The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 30, 1924, Page 1

) Vol, IL. No. 190. THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT Vol, HI. No. 190. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: outsiae tices Outside Chicago, RUSSIA REJOICE In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. by mail, $6.00 per year, ekelp y THE DAILY WORKER. Botered as Second-class mattur September 31, 1928, at the Pest Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of Mareh 8, 1879. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1924 Publish ogee 290 PUBLISHING CO. OVER FRA Communist Candidates For President: WILLIAM Z. FOSTER. For Vice-President: BENJAMIN GITLOW. ed Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Il. Price 3 Cents Call for World Aid to Communists of Germany GERMAN GOVERNMENT WITH AID OF SOCIALISTS IN ATTEMPT TO DESTROY COMMUNIST PARTY The German: elit, with the co-operation of the social- democrats, and with the consent of the social-democratic presi- dent Ebert, is endeavoring to extirpate the Communist Party of! Germany in order to prevent it from participating in the German elections as the representative of the German workers in the fight against the Dawes plan, and to head off the coming German revolution. This information has been received by the Workers Party thru a manifesto of the executive committee of the Communist International, received by cable today from Moscow, in which the Communist International calls upon the workers all over the world to rally to the support of the German workers in their struggle against becoming the slaves of the American bankers. The Communist International calls upon the workers of other countries to hold mass meetings in protest against the Fascist attack upon the German workers and to enter with them into the. struggle against world imperialism which is involyed in ‘Every vote cast. for Thomas—in the TTS mates tution somenba AS WE SEE IT By T. J, O'FLAHERTY. ‘HE Boston Post, recently pub- "lished a’ dispatch from Trebizond, China, telling horrible stories of Cheka atrocities in Georgia. Even a Scant acquaintance with georgraphy would convince the most skeptical that Trebizond, is no more a part of China, than’ Bug House Square, o/ -The dispatch bears “all the matks of a Chicago Tribune re- jorter, who is having ‘a tough time not stomach this particularly stupid liar. far story in the approved style of the William J. Burns’ school of prevarication, trots out the three tfusted ogres of the Cheka, Peter the Sailor, Pankatroff and the Chinese Li. ‘The latter gave Georgia the Chinese flavor but made a chop suey out of an otherwise ‘perfectly good atrocity. Over 20,000 Georgians have been ex- ecuted the Post reporter tells us. No doubt Li, the Chinaman is supposed to be an expert in refined cruelty, hence his unlimited engagement as an axman. see HETHER the Cheka was in a hurry or not to bury their dead we do not know but we are informed that suspected counter-revolutionaries were buried alive but before this was done, they were obliged to dig their own graves, and when they felt that ‘the hole was long and deep enough they whistled to the understrappers of the Chinaman Li, who tapped them on the head, after which they drop- ped into their earthen bed. The Bos- ton Post reporter forgot to say that after those who were only ‘stunned into temporary unconsciousness be- gan to stick up their arms thru the soft earth, hungry dogs came along and began to devour them. It is a fine yarn and shows what a liar will do when hard pushed. dappe Sc. - HE New York socialists are very angry because- the Communists exposed their deal with Tammany Hall. The situation is this: the so- cialists would like to have Dr. Nor- man Thomas poll a large vote, but they want Smith to beat Roosevelt. language of capitalist. politics, is a vote for Roosevelt, Smith is not open- ly against Davis, tho it is a public sveret that Tammany is knifing him. LaFollette is for Smith, and so are the labor fakers and the most prom- inent of the bourgeois ie in New York, including Daniel F. Coha- jan, Dudley Field Malone and Frank P. Walsh. ove complicated. Speaking recently in New York, William Z, Foster exposed e skeleton in the socialists’ closet. his caused a howl of rage to come the editorial sanctum of the only the executive committee of that party. But on the front page of the same issue there is a declaration by the owner of socialist party, Mor- ris Hillquit, in which he states that Alfred Smith, Tammany governor of (Continued on page 2) “the fight against the Dawes The manifesto of the Com- Yorkers Party reads: To the Workers Party of America: Manifesto protesting against violent assault on German Communist Party and against social democratic oppres- sors of the German Proletariat. To the Workers of all countries, To the German working class, Comrades:—We exhort you to pro- test with vehemence against the un- mitigated violence of the have gov- ernment and the social democratic’ bu- party and all important now to be arrested in order to secure victory at election to the German bour- geoisie and their social democratic lackeys. The German republic thus overshadows all -previous reigns of terror by a systematic campaign to ex- terminate the Communist Party. Thus they hope to secure the “peace and order” essential to ensure accomplish- ment of Dawes’ plan and complete subjugation of the workers. To achieve that four million Communists are be* ing outlawed and gagged. The repub- lic of Ebert and Seeckt now stands unmasked as the instrument of fas- cist counter-revolution. Their terror and panic are due to the successful bolshevization of the Com- munist Party of Germany, and fear of revolution. : In this fight between the united front of finance capital and its im- placable enemy the Communist Inter- national, proletarian solidarity, un- shakable solidarity of Communist In- ternational must be demonstrated. International Red Aid must help the victims. of white terror despite the ban of the German government. German workers, demonstrate to your oppressors that this persecution will bring but increased prestige to the German Communist Party and strengthen its position as leader of the masses in the fight for dictatorship of the proletariat. Harbor no vain illu- sions. The new reichstag can be noth- ing but the tool of American and en- tente capitalists and purveyor of fur- ther misery for the masses. In your hour of need be assured of our support. Workers of all countries, organize strengthen its position as leader of the fight of your German brothers. For- ward, German comradés, close your ranks, Entrench yourselves in the fac- tories. Every soldier of the revolution must be its leader, Expose the social demo- cratic counter-revolution. Social democratic workers! Realize that your leaders have proved them- selves enemies of the working class. Every vote for the Communists is vote for the working class, for the fight against misery, for socialism. Votes for the social democrats are votes for capitalism and counter-re- volution. , Down with the dictatorship of Dawes’ robbers and their social demo- cratic nationalist agents, Fight for the proletarian dictatorship. Long live the Communist Party of Germany. Long live the German revolution. The Hxecutive Committee of Communist International, Sak Tec A Decide in Favor of Miners, | MADRID, Oct. 29. — The director has indicated that it will decide Austrian mining dispute in favor the miners. AMALGAMATED LOCAL HOLDS CANNON MEET IN OWN HALL IN BROOKLYN (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Oct. 29.—Thursday night James P. Cannon, Workers Party candidate for governor of New York, will speak at a meeting called by Local 54 of the Amal gamated. Clothing Workers of Amer- gamated Clothing Workers of Amer- gamated Temple, at Arion Place, Brooklyn. The comrades in New York thru their splendid campaign have been successful in getting across the Communist message to the rank and file of numerous unions. These unions are letting their leaders ride on the LaFoliette band wagon alone and as class conscious workers are rallying around the Communist can- didates. Local 54 of the Amalgamated called this meeting for the special purpose of getting Comrade Can- non to address their membership. CROWDS GREET CONMUNISTS IN EIGHTH DISTRICT Many Hear of Party’ Stand. for First Time strations and hall meetings, the Workers Party of Chicago is carrying the Communist mes- sage to thousands of workers, who are hearing for the first time the proposal that they vote for’ a political party which ad- vocates as the leading item of its program, the dictatorship of the proletariat and a Soviet re- public. The party members have thrown themselves into ‘the struggle whole- heartedly, and are actively supported by the Young Workers League. Even the Junior Groups are furnishing chairmen of meetings, calling atten- tion to the child’s protest against cap- italist exploitation of child labor. A series of meetings Tuesday night on street corners in ‘the eighth con- gressional district were addressed by candidate George Maurer, J. Louis Engdahl, candidate for U. S. genator, and Comrades Manuel Gomez, Hyman Schneid, I. A. Davidson, E. D. Harley and Elsa Bloch. Everywhere the workers. who gathered were educated as to the reason’ for their conditions. and the road. to Communism ex- plained. Every workers in Chicago should note the location and date of the meet- ings now going on and rally the workers around him to turn out and listen to the Communist message. The meetings tonight and tomorrow are as follows: sn @ Thursday, Oct. 30, 3201 South Wabash—Hall meeting, at Community Center. Subject: “The Negro Worker and Communism.” Speakers: Gordon W. Owens and J. W. Johnstone. 3142 South Halsted—Hall meeting, at Milda Hall, Speakers: Zokaitis, candidate Podkulski and John Bd- wards. Open Air Meetings—Start from Workers Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch Blvd. Autos wanted, lots of them, to take speakers out. Report not later than 7:15 p. m. Speakers will be: Bittel- man, Cannon, Shachtman, Hammers- mark, candidate for the 7th district, Harley and Williamson. ANGLO-SOVIET TREATY 4S ON TRIAL AT POLL MacDonald BacksDown on Fake Letter (Special to the Daily Worker) LONDON, Oct, 29.—It’s all over now as far as the election is concerned but the counting | of ballots. Never in the history of England was there such : short and bitter election con- test, with the fake “ inoviev | letter” providing the eleventh! hour roorback which is so com-| mon in Americati politics. | It is freely predicted here that | both the conservatives. and laborites will make gains, but | that the liberal party will be all but wiped out. The alliance between the leaders of Commanist Open Air Meetings in Chicago | In 7th District Tonight. Open Air Meetings, North and N. W. Side—North Ave. an¢ Northwest English branch; Division and Washtenaw, by the N. W. Jewish branch;; Division and Hoyne, by the No W. Jewish branch; Fullerton and Western, by the Karl Marx Scandi- navian branch; North Ave. and Or- chard, by the Hungarian and German branches. Many well-known speakers, All, in the 7th Senareewonal district. YOUNG WORKERS TO OPEN DRIVE IN COAL FIELDS 'Militants Must Stay In Miners’ Union both the two old parties did not take wéll-With the rank and file, and while! in case of tory victory, the old hacks like Asquith and Lloyd George may be thrown @ bone to pick on, it is not likely that the owners of the conserv ative party, the bone and marrow of the British ruling class, will give any real power to the old leaders of the MacDonsld appears to have made a man in Eng- land on the matter no, two seem to get the same opinion from him. The fact is that the fake was so crude that ‘a careful reading of the letter would convince even those not ac- quainted with Communist phrase ology, that it was written by a stool pigeon of the William J, Burns school The statement of Albert Thomas, that the Second International may be responsible for the forgery was given wide publicity here. All in- all, whether the labor party wins out in the election or not, it does seem like- ly that Ramsay MacDonald will find his influence considerably weakenec as a result of his muddling of the sit uation. Had MacDonald denounced the “rec plot” as a tory election stunt from th« start it would have provéd a boomer ang to the tories 8nd buried them a the polls under a wave of public di: gust. It would strengthen the labo party grip on the foreign office anc | would place them in a favorable posi | tion to begin cleaning out the perman ent officials who run that office re- gardless of what government is in power. The French Policy. Aside from the inner. political as- pect of the case, diplomatic circles discussed the affront to Russia, of the Gregory note, in the light of French recognition of the Soviet Republic, un- conditionally and without reserva- tions, and accompanied by the tradi- tional French politeness, which is in striking contrast to the boorishness displayed by Ramsay MacDonald in warning the Russian delegates to the Anglo - Saxon conference against “monkey tricks.” Coupled with the information that France has entered into an iron-clad deal with Turkey, gaining control of the Bagdad railway and several im- portant concession, in return for which France agrees to back up Tur- key, diplomatically, against England in the Mosul oil controversy, the Soviet recognition, leaves a bad taste in the mouth of British diplomacy this morning and there is a tendency| must be present. A roll call of all to look around for @ goat on which to| three organizations’ membership will (Continued on Page 2.) New York Workers! FRIDAY NIGHT! COMMUNIST CAMPAIGN DEMONSTRATION! —— eS Oe New Star Casino, 107th St. and Park Ave. Speal rs: CANNON, POYNTZ, WEINSTONE, MARKOFF, LORE, WINITSKY, WILKES Brooklyn Cannon Meeting: Amalgamated Temple, Arion Place, Auspices Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Local No. 54 sangs Verin Hall at 3837 Roosevelt By BARNEY MASS (National Industrial Organizer of the Young Workers League.) The campaign-to:be launched in the. coal mining industry, planned by the Young Workers League is now taking on a more definite character. ; Preparations are being roves to send organizers in the fiel The questionaires sent out to ali on the nations prevailing in| the mining industry, were greeted enthusiastically and prompt attention given them. Word, as received from the mining sections of. the country, show that con- ditions are very bad. Companies violate union regulations, discrimina- tion in the employment of miners, thru bribing mine officials, etc. The complaint.that the young miners are disgusted with the union officialdom is very common. Must Attend Meetings. Despite the chaotic condition of the mining industry, the union officials remain inactive. They are making no efforts to represent the rank and file miner. Young miners do not attend union meetings as a result of their contempt and lack of confidence in the miners’ union officialdom. The fighting young element in the miners’ union are leaving. This must be stopped. The basis for the destruction of the powerful miners’ union is laid thru the betrayal of the Lewis family. But Lewis, Farrington, Murray, Green and the others of this ilk snall not suc- ceed. The Y. W. L, raises the slogan, ALL YOUNG MINERS STICK TO THE UNION! Send in Information. All information on the present con- ditions of the young miner will be highly appreciated by the national office. Send in all information to the Young Workers League of America, 1118 W, Washington Blvd., Chicago, Mlinois. way Site | 3 Tonight Important Mass Meeting of W. P. and Y. W. L. A joint mass meeting of the Jewish branch of the Workers Party and the Young Workers’ League and the Frei- heit Singing Society will held to- night at 8 o'clock at the Freiheit Ge- road. M. Lunin, national organizer of the Jewish federation and A. Bittel- man, editor of the DAILY WORKER magazine will speak. This is a very important meeting and every member be taken. FRENCH RECOGNITION BIGGEST VICTORY YET ACHIEVED IN MANY 5 SOVIET DIPLOMATIC CONQUESTS refs tien (Special te The Dally Werker) % MOSCOW, Oct. 29.—There was great rejoloing Pes all Soviet Russia today over the recognition of the Moscow govern- ment by France. f “This action is in contrast with that of Imperfalistlc England that is seeking all sea routes to Russia,” commenten Karl Radek,! former Soviet envoy to Germany. “France has no territorial in-! terests bound up with world trade routes which would threaten | enmity toward Russia.” Recognition Unanimously Accepted. The All-Russian Central Executive Committee unanimously adopted a resolution accepting France’s recognition. Speeches were made pointing out that France’s action will mean important things for Russia in the near future. Diplomatic relations with France will be established soon and a Soviet delegation plans to go to Paris to open negotiations for ] a treaty. Chi/herin Makes Announcement. Formal announcement of France’s action was made to the committee by Georges Chicherin, Commissar for Foreign Affairs. WASHINGTON IS FRANCE EXPECTS UNHAPPY OVER | ADVANTAGES TO SOVIET VICTORY) HER COMMERCE sc gkbeeatal to the Daily Worker) INGTON; “Oct. 29 — Tho French recognition of the Soviet government was | ex- pected. in Washington since Herriot assumed the office of premier, nevertheless the news of the accomplished fact caused much uneasiness in govern- mental circles and particularly in the department of state. Slam at Whiskers. Herriot’s action is looked on as a slap in the face to the Washington government and particularly to Hughes who was the fairy godfather of Boris Bakmeteff, the Russian am- bassador without a country, who lived at the expense of the United States and ate, drank and otherwise wasted $187,000,000, which the United States treasury kindly lent him against the day when the Romanoffs would again be back on the throne and the heads of the Russian Communists would adorn the lamp posts. But alas, alas, the czar is very much dead and so are the hopes of his fol- lowers. Every important country in the world with the exception of Japan and the United States have recogniz- ed the Soviet regime and Japan is ex- pected to sign up shortly. Calvin’s Silence Holds. The state department declared to- day that recognition of Russia by France has not changed the anti- Soviet policy of the Coolidge adminis tration in any way. Coolidge, as usual, declined to comment on the Paris note, but it is not impossible that after the election is over, even in the event of the republican party winning, pressure from business cir- cles will cause the Standard Oil sec. retary of state to realize that Soviet Russia will continue to exist and do business with other nations regard less of what attitude the United States adopts towards it. A Few Still Loft. With the recognition by France, the Soviet is now recognized in full by 19 nations and has partial recognition from two others. Germany was the first to recognize the new nation after the downfall of the Kerensky provis- jonal government and since then has been followed by Austria, Denmark, Esthonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Aftghan- istan, Finland, Poland, Persia, Great Britain, Italy, Greece, Mexico, Nor- way, Sweden and China. Czecho-Slo- vakia has a trade agreement with the reds that is looked upon as defacto recognition, and Hungary has com. pleted all but the formalities leading toward the actual exchange of rep- resentatives. The United States, Japan and Bel- sium form a little bloc of irreconcil- ables holding out against Moscow, but there is said to be some possibility that Belgium will follow the lead of (Continued on Page 2.) (Special to the ‘the Dally Worker) _ “PARIS, O6t. 29. here is an air of rejoicing in the French metropolis today over the re- sumption of diplomatic rela- tions with the Soviet Republic. Aside from the commercial advan- tages expected by France, the man- ner in which Herriot’s telegram was taken in Moscow, was looked on ‘here, as a diplomatic gesture on the part of the Soviet Republic against the re- peated insults offered to the Work- ers’ Republic by England, Russia’s greatest foe in Europe. Take Slam at Britain. The Soviet leaders, particularly those not directly associated with the government took occasion to point out the contrast between the French wording of the message of recognition and the brutal conduct of the British foreign office, even under the direc- tion of Ramsay MacDonald. In view of the struggle Between French and British interests in Mesopotamia, the Soviet government is in a favorable position to make capital out of the conflict of interests between the two rival European powers. The French note reads: “Following the ministerial declara- tion of June 17, 1924, and our commu- nication of July 19 last, the govern- ment of the republic, faithful to the friendship which united the Russian and French peoples, recognizes de jure from this date the government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- lics as the government of the terrt- tories of the former Russian. empire, where its authority is accepted by the inhabitants, and in these territories as successor to the preceding Rus- sian governments. Consequently it is ready at once to establish regular diplomatic relations with the govern- ment of the Union by the reciprocal appointment of ambassadors. Agreements Expected. “In notifying you of this recogni- tion, which cannot affect any engage- ments entered into or treaties signed by France, the government of the re- public believes in the possibility of a general agreement between our two countries, of which the resumption of diplomatic relations is a preface. “In this respect it wishes it to be understood that it expressly reserves the rights of French citizens acquired under obligations contracted by Rus- sia or its dependents under anterior regimes, obligations the respect of which are guaranteed by the general principles of law, which are for us the rule of international life. The same reservations apply to responsibilities assumed since 1914 by Russia toward the French state or its dependents. “In this spirit the government of the republic, wishful once more to serve to the utmost the interests of peace and the future of Europe, de- signs to seek with the union a just and practicable settlement which wili (Continued on Page 3.) —_