The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-11

Jesus on Markets
COCIALIST leaders "A
~ Sweden do whatever they
can to help popularize the de-
generate ruling family. That
King Gustav V, a multimil-
lionaire and one of the richest
men of the country, gets his
wealth from the exploitation Of
hundreds Of thousands Of workers,
bothers them not at all.
On the occasion Of the birthday
of Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Sober
mainland, June IT. the Official organ
Of the Socialist Party of Sweden,
Social Demokraten" printed whole
columns of bootlicking praise for
the prince.
THEY talk of the prince "who has
1 gained a literary position inde-
pendent of princely pedigree. He Is
a man for himself and he is hon.
ored very highly in all circles. SINH
lar to his brother, the crown prince,
he has, by his personal endeavor
and goodness and devotion to his
work, earned the good will and love
Of the people and the nation" and
so on, to a sickening degree.
Licking various parts of the royal
anatomy comes easy to Socialist
leaders whose police club the heads
of workers.
DECENTLY at meeting Of over
~ 200 chemists in Athens, Greece,
when motion was put to join the
anti-fascist united front, 40 votes
we're cast in favor Of the motion.
The reactionary leaders of this or
ganization, all of whose members
belong to the Greek Academy of
Science, tried everything possible
to avoid a vote on the question.
When the chairman declared dur
ing the sessions of the scientific con-
gress that they would now devote
their attention to the subject of
poison gas and preparation for war,
cries of Down with war!" shook
the hall. The chairman was forced
to allow an anti-fascist to address
the meeting on the struggle against
war and fascism.
THE sedition bill in England is de-
signed as the most vicious fascist
attack on the British workers yet
undertaken, and under the disguise
of prohibiting anti-war propaganda
among the armed forces is a direct
blow to all Marxist-L feminist agita-
ton and education. For example,
Mr.. Stanley Unwin, of the pub
fishing firm of George Allen & I'M
win, Ltd, which publishes a num-
Der of revolutionary works Of Marx
and Engles, recently wrote about the
sedition bill as follows
"AS the publisher of English edi-
a tions of the works Of Karl
Marx and Friedrich Engels lis
sued by my predecessors more
than fifty years ago. / am per-
manently in possession of "sedi-
tious literature. As successor to
the Swarthmore Press issue
much Quaker literature consider
ed highly Objectionable by army
authorities. During the war the
possession Of these books did not
render anyone liable to prose-
cuti0n, but under this new Act /
should at all times be liable to i'm.
prisOnment, because they are al
ways to be found on my premises.
1--WE are told that Act will be
administered intelligently, that
the powers will not be abused.
But when are such Acts ever adj
ministered wisely, and what value
can be attached to assurances
given in Parliament by Ministers
anxious to get their own way?
1t is claimed that the powers are
needed to prevent seditious leaf
lets being given to soldiers and
sailors and that serious literature
will not be affected. But the Act
draws no SUCH distinction, and in
India, where similar powers have
been taken, serious books pub
Ished at los. Sd. and upwards
are invariably seized by the Gus
toms, and even in the bookshops.
regardless of their scholarly char
acter, if their authors have the
remotest connection with Moscow
or Bolshevism.
"The more plausible the reasons
given for the granting of these
excessive powers, the more rapidly
! they seem to be used for the sup
preston of the freedom of the
press"
0HINTOISM is the state religion
y of Japan. However, in order to
justify starvation wages and whole-
sale dumping on the world markets,
the japanese irnperialists are not
averse to using Jesus Christ. The
Japan Times recently argued that
by lowering wages of Japanese
workers in order to further the drive
for world markets Japan "has
TRANSPORTED herself into the Mes
slah and Saviour of the million
and tens of millions of suffering
She fulfils to the fullest, declares
! the JaDan Times what .Ies,r ra;]