The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-17

Why the Feverish Activity?
Labor Herald on Royalty
4 RMIES and navies are par
"A ticularly active these DAYS
in colonial spheres. Musso-
lini's troops recently killed 100
Abyssinians on the border of
Italian Somaliland, Africa.
The British are now conduct
ing gigantic. though secret war
maneuyers, in Singapore. the $780,
100000 naval war base. guarding the
1mperialist trade routes to Australia.
Hongkong, Shanghai, and Japan.
Why all the sudden activity? Az
the general capitalist crisis grows
in the imperialist homeland. the
pressure fer greater colonial plumber
becomes overpowering. Mussolinl
has long had his eyes on Abyssinia.
the last remaining independent Ne
gro country. But Mussolini is not
alone in coveting this important
African territory. The British have
for many years been trying to get
their clutches on Abvssinia where
the waters Of the Nile have their
source and where the British feel
they must control in order to in
sure the huge irrigation projects in
the Sudan cotton areas. The
French, the japanese. and the
Americans, likewise, have been
striving to gain advantage here too.
THE Japanese hold out the lure of
! preserving the independence" Of
Abyss!nia against the white imperi-
alists and undoubtedly they would
preserve Ethiopia very much as
the lion does the lamb after 1t has
been swallowed.
French imperialism has the edge
on others because it controls the
only railroad connecting Adds
Abeba. the capital of Abyssinia. to
Djibuti, the seaport in French
Somaliland The French get tribute
from every piece of goods shipped
into the country and all commodi-
ties sent out.
For man years now Mussolini
has been building un his armed
forces in Africa with the express
purpose Of taking good slice Of
Abyssinia and annexing it to the
italian colony in Somaliland.
british war maneuyers in Singa-
~ pore signalize a more intensified
drive for the Far Eastern markets.
efforts to extend colonial control
over Siam. over greater share of
South China. Malaga. Despite the
various diplomatic f1irtations and
rapprochement between japan and
British imperialism when it comes
to thwarting American imperialism's
aims, Singapore is a thorn in the
side of the japanese navy
So when the British began their
maneuvers number of mysterious
spy raids were made by the ever
present Scotland yard men in Singa-
pore. Now it is common knowledge
in Singapore that many scores of
people have been quietly butchered
because they were merely accused
of being spies The nervous British
lion guards the secrets of Singapore
with greater ferocity than any other
of his many war moves
The mystery Of how the japanese
business man Y. Nishimura died in
Singapore while in the hands of the
British Scotland Yard men. on the
charge of spying. has not been
cleared up yet. Two causes were
given for his death-frst. heart dis
case and next, self administered
poison.
The spy fever. which is always a
sign of intensified war preparation,
spread to Toxic, where the too gall
liant Lieutenant Tessier Ducros, as
sistant naval attache of the French
embassy was accused by the Japa-
nese of gathering naval information
from japanese women.
british stockholders, writing to
u their clients, expressed great re-
lief that the Daily Herald" organ
of the British Labor Party dWelt so
fully and servilely with the recent
royal wedding.
In fact. one brokerage firm, Wick
erS, Da Costa & Co. No. 1 Throg-
morton ST.. London, in a private
circular letter to its clients; de-
clared:
Gas regards the political situa-
ton in this country. we would like
to call attention to the Daily
Herald which paper has the
greatest circulation of any daily
paper in this country. and is the
organ for the Socialist and Revo,
lutionary Party. Today's issue con.
tains probably more photographs
and reading matter relating to the
happy Royal Wedding than any
ether paper in the country. which
gives foreign Socialists. Commur
nists and other revolutionaries a
proper idea of what the Socialistic
spirit in this country is like"
Not at all gentlemen. 1t gives
those who would trouble themselves
to see the idea that the Labor Party
leaders are doing all they can to
divert the growing revolutionary
sentiments of the British masses.
The Hendersons, Citrines and others
are trying to instill in the workers
some OF the lickspittle reverence for
loyalty that so distinguishes Messrs.
Macdonald, Henderson. Thomas &
Co.
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