The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 31, 1925, Page 10

\ Czarists in Chicago Rape Truth By M. A. SKROMNY. Hi Yecal Russian counter-revolu- tionary sheet pretends not to un derstand why Communists are agains! militarism in the capitalist countries and at the same time in favor of arm- ing the workers in Soviet Russia, In an editorial attacking the DAILY WORKER and the Communists in gen- eral, the emigre czarist officer who is editing the sheet exclaims: “We are also against militarism, but. why nor protest against the militarism of Mos. cow? ‘A Communist should preach peace and brotherhood among nations. He should protest against militarism always and everywhere.” Thus we are getting a lesson in Communism from a counter-revolu- tionist. There is one thing certain about it. This former oificer of the cezar’s army. has learned a lesson from the Communists and that is the reasoz why he keeps at such a distance from Russia. An armed class consciour proletariat is quite a dangerous thing for capitalists and their tools and henchmen. Therefore this editor “ic also against militarism, and every where.” But this kind of bunk will not foo’ the workers. They know too wel from the lessons received in Germany Hungary, Finland and other countrie that as soon as they are disarmed th: capitalists will crush them. And tha is exactly what this “lover of peace’ wants to see in Russia, But we are not a peace society for darning socks, in times of war. It is true that we are for peace and broth. erhood among nations, but we are alsc for war against the capitalists, always and everywhere! That is why we are for the armed forces defending the revolution in Soviet Russia and against the armed forces defending capitalism in the United States, Japan and other bourgeois countries. We are for the arming of the proletariat and for the disarming of the bourgeoisie. The counter-revolutionary editor claims he does not understand this, even after receiving a practical lesson from the Russian revolution! This isn’t the first lie printed in that paper, and the Russian workers know it. So does the editor himself. It is just one of many devious forms of anti-Com- munist propaganda. In another editorial this newspaper deliberately misquotes the DAILY WORKER as stating: “All power ir Soviet Russia belongs ONLY to the Communist Party,” and goes on to tell the readers that the DAILY WORKEP is spilling the beans by ‘telling what the Russian Communists. are denying In the issue of last Monday, Com- rade Engdahl in an. editorial ridicul- ing the capitalist journalists, stated: “The ruling power today in Soviet Russia is not lodged with any indiv- \ idual, or even group of Individuals. “The dominant power In Soviet Russia today Is the Russian Com: munist Party. It rules thru Its hun: dreds of thousands of members dir- ectly affiliated with It. “Neither Troteky, nor any other Individual, at any time, ruled the Red Army. It was ruled at all tlmes by the Communist Party; especially. Those Terrible Bolsheviks! (By Boris Efimov, in Moscow Izvestia.) Under the smoke-screen of attacking Bolshevism the British imperialists are crushing the subject nations of Africa and Asia. A Letter from an Egyptian Worker in Moscow. ITH hasty steps "go on my way to the factory. It is early, and the stillness of the streets is seldom broken by the rattling of a tram-car carrying the workers to their work. When I- get into the tram-car, which is already crowded with workpeople hurrying to their work, I look out of the window. The tram-car runs its usual course thru the old familiar streets with the same old houses and in- numerable Moscow churches, which I pass on my way to work every day. Yet this particular morning my thoughts are somehow carried far away from these sights that have become so familiar to me. My mind wanders back to far-away Egypt, and in my fancy ¢————————————_—_____—_- I behold the sights of Egyptian build- ings and mosques, and instead of the Muscovite women going to the mar- ket, I dream of seeing Egyptian women with veiled faces. From my lips involuntarily the words escape: Lee Stake ... ultimatum™. . . Zaghul Pasha... Sudan . «’Revolt. My neighbor stares at me in surprise, thinking, no doubt, that I am raving mad. At last I arrive at the factory. I am working at a big aeroplane factory the “Duxe”, which employes fifteen hundred workers. It is a factory of great renown throughout Russia. I have been working here already for some time, and have become quite skilled in my work. Here I am met by the friendly welcome of my mates, who are already gathered in. groups, | waiting for the whistle. In a corner I see a group of young Communists of the Young Communist League, and the girls with the red kerchiefs, talk- ing gaily and smiling, seem to breathe the very vigor of life. Suildenly the whistle blew. Everyone rushed to the place of work. Yet I am etill a prey to my involuntary musings, and I go a eee emerge oo ‘big headlines: about my work in a somewhat absent minded manner, which is altogether unusual for me, Instead of saying to my mate: “Hand me over that ham- mer,” I-say: “Hand me over that ul- timatum.” The whistle blew again for dinner, and before taking my meal I rushed to our club, where I eagerly read to- day’s Pravda which announced in Anglo-Egyptian Con- flict. Revolt in Sudan. Five hundred thousand pounds sterling fine. Dem- onstration at Alexandria; and so on. A cold sweat covered my face, and with bated breath I read again and again the telegraphic news from my far away home. In the adjoining rooms one could hear an amateur play on the piano, and the clatter of hundreds of workers enjoying their meal. x A light touch on my arm called me back to reality. I turned round and saw Volodya, a general favorite of the place. He asked me: “What is the matter with you today?” In reply I showed him the paper containing the news which had disturbed me. At the news, but after a while his tace | flushed and assumed an angry expres- sion. A few minutes later an improvised meeting was organized by Volodya. With the newspaper in his hand, he told the audience about the stirring events in. Egypt. As soon as he fin- ished his speech I got up on the plat- form where I was met by a storm of applause, which. betokened every- body’s sympathy for the Egyptian workers. In broken Russian I de- scribed the untold sufferings of my Egyptian brothers, the terrible op- pression of the hard working felahs (the agricultural laborers) the severe distress of the Egyptian working class, the brutal oppression by British imperialism, the mockery of the so- called “Independence of Egypt” the importance’ of the Suez Canal, the Nile and the Sudan to the British im- perialists and so on. The meeting ended in Youd cheers and cries: Down with British imperial- ism! Hands off Egypt! Long live the Egyptian workers and felahs! In a happy mood I leave the place, I feel that the whole of my fellow workers here are in hearty sympathy with the cause of the people of Egypt, which has no friend elsewhere tn the world, not even in the so-called League of Nations. And I turn to the workers of western Europe, particular- ly of England, with the question: “What was your response to the news of the latest events in Egypt?” Hilel Mahmud, Moscow, December 11, 1924. Subscribe for “Your Daily,” first he looked quite cursorily through. |for the DAILY WORKER, thru the Communists who were the leading and most self-sacrificing spirits In the Red Army. “The Communist Party rutes in Industry thru Its members In the ‘shops, the mills, the mines and the factories. That was the strength of the Russian Communists, even be fore the revolution; that they were able everywhere that labor tolled to create their nuclei, and keep in the closest touch with the everyday as Pirations of the workers at their work places, leading them to vio, “Just as the kept press picuree- Trotsky as usurping power without the aid of the Communist Party, se it clalms that the Communist Party ‘maintains a dictatorship over the workers and peasants in spite of “ their opposition. This is also a phatastic dream. The Communist Party rules thru the dictatorship of the workers and peasants, and it maintains its ruling position be cause the masses of workers and peasants support its policies.” * s ¢ By deliberately misquoting, these paragraphs and cutting’ them up in such a manner as to suit the purpose of the counter-revolutionists, the ed- itor of the white guard sheet is trying to create hatred against the Soviet government and the Communists in general. But again the czarist editor knows perfectly well that he is lying. It 1s not only a habit, it is in the nature of these blackguards of journalism to lie. : When we caught him with the goods in connection with the “quoting” of a non-existing editorial from the Odessa Izvestia the editor retreated coving himself with another fib: he claimed that we promised to send him the copy of the Odessa Izvestia, but we did not do it, therefore he is not able to convince himself that he was lying. The thousands of readers of the DAILY WORKER know that there isn’t a word of truth in this statement. We never promised to send him this or any other copy. Neither do we in- tend to prove anything to him or his kind. One may attempt to prove something or convince one“who is hon est but mistaken. But to try to prove anything to an editor who is covered with lies as a solider in the trenches with cooties, is an utter waste of time. TECHNICAL AID TO HOLD MOCK ~~ TRIAL FEB, 8 Counter - Revolution in Prisoners’ Dock The mock trial held last winter in the Soviet School where Prostitution was the defendant aroused much talk and interest in the Russian colony. It was an interesting and useful dis- cussion. At present the society for Technical Aid to Soviet Russia is ar- ranging another such trial on the more interesting subject, The Counter-revo- lution will be put on trial at the So- viet School, 1902 W. ‘Division St. Sunday, Feb. 8, at 5:30 p. m. There will be ten defendants representing many phases and parties of the counter-revolution. There will be many witnesses for the defense and the prosecution. Many documents will be reat. The prosecutor will be the actor Luganoy. Tho defense will be represented by the actor DeModov and another person who does not care to reveal his name at present. The Russian workers of Chicago are aroused and it is expected that the hall will be packed. © ' Datun0e Ree ast, Wrrker por 25