Montana labor news., 1939-04-06
ENGLISH DIPLOMACY

English colonial policy has been a
consistent effort to the control of
its dependencies by tying them up
into money obligations, in many
cases having charge of custom re-
ceipts and the handling of foreign
relations. Loaning them money at
interest rates, buying their bonds,
even encouraging them into attempt
ing such wild ventures as state
socialism" in New Zealand, all for
the double purpose of keeping them
in monetary bondage" and releasing
accumulating idle money in London
banks; this has been the irvariable
policy ever since the American Revo-
luton. As early as that time, many
in the British parliament thought it
was a more sensible plan than keep
ing them under armed subjugation
which accounted for its feeble effort
in subduing the American colonists.
u. S. experience with Haiti, Santo
Domingo, Cuba and the Panama Re
public plus others tend to confirm
the s%oundness of such a policy
House of Morgan can testify to that.
Sometimes the situation gets out
of hand and has to be supplemented
by force as in the case of: the Boxer
Rebellion, the Boer War, Russian
Revolution and a naval demonstra-
ton at Cairo, Egypt. Two noticeable
cases might be mentioned where the
big stick" failed to bring results in
u. S. S. R. and in the naval demon
stration against Mussolini.
A VacciIating Policy
One reason why England fell down
in Bolshevik Russia when or the
point of declaring war on the work.
ing mans republic was the labor
unions threat of a general strike
which English diplomats did not feel
like risking. British investors failed
here to cash in on their potentially
rich Russo-Asiatic holdings which
were really more harmed than
helped by armed British Intervention
in the Arch Angel district (claims
were later presented by Herbert
Hoover to the U. S. State Depart
ment for collection, but failed).
Ever since the World War, inter
national events have been guided, or
at least influenced, by British impli-
cations. Points in view are first
world disarmament conference, con-
ference on narcotics, armament limi-
tations and ending with the grand
finale, the naval demonstration on
the Mediterranean sea (the biggest
fiasco of them alb.
Accusing Finger Points to Gr.Britain
At all these conferences the dele
gates either refrained from voting
or acted in a capacity of rubber
stamps to English desire. The logical
outcome of such passive servility
amongst the different delegates re-
suited in the sum total of making
the farcial deliberations the butt
of international jokes. Incidents
happened in quick succession: Soviet
offer to disarm, Japan's invasion Of
Manchuria, M~ussolini's African ven
ture, Hitler's re-arming the Rhine,
the raping of Spain and China by
outside nations and now Hitler's ex-
pansion in Middle Europe.
Great Britain Losing Prestige
The old human trait of jealousy
exists amongst nations as well as
in individuals and the desire in a
dominating nation to have the others
divided may explain things other
wise inexplicable. The natural law
of reproduction was developed in
Japan to the nth degree and she
was forced to seek room in which
to expand and it was rather pleasing
to continental powers to see her
evidently pointing Soviet-wards.
Whether such was her intentions or
not, it served its purpose of break
ing a united front against her in her
mad march westward.
Whether or not there was a secret
understanding between Mussolini,
France and Spain may never be
known, but the fact remains that
just prior to Ethiopia's invasion, no
war material could be shipped over
the only railway leading to the coast,
what amounted to almost disarming
her.
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