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victory over capitalist exploitation by
recording daily new stupendous
achievements in the Five-Year Plan
The imperialists realize that 1t Is
the German masses In the first place
who are preparing to follow the path
laid by the Russian proletariat tc
overcome the capitalist misery which
brushes the working millions to hun
ger and misery.
The French capitalist press Is point
ing very sharply to the dangers tc
capitalism in Germany. The capital
ist press in France warns of "a new
German bankruptcy and all It's mis-
fortunes and evil effects" and states
the imperialists must be prepared "tc
prevent what is regarded as likely tt
be almost a catastrophe crisis" This
means war on the German masses
armed force In an attempt to crush
the rising mihtancy of the proletariat
in Germany. This is the path fol
the attack on the Soviet Union from
the Western front.
The revision Of the reparations and
the war debts, which France and the
United States bankers have agreed Il
absolutely essential. will not be to re.
lieve the German masses but to pre-
vent thee COLLAPSE Of the German
capitalist system and in order to per-
NIT the American bankers to get back
their investments in Germany. The
cut in the reparations and the wal
debt payments mean sharp decrease
in the revenues of the imperialist
government which the bankers intend
to press out of the masses by in
creased taxes.
The capitalist political demagogs
are already declaring that the can
collation. of the war debts will mean
more taxes on the masses. This Is
being done in order to misleM the
masses about the real meaning of the
reparations. The Communist Parties
of all the imperiaist countries de-
mand cancellation of the PREPARATIONS
payments which mean the super ex-
ploitation Of the German toiling
masses.
The entire procedure adopted for
the conferences of Hoover and Laval
indicate clearly the secret agreements
which took place behind the official
statements of the conference. The
capitalist press tries to explain the
long conference on Sunday by stating
that it was due to the time necessary
to get the official statement Of the
conference into literary" French and
English. The literary" endeavorS
lay in trying to keep out Of the Off
cial statement any Of the real conclu-
sionS that had been arrived at for
the attack on the Soviet Union, for
the struggle TO reduce Great Britain
to a second rate power, for the attack
on the German masses, and on the
agreement for the support Of the
Japanese invasion Of Manchuria. The
capitalist press is pointing repeatedly
to these agreements which have not
been made public. The New York
Times puts this first in It's editorial
Tuesday on the conferences.
There are obviously aspects and
results of III. LavaPs visit to Amer
lea which cannot be expressed In
official language. Things Of the
spirit cannot be crystallized into
formulas. 1t may we'll prove to be
true that, In this case also. the
intangibles, the imponderables, will
be Of more importance and Of more
lasting value than the specific un-
dertakings."
The real substance behind these
imperialist things of the spirit" is
the attack on the Soviet Union and
the redivision of the world colonial
areas. These things of the spirit"
are imperialist war.
The Times correspondent from
Paris points this out also. He states
that these secret agreements were
made because OF the political situa-
ton in both countries"
I'm reality, however, 1t Is sus-
pected that behind yesterdays
communique . larger measure Of
agreement has been obtained than
could be revealed in view Of the
political situation in both coun-
tries. For instance, here II Is be-
lieved that more than any other
question II was the situation IN
Germany which occupied the at
tention Of President Hoover and
Premier Laval. Official phrases de-
scribing the procedure which must
be followed conceal as much as they
reveal Of what was proposed"
The reason for the secret agree
ments Is toshide from the masses Of