The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-04
The Growing Economic Crisis and the War Danger

making Russia the greatest military machine in
the world. With such deliberate lying and hy-
pocriSy the imperialists are attempting to con-
ceal their feverish preparations for war Thus
for instance, the Sentinel of Waterville, Maine,
August H. writes
"A good many have suspected for some time
that the five year program is more military than
economic"
'If the five year program proves an economic
success producing the worlds greatest military
machine will be easy. In view of the record
teachings and the needs of the Bolsheyiks, such
development Is a necessity and hence 1t. is
only reasonable and logical to conclude that this
is their main purpose.
"That ruthless, driving doctrine OF force which
the Bolshevik espouse so loyalty and frankly is
the spark that may start connagration any
moment" In the same vein the Bangor, Maine,
Commercial August says:
To-day Russia has an immense army that is
being constantly increased =. Several leaders
in several countries have declared recently that
when the next disarmament congress meets in
Geneva it will find the greatest stumbling block
to international agreement for abbreviated ar
mament in Russia and there appears to be real
truth in these statements. Russia has the men
and it has them trained in arms BY its five
year program it is preparing for the equipment
and the munitions. 1t constitutes a distinct
menace to world peace and cannot be dismissed
lightly"
1t is interesting to note that both these quota
tons come from Maine newspapers. Percval
Baxter, ex-governor of Maine, started this cam
paign with his two articles in the Portland Sun
day Telegram, Maine. He called for war on the
Soviet Union.
That an attack on the Soviet Union is the
order of the day is not open to speculation.
Bertrand Russell isquoted in the Herald Tribune
of August 18th as follows:
Germany may be the battle-ground with the
U. S. leading capitalistic states against Russia
......" There Is one large war issue: Com
munism against Capitalism"
To Winston Churchill the Five Year Plan is
gigantic preparation for war He considers
the Soviet Union the danger point i'll Europe
Il rs European war becoming more probable?"
The danger point is the Russian Soviet gov
eminent. Here is gigantic centralized state
with 160,o0O00o subjects outside the comfy of
nations in extreme hostility toward the rest of
the world heavily armed by science and with
many real grievances and appetites to satisfy"
Russia which already has far the largest army
IN the world is actively arrning. She is devel-
oping all the forms of scientific warfare, which
are at once, the most novel the most detestable
Germany made immense precautionary pur-
chases of all the metals and raw materials es-
sential to the manufacture Of weapons" Elk
actly the same symptoms are apparent in Rus-
sian importations today. We have the same ex-
traordinary, almost feverish purchases of all
these key war materials and war metals on the
largest scale and almost regardless of cost"
my. American, Aug. 23.)
The Hersld-Tribune of Aug "a quotes from
speech which Voroshilov made on the occasion
of the First of May Voroshilov said that today
the oppressed workers we're "arrayed against
capitalism" that in the present crisis of cap
italism were assembled some OF the conditions
favorable to an offensive" The Herald Tribune
draws the following conclusion from Voroshilovs
statement Here we have not only the common
Soviet ofhcial assumption that the great war
on capitalism Is inevitable but such frank ap-
prisal Of the world situation as an opportunity
for taking the initiative that IL becomes absurd
to justify deliberate indifference TO Russias mill
tary preparations by concern for world peace -"
Once again the capitalist press spreads pro-
paganda about the Soviet Union being ready to
attack the capitalist countries The Herald
Tribune says that Russia desires a war which
will afford the Soviet Union and It's sympathiz-
ers abroad an opportunity to revolutionize the
world" IT the powers Of the West do not pro-
mote 1t by attacking Russia, Russia must, when
economically prepared, take the offensive" What
Is going TO start war against the capitalist
countries To foSuept vorh yevol,ytd6s, heyafnrs