The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 11, 1924, Page 2

Friday, July 11, 1924 rrr reer renee TY FINISH DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; ALSO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, AS DAVIS-BRYAN TICKET IS CHOSEN he democratic convention is finished. And so is the demo- But not so suddenly. decided to adopt the suggestion of Frank Munsey to liquidate one of the two old capitalist parties and leave the way open for one MORGAN GIVEN PLEDGE OF AID BY MACDONALD British Armed Forces to Back Dawes Plan (Special to the DAILY WORKER) PARIS, July 10.—Ramsay MacDonald, British labor party remier, has pledged his aid to remier Herriot in the enforce- ment of the Dawes plan for ex- acting reparations from Ger- many. That is the net result of the hasty visit the Englishman has just terminated. Banking circles are delighted with MacDonald’s assent to their program and his virtual assur- ance that the Morgan loan is backed by the armed forces of the British Empire. British Forces Back Morgan. The statement given out that the Herriot-MacDonald conference speci-, fically declares that in case the rep- arations commission rules that Ger- many has voluntarily defaulted in her payments, the allied governments will immediately confer as to measures for enforcing penalties. Protection of the subscribers to the loan to Germany, arranged for under the Dawes expert plan, is guaranteed in the wording of the premiers’ docu- ment. There is no direct mention of the House of Morgan which is helping to float these loans, but the pledge is in fact, a pledge to use any military measures that may be deemed need- ful to get Morgan’s money. London Conference. Details of the German economic program whereby the solveticy of Ger- man finance shall be guaranteed, will be worked out at the interallied con- ference to be held in London July 16. The text of the statement emphasizes the fact that the enforcement of the Dawes plan depends on united action by the allied powers. MacDonald's promise to employ the forces of the British government to punish Germany in case she defaults on the Dawes exactions is the fore- most concession he has yet made to the international banking powers headed by the House of Morgan. Communists here declare that it tears away the veil of Laborism with * ———+-.wpich he has been disguising his al- legience to imperialistic finance. A Policeman for Morgan. The British premiers’ concessions are being advertised by socialist depu- ties as an unselfish effort to save Premier Herriot, but this interpreta- tion is not borne out by a study of the drift of policy MacDonald has been following. Shortly before Téaving Lon- don, according to cabled dispatches, MacDonald told the House of Com- mons that the Dawes plan must be enforced. The late pacifist, who op- posed the war with Germany as un- ethical, asserted in parliament, that Germany had a moral obligation to pay up and payments must be guar- anteed. Citizens’ Army Gets Trained for Fighting Bosses’ Next Battles (Special to The Daily Worker) ROLLING PRAIRIE, Ind., July 10.— The big militarists of the United States, dominated and backed by the big capitalists, are hot on the job of teaching the young “militarists” of the country what their future job as counter-revolutionary agents is to be in the army. The men, most of them mere boys, in Camp Roosevelt, citi- zens’ training camp here, were given the problem of evacuating a company of “reds” which were supposed to be camped in Laporte. “The “blues” won this time, but may- be another time the “red army” will win, and it’s just possible that some of the youngsters may be proud of being “reds” and learn how to use their military power for other pur- poses than for obeying capitalists’ or- ders to crush workers’ revolts. Send in that Subscription Today. cratic party. Wall Street evidently has party of rock-ribbed reactionaries to present a united front to a party of so-called progressives, That is apparently what is hopper is waiting for the small, dependent capitalists, who would happening. And the historical , busted business men, the in- like to be a little more indepen- dent, the labor bankers and other social odds aud ends who have no objection to the capitalist system as such but are not satisfied with their share of the loot. LaFollette’s garbage can is waiting for them. Wall Street evidently is determined to kill the democratic party with kindness. The standard bearer is so like Calvin Cool- idge that the Gold Dust twins*— look different in comparison. Of course Davis has more intelli- gence. Otherwise the boys are as like as two pickpockets—on a colossal scale, May Never Have Another. The democratic party was allowed to have a long convention. Perhaps it may never have another. After two weeks of hooting and hissing it finally was told to go home and to bed. What surprised us from the start was the patience exhibited by J. P. Morgan. But he was on the inside and we were not. After all he knew what he was about. As The DAILY WORKER pointed out, Morgan wanted to tie the ofl can to McAdoo before putting his man across, The great guessing contest now is how the democratic party can make a campaign that every member of the Hair Splitters’ Union can differ- entiate from that of the republican party. They cannot attack Wall Street without attacking Davis, the personal representative of Morgan, the leading representative of Wall Street. Charles W. Bryan, one of the Bryan boys, is expected to provide the com- edy touch to the campaign. There is no anti-Darwinian plank in the party platform, but if the democratic party campaign managers will give “Bill J.” a hurdy gurdy and a monkey to play with he may win back the radio vote which he lost over his Klan fight. Coolidge Not Satisfied. Everybody was satisfied after the nomination except Calvin Coolidge. “Why the devil didn’t they nominate me instead of wasting two good men on one job,” is what the president is reported to have thot. He did not speak for publication, but White House reporters know how to read his eyebrows, by now. Necessity is the mother of invention. Even re- porters can learn under compulsion. King George wired the chairman of the democratic campaign committee that he couldn’t have made a better selection himself for presidential nominee, but he thot they should have selected the British ambassador, Sir Esme Howard, for second place on the ticket. He would catch the labor vote, Charles W. Bryan was the unani- mous choice of the convention, after John W. Davis selected him. Up until then he was not even dreamt of except by his brother Bill. But when be delegates began to think they thot ‘ast. Davis said “we must either have a Catholic or a well known protestant for second place.” As all Catholics, no matter how dry, favor sacramental wine, in order to catch the Ku Klux vote, he picked a dry who wears a skull cap and wears flannel underwear in summer time as penance for coming to New York and associating with Tammany Hall. This keeps him itch- ing for a fight with booze. The Democratic politicians are find- ing. it difficult to agree on whom to give the credit to for putting over Davis. In order to prevent Governor Cox from going over openly to Coolidge before the election, he was given a little publicity and given the title of boss of the party for a day. It is hard to satisfy Cox. He was beaten by the biggest majority in American political history for the presidency, by Harding. But he wanted more glory. He got it. After being ignored tor two weeks, he was invited to New York and described in the press as “ a medium sized man, close knit, alert, immaculate as a banker dressed for business etc...” Gompers spent most of his time in the Lennox hospital while the great battle was on. “Look again thru the window dear Rebecca” said he to his nurse” and see if the tide of battle flows in my direction. Do you see the wet emblem of the Lion-Hearted Al or the dusty banner of Front De Buff De Bryan? How far can thou see from the battlements? Methinks I hear the tap of rolling drums. Is it a raid on some trusty cellar? Must I live here like a bedridden chump while the game that gives me liquor or thirst is played out by the hands of others?” McAdoo was willing to be quoted as saying that he was on his way to Europe. “I am a progressiye demo- crat,” he declared. Al Smith said that he got more applause than he ever got before in his life, and that it would be wet when it rained. As the leader of Oliver Street, he would line up his family behind Davis. The candidates who were named but not nominated are liable to form another party or go over to LaFol- lette. They believe the latter will be glad to have them. William Randolph Hearst leaves the democratic party again and Bris- bane breaks with Coolidge. It is a queer mixup. Bromo-Selzer will run on his own hook like LaFollette and tho he does not expect to win, it is believed he will make a lot of money. The state afflux in which the political situation finds itself has caused an epidemic of headaches. Social analyists are talking so much about the new “orien- tation” that Tao Sing Song, military leader of Manchuria, may declare war on America for insulting the indignity of his country. The orient is very ticklish those days. A new crop of suicides is expected in Japan. The only kick heard so far about the democratic nomination has come from the insane asylums. They were united for Harry Thaw and now threaten to join the LaFollette cam- paign. The socialist party is there already so it won't look so queer. The “nuts” do not see why they should be confined while the workers who support the democratic, republican and LaFollette parties are loose. The lunatics will not join LaFollette how- ever, unless he adopts the Hearst sug- THE DAILY WORKER LADIES GARMENT CHIEFS BETRAY 90,000 STRIKERS (Continued from page 1.) union label has heen denied. The job- bers are putting up a fake fight against the settlement in order to. help the union officials to convince the members that they should accept it. The agreement, if not actually written by the manufacturers, has, of course, their full indorsement, and’ if accept- ed by the rank and file can only mean demoralization. Cloakmakers Must Fight. The striking cloakmakers cannot and must not accept this agreement. Last week the Trade Union Educa- tional League pointed out the betrayal of the Chicago strikers, and warned the New York strikers to watch their leaders, that the same process would follow there. What has become of the promises made by Sigman to fight to a finish? There was no need for a strike to enforce the proposed agreement upon the manufacturers of the jobbers. The Trade Union Educational League pointed out at the time of the convention that Sigman had an agree- ment in his pocket and that a strike would be called to satisfy and fool the rank and file. The demansd of the rank and file. The demands of the forced upon the administration by the members of the Trade Union Educa- tional Léague and their sympathizers. They knew then, and now the strikers know, that Sigman had no intentions of forcing these demands. Maké It a Real Strike. * ‘The betrayal of the Chicago and the New York strikers is part of the class collaboration scheme of the Sigman- Cahan combine and it must not be al- lowed to stick. To follow Sigman’s leadership in this strike leads the workers back along the path to the sweat shops. The strikers in New York must take hold of the situation. They must insist upon a discussion of the proposed agreement in an open meeting of the strikers. They must insist upon a vote being taken by the strikers as to whether or not they will accept the agreement. The strike line must be held intact. The organizational stoppage must be turned into a strike again, to enforce the original demands. The left wing must step into leadership. Any one who hangs back in this crisis is un- consciously aiding this betrayal. Striking garment workers of New York, stick to your original demands, watch your leaders closely, force them to fight in the interest of the men and women who pay their salaries. There is no time for wavering. Straighten your ranks. On with the fight! gestion and forms a third party. They may be crazy, but there is a limit. Burglars Nonplussed. That is the general opinion thruout the country. The burglars don’t know what to make of it. They are, Politically speaking, up in the air. They are all dressed up with no place to go. After being lined up in two different camps for years, they may now change therr residence. The donkey is dying. The elephant} de- spite his oil spree, is still organically sound. The heart is alright. Most of the burglars will stay on the ele- phant’s back. Another battalion will handle the jackass while there is yet life in him. A pioneer group will go to the LaFollette party to direct it on the Wall Street track. The workers and exploited farmers look on the tragic-comedy with in- terest. No doubt, hundreds of thou- sands will express their disgust with MILLIONS MAY — PROVE FRANK KILLERS CRAZY Attorneys engaged by the million- aire Leopold and Loeb families in an effort to save their 19-year-old sons from the gallows may demand that the youths be given an insanity hearing instead of a criminal trial, according to present indications. Nathan Leopold, Jr, and Dicky Loeb are scheduled to go to trial Aug. 4 on charges of murdering 14-year-old Robert Franks. But on July 21 Judge John R. Cav- erly will hear any and all motions de- fense counsel may have to offer. At this hearing it is expected that Clar- ence Darrow, heading attorneys for the defense. will ask that Leopold and the democratic and republican panties’fioeh be given an insanity hearing by jumping from the frying pan into the fire. In protesting against the two old parties of big capitalism, they will switch to LaFollette’s personally conducted revived campaign. A cam- paign to revive a form of capitalism that is dead and almost buried. La Follette wants to reform the robber system. It cannot be done. The workingclass will learn that there is no essential difference be- tween the three capitalist parties now competing for their support. Their ouly hope is in a workingclass poli- tical party, aiming at the overthrow of the capitalist system. rather than a murder trial. The main line of the defense so far plotted by Darrow and his aides is a plea that the youthful murderers were insane. If Leopold jand Loeb were found insane they would be con- fined to a sanitarium; if they were found sane, then he could plan an en- tirely new defense to be used in the trial for murder. More than a dozen medical experts have examined young Leopold and Loeb. These men are practically unanimous in their belief that the boys would be declared insane, Dar- row said. FOR PRESIDENT. ILLIAM Z. FOSTER was born at Taunton, Massachusetts, Feb. 25, 1881. Father, Irish. Mother English. One of 23 children. Went to work at 10 years of age, after only three years of schooling, Has been successively a sculptor’s apprentice, type founder, factory worker, steam /jengineer, steam fitter, railroad brakeman, railroad fireman, logger, salesman, street car motorman, longshorman, farmer, la- borer, deep water sailor, and many other occupations. Principal trade at present Is railroad car Inspector. is a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America, affil- jated to the American, Federation of Labor. Joined the socialist movement in 1900. "Remained in the right wing for a few years, then began moving toward the left. In 1909 was ex- pelled with the left wing of the So- cialist Party by reactionary nation- al socialist bureaucracy in the State of Washington. Refused to join that organization again. Instead, he Joined the Industrial Workers of the World, and took an active part in the Spokane free speech fight, being arrested in connection there- with. In 1910, went to Europe, spending 13 months there study- ing the labor movement in France, Germany, Austria and other coun- tries. Was a delegate from the I. W. W. to the Budapest meeting, 1910, of the International Trade Un- ions Secretariat, and contested the seat of the A. F. of L. delegate to that body, but unsuccessfully. During the European trip Foster became a convinced syndicalist. Also came to the conclusion that the I. W. W. policy of dual union- ism was wrong. Came back to America and travelled over the country trying to induce the I. W. W. and other revolutionaries to re- join the trade union movement. Took part in the formation of the Syndicalist League of North Amer- ica in 1911, an organization to or- ganize the militant minority in the trade unions. This organization carried on considerable activity, but died in 1914 because the revolu- tionary movement was entirely taken up with the dual union idea. Helped, also, to organize the Inter- national Trade Union Educational League in 1916. This died for the same reason as its predecessor. During the war period was active in the trade unions, being secretary of the committee that organized 200,000 packing house workers in 1917. After this, in 1918, was secre- tary of the committee that organ- ized 250,000 steel workers and con- ducted. the great 1919 strike of 400,- 000 steel workers. In the spring of 1921, made a trip to Rui attending the congresses of the Communist International and the Red International of Labor Un- ions. Upon return, declared himself a Communist and has since been active in the Communist movement. Is now secretary of the Trade Union Educational League, which was or- ganized in the fall of 1920, before he went to Ru: and the official organ of which, the Labor Herald, is the leading magazine directing the work of the Communists and left wing generally in the unions and thruout industry. Foster has written a number of pamphlets and books, having ac- ‘quired an education by self-effort, the principal European Among his works are “Syndicalism,” “Tra Unionism, the Road to Freedom, Steel Strike,” “The Ri tion,” “The Revolutionary Crisis of 1918-1921 in Germany, England, Italy and France,” “The Railroad- ers’ Next Step,” “Amalgamation,” “The Bankruptcy of the Labor Movement.” In respect to Foster’s literary ability, H. L. Mencken, the leading figure among America’s literary intelligentsia, has said that “Foster is the only labor leader in America who is able to write good English.” In January 1924, Foster was elect- ed to the position of Chairman of the Workers Party. He is still oo- } cupying that office. Farmer-LaborCommitteeCondemns LaF ollette (Continued from Page 1) " of the United States. A full rep ort of this ratification gathering will appear in tomorrow's editions, Farmer-Labor Hits LaFollette, The National Executive Committee of the Farmer-Labor Party meeting heré yesterday consented to the with- drawal of Duncan MacDonald and William Bouck, its candidates for president and vice-president respect- ively, and endorsed the candidacy of William Z. Foster and Benjamin Git- low who have been entered as the candidates of the Workers Party. In doing this they issued a state- ment severely criticising LaFollette and the betrayal of the workers and farmers at Cleveland, and pointing to the fact the Workers Party was the only political organization in America which had showed a determination to signt aggressively for the formation , nn ee of a class Farmer-Labor Party and was therefore worthy of the support of all working-class elements. The statement follows: STATEMENT OF THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE FARMER-LABOR PARTY ‘HE indorsement of LaFollette by the Conference for Progressive Political Action in Cleveland on July 4th, and its failure to form a labor party and to launch an independent political campaign in the interests of the workers and exploited farm- ers, compels the National Bxecutive Committee of the tional Farmer. Labor Party to issue the following statement: We bave been pursuing the aim of bringing about a united front of the oppressed masses of the country for a common political struggle against the rule of capitalism in the United States. For this purpose we have been carrying on a widespread cam- paign of agitation and organization in favor of a Farmer-Labor Party as the only means of establishing this united front of the oppressed against the exploiters. In this we were suc- cessful to a very large extent. In spite of the treacherous attack of Senator LaFollette, the convention of the National Farmer-Labor Party, held in St, Paul on June 17, 18, and 19, succeeded in laying the basis for an independent political party of the workers and exploited farmers, thus paving the way for’ a united front campaign in the coming presi- dential election. The convention also instructed the National vom, Committee to negotiate with other groups favoring a farmer-labor cam- patgn in order to make the united front as wide and all-inclusive as possible by the convetnion. The next step was to be made by the Conference for Progressive Politi- cal Action, To these men and women claiming to represent the interests of labor on the political field, belonged the final word as to whether there should be a united front campaign of workers and exploited farmers in the coming presidential election. We have been anxiously awaiting the re- sults of the Cleveland conference. The decisions of the Conference are already known, It decided against the united front. It decided against the political independence of the work- ‘ers and exploited farmers, It de- cided against a farmer-labor party. The C. P. P. A, at its conference in Cleveland on July 4th, surrendered to LaFollette, betrayed the farmer- labor masses into the hands of mer- chants, manufacturers, bankers, and rich farmers, and thus destroyed the only chance for a united front cam- paign in the coming presidential elec- tion. The betrayal at Cleveland makes im- possible any united front farmer-labor campaign. It delivers into the hands of LaFollette and the propertied mid- dle classes, whom he represents, large sections of American labor. It shows the complete surrender of the labor bureaucracy and the bankrupt soc¢ial- fet politicians, which dominate the ©. P. P. A., to LaFollette and LaFol- letteism. The united front in the com- ing campaign, therefore, becomes im. possible. The only redeeming feature in this black orgy of betrayalgis the brave ‘OUR CANDIDATES| FOR VICE-PRESIDENT. ENJAMIN GITLOW, member of the Central Executive Commit- tee of the Workers Party of Amer- v ica, is American born and is now 32 years old. He has been an active member of the trade union move- ment since 1913, first in the Retail Clerks’ Union of New York and since 1918 in the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, Gitlow som dent of the clerks’ union for two years and in 1914 was one of the most vigorous participants in the big unemployment demonstrations in New York, which were cheifly under I. W. W. leadership. He or- ganized the first of these demonstra- tions, which was composed solely of working class women. In 1910 Gitlow joined the Social- ist Party. 1m 1917, on an anti-war platform and in opposition to con- scription, he was elected as a So- cialist to the New York state legis- lature for one year. In 1918 he as- sociated himself the only parlia- mentary representative with the Left Wing of the Socialist Party. He was elected to the Executive Committee of the Left Wing at its first conference in New York City and later served on the Executive Council of the national Left Wing. Gitlow conducted an energetic fight in the Left against the wrong tactics of the Russian Federation group led by Nicholas Hourwich. The English speaking elements in the organization supported Gitlow. John Reed, who died in Moscow, be- came associated with Gitlow at this time and they were in the group that organized the Communist La- bor Party. In 1918-19 Gitlow became con- nected with the Revolutionary Age, official organ of the Left Wing, and with the Voice of Labor, edited then by John Reed. On November 8, 1919, Gitlow was one of the first Communists ar- rested and was the first in the United States to be placed on trial for being a Communi: He was sentenced to ten years, of which he served three in prison and is now out on bond pending an appeal. He is under indictment in New York state on another charge and is under indictment in Michigan. During his life in the revolution- ary movement of America, Gitlow has been connected with both parts, the economic and the political. He has served on the Central Executive of the Communist Labor Party; been a member of the Central Exe- cutive of the Communist Party; and of the Workers Party when the Communist Party combined with the Workers Party. In May, 1923, Gitlow took over the editing of the Jewish Daily Frei- heit when the Central Executive of the party assumed control of the paper to it from destruction and to prevent a serious split in the Jewish Federation. The paper was saved and the split avoided. The, Jewish Daily Freiheit ex- ceeds in circulation by many thou- sands the circulation of any other paper of the party. Under Gitlow’s editorship for the Central Executive Committee, the circulation increased 7,000. and loyal fight against American capi- talism and the menace of LaFollette- ism that is being made by the Work- ers Party of America. It is the only political labor organization in the United States which stands the ground and fights without compromise against LaFolletteism dominating the labor movement. We have also taken note of the fact that the Workers Party has decided to place in the field its own presiden- tial ticket, thus taking the lead in the struggle against LaFolletteism and for working class political independence. We see in this action of the Worke: Party the only guarantee that the idey of a farmer-labor party in the United States will not be totally extinguished and that when the time comes the masses will again rally to the united front banner which still remains the only solution of the difficulties of the oppressed masses. Because of the above, the National Executive Committee of the National Farmer-Labor Party consented to per- mit its presidential candidates to withdraw and to indorse the candi- dates of the. Workers Party of Amer- te, The N. EB. C. of the National Farm- er-Labor Party pledges itself to sup- port in every way possible the cam- paign and the candidates of, the Workers Party and calls upon the workers and exploited farmers of the country to do likewise. ALEX HOWAT, Chairman, C. A. HATHAWAY, JOSEPH MANLBY, ALFRED KNUTSON, SCOTT WILKINS. ‘ee . * Cannon Greets Delegates. . James P, Cannon, assistant secre- tary of the Workers Party, welcomed the delegates to the National Confer- ence, who had come from all parts of the country to nominate the first Workers Party candidates for presi- dent and vice-president ever put in the fleld Page Three HALF MILLION WORKERS CHEER SOVIET UNION Moscow Celebrates the Birthday of U.S. S. R. (Continued from page 1.) tesque structure with bizarre and brightly painted futurist scenery mak- ing it a gay tower. From among the happy workers in the crowd there would be one here, one there, now over there, thrust up by his fellows to call for a cheer for his group or for their work or for some department of government or for some individual. French Communists Arrive. Suddenly from many sides the stir- ring strains of ‘The International” rang out from the bands and the mul- titude sang lustily while a little group of French Communists from the Seine department marched down one of the aisles with one of the faded and tat- tered little red flags of the Paris Com- mune flying above their heads. The French comrades mounted to the very top platform and presented their flag to Kalinin, head of the All-Russian So- viets, who turned and gave it to a dep- utation of Moscow workers. (Afterwards the workers’ paper, the Cartoon, said: “We will restore this red flag of the old Commune to new Communist Paris after we have pa- raded it in triumph thruout the world.”) if \ Speeches Short. | Rykov. chief the Council of Com- | missars, and various foreign delegates © made brief ‘speeches, and then the huge mass of people was easily shift- ed into groups around the various out- lying wooden platforms. On some of the stages gaily garbed athletes were performing acrobatic stunts or feats of skill; on others children were drill- ing to music; on still others amateur theatrical troupes were amusing the audience with their antics. On one platform there was a wild snake dance to the famous French tune, “Carmag- nole,” which may have been an alle. gory of new Russia. In the chowd there was a generous sprinkling of foreign elements. Eng- lish Communists from the docks of the Clyde were in their square-cut black “Sunday best.” Girls in simple light- colored frocks were interspersed like flowers among the heavy robed Mo- hammedans from Turkestan and Tar- tar Republic, in flowing browns and reds, One magnificent Caucasian tribesman created quite a sensation even here, where le are accus- tomed to unusual céstumes from far- away places. The tribesman’s cloak was gray and heavy with silver trap- pings, knives, cartridge case and scim- itar shining. “Recogniton” Farce. On the stage of the “Proletoult,” the People’s theater, a merry farce of rec- ognition proceedings was going on. The setting was an imense arch with the initials of the Soviet Union in huge letters on it and a wicket gate in the foreground with a sign, “For- eign office; recognition received here from 2 to 4 p. m.” An old porter who had forgotten the time came in and said how Tchit- cherin would scold him for not know. ing when to open the office. While he appealed to the crowd for the time a pompous frock-coated citizen, repre- senting MacDonald of Britain’s labor party, appeared with a large roll la- beled “Recognition.” The gentleman claimed that Tchitcherin would be so glad to see him, a ‘horny-handed son of toil,” and the audience shouted with glee. A very melodramatic figure repre- senting Mussolini slipped in with fire- cracker shots at each gesture. He shouted out: “Don’t talk to me about time. When I was a half-baked Com-” munist like you folks, I used to con- sider time, but now I am a full-fledged Fascist and time halts or runs as ] wish. Tell Tchitcherin I came first and am waiting to recognize Russia," Tousands Killed Here Once. Then actors representing all the mi nor nations that have recognized Rus sia came in, altho the Chinese lad; was at first knocked down by a gauz ed fighter, “coquettish’ This individual announcec that he would not recognize the So viets until he had consulted an Ameri can banker, The latter failed to ap pear, and the actors vanished wit! audience in an uproar of laughter. On the terrible day in 1894 when th: Czar Nicholas was crowned the foun tains ran with wine and there wa free food for all. The people rushe ; madly in different directions, an: when the police tried too late to cor trol them with brutality thousand were trampled to death in the panic, Nowhere Else in World. The Communists who directed thi beautiful demonstration in celebratio of the union of the Soviet Republic had scattered pavilions for retres! ments in many places and manage the crowd with most admirable for: sight. There was of course no win and the food served was the simples The triumphant demonstration ¢ this half million people, knit togethe in spirit, i:as been one of the most in pressive of all the great mass meeting which are 80 much a part of the life «w the workers and peasants of the & - viet Republics. Nowhe: ise in th, world can such a thrilling. sight be duplicated, ”~