The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-26


States imperialism, and Wall Street
and its White House agency are try
ing to transform them into true col
onies.
The most disgraceful action of
United States Imperialism is its rob-
Der war against Nicaragua. President
Coolidge disclosed in his speech of
the 10th Of February, 1927, the true
meaning of the Nicaraguan war: eff
the revolution in Nicaragua con-
tinues, American investments and
business interests will be in danger"
The infamous, bloody crusade against
Nicaragua is the most typical, naked
imperialist profitzwar ever conducted.
United States Imperialism cooper
ates with British imperialism against
China, against Soviet Russia, against
Nicaragua; but at the same time
there is a murderous competition and
increasing imperialist rivalry between
the two robber powers. There is
hardly any part of the world in
which there is no open or covert
struggle between English and Amer
lean imperialism. United States i'm
perialism is breaking up the British
Empire by catering to Canada and
Australia. United States imperialism
has successfully challenged Great
Britain's financial hegemony. There
is a permanent rubber struggle and
oil war going on between America
and Great Britain. The fiasco of the
Three-Power Naval Limitation Con-
ference in Geneva and the American
slogan for a second to none" navy
show the irreconcilable nature of this
imperialist antagonism. The present
cooperation of the United States gov
eminent with Japan in China has in
it the germs Of future conflicts on
the Pacific.
The present "peace conference" of
Secretary of State Kellogg under the
slogan to "outlaw war" is nothing
but an imperialist maneuver. United
States Imperialism aims through the
Kellogg treaty to diminish the Euro
pean big powers, and tries to render
futile any attempt of the European
powers to build bloc against United
States imperialism. At the same
time the Kellogg treaty tries to unite
al the capitalist powers, not under
the leadership of the League of Ma
tions, but under the leadership of
United States Imperialism against
the Soviet Union. Despite all empty
talk about "outlawing" war, imperi-
alist antagonists are steadily grow
ing, and there is increasing resistance
against the aggressive imperialist
policies of the United States. The
growing competition with Europe,
the organization of European trusts
and cartels, the tariff issues with
Germany, Great Britain and France,
the questions Of the war debts and
the Dawes plan, the domination over
the Pacific, the growing revolt Of
the Latin-American countries-all
these conflicts are pregnant with .fu-
ture imperialistic wars.
The whole policy of United States
imperialism is today a policy of pre-
paredncss for imperialist wars. The
entire country is bristling with bay
onets. The United States has never
before had such big army and navy.
No other country in the world has
spent as much for it's navy as this
country. In 1926-27 Japan sent
$119,000,000, the British 5000, 000,-
900 and the United States 1884, 000'-
coo for navy purposes. In 1928 the
appropriation for the United States
navy has already reached $369,000,-
600, and for the army 1894, 900,
together 100000. In his last
message to Congress, President Cool
idge came out openly for the big navy
program. On December ID, 1927, the
big navy program was introduced in
to the House of Representatives, ap-
propriating not less than $725,000,-
900. Federal government expenses
for past and future wars amounted
to 80 cents out of every dollar spent
in 1927. 1t is estimated that in 1928
Congress will directly or indirectly
vote about two billion dollars for
military purposes on land and sea
and in the air.
United States imperialism is max
ing the most elaborate preparations
for war. The workers and working
farmers must know that wars under
capitalism are inevitable. "Small"
wars are going on all the time, even
today, and the next big imperialist
world war is already looming up. The
next world war will be even more
devastating than the first one. The
whole life of the entire country will
be subordinated to war purposes. The
whole population will be modified.
The whole country will be turned in
to huge munition factory. The
phrase about "outlawing war;" the
promises about preventing war by ar
bitration, and the babbling of the
socialist party about democratizing
the League Of Nations of the Euro
4.