The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-12
@4-.A. ].
Sweet Little Playmates
By JORGE

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Do you notice the fawncy little flowers being
tossed back and forth between Uncle Sam and
John Bull these days?
Last Monday, oliver Baldwin, son Of Stanley
Baldwin, the Tory leader but himself Labor
ite."- arose in parliament and asked Foreign
Secretary Henderson If there were any British
subjects among the persons who have died
from starvation in the United Statec."
That was a little reminder to the u S..A. that
it is getting nice reputation for starving people
to death rather than give them one Of those
awful "doles' which British imperialism manages
to pay. at
Then it is reported" that the Prince of Wales,
who shut himself up below decks while his ship
stopped two hours in Havana harbor the strong
hold Of Yankee imperialism, and only came out
to wave sardonic farewell as the ship left, had,
when he got to Jamaica, asked very particularly
whether the U. S. was making fight for trade .
in that British colony. sstAVt
This was countered by a book review printed
in the N. Y. Times Feb. 9, as news item, re-
ferring to nice book England; Her Treatment
of America" Cake that, you limeysD wherein
it is told, after introduction by Senator Moses
of New Hampshire, how perfidious Albion ian
alias for England) had, during the war-when of
course American imperialism was not doing any
thing like stealing British trade-been trying to
cinch Brazilian trade for England. A quotation
shows how rich this is:
10 the amazement of the Secretary Cat Wash
ington), he discovered that while America was
doing everything in her power to assist the Al
lies abroad, Great Britain was negotiating a
treaty by which every exclusive trade advantage
that possibly could be obtained was given by.
Brazil to Great Britain. The American officer
was so amazed after reading the document that
in short time the wires were hot betwesn
Washington and England. Thus ended the FAM
GUS de Bunsen treaty"
Of course, the U. S. State Department at
once denied" that it had any information about
this naughty trick Of England. But then, on
Tuesday Premier Mac Donald also denied
something. Somebody, of course, we wouldn't
say by arrangement, got up and asked If there
were "any proposals under consideration by the
government for summoning an international
round table conference on the subject Of inter-
allied debts and reparations"
Mac Donald said mo" Then someone else
asked if the debts didn't have bearing on what
they call "the slump" in England and the de-
preston" here. "They have very great bearing"
answered Mac Donald thus politely saying that.
if America doesn't like the depression" she can
and should cancel the debt, and if she doesn't,
the world will know who is responsible! Neat,
what?
And the dispatch adds that while England
wants an "all-round cancellation" yet "the lead
ers of all British parties have agreed that the
initiative in this matter cannot come from
London" o, dear no! This is not the ainita--
tive" this is just little trial ballon!'
Now it is Washington's turn, and whether it
will be that Stimson statement will say that
mo official conversations have been carried on
about war debt cancellation" and that such
suggestions are coldly received in official quar-
tiers here" or whether General Butler Is told to
make speech saying that the Prince Of Wales is
bow-legged and wears pants creased on the side
to conceal the deformity, we cannot say.
But if you read the news with an understand
ing eye, you will see that England and America
are saying with flowers what they will later be
saying with poison gas
And if you don't believe that, just read what
Henderson of England was warning Of inzhis
speech about the horrors of the next war; who
was he warning?" you may ask. Don't under
stand? He was more than warning" He was
threatening-the United States! Again we say,
learn to read the papers with an understanding
eye! ysp