The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-17
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The Empire Socialists at the
Naval Conference

The role of the British Labor" Government social
list" Second International whole copartne the
ia preparations particularly for the coming against the
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics best demonstrated by the Lon
don Naval Conference.
The very conference whose actually to increase ara-
actually initiated by the leaders the Labo Government the
Second international cooperation with the spokesman of American
imperialism, President Hoover.
However basis according Macdonald
called will place n London?
Whose interest will Macdonald consider and defend?
Macdonald himself answered these questions of
January 7th when he said:
Reduction in program without impair
ing the security of the Empire"
But what does the security of the Empire
complete independence of the workers and India Egypt
America other British colonies marng iron
heel of British Imperialism Does mean the withdrawal of British
from China and other foreign countries? Does put
government Australia?
the British workers and struggle against capitalist naturalization and
speedup?
certainly any these things. 1.-THE security
the British Empire" for which the Labor Government will fight
Conference will the
st domination of British capitalism its colonial possessions
mperast of Great Britain against the other mperst
particularly the United States the bloody
attempt of struggle against British domination by the
of Egypt India and China 1t rapid nroduc
ton of capitalist naturalization and speedp British industry and
intensive exploitation of the British working class That this
meaning policies of the Labor"
publicly the Socialist" H demonstrating light
the Macdonald cabinet-who
The Labor Government set going the machinery for
pete naturalization of British industry and has interested the
real financial powers of the country
prove Empire Thomas
also announced that:
the Labor will send special
ercial throughout the world to
trade for British interests and resist the OF
Engand's competitors"
Only take consideration these imperial interests
of Great Britain understand why Macdonald insists upon the
abolition of capital ships First capitalist ships too eSpensve
secondly Great Britain has naval bases and eng stations
smaller and baleshp could be easily
dated and thereby made as equally eecte as ca shps Inc
chief imperas rival the United States however, has not
naval bases Great Britain and therefore must have capital ships
remain long time without refueng Thus the
differences capital ships represents the srug
tho
control of the and the guaranty of victory in the next mpe
aist
Governmen French approved the mper
pole of expressed by Premier Tardeu
already long established supported by the rivers of
blood the thousands of murdered workers and peasants of the
s colonies o h and hs a n' not on
the mpeist preparations and attacks the working
class but themselves assuming the role Of pest bench
and executioners.
Naturally of the Labor in the field
The demand for the abolition of capital ships proposed
Bdgeman The British bourgeoie is not afraid of the
the British Labor" Party misead the
them for the coming So long as this could
MacDonald predecessor Baldwin could therefore afford
say September 26th:
foreign affairs the Socialist Government has undoubed-
largely because there has
been break continuity with the declared policy OF its pde
cessors, the conservative government"
However developing Great Britain with
the growth movement in the colonies with the
general awakening British ng and the sharpening
antagonms in the camp of the mpers powers and the IN
evtabiy mperalist the Labor Party longer
capitalist class itself that the B
fish Labor Party Second International becoming
naked before The reaconary New York Eve
ming the and policies OF the British Labor
Government, editorialy, on January 14th;
ats present program (meaning that of the Labor Pa) is
interest but it is not OF the sort OF
which hope make much political capital
Tn other workers and oppressed the
colonies through their experience that the British
Party, Second International whole is only an
agent of world Imperialism the ranks of the working
class to tools and victims of the
Under leadership of the Communist International and through
tho
war is mperast into civil that Will
destroy capitalist system that breeds wars
war-lords of mperasm-Hoover and Macdonald
etc.-join the Communist Party