The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-10
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GOldfields
By JORGE

We hope you've been reading the anti-So-
Wet propaganda put out by British imperial
ism about the Lena Goldfields, Ltd, TO scare
U. S. business men away from trade with the
Soviet, and serve generally as a kind of British
Fish Committee.
The Lena company had a concession with the
Soviet to develop gold mines. But didn't develop
anything much except counter-revolutionar
spying. So the Soviet declared the concession
off because the company didn't keep its con-
tract.
1t appears the company never wanted to
work the concession anyhow and was only try
ing to get something" on the Soviet which
could be used as propaganda that "the Soviet
don't keep its contracts"
And the contract had a clause saying that
disputes should be submitted to arbitration, it
used this to call Arbitration" hearing in
London. From this on the story gets richer
and racier. From the N. Y. Times of Sunday
we get the following:
Arbitration proceedings opened in Lon
don May 6, with the court including Dr. Otto
Stutzer Of Freiburg University, neutral ar
bitrator, presiding officer, and Sir Leslie
Scott, X. c., representing the Lena company"
The Soviet refused to have anything to do
with it, so it was gloriously neutral" as the
Fish Committee. 1t got down to business" on
August Z, says the Times, and since the Court
consisted of two people, Stutzer and Sir Leslie,
Stutzer had decisive audience of one, when
as the Times continues, Or Stutzer delivered
the opening address,"
So, with an anti-Soyiet speech to open up
with. in which Stutzer objected to the press
articles ridiculing the farce as being Improper
attempts to influence this court" the neutral"
arbitrator called in all the Matte VOLS of
England to make more anti-Soviet speeches.
After which, it solemnly awarded "the plain
tiff" no less than $65,000,000 Damages" and
gave long list of breaches of contract" by
the Soviet, some of which are rather funny
Mainly the company complains that the So
Wet government didn't act like capitalist
government would. AS final "crime" the
court added:
The adoption by the government of the
policy OF intensified Specialization of industry
and trade in the U. S. S, r. tending to the
complete elimination of private enterprise, as
evidenced by the sO-called Five Year Plan"
A glnk named DR.. ldelson the living image
OF Matte Vol, wound up the Testimony" and
also wound up the Times article with the fol-
lowing:
1T is the Communist Party in the name
OF the Russian proletariat which governs
Russia today. and the general secretary of
the Communist Party, Mr.. Staln is dictator
of the L. S. S. R."
This last thrust at Stain qualities Dr. Idel-
son to join the Trotskyist Compositions" or
perhaps Trotsky to join the Lena Gotlfieds
company.
At last reports the German police were try
ing to deport Legs Diamond, but couldn't be-
cause all the boats were full. Reminds us of
story about an audience watching a Faust
drama where stage sinners were being thrown
down through trapdoor in the stage floor
into what was supposed to be hell. The traps
door stuck, and a chap in the gallery yelled 4
'Hurrah, boys! Hel's FULL"