The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-27
The British-American Cruiser Fake.

The British-American Cruiser Fake.
The Hoover-MacDonad announcements of the stoppage
of building hailed by the capitalist press of both
countries evidence of the pacst desires of parcu
1t noteworthy however, that the British
press the proclamation of Hoover gesture while
the American press the identical word to describe the
Macdonald announcement. Thus, the London Daily Mail
says
@ president peace gesture
nounces will stop three cruisers until there
the final agreement for parity which expect to reach"
It is not accidental that the London publication deiber-
aey quoted only that of the Hoover statement which
gives the lie to the claim that the United States has aban-
doned is cruser-buiding program
New York Herald Tribune speaking for the Hoover
administration equally explicit the London paper and
says
Tha (Hoovers statement will halt the British tendency
bigger cruiser force than cannot be predicted but
that Mr. MacDonald is most happy
deny Neither action is fina the significance of the episode
must rest upon subsequent developments"
The very term GESTURE clearly implies lack of prn-
cipe indicates diplomatic trickery which it is.
The British press wants the British workers to take
Macdonald seriously while mpungng the Hoover motive the
American wants us to believe Hoover while viewing
the Macdonald proposals with suspicion. We convinced
that the right track when believe what the Br
fish press about the gesture of Hoover and what the
American press says about MacDonald's gesture.
there should be any slackening of the cruiser build
ing program of either nation would not be of
desire to scrap the instruments of naval warfare but for
quite other No inperast power will make
move 10 weaken us own armed FORCES On
every of always directed toward strength
ening the military machine Perhaps there will be de-
lay laying the kees of the because certain
impending mechanical changes that affect their effectiveness
New technical improvements process of being per-
fected according to the United States Daily that will make
possible the production of smaller DIESEL oburning
engine that will less fuel than the and
yet far powerful because higher compression That
that cruisers of certain tonnage say American
10000 ton battle cruisers the British 5000 ton crusers
WILL by utilizing the smaller and engines
for fuel that ships will attain greater cruising
radius and for ammunition In addition the
pending introduction of the Diesel engines ships
there also taking place experiments supervision
of the United States calculated longer range
for of precisely the type nch used Thus
delay of sort in cruiser building would only be effect
until such time machinery had been perfected to make
them cheaper, speedy powerful and deadly
1t will be noted in connection with the gestures toward
slowing of cruiser construction that every other branch
of national defense driving ahead full blast in both of the
mperiaist countries Wars fought with alone
Both of these powers along with whole world had an
opportunity to show how enthusiastic they were for dsarm
ament when the Soviet Union proposed that the nations aba
don all ornaments Certainly the trivial and hypocritica
procamatons of Hoover and Macdonald
warke acts is not what statesmen say but what
they do that indicates their policies And both these powers
are at this moment aiding in undehanded contemplate
manner the drive for armed Intervention against the work.
ers and peasants government of the Soviet. Union.
Their pacifist gestures the question of cruisers is
part OF the general pacst offensive of imperialism against
the rising tide of working class fury that will eliminate in
worldwide demonstrations and strikes August LIST against
imperialist and in defense of the Soviet Union
The reply of the workers of America hypocrisy of
Hoover must be more intensive mobilization for August 1st