The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-25
I. The Menace OF Mbeuahst War

capital and the basis for the i'm
minent danger of a new imperialist
war that is threatening at the pres
ent time.
2. The coming imperialist world
war will not only be a mechanical
war with a tremendous use of ma
terial, but simultaneously it will be
a war that will seize upon vast mil
lions, indeed upon the majority of
the population of the warning coun-
tries. The boundary between battle
front and rear will tend more and
more to become obliterated.
The Congress points to the ire
mendous increase in ornaments, to
the great improvements in the field
of war technique, and to the meas
ures for the INFLAMMATION of the
masses and of industry taken in all
capitalist countries; the militariza-
ton in fascist Italy; the military
reform in France; the reactionary
army laws in Czechoslovakia; the
growing military preparations in
Poland and Roumania under the d.
rection of the general staffs of the
big imperialist powers; the prepa-
rations in Germany for the rebuild
ing of the old militarism in new
forms; the mass militarization in
America; the military preparations
in Great Britain, in the Dominions
and particularly in India, etc. The
naval rivalry between America and
England opens up a new world
armament race. A most significant
new factor in the present mass mill
tarization is intensified militariza-
ton of the youth and that this mill
tarization actually, and in some
places even officially, extends to
women France, Poland, Bulgaria,
etc.,.
3. Side by side with the arma-
ments and war preparations of the
imperialists against foreign rivals,
there proceeds an intensification of
reaction at home. Without "quiet"
hinterland it is impossible for the
imperialists to wage war. The bour-
geoisie is taking measures to pre-
vent the workers from putting up
any kind of organized resistance to
their war policy.
This covering of the rear" by
the bourgeoisie is served by such
measures as the Trade Union Laws
in Great Britain and Norway, the
arbitration system in Germany, the
Mond plan for collaboration in the
chemical enterprises, the industrial
peace" campaigns, the non-political
trade unions (Spencerism in Great
BRITAIN, the company unions" in
America, the creation of fascist
state unions in Italy and the law
militarizing the trade unions in case
of war in France. These are meas
ures to assure the military suppress
sion of every working class move
ment Immediately war is declared.
On the other hand, the unofficial
armies of the type of the "Stahl-
helm" in Germany, the Schultz
korps" in Finland, the "Strelzy" in
Poland, and the "Heimwehr" in Aus
tria pursue the aim of strikebreak-
ing and forcible suppression of the
workers-not only in time of war,
but also in the period of war prep
arations. In this must be included
also the military or semi-miiitary
women's organizations established
in a number of countries. The big
imperialist powers support fascism
in Southeastern Europe and in Po-
land and Roumania as an important
instrument in the preparation for
and conduct Of the imperialist war
especially against the u. S. S. r.
The persecution and measures of
suppression against the Communist
Parties are being systematically in