The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-27

World Economic Conference
will open in London on June
12th-three days before the
next installlnent OF the inter-aIlisd
debts is dus TO the United States.
This date was agreed TO by the En-
gliSh Prime Minister, Roosevelt, and
the French representative, former
Premier Edousrd Herriot.
Words Conceal Thought
Thus, while the Roosevelt admins
trstion is still striving to strengthen
the position Of American imperialism,
in conference with representatives OF
forty other nations, the British gov
eminent will concentrate upon align
naents for the London conference.
Before Macdonald left Washington
= Joint statement with Roosevelt was
issued which said: During the day
the Prime Minister and the President
have discussed the problems Of the
debts Of the British government to
the Omitted States government Both
have faced the realities and the obi
cations, and both believe that as a
result there Ss laid the basis Of
clear understanding OF the situation
affecting the two nations"
That this is rust 50 much esmou-
flage to try to cover up the 1ncress-
ing antagorisnns between these two
imperialist bandit powsro is seen in
The conclusion tsas5s SAfter the
Prime Ministers depgr5ms Ghsss con-
yersations can wen eontSnus IN Lon
don and Washington
sIert o. 0gAsx GsSsass
The ven Of secrecy was ea:sfuTFy
kept over all eTS.er qussSons-zsrn-
anlents, international currency tar
ifs, revision Of boundaries, eto.y-tha5
certainly we're topics Of discussion at
the Macdonald Roosevelt confer
ences. As to the question Of wsT
debts there Is no chance OF their ever
being paid in fun, but American i'm
periahsn uses them for political ana
military purposes to try to set its
rivals to cut down their armed forces
and to try to align the smaller debt
or nations behind the predatory pol
lev of Wall Street in It's international
schemes.
1t is also plain from the evasiye
statement issued by Macdonald and
Roosevelt that the British do not in
tend to yield to the attempt Of the
United States to take leadership in
the arena Of world politics, which
was obviously the intent Of the Roose-
welt invitation to the powers to send
delegates tc Washington for pre-
ltlninary" discussions,
Canada Under Pressure
That there Is 4 bitter struggle on
between England and the United
states over tariffs and trade is seen
n the statements Of the Canadian
Prime Minister Bennett, who is nov
n Washington Bennett complains
that Canadian export to the United
States has taken g, drastic fall since
the Empire Conference at Ottawa,
where England succeeded in getting
trade advantages with Canada to the
fetrinent Of the United States. The
United States has retaHated by a
policy Of weakening Of Canada to
try to force that country further from
Britain. At the same time the Can
adam bourgeoisie, which is itself an
inperialiSt power, tries to play off
Britain against the United States to
gain advantages for itself.
Drive Against Farmers.
Canada and the United States are
trying to come TO an agreement on
limitation Of acreage of wheat grow
ers In the North American continent
IN order to aid the grain spectators
hold UP prices to consumers and get
rid Of the enormous surpluses they
have on hand. Steps in this direc-
ton were taken last october when
the entire october wheat surplus was
carried over to the May market. Thus,
while tho masses OF both countries
are facing starvation, the stock ex-
change CANDLES with the surplus that
is equal TO an average years crop. |
Similar proposals viii be put forward
in conferences with Argentina and
Australia, the two other capitalist 1
wheat growing nations.
Hsrriot Conferences Begin
Conversations, wrapped is secteCy. ,
isve begun at Washington with the /
French representative, Eerriot The
s1-pren1ier Of France has already .
stated that The discussions must take /
N political questions as well as eco
no7lic. Tbs eccnorato position Of .
France Is nasds particularly difficult !
By the abandonment Of tbs gold |
standard IN tbs Omitted states, which |
enables the POWERS ctg gold TO grab |
advantages in the world market at
the expense Of thoes with higher cur
rencies, 1t Is quite certain that /
France-ths last remaining bulwark |
Of the gold standard-wiM be forced |
TO declare a gold embargo, which
means to go off the standard. This
would be followed by Holland and
Switzerland and other smaller coun-
tries whose gold standard Is precari-
GUS.
Boundary Question to the Fore
It is quite certain that economic
questions win be eclipsed in the con-
yersations with Hefrfot by Che cues
ton Of alteration of boundaries as
was proposed in the Macdonald Mus
solini conference recently held in
Rome where the -four power agree
nent' embracing England, Italy, Ger
many and France was brought for
ward The reaction OF France to pro-
posals to cut into the Polish corridor
the shave off territory from TIigo-
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