The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 16, 1925, Page 3

‘Kellogg, who has no pone of decis- | Governor Trinkle, accidentally shot ‘himself at his home here this morn- OIL TRUST ASKS CAL TO SPEED SOVIET TREATY Sinclair Tears Hair Over Concession (Special to The Daily Worker.) WASHINGTON, April 14—0f course there is nothing to this Japan- ese of] concession, secured from Rus- sia in the Russo-Japanese recognition treaty, to worry the Coolidge admin- istration. The White House has spent the week making that perfectly clear. If Japan has secured a naval oil sup- ply at her own door, and if the Sov- jet Union has thereby made itself pop- ular in Japan, and if American pres- tige in the Far East is thereby some- what dimmed, what of it? True, the administration is deeply concerned that American companies should get as many foreign oil fields as possible. The race for oil is the race on which, apparently, depends the future commercial conquest of the world. Sinclair had an even better concession from the Soviets, in Russ- fan Saghalien, than has now been giv- en the Japanese. An American com- pany has a still stronger cinch on an oil field in China. Sinclair After Recognition. Sinclair has until January, 1928— so he contends in a brief filed with the state department—to make good his concession in Saghalien. He de- nies that the recent decision of a Moscow court that he has forfeited his privilege by failure to overcome Japanese refusal to permit him to bore for oil, is binding. If the admin- istration were to recognize the Soviet Union, Sinclair might get half of that Saghalien oil. Must Recognize Russia. Sinclair’s concealed press bureau has brought up the fact that Japan is already indignant because the Amer- ican grand fleet is starting maneuvers off Hawali. It has reminded the pub- lic that Japanese-American relations were strained by the unfairness of the immigration ban, and that only the gentlest tone on the part of the United States can avert a serious dispute with Tokyo. ' It has shown that Am- erican interests threatened by Japan cannot be protected unless the Wash- ington government either makes friends with Russia or takes a chance of war with the Japanese. Wilson Monarchist His Lawyer. Former Secretary Lansing, who now appears as Sinclair’s lawyer, has filed a formal brief and ‘arious other writ- ten arguments with the state depart- ment. He has been conspicuous as a friend and entertainer of Russian monarchist refugees, and hence his appeal to the department cannot be tainted with any love for the Soviet Union, He speaks as a business law- yer, for American business interests that are hungry for profits from oil fields in the Russian Far East. ‘Doheny, when trying to get around the Mexican revolutionary constitu- tion and save his oil wells in Mexico, employed McAdoo as his agent. Sin- clair, dealing with a reactionary ad- ministration operated by an admirer of Morgan and Mellon gives a retain- er to Lansing. Of course, Coolidge is not to be influenced in his hostility to Soviet Russia, But business is busi- hess especially when it is the oil busi- ness. Borah Urges Treaty. Sen. Borah has held secret confer- ences with Coolidge and his secretary of state, discussing with them the danger of further delay in recognizing the Soviet Union, it is reported here, Borah has, beyond question, been talking with Coolidge in this subject. He has pointed out the significance of Japan's getting a fuel supply for her navy right at her door, and has not failed to ‘point out that the immi- gration dispute has made it very dif- ficult for Washington to approach Tokyo in a threatening tone just at present. If Saghalien oil is to be shared by American companies, the road to that happy end is thru recog- nition of Moscow and a business-like talk with the practical men in the Soviet government. It is wholly un- likely that Borah has talked with fon on policies. Judge Shoots Self. BRISTOL, Tenn., April 14—Judge Joseph L. Kelly, recently appointed to the supreme court of Virginia by Ing. Bandits Get Swig Jewelry. Four “automobile bandits” who halted his machine as they were en- route home today, robbed Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin A. Swig of jewelry worth $12,000 and $1,200 in cash and escaped. _ Bakery 4301 eth Ave. home of yellow unionism, Pro-Paria, BROOKLYN, N. Y., ATTENTION! CO-OPERATIVE BAKERY IN THE SERVICE OF THE CONSUMER. veries made to your home. menace ‘CO-OPERATIVE TRADING ROSOOIA TION, Inc,’ orkers organized as + aomisenciy THE DAJLY WORKER JAPANESE GOVERNMENT IS LOOKING FOR ALLIANCE IN LATIN-AMERICA AS WEAPON AGAINST UNITED STATES By BERTRAM D. WOLFE. (Special to The Daily Worker) MEXICO CITY. (Weekly Letter.\—A new imperialism would like to enter into the Mexicon field to embarrass the United States rather than to dispute seriously the possession of the rich mineral resources of Mexico. The Japanese government, seeing the inevitability of a war with the United States is looking for alliances “from behind the lines.” in Latin. ‘America to annoy its enemy Curiously enough, it is entering the field in truly American fashion under an idealistic banner, The Japanese government has intimated that it would pit an anti-imperialist movement of ¢——————————__________. Latin-America against American im- perialism. Naturally, the anti-imperialist move- ment of Latin-America which is organ- izing under the banner of the Pan- American Anti-Imperialist League re- jects the aid of Japanese imperialism. That will not prevent the American papers and even the American serv- ants in the government of Mexico from calling the anti-imperialist move- ment “pro-Japanese” when the Amer- ico-Japanese situation gets serious. Results of American Propaganda The anti-Japanese and anti-Chinese agitation in Mexico is the answer of American propaganda to Japanese. In certain states it is favored by econ- omic conditions—in the west the pro- blem of cheap Chinese labor, in Tam- pico competition between small Mex- ican industries and Chinese industries, and in general the competition be- tween the Spanish grocery owners and the Chinese and Japanese (the Mexicans own almost no groceries). The Spanish speaking the same lan- guage as the Mexicans, are taking ad- vantage of the agitation to deal the much more competent and successful Chinese and Japanese grocers a death blow. eee Workers Support Striking Teachers The teachers of Tampico, Orizaba, Veracruz and Puebla are on strike for non-payment of salaries. The labor movement is supporting them and the schools are closed. 7. © Obregon Goes to Europe It is reported that ex-President Obregon is going to Europe as extra- ordinary envoy of Mexico. It is also rumored that he will seek alliances and capital investnients to partially offset American control of Mexico. * woe Want Meh Who Won't Sell Out The frankness of the leaders of the Mexican Federation of Labor mm their policy of class collaboration, prevent- ion of strikes, expulsion of Commun- ist and other militants, and fascisti nationalist unionism is beginning to arouse opposition in some of its most powerful unions. In Tampico it has lost control ofthe unions which have formed “the united front” as it is called there, a local organization of all unions of thé port of Tampico which pays no attention ‘to the lead- ers of the federation, In Veracruz the new Federation of Sea and Land Workers, affiliated with the Federa- tion of Labor, adopted a resolution de- claring that its activity is based on the class struggle. In Orizaba, the lar- gest textile center of Mexico, and local organ of the unions there, anger- ed by the declaration of Moneda, na- tional secretary of the federation, that he would fight unauthorized strikes, has published two editorials attacking the present leadership of the organi- zation, and demanding the substitu- tion of men “who will not seii out when they get into power.” Heedless of these growing warn- ings, the leaders of the Federation of Labor continue their plans to ham- string their own unions and destroy the independent ones such as the port workers of Tampico, the railroaders, etc. ee Minister of the Treasury Alberto Pani has been the object of heavy attack during the past week in one of the supposedly administration papers here El Globo, Not only he, but the whole treasury department and the famous Lamont- de la Huerta treaty which recognizes the debts of Mexico to the American and European bankers, puts Mexico under a sort of modified Dawes plan, obligates it to pay over a billion dol- lars, indemnify property injured in the revolution, and return the govern- ment owned railroads to private hands. Only Bargaining Every feature of the treaty has been attacked in one or another of the papers, Curiously enough, the big con- servative daily El Universal has been carrying attacks against the return of the railroads, written by the Mexican minister to Italy, It is difficult to de- cide to what extent the government has been favoring the attack against the Lamont-de la Huerta treaty inan effort to get more favorable conditions for its bankrupt treasury, from the American bankers. But when El Glo- bo turned the attack into a personal Restaurant MOISSAYE OLGIN 10 SPEAK IN RUSSIAN IN CHICAGO, FRIDAY What promises to be one of the most Interesting lectures given in Chicago in the Russian language Is the lecture to be given by Comrade Moissaye Olgin, co-editor of the Russian Communist daily, Novy Mir. He will speak at the Workers’ Home (formerly the Soviet School), 1902 W. Division St. on Friday, April 17, at 8 p. m., on “What did the Russian Revolution Give to the Workers and Peasants?” Comrade Olgin was in Russia a few times during the revolution as deleg to the Comintern. He is the author of “The Soul of the Russ- ian Revolution,” and other works about the revolution. He is an ex- cellent speaker and it is expected that he will draw a big crowd of those who understand the Russian language. Admission is only 25 cents. —trsereanichietreeionteninennaeeceinaineininissbaliinats one against the minister of the treas- ury, President Calles had to answer defending his minister and attacking the administration paper and its edi- tor. It is generally accepted that Pani is the go-between for the American bankers and the Calles government and this may have somethink to do with Calles’s public defense of him and the repudiation of the att: hi Rall Strike Inevitable The deficit in the national railroads for the first six months of 1924 was a million and three-quarters in Amer- ican dollars. As the Mexican govern- ment by the Lamont-de la Huerta treaty has pledged itself to return these raliroads to American owners, they must reduce the deficit, To do this they are abolishing passes, re- ducing personnel and salaries and pre- paring to break the railway unions. The leaders of the Mexican Federa- tion of Labor, faithful as ever to the government, are preparing to aid this destruction of the rail unions. All other forces in the country, independ- ent unions, Communists and even the unions of the federation which are not entirely servile to the leadership are preparing to help the railwaymen, The strike is inevitable altho the gov- ernment is cleverly delaying it and demoralizing the rail unions by fan- tastic attacks and partial retreats. The strike will be decisive for the whole labor movement of Mexico. Sie a America’s Stranglehold On Mexico Since 1918 claims for over 200 mil- lion dollars have been made against Mexico for damages to property caused by the revolution, without counting claims presented this year. Most of these remain unsettled. The Lamont-de la Huerta treaty provides the submission of those of the United [States citizens to arbitration, The arbitration tribunal has begun to func- tion and many more claims are being presented, Sailing of Teapot Domer Brings Tears to American Legion NEW YORK, April 14.—When the party of Thcodore Roosevelt sailed from here ou the first leg of their trip to expiore wild regions in Asia, north of India, the American Legion took a prominent part in the recep- tion. The Nassau county American Legion presented Roosevelt with a traveling bag and a large delegation from the national organization bid the young Teapot Domer farewell. Roosevelt took the order transfer- ring che Teapot Dome oil leases from the nevy ta. the interior department to Warren Harding for his signaturo, and was « participant in the various stages of the bribery of Secretary of the Intet.or Fall. Prepare for Publicity Fight. WASHINGTON, April 14.—Replies to the government's complaints against newspapers for publishing in- dividual income tax payments were filed todya wit hthe supreme court by Senator Reed, of Missouri, for the Kansas City Journal-Post, and by former Secretary of War Newton D. Baker for the Baltimore Post. Graft in School Board. Graft within the Chicago schools system came to light when it was discovered that the board of educa- tion approved the expenditure of $65,- 000 annually to Frank J. McAdams, engineer custodian at the Englewood high school and the Lewis-Champlin elementary school, as “compensation.” Boost Price of Bread, SARAOGSSA, Spain,.—Several bak- KEPT EDITOR IN OKLAHOMA HITS AT COMMUNISM Tool of ovis Hating U. S. Congressman (Editor’s Note:—This is the sec- ond of a series of articles on Okla- homa affairs that’ are being pre- pared by a traveling reporter for the DAILY WORKER, who is now gathering data in Oklahoma City. The third will appear at an early date.) se @ (Special to The Daily Worker.) OKLAHOMA, CITY, Okla., April 14. —One of the bitterest, most credulous and persistent enemies of Soviet Rus- sia and the Communist philosophy in Oklahoma is Waldo G. Clegg, editorial echo for Congressman M. C. Garber at Enid. Each day Clegg “dishes up opinions” for the Enid news and Daily Eagle. First of all, an explanation of his circumstances is not amiss. Congressman Garber, an old schoo) republican machine politician and Clegg’s employer, seems to have one pet obsession which is a fear that the American working class some time will abandon its unprotesting accept- ance of custom and tradition, refuse to follow its present leaders—the rich men who “farm” and exploit it—and break the economic and political po- wer of these ancient worthies, Garber is rated a millionaire and probably would be a supremely hoppy man but for the shadow of Soviet Russia with its flaming, red banner—emblem of human brotherhood—which crosses his path by day and possibly inter- sperses his slumbers with horrible nightmares. Garber is afraid to attack the ku klux klan thru his papers, but Zino- viev, Kamenev and other Soviet chief. tains, with the “iron legions of the proletariat” behind them, are at Moscow—a long distance from Okla- homa—so Garber concentrates all his class hate and venom on them. For such a capitalist master Clegg is the ideal tool. When the DAILY WORKER'S traveling reporter was investigating “conditions in Bnid he learned that Clegg, altho compelled to struggle hard to “get by” himself, is completely and hopelessly indoc- trinated .with the beliefs of the big rich, Several time, weekly Clegg repeats the usual run of shopworn misrepre sentations relative to the Communists and Russia.-Fear of the Russian Bolsheviks has prayed on him so much that try as he may he cannot banish these bogey men from his thought processes. Were palsy suddenly to stop the hands with ‘which Clegg pounds out his vials of hate against Communism or were blindness to overtake him, Garber his millionaire employer, pro- bably would not have any further use for him. Most cold-blooded capitalists junk palsied and blind men, like pieces of wornout machinery, and so it is not a wild conjecture to pro- phecy that Clegg, despite his present aggressive hatred of Communist phi- losophy, would be thrown into the discard also. Tikhon, Harmless Old Man, Who Had Little Influence, Is Buried MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., April 14.— The funeral of Tikhon, before the Sov- fet revolution patriarch of the Rus- sian Greek church, marked the pass- ing of a harmless old man, who had for some time taken no part in poli- ties. Tikhon was arrested by the Soviet government, when, during the year of the famine, he refused to give up church treasures to feed the dying famine victims. In spite of his crime against the starving workers, Tikhon was well treated, having a room to himself in the Donskoy monostary. Tikhon was released when he promised not to fight the Soviet government. SEE HE BEAUTY AND THE BOLSHEVIK TONIGHT Wicker Park Theater 1539 Milwaukee Ave. Near Robey St. From 6 to 14 P. M. ALSO. + The Demonstration at the Polish Consulate in Chicago,’ a Css Stn ers were under arrest here today charged with making iilegal advances in the prige of bread, Brooklyn, N. Y. Page Thre CLASS WAR BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS BROUGHT SENTENCES ducted themselves peacefully, all the violence being on the side of the po- lice, he says: War Against Silk Strikers. “What is really behind this case is of course, the struggle between two classes in society—the working class and the employing class. This indict- ment would clearly never have been brought unless this assemblage had been held by the strikers to get their rights. “I venture to say, that the police would not even have interfered with the strike meetings had they been conducted by an American Federation of Labor union with its powerful po- litical and industrial backing. But because these strikers happened to belong to an independent union with- out affiliations elsewhere, and are chiefly aliens, they were, easy to at- tack. Furthermore, the strike issue ee aggravated by the ‘red bogey’ of Communism and revolution, because the strike committee was assisted by a representative of the Workers Party from New York. Yet none of these factors offers any moral or legal justi- fication for the action of the police. Incident in Long Struggle. “This trial is of course, merely an incident in the long struggle of the working class for the rights to organ- ize and strike. In this struggle the police almost everywhere side with the propertied employing interests as against the workers. We were there- fore not unprepared for the conduct of the police. We have not ever looked to them to protect anyone's rights. But we hoped that your hon- or’s decision might be in conformity with our conception of our constitu- tional liberties. It is our belief that section 18 of the constitution of New Jersey assures us the right which we IF YOU MAKE THE SUB FOR efereres fefere! jes eriptive Rl of ‘au Communist eee and Merntare. 30 ich deducted, Ask for the leather binder—you'll like itt Jor alrererere eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeers. The Propaganda Sub With the DAILY WORKER reaching your shop-mate everyday—with the best expression of Communist principles and practice and a picture of Commun- ist activity the world over— Reaching him when he can read and THINK—(and no boss or stool-pigeon is nearby)—the DAILY WORKER will do what possibly you might have failed in—it will “make another Communist!” Pry for “a propaganda sub” to do this (out of your own pocket if you can)— it is little enough to contribute for such a definite Communist purpose. This Is it TO JAIL IN PATERSON, N. J., COURTS (By The Federated Press) NEW YORK. April 14—The class struggle, constitutional law, was behind the conviction and sentence of Roger N. Bald- win and seven Paterson silk strikers, says a statement by Baldwin. The director of the American Civil Liberties Union intended to read his statement in open court before sentence was pronounced but this privilege, usually accorded prisoners, was denied by Justice Delaney of the court of common pleas, After citing the bill of rights guarantees for free assemblage and showing that the strikers con-#— not an outworn and un- MANY NEW RUSSIAN ACTORS WILL PLAY IN RUSSIAN DRAMA A Russian performance in honor of the well known Russian actor A. Pokatikov will be given next Saturday night, April 18, at 1902 W. Division St., “The Father” (outlaw) by Strinberg will be presented. Many new actors who just arrived in Chicago will participate in the performance beginning at 8:15 p.m. have taken. This section reads: “‘The public have the right freely to assemble together, to consult for the common good, to make known their opinions to their representa- tives, and to petition for redress of grievances.’ “Tho you have decided against us, we believe that our position will ul- timately be vindicated, and that those rights by which one industrial conflict can be settled peacefully will be fully established.” Participated in Mass Meeting. Baldwin is out on $2,000 bail pend- ing appeal to the New Jersey supreme court, The seven strikers are out on $100 bail each pending appeal from their fines of $50 each on the similar charge of unlawful assemblage. They were arrested for participating in a mass meeting on the streets during the strike after Chief of Police Tracy had attempted to deny the right to strikers to assemble. For the member of your union and your shop mates, send in a sub. Evenif You Talk Yourself Blue in the Face-- |; NAME STREET. vererelerelerelel ere, eeeseeeeieaieelscaiaaaraiarel you can’t convince. Send this PROPAGANDA SUB to a worker to “Make Another Communist” NOI cia eessibeccnans, ADRTME IRISH WORKERS SCORE IN NORTH IRELAND POLLS Carry Red | Flase Thru Belfast Streets BELFAST, Ireland, April 14.—The outstanding result of the recent elec tions in Northern Ireland is the elec tion of three labor party candidates, comprising the entire labor ticket. The three successful candidates are: Wm. McMullan, secretary of the Irish Transport and General Work- ers’ Union in Belfast; Sam Kyle and Jack Beattie. With red flags carried: aloft and singing revolutionary songs composed by James Connolly and other working class poets, the work- ers of this most exploited industrial inferno marched thru the streets cei ebrating their victory. Red Flag Cheered. The sight of a red flag, would have caused a riot -here until recently, but the banner of labor was cheered on all sides by the men and women of the slums and the factories. 1 The big losses in the elections were for the unionists and the republicans, the latter winning only two seats, the they had ten in the last parliament, Those seats were lost to the nation. alists who under the leadership of Joseph Deviln, former Redmond sup- Porter, now constitute the most nu- merically important opposition in the northern parliament. Seven unionist officials were defeated. Industrial Bel- fast went strongly against the reac- tionary Craig slate while the country went as strongly for him. Abstention Policy Blamed. The abstention policy of De Valers is considered responsible for the loss of seats sustained by his party. The labor victory has increased the morale of the workers in this stronghold of bigotry and religious rancor. The election of a Transport Union official is expected to have the effect of breaking down the prejudices of many Orange workers against the labor un- ion that the “Fenian” James Connolly laid the groundwork for. cI There is at least one worker No matter how well you may have argued and no matter how fong you might have talked— there is at ieast one! It may be the worker in your shop (perhaps that intelligent fellow at the machine next to yours)—or it may be the one in your union, But there is at least one whom every Communist knows and can’t convince. (asian He Is the reason why in this campaign the DAILY WORK- ER wants you to get TWO subs, The first you will get—you CAN convince at least one work- er that he should subscribe to a great working class paper. That's a simple task for a de- termined Communist. But for the worker you can’t convince— Send it to The Daily Worker, 113 W. Washington Bivd, Chicago, Hl,