The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-03-06

.,.,+inped from last week.
tColl'iii III nn.~

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VAL IN II The STRUGGLE
BETRAl AaanI Ie believe that they
are oP lPo2yiSle i in its methods and
results sstt tna or 0l professional. soldiers
Per7erssSS te ruthless finan yc;l
Or cOrlpls ,.t + in their minds. They
tan suP p least IS pretend to them
must a. hot they are against war.
selves 5. t nave 's seen that wars do not
But we sr mSG' what people wish and
result SUIT, Ia and that being against
believe 3s the elI mind does not prevent
T 5l,I n from acting in a way that
Es9. bring war about
h' 4so D truth is that the most dan
Inc ' enemies in the struggle
against .tr T5F S war rC or are obviously
enly I nossition to benefit from war.
n l pST, usually do not listen
the ,n ri1s are not deceived by, such.
%, ans The really dangerous en-
els s- ore those who seem to be
-en l.iSsf " war, who seem to be the
s sSsI Of peace. And Of these, the
n llo.4 dangerous Of all are the
l Iliso o onnonents of war with the
l 1oStir SFf class itself. These last
s w. tbe betrayers in the full sense
.' = are the traitors.
# + necessary, therefore, to re-
rsr first in a general way how
~" false struggle against war
.sr,as to betray the. true struggle
srsinst war-the revolutionary
struggle,
+ THE LEAGUE
OF NATIONS
The League of Nations was
funded after the last imperialist
Tsr. The statesmen of the victor
Hus Allies advertised it as the in
Fitution which would take the
DIace Of war henceforward in the
World. It was to be "the collective
guarantee" of peace. From then
On disputes between nations were
going to be settled in Geneva, not
on he battlefield.
At once liberals, pacifists, and
refomists took up the song. The
League was hailed as the greatest
stride forward toward peace in the
history Of the world. Everyone was
told to support and aid the Lea
que, and to rely on it. Even when
the refOrmists said that perhaps
the League was not entirely salts
factory, nevertheless they an
nounced that it was a step in the
right direction, and should be sup
ported and strengthened.
The attitude of the liberals and
the Notwithstanding the re-
tOrmists of the Communist and
Socialist parties-remains the
same up to the present day. In
the Ethiopian crisis, we are once
again told by them to look to the
League,
Now, as at its foundation, only
one force has ever told the truth
S gn the League: the Marxists
what Is this truth? Is the League
IN any sense at all, an agency fol
= The League was established BY
me Allies after their victory ovel
@e central Powers, as an integra
E gat Of the Versailles SYSTEM
s Gs' 49, as an agency to enforce
. gS peace terms dictated by Great
S s.ls and France, with the con.
e. gu! 70: Of the United States. Thus
!. . ~ ssai purposes were: (1) To en-
an.ns: 'HS versailles Treaty, anC
~ o'a IRE the hegemony of Franc,
r. 1le European continent; e.
~ S,sipa project the colonial empire o.
nsc.. 81 Britain. and to prevent Ger
n niEy 70 . regain gain its colonies; CD 7,
No. temporary imperialist,
war p' e. front" against the post
tsl.. threat Of International prole
d yiit'a ! revolution; and (4) To pro
to5 ' Il. legal asalI and moral celebration
n rsa,s lmperialist member state tate.
be feso were the real purposes O
Zen t otSsPS,i.5H How could It hav
ssS5 ot: could not change IifFgeii thei
tons. " Joining a Society of Ma
could IA jae League did nothing an
eo6fIioGfGO nothing, to eIimnate. r. II
capse as's s Of modern societv&f +,
could n u war. It was not an
Peace not ~ be, an instruments 81 :
coatrsrIES was, and remains. on Ii