The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-15
Dictator Ibanez OF Chile Is
Overthrow
BY CHOPPER

government employees and for all workers in
the shops, factories and mines. Increased speed
up longer working hours for the workers. In
creased taxation upon the poor peasants and
tenant farmers. new wave of terror was in
stalled against the workers in February of this
year.
In order to save itself from this financial
collapse, the Ibanez government rushed for
loans to Wall Street and London. Ramirez was
unable to obtain $3S,oooOoo loan for which he
made a special trip to New York last April
Ibanez's power began to totter. -Four Ministers
of Finance succeeded one another. p,
In this frenzied search for loans Ibanez be-
gan his flirtations with London. This highly
displeased american bankers and their govern
nent. The worst crime committed by Ibanez
against Yankee imperialism was the proposal
of his Minister of Finance Planet, to call an
economic conference of the Latin American gov
ernments in order to discuss customs union,
unemployment, military ornaments and the eco
nonic and financial problem. This conference
was to exclude the participation of the Aneri-
can government. The New York Times of July
II says of Planets plan: Planets Plan Troub-
les Washington The plan, however did not
materialize. The Argentine government. was
lukewarrn to it. The Argentine bourgeois papers
answered the call to the conference with the fol-
lowing question: Why antagonize the United
State government, when it is not necessary.
We must remember that we are to make pay
ment of $5o0o0,Ooo by December" Olaya Her
rera, who is the Wall Street puppet president
of Colombia, refused to participate, suggesting
to leave the points for discussion to the next
Pan-American Commercial Congress to be held
next October
American imperialism, ahenated by the indie
pendent maneuvers of Ibanez and above ALL the
deep political unrest within Chile, caused by
series of workers demonstrations and the
movement OF the students who came openly out
demanding the resignation of Ibanez, let Ibenez
fall and are now trying to find another servie.
For the first time since the installation of
fascism in 1927, the workers demonstrated in
the streets on May Day. The police forcs THROWN
IN to crush the demonstration did not succeed.
The activities OF the revolutionary workers with
in the government and reforrnist trade unions
began to seriously undermine the government
The working class of Chile began its counter
offensive. The lower strata of the petty bour-
geosie that also feels the burden of taxation
and the oppression of the imperialists the stu
dents and anti-imperialists made a further wedge
in Ibanezs power
But Ibanez's substitution does not change the
situation The bourgeoisie and the landlords
in manoevers with Yankee Imperialism still
maintain themselves in power. The new govern
ment was Immediately recognized by the White
House. This new government has already taken
the first steps to deport 100 Communists. There
is doubt that still stronger wave of per-
secutions against the militant workers and pea
SAINTS is forthcoming.
The struggle Of the workers, peasants and the
lower strata of the petty bourgeosie against the
landlord bourgeois mperialist regime will con-
tinue The only solution to the economic col
lapse of Chile is the anti-mperialist agrarian
revolution that will overthrow the power of the
bourgeoisie and imperialism and will establish a
workers and peasants government Only then
will the toiling masses of Chile be able to put
an end to the system of exploitation and colo
NAL robbery.