The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-20

| proves that the bacon and eggs and
liberal credits policy of Mr.. Morrow
of the House of Morgan, ambassa-
dor to the southern republic, has not
materially softened the bitter social
struggle that has ragged in that
country for several years, between
the big landowners, the Catholic
Church and American investors on
one side and the rising bourgeoisia
on the other, supported by the work.
ers.
AS these lines are written, there
"A is no evidence other than strongly
clrcumstantial, that the assassina-
ton was directed by the same or
carnations that have waged war on
the Mexican republican government
since the elimination of Diaz. But
circumstantial evidence is strong and
the most convincing l have seen are
a guarded news report from Rome
which states that the vatican v.s.s
considerably impressed" by the as
sassination and another by former
president of the Mexican congress
which almost blamed Obregon for
his own death.
THOUGH Obregon with Gales was
one of the two outstanding lead
ers in the struggle of the big agra
rians. who included Catholic bish-
ops, he was a wealthy landowner.
Recent reports indicated that while
he held the same position as hith-
erto on the clerical issue he intended
to draft new labor laws which might
mean anything. However, his talk
about the interests of capital and
labor would go to show that they
boded no good for the Mexican work.
ing class.
UNLESS the millions of Wall St.
successfully intervene to save
the interest on its loans, Mexico is
in for another long period of inter-
necine conflict. Senior Morones, the
labor leader and one of Obregon's
most bitter enemies, is a dyed-in-the.
wool reactionary and just as willing
to be Wall Streets tool as either
Oregon or Gales. The truth will
shortly come cut when the tele-
grams of regret sent by leaders of
various social groups will give way
to bullets. In the meantime Mr..
Morrow may mediate on the quirks
of fate.
THE rescue of several aviators in
volved in the Polar fiasco of the
fascist, General Mobile, by the So
wet government after other govern
ments had failed to show much sue
cess or efficiency is not only great
tribute to the daring and ability of
the Soviet airmen and seamen, but
it has done at least as much to popu-
larize the u. S. S. r. among the
masses of the world as anything
that the resourceful Workers Re.
public has accomplished in years.
1t was just the opposite for the
black-hand government of Musso-
lini.
GENERAL MOBILE practically
parked himself on the front
pages of the capitalist press for the
past two years. In truth, he was
no great shakes as an explorer, hav-
ing always discovered place that
was almost as well known as Pic
cadilly Circus, London. But Mus
solini needed prestige and big bal
loon sailing back and forth over the
top of the world, dropping fascist
flags and perhaps Mussolini's pho
tographs in accessible places, would
not hurt Benito any when applying
for loan. Now, the fascist bubble
of courage and efficiency has been
properly punctured. The brave gen.
eral fled in the first airship that
hove in sight, leaving a comrade to
perish on the ice.
NOW, the world knows better than
AZ ever that the ''bloodthirsty' Com
munists of Russia, who were repre-
scented in the capitalist press and in
the books of venal literary hacks,
are not what they were pictured.
Even though the members of the
Mobile expedition were out to en-
nance the prestige of the fascist
government, whose policies are as
far apart as the poles from those
of the Soviet government, the lat
ter did not hesitate for a moment
to dispatch mighty expedition on
humanitarian mission.
pETAINERS and leading lights of
" the capitalist parties, caught
with their hands in some public
treasure chest, are beginning to
charge their predicament to the
wiles of their opponents. Perhaps
there is something to it. Why can
not the officials of the two parties
get together and arrive at on I'M
derstanding regarding the division
of the spoils. Then, those unseemly