The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-19

IN LIE ID lJloll-AIl6IlC dIl
4 war of 1912, when the "em-
barge" issue arose, it was
popularity reversed to signify
20, grab me-" Nothing is
more applicable to the pres
ent-day farms embargo glib
berish going on over Latin Amer
lean colonies.
Through the thick maze Of
hypocrisy that surrounds the arms
embargo, diplomatic chatter in
Geneva, London and Washington,
one piercing ray of light shines
out. The real principles in the
Chaco war between Bolivia and
Paraguay, have now come into the
open.
The two foremost imperialist
robbers, the United States and
Britain, now enter the stage of
the bitterest conflict over Latin
America. And the whole struggle
is hidden behind the most dis
gushing mask of peace"
For over two years Bolivia, egged
on by the Standard Oil Co. and
the State Department of the
United States, has been waging
war against Paraguay, puppet of
British imperialism to decide which
imperialist power shall rule the
rich Gran Chaco C''The Great
Hunting Ground') region.
Now when the war danger
throughout Latin America, between
the United States and Great
Britain, reaches a higher pitch,
the imperialist bandits resort ia
peace" maneuvers as part Of
their greater, and more villainous
war preparations.
Britain, through Anthony Eden.
Lord of the Privy Seal, representa-
tive to the League of Nations
Councils, calls for an arms en-
barge to prevent the "senseless'
war. For two years, both blood
thirsty imperialist powers have
been making fortunes supplying
arms for this "senseless" war,
and have been anxiously watt
ing for their puppets to throw.
the spoils into their laps. Wash
ington, also, suddenly evinces a
desire for "embargoes."
WHAT is behind the embargo
w talk? Each of the imperialist
warriors want to cripple the 9TH
er's help to their puppet powers
in Latin America. Then each
wants to lessen the war prepara-
tons of the other for the coming,
more decisive war over Latin Amer
lean domination. At the same
time, under the cry of embargo"
new war alliances are made, and
the whole inter-imperialist con-
flict is sharpened throughout Latin
America.
Through the Chaco war, the
British carry a step further the
maneuvers begun by Roosevelt
over the war debt question, and
the general gigantic world struggle
for markets, financial domination,
and first position in arnling for
the coming war.
Peace" "embargoes," become the
hypocritical slogan for the most
drastic, the most far-flung prep
arations for a new imperialist
slaughter.
In the United States, the Roose-
welt government will strain it's
every nerve to arouse the chau-
whist sentiment of the American
masses behind its war building
program, under the slogan of
"embargoes." In England, the
British imperialists use the "em-
barge" and "senseless" war issue
to stir up nationalist hatred
against the United States.
1t would be we'll here to re-
count some of the background Of
the Chaco war which will not
reach the capitalist rfess, who,
through its peace" piffle, will try
to blind the eyes of its readers to
the real forces and factors in-
volved.
THE United States has the DOM
Iinant hand in Bolivia, with an
investment of 22,700,000, while
the British have only $12,512,000
In Paraguay the British invest
ment is $18,247, 900 as against Wall
Streets $15OOo,OO0. But the role
of the powers in these two coun-
tries far transcends the figures
of their investments.
The Standard Oil Company back
in 1925, purchased several million
acres in the southern part of
Bolivia in the Chaco region. Large
oil deposits were discovered there.
Successful trial borings were made,
and refineries built in the town
of Tarija. More oil lands we're
purchased in the Cocha- bamba
desert area in Central Bolivia.
After consultation with Mr..
Henry Stimson, Secretary Of State
under President Hoover land yes
terday conveniently closeted with
President Roosevelt to discuss Wall
Streets Latin American war strait
egy) it was decided to build on
American controlled railway to
connect these Rockefeller oil fields,
filched from Bolivia at the expense
of the Bolivian people. An "in-
ternational railway line was also
projected from the industrial CEN
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