The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-05
British Imperialism Challenges
"Good WHIP Monopoly

The imperialiStS Of England are preparing
to send fleet of airplanes to Latin America
in an attempt to counteract the lmperlalst
tour of Hoover. In order that there may be
no mistaking their motive as not identical
with that of Hoover they also characterize
their proposed tour of the southern republics
good will" tour. Just as they challenge
the attempt of the yankee imperialists to a
nonopolv of Latin American trade so they
refuse to concede monopoly OF hypocrltlcal
language with which to conceal their pre-
datory designs.
It is certain however, that the British
tories. in adopting the slogan under which
Yankee tyranny conceals its murderous IN
tent. will not enshrine themselves IN the
hearts of the Latin American victims OF these
mowers any more than will the nsolent
tour of Hoover.
The good Will hoax has been repeated
too many times. 1t was the stock in trade OF
Coolidge and Hughes at the Havana confer
ence of the Pan-American union where the
government of Cuba, puppet of Wall Street,
refused to permit the real representatives OF
the Latin-American peoples to attend and
The term was used to designate Lindbergh's
imperialist flight to Caribbean countries while
the Havana conference was in session. 1t
was used again when all Latin America was
arrogantly slapped in the face by the fake
Nicaraquan election held under military
terror on the pretext that the inhabitants OF
the country were unfit to select their own
president.
The masses of the workers and peasants
of Latin America are coming to realize that
yankee good will" means slavery for them
in order that the Wall Street plunderers may
rob them of the rich stores of raw material
and reouce all Latin America to hinterland
of American imperialism.
It is of the very essence of imperlal1st
policy in the colonies and semi-colonies that
investment of capital is not directed toward
enabling them to build up industries in their
own countries, but serves only to stife nor
NAL development and permit the growth only
of such industries as will aid the exploiting
country obtain raw material. Only the ex-
tracing notwithstanding, oil, etc.,-and
sufficient transportation industries to get the
products to seaports are permitted to
flourish. For supplies of finished products
the victims of imperialism are kept in con-
dition of dependence upon the exploiting
country.
A part of the world wide struggle between
American and British imperialism revolves
around Latin America. The competing good
will tours are part of this imperiaist con-
flict, that is rapidly approaching the stage
where it will burst forth into the flames OF
another world war for the purpose OF bring
ing about redistribution of the world be-
tween the imperialist powers. Hoover's tour
is a continuation of the Coolidge policy in
Nicaragua, which is directed toward con-
quest of all Latin America, in order that
dollar despotism may subdue that part of
the world preliminary to the outbreak of the
next war. It is called in military parlance
consolidating the rear"
Only the most relentless struggle against
American imperialism by the workers and
farmers of the United States and close anti
imperialist alliance with the peoples of Latin
America can avail against the war threat.
Only the revolutionary program of Com
munism, which insists that the first task of
the working class is to fight against it's own
mperialist ruling class, can defeat the war
mongers. In the United States the leader
ship of this struggle is in the hands of the
Workers (Communist) Party in England the
leadership is in the hands of the Communist
Party of Great Britain. sections of the Com
munist international, the general staff of the
world revolution And in the colonial and
semi-colonial countries it is only the Com
munist Parties that follow policy that can
effectively resist the designs of the inn
perialists by scourgng them from their soil.
Not through the mounting of deceptive
phrases about good will" but only on the
basis of the revolutionary action of the pro-
letariat and it's allies, the peasantry, can we
speak of identity of interest between the
peoples of the world.