The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-12
By HARRISON GEORGE.

by HAhRlSON NEORUE.
rod is being modified on the side of world
imperialism along with the Kerensky anti
Bolshevist Russians, the British Tories, their
assistance in the "abor' government, the
Church of England, and the Government of
Mexico, which has made peace with the Pope
by the intercesson of Ambassador Morrow.
Following the suggestion of the Pope, the
Archbishop of Canterbury prayed on Sunday
especially for Christians in Russia" For
time conveniently forgetting that the Church Of
England itself has rather bloody history of
the massacre of the Catholics, the Archbishop
indicates a full agreement with the Pope in
the necessity of prayers land bullets) against
Boshevism.
If there is anyone less swayed by religious
emotion than Stanley Baldwin, the leader of
the Conservative Party and cynical imperial
list ready to murder millions for imperialism,
such one would be hard to find. But Bald
win joins with the Archbishop and the Pope
in stating that ''it is impossible for us to be
blind to what is happening in Russia regarding
the persecution of Christians"
Undoubtedly the Tory leader intended this
as instructions to the 'labor" government and
it is certain that Macdonald and other leaders
of the Second Socialist" International wish
for no more than Tory support to take steps
to expand readiness for war against the So
Wet Power to actual aimed attack. The only
hindrance is forethought of what British work
ers might do.
MacDonalds bloodbrother, Kerensky, well
coined to speak in Great Britain by "labor"
government which would not admit a Gastonia
striker, speaking at the Oxford Luncheon Club
Friday grew eloquent with indignation at the
alleged campaign against Christianity in the
Soviet Union-e This socialist" counter-revo-
lutionist. in tones of horror declared: at has
been officially announced that by 1888 there
must not remain in all of Russia a single
church, synagogue, mosque sectarian religi-
Gus house,
Reports from Moscow of the Uniteds Press
meanwhile state, quoting an unnamed "anti-
religious propagandst,' that the Soviet Union
is more apprehensive of earthly plottings be-
hind the secret scenes at the London naval
conference than at the prayers suggested by
Pope Plus.
The War Signs Thicker.
However, the symptoms of rapidly crystal
lizing offensive of world imperialism against
the Soviet Union are daily more evident if we
take into account the already known actual
military preparation being made in all of the
border states, the arming of Roumania, Czecho-
slovaka Poland, Finland and the other Baltic
countries, the obvious support of ammunition
and money being furnished all the White Guard
military bands by the mperialist powers. The
present theological and spiritual" mobliza-
ton against the Soviet Union will thus be seen
as an indication of genuine menace.
The American press which have from time
to time printed objective reports of the social
list advance in the Soviet Union, the benefits
it gives to the working class and the realistic
progress of the Five-Year Plan, have suddenly
reversed their engines and are now for the last
few weeks either printing nothing. or are in
tensifying all hostile reports and featuring
such poison propaganda as that of the pope.
What Is Religious Freedom"
The Pope and the other religious counter
revolutionaries have their own slogans of "reli-
gious freedom" which to them means the pro-
hbition of all propaganda against religion.
The Soviet Union, on the other hand, is the
only country where religious freedom is really