The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-02
By C. A. HATHAWAY

the numerous peace" pactS So
lemnly" entered into by the nations
since the last war, the world certain
ly would appear to have been well
protected against any new imperial
list blood bath until the moment of
Japan's "unempected' invasion of
Manchuria and Shanghai.
Such illusions of security were
treacherously propagated by many
forces in all countries in an effort
to break down the revolutionary
vigilence of the workers who are un-
alterably opposed to imperialist war.
In the United States, particularly
dangerous role is played by the lib
eral groups centered around the
Nation" and New Republic" and
by the Socialists headed by Nor
man Thomas. Their acceptance and
enthusiastic support of the various
peace" pacts as IAN outlawry of
war;" as the abolition of war as
an instrument OF national policy"
etc, has been and is a factor in
disarming the workers in their
struggle to prevent war.
Dangerous Theories.
John Dewey, for example, writing
on the Far Eastern war situation
in the New Republic" of March %,
naively declares:
Lovers of peace should concen-
trate attention upon the Peace
Pact, C.A.H); they should deny
themselves the use of all methods
of agitation and appeal which are
contrary to its letter and spirit"
Professor Dewey is we'll known as
one of the lovers of peace; it would
appear that by invoking the KEEL
logg Pact, which supposedly out
laws war as an instrument of ma
tional policy" he was helping to
stop the imperialist slaughter of
Chinese men, women and children,
and to prevent other nations from
being drawn into the war Unfortun-
ately, such is not the case.
Even Mr.. Dewey apologetically adj
nlits at the beginning of the article
that all is not we'll with the KEEL
logg Pact. He says:
"The Pact should have been the
conclusion of an irresistible public
demand; to a considerable extent
1T WAS THE TERMINATION
OF THE MANOEUVERS OF DIP
LOMATS. There has always been
the danger that the official adop-
ton of the outlawry idea would
turn out to be AN ENIBALMING
OF THE IDEA RATHER THAN
THE EMBODIMENT OF 1T"
The so called pacifists, then, would
have us confine ourselves to the "let-
ter" and spirit" Of the Kellogg Pact.
But Mr.. Dewey is forced to admit
that the spirit" of the Pact is the
"manoeuver of the diplomats" i.e.,
the maneuvers of one imperialist
nation against another for markets,
for territory, for advantage in ar
maments, and for preparations |
against the Soviet Union. AS for
the letter" of the Pact, the out
lawing of war; Mr.. Dewey admits
IAN embalming of the idea rather |
than an embodiment Of it." Yet |
in true pacifists manner he would
ask the workers-the only revolu- |
tionary .opponets of imperiahst war
to deny themselves the use of all |
methods of agitation and appeal
which are contrary to its letter and
spirit" In other words he would
have us shout, Long Live the KEEL
logg PactP, while the imperialist
diplomats, who admittedly had en-
balmed the idea of peace, were using
the Pact for their war manoeuvers
and to serve as smoke screen to
conceal their war preparations.
War Preparations Aided,
That this is the actual outcome
OF such pacifist nonsense can easily
be shown. The United States, as
everyone knows, has concentrated
its entire fleet in the Pacific-over
two hundred ship, hundreds of air
planes and thousands of troops Tin
the Philippines and Hawaii; it is
openly threatening to launch huge
program of naval construction; it is
quite openly preparing for war. But
all this Is being covered I'D and JUS