The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-28
United States of Europe Slogan
By FRED ELLIS

and their area is 14,5oO0O0 square kilometres
(almost one and one-half times the area of the
whole of Europe).
Further, England, France and Germany have
invested abroad no less than 70000,000000
rubles. To receive lawful little profit
from this pleasant sum, profit exceeding g.
000,000,000 rubles annually, there are in eX
istence the millionaires' national committees
called governments, equipped with armies and
navies, placing" in the colonies and semi
colonies the sons and brothers of "Mr Bill
lion' in the capacity of viceroys, consuls, am
bassadors, all kinds of officers, priests and
other leeches.
This is how, in the epoch of the highest
capitalist development the pundering Of almost
billion of the earth's population by handful
of great powers is organized. No other or
ganization is possible under capitalism.
To give up colonies, spheres of infu-
ence,' export of capital? To think is to
come down to the level of little minister
who breaches to the rich every Sunday about
the greatness of christianity, advising them
to give to the poor, if not several billions, at
least several hundred rubes yearly.
A United States of Europe under capitalism
means agreement as to the division of col
ones. Under capitalism however, only force
is possible as the basis, the principle of divi-
sion. A Millionaire cannot share the national
income of a capitalist country with anyone
otherwise than in proportion TO the capital
invested with an extra bonus in addtion) so
that the largest capital may receive more than
it's due. Capitalism is private property in the
means of production and anarchy of produc-
ton. To preach "ust" division of income
on such basis is Proudhonism, is thick
headed philistinisnl. One cannot divide the in
come otherwise than in proportion to power;
and power changes in the course of economic
development. Germany after 1871, grew in
pwer three or four times faster than England
and France; JAPAN about ten times faster
than Russia. To test the real power of a
capitalist state, there is, and there can be, no
other way than war. War is no contradiction
to the foundations of private property-on the
contrary, it is direct and inevitable develop
ment of those foundations. Under capitalism,
equal economic progress of the individual con-
Germs, or individual states is impossible. Under
capitalism. no other means for periodically
re-estabshing destroyed equilibrium are pos
sible outside of crises in industry or of war
in politics.
OF course, temporary agreements between
capitalists and powers are possible. In this
sense the United States of Europe as the re-
suit of an agreement between the European
capitalists is possible, but what kind of an
agreement would that be? An agreement
Jointly to suppress Socialism in Europe, jointly
TO guard colonial booty against Japan and
America, which feel sighted by the present
division of colonies, and which, for the last
half century, have grown infinitely faster than
backward monarchist Europe, beginning to rot
with age. In comparison with the United
States Of America. Europe a whole signi-
fies economic stagnaton. On the present day
economic basis j. e., under capitalism, the
United States of Europe would mean an or
ganzation of reaction for thwarting the more
rapid development of America. The days when
the cause of democracy and Socialism was as
socated with Europe alone have passed for
ever.
The United States of the World (not OF