Never was the issue made clearer. Never were there more emphatic and categorical statements concerning the right of self-determination for small peoples.
12. The Press Barrage
French radical journalism is always vigorous. The writers and cartooonists on l'Humanité and the other French papers engaged in the anti-war offensive have been at their best during their campaign against the Riff War.
Day after day l'Humanité has carried great streamers across the front page such as: "Immediate peace!" "Make peace with the Riff!" "The Moroccan menace! All together against the bankers' war." "The War for bankers' profits." "The Workers' Congress against the Moroccan War—one sole remedy—working class unity!" "By order of high finance our soldiers must destroy a people fighting for its independence."
The moral of all these headings is the same: a demand for the cessation of an imperialist war.
In the upper right hand corner of the front page of l'Humanité, where the New York Times ordinarily reports the weather, the editors ran a series of brief commentaries, challenges, and demands concerning the war. For example (July 25, 1925):
"Abd-el-Krim offers peace. Here is the reply of The New
L'Humanité, July 27, 1925
Their new formula (Dead for prestige).
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