The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-24
APPEALS TO men
no GO over TO
GENERAL SANDING
Must Refuse to Fight
ANicaraguan People

You are among the $50 enlisted
men ordered to sail for Nicaragua to
help wipe out SANDING before the
rainy season sets inl"
'Since you have no investments in
this little country, nor anything to
gain from the proposed canal, part
Of Wall Streets preparations for the
next world war-it is well worth your
while to stop moment and consider.
''We doubt if you are iif1ttii1e U. S.
NJ. G. for adventure or good time,
but if you are you certainly won't get
either in Nicaragua-as 300 marines,
not counting bluejaekets-do not
represent an adventure, but real
war, with all the hard fighting and
loss of life that such war implies.
IF you were forced to sign up be-
cause you were out of work, or for
similar reasons, you will not enjoy
doing the dirty work for those same
bosses who caused you to be kicked
out of job. And by helping Wall
1 Street exploitation of the Nicaraguan
people you will only be lowering the
standard of living for your friends on
the outside and the big majority of
the people in the United States. In
these days of world markets, lower
ing of wages and working standards
| in Nicaragua or China or any other
part of the world, is blow at wages
and working conditions in the United
States.
| Then Why Are You Going?
Because the American bankers,
with their eyes on a canal and their
| investments in Nicaragua, have not
been able to buy out the big majority
of the Nicaraguan people or General
SANDING who fights for their interests
although they have bought up few
| Conservative and so-called Liberal
politicians!
Because General SANDING and the
Nicaraguan people have never ac-
cepted the sell-out Of these bribed
politicians represented in the Slim
son agreement any more than they
have accepted the invasion of then
country by foreign power!
md finally because General San
| dino and the Nicaraguan people will
die fighting before they will become a
colony of Wall Street just as the
American people were ready to die
fighting in 1776 rather than remain
British subjects!
How Does SANDING Hold Out?
How has the little army of General
SANDING held out for more than a
year against the superior, we'll
equipped forces of the United States
if he were bandit? In 1776, George
Washington was also termed bandit
because he defied British rule, and
the first army of the United States
was a small, poorly equipped one
compared to the larger, b TT er
better equipped British force. But
the strength of this army lay in the
fact that it had the support of the
entire American people, and no mat
ter where the battles, in every farm
house, behind every tree, was a
! friend.
However something else helped
George Washington and his army in
1776 which is also helping SANDING
today. In the war of 1776, many Of
the British soldiers had not heart for
this fight against the American peo-
pie. Not only did many go over to
the American army, but large num-
| Der of those who remained helped
the rebel army by their refusal to
fight, Howe's army being famous for
| its retreats, often retreating and
leaving cannon and ammunition be-
hind. Finally Howe himself was
called back to England because he
was 50 efficient in misplacing i'm
+, portant orders.
Although the officers and the war
department are pushing the present
campaign against SANDING ruthlessly,
using the most modern methods of
warfare, bombing natives, etc, many
of the marines in Nicaragua also
have no hear for this 1923 war
against the Nicaragua people.
! VIII You Crush SANDING?
"When the rainy season starts the
territory where the U. S. forces
operate becomes almost inpassable,
WHllG IllS oGCblOIlS WHICH
are Sandino's stronghold remain dry
"This is why you are being rushed
TO Nicaragua now, not because of the
elections which have already been de-
cided by Wall Street In fact this
present fight between conservative
and liberal politicians is only petty
squabble over The spells among those
who have already sold out the Mic
araguan people and are afraid to-
fight against the rule of the Ameri-
can bankers. A small number of
marines could control this fake cleo
ton as in the stolen elections of the
past. But for other reasons the force
is being increased, counting blue
Jackets in the fighting, to more than
3700 men with an additional concen-
tration Of battleships around Nicara-
qua in preparation for a ruthless
drive to extinguish General SANDING