The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 4, 1925, Page 2

; } ? Page Two SOLD ZANKOV ‘BOMBING’ STORY; POLES ALSO BUY Soviet Spurned Trash White Guards Bought (Continued from p.ge 1) light with Drushelovsky’s arrest in- clude: An alleged order from the Soviet foreign ministry to secret Commun- ist spies in America announcing a re- Mittance of $20,000 for the poisoning of a Charles B. Warren, nominated for attorney general, but rejected by the senate. This “plot” was too raw even for the U. S. dope sheets, and they never gave it publicity. An order for agents to take steps toward the “removal of strained re- lations between Senator Borah and President Coolidge.” Manufactured Bulgarian “Plot.” Documents purporting to show the Soviet plotted the Sveti Kral cathe- dral catastrophe in Sofia, where 160 lives were lost. In addition, the political police charged, Drushelovsky months ago offered the Soviet government docu- ments against the “capitalistic gov- ernments,” but they were rejected by the Soviet embassy ‘in Berlin. This apparently turned him to seek- ing reward for Soviet betrayals. In turn he tried, police said, to sell forgeries to the allied military con- trol commission, giving evidence of German secret armaments, and to the Polish legation “evidence” that the Stargard wreck in the Polish corri- dor was caused by German “reds,” thus freeing the Poles of financial re- sponsibility. Capitalists Buy His Wares. For months the trade of the super- fakir has been flourishing. These re- fusals only serving to turn him to efforts that seemed more promising. He has been manufacturing “evi- dence” against various governments and peddling “documents” to the em- bassies, legations and foreign corre- spondents, the police charged. It has been a case of dealing with the highest bidder, when he was for: tumate enough to interest two or more prospective customers. The alleged secret order dealing with a supposed plot to poison the United States attorney general was shown to the DAILY WORKER. It seemed so palpably false that it was unbelievable that anyone could be taken in by it. White Guards Bought “Plot.” Yet a similar document “convine- ed” the Bulgarian envoy to Berlin that official Moscow planned the hor- rible cathedral bombing in Sofia and brought a few hundred dollars to the forger. The Bulgarian envoy in turn con- vinced Foreign Minister Stresemann and French diplomats that the sup- posed Soviet communication was genuine. Political police, in making known the lurid discoveries, said that Drush- elovsky’s activities were but a small Part of the sinister work of capitaliz- ing hatred carried on in Europe by a horde of agents and fakers, willing to embroil nations in wars and cause the murder of innocent workers if it means their personal gain. Bvery sub you get during Red Week of June 15 to 21 is a sub to “make another. Communist.” Don’t you be a campaign shirken— get subscriptions for the DAILY WORKER! You OBSERVE pie RESPECTFUL ATTENTION WEARE STILL GET % | Revolt of Chinese (Continued from page 1) on strike by students who pointed out that America was the first to land troops in the, present intervention. The club is placing emergency scabs on jobs, and the haughty aristocratic women are being forced to work to let the equally aristocratié men join the white guard army which is being found unable to stem the’ revolt it has provoked. Women Also Turn Seabs. The women are called on to do work of striking chauffeurs, nurses, tele- phone operators, clerks, cooks, ete. Bringing 1,500 sailors and marines who began landing at daybreak, the British cruisers Carlisle and Diomede arrived shortly after midnight after a record run from Wei-Hai-Wei to join in the suppression of Chinese demon- strations against the foreign imperial- ists. Official reports show that the vio- lent anti-imperialist spirit is flaming thruout China as students in the larg- er cities spread the tidings of the mas- Sacre of workers and students at Shanghai. M. H. Throup, an Ameri- can Presbyterian misisonary was thrown from his rickshaw and man- handled by students when he answer- ed their question as to his attitude on the Shanghai massacres, with in- sults. Spread Leaflets Over Nation. Chinese in Nanking are reported to be showing their hatred of foreign im- Derialists by spitting on foreigners. Literature, well written and clearly setting forth the indignities the Chi- nese nation has borne from foreign powers, the plunder of her resources by foreign imperialist interests, the beginning of the strike in the textile mills of Shanghai and the cold-blooded shooting down of unarmed students on parade. Such leaflets are being spread all over China. At noon, a Chinese striker was killed and five wounded when foreign white guard troops fired on a crowd of 8,000 who were picketing. the ice works owned by Japanese. Foreign- ers are warned against going into dis- tricts where the patrol force cannot cope with the revolt. Foreigners at- tempting to do scab streetcar work or ride upon the cars are showered with stones. New York, Notice! THE FOURTH ANNUAL FREIHEIT EXCURSION BEAR MOUNTAINS TWO GRAND STEAMERS (Clermont & Onteora), SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 6 Music—Dancing—Refreshments Steamers Leave Pier A North River at 2 o'clock. TICKETS $1.10 ‘assemble before the office of the pro- 1F THE LAW OF NATURE 15 (N CONFLICT WI THE STATE OF TENNE ane, wor SonuEH THE WORE To Workers Spreads Shanghal In State of Seige. Shanghai is in a state of seige. The food controller has begun rationing food which is being requisitioned. This removal of food from storage led to the death of one and the wound- ing of ten Japanese when several thousand strikers stormed a Japanese egg and produce plant to prevent the foreigners from getting supplies. Thousands of marine workers, wharf and longshore workers with members of the Seamen’s union, arm- ed with bamboo poles were routed from ‘the Broadway district only by appearance of white guards with ma- chine guns, and not then without minor clashes, Prisons Are Overcrowded. The arrested Chinese, among them hundreds of those jailed for observing the fight yesterday on Burkill Road, from their house-tops, are becoming a problem. The prisons are overcrowd- ed and the compounds are being turned into bull-pens, with the prison- ers forced to share vile conditions and given no food. Student demonstrators demand) their release, claiming that the foreign white guards are trying to force a@ starvation uprising among the prisoners in order ot have an excuse for another massacre, Plan to Extend Strike. Following the funeral of the dead students, speakers urged the throngs of Chinese not to invite attacks on for- eigners, pointing out that it was folly to attack empty-handed the armed bands ‘of the imperialists, some coun- seling getting arms wherever possible, and all urging extension of the strike and blockading the foreigners’ food supply. American sailors are guarding the water reservoirs to give water supply to the international settlement, but this may not continue successfully as there are attempts being made to tear up the water mains. Barricades of sand-bags and barbed wire are being put up by the foreign forces. eae (Special to the DAILY WORKER.) Barbed Wire Entanglements Appear. PEKING, China, June 3,— Barbed wire entanglements and fixed bayo- nets on the guns of French, Japan- ese, and Italian troops doing guard duty, met thousands of Peking stu- dents today when they staged a de- monstration at the gates of the for- eign legation. “Kill the British and the Japanese! Drive the American imperialist into the sea! Down with imperialist robbers of China!” were the cries of the demonstrators, On the way fo the foreign legations the students had visited the Chinese foreign office, where they demanded that the Chinese government insist upon the foreigners who shot down the students at Shanghai, be punish- ed. University on Strike, All Peking schools, including the Yenching university are on strike, with the students parading the streets carrying red flags and distributing li- terature against foreign imperialists, This afternoon the students will vineial chief executive and the for- eign office, to demand abolition of ex- tra territorial privileges of foreigners, cancellation of the oppressive treaties forced on China by the imperialist powers and death to the murderers of the Shanghai students, ‘ Distribute a bundle every day during Red Week of June 15 to 21. BULGARIAN TERRORISTS AT ANTI-DARWIN TALK OF BRYAN Tennessee Must Cut Truth from Textbooks NPW YORK, June 8.—The whole world is laughing at the United States because of the Tennessee evo- lution trial and the preachings of William Jennings Bryan, who !s slat- ed to be the unofficial prosecutor in that epochal legal fight, according to Sinclair Lewis, author, Lewis is just back from an extend- ed stay abroad, : The author of “Babbitt” intimated that the great commoner is one of the American’ travelers greatest crosses. “Bryan has finally made it possible for the humblest and most submerged of nations to roar with laughter at all of us,” Lewis said. “I for one, do not like to find my- self ridiculous when I travel. I do not like to have Europeans assume that because I am an American and @ countryman of Bryan, therefore, lke him, I get all my science by main strength and awkwardness. “It isn’t Europe's attractions, but Mr. Bryan that fs responsible for the heavy east-bound steamer traffic.” “There are two great phenomena in American life. One is the grand canyon, the other {s Mr. Bryan.” “ee @ Textbooks Teach Evolution. CHATANOOGA, Tenn., June 3.—It the state textbook commission, now meeting at Nashville, selects science books for the public schools which contain the theory of evolution im- mediate prosecution will be begun against the state for violating the an- tievolution law, Attorney John R. Neal, defense lawyer for John Scopes, said in @ letter. Neal wrote the commission advis- ing that the selection of textbooks be Postponed until after Scopes is tried for teaching what the authorized text- books of the state contain on. the theory of evolution. ie mg tt ap lew ‘or Fliver Serfdom (Continued from page 1) time to think and practice safety.” Of course this would not be in har- mony with the “Fordwspirit” and would be rejected. ' More ‘Wounded Than in France One worker (an €x-service man) who happens to work’ close to the main aisle leading to the factory hospital, said, that for the same length of time, he saw more’ wounded men carried thru on stretcher-carts than he saw at the front in France. When a man is very'sick or serious- ly injured, he is sentsito the Henry Ford hospital, some; three miles away—not in a modern comfortable ambulance, The too frequent calls of the ambulance would not look well in public, and so a Ford sedan is fitted up with secret .doors in the back and just a drivers seat and space for a stretcher. On this the patient is shoved in, head first; the rear door closed, and behold, the camouflage is complete; the old can jerkes its way to the hos- pital; the rough riding is offset by the excessive heat on the patient’s head from the engine. Ford’s Prisoners Another little dignity-chaser for a worker is when he desires to leave the factory before the regular quitting and he only gets this when he is quite sick or has a fever. Foremen and some tool-room men can get out with @ special pass. No seats or stools are permitted in the toolroom except to foremen and men with special O.K. Only half-hour for lunch and the men squat around on benches and floor like coolies. Where departments work three shifts daily, only fifteen minutes are allowed for funch, this necessitates stuffing of food down and invariably results in stomach trouble for those men. Lavatory Esplonage—Pocket arching In some departments a watcher is stationed at the toilet door to “dis- courage loitering.” At every exit door .are watchmen who scrutinize each man as he leaves, if he carries a lunch kit it is lifted and shaken, every soiled apron or shop coat carried out for laundry is felt and squeezed, also men’s pockets that look rather bulky are felt to make sure that a radiator or fender is not conceeled therein, Polsonous Tractor Gas Another practice which belies their safety propaganda is the operation of countless numbers of Ford tractors and trucks used for inter-departmental transportation, The air is thick with exhaust gas which carries the deadly carbon-mohoxide fumes, This 1s especially noxious in winter when the time. He must obtain a doctors pass |* Now. The International Chamber of Commerce is Facing More“Obstacles” By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. ODAY, the industrial masters of the world are planning feverishly for this month's meeting of the International Chamber of Commerce to be held at Brussels, in Belgium. Two years ago they met at Rome, in Italy. They exalted fascist rule, proudly acclaimed the fascist dictator, Musso- lini, and laid the basis for the Morgan-Dawes plan for Ger- many. This year the industrial kaisers will meet in one of the countries where the king has called a “socialist” to organize his government, but where the fear of Communism is just as great as on the Mediterranean sidé of the continent. ° ° e e “The business men of the world are united!" is the proud exclamation of Edward A. Filene, so-called “American publicist,” in telling of the approaching Brussels gathering. America's workers do not yet realize this. They are frequent- ly made acquainted with the fact that local Chambers of ommerce constitute the united front behind which the em- ployers rally in ever industrial struggle, But most workers do not yet glimpse the state, national and international net- work of organizations of the bosses, or they would engage in more militant struggles to perfect their own organizations along parallel lines. The International Chamber of Commerce is only four years old, but it already does much to cement the world solidarity of the employing class and issues edicts to the par- liaments of the various capitalist nations. It is not an acci- dent that the International Chamber of Commerce is meet- ing in Europe. That is where capitalism needs most patch- ing at the present time. The business wizards want to be there to help, because in so doing they feel they are helping themselves. Even the smug capitalist must smile when the “publicist,” Filene, says that, “the business men of the world in the meeting at Rome laid the foundations for the Dawes plan, and a group of its devoted members sacrificed their time and energy to pave the way for its adoption.” Whenever a great capitalist does anything to increase his dividends or pile up his profits, that is courageous “self- sacrifice” and unstinted “energy.” But let a worker demand an increase in wages and the vocabulary of the “open shop- pers” becomes too limited to denounce him sufficiently. ° ° ° ° The Rome gathering inaugurated the Dawes plan. The Brussels meeting will consider how to carry it out more effectively in spite of the protests not only of Germany's workers, but of labor in other nations as well. Even big business admits that “some obstacles” have arisen to the carrying out of this 20th century slavery scheme. An effort will be made to overcome them. The success with which capitalism overcomes its ob- stacles all depends on the workers themselves. Every ob- stacle overcome is a defeat for labor. Every failure of the amploying class to solve its difficulties is a working class victory. It is pointed out that one problem the Brussels meeting will discuss is the economic rivalry that exists between the various European capitalist states. The race is for large exports as against small imports in order to obtain gold to stabilize currencies. This results everywhere in the extreme exploitation of labor, in order to produce cheap goods, high tariffs and a growing struggle for markets. Any govern- ment enforcing these measures becomes unpopular and is usually put out of office. But the “publicist,” Filene, declares: “The business men of the world do not need to fear that they may be put out of office.” So, it is taken for granted, big business intends to go the limit to more thoroly enslave, not only the workers of Ger- many, by labor in all Europe, to the Morgan-Dawes “idea.” Whether it succeeds, with the International Chamber of Commerce as one of its weapons, depends on the workers themselves. Labor must fight its own battles. It has its Communist organizations, locally, state, nationally and internationally, linked in closest solidarity. These Communist organiza- tions are dedicated to the struggle that “big business be put out of office,” that capitalism be abolished. Let all workers and poor farmers rally to this fight, build their own power until it becomes ring enough to set at naught the best laid plans even of the International Chamber of Commerce. RIFFIANS USE CANNON AGAINST FRENCH TROOPS Communique Admits Aim Was Accurate FEZ, French Morocco, June 3.—The Riffan natives: are concentrating troops north of Tazza, the French mil- itary officers announce. The French invaders admit that during the fight- ing which has just taken place on the Bibane front, the Rifflans used their cannon effectively. spaced twelve inches apart on long ranks. with no passage way between them. At quitting time there is a mad rush for the coat racks, which necessitates diving thru columns of clothes, always throwing dozens of articles on the floor only to be trampled upon, and brushing and spreading disease germs from coat to coat. Other articles describing the Ford spirit will follow. West Virginia Coal Mine Picket is Given Ten Years (Continued from page 1) be found that they will be instrumen- SOVIET TRADE IN MACHINERY INCREASES HERE But Europe Grants Bet- ter Credits NEW YORK, June 3.—Isalah J. Hoorgin, chairman of the board of directors of the Amtorg Trading cor- poration, the purchasing and selling agent for various Industrial and com- mercial organizations of the Soviet Union, and director of the All-Russian Textile Syndicate which Is buying the bulk fo the cotton shipped to Russia from this country, returned on the Mauretanla last Friday after a pro- longed stay In Moscow, Kharkov, Leningrad and other Important cen- ters in the Soviet republles where he arranged for better facilities for the constantly Increasing trade between the United States and the Soviet Union. In a statement given out at his of- Gurevitch Book Store, 202 E. Rapapports Book Store, 1310 Tickets obtainable at the following stations: Freiheit Office, 30 Union Square Katz's Drug Store, Graham Ave, and Moore St, (Williamsburg) Broadway (Downtown) Southern Bivd, (Bronx) buildings are closed. It causes the eyes to burn and makes one feel drowsy, The company operates electric trucks (a very few) CONTINUE TO SHOOT DEFENSELESS WORKERS tal in the overthrow of capitalism! Fighting Ranks Have Spineless Leaders, The strikers of this section are to be commended for their fighting spirit and their grit in sticking to their principles and fighting for them. Nothing of consequence is being done to encourage them to keep on with the strike, for the Lewis machinery is very lax indeed when it comes to encour age strikers and help them win their battles. In fact, everyfhing is being done to discourage them, New injunctions have been passed which prohibit even peaceful persua- sions, mass meetings, etc. Scabbing is taking place on @ rather extensive scale—and the only thing the atrik- The communique states that the Moroccans aimed their cannon accu- rately, but no casualty figures are given out, The natives around Loukhos and Rihana are increasingly open in their support of Abd-el-Krim, and the French troops are finding it difficult to suppress them. Bomb Riff Hospital. TANGIER, June 3.—The Spanish air- planes have bombed a Riflan hospital, killing twenty nine wounded Moroc- cans, The economic blockade has not greatly affected the Rifflans, altho the Anjera tribe on the Tangier peninsula is said to be starving. © - Sutter Vegetarian Restaurant, 419 Sutter Ave. (Brownsville) Dr. Chalupskl, 1212 60th St. (Boro Park) Zeiniks Bakery, West 33rd St. and Mermaid Ave. (Coney Island) Workers Party Office, 198 East 14th St, SOFIA, June 3—Skirmishea be tween government troops and bands of workers were reported ‘today, principally from the forest districts where the workers fled, following the reign of terror after the Sveti Kral cathedral hemhins, wats g ~ but they cost more than a lizzie, It is the “cost” and not health that Henry considers. The Dally Rush Another manifestation of the Ford spirit in the total disregard of the rights, health and of the ers can do isto stay at home and watch thelr daily supply of food grow- ing less and less’ with no ready means of obtaining more, Shall they be per mitted to be starved into submission? AD WORT 1d Pa Sat ot Ra Indiana Car Crash PERU, Ind., June 8.—A number of persons were injured, several pro- bably seriously, in a collision of two interurban cars on the Unton Tract- ion company line at Cassville, 16 miles fice at the Amtorg Trading corpora- tion, 165 Broadway, Hoorgin pointed ‘out that the prospects for the further development of the commercial rela- tions between the two countries are closely linked with two of the chief economic problems confronting the Soviet Union at presené, Reconstruct Agriculture. First is the problem of agricultural reconstruction. While the “prospects for the next crop are favorable and it is expected that the Soviet Union will have a large surplus for export purposes, it is keenly felt by the So- viet authorities that, in order to do away completely with the possibility of recurring elemental disaster, such ‘as caused the famine of 1922 and the poor crop of last year, agriculture tn the Soviet republics must be thoroly reconstructed along modern technical lines. This has been realizéd also by the mass of the peasants even in the most backward localities and as a result there is an ever increasing demand for modern agricultural machinery, chief- ly tractors. The Amtorg Trading cor- poration has already contributed much toward making the “iron horse,” as the tractor is being called by the peas- ants, popular in the Soviet villages, by importing during the first year of its activities, upward of 5,000 Amer- ican tractors. Concentrate on Tractors. Out of $10,000,000 spent by the Am- torg in the purchase of machinery in this country during the year ending April 30, 1925, about $4,500,000 have been spent in the purchase of agricul- tural machinery, tractors being the chief item among the latter. The main difficulty which has been confronting the Amtorg Trading corporation dur- ing the past year, which was the first year of its activiites was the question of meeting the credit requirements of the Russian purchasers. Most of the American manufactur- ers have realized these conditions and extended credits for long terms on purchases of agricultural machinery. However, freer and lJonger credit terms are offered by European manu- facturers who are competing with the American products on the Russian market, Industry Booms, The second important economic problem of the Soviet Union is ¢he testoration of its industries. The in- dustrial expansion in the Soviet Union during the past year has sur- Passed the most optimistic expecta- tions and plans of the Soviet econ- omists. Even the heavy metal. in- dustries which have been the slowest to recuperate have increased their production during this year by 82 per cent over the preceding year, while in a number of the lighter industries the pre-war level of production has already been attained. This rapid growth of the industries is due to the increasing demand on the internal market as a result of the improving economic conditions. But since 1914, when most of the factories were put on a war basis, the equip- ment and machinery has not been re- newed, The greatest part of the in- dustrial equipment has been worn down from lack of repair. Much ot it has become antiquated. ! Need New Machinery. / . For the Soviet industries to tun at full blast they must be re-equipped and more modern machinery installed in the factories. In this connection considerable purchases of industrial equipment and machinery have al- ready been made by the Amtorg Trad- ing corporation in this country. These purchases could be increased many more times during the coming year since the Soviet industries are taking America as a model in their, work of reconstruction, But, as in the case of the agricultural machinery, here also the question of credits and BHuropean competition is of vital im- portance, However, Mr. Hoorgin believes that the experience of the past year which was satisfactory and of mutual ad- vantage both to the American pro- ducers and banking interests and the Russian consumers and when the trade turnover between America and the Soviet Union reached the unpre cedented amount of nearly $100,000,- 000, will pave the way for the estab- lishment of closer business relations between the two countries. It will be to this end that Mr. Hoorgin will devote his time during his present wtay $n thle country, + Se Fal