The daily worker., 1933-01-24
Thousand Killed
in Bolivia War
Many IA Year Old Lads
Among the Dead
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gas and gas masks with the inten-
tion of adding gas warfare to the
horrors of the undeclared war The
war already has converted the dis
puted" oil-bearing region of Gran
Chaco into a huge slaughter house
as a result of the fierce rivalry be-
tween U. S. and British imperialists
and the attempts of the national
ruling classes to find a capitalist way
out" of the crisis at the expense of
the life blood of the toiling masses.
Meanwhile, the Argentina govern
ment continues to mobilize troops on
the Bolivian border and is closely
watching the results of the present
decisive battle with a view of aiding
the British puppet Paraguayan gov
ernment in the event of further
Bolivian victories.
A new outbreak of the armed
conflict between Colombia and
Peru is Tnomentariiy expected, as
warships and troops Of Peru, Co
lombia, Ecuador and Brazil con-
tinue to converge ON the disputed"
Leticia region.
Prepare Anti-War Congress.
The workers and anti-imperialist
fighters of South America are an
wering these war activities with in
creased anti-war struggles and in
tensive preparation for the South
American Anti-War Congress, to be
held Feb. 28 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
The socialist leaders are sabotag-
ing the anti-war congress, and con-
Quoting campaign of deception on
the aims Of the two undeclared wars
and endeavoring to persuade the
masses that the danger of war is
not acute for the countries of South
and Caribbean America.
Socialist Leaders for War.
In Argentina, Alfredo Palaoious,
socialist leader, attempts to cover up
the preparations of the Argentina
government to enter the war, de-
claring that the war will be "local-
i2ed' and that the Americans are
outside of the disturbances" which
have seized the crisis-torn capitalist
world.
e. Dickman, leader of the Ar
gentina socialist party peddles the
pretense of the Argentina bourge-
oisie that they are struggling"
for peace. In Uruguay, the soci-
alist leaders not only cloak the war
preparations of their own govern
ment but openly side with Para
quay and accuse Bolivia of having
provoked the war.
What's To BE Done.
In the International Press Cor
respondence of Jan. II, it is correctly
pointed out:
'As matter of fact, the gov
ernment of Paraguay, under the
pressure of its English masters,
and the Bolivian government, which
is closely connected with United
States imperialism, are equally re-
sponsibIe for the barbarous slaugh-
ter of thousands of workers and
peasants In soldiers tunics. The war
in Chaoo is in fact only the con-
tinuation in new form of the old
policy of the landowners and the
bourgeoisie--the policy of ruthless
expIoitati tion of the working people,
which is the basis of the existence
both of the Bolivian and the Para
guayap ruling class and their inn
perialist masters. The working
masses of both belligerent coun-
tries must fight for the defeat OF
their own government, for their
revolutionary overthrow"
The Wall Street imperialists are
the main instigators of the wars In
South America. The U. S. toiling
masses are faced with the class duty
of supporting the South American
anti-war congress, and OF mobiliz-
ing their forces in the munition in
dustries and on the docks to stop the
production and shipment Of war ma
terial to South America and the Far
East.