The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-02

bankers press and
Wall Streets parliamentary hirelings in Washing
ton all roaring in chorus at the outrage that has
been perpetrated. Senator Borah is denounced for
daring leap the hydra-headed Coolidge Mellon
Morgan-Kelogg government and communicate with the
officials of foreign power with which Wall Street rule
has dispute Senator Borah is all but attacked a
traitor who ought to be taken out Immediately to face
firing squad, at least be subjected to mob at
tack time atmosphere is created m which Borahs
cable to Gales is put in the famous category of trad
ing with the enemy"
This whole tumut merely reveals the great difficulty
encountered in getting at the facts in the present i'm
perialist maneuvers against Latn-America 1t was
early shown that the state department did the AS
ISOLATED Press Service and tried the other capt.
tals services to spread it's lies against Latin
America, especially the falsehood that the troubles in
Nicaragua grew out of a Communist plot Matched in
Mexico City to drive Bolshevist wedge between Con-
tnenal United States and the Panama Canal The half
hearted demand made in congress that this whole pro-
cedure of Wall Streets secret diplomacy be investigated
quickly squelched, Borah quitting this par
cuar front Of the struggle with the state department
1t Kellogg's victory in scotchng this attack
his department that doubt gave him courage make
Admiral Latimer supreme dictator over Nicaragua es-
tablshng censorship the Central American re-
public that the state department at first denied but,
being caught in another e had to openly admit Again
the anti-admnistraon senators failed to take advan-
tage OF this new opportunity to rake the White House
and the state and navy departments as mere ac-
cessories of Wall Street imperialism.
It is no wonder that now with a straight face the
administration spokesman and the bought press denounce
Senator Borah for his alleged audacity in communicating
with foreign power. Borah is supposed to take his
information from Kellogg and be content, is the view
taken. In the words of The New York Times, speaking
of Mexico, Abundant material is not lacking to the
inquistve senatorial mind with the addition that,
Secretary Kellogg has offered everything relating
the matter in the archives of the state department.
That, of course is the worst possible slam that The
Times could take at the state department. since it has
offered nothing of value yet.
All the old war stuff is trotted out that Borahs
action tends to encourage Mexico in its opposition
Wall Street rule, that it throws discredit" the
Coolidge Kellogg policies while law dating back to
1798the so-caled Logan LAWS uncovered and busted
off for in the effort to discourage this treason.
DR.. George Logan, of Philadelphia, Quaker and
democrat, who had been member of the Pennsylvania
legislature and aferward United States senator had
gone to France where he had had interviews with
Taeyrand minister of foreign affairs, and members Of
the directory in effort to heal the breach that pre-
vailed at the time between this country and Paris.
George Washington, then president, resented this
course interference with his job
The best that Senator Borah do is to reply that
there is almost unbroken record of the charmen Of
Senate Foreign Relations Committees communicating
with foreign officials from 1893 down to Senator Lodge
Borah cites the conspicuous precedent set by Charles
Sumner who was chairman Of the Senate Foreign Re-
lations Committee from 1861 to 1862 Throughout the
whole Of the Civil War he conducted an almost
tinuous correspondence with members Of the British
cabinet subjects that in controversy between
the nations He also pointed out that he wrote to
the heads of other governments
But that was in the days of the infancy of American
capitalism when it had not yet launched upon its world
imperiast ventures Borah faces different day than
that which confronted Summer. The only question that
remains is Glow far will Borah go in his fight against
Imperialism It seems that so far he has merely blum
dered into every struggle he has been compelled to make
The real fight will not be waged until militant spokes-
men Of the working cass--the class enemies Of the inn
peraliss-are sent TO Washington to take up the at
tack that burns Borahs fingers every time he comes
within hang distance Of it.