The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-30

Second place in regard to the ex-
pansion of the war industry among
the states bordering the Soviet Union
! is occupied by Poland There the
development of war industry is pro-
ceeding in different ways. Firstly,
IN building government factories Of a.
purely military nature; secondly, In
developing private industry of the
sort that can very quickly be reor-
ganized into war industry. Along
with these goes on the creation OF
semi governrnental factories of a
general industrial character, which,
however, in case of war, can be util-
lied for military purposes.
At the present time there are
about 10000 workers employed in Po-
lands war industry, in twenty large
factories either owned or subsidized
by the government. OF these, six
are munition factories, three gun
powder and explosives, two machine
gun factories, four airplane, two air.
plane motors and two for arrnored
cars and tanks.
In the event of war more than half
OF Polish industry can be reorganS
lied for military purposes.
Among the western border states
Rumania, after Czechoslovakia and
Poland, possesses the strongest war
industry.
With the support of French, Eng
lish and Czech capital Rumania has
OF late years been laying the foun-
cation of its own war industry and
has adopted series of organiza-
tlonal measures IL order to be able
to utilize the rest of its industry in
case Of war.
The brief description here pre-
sented of the basis of war industry
in Czechoslovakia, Poland and Eu-
mania does not by any means ex-
,,haust the auxiliary industrial re-
sources which these countries will
have at their disposal in case OF
war. Moreover, they can count on
the support of the entire powerful
war industry of France, England and
the other capitalist countries. In &C
cordance with this, the construction
of their own war industries in these
countries is accompanied more and
more by the construction OF strate-
sic railways and military harbors,
intended for the transportation of
armies and for military shipping.
New Railways and Military Harbors.
These measures, as well as the
construction of war industries, are
carried out with the cooperation OF
French capital, which grants credits
to the governments of Poland and
Rurnania. Among the objects Of
this construction we may mention
the Polish military harbor of Gdin-
gen, near Dantzig on the Baltic Sea:
the Rumanian harbor Of Constance
on the Black Sea, the great harboy
of Saloniki with special free port
for Yugoslavia. To this list must
be added the Polish railroad Gdin-
gen. Upper Silesia and the construc-
ton of railways in Rumania and
Bulgaria, with the intention OF cre-s
ating direct rail connection frorx
Saloniki via the Danube bridge, now
being built near Rustohuk, to the
eastern centers of Poland. All these
railway constructions, according to
the plans of the French general staff,
are to serve the purpose OF guaran-
teeing rail and water connections be-
tween France-England and Poland.
Rumania independently.
The preparation of intervention u
evidenced further by the continual
transportation of arms from Francs
to the small states on the western
frontier of the Soviet Union. The
latter have imported from France
guns to the value of $4,000 900,
hand grenades for $60,0oo,o0o ma
chine-guns for $13.Ooo,oO0, canon for
$38,000,000 and technical materials
for $20,0Oo,0OO.
Billions for Armaments.
The growth of the official mill
tary budgets in the chief countries,
France, England, United States, Italy
and Japan, is shown by the follow
ing figures: In 1914, the military
budgets of all these five countries,
amounting to 1882 millions Of dol
lars, in 1880 to 1924 millions of dol
lars. That means that the expendi-
ture was doubled In the border
states, Finland, Esthonia, Poland,
Latvia, Rumania, expenditures grew
from 1918 millions of dollars in 1928
to 177.7 millions in 1880. And this
growth has not come to a stop in
1881. All these measures show how
feverishly Imperialism is carrying out
its preparations for the war of in
PREVENTION against the Soviet Union.
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