The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-18

The 'GPeace Pact Is Ratified; Make
Ready for War!

the Union Socialist Soviet Republcs-the only great
power that excluded from participation the making
the treaty
The second government to ratify the Kellogg pact that
of the opposite pole of world soce-the capitalist United
States of America the which initiated the proposal
These two governments acted the Kellogg pact from
absolutely different motives, and entirely different spirit
attended the two notifications.
1t must not be overlooked that the Wall Street govern
ment proposed the Kellogg warrenunciaon treaty after
haung rejected the proposal of the Union of Socialist Soviet
Republics for total disarmament and also its secondary pro-
posal of partial disarmament
The American government then proposed the Kellogg
treaty renouncng instrument of national policy
smoke screen behind which to prepare with utmost
rapidy for the mperialist world war; in which intends
by force of to impose its dominance the world
market well to seize the colonial empire of Great Britain
to establish its imperast control ASIA attempting
to range the Chinese revolution and crushing in circle
of steel the nonmperalst great power in the world
the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics which excluded from
the peace negotiations
The United States government intended the Kellogg pact
before the eyes the of all countries to dis
place and obscure the Importance of the Soviet
proposal of disarmament capitalist mperialist govern
mens cod accept the Soviet proposals to dsarm and
the refusal to accept them revealed the fact that capitalist
Imperialism live only by fire and swordthat the CAPT.
ast system leads inevitably to imperiaist Instead of
diGarming the capitalist states retain and increase their
fighting instruments of steeand give the of the
world piece of paper based honor which does
not exist in capitalist governments
The Union of Socialist Soviet Republics certainly had
illusions about the possibility of capitalist nations dis
armng and its proposal of disarmament served to throw
the sharp light of truth the preparations for the coming
mperalist Communists within the capitalist countries
necessarily point out to the workers that there be
peace under capitalist system and that the propaganda
which advocates and spreads illusions of the possibility of
disarmament merely help to the capitalist war-makers
Consistently with this the Soviet Union tore the mask
off of the mperiaist world by making proposals (Which
could with sincerity only from proletaran govern
ment which had thrown off the capitalist SYSTEM which the
imperiaists would inevitably and did, necessarily reject
Keloggs proposal attempt to restore the mask
of peace to capitalism while taking the leadership in the
world of mperast into the hands of the most
powerful of the war-makers.
The Soviet Union sharply pointed out that the imperial
list trying to make such treaties
instruments for urhering their mperialist plans Thus
exposing the hypocrtca motives of the mperasts in max
ing the proposals. the Soviet Union nevertheless signed and
was the first raty the document which it's would
'renounce instrument of national policy"
The signing of the document by the Soviet Union acts
further against the plans of the i'm
peras who proposed it. The ratification at Moscow
accompanied by the most open and mercess exposure of
the truhthat the Kellogg pact will not cannot and not
intended by its orignaors to remuneration of i'm
periast war; that such promise cannot remuneration
of imperialist by any but non-imperalst people,
But the ratification in Washington the other day
covered with all of the hypocrisy and deceit that could be
mustered True of the senators cynical enough
laugh and while voting for the pretended peace
treaty-openy acknowledging that they did only make
cay the big Macy proposals. But in the main the agencies
for creating the illusions of peaceful capitalism at
work. and today the of this country inundated
with pacifist opiates
of the sinister aspects of the treaty ratifica
ton the open admission that all hands-berals" cir
reconciabe and tories alike in the senate insist that the
Pronunciation of war; does that the United States
go ahead aOith the conquest of Latin America In
this phase of the matter the Kellogg pact from the point
Of view Of the United States governments Intentions
sttues practically document affirming the annexation of
all of the tacenty Latn-American republics colonies
One major effect of the peace pact will be to
prairefre of Latn-American anmperast rage sweep
the southern republics.
The ratification of the Kellogg pact by the United