The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 18, 1924, Page 3

Om Wednesday, June 18, 1924 MEXICO WANTS LYING BRITISH AGENT OUSTED “Archivist” Cummins Backed by. Oil Kings (Special to the Daily Worker) MEXICO CITY, June 17.—The Mex: lean government is firm in its inten- tlon to force the withdrawal from the country of Herbert A. Cunard Cummins, archivist in the British legation here, who has made. himself Persona non grata by his exaggerated and absolutely false statements and written reports on Mexican conditions sent to the British government. Cum- mins is blamed by Mexico for the failure of Britain to recognize the re- public since the world war, altho his lying stories have not been so power: ful an influence against British recog- nition as the oil profiteers’ interests. Two years ago Cummins was first asked to leave Mexico. He was not and is not a diplomatic representative of the British government and had no right to make the utterly false state- ments which he did, then and lately concerning the case of the hacienda of Mrs. Rosalie Evans. Cummins wrote that the property of this former Texas woman, now a British citizen by marriage, had been seized and that the owner had been intimidated by government troops, which had burned and robbed the property. Mexican Politeness Exhausted Mexico advised the British consul on January 15 that all correspondence by the government with Cummins would be suspended. The consul was politely asked to transmit to London two scurrilous notes which Cummins had sent the Mexican government. May 3, Mexico again notified Eng- lend that Cummins was not wanted, but the British authorities replied that they saw no reason to recall their agent. Mexico answered that for the sake of the dignity of the country, Britain should at least retract the lying statements Cummins had made; but English authorities again stood by the “archivist.” Mexico then told Cummins to leave within eight days or he would be de- ported. The British agent then locked himself in the British legation and has refused to come out since, well knowing that the Mexican authorities were waiting for him but would not violate extra-territorial rights of Brit- ain by invading the legation. England Aided De la Huerta “In view of English i>terference in the recent Mexican D. ‘1 Huerta up- rising, the attitude oc the British “archivist” and his official British sup- porters is wholly unwafranted. The charges which Cummins made were without a shred of truth and deliber- ately designed to stir up trouble be- tween Britain and Mexico in behalf of British oil and financial interests, The Mexican situation is another test case of the British Labor govern- ment’s sincerity. The MacDonald gov- ernment should have recognized Mex- ico at once but MacDonald would not buck the interests of Shell Oil, the British concern, combined with those of its new friend Standard Oil, of the United States and other parts. Both Shell and Standard have vast holdings in Mexico which are liable to confiscation by the government under the new constitution. Naturally the big business bunch want to preserve their divine right to the profits and will not let Cummins, their agent, leave Mexico disgraced, nor will they let MacDonald recognize Obregon, who opposes their invasion and usur- pation of Mexican property. Rinn that I prepare my keynote since this is now the open s long reports of keynote capers. PITTSBURGH, PA. DR. RASNICK DENTIST Rendering Expert Dental Service FOR RENT. T The Boss Feels Small When the Workers and Farmers Get Together. CIRCULATION MANAGER TELLS OF BIG WESTERN ELECTRIC DRIVE By J, P. McCARTHY, Circulation Manager of the Daily Worker. * The success of the DAILY WORKER drive at the Western Electric plant in Cicero and its effect on the Western Hlectric workers shows very clearly what a powerful weapon the DAILY tij bas! Comrade were printed dealing with the speed- up and cost reduction methods and other conditions revealed by some of the more militant employes of the company, As a result of this cam- paign, and with the aid of the active comrades in Chicago who gave their voluntary WORKER sales at the plant for the are writing to beseech ech, on when tongues run loose without much reason, and lies and perjury is rife, to bolster up the party's life, when mantle, halo, wings and crown are stuck upon some party clown, and folks near faint a-readin’ papers with te MATRA WORKER is for our party. It shows also the wonderful possibilities for a tremendous circulation of this working class organ if the party members ir. the larger cities and industrial centers thruout the country would get behind the DAILY WORKER as a few of the Chi- cago comrades have done during the Western Electric campaign. The methods used in Cicero in con- nection with the Western Electric can be applied in other places in Chicago, and especially in the larger cities within a radius of several hundred miles of Chicago where the DAILY WORKER can be sold on the date of publication. “ Circulation Boosted. At the Western Hlectric in Cicero the DAILY WORKER sent its inves: itor to work in the plant. On the of the information obtained by Reeve a series of articles services; the DAILY past three days have averaged two thousand copies per day. The expose in the DAILY WORK- ER of the profit-grinding methods of this powerful corporation has been met with the enthusiastic approval of thousands of the most militant work- ers in the plant. This is borne out (Continued from page 1.) during the war because of alleged pro- German tendencies, and has been in Follette supporter and right winger ever since. — Pail Epics. to write without no ruth. take their cap and leave the hall. the other out. is blacker. MINNESOTA QUITTER BEATEN the Farmer-Labor movement as a La- Since I’m as honest as my face and suffer from a kronic case of spilling out the whole darned truth, I'll have Now those what don’t like the truth at all, can Since now the platform I have got- ten, I'll say the G O, P, is rotten, and Democrats is just the same, since only difference is the name, The only dif- ference (who can doubt?) is one is in; The “outs” are never any slicker in charging that the “ins” So pot and kettle each charge smut, until the voter most goes nut—like monkeys in the zoo one by the fact that each time the demand for papers has exceeded the supply. The only way to supply the demands is for the Chicago comrades and Young Workers’ league members to get in touch with the circulation man- ager of the DAILY WORKER at the office and arrange to meet him there at the following hours: For the noon gales, report at 10:30 a, m,; for the afternoon sales, at 3:30 Dp. m, Get Busy for Your Paper. All DAILY WORKER city agents, parti¢ularly in the cities where the DAILY WORKER can be sold on the ately get in touch with the circulation manager to lay plans for such cam- paigns in their localities, for DAILY WORKER circulation drives along similar lines to the Western Electric campaign. Comrades, the officials of the West- ern Electric company realizes that the DAILY WORKER is a powerful weapon of the working class. They have made every effort to prevent the sales of the DAILY WORKER even to the extent of arresting Comrade Reeve for his efforts in exposing their methods of exploiting their workers. Do you comrades realize the impor- tance of this work? If you do, report and get on the job. Here is a good opportunity for unemployed comrades to do real party work. Dr. Schaper told the DAILY WORK- ER that the national Farmer-Labor convention had only one purpose—to nominate LaFollette for president on a mildly radical ticket. Since LaFol- HE DAILY WORKER PROTEST ON WORKERS’ ARRESTS WIRED MAYOR BY CIVIL LIBERTIES (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, June 17.—Following the arrest Friday night by the police of Monessen, Pa., of three mem- bers of the International Workers Aid and the stopping of a motion picture shown by that organization for the benefit of German famine re- lief, the American Civil Liberties Union today wired a protest to the Police Chief of Monessen branding his action as “unwarranted and il- legal.” The protest asked the police chief under what authority he “stopped the relief film and arrested those concerned with it.” The men arrested were Schindler, Roberts and Okenem, WASHINGTON MEN DEMAND CLASS PARTY (Continued from page 1.) to send the delegates across the Rocky Mountains to St. Paul. “In Bouck’s home district, in Skagit County, they had to raf- fle off a cow in order to raise funds to pay the delegate’s ex- penses. I don’t know how much was raised but the delegate is here. : Pig Is Big Attraction. “At a pienic that I addressed in the same county, the farmers raffled off a pig to pay the way for their dele- gate,” continued Kennedy, “and I must confess that the pig was a great- er attraction than I was,” This condition indicates the abso- lute poverty of the farmers and fruit raisers of Washington, and the basis on which the Farmer-Labor movement | is being developed in that state. While the class party has a strong hold in the grass roots out on the| land, it is also firmly established in| the organized labor movement in the cities. The one instance is cited of how Delegate William Jones of Paint- ers union, Local 300, of Seattle, is here ready to fight for the class party. Reactionaries Get Busy. Jones was first selected as a dele- gate from the largest painters’ union date. of publication. should immedi-t in Washington before LaFollette sent out his attack. When the LaFollette-Gompers blast was heard across the land, and espe- sb Wine” BE OOD yin A eee ye’ any arer GORPEr nau aspucu 00 ban against the June 17 convention, the reactionaries in this painters’ union, who number in their midst both the president and the secretary of the Seattle Central Labor council, got busy. ‘: They issued a statement thru the Seattle Union Record that conditions had changed, and at the next meeting of the union the attitude toward the St. Paul convention was dgain taken up. * Rank and File for St. Paul. In spite of the LaFollette attack, however; in spite of Gompers’ letter, in spite of the assault of the reaction. aries within the union, the stand of the union membership was reiterated, that their delegate, William Jones, go to St. Paul, and he is here. It is pointed out that the state of Washington two years ago went thru much the same experience that Min- nesota is now going thru, At that time the question came up whether the Washington Farmer-Labor party should trade and dicker with the old parties. There were some elements that even fought the existence of the Farmer-Labor party at all, like Ben lette has repudiated the convention, and has been given the gate by the Republicans, the Conference for Pro- gressive Political Action, the reac- tionary group that will meet in Cleve- land on July 4, must nominate him on the properly soft spoken platform. LaFollette Fears Communists. The political adventurer from Wis- consin, said Dr. Schaper, withdrew from the June 17 convention because he feared that Communist indorse- ment would wreck his political for- tunes. Dr. Schaper had been supported by the Workers party until his with- drawal. He stated that he did not want, this Communist support at the time, Asked if the Communist bogey- men gave him their indorsement for the purpose of wrecking his candi- dacy, he said that their support had hurt it, But when he was asked if withdrawal of Communist support had improved his chances, He said it had not affected him either way. Schaper Is Confused Politic! Schaper also declared that, while Hjalmar Dantes is running as a Com- munist candidate for United States senator, the Workers party is actually supporting Magnus Johnson. How a party supports a candidate by putting up another candidate to split the vote sees, each hunting of the other's floas. | ¢ tne first was not explained. When they throw Furnished house for a couple or two|the one rare time 1s for the summer. Iam leaving the country. Could spare room it desired after my return, Phone Rockwell 5050 MORDECAI SHULMAN ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 701 Associ Res. 1632 8. Trumbull Ave, the kinda party I propose is one that ud it is, in sooth, Blood and Steel, PITTSBURGH, June 17,—Because works for workers’ good and treats |her husband was killed two years ago farm it should, a y that |in a steel mill where the life of a wage an ie 8 t aye ‘Wall| earner is held cheap, and because the Short, the Gompers’ president of the Washington Federation of Labor. The scheme at that time was to have the Farmer-Labor party support the old party candidate for United States senator, Dill, Democrat, if hir organization would support the Farm er-Labor legislative ticket. But th Farmer-Labor party forces refused to compromise their position by visions of any immediate victory, and as a re- sult the movement in that state is be- ing built on a strong foundation. ,/For Class Candidates. The Washington delegation is solid for having the convention here put up its own candidates if LaFollette will not run on the Farmer-Labor ticket. They are absolutely opposed to any sort of “independent” candidates, no matter what the breed. Farmer-Labor Candidate fo: SEATTLE, Wash. June 17.—The the nomination before adjournment of the candidate Is really with them. fawning hypocrites carrying him the lorde.and kinge-st polities! CHURCH AND STATE UNITING TO SWINDLE UNITED STATES INTO MILITARISTS’ NEXT WAR PLANS By LUDWELL DENNY (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) WEST POINT, N. Y., June 17.—A conspiracy of the govern- ment, the army, and militarist propaganda societies to check the growing peace agitation and sell the next war to the people has come to light in the graduation address of General John L, Persh- WASHINGTON FARMERS DEMAND F.-L. CANDIDATE’S ACCEPT ANCE DURING CONVENTION’S SESSION By JOEL SHOMAKER, convention at Prosser, Washington, passed a resolution demanding that the candidate for president, named by the St. Paul convention, be asked to accept That step marks a new sign in progressive national politics. It does away with the old style of sending a special committee to notify the nominee and take from him a cut and dried letter of acceptance. in the line of progress and insures the people in convention assembled that The day has passed when one man can sit back in a swivel chair, | orders to a convention and then swing round and greet the committee of custom Is one of unpleasant memories of servile slaves kowtowing to the preliminary defense test : (which) will involve every com- munity, every hamlet, and every officer and soldier of the army, national guard and reserve, as well as every patriotic citizen, all of whom will be expected to participate, if only to report their presence at some desig- nated place,” according to Pershing. God Likes Wars of Godly. *“Roligion and patriotism go hand in hand in righteous war, and our na- tion will never engage in any other. To wage an aggressive war for greed or gain is unchristian, but to refuse to serve in defense of our homes and our institutions is equally unchris- tian,” That the militarist plans are also to give the openshoppers security against labor organization was suggested by Pershing’s reference to the aim of “national stability.” He said, “It is in reality a great citizen movement, than which there is none more important in its far-reaching effects upon good citizenship and national stability.” 2 8 Catholics Like Militarists. NEW YORK, June 17.—The Roman Catholic church in New York is active- ly lining up with the militarists to de- feat the No More War crusade. Ed- ward P, Tivnan, a Jesuit priest’ and head of Fordham university, after at- tacking the peace as “treachery,” says: “To this appeal Fordham university will make answer by establishing a unit of the reserve officers’ training here.” Cardinal Hayes who spoke at the school graduation exercises after Tivnan endorsed his “spirit, of patriot, ism.” “We realize our country is of the making of God,” was the startling statement made by the cardinal. Negro Student Denied Diploma. Mrs. Ruth W. Whaley, a Negro law student whose name was down on the commencement program for gradua- tion with honors, got no diploma. The school took its spite out on her be- cause she protested against race dis- crimination by’“the American Law Book Co., which withheld a prize she ing at the U. S. Military academy, West Point, describing plans for a monster war demonstration next fall. “This fall we are to have a*— FASCISTI RULE IS TOTTERING (Continued from page 1.) expected to take over the reins of the government with Benito Mussolini. The Fascist dictator would take off his black shirt before giving up the most important post in the land, altho the old politicians will force Benito to strip himself pretty thoroly. Sig. Matteotti, the missing Social- ist deputy, had with him at the time of his disappearance a portfolio in which he was carrying the papers which gave full details of the fvilure of the Banco Italiano Discunto. This great bank crashed two years ago, anc in it were lost the savings of hundreds of thousands of Italian workers. Feared Bank Fraud Expose. The Fascist leaders, Algo Finzi and Ceasare Rossi, who resigned Monday from their important offices in the de- partment of interior, were connected with the Banco Italiano Disconto be- fore its failure and participated in its reorganization, Their new bank has control of the {talian financial marxet and owns the largest building in Rome. Other prominent Fascisti are associated with Finzi and Rossi in the new Banco Italiano Disconto, which was built out of the robbery of the workers in the precipitated faflure two years ago when the Fascists came into power. Deputy Matteoti had ‘intended to make a big expose of the scandalous failure and reorganization of this financial octopus of the Fascists. The situation of the government, had he succeeded, -would have been possibly more precarious than it is now after the mysterious disappearance of the vigorous Socialist anti-Fascist. Bank Bolstered Benito. Sigs. Finzi and Rossi have been close friends of Dictator Mussolini for years. Their bank has been, with Fiat Motor company, the strongest financial supporter of Fascism. They have had to resign in the present crisis, altho they rode into power with Benito and the rest of the black shirts in October, 1922, had won by leading her class in the. ~hiects required su. Amalgamated Sends Three Delegates to St. Paul Convention (Special to the Daily Worker.) ST. PAUL, Minn., June 17.—Sydney Rissman and Sam Levin, representing the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, and A. D. Mariempetri, another general executive board mem- ber of the union, is here with creden- tials from the joint board of Chicago Send in that Subscription Today. MEXICO REPLIES 10 MAC DONALD'S APPEAL FOR U. S, PRESSURE (Special to the Daily Worker.) LONDON, England, June 17.— Mexico has replied to Premier Ram- say MacDonald’s statement that Mexico’s action in the case of the British “archivist,” Herbert A. Cun- ard Cummins, was a “grave breach of international courtesy” by stat- ing that the Mexican government considered itself entirely within its rights in demanding the departure of the British agent, who has so y vilified the Mexican MacDonald appealed to the Ameri- can ambassador, Kellogg, to request the United States state department to attempt to bring a “change of front” on the part of the Mexican government. The “Labor” premier appeals in behalf of the British busi- ness interests, chiefly Shell Oil, for the help of the American business interests, chiefly indard = Oil, which recently made a friendly agreement with Shell. rr Governor of Washington. Western Progressive Farmers, in a the national convention. It goes further give nomination on a silver platter. The AGE ue Page Three HARRY SINCLAIR BOOMED FOR KING OF ALBANIA |Oil Thief Declared Fully Qualified VIENNA, June 17~—Harry Sinclair of Teapot Dome, U. 8. A., may yet be king of Albania. If not Pierre Gugia- man, of the little nation will not have blame coming his way. Perhaps, news does not travel fast in Albania, or perhaps that is the kind of fellows they are. Anyhow, they, are not near so excited about the ani- madyersions of Sinclair and Fall as the virtuous democrats of the U. 8. “Only an American king can save us from disaster,” said the diminu- tive Albanian leader, who is only a little over four feet, but is full of pep and ideas. “Uniess a clever man ascends the throne,” ah, and the small boy tossed down a glass of good hootch, smacked his lips, “we will be lost and Europe may be plunged into another war.” A man who could buy out a big chunk of the United States by brib- ing a cabinet officer with a couple of old cows, should be able to manage such a trifling embarrassment as Al- bania, mused the stunted diplomat. Gugiaman has a reputation as a spy and a manager of thieves. He boasted of his exploits against the Italians. When his country was short of munitions, he said, no foreign loans were negotiated, but a gang of thieves were gotten together from a famous thieving tribe which slit the throats of the Italian soldiers guarding thé muni- tions, built a bridge with dead bodies over a ravine and supplied the Al- banian army. Gugiaman is wasting his time in Albania. He should be in Washington. Hughes Worries as Roumania Grabs Oil from Rockefeller ‘WASHINGTON, June 17.—Confisca- tion of American oil properties, the chief worry of Secretary Hughes in his handling of foreign affairs, is not confined to radical Russia,and Mberal Mexico. The Roumanian government, dominated for years by the Bratiano reactionary militarist clique, has reached out to seize the pipe lines of Standard Oil, and to force the sale of 60 per cent of all foreign oil com- panies’ stock—where operations are in Roumania—to Roumanians. Worse still, it proposes to seize the oil lands, Benito ditches bis| under! the claim of national title to friends {fl the crisis, washes ‘his bands! subsoil. minerals. ‘Thie Inet wae the ? vac Ww anu MO», up close. vehind the} cjaim ‘wind by the Mexican revolu- throne. tionists and written into Article 27 Felippe Naldi, who assisted the fas-|o¢ their new constitution. cist editor of Corriere Italiano, Sig. Peter A. Jay, American minister at Filippelli, to elude the police for four| Bucharest, sounded the alarm against days, has been arrested. Amerigo|this cabinet measure some months Dumini, founder of the fascist move-|ago, and was authorized to point out, ment in Florence, is suspected of di-| 4+ the right moment, the confiscatory recting the crime, with Mussolini’s|nature of its three main items. He probable connivance, and has been| waited until last month to file the arrested. Filippelli had given his| protest, and has a formal reply. He friend Duminji a letter which enabled |igarns that the Roumanian rascals the latter to get the car in which Mat-| qon’t give a hoot for Hughes. teoti was kidnaped. Eyewitnesses of the kidnaping saw five men seize the socialist deputy and rush him away in a high-pow- ered motor car. They managed to get the number and thru it the po- lice traced the car to the garage and got the connection of Dumini and Filipelli in the plot to get rid of the socialist. Fascist Bulls Ousted. The chief of the national police, Gen. De Bono, and Commander Ber- tini, head of the Rome police, have both resigned because of the Matteoti crisis. Criticism of the fascist police heads for their failure to immediately investigate the socialist’s disappear- ance has been severe and it is sus- pected that the police officials them- selves had knowledge of the affair or took part in it, until the fate of their fellow member Matteoti is determined. Mussolini and other fascist leaders addressed With revolution looming over the Roumanian capital, it is quite possible that foreign aid will be given the do- mestic foes of the government. Society Parasite Will Have Dogs as Her Wedding Guests NEW YORK, June 17.—It is getting darn hard for a hard working society girl to think up something unusual to do. “Everybody seems to have thought of everything.” But Grace Virginia Pomery Hendrick of New York and Simsbury Conn. had to think up some- thing for her wedding or consider her- self a back number. So the young parasite thought vf having her four dogs attend her wed- ding. It will be a regular high hat The opposition parties in parlia-|onurch affair and a special pew has ment have refused to go to sessionS }heen reserved for the four dogs. Thus the sweet young things rep as a live wire and a hot sketch will be saved. Of course the minister of the the fascist deputies who attended. The} church in which the young “lady” will dictator pulled a long face and offered] }¢ married will be only too willing to to apprehend at once and severely |ie¢ the house of God be invaded by punish all persons connected with the] those young pups. In fact some crime, but the*fascist deputies cried preachers here in commenting on the “No!” and Mussolini then added that) pjan say they would as soon have they were right and that the “shame-| qogs in their churches as have some ful and idiotic episode must not be] or the sort of persons who are the connected with the general policy of | friends of girls like Miss Hendrick. my government.” Benito Knows. tator. the forced re: long reign of blackshirt terror and ously shaken in the ability of the pr mier to run the government satisfa torily any longer. But Benito is not retiring yet. ernment of workers and peasants. British Consider Adoption dealing with child adoption are now The general opinion thruout Italy is strongly critical of the fascist dic- His sorrowful acceptance of ations of his cabinet particularly evoke the attacks of the opposition, already incensed over the censorship. Public confidence is sert- He is forcing his fascist supporters to get out but he will out-stare the hostile looks centered upon him and main- tain his hypocritical purity of purpose in preserving Italy from a real govy- LONDON, June 17.—At present there is no such thing as legalized adoption in Great Britain, Three bills BUFFALO KLUX-LEGION BUSTS UP STREET MEET IN FASCIST FASHION BUFFALO, N. Y., June 17.—The Ku Kluxers and the American Legion proved again their tactics and reactionary attitude when a hoodlum crowd from the two organ- izations attacked a peaceful out- door Proletarian Party meeting, de- molished the stand, destroyed liter id departed just as the po- lice id. A number of the rowdy raiders were in uniforms of army — service. The speaker had an official permit for the evening; but Ku Klux warn ing not id been sent to the Pro- letarian Party prior to the raid. The American Civil Liberties Union has been appealed to and will undoubt edly take action against the reae é