The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-26

by Arthur Henderson, declare in the
British Daily Herald, mouthpiece of
this new Opposition" that the at
tack against the workers was die
tated by Wall st.
Avoid Enemy At Home.
They hope thereby to direct their
fire against the enemy of British
imperialism rather than the class
enemy of the workers at home-the
British capitalists. This is an asset
to Ramsay Macdonald, who has no
objection to this sort of Opposition"
as it endeavors to keep the workers
from fighting their immediate enemy.
The very opposition" of the labor
ties who put up sham howl against
Macdonald is based on the question:
ing of MacDonalds patriotism for
British imperialism, the Daily Her
aid stating:
"What is the patriotism, we may
ask, in allowing the Feredal Re
tate, as a condition of further
credit to the Bank of England, the
policy to be pursued in relation to
unemployment benefits? This is
not patriotism, but the acceptance
of dictatorship, not even of British
banks, but of international finance.
1t is a blow to British prestige
equalIed in recent history only by
the terms of the Versailles Treaty"
Thus the Opposition" helps the
British bourgeois against the workers
by preparing for war against Amer
lean Imperialism. That the Ameri-
can bankers approve of the attack
against the standard of living of the
British workers is evident, as the in
ternational bourgeoisie always acts il
unison in attacking the workers. But
as the London correspondent for the
Hoover-supporting New York Eve
ming Post declared, the scheme of
cutting down unemployment insur-
ance for the British workers is the
patent and pet object of the British
bankers, whom Macdonald and other
labor party leaders are supporting
The Post correspondent cabled as
follows:
"The Daily Herald onits the
mention that If the American
banks did express the condition on
which they were willing Co lend
their money! right of banker,
which has never been questioned
so far-they based their Judgment
on two royal commissions set up
by parliament, the Holman Com
mission on Unemployment Insur-
ance and the May Economy Com
mission, and said in effect: You
can have unlimited credit If you
will do what your own experts in
sist is necessary"
Fascist Move.
The national non-party' govern
ment was created to keep from pre-
cipitating a general election and
thereby sharpened class battle. 1t
is a disguised fascist step-that is,
an open dictatoral move of the capt.
talist state, without regard to the
so-called fornlalities of democracy in
order to put over a smashing attack
against the workers, and with the
support Of the labor party leaders,
The social-fascist role of the social
lists is becoming clearer to wider
masses of workers.
Macdonald, in an official state
ment said that the intention of the
new government was at all costs to
save the financial prestige of Brit
ish Imperialism, The same view was
echoed by ]. H Thomas, who de-
clared that the stability of the ma
ton chat is, capitalism must bs
placed beyond all doubt" To achieve
this stability the labor prty leaders
lead the attack against the standard
of living of the workers.
Basic Crisis Worse.
However, as in the case of Ger
many, the overcoming of the imme-
date financial crisis will not solve
the basic problems of the crisis of
British or world capitalism which
are daily being intensified.
Meanwhile, the parliamentary la
Dor party, in view of the situation
of Macdonald openly betraying even
the appearance Of adhering to the
labor party, has called a meeting for
Friday to CONSIDER action" This
action will be to further mislead the
British workers and make it easier
for Macdonald to carry out his pro-
posed tasks. The independent labor
party, which is supposed to be the
Socialist" wing of the labor party,
and which Macdonald headed, as
well as the Trade Union Council, will
also meet, as they state, to plan
general resistance" The entire his
tory of these appendages to British
imperialism, as shown in the General
Strike Of 1926, and the whole course
of the Macdonald regime. leave no
doubt that the resistance" will be
against the workers and not against
Macdonald and his banker support
ers.
Macdonald definitely admits that
the problem in Britain is the threat
ened collapse of capitalism because
of an incurable capitalist crisis, and
that it is the duty of the socialists"
at all costs and by all means to
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