The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
As We See 1t
Tom 0'FIaherty
- ya;tor of 1.-THE Wasp"

bA ~ ending their most sapient
ne ovters to Great Britain to
sbs crisis in that country.
cofa o- Macdonald, Philip Snow
Prsnlia 4. Thomas and their So
tea :, Z .,ImUeriaIist followers de
daIs ~ The Labor Party and form
'1'sO National Coalition govern
q Int 10 save the Empah. Bah!
.*s@**
mE BIGGEST NEWS in the
- I'D today is not the current
J CS;nese flood or the current
nd Of Gloria Swanson but
y - %-isis that throws a klieg
IN on the decline of the British
F%Dire, its passing as the dOmi-
l IMP world power and the new
. D4sIlation of forces that are
s S.nDd TO be set in motion thru the
I~osrt of this crisis on the Brit
a working class and ON world
capitalism.
a&&+A "a
nEFORE the last gun belched
forth its message of destruc-
y tiOn and death on the battle
es1s of France in 1918 a wise
Emchman pnOphesied that Brit
n would win that war but would
rEpr win another. He predict
4 that the end Of the war would
FI John Bull sitting on top of
n world but with a time bomb
mder his throne. 1t has come
10 pass, though it will yet be
Sne time before the lighted
match is set to the fuse. Empires
Fe slowly in times of peace. But
Rey are usually ushered into the
nausOIeum of history to the mu-
t Of cannon and the tramp of
marching men.
**# IL 81
THIRTEEN YEARS after Ger
many was forced to sign the
most ignOminiOus treaty that
even the ENJOYS of a once puts
SAINT power were compelled to lay
pen to, finds England the worlds
outstanding mendicant. With hats
N hand the official panhandIers
d the proud British ruling class
EGe compelled to wait in the ante
danbers of the New York and
Paris money lenders until it suit.
d the pleasure of those glOrified
REnbrOkers to give them audi.
Gce And the British hooked the
bread and butter of their work,
ing class before they got the loan
-Four hundred million dollars i:
10 mean sum and surely one can
bot blame such patriotic institu
lions as Wall Street and the Banl
d France for insisting that TIL,
lecessary steps must be taken t,
insure payment of the interes
and principal in due time. An,
the time is darned short.
*&* ****
NGLAND is faced with a bud
get deficit of $S5O,OOO, OOC
Andy Mellon might not hav
much trouble in cOniuring tina
ln out Of his socks. But Chan
S6r SnOwden does not find
- So he and Macdonald, tn
"aMH
alant Socialists, broke wit
Aelr party and the trade union
nd decided that some of it mus
sne out Of the starvation ration
The unemployed. MACEDONIA
USED the royal meat hook an
IsG up with the Tories and whs
left of the liberals to form
SapOrary government with I'll
ea Of bringing the country OF
ne crisis. A sisyphus task u
49, ****
VhAT really rules in Englar
now Is the Tory party Wi
Macdonald and SnOwden al
lew ether labOrites to pull Il
~ over the eyes of the wOr
Class. They are the puppe
dance before the mass
%e the Tories pull the string
erstWhile champions of lab
snow themselves in their trr
\" ;. as the most loyal imperi:
Of the lot. What the Coz
Ss have been telling t
SAers for years can now
10y the least Observant. The
'nng novel in this situatik
L s~., working class mOveme
n %ueO up BRAND and MilIera
n ~ rance and Ebert and ScheiC
d NJ. N Germany. Others of /
~ stripe all over Europe. \
S,. our Greens and VOLS in /
*****&s
ny NJ. THOSE SOCIALIST pin,
p!e .S for capitalism save
!, british Empire? / think n
al doubtful i fthey believe Il
A@ comparatively few EngliI
IN S NOV any more about SOci