudly protesting their
devotion to the program and prin-
ciplas Of Sun Vat Sen. On the other
hand the social elements that will
provide the man-power and the fu-
tuTe leadership for the Chinese revo-
irtion, lie; the workers and peasants,
nc developing their collective power
.apidly.
jWE have been told many times re-
Gently that the workers of
vestern Europe would have nothing
,c do with Bolshevism or revolution
low perfectly beastly Of the Aus
trian workers to kick this respectable
ind hoary old gag in the Stats! While
the blasted agents of imperialism are
confabbing at Geneva in fake naval
limitation conference the serfs of the
league of nations and the interna-
tlonal bankers in Vienna gave sudden
and violent proof that the spirit of
revolution is not dead, The capitalist
bandits may now decide that there
are times when even thieves must get
together.
THE boasted stabilization of capital
ism is very much of false alarm.
ii is well not to underestimate it of
course. But if there is any choice be-
tween those two errors, it is on the
side Of under-e estimation. Some peo-
pie are quite incapable of forming a
conclusion based on realities for the
reason that they ignore all facts that
do not happen to jibe with their fan
cies. The truth is that capitalist
sterilization, in so far as it went,
since the war, has been at the ex-
pense of the workers. This in it's
turn makes for instability since it is
only question of time when this
added exploitation of the workers
produces revolts and revolution.
kLREADY the Vienna revolt is
AZ blamed on the Communist Inter
rational and on the U. S. S. R.. This
is not surprising. There would not
be any trouble if the Soviet Union
ceuld be wiped off the face of the
earth Indeed. it is true that there
would be much less trouble for the
ilnpcrialists for the time being, but
even such a miracle would not elimin-
ate strikers, and rebellions. Those
will continue as long as capitalism
exists.
yr is too soon to predict with any
degree of accuracy the develop
iuarE Of the Vienna revolt. AS we
kaye already said, the workers are
Handicapped by the traitorous leader
ship Of the socialists and because of
She numerical weakness of the Com
nalIlist Party. Unless the Viennese
workers receive support from the
proletariat in neighboring countries
rhare is little likelyhood that they will
succeed in establishing a proletarian
government. The fascist govern
ments Of Italy and Hungary are Of
fering aid to the Austrian govern
rnent and every imperialist govern
ment in Europe will be ready to jump
-SN SaiN iOcN VI OAAC fAQoIIldH WOGK-
ers. How vigorously will the Euro
paan workers rally to their embattled
comrades in Austria? How strong
is the grip of the leaders of the So
cialist international on their follow
ers? Those are two questions that
will be answered within the present
week.
FROM Europe to America is long
jump. Out in the wild and woolly
state of Illinois, William Hale Thomp-
son, is still waging war on King
George and amusing himself by
threatening to kick the Kings
superintendent of schools out of
Chicago. We do not know whether
the teachers are glad or sorry that
the foyal tool is due for the bounce,
but we know that the threat to reduce
their salaries in the interests of
economy and for the greater glory Of