The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-02
BY WILLIAM srMoNs

IN view Of the tremendous forces and resources
which struggle against the Soviet Union i'm
plies, American Imperialism is. busily engaged
in nobiIizing for support Of her war plans not
only the governments in her colonial possessions,
as in Porto Rico and hte Philippine Islands
but also in the emi-colonies, in Latin America.
In January 1882 the fascist government Of
Ortiz Rubio- Gales granted permission to Amer
lean warships and airplanes which were on their
way to Shanghai through the Panama Canal, to
stop off at Mexican ports and airfields, in Man
zanilo and Acapulco In February the Mexican
Government concluded a secret pact with the
Hoover-Wall Street Government which included
the following provisions: a. Placing at the dis
position of the Yankee army all of the strategic
points Of Mexico; b. Placing Of tens Of thou
sands Of Mexican soldiers under American or
ders; and C. Putting the entire resources Of
Mexico, especially oil and metals, at the feet
Of American Imperialism. In Cuba, the press
reports plans for the formation of militia of
100000 to supplement the army Of 1880 soldiers
as a force to serve the interests of Yankee I'M
perialism in war. The resources Of Cuba, es-
pecially sugar (Which has not only food value
but also enters into the manufacture Of ex-
plosives) will be placed at the command Of Wall
Street Men and resources are thus being re-
cruited by American Imperialism for war, not.
only in Mexico and Cuba, but in all other colo
MES and serli-colonies under American influ-
ence.
April s, 1917
Let us first consider Porto Rico a possession
of the United States. When the United States
declared war on Germany in 1917, the Porto
Rican Regiment was ordered recruited to war
strength and was transferred to service in the
Canal Zone. A training camp for officers, was
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When the arnistice was signed in 1918 there
we're at Camp Las Casas,. three war strength
regiments Of infantry 1.-TWO OF them white and
one colored), comprising $4,000 men, waiting TO
be sent across In the present situation the
masses OF Porto Rico will be drawn more closely
into the war plans OF the United States. !.
Cuba will serve as. an example Of Yankee mob
ilization OF senft-colorial masses. When the
United States declared war on Germany on
April 6, 1917, this so-called independent" re-
public also declared war on Germany on the
following day, April 2, 1917 A, draft law was,
adopted on August 3, 1918, although its propo-
nents asgued that 1t would not be necessary to
send Cuban soldiers to Europe, but merely for
defense should foreign force inyane American
territory or waters The law provided for the
sending Of Cuban contingent to Europe i'm
mediately provided it was trained and sent over
by the Yankee Government.
And II the Cuban Government in 1917 went
so far in backing up Wall Street, 1t is clear that
now, the Machado butcher Government with a
greater percentage Of Cuban property In the
hands Of Wall Street, will place all OF Cuba's
resources at the disposal Of the Yankee Govern
ment.
Intensified Terror y <e&
The terror in the colonies and semi colonies
of American Imperialism against the toiling
masses OF workers and peasants has been re-
Gently intensified, because OF the war on the
Chinese masses and the provocations against
the Soviet Union. The actual war stoation &C
counts for the ferocity with which the recent
uprising in Ell Salvador was suppressed with
the killing Of 1000 workers and peasants, and
with the continued execution Of about Is each
week. 1t accounts for the wholesale arrests Of
revolutionary workers in Guatemala, where the
Communist leader Juan Pablo Wainwright was
executed for military treason" for the sentence
OF seven other leaders to 20 years each in JAIL
for the continued imprisonment of about 100
others, awaiting trial and sentence. 1t accounts
for the recent murder in Havana. Cuba of the
left wing sturent Jose Linares Fernandez by the
police his body being found on the highway to
Managua with his face smashed in; the holding
OF 400 working class prisoners In the Mode"
Prison on the Isle Of Pines and in the Principe
Fort; the many arrests of the tobacco strikers
and the continued efforts Of the Cuban govern
n1ent to snlasA the revolutionary National Work
ers Confederation OF Cuba. The increased ter
ror against the workers and peasants OF the
colonies Ia \ definite and irreparahle mart NJ