The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 12, 1925, Page 2

FS “PEAT SUPPLY FAILURE HITS __ IRISH FISHERS Arran Islanders Sorely In Need | of Fuel (Special to The Daily Worker) KILRONAN, Arran Islands — (By Mall)—The failure of the potato crop has not affected the natives of these three islands as badly as the destruc tion of the peat supply on the Cone- Mara mainiand, owing to the heavy floods. Usually a heavy rainfall does not adversely affect the food supply on the islands, the staple being potatoes and fish. Owing to the limestone forma- tion and the sandy soil the potato crop thrives better in a rainy season than a dry one. What hit the island- ers hardest was the failure of the fish. Ing Industry, The standard of living of the Arran ‘Islanders is not high by any means, and when crops are fairly good, the fishing industry prosperous and a plentiful supply of peat available the matives are considerable better off than the townspeople, and in Utopia compared to the slum dwellers of such English cities as Liverpool where thousands: of the pauperized Irish la- borers from the Orange section of Ire- land emigrate to. Most of the emigration from this section is to the United States, par- ticularly the New England states and San Francisco. The Main Industry. Fishing is the main industry here. Usually from two to three thousand barrels of salted mackerel, several thousand barrels of herrings and large quantities of other varieties of fish are available for export. But this year owing to the depredations of the steam trawlers the entire export was only 200 barrels. No fuel whatsoever grows on the is- land. Outside of a few trees in the areas surrounding the houses of the protestant minister and a former jus: tice of the peace, the islands are bare except for briar and furze bushes. In normal times the islanders exchange fish and sometimes potatoes with the Conemara peasants for enuf fuel to last for one year. The Conemara peasants cut,the turf in the bog, dry it and haul it to the island across th: nine mile strip of Galway bay in hook- ers. Thirty dollars in English mone} was the average cost of a years sup- ply of turf or dried peat. Parasites Have Conveniences. This year there was no turf and no money with which to buy coal owing. to the bad fishing season. There are very few stoves or grates on the is- land outside of the houses of the parish priest and curate and the homes of the other flunkeys of the gov- ernment. The hearth in the peasant’s little limestone hut with thatched roof is not suited for burning coal, but perfectly alright for a nice blazing turf fire when dried peat is available. The little steamer which is the only public carrier connecting the inhabi tants with the mainland plies between Galway and the islands once a week in winter and twice a week in sum- mer. It ploughs the distance of about thirty miles in three hours, It is one of the toughest bits of sea anywhere around the British isles. Dangerous Work. There ave no piers at the two small- er islands so the natives board the steamers in their primitive canoes This is dangerous work in bad wea- ther but these hardy fishermen are ac- customed to danger and accidents re- sulting in drowning are very rare. The canoes may capsize but they never sink. The islanders were relieved to learn that the Irish Workers’ and Peasants Reliet Committee was organized in America to raise funds for relief. There are thousands of people in Bos- ton, Mass.; Portland, Maine; and New York from these islands and the re- mittances of those exiles help to keep the pot boiling and the fires burning in the desolate islands of Galway bay It Was Worth More BERLIN, March 10.—A pension of only $130 a month is being paid by the government to Frau Ebert, widov of the late president, the Berliner Ta geblatt said today, adding: “It is an unglorious page in the history of the republic for the widow of the first president to be getting such ridicul- ous pay. Chicago, Notice! The local DAILY WORKER AGENCY (Thurber Lewis, Agent) has moved to 19 SO. LINCOLN ST. Phone Seeley 3562 Call or write for all Communist Books and Pamphlets The Little Red Library The Workers Monthly , The Daily Worker ago, and. appointed to the court by the right, Comrade Kozchiev, hearing a o: The district court of justice in Moscow now has two women judges, of whom were laborers in a factory at the time of the revolution. tered the law school of Moscow University, both They en- were graduated some months Moscow Soviet. Left, Comrade Nasha; ‘srrcemetincitrstnemnren eestor cetsieiiuiacil bald TRAITOR LEADERS OF AMSTERDAM INTERNATIONAL, IN INTERVIEWS, REVEAL AIMS AGAINST RUSSIA Se MOSCOW, February 20.—(By Mail.)—The Pravda, in its leading article under the heading “The Maneuver of the Amsterdam Diplomats,” writes: We have often stated that the declaration of the International Federation of Trade Unions (1. F, T, U.) regarding the Russiah trade unions is nothing else but a diplomatic maneuver. The the Amsterdam executive is formulated in such to impose upon Russian labor the rules, Says the Spider to the Fly. Russian labor proposed an unconditional conference, Amsterdam majority politely invites. the Russian labor allow themselves to be swallowed up by the I. F. T. U., who reject all thot of the class struggle and substitute for it the Geneva labor office of the league of nations. Our friends in the British trade un- ion movement voted against the resd- lution, but they believe that our view of the resolution is erroneous and that we are the victims of a misunder-§ standing. Mr. Purcell believes that our view of the matter is not correct, Mr. Swales, likewise, would be glad to hear that our interpretation proved fallacious, and he thinks that our dis- trust of the Amsterdam right wing has carried us too far, of that right wing which has now to face the hard job of freeing itself from the Barmat admirers. Unfortunately, our British friends over estimated the Amsterdam right wing, and our scepticism has proved to be well founded. Amsterdamers Explain What It Means M. Oudegesst, in an interview with @ representative of the Het Volk, in- terprets the meanings of the resolu4 tion in the following manner. First, the resolution is but a continuation of the line laid down by the Vienna conference; secondly,. it presupposes negotiations on the basis of the rules and principles of the J. F. 'T. U.; thir ly, it presupposes that Russian labo should first affiliate and then negoti ate about details, Traitor Leaders of Amsterdam. M. Stenhuis says the same thing but makes, in addition, some sense less reflections on “liberating Russian labor from the political Soviet or- ganization.” According to this, Rus- sian trade unionism should not only accept the Amsterdam rules, but be- come an appendix of the league of nations by co-operating with the Ge- neva labor office. Should the Russian trade unions reject this, then they would, according to M. Stenhuis, be guilty of disrupting working class unity. There is no need for any com- mentary on those utterances. Our worst fears have proved well founded, British Too Trusting. It is now clear that our British friends have unconsciously allowed themselves to be misled and that the view of the Pravda regarding the Amsterdam resolution corresponds to the real state of things, In fact, we have not to do with any misunderstanding, but with a cunning, tho not very clever maneuver of the Amsterdam leaders, who, unlike the German, Dutch and Belgian social democrats, do not openly demand the exclusion of Russian labor, but are putting up barbed wire obstacles in the way of achieving international la- bor unity. Another Fairy Tale On Zinoviev, It is useless to refer to the sense- less hopes of those who reckon on the imaginary opposition “between Zinoviev and the Russian trade union, movement.” This is a stupid myth, The Russian trade unions and the mighty organizations of British labor desire to see the international work- ing class united—-and they will achieve unity in spite of the petty di- plomacy, in spite of the petty trickery of some individuals, who are shutting their eyes to the real needs of inter. national labor. The Tough Job of a King LONDON, March 10,—The prince of Wales acted the role of king today when he took the place of his father at a levee in St. James palace, resolution carried by the majority of @ manner that it tries tacitly usages and customs of the I. F. T. U, upon which the organizations to AS WE SEE IT By T. J. FLAHERTY. (Continued from page 1) was going strong and the contestants were trying to*get Constantine to step in one side or the other, that wise parasite said “When two bull dogs are Quarrelling, \lap dogs should. make themselves scarce.” This is no re- flection on the old veterans who lack the energy to hitch on to a cyclone, tho perhaps the king of Greece could have selected a more appropriate spe- cles of canine, Ht ee HE class struggle, all the world over is not exactly what it used to be in the days of the Second Inter- national. Then it looked like a friend- ly match, an “after you Senor” tilt in political civilities between the intellec- tual aristocracy, who condescended to lead the working class, provided the Workers observed the rules of decor- um, and the bourgeois leaders who could appreciate an argument without bringing it home to supper and chew- 2g on it along with the corn beef, eee freee were some exceptions of course and let it not be forgotten that ssentially the class struggle was the ame as it is now, with tremendous trikes, lockouts, military suppres- ions of strikes injunctions and wars, jut the leadership of the world revolu. ionary movement is unquestionably ‘ifferent. There was no general agree- nent as to how power should be wrested from the bourgeoisie, The leaders were aiming at the cushions of state. All but the few exceptions. And it is under the leadership of those exceptions that a mighty movement is being builded today, a movement con- scious of its mission, eee A Workers School in Chicago may seem an inconsequential matter but it is because the Workers Party of America is part of that great world movement under the leadership of the Communist International that scores of militants, fresh from the mines and the workshops are coming to Chicago next week to study tne basic princip- les of Communism, and receive in- structions from competent teachers on how to bring the principles o? Com- munism to the macses. The Workers (Communist) Party has no time to waste on philosophical windmill tilt- ing or chasing elusive question marks, Life is too urgent nowadays for that. We gre living in a period of world history that marks the passiug of a social order and the birth of a new one. one 1 Workers (Communist) Party is not alone teaching Communism but it is training the Communist army that will in turn train and organize tue workers for the task of their own deliverance. The workers school which will open here next week is a step of Sreat significance, It means that the desultory seeking after knowledges for the sake of knowledge, which was So typical of old time socialist pa. ies is taboo, Communists teach and learn with a purpose, —— te, Get a sub—make another Com- munist! THE DAILY WORKER RED AID URGES WORKERS" FIGHT Calls for Battle for Class War Victims (Continued from page 1) the victims of the class war in capital- ist lands. The letter addressed to Roger Baldwin, temporary chairman, is as follows: Letter to Bafdwin. Dear Mr. Baldwin: Iniyou letter of December 138, 1924, to the Internation- al Workers’ Aid you:say the follow- ing: £ “A group here in New York ts un- dertaking to raise relief) for political prisoners abroad. It includes political prisoners in Russia as qvell as in other countries. We want to relate our work to that which you are doing and we want to ask you to designate one or more representatives;jf;the Interna- tional Workers’ Aid who would be helpful as a member of the commit- tee.” yT Your proposal as it stands is totally unacceptable to us. ,/We cannot for one moment place on one level and treat in the same manner the counter- revolutionaries and enemies of the working class imprisoned in Soviet Russia with the brave.and courageous fighters for the working class impris- oned by the capitalist governments. Political prisoners of the Soviet gov- ernment are in jail for the dastardly crime of helping international reac- tion to obstruct and overthrow the rule of the workers and peasants. While the political, prisoners of the capitalist countries are in jail ag a rule, for loyalty and devotion to the working class and to the oppressed masses generally, To conclude about the political pris- oners in Russia we wish to draw your attention to the “open letter to the Second International,” addressed by the Executive Committee of the In- ternational Red Aid containing the following proposal: ~ “1. That the I R. A,’ and the Sec- ond International undertake, in ac- cordance with a prelitiinary mutual agreement, to alleviate’ the hardships of the victims of etvif war, namely: “(a) The I. R. A. will do its, ut- most to induce the government of the U. S. S. R. to exchange’persons incar- cerated in that country not because they have hesitated to employ any kind of means and imethods to rob the workers’ and peasants’ poputation of its revolutionary athievements, for the captives of capi m Mngering in the prisons *of* states, on account of their against the cap- italist regime of these,countries. “(2) At the same time the Second International and the socialist parties affiliated to it are to use their influ- ence over the government of bour- geois states to induce, them to open wide the doors of political prisons and to release the fighters of the revolu- tion in exchange for the counter-rev- olutionaries imprisoned m the U. S. S. R., whom the Second International has always championed. “(2) If the Second International agrees to this proposal of ours, the I. R. A. suggests that to prepare this ex- change of prisoners the Second Inter- national and the I. R. A. should assist each other as regards mutual informa- tion about the conditions in which the victims of the present class war thru- out the world have to live. An im- partial picture of the existing situa- tion could be then presented to the world on the basis of the material col- lected by both organizations.” As far as we know the Second In-}, ternational never answered the pro- posal. This to us, is additional proof that the campaign carried on by the Second International for the release of the political prisoners in Soviet Russia is in reality a campaign to un- dermine the rule of the workers and peasants in favor of fiiternational im- perialism, 7 The task of our organization which is the American Section of the Inter- national Red Aid is to assist the vic- tims of capitalist readtion thus help- ing the workers against the capialists. If you and your organizations are will- ing to engage in sediiring relief for the victims of capita reaction we shall submit to you #’concrete pro- posal for such a campaign selecting one or more capitalist countries (Hs- thonia, Germany or Poland) where help is now most necedsary. Fraternally yours, INTERNATIONAL KERS’ AID, Rose Karsner, n al secretary, vg nce embers Expose Ebert’s Treachery BERLIN, Germany, March 10.—Wil- helm Marx has been re-elected pre- mier of Prussia by a slim majority, Marx resigned last month after fail- ing to gain a vote of confidence, The Communists in the German reichstag spoke against saddling the state with the expenses of the dead president Ebert's ol te funeral, Comrade Remmele coi ited Whert’: funeral, when only the bourgeois mourned his death with the funeral 0: Nicolai Lenin, leader, of the Soviet government, fh Remmele told how millions of work. ers and peasants mourned Lenin's death, because they understood tha Lenin represented the workers, where as Ebert betrayed the workers anc teniisted with thelr oppressors, vat March Days Are Here; They Toppled Czarism Thruout All of Russia By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL TORRY, the policeman’s club, protector of all things cap- italist, swings a little more threateningly with the com- ing of spring. ‘ Few among the great army of police know that March is the anniversary month of the Paris Commune, when the workers-of France became restless on a large scale, years ago. But they know that this is the month when workers come out of their hovels for a bit of sunshine; when whole families of the working class prove again that the public parks are not for the poor. i * *e @ @ In Chicago, annually, about this time the hordes of un- employed job hunters hunt a comfortable spot on the grass in Grant Park, on the lake front, to grab.a wink of sleep before renewing their search. It is their “lodging.” But the sting of the policeman’s club on the soles of their shoes, soon awakens them to realities. They are kept on “the move,” because the plutocratic guests, of the exclusive hotels oppo- site on Michigan Boulevard, object to the sight of them. This situation has its counterpart in every American \ city. It reaches some of its most oppressive phases, for in- stance, in the 52 arrests made last Sunday, in aristocratic Central Park in New York City, bordered on all sides by the alaces and the apartment houses of the great and near rich. very spring brings these arrests. The summer finds the “terror” victorious and rampant. The 52 arrests, mostly of the heads of woes, class families, were for such offences, as seriously reported in the New York World, or you wouldn't believe ‘it, as “stepping on the grass, scattering waste paper and holding picnics in forbidden spots.” The confession is made that most of the arrests .were on the upper, less ex- clusive end of the park, the “romping ground of many of the foreign born who are unaWare of the park rules.” But under capitalist rule, in free America, “ignorance of the law excuses no one,” and the working class family, in addition to hav- ing its hard-bought Sunday outing spoiled, must see the father lose a day’s wage as he appears in Yorkville Police Court, the following day, perhaps to pay a brutal fine levied by a Bolshevik-hating judge who sees Moscow mirrored in every alien face, W. A. Clark, the copper multi-millionaire, has just died, so he will not be troubled longer in his Fifth Avenue castle by workers in Central Park; but Elbert H. Gary, head of the United States Steel Trust, with’ a multitude like him, still live about the park and they must not be disturbed by the sight of toil on a holiday; “most revolting,” * . 2 J All this is merely symptomatic of the American czarist system. f ». American capitalism fails to read its own doom in the fact that eight years ago, today, the workers had gone on strike in Petrograd, now Leningrad; that they had elected their Council of Workers’ Del es; that the Great Russian Revolution, that was to reach its crowning victory with the Bolshevik triumph in November was on; that the czar was gone. Twelve years before, 1905, the Russian workers had at- tempted to seize power. But Bloody Sunday was their lot, Their herois efforts came to naught temporarily; they were drowned in the blood of the working class. But the year 1917 was no “Bloody Sunday.” It was the czar’s turn to fail. It was the hour of the workers’ victory. *?, @ @ These March days sée repeated insults heaped upon the workers in the United States by their capitalist masters. “Stepping on the grass” is a crime in New York's Central Park; just as resisting wage cuts is criminal in the New England textile mills; the organization of the coal miners is outlawed in West Virginia, Kentucky and elsewhere; just as it is a serious offense to be out of work in “The South,” where migrant labor, put under arrest, is sent In convict gangs to the turpentine and lumber camps. ” * * . But even the working class of the United States will reach its day of victory; its glorious March days of triumph. Now is the time for all workers to prepare, thru getting ac- quainted with the Communist message of deliverance; thru joining the Workers (Communist) Party; thru struggling under Communist leadership in the unions, among the un- organized, the poor farmers, wherever there is an oppor- tunity to awaken the downtrodden for the last battle of the class war. The March days are here, WHITE. TERRORISTS ASK FOR MERCY— By Max Bedacht. WHEN— paigning against the world’s first workers’ government, is today poisoning the minds of American workers— This splendid pamphlet should be in your hands and widely distributed, It is not only an exposure of counter-revolutionary forces, the recognition of Soviet Russia, A timely propaganda pamphlet contrasting the Soviet Russia and the treatment of working For your party branches and International Work- ers’ Aid groups—and in your shop and union— ORDER A BUNDLE! Now at 3 Cents a Copy Single | 5 Cents Hach |RED AID DEFIES ’ | FOR RUSSIA~ Against Its Enemies! ‘ the counter-revolutionists are cam- and Abramovich, arch-traitor, GLASGOW POLICE AT BIG MEETING 2,000 Workers Send Note to German Reds GLASGOW, Scotland, March 10.— The International Class War Prison ers’ Aid held a demonstration in St. Andrew's hall here, at which over two thousand workers passed a resolution protesting against the persecution ‘ot the Communists of Germany, and de- nouncing the mock trial of the Com- munists in Liepzig. The Glasgow. magistrates, on .hear- ing of the meeting, refused permission for the holding of the demonstration, and ordered it surpressed by the police, The Workers’ Aid, however, held a meeting .in defiance of the magistrates., The Trades Council, en- raged at the- magistrates attempt to disrupt the meeting, took an aetive part in the proceedings. 2 The president of the Trades Counei) MeNeil, acted as chairman of. the meeting. Addresses were made by Jim Larkin, Helen Crawford and an Indian speaker, A.resolution was pass- ed condemning the action of the ma sistrates in ordering the meeting to be abandoned, Many police were present, both inside and outside the hall, but the demonstration was allow- ed to continue. A message of solidarity with the German workers and Communist was ordered sent to Germany immedietely. Patronize our advertisers, Information anted! SOL KOTCH; (alias) JOE MILLER, Left New York City in Sep. tember, 1921. He corre sponded regularly with his parents until, without any apparent reason, he was last heard from in St. Louis, in 1923, at which time he indi- cated his intention of going farther West. His parents are anxious to know what be- of him and information would be appreciated from any one who knows his pres- vent whereabouts or who may. . jhave seen him subsequent to \1923. Address his father, USHER KOTCH, '2119 61st St., Brooklyn, N.Y. but a splendid argument for treatment of political prisoners in class prisoners under the White Terror, . . THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Send ......... copies of “White Terrorists” POF Forse ONClOBEd to; Chicago, Ill. HEN Penrtaseneeseeenesereeeee® enone