The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-31
By HARRISON GEORGE


WHILE it is, or should be, clearly
=" understood that effective oppo.
sition to U. S. imperialism will come
from the alliance of revolutionary
workers of the United States with
the armed resistance of oppressed
peoples led by their revolutionary
workers and peasants, it should not
be forgotten that bourgeois elements
among the oppressed races and ma
tions play a role.
That role is always important,
though it be the role of traitor
though it be vacillating and timid,
though it alternately humble itself
before U. S. imperialism and seek
refuge from it under the wings of
its greatest foe, British imperialism.
Important to Understand.
Though it at one time threatens,
another time pleads, and again flees
only to return to seek protection of
American imperialism from the
wrath of its own masses, it is most
important to understand the role of
the. bourgeoisie in the colonial and
semi-colonial countries.
We have only to recall the de-
spicable role of the Filipino, Aguin-
aldo, and more recently, the shame
less betrayal of Quezon, or to ex-
anime the present Marking govern
ment of China, with its american"
versus "Anti-American" cliques
within the Kuomintang, to sense the
significance of the role of the ma
tionalist bourgeoisie, be it ever so
shady and shameless.
A New Example.
The outbreak of armed hostilities
between Bolivia and Paraguay, has
given new examples of the role Of
the bourgeoisie, and although the
Spanish language paper LA Prem
sa" is published here in New York,
it aspires to speak the mind of the
Spanish-American bourgeoisie, and
an editorial in its issue of December
| 20, 1928, both by what it says, the
manner it says it, and in what it
omits, sums up all the strength and
weakness of the Latin-American
bourgeoisie now being overwhelmed
by Yankee imperialism. The edi-
torial, translated and commented
upon in passing by US, is entitled
America for the Americans" and
begins as follows : \
The acceptance, by Bolivia and
Paraguay, of the arbitration of
the Pan-American Conference of
Washington, must signalize a
memorable date for the continent.
Not yet fixed are the positions of
all the American republics. Only
it is known that the representa-
tives of the majority of them,
gathered in Washington, from the
beginning gave all support to the
offer of mediation Initiated by the
Conference"
What is truly stated here is the
quantitatiye Importance but not the
meaning of the acceptance noted.
Attention is called to, and may we
suggest a slight hopefulness shown
in, the dissidence of a minority of
Latin-American nations to the man
euvers of Kellogg. This is brought
more clearly to the foreground in
the next paragraph, which says:
Kellogg Used a Whip.
1T had unmistakable moral
backing reiterated at the
measure in which doubts and vacil-
lations appeared-from Secretary
Kellogg. But while he, dexter
ously, was proclaiming that the
State Department was not directly
IN mediation but in conjunction
with the Conference in Europe
they were recommending to bring
to debate the restless and singular
shade Of the Monroe Doctrine"
The picture of Kellogg's "dex-
terity," in conjunction with the
moral backing" which, taken with
the expressions about the doubts
and vacillations," is a beautiful, if |
left-handed, compliment to U. S. |
diplomacy, while the character of
the Monroe Doctrine as RESTLESS and
singular" may hardly be just what
Kellogg desires to hear from Latin
1T can already be stated that
the arbitration of the Bolivian
Paraguayan conflict, in solution,
constitutes the conservation of the
policy of the famous president.
The League (of Nations-H. g.
now reasonantly recognizes its
jurisdiction. And the precedent
remains established for the future:
Inter-American conflicts will be
solved on this continent. The fact
that an American nation belongs
to the League, will mean nothing
SO soon as the Monroe Doctrine
appears on the horizon. -"
British Not So Easily Defeated
Here we have the bourgeois trait
Illustrated of acceptance of formal
and legal solutions" as real solu-
lions. For it is more than question
able that the, League of Nations,
dominated by British Imperialism,
vii from now on obligingly step
aside from the path of American
advance
The Leagues role in the dispute