The daily worker., 1927-06-22
By t. j. o'FIAHERrY.

THE three principal sea powers are
y again jockeying for position-this
time at Geneva. When Charlie Evans
Hughes, then secretary of state, made
the great gesture for a reduction of
naval armaments in 1921, our liberals
sent up prayers to their favorite gods
and hailed the neatly whiskered one
as a dove of peace. They were all
most as pleased as when Woodrow
Wilson went to war to end war. But
It is not necessary to state that those
gestures of the ruling classes have not
brought US whit nearer peace. In
fact each new conference is merely
another straw that shows which way
the war-storm is blowing.
THE United States, Japan and Great
Britain are sitting down at con-
ference table with France and Italy
looking on. Britain insists on retain
ing supremacy on the seas. japan in
sists on retaining naval supremacy in
the Orient. The United States, the
wealthiest empire of them all, does
not see any good reason why England
should not pass over Neptune's trident
to her and recognize the logic of facts.
It is a great game, nice peaceful
,onfab with rounds of gayety to break
the monotony of the conversations.
THe United States threatens-unof-
ficially of course-that unless
Great Britain and Japan show more
conciliatory disposition, that is, recog-
nize the prominence of the United
States in world politics, Uncle Sam
will turn around and build the biggest
navy in the world. Our imperialists
will do just that. They have the
money and they are leaving no stone
unturned to prepare the public mind
for their plans. Lindbergh's flight to
Paris was utilized for that purpose.
We repeat that there can be no peace
1nder capitalism.
THE Rev. William Sunday, evan
i gelist, while paying visit to Gov
srnor Fuller of Massachusetts,, took
advantage of the occasion to urge the
slectrocution of Saccos and -Vsnzetti.
'Give 'em the juice" shouted this
sadist whose clownings in the name
IF religion have netted him enormous
sums of money. The itinerant preach
sr blew off his usual frothy raving
against foreigners coming here and
telling us what to do. But the most
anforgivable insult offered by the
bible whacker to Sacco and Vanzetti
was mentioning the two labor leaders
n the same breath with the preacher
Richardson. who was electrocuted
some fourteen years ago in the same
state for having murdered trusting
young girl after having seduced her.
IF Massachusetts executes murder
sr why not Sacco and Vanzetti 2"
asked Sunday.
THE ranting of this gutter evangelist
would not be worth commenting on
lid it not present a true picture of the
mentality of large section of the
population of this country. This type
Of mind has furnished membership to
every organization in America that
aad or has for it's object the diminish
ing of enjoyment and the abolition of
collective recreation. Their god is
monster who delights in the con-
compilation of suffering. They have
40 healthy joys but revel in behind
.he-scene perversions. To hide their
moral cesspools they wear an ex-
terror of piety and demand punish
ment on earth and hell fire when life
passes for all those who think life
should be something else than pill
grimmage thru a charnel house.
A fellow by the name of de Witt
n why the "half" was omitted from
ais cognomen is a mystery to me
.lowns a weekly column for weekly
socialist paper published in this city.
ris half-witted jester usually makes
MN Soviet Union the butt of his
Nneries. He was unusually
last week when he volunteered
Nices IN the defence OF the u.
He would pray that the lead
the Soviet government would
ored to what he calls sanity,
would make it possible for de
gAo tolerate them. Otherwise he
liable to let the imperialists go
head and punish Russia for treating
the Car so rudely. The only miti-
eating circumstance we know Of that
might be offered in extenuation Of de
Wits imbecility is that he has been
"poet" for some time.
pUYING the capitalists out Of busi-
v ness is not such simple task as
Il seemed some time ago. Labor banks
were popping up like mushrooms a
few years back. The Brotherhood Of
Locomotive Engineers had banks all
over the country, also other enter
vr;aaa Warren 6 Stone a one time