The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 30, 1924, Page 5

Wednesday, July 3U, 1924 Page Five THE DAILY WORKER “BLOODY CRUCIFIXION” OF NATIVES IS. FAVORITE PUNISHMENT USED BY LEAGUE RULERS IN NEW GUINEA By W. FRANCIS AHERN. (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) SYDNEY, N. S. W.—(By Mail.)—Native women are not the only torture victims of the Australian rulers of New Guinea under PICKETING LAWFUL; UNIONISTS NEEDN’T WORK WITH SCABS, JUDGE TELLS IRON WORKERS (By The Federated Press) NEW YORK, July 29.—‘Picketing is lawful when lawfully conducted,” declared New York state supreme court justice Ly- don in refusing the Iron league’s plea for an anti-picketing in- junction againet the International Association of Bridge, Struc- BOKHARA DECRIES BRITISH ACTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA Republic Watches John Bull’s Duplicity FRENCH SOCIETY FLAYS “WHITES” AS MISLEADERS of MODERN FARMING IN UKRAINE AIDED BY U, S. WORKERS Soviet Concession Being Financed Here Recognition Soviet Russia Urge (Rosta News) MOSCOW, (By’ mail.)—The London Conference between Britain and the | Soviet is attracting keen attention in | | | | Bokhara, stated Mr. Yuzonph-Zado, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Bokhara at Moscow. Referring to the claims put forth by the English bankers, the Bokharan statesman declares that it is his duty to call the British Government’s at- tention to the fact that it was under the patronage of British imperialism that Bokhara had been, during so many. years, the arena of bloody strife, which changed into an almost dreary desert a one-time flourishing and prosperous country. It was but with the helping hand of Soviet Rus- sia that the People’s Republic of Bok- hara has been able to gradually tread the path of national revival. Recalling, then, the exploits of En- ver-Pasha and his brigand bands, pa- tronized and supported by neighboring imperialists, the Bokharan Represen- tative stresses that it is his duty to raise the question of reparations in favor of his own country—the more so that the people of Bokhara shall never admit the fairness of the Union of Soviet Republics having to pay for damages, practically caused by Allied intervention, while at the same time expending its national funds for the restoration of Bokhara, which was ruined by the will again of British im- perialism. It is, on the contrary, only fair that Britain should herself pay for her imperialistic policies in Asia. In conclusion, the Bokharan Envoy expressed a strong protest on behalf of the people he represents against the present policy of Britain with re- gard to Bokhara, when the British Government, while conducting nego- tiations with the Soviet Delegation in London, is instructing ex-Emil of Bokhara and Bokharan White Guards, ‘who have found refuge in Afghanistan, in a way hostile to the people of Bok- hara and trying to port ther nist Holland Textile. TWENTE, Holland, July 29.—After a bitter fight lasting nearly eight months the textile workers of Twente have abandoned the struggle. The workers’ offensive, a counterstroke to an unjustified lockout, broke down before the long purses of the textile magnates. Another cause was the large number of strikebreakers im- ported from surrounding districts. The organized workers’ powers of resis- tance were further weakened by their having to support the unorganized as well as themselves, the mandate of the league of nations. In this former German colony in the South Pacific ocean a hell on earth of atrocities is being let loose by Australian government officials. A favorite punishment is the “bloody crucifixion.” Dr. John Begley, senior medical officer in the ex-German territory who has returned to® dney, relates a series of sick- ening brutalities perpetrated against the natives of New Guinea. Arson, Murder, Rape. Seated in the Australian bureau of The Federated Press he told a story of natives flogged to death, villages burned, and women raped. He re- vealed a system of chattel slavery, akin to the bloody American days of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. He is submitting his documental charges to the league of nations’ mandates commission. Dr. Begley was appointed medical assistant to the administration in 1919, and sent to the Sepik river region to deal with native diseases. Soon after his arrival he fell in dis- favor because he protested against the taking of native prisoners out of the hospital and throwing them into jails at night to “prevent them es- caping.” He pointed out that it was no use trying to cure them in hospi- tals during the day when officials took them back to the jails in leg-irons for the night. His persistent protests against the flogging of prisoners brought the wrath of officials down on him. Here are some recent cases which have been brought to The Federated Press by administrative officials: At Ejitape, on the North coast of New Guinea, Poita, a native police boy was so brutally flogged that he died from wounds and shock. To cover up the scandal a death certifi- cate was issued stating that he died of “debility.” The flogging is done with a piece of cane called a kunda. It is an inch thick and three or four feet long. Sometimes it is done with wired whips. - The-“Bloody Crucifixion.” In some cases the British army No. This consists of shackling by the ankles and wrists to stakes so that the victim is suspended in the air. Unable to resist, he is flogged into insensibility and left to hang in the hot sun till the blood dries on the wounds. The white officials call this punishment the “bloody crucifixion.” At Gasmatta a native boy was placed on the stakes and flogged with a wire whip. The blood poured out of his lacerated back and shoulders. When the flogging was finished he was not taken down but left sus- pended in the hot sun for several OUR DAILY PATTERNS “SLENDER OF LINE AND GRACEFUL” | 4810. Blue alpaca was used for his design, Fancy silk braid forms pleasing finish. This is also a good tyle for crepe, pongee or moire, A lait portion supplies additional and |n' raceful fulness over the front. ‘The pattern is cut in 7 Sis 34, 6, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches bust easure. 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Orders are forwarded by the DAILY WORKE) 1 as ry re: ceived, and they are mailed b; 6 \* fagturer, ot et to the customer. the DAI LY WORKER does not keep a stock patterns on hand, Delivery of t= fies ordinarily will take at least 10 ‘* the date of wig the ler. Rot become impatient if your pattern is not received by return 1 field punishment is administered.’ hours, The deep red raw welts in his back were allowed to dry. He was insensible when taken down but he was thrown into jail. To the Federated Press Dr. Begley produced authenticated documents and photographs showing how natives were flogged to death. And human bodies burned as well as the native huts. L, A. M. DEMANDS AMALGAMATION, SAYS OVERGAARD Convention Must Stand for Vital Measure The rank and file program of the left wing of the machinists’ will attempt, at the International con- vention of the machinists in Detroit on September 15, to stem the back- union H. Johnston and his machine. Altho the last machinists convention went on record for amalgamation, Johnsten has made no concrete efforts to bring about amalgamation in the metal trades. “The need for amalgamation is demonstrated more clearly in the metal trades than any other branch of organized labor,” Andrew Over- gaard declared to the DAILY WORK- ER. “The loss of a series of strikes in the metal industries has demon- strated this need. The machinists lost the strike in the American Can Company, because the rest of the trades working for the company, altho sympathetic, were not ordered to join the strike.” “In the small shops, when a few machinists strike, the rest of the trades because there is no amalgama- tion, look on sympathetically, but are kept on the job and the strikes are lost. Moral support doesn’t mean very much in these strikes. The metal polishers, pattern makers, molders and other metal trades should be amalgamated, and then the strikes in the small shops can be won, when all departments strike together. Amalgamation, according to the plans worked out by the Trade Union Edu- cational League, is the only remedy. “Altho Johnston’s organization is on record in favor/of amalgamation, he is knifing it in the back by push- ing his class collaborating “B. & O.” ward drift brought about by William | plan, The officials of the metal trades unions say that the rank and file is not ready for amalgamation. This is not true, for if the wishes of the rank and file were observed, amalgamation would be affected immediately. Overgaard declared that on the question of a class labor party, John- ston is, as usual, looking backward instead of forward. “Johnston is looking forward when it comes to the interests of-the bosses,” said Over- gaard, “but backward when it comes to the workers in the machinists’ union. A Farmer-Labor Party would help the machinists, especially in the Pittsburgh district where it is almost impossible to organize the men into the machinists’ union without inter- ference from the capitalist political parties controlled by the big business interests.” “Johnston must know that the in- dustry is being developed and trusti- fied; he helps the Baltimore & Ohio railroad to develop efficiency and build up their trust while at the same time he enlists under the banner of La Folletto, who is on a second Teddy Roosevelt trust-busting ramp ge. Johnston, instead of aiding the for- thation of an independent working class political party, is trying to hin- NEW YORK, July 29.—Common and The decision represents an preferred stock in the Ukraine Farm- ing & Machinery Corp. is being offered to American workers and others to help finance the important agricul- tural concession given by the Russian Government to American farm spe- Allegations of violence made by been ‘substantiated, sue an injunction restraining the union pending the trial would be tantamount, the judge said, to a determination in ad- areas vance of trial of the issues in- The concession is 10,000 acres of | volved. black soil land near Odessa, with Scab Jobs Tied Up. water and rail transportation to that big grain port. The Americans will create a model farm to help spread large scale agriculture in the workers’ republic by bringing young peasants The suit brought by fourteen mem- bers of the league alleges that they have $10,000,000 worth of contracts in New York which they were pre- vented from completing or starting be- into actual participation with Ameri: |cause of the strike called May Ist. can methods, by demonstrating and | They ask $5,000,000 damages from the selling American farm machinery in | ¥nion. the villages and by introducing diver-| 1m denying these charges, the union sified farming and general gardening replied with a damage suit against and fruit culture. the league for $10,000,000, charging a The Red army will send quotas of conspiracy on the part of the league, its men to the farm in the last weeks backed by the United States Steel of the military training period. These Corporation, the Bethlehem Steel Cor- soldiers will then return to their|Poration and other large steel com- peasant villages with object lessons in| ?nies, to destroy the uniomes,,The large scale farming. Several Ameri-|¥ion contends that the steel trust, can farm machinery corporations have |i2 order to dominate with its anti- given the concession their agency union policy the construction as well rights for that section of Russia. as steel manufacturing industry, dis- Co-operating with the Ukraine criminates against employers of union Farming & Machinery Corp. in the labor and gives members of its open Russian undertaking is the Interna-|Shop iron league a rebate of $6 a ton tional University Commune, which |” the purchase price of steel to be plans to develop other educational |¢rected in the metropolitan era. fields as well as technical agriculture | Right to Boycott Scabs. in ite work on the model farm. “There are some Vital issues in this Among the officers of the enterprise, | case raised by the defendants (the which is incorporated in New York, | ynion),” says the judge's decision, are Harold M. Ware, Frank P. Walsh, | Robert Whitaker and J. C. Coleman. Roger N. Baldwin, John Haynes Holmes, Anna Louise Strong and Charles H. Ingersoll are on the ad- visory board. The preferred stock sells at $100 with 8 per cent interest on the cumfi- lative plan, which means that the corporation if unable to ‘pay the full 8 per cent in any one ‘year promises to pay the balance as soon as it has the money. The common stock, which has the voting power, sells at $50 a share. The address of George H. Strobell, president and treasurer, is Room 1013, 70 5th Ave. New York City. Baker, Republican, Backed by Stone in Michigan Primaries contention that the plaintiffs do not come into court with clean hands may be substantiated upon the trial.” In another part of the decision Lydon asserts: “The members of the defend- ant’s unions have a perfect right to refuse to work with non-union men; and non-union men, on the other hand, have the right to work where and when. they please.” The trial will be heard when the State Supreme Court reconvenes in the fall. Lockout of 70,000 Norwegian Workers Ends in Compromise (Special to the Daily Worker.) CHRISTIANIA, Norway, July 29.— The general lockout in Norway, which kept 70,000 workers out of jobs since the middle of February, has ended in a compromise. The hardest fought point had been the insistence ‘of the employers that in future col- lective agreements a clause must be inserted by which the workers’ or- ganizations forfeit a guarantee fund in case an outlaw strike breaks out. This clause has been dropped. Murder of Poor Stranger Doesn’t Interest Police VINCENNES, Ind., July 29.—A ragged stranger was robbed and murdered at Vincennes lately, Last \Inea¢etnber a man was murdered ‘by bank robbers at Edwardsport in this county and within six hours four sus- pects were arrested. Two are now serving life terms in prison. The re- cent murder was committed with an ax in a shed of the most prominent poolroom in Vincennes. His remains were buried by the county. No arrest has been made. The police claim there are no clues. (By Federated Press.) WASHINGTON, July 29.—Formal notice that the Brotherhood of Loco- motive Engineers is supporting Her- bert F. Baker for the Republican nom- ination for governor of Michigan, as it did two years ago, has been sent to the heads of all labor organizations by Warren S. Stone, president of the B. of L. E. He asks these executives to get together in conference to agree on joint action if possible. ye Stone’s announcement is due to a statement made by a Lansing attor- ney named Rhoads that the four train brotherhoods were for Gov. Groesbeck. He denied that Rhoads had any authority to speak for the Locomotive Engineers in political matters, 5 Health for Worker Students. MOSCOW, July 29.—In addition tof the 760 beds in health resorts, already reserved for Russian students, the de- partment of higher education now has 150 more places in sanitariums in the Crimea. These will be distributed among students in ill health in the universities and workers colleges of Moscow. Aneeeeegeinenncenvemrancrents British Buy More. MOSCOW, July 29.—The English pa- pers sum up the trade results between England and the Soviet Union during the first quarter of the current year, showing that the imports of Soviet goods to England exceed by some one and a half mfllion’pounds sterling the value of Russian goods imported dur- ing the corresponding period of last year. UNCLE WIGGILY'’S TRICKS Permits Modified “La Juive.” JERUSALEM, July 29.—The Pales- tinian Government has finally permit- ted, after long negotiations, the Hebrew Opera Company to continue with its performance of Harevy's fa- mous opera, “La Juive,” on the con- dition, however, that neither a cardi- nal nor any other ecclesiastic appear 8 a figure in it. der the workers from taking over the large industries.” Stamp Fans Organize. MOSCOW, July 29.—The newest in- ternational to be launched from Mos- «| cow is the Philintern, or international society of stamp collectors, It is en- tirely non-political. “But we do not escape politics altogether,” says its president, “for exchange of letters be- tween countries brings about closer understanding, and it is impossible to explain some of our stamps without mentioning the revolution which in- spired their motto Send in that “Til get the monk to "Nobody home. wii help meelf r 6) turn the handle “ VA and to is- * “and it may be that the defendants’ { tural and Ornamental Iron Workers’ union. initial victory for the union in its life-and-death legal struggle against the anti-union combine. members of the league had not Your Union Meeting FIFTH WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, Name of Local and Place of Meeting. Carpenters, 12 Garfield Bivd. Carpenters, Western and Lexing- ton. Carpenters, 5443 S. Ashland Ave. Carpenters, 505 S. State St. Carpenters, 1638 N, Halsted St. H. Fehling, Rec. Sec’y., 2253 Grace St. Irving 7597. Boiler Makers, Monroe and Racine. Carpenters, 1581 Maple Ave., Evan- ston, Ill. Ladies’ Garment Workers, 328 W. Van Buren Street. Jewelry Workers, 19 W. Adams St. Machinists, 113 S. Ashland Blvd. Machinists, 735 N. Cicero Ave. Maintenance of Way, 426 W. 63rd Street. Railway Carmen Dist. Council, 5445 S. Ashland Ave. Carpenters, 6414 S. Halsted St. Marine Cooks, 357 N. Clark St. Painters, Sherman & Main Sts., Evanston, fil. Plasterers, 910 W. Monroe St. Sheet Metal, 714 W. Harrison St. Railway Carmen, 5445 Ashland Ave. be ae Trainmen, 426 W. 63rd St., p.m. Roofers, 777 W. Adams St. Teamsters, 175 W. Washington St. Teamsters’ (Meat), 220 S. Ashland vd. Teamsters (Bone), 6959 S. Halsted Street. Tuckpointers, 810 W. Harrison St. Tunnel and ‘Subway Workers, Harrison Baltimore Strike Of Cloakmakers Proving Effective 375 1922 54 1340 219 abl 753 759 769 13046 (By The Federated Press.) BALTIMORE, July 29.—Baltimore cloakmakers, members of the Interna- tional Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Un- ion went on strike July 23, following a breakdown of negotiations with the employers, and successfully tied up the industry. The market is about 80 per cent organized with 2000 un- ion. fhembers.. The strike is really connected with the International’s strike in New York city. In New York half of the 50,000 strikers are back on the job. The Baltimore fight, like that in New York, is for the full union shop, unemployment insurance, a sanitary label, and a minimum of 14 machines in shops, thus eliminating the small irresponsible shops. RE | $2.00 a year SOVIDT RUSSIA PICTORIAL, 19 So. Lincoln St., Chicago, Ill. Street and No.: 914} AUGUST ISSUE ON SALE! “From the Old Family to the New”.. Ve “The Great Struggle of the Ruhr Miners,” by Peter Maslovsky (Germany) “Situation of Workers in Fascist italy”......... Features by Internationally Known Contributors FACTS AND PHOTOS ON RUSSIA Get it from your news-dealer or SUBSCRIBE! (Special ‘to the DAILY WORKER) MOSCOW, July 29.—The “Society of Franco-Russian Friendship,” which has changed its name into that of the “Society of New Franco-Russian Friendship,” issued its first weekly under the new title of “New Friend- ship.” Among the prominent articles pub- lished in this issue there is one writ- ten by Senator De Monzy, who states ance has nothing to do with the cause of Russian White emigrants and should break with them. The author points out the nefarious influence ex- ercised hy the emigrants, who had given an avowedly f picture of the conditions in the Ussr, and protests energetically against such falsehood. A meeting was recently arranged in Paris by the new society and was de- voted to the question of Franco-So- viet mutual relations. A number of prominent French public men, among whom were Senator De Monzy, Charles Gide, and others, voiced the French co-operators’ and intellectuals’ sympathies for the Union of Soviet Republics and urged that the rap- prochement of the two countries was necessary in the interest of the peace of the world. French public opinion—the speaker |declared—demands imperatively the |immediate de jure recognition of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Indeed, had France recognized the Union before Britain and Italy, instead of listening to the White emfgrants’ stories about would-be victories of the counter - revolutionaries, she would have been in for substantial advan- tages. As for the question of Rus- sian debts—suggested some of the ora- tors, there is no reason why an issue could not be found that would give the possibility. of exploiting the nat- ural resources of the Soviet Repub- lies. Senator De Monzy concluded by the statement that the hour had come of the great work of co-operation be- tween France and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. that Hot Spell in Ukraine. MOSCOW, July 29.—A record heat wave is announced from Ukraine, where the temperature reaches the unprecedented height of 41 degrees by Reaumur. AD «by Andreas Nin (Spain) $1.00 six months