The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-19

Roosevelt Conferences
Aim to Take Lead from
England; Drive to Wa

perialist policy by promising them
all and more than England promised
/ them.
The fact that Herriot, the French
delegate, is not a member Of the
French government and the fHF-
ther fact that he is the chief pol
itical enemy of the French foreign
minister, Joseph Paul-Boncour,
proves that anything Herriot may
| tentatively agree to can be repudi-
ated by the French government.
This fact is made perfectly clear
| in all official references to the
| Herriot mission,
England on the Defensive.
| In the case of the Macdonald
visit it is certain that the British
government regards the Roosevelt
invitations quite seriously-not SO
much the direct conversations b..
| tween Macdonald and Roosevelt, b =
the fact that the dominions, Canst \
and Australia, are also to send dell
! gates. The capitalist classes of both
/
| existence and for years have been in
the position of being able to play off
American imperialism against British
imperialism, with the Wall Street
gang making great economic inroads
in those countries.
1t is felt in England shat the prin-
cipal job of Macdonald is not the
conversations with Roosevelt, but the
job of trying to prevent further riffs
between these dominions and their
so-called mother country" end to
prevent American imperialism out
manoeuVering England in its at
tempts at world leadership. In thii
regard the British envoy is on the
defensive.
The Far East Situation
Into this maze Of sharpening con-
tradictions the Far Eastern question
enters, with he United States us
ing all its powers and resorting T.
every form of intrigue to try to gaN
support for its increased aggressiy
ness m the Pacific against Japan.
In all these discussions which will
involve tariff walls, GOLD and silver
standard, price control" favored ma
ton treaties and war debts, the CEN
trail aim will be manouVering foT
place in the preparations for the
next stage of the imperialist war.
That the Japanese will again raise
the questions raised by the League
of Nations envoy, Yosuke Matsuoko,
in his recent visit to this country,
is a foregone conclusion. These in
clude the question of the naval forti-
fications in the Pacific, tbs heavy
naval concentrations in those waters,
and the question of support to the
Chinese butcher government Of
Chang Kai-shek. At the same time
the Roosevelt administration will try
to reach a more effective working
agreement with the Chinese repre-
sentatives regarding the aspirations
of American imperialism in China,
with promises for further aid against
the Chinese Revolution and the
Chinese Soviets.
South American War Sector
OF great Importance also will Il
the nanouverS in regard to the sittf-
alton in South and Central America,
where there are raging at this mo-
ment two wars-Boliyia and Para
quay; Colombia and Peru - where
American imperialist aggression has
provoked open warfare on the part
Of its vassals against the lsckey gov
ernments of British Imperialism. In
the case Of these countries also Roo
! viii he ~
confer with their representatives
Macdonald will have little converse
tons on his own and both British
and American imperialism will try to
align the most powerful South Amer
lean state, Argentina, behind their
conflicting policies.
Attempted Anti Soviet Solution
In all this welter of conflicts there
will be one note that will always be
upperInost. That is the campaign
against the Soviet Union. Roosevelt
by refusing to invite representatives
of the Soviet Union publicly an
nounced to all the other powers that
that is one issue on which he can
be expected to strive to come to
terms.
1t is certain that there is not one
other issue in the whole world on
which the United States and Eui-
land or the United States and Japin
can come to terms.
All of these vulture powers viii
endeavor in the Roosevelt converse
lions as they have tried in the past
at all international conferences 10
temporarily submerge their differen-
ces at the expense Of the Soviet
Union
With the ever deepening economic
crisis forcing the capitalist class OF
each country TO fight for itself
against all others there is a wave
OF extreme nationalssm rising ever
higher which makes more difficult
any definite and permanent agree
ments between powers.
When the world economic confer
ence is called in London II will bs
continuation of all these nianou-
vers, these mder-handed deals. that
will continue and become more We
nomous as long as capitalism lasts.