The daily worker., 1934-08-06
On the
Front
World Fears of Germany
Hitler, n. R. A. Free Choice
Times" OlfactOry Nerves
By HARRY CANNES

lines OudCIOIy NERVES
NOW that the whole capitalist
N world has -towed to the re-
mains of the old scoundrel of Neu-
deck, the international eXploiters
stand in expectation and fear, not
so much of what Hitler will do, but
of what the German proletariat will
do.
They see in Hitler now what the
Communist International saw on
his advent to power in January,
1888 - the eventual unmasking of
the open, most chauvinist and most
savage dictatorship Of capitalism.
which brings with it rapid under
and momentary explosion OF
either an adventurous external war
or certain civil war and the success
Of the proletarian revolution.
FRENCH imperialism knows its
1 Hitler. Hence Temps" SEMI
official government organ, described
by a French revolutionist as the
turned into a newspaper,
expressing its fears 'of social rev.
olution as much as that of political
revolution" says:
After him CHindenburg) there is
nothing but the mysticism of Hitler
ism, made up of hate and violence,
nothing but a disarray of hearts and
minds, nothing but an abandonment
to instincts unleashed by the worst
sort of demagogy."
While neither the French bour-
geoisie nor Roosevelt cede anything
to Hitler in ability to sling dems-
gogy, their complaint goes to the
fact that the collapse of Hitler's
demagogy is making it more difficult
for the advent of fascism in other
countries. The United Front in
France is proving that.
IN August 10 a plebiscite will be
v held in Germany. The New
York Times feels sure that the great
majority of the people will cast their
votes for the confirmation of Hitler.
We can only be sure that whatever
happens the votes will be counted
for Hitler. In the last elections
when confronted with a Yes or No
vote on the Nazi slate some 100000
people, at the height Of Hitler's
heroicly expressed their
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Since then much has happened,
The majority of the factory workers
bravely voted against the Nazi fac
tory council states, despite all threats
and intimidation. Since then the
Communist Party has grown rapid
ly; the anti-fascist United Front has
become a tremendous factor.
Though Hitler purposely set the
plebicite at the nearest possible
date, and though the threats, the
terror and murders will be unpre-
dented in the history Of German
fascism, we may be sure that the
Communist Party will make itself
heard. 1t will utilize even this most
fraudulent election" as a means Of
expressing the growing voice of the
proletarian revolution, and of or
ganizing the struggle for the over
throw of fascism to still higher
stage.
IN his letter to Wilhelm Frick, Min
1 lister of the Interior, requesting"
a plebicite, Hitler writes:
"Steeped in the conviction that
all authority of the State must
proceed from the people this is
little scabbing on godl and by
them be ratified in free, secret
election, request you Immediately
to lay the decision of the cabinet
ith possible necessary additions,
before the German people
The generous hearted Adolph (or
it is better to say Krupp, the Reich
swher, ct all grant the German
people the right freely to choose
Hitler. Something like the NJ R. A.
free choice"of unions.
IN the overshadowing news of the
1 death of Won Hindenburg, the re-
port of the e-assemblage of the
Storm Troopers on August l, re-
ceived very little space and less COM
ment in the capitalist press
Out of an estimated 100000 only
between 100000 and 100000 were
called to duty, which means that
the overwhelming ma jority, or at a
minimum 100000 were regarded as
not any longer reliable forces for
Fascism.
Even those who did return came
back with tattered brown shirts. In
the South of Germany, the Storm
Troopers deliberately wore their
tllreadbare brown uniforms, when
they were banned, as double sign
Of protest-frst, against the order
disbanding the Storm Troops, and
second, as evidence that fascism was
bringing them rags and hunger
FOLLOWING the precedent set by
the social democratic leaders,
the New York Times strives to util-
ize some of the world wide mass
disgust with German fascism, to
SANDER the Soviet Union.
Speaking of Hitler's violent chau-
vinism and preparation for war in
order to distract the masses from
the growing catastrophe in Ger
many, the Times editorializes:
The alleged threat of foreign in
tervention has frequently been used
in Soviet Russia to rally the people
behind the Moscow dictatorship, and
the same thing may easily be done
in Germany
Which goes to show how rabid the
capitalists become in this period
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