The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-21
World Front
Signs Multiply in Germany
Gold Bloc Cracking
Baltimore War Shipments
By HARRY CANNES

press than reporting growing
mass discomfort in any coun-
try against capitalism. When
we do get reports such as the
following we can only con-
clude that the situation is so alarm.
ing, fraught with such great ex-
plosions, that the very pressure of
events requires recognition of the
news. "As winter draws on" cables
John Elliott, New York Herald
Tribune Berlin correspondent. signs
multiply in Germany of popular
discomfort with the National So
cialist regime"
Bourgeois correspondents never go
too deeply into class struggles, and
when Mr.. Elliott tells us that signs
multiply" Of growing discomfort with
German fascism, he means that he
who frequents the cafes or visits
even official quarters can't miss
them.
In fact, Mr.. Elliott bases his story
mainly on the official pronounce
ment by chief Nazi poison prop-
agandist Goebbels who orbids all
Nazi meetings of national poll
tical significance" without direct
permission from himself. One of
the reasons is that Nazi meetings,
which gather petty bourgeois or toll
ing masses, turn into sharp attacks
against the fascist hunger regime.
Mr.. Elliott relates one of these
where 1000 veterans of the Nazis
met to hear Herr Goebbels, and
greeted him with kissing and boo
ing, and cries of CRATER, you are
getting rich while we starve!"
THE newest factor leading to
l further shock to the dismantled
currency and credit system of the
entire capitalist world is the move
ment toward initiation of the So
called gold-bloc countries. These
comprise France, Belgium, Italy and
Holland. The heavy blows delivered
to the economic position of these
countries by the rest Of the capt.
talist world which has gone the way
of initiation has caused the collapse
of the Belgian Cabinet, and an in
classification of the class struggle in
France and Italy. When initiation
does come, as it rapidly is, it will
fNFnniYNiotn FL iYnf
movement in those countries already
off the gold standard, and still fur
them undermine the relationship
achieved between the various cur
rencies.
The key to initiation in the gold
bloc countries is Belgium. Georges
Theunis has just presented his list
for a new Cabinet which, while
promising to maintain the gold
standard will actually prepare to
get off at the shortest possible mo-
ment. The end of the gold stand
ard in Belgium will force France
and Holland off the gold standard,
and Italy won't be far behind.
BECAUSE these countries came late
- in this movement, due to the I'M
eveness in the development of the
world crisis Of capitalism, the shock
will be greater and have greater
repercussions. This is especially
true in France where the united
front is battling against the hunger
and fascist moves of the Flandin-
Herriot government. Initiation in
France will Immediately drive prices
sky high. 1t was to prepare for the
problems of the sharpening of the
crisis that Doumergue attempted to
put over his fascist measures, which
Flandin, with more oily maneuvers,
is continuing.
The economic situation in Bel
GUM is grave. The Belgium treas
ury is in crisis, despite the fact
that one-quarter of the national in
come goes to it in taxes. The new
taxes which were supposed to raise
1000, 100000 francs, amounted to
only 800,000,000.
Belgium foreign trade recently
dropped to only 40 per cent of what
it was before the crisis.
There is no prospect of any i'm
provement in this situation, but a
certainty of the intensification of
the crisis, and of the governments
deficit, forcing initiation.
THERE is a veritable stream of war
1 supplies going to Japan from the
United States, The Sunday issue Of
the Baltimore Sun" reports:
Streams of scrap metal-an i'm
portant material in the manufacture
OF ornaments and munitions-are
pouring into Japan's foundries by
way of the port of Baltimore, rec
ords at the Maritime Exchange re-
vealed yesterday"
They point out that in the first
week of this month, six ships
cleared Baltimore with cargoes to-
falling more than 33,7Oo,522 pounds.
Besides, American industrialists are
reaping huge profits supplying ia
pan with such other war materials
as sheet steel, copper, tin and wire
rods.
These war munitions shipments
are for use against the Soviet Union.
In our Party slogans against war
we often speak Of stopping war
shipments to Japan and other coun-
tries. Here in Baltimore vessels
leave every week with material for
war against the U. S. S. R. Can't
something be done about it in Bal
timore, demonstrations, or other ac-
lions to call the attention of the
masses to the war preparations and
shipments, and arouse them to &C
ton against them.
CANNES GLOOM GOES
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