The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 19, 1924, Page 2

THE DAILY WORKER SOVIET AMBASSADOR TO CHINA | oa rnemes icy OUTLINES HOW THE AMERICAN AND SOVIET POLICIES DIFFER (By Rosta News Agency) PEKING (By Mail.)—Comrade L. M. Karakhan has sent the following letter to the Anti-Ilmperialistic Society of China: “Whereas | have the honor to atknowledge the receipt of your letter of September 22, | must apologize for the delay in my reply; being so very busy, | have unfortunately not been.able to answer before, “While I agree with your definition of the czarist govern- ment overthrown by the Russian workers and peasants, I must say, however, that to call the policy of the czarist government a policy of plotting and perfidious deception is to be too lenient towards the base system of rob-*+— * bing and violence practiced by the czarist government over the Chinese people. “Having uprooted the czarist regime within our own country,.we have done our best to do away with its expres: sion in, foreign policy, too, Our ex ternal policy we conduct on new lines. which have been well known to the Chinese people ever since the declara- tion of the Soviet government of 1919. “Your question has arisen because of certain rumors regarding the em- bassy premises having been received by us in consequence of some agree- ment entered into, and you are quite right in your apprehensions lest thos¢ who fear the popularity in China of the Soviet Union should make use oi such rumors to the detriment of So- viet-Chinese friendship. Therefore, J shall most willingly meet your re- quest, considering that it is important in the interest of friendship between our countries. “The following is my reply to your queries: “1, Indeed, from the outset, those powers in whose custody the former Russian legation practically was, did not wish to transfer it to the legal owner until the latter would prelim- marily agree to the regime established by the powers in the legation quarter. This demand re preliminary condi- tions was brot forth to me by the Am- erican Minister, Dr. Schurman, in the interview I had with him on July 24, which was arranged by the minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of China, Dr. Wellington Koo. “However, the Soviet government refused categorically to enter upon any agreement regarding the transfer of the kegation building. My govern: ment considered that this building be- longs to the Soviet Union.and,that the fact of the keys thereof being inci- dentally in the hands of other powers did not in any way entitle these latter to put forth any demands. The mo- tives of the Soviet government for up- holding this view were that the lega- tion premises situated in the diplo- bs maite quarter had been acquired by | all the powers—Russia being among them—on the basis of the protocol of 1901, and that consequently the union has the same right on such premises as any other power. However, unless we wish to do so ourselves, no one can force us to avail ourselves of rights acquired by force from the Chinese people by the czarist govern- ment. “As you know, after lengthy nego- tiations and an exchange of notes, we received the legation building uncon- ditionally and without binding our- selves in any way in this respect. “2. As for my position toward the diplomatic body, I must say that formally my relations with the latter will not differ from those which exist between Soviet representatives and diplomatic bodies in other capitals oi the world. “What seems to interest you is the question as to how can there in the limits of one and the same diplomatic body be reconciled the political line of the Soviet government and that of some powers directly opposed to the former. Well, I should say that the diplomatic body as such, that is as one whole organism, ought not to engage in politics, nor does it do so in any country, “Indeed, each. power his. its policy, which it carries on independently, and even in China, where this body was in the nature of @ more compact or- See Post Cards in Colors Something New and Different. Use them for your regular cor- respondence. Have a set for your album. No. 1—Lenin, directing the revolution No. 2—Lenin, when 16 years old No. 3—The Red Fiag of the Union of Socialist Soviet Ri No, 4—-The Russian state seal and emblem No. 5—Trotsky, commander of the Soviet Réd Army ONE CARD 5 CENTS In lots of 10 or more, 2e per card. 1% in lots of 100 or more. Send money order, check or post- age to Literature Department WORKERS PARTY OF AMERICA 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, lil, \cess in your work. LONGEST BREAD LINE ON BOWERY IN 20 YEARS SEEN TODAY NEW YORK, Dee. 18—Due to In- creased unemployment, the bread lines here’are longer than for sev. eral years, Lodging houses are over-run with unemployed workers. “I've been along the Bowery for 20 years,” said Thomas J. Noonan, in charge of the largest bread line and “flop house” along the Bowery, “and I never rubbed shoulders with so many hungry men.” As Noonan was speaking, over 500 hungry work- ers were lined up waiting for their one-third of a loaf of bread. “I honestly don’t know what some of them are going to do this winter,” Noonan said, “there are so many of them.” “| am sure there will be a lot of suicides this winter,” Noonan added. ganism than in other, places, even here, notwithstanding the formal unity of the powers, one could point out, the extremely hostile. work. which has been mutually engaged in agains. one another, say, by diplomats. of Japan and the United: States, ‘Phus,. while being a member, of the diplomatic body, the Soviet representative will pursue the same anti-imperialistic. pol- icy and policy of friendship towards China which he followed» when he stood outside of this body. “3. As regards the question of the guard of the Soviet embassy with Red Army contingents, there is ‘hardly anyone who believes that we shall bring our soldiers for this purpose. | can easily understand why the czarist government. maintained troops here, for it pursued an imperialistic policy. But we, whose policy is one of sin- cere friendship and brotherhood, whc are here as guests and friends of the Chinese people, we have no need of bayonets to protect us against it. J feel certain that the best guard and defense of the safety of the Soviet em: bassy will be the Soviet red- flag. 1! believe it will be a stronger protection than the high stone walls and armies with cannons and machine guns. “I send you my best wishes of suc I firmly believe the day is near when the great Chi- nese people will really be the true and independent master of its own country. Sincerely yours, (Signed) L. Karakhan. PHILADELPHIA FORUM HEARS AMTER ON RUSSIA PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec, 18.— Israel Amter, who had just returned after a two-year stay in Soviet Russia, was given an enthusiastic ovation when he was introduced to speak on “Soviet Russia and the World Revolu- tion.” Considering the crowd that turned out to hear him and the many questions asked it is evident that more and more of the working class, is realizing that Soviet Russia is the one country on earth, that they could really claim as their own. Especially interesting were the con- cluding remarks of Comrade Amter, in which he described threg-pictures to the audience. He pictured the three main pillars of the protetartan pow- er—the Red Army, the Communist Party and the Young Communist League, together with the Young Len- inist Guards, Cannon Speaks Sunday. Sunday, Dec. 21, James P. Cannon will address the forum on “Education —Capitalist and Proletarian.” Com- rade Cannon is well-known ai peak. er and is particularly competent on that subject. The Workers Party forum meets every Sunday, 8 p. m. at Grand Frat- ernity Hall, 1628 Arch St. Admission free. New York Metal Workers’ Dance! NEW YORK, Dec. 19,—The Council for Amalgamation of all metal work. ers of Greater New York invite all metal workers, comrades, and sympa thizers to attend their grand concert and ball to be held on Saturday, Dec. 20 at the Hungarian Home, 360 east 8ist St. at 8 p.m. Four revolutionary organizations will send their talent tc perform for the concert. Every one is sure to enjoy the delightful pro gram arranged, Come and meet the nyetal workers who are putting up a ENDANGERS THE LIVES OF MASSES OF WORKERS (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Dec. 18—The loss in the fire at 13 E, 98th St. which this week burned six people to death, was caused by the aged and unsafe construction of the five story fire- trap, Fire Chief Kenlon declared, These ancient tenements which house 260,000 New York workers and their families, were built before the fire laws of 1898, They are so crisp and brittle with age and so saturated with countless coats of paint and varnish that a_ lighted match could start a fire in any of them that would result in tragic losses of life, Still they remain standing and people are housed in them. BANKERS SOB AS GOMPERS IS PUT AWAY Labor Fakers Weep Over Sam’s Bier (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Dec. 18.— Rabbi Wise glanced over the audience of hushed spectators, comprised of labor fakers, bankers from Wall Street, the heads of great industrial corpor- ations which bitterly oppose labor unions, “Injunction Bill” Taft, head of the supreme court, and Secretary of State C. E. Hughes, diplomats and _politi- cians of all degrees of crooked- ness. Then. Rabbi Wise spoke. “Samuel Gompers was,” he said, “a true | frontiersman, a pioneer, a patriot of | patriots. America was to him a dream and a religion. He left labor rich, not in. money but in principle.” Unrestrained tears coursed the cheeks of the Wall Street bankers and sobs of labor fakers here and there punctuated his oration. Major |generals and rear admirals were seen jfurtively sniffling, while Secretary Hughes appeared visibly agitated, and Chief Justice Taft showed signs of emotion. The funeral ceremonies took place in the Elks’ Club, which was buried in floral tributes both costly and beautiful, reckoned by florists to be the most. expensive ‘floral contribution ever made to anyone in New York. The board of education of New York City, which had discharged Ben Glassberg from the Commerce high school for saying that the Soviet gov- ernment was “not so black as it was painted,” which had expelled two or three other “radicals” from the De- witt Clinton high school, and which has constantly fought the Teachers’ Federation—affiliated with the A. F. of L.—ordered the teachers to speak to the pupils during the morning ses- sion and praise Samuel Gompers, lay- ing especial stress on what are al- leged to be his last words, “God bless our American institutio: SENATE DEBATE ON CHILD LABOR BILL SCHEDULED (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec, 18.— Senator James A. Reed of Missouri, is scheduled to make a speech in the senate against the federal child labor amendment, in time for the oppon- ents of the amendment to use the speech as the keynote in the campaign against it in the state leg: Reed is one of the blackest reaction- aries in the senate, having opposed rhe child labor and maternity bills on the ground that “they invade the liber- ties of the people.” Senator Hiram Johnson will speak for the amend- ment. Law school deans have made public 4 statement indorsing the amendment, whicl. does not abolish child labor, bul “gives congress power to regulate it.” The deans indorsing the amend- ment, which must be ratified by 36 states, include law school deans of Harvard, Yale, Stanford, the Univer- sity of California, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Michigan. Arkansas has ratified the child labor amendment, while three state legisla- tures in Georgia, Louisiana, and North Carolina, have rejected it, The elec torate of Massachusetts also rejected the amendment. However, no time limit is set to the securing of rati- fication from the necessary 36 stat COOLIDGE FOR WARSHIPS THAT EQUAL BRITISH Big War Preparation Scheme Comes Out (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Dec, 18.— President Coolidge intends to push construction of aircraft, and to continue construction of warships in competition with the British navy. Wants Nation to Build Ships. In an effort to set up a smoke screen to hide his war preparations Coolidge let it be made public that he “does not want to try to match the British navy ship for ship in all classes.” He pointed out however, that “he would have the United States build auxiliary ships to balance our capital ships, without regard to the ships other nations are building. It was pointed out at the White House that only eight of our eighteen battleships are badly outranged, while five of the U. S. ships outrange the British. The fact that the preparation for war will be pushed at full speed by the Coolidge administration is disclosed in the statement that even tho some of our ships are outranged by the British, “eventually we shall have new ships equal to the British in power.” Orders Building of Aircraft. Brig. Gen. William Mitchell, assis- tant head of the army air service, has received a favorable response from Coolidge to his statement that aircraft are destined to minimize the impor. tance of battleships in the next war. An inquiry by a naval board with a view to pushing building of aircraft as a step toward further militarization of the country, has been ordered by the president, PRO-KAISERITES FREE IN FRANCE UNDER AMNESTY But Herriot Still Holds Sadoul in Prison (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, Dec. 18.—Despite the fact that the general amnesty bill has just been passed by the senate and the chamber of deputies, absolving former pre- mier Caillaux and Louis Malvy, former minister of the interior, who were convicted of dealing | with the Germans during the war, Communists are still held in jail. Workers are recalling the persecu- tion of Jacques Sadoul, who came back to France from Soviet Russia under the impression that he would be granted general amnesty which was Supposed to have been accorded by the Herriot government. Instead, Sadoul was arrested at the instance of the Herriot government and is still held prisoner, Malvy was absolved by vote of the chamber of deputies, after he had proved that it was not he personally, but the entire French cabinet, that paid 40,000 francs to the newspaper, Bonnet Rouge during the war. This newspaper was favorable to the Ger- mans. “It was on me instead of the whole cabinet that the responsibility was allowed to fall,” Malvy told the chamber, implicating Poincare, Miller. and, Delcasse and the entire British cabinet. WAGES GO DOWN, JOBS ARE FEWER, STATISTICS SAY WASHINGTON, D. ©, Dee, 18.— Unemployment in the nation again in- creased slightly in November, a report released by the department of labor shows, There was also a falling off in per capita earnings during Novem- ber. Harnings decreased 1.3 per cent and employment fell off a fraction o/ one per cent, in spite of the fact that November employment is generally kept up by the pre-Christmas trade rush, The figures were based on reports from 8,557 manufacturing establish: ments in 62 industries, covering 2,658,182 employes, it was announced. The losses in employment were especially marked in the sugar refin ing industry, amounting to 10.7 per cent, while the losses in confectionery were 10.2 per cent; ice cream 8,7 per cent, women’s clothing 7.8 per cent and men’s clothing 4.7 per cent. The tobacco, leather, rubber, boot and shoe industries shared a slight in crease in employment, Radio Speech by Agent of Wall St. to Chinese Little Help to Morgan By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL., Fopay: the Chinese are subjected to the same propaganda that Wall Street let loose on American workers during the recent election campaign. An effort, starting with a speech by Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman, United States minister to China, is to be made to radio them into submission to U. S. imperialist rule. Wall Street no doubt feels that the radio did its part in helping to keep Strikebreaker Coolidge in the White House, If American workers and farmers will succumb to this treat- ment, and vote as the Almighty American Dollar desires, then Morgan no doubt argues that he can use the radio to help enslave the Chinese to his world financial empire. The developments should be interesting. * * * * It is declared that Dr. Schurman’s address was the first ever broadcasted in the Far East. This would indicate that the radio, under the claimed beneficent rule of foreign gold, has not made much progress in the Orient. So it may be concluded that Dr. Schurman’s speech did not reach very large masses. The poison did not spread very far. It found few victims. Dr. Schurman was on the defensive. He had to reply to the attacks. of Sun Yat Sen, president of the South China republic, leader of the revolution that is sweeping to power in all sections of China. Since the Chihli war lord, Gen. Wu Pei-fu, has gone down to defeat, the American minister must now needs explain that U. S. imperialism did not support him. To be sure, with his complete defeat, American im- perialism would like to forget him. F * * * While Morgan’s agent in China repudiates its Chinese war lord, enemy of the Chinese masses, and casts about for other agents, the capitalist news agencies get busy and send the information, about Dr. Schurman's speech, by cable to the world. But thru the slower mail service of the Rosta News Agency we get some real information about Wu Pei-fu from a manifesto issued by Sun Yat Sen. * ae * * The Chinese revolution, that scored its first victory with the overthrow of the Manchu autocracy in 1911, has now been developing for 13 years. It has been a bitter up- hill struggle of the masses against Chinese militarism backed by foreign militarism. One “war lord” after another has been tumbled to earth. Yuan Shih-Kai gained considerable power in the second year of the republic, but his downfall could not be averted when the masses became aware of his treason. It was seven years later that Wu Pei-fu won some successes. His cherished dream of military rule, bulwarked by foreign imperialism, also came to naught. In vain he used military force to shoot down workers and students in order to crush the national revolutionary movement. * * * * In his Far East address, that will get little response from the Chinese, Dr. Schurman pleads that: “The rights of the American government and people demand respect for the treaties which must not be violated as long as they remain unmodified and neither China nor any country can be a mem- ber of the family of nations unless Its treaties are respected and en- forced.” This is the cheapest kind of hypocricy. This philosophy, that Dr. Schurman developed as a professor at LaFollette’s University of Wisconsin, would keep all subject nations en- slaved to the House of Morgan forever. Here is the answer, however, of the Chinese revolution: ; “UNEQUAL TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS IMPOSED ON CHINA BY IMPERIALIST POWERS, AS WELL AS SUCH INIQUITOUS CONDITIONS ATTACHED TO LOAN CONTRACTS AS HAVE ENABLED THESE SAME POWERS TO HOLD CHINA IN A STATE OF ECONOMIC SERVI- TUDE, MUST BE RESCINDED.” It can easily be seen that the Chinese are getting busy lanning to scrap a bunch of treaties and agreements made yy the war lords with foreign imperialists against the inter- est of the republic. : The Chinese revolutionary movement is now planning the summoning of a National Assembly for the unification and reconstruction of the country. The armies of the re- volution will send their delegates to this assembly, because “our military forces must join the people.” With the dele- ates of the revolutionary armies will come the delegates of the trade unions and the peasants’ associations. The outlook is gloomy for Morgan in China. Schurman’s speeches will avail little. The radio is erty but it is not all-powerful. The Chinese masses, drifting closer and closer to the workers and peasants of emancipated Russia, will find their guiding light in the Soviet Star, leading the way to Communism. Let the workers of the United States pre- pare for the pending “War in the Pacific." Let them prepare to take their stand against the House of Morgan; and on the side of their comrades of the Orient! There is only one “family of nations” that should con- cern the workers of all nations, It is the Union of Soviet Republics. WEW STRIKEDREAKING SOHEMES LOOM UP ON THE HORIZON WASHINGTON, D. C., Deo. 18.— Secretary of Commerce Hoover is out a new plan to break up es of railroat ployes and pre- vent them from securing higher standards of living. He has called NEW YORK CITY Bronx Attention! Others welcome. ov @ Bronx Open Forum. a conference here In January of rep- resentatives of the railroad execu. It is not tives and union officials, yet known whether t! will be roped in by the tor Cummins, a Coolldge backer, and chairman of the senate inter state commerce commision, is also pushing Hoover's scheme. welcome, “** Williamsburg Readers Attention, $19 Grand 8t., wosse, insiructor, PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS. PARTY ACTIVITIES Every Tuesday night at 1347 Boston Road, class in A. B. C. of Communism; all Workers Party members who have recently joined the party must attend. Sunday, Dec. 21, at 8 p. m., Mois- saye J. Olgin will lecture on Revolu- tionary Aspects of Russian Culture at Workers’ Hall, 1347 Boston Road. Ali Class in Social Forces in American Tiistory, every Saturday 4:30 p. m. a Brooklyn, Comrad Friday, Decernber 19, 1924 FRENCH GOVT. WAR INTRIGUE » NOW DISCLOSED ‘Red Scare’ Smoke F ails to Screen Poincare (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, Dec. 18.—The Here riot government is trying to raise a smoke screen of “red scares” over the scandal of their disgraceful intrigues just divulged in the fight over the bill for amnesty passed by the chamber of deputies Tuesday by a vote of 847 against 196. The capitalist press tells mysterous tairy tales of “Communist conspirac- ies” for an armed uprising, saying that the military commander of Paris has ordered many precautions—"bolts having been removed from the sol- diers’ guns and placed under heavy guard, furloughs being suspended, of- ~ ficers sleeping in the garisons, guards doubled,” etc. Smoke Screen to Cover Soandal. This scare is an effort to attract at tention from the scandal that broke loose over the bill to grant amnesty to M. Caillaux and M. Malvy, who were convicted during the war of ob- structing the war against Germany. The debate in the chamber of deputies brot out attacks by some very pa- triotic deputies, one of whom cited his war service against any remittal of sentences given Caillaux and Malvy because they were connected with Almereyda, once editor of an anti-war paper called “The Red Cap.” In reply, M. Malvay disclosed the as- tonishing fact that the French govern- ment, in which he was then a min- ister, had subsidized this defeatist newspaper during the war, by orders of none other than President Poin- care. M. Malvy said: A Government Frame-Up. “I never knew that M. Almereyda was in full agreement with President Poincare that the cabinet, in which I was minister of the interior, gave secret funds to M. Almereyda, 1 promised M. Viviani to keep that secret—today I am relieved of the secrecy. The thing was decided at a council of ministers, in accord with M. Poincare. It was thot necessary for national defense to subsidize the newspaper, as it carried authority with certain elements of the popula tion of Paris and suburbs where war munitions factories were located. “First 20,000 francs ($1,000) and then 10,000 francs, were handed over to the Red Cap by M. Millerand, then minister of war, and then 10,000 rancs by M. Delcasse, minister of foreign af- fairs. The funds were handed to M. Viviani, who turned the money over to M. Almereyda. Many things were secret during the war. They are now leaking out. You can see what M. Clemenceau and his followers did to me.” METAL 1RAUES COUNCIL CONCERT AND BALL SAT, Four Organizations to Entertain NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—The Councet! for Amalgamation of all Metal Tradee of Greater New York, has arranged & concert and ball for Saturday eve- ning, Dec. 20, 1924, at Hungarian Workers’ Home, 350 E. 81st 8t., New York City. Wé invite all metal work- ers and friends to come and enjoy the good music, singing and dancing. Having the co-operation of the Hun. garian Young Workers’ orchestra, Hungarian Amalgamated Singing so- ciety, Ferrer modern Sunday school and Hungarian Junior group, we know that a pleasant evening awaits all who come, Militant metal workers will also have the opportunity to make a closer acquaintance of fellow craftsmen, whereby the amalgamation movement will gain in strength, and this is the main purpose of this affair, The tire proceeds will be used to the movement. Tickets are 85c including hat-chbok, and can be secured at the Hungarian Workers’ Home, 350 B. Sist St., and Workers’ Hall, 208 B, 12th street, FOR NEW CABINET GET BIG SETBACK (Special to The Dally Worker) BERLIN, Dec. 18, — President Ebert faces a deadiock in his efforts to have a new cabinet formed, it was indicated today, After oharg- Ing foreign minister, Stresemann, with the mission of forming of a new cabinet, Stresemann announced that he would not be able to do so, Stresemann suggested that Scholz, leader of the German people's party be asked to form a 8 oa é