The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-28
Rx ROBERT w. DUNN

before rival imperialisms declare
war against one another. or jointly
against the Soviet Union, is a uues-
tion that no one can definitely
answer. But that this declaration
Of war is not far SWAY is admitted
by the best informed persons in
Guiding those in the camp Of the
capitalists.
When the war danger was first
discussed a few years ago IN the
theses and statements of the Com
nunist International and the vari-
GUS Communist parties. the analysis
was met with contempt or indiffer-
ence in the capitalist press. Now,
however, this danger is a matter
OF common acceptance. The head
lines fairly shrek of the coming
war Even some Of the basic couses
Of war are cynically admitted by
the war-mskers themselves.
The next resort to arms" will
be merely the continuation Of the
present economic war carried on
more and more openly between
capitalist countries and alliances.
The present peace time" struggles
include the fierce fight for markets
which involves In turn currency
wars, tariff wars. regulation Of ex-
port and import quotas, subsidies
to corporations by governments. and
Of course intenser exploitation Of
colonial peoples.
Peace Time" HOstilities
Tariff and import quota wars are
typical expression Of these peace
time hostilities of capitalist coun-
tries Keeling. under the blows of the
crisis. The Germans, for example,
have waged these wars mainly with
Britain. Poland and France, while
the Baltic states have also felt the
force Of German quotas. France
ia carrying on bitter trade wars
marked with the sharpest reprisals
chiefly against Germany and
Britain. The British Empire is
fighting not only rival imperialisms,
like the United States, but has
plenty Of trade conflict within It's
own territories, notably in India
The United States, under the re-
eiprecal, or trading tariff bill,
gives the President emergency
powers to protect Wall Streets in
terests in the current tariff hosti-
lities,
70 In connection with the trade wars
81 come also government subsidies
italy subsidies its raw silk export
ers. the U. S. its wheat, cotton and
tobacco exporters. Great Britain its
oil and chemical companies. In
ternational shipping is receiving
subsidies in almost every capitalist
country Most of these subsidies.
especially on agricultural products,
ere levied as back breaking tribute
on the consuming masses.
Moving Rapidly Toward World War
With all talk of disarmament
or even Limitation of ornaments"
giving way to speculation as TO how
fast rival countries and alliances
=V ere rearming, with all economic and
other international conferences
complete failures, the imperialist
countries move rapidly toward the
Second World War. In Europe the
first fires OF war are only waiting
to be lit by the ready matches Of
fascism. The recent understand
ing" between Germany and Poland
opens the way for more open
combine directed against the Soviet
Union, in an attempt to solve i'm
perialist sntagonisms at the cost of
the first workers and farmers re-
public. Nazi eyes are still fixed on
the rich fields Of the Ukraine.
The Austrian dictatorship is the
center of reshifting of alliances
which may ultimately bring about
war bloc Of Germany, Italy, Aus
tria and Hungary, lining up against
France and its allies on the ques-
ton of ornaments, treaty revision
and the League. France and Ger
many have reached a complete
deadlock in their bitter "conversa-
tons about arms Limitations"
Conflict in South America
In South America We find the
Chaco war breaking out in fresh
battles with the League of Nations
and all other "mediating" agencies
completely Intellectual, as more
thousands of workers and farmers
of Bolivia and Paraguay are sent
{, 10 the shambles in this clash be-
tween Wall Street and the British
imperialists. At the same time the
struggle over Leticia between
Colombia and Peru is ready for a
new outbreak of warfare, both sides
buying arms in large quantities and
Colombia recruiting more war plane
pilots in the United States. Com
petition between the United States
and several European countries. as
well as Japan, for the trade Of
South America, was never fercer
than it is today with U. S. imperial
ism desperately fighting to prevent
losing its leading place in this rich
market
Meanwhile the tension is still
even less relaxed in the Far East
in spite of all the polite diplomatic
notes Of the japanese foreign Of
flee to Washington, her imperialist
rival in the coming struggle for the
Pacific With Emperor Pu-Yi on
the throne in the Japanese puppet
state Of Manchukuo, preparations
are speeded up for the coming ct
tack on the Soviet Union and on
the Monaghan Peoples Republic
Provocative protests are sent to the
Soviet Union about alleged border
air raids" At the same time the
eJapaneso carry on the most intense
preparations for offensive war, with
strategic military railroads and
highways being built in Manohuria
fright up to the Soviet frontier.
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