The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-14
Rv A. MOREAU.


rrHE nnutinv of the Chilean sailors on Septern-
/ Der End which spread like wildfire through
out the entire fleet, falling under the complete
control of the red rank and file revolutionary
workers of the Navy is Of tremendous agrltl-
canoe, not only for the Latin American workers
and peasants but also for the workers and poor
farmers in the United States In Chile, the
revolutionary upsurge of the masses, which over
threw Ibanez on July 26th has broken through
the counter Revolutionary confines OF the bour-
geoise. and bravely fought for revolutionary
way out of the crisis along the lines OF the Com
lnunist program-levy on the rich to provide
unemployment relief, conflscation OF the large
landed estates, confscation Of lmper1al1st en-
terprises and the driving of the imperialstS out
of Chile, etc-the masses of Valparaiso, San
tiago and Coqui1nbo were demonstrating in the
streets under the leadership of the Communist
PARTY, for the establishment of a Chilean Soviet
Republic and in support of the uprising Of the
sailors in the Navy and the rank and file in
various Army units.
simultaneously with the raising Of the red
flag on the fleet, the revolutionary proletariat
of the cities, groups of revolutionary toiing
peasants and revolutionary students enthus-
iastically came out in support OF the uprising,
and under the leadership Of the Communist
Party they extended their strike actions in the
most important industrial centers OF the coun-
try. Various units of the army and air force
refused to turn the guns against their brothers
of the Navy.
The panic stricken bourgeoisie and landlords,
with the help of the imperialism, especially
American imperialism, quickly modified their
fascist tools in the air forces. The mutiny was
crushed in the horrors of a blood bath, Hun
dreds of the mutineers were forced into sub
mission The fascist government of Chile is
now proceeding with a wholesale massacre of
the revolutionary workers who took part in the
proletarian rebellion.
The causes for the uprising in Chile finds
their explanation in specific conditions-both
objective and subjective-the general charac-
terstics of which are common to all the Latin
American countries In Latin America the revo-
lutionary upsurge is growing with increasing
tempo The frequent coup detats of the OPP
posing factions of the exploiting classes (Which
result from the deepening crisis the desire to
forestal the rise of the toiling masses under
Communist leadership and from the sharpening
struggles Of the rival imperialisns) are begin
ing to be accompanied with militant mass
movements and uprisings of the workers, the
toiling peasantry and the poor poulation of the
cities influenced and directed in various degrees,
by the Communist Parties
The deep economic and agrarian crisis, which
hits with particular force the Latin American
countries is now accompanied with the begin
ing of financial crisis Chile is already show
ing the devastating effects of the financial
crisis 1t is, relatively speaking the foremost
country of Latin America that feels most the
crushing burden of the huge loans invested by
American and British bankers, the enormous
interests of which the Chilean bourgeoisie is
unable to account for.
Under the bloody Dictator Ibanez, Chiles raw
materials swiftly passed under the control of
the United States bankers headed by Guggen-
helm. United States investments in Chile amount
to $6O0OOO0O0.
The reorganization of the nitrate and copper
mines through the system of naturalization in
troduced by Guggenheim deprived 10000 workers
of their jobs. The national revenue of the gov
eminent suffered deep slash with the organ
ization of the nitrate trust known under the
name of Cosach.
In vain had President Ibanez sought to OBJ
tain new loans from Wall Street in order to
avert the financial debacle. -Four of his f1nan-
cial Ministers succeeded one another until
finally, he himself was swept out of the office
under the rising pressure of the masses. Wall
Street, that had no binding contract with Ibanez,
saw the dangerous manoeuvres of British i'm
perialism which was and is trying to take ad-
vantage of the chaos in ored to regain its po-
htIcal hegemony over the national bourgeoisie
withdrew its support thanks to which Ibanez
was able to install since 1927 one of the most
ruthless fascist relationships in Latin America