The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 16, 1925, Page 2

Page Two IMPERIALISM OF FRANCE BREAKS ON RIFF ROCKS Painleve Returns to Face Chamber Tuesday (Special to The Dally Worker) PARIS, France, June 14.—The Rif- flan troops are organizing the terri- tory they have wrested from the in-| vading French troops around Sker, and are preparing for further ad- vances, Premier Painleve Is now at Ouez- zan and will return to Paris in time/ for the session of the chamber of| deputies Tuesday. The Communist deputies will again deniand that the French troops be withdrawn from} North Africa, and that Abd-el-Krim be left In peace on his native soil. Abd-el-Krim, in an interview with & correspondent of a London news- paper, declared that if Morocco were | not rich in minerals the European Powers would not be fighting to take ft from the native Rifflans. Comment- ing on the fact that the French had called him a “brigand,” Krim said: “Supposing we Riffians were strong enough to come over to England be- cause we wanted to get your rich coal mines? Supposing your army, led by your king, came out to fight us and we called your king a _ brigand, wouldn’t you be annoyed?” Spanish-French Attack Postponed. The much talked of combined Spanish-French offensive against the Moroccans has not materialized, and it is pointed out that even if. the Spaniards have consented, which has not been ascertained, the consent of Great Britain and Italy would also be needed before the French troops could enter the Spanish zone, as these two countries were signatories to the treaties which divided the African territory among the European im- perialistic powers. Even the Spanish blockade of the coast has been post- poned until June 30. The French and Spanish are said to be still “negotiating,” and the Bri- tish foreign office has definitely an- nounced that it will not take part in the French offensive against the Riffs. The craft of French imperialism is splitting on the rock of the Riffians’ defense. The French soldiers sent from France are not eager to kill or be slaughtered by a foe that is de- fending its native land and are pay- ing heed to the Communists’ advice for fraternization with the North Africans. Blacks Fight Blacks, The bulk of the troops fighting the Rifflans are Senegalese and Arabs, and the French military authorities are finding it increasingly difficult to induce these black troops to work up enthusiasm to kill the Rifflans, who like themselves, are colonial peoples who have been enslaved by the French imperialists. Many of the troops fighting the Riffians are Sene-| galese troops which were forced to hold the French lines against the Germans in the batéle of Verdun dur- | ing the world war. Most of those in the French foreign | legion, now opposing the Riffians are Germans, and they too realize that they are being sacrificed in order to win mines for the French capitalists. The natives behind the French lines would join the Riffian side if they dared. Already the Beni Aianos, Rear Taounat, are being held back from joining the Rifflans only by the French reign of terror. Communists Oppose Campaign. The Communist Deputy Doriot, who accuses Mashal Lyantey, the military} dictator of Morocco, of having pro- yoked the Riflan war, declares he has new documents showing the Poin- care and Herriot governments are responsible far the antagonism of the Riffs. He charges that French sol- diers are now being killed with rifles and ammunition sold by French muni- tion makers to Riffians when they were fighting the Spaniards, which were shipped to the Rifflans on the yacht Sylvia. Children on Truck Farms of N. J. Among 3,000,000 Slaves NEW YORK, June 14.—~ The chil- dren working on New Jersey truck farms, brought to public attention by the Jersey director of employment in his report to the state labor depart- ment, are simply a few of the 3,000,000 children under 14 who are not get- ting enough schooling. In the U. S. department of agricul- ture report (published im April) it was shown that one-fourth of the laborers on New Jersey farms are child work- ers. Some started at 5 years to work during the summer. The average age of the child workers is 10.7 years, Fifty-six per cent of the children left School before they were 14 and had not gone beyond the sixth grade. There are 58 per cent backward and the percentage of backward increases with the ages of the children. It is not only foreign born children Phat are child laborers atid backward, but natives and those of mixed par- entage. New Jersey is the fifth worst state in securing school attendance of 14 and 15 year-old children of mixed parentage, ho says, i, % pe THE DAILY WORKER | RIFFS FIGHTING IMPERIALISM \ TERFER OCHECHAGUEN AND) ons, Wheat, fe és, Re $ wy ¢ y 6, , org ™ ReeNy F . ‘ er Tres aaa EBSA ZR Ania Vi 80 SPOR cou ana Quers { AINAICNA) . “gou €ip ET: s OUSES bi dig A ial Us E i y +i RAIL ROADS — Bae Q_ 20 “apr ¢9_ 80 | MEKNES A Cuner The map shows the battle front where the Moroccans are successfully resisting the invasion instigated by the French capitalists who are endoavor- ing to exploit Morocco’s rich natural resources and her native labor. The Riffians recently took the block houses around Sker. They have forced the French to give up many posts, amd have pushed across the Ouergha River, The dotted Morocco, line shows the boundary between French and Spanish The shaded area shows the region where the Rifflans launched their latest attack, which brought Premier Painleve hurrying to the scene by airplane. The city of Ajdir, In the upper right hand corner, is the Riffian strong- hold which the French government is urging the Spaniards to attack. Pain- leve is also endeavoring to Induce the Spaniards to attack Ouezzan, shown by the arrow at the left. The French have thrown their front along the Ouergha River in their: effort to protect the Fez-Taza railroad and the city of Fez, capital of Morocco. mtinued from page 4.) nation-wide general strike Monday, with parades and memorial services for the murdered strikers xo be held in all cities, is alarming tne foreign interests and strengthening the de- mands of the government upon the foreigners for the fullest redness. " eee Kuomingtang Army Holds Canton CANTON, China, “June 14.—The armies of the Kuomintang party are in full control of Canton again after.a terrific battle beginning Friday in which the Yunnanese mercenaries were routed completely and sent flee- ing in all directions. Thousands of Kuomingtang troops, after the first landing on the Canton side of the river was made by their forces—while the city was attacked on the land side by Cantonese troops 4 of the people’s Kuomingtang armies. under command of Generals Heu Chung-chi and Chu Pei-teh—are pour- ing across from Honan Island wearing red scarfs about their necks and bear- ing red streamers on their rifles. Drive Out All Foes ‘These troops, largely recruited from the workers and peasants; are the mass support of the smaller but per- fectly trained troops schooled in Sun Yat Sen's military academy at Wham- poa, Today they are moping up the city of Canton, cleaning out the Yun- nanese and evening scores with the British subsidized merchants’ white guards known as “the tigers” who last year tried to seize the city from the Kuomingtang and altho defeated had covertly aided the present Yunnanese rebellion. Hundreds of casualities which took place in the first firing were added to by the Cantonese masses, which thru unarmed and unable to do much while the Yunnanese were in control of the city, rose against them the instant the Kuomingtang armies entered the city and beat to death scores of fleeing Yunnanese and in company with the Cantonese troops began a house to house campaign to rout the traitors white guard “tigers” who had aided the Yunnanese mercenaries, REVOLUTIONISTS TAKE CANTON [_————_—_——~ um ______ Many of these were given short shrift by the angry magses, Their bodies are left strewn along the streets as the victors pursue the flee- ing mercenaries, Se ON Situation Tense in Shanghal SHANGHAI, China, June 14.—On the eve of the national general strike on Monday, which is to follow the ex- piration of the ultimatum given by the union of workers, students and shop- keepers upon the foreign commission- er to settle their demands by today, the city of Shanghai is again tense with the atmosphere of war. Bayonetted troops patrol the princi- pal streets, foreign marines guard the boundaries of the foreign settlement and the roads to the waterfront and power stations. Local shipping is to- tally tied up by strike. American troops are camped near the navy Y. M. C. A. British white guards are quartered with their arms in the grounds of the holy trinity cathedral. Strikes which had modified their strength by a return of some workers to the cotton mills, flamed up again when news arrived of the massacre of Chinese at Hankow, Thousands again struck. Yesterday 2,000 Feng Tien troops gommanded by Chang Téo-lin’s son, General Chang Hsieh-Liang, took up positions on the borders of the foreign settlement and Chekiang troops are reported occupying the Shanghai arse- nal. Huge crowds cheered the arrival of Chinese troops, shouting: “They've come drive out foreign rob- bers.” Several foreigners were roughly handled by the crowds, which were dispersed by armored cars commanded by Italian marines. Fierce Riots at Kiukiang Reports are that widespread demon- strations against foreigners are taking place at Kiukiang, an important rail- way center on the Yangtsze river in the province of Kiangsu. Japanese marines were landed and two American destroyers are rushing up the Yangtsze to assist. AS WE SEE IT (Continued from page 1) the murder of the Chinese. And Bri- tain will pay. More about this later on, se HE Dawes plan is by no means a marked success in Germany. By the time the next presidential election comes around in the United States, it is possible Dawes wlil have nothing left to appeal to the voters more catch- ing than his old underslung briar. German industry is on the rocks and the troubles of capitalism in Germany and elsewhere are not decreasing. The good spells of this robber system do not last very long. Like the last days of a consumptive, sudden hopes for recovery are followed by indications of certain death, ove INANCE Minister Caillaux of France made a significant speech a few days ago. He declared that Europe had become a colony of the United States and that America, Bri- tain and Russia had abandoned Europe. This is hokum and as Cail- laux is nobody's fool, it is more than likely that he knew he was talking |hokum, What is important is Cail- }laux’s solution for the continental European problem. He suggested a united front of all Buropean nations outside of Russia and Britain, It’s his old remedy, the one that nearly cost him his neck, “ee HIS is Caillaux’s old scheme for a Franco-German alliance, Outside of France and Germany there are no other first class capitalist powers in Europe and Caillaux knows that he cannot figure on Russia in such a bloc, France and Germany are very groggy and might Ike to lean on one an- other, but the trouble is that Britain -won’t stand for it. Germany: and By T. J. O’Flaherty France are much in the same position as two thirsty byms in a speak-easy run by @ prohibition agent, The only Huropean alliance that will work is an alliance between the working class of Europe against the capitalists. That may be nearer than most people ex- pect. see We Britain is trying to pull her chestnuts out of the Chinese furnace, and France is playing a los- ing game with the Riffs, American capitalism is itching for a more strenuous play with Mexico, Calles is doing as well as he can, suggests the public statement of “Nervous Nell” Kellogg, the secretary of state, but the workers and peasants are warned that Wall Street now owns the Mexican government and Calles must deliver the goods, Even Arthur Brisbane, that nauseating old pimp of the Coolidge administration, joins in the anvil chorus. For his good services he is gi ride on the May- flower and perhaps the privilege of licking Cal’s boots. Things could be much ‘better for capitaliom—very much better. Horthy Losing Out. BUDAPEST, Hungary, June 14,— The accusation of Former Minister Benizky that the regent Horthy ts re- sponsible for the death of two jour- nalists has caused the Horthy govern- ment great loss of support. North Side Branch M Tonight The regular business meeting of the North Side English branch of the Workers Party will be neta tonight at 8. p. m, at the Imperial Hall, 2409 N, Halsted St. Very important matters are coming up for disoussion, - li ¥ om PUTTING SCREWS DEEPER INTO THE MEXICAN NATION Warn Property Must Get First Care (Continued from page 1) taken,” the Kellogg note charges, “Under or in violation of the agrarian laws for which no compensation has been made, and other properties prac- tleally ruined,” The note contains a.hint to Calles that no government can endure in Mexico unless the orders of the Wall Street U. 8, government are obbyed. “I have seen statements published in the press that another revolutionary movement may be impending in Mex- ico,” says the note, I very much hope this is not true,—It is now the policy of this government to use its influence and support in behalf of stability and orderly constitutional procedure, but it should be made clear. that this gov- ernment will support the government ot Mexico only so long as it protects American lives and American rights, and complies with ite interntional engagements and obligations.” The Standard O{l company, shielded by the American government, has overturned governments in the past, and will do so again, if the movement of the workers for better working conditions {s not crushed, it is im- plied, sec ef WASHINGTON, D. C., June 12— The United States today served notice on Mexico that the alleged rights of American citizens in that country may not be violated while efforts are being made by Mexican officials to establish a stable government. In a formal statement issued follow- ing a series of conferences here with James R. Sheffield, United States am- bassador to Mexico. Secretary of State Kellogg said this. government was desirous of helping to effect “sta- -bilization” in Mexico, but that its sup- port would be extended “only so long as it (Mexico) protects American lives and American rights and com- plies with its international engage- ments and obligations.” American relations with the Mexi- can government are friendly, Secret- ary Kellogg said, but.conditions are not entirely satisfactory and the United States is looking to Mexico to restore such properties as have been. seized since the. agrarian laws were passed and to indemnify Amer- ican citizens. fg “A great deal. of property of Amer- icans have been’ taken under or in violation of the agrarian laws for which no compensation has been made,” Kellogg said. “Other properties have been practically-ruined and, in one instance taken by the Mexican government on account of unreason- able demands of labor. Mr. Sheffield will have the full support of this gov- ernment and we will insist that ade- quate protection under the recognized rules of international law be afforded American citizens.” The Mexican agrarian laws are a part of the constitution adopted in 1917. They provide that all large estates in Mexico, which have been owned by wealthy Mexican and Spa- nish citizens and in a few cases by other foreigners, were to be taken over by the government and divided up among the peons, or laboring clas- ses of Mexico. Miner Trapped in Tunnel Since Thurs., Speaks to Rescuers (Special to The Dally Worker) GRASS VALLEY, Cal., June 14.— Robert Hill, miner trapped in the Bal- tic tunnel of the Alta Mine combina- tion on Thursday by a cave-in, com- municated with the rescue crew, after they had driven a long steel pipe thru the debris and rock which blocked the passage. Hill told the rescuers thru the pipe that he was suffering from lack of food but was otherwise in good condition. German Workers to Pay Fr War Debt to America rn PARIS, France, June 14.—The war debt of France to the United States will be paid by the German workers, if the plan of minister of nnance Joseph Caillaux is adopted. In an interview Caillaux has announced that the war debt payments to the United States will be met from thé Dawes plan re- paration payments of Germany to France. Servants of imperialism WASHINGTON, D. C., June 14,— Among the “royal” guests of Presi- dent Coolidge on his week eud trip on the yacht Mayower were Gen. Pershing and Arthur Brisbane, two eure of United States imperial- Movies by: Radio. WASHINGTON, Di C., June 14— Moving pictures were transmitted by radio for the first ‘time here by C. Francis Jenkins of this city. cieteteerene thoi Shoot 6 Policemen Five policemen were shot and killed in Ohiongo by over the end. ntl Imperialism “Perishing, Decaying Capitalism”, Pointed out by Lenin By J, LOUIS ENGDAHL, TP RPaY: the diplomats of France and Spain are planning to meet in Madrid to discuss the problems of Abd-el- Krim, leader of the rebel Riffs in North Africa. Decadent Spanish imperialism has gone down to defeat before her African colonials. The French ambitions for empire in the “dark continent,” even with the support of the “socialists” in the chamber of deputies back in Paris, have suffered what some label “impending disaster.” The theory now is that where Spain and France have failed separately, they may succeed jointly. Carrying this idea a little further, Mussolini’s diplomats might also be called in from Fascist Italy, with a few British thrown In for good measure. The imperialist front on the North African situation might then resemble the defensive lines of the foreign robbers in rising China. eeee@ But even the present rulers of the two nations most af- fected, France and Spain, have a difficult time overcoming their jealousies sufficiently to establish al form of co- operation. They are both jealous of their “place in the sun” in North Africa, even tho Abd-el-Krim may take it away from both of them while they continue their squabbles. These rivalries are reflected in the Chinese situation, in fact everywhere that the world bandits battle each other for new spheres of influence. French imperialism wants to send its troops onto Spanish territory to fight Abd-el-Krim. Even the tottering rule of Primo de Rivera, at Madrid, refuses to join heartily in this offer. French troops, if they succeed against the Riffs, may forget to leave the territory claimed by Spain. The conveniently absent-minded diplomats at Paris, with the League of Nations ready to render a timely decision, may leave the French flag where the Spanish emblem desires to fly. That is Primo de Rivera’s fear. * * * * In the meantime Abd-el-Krim is more active than ever. The French complain against his very successful “infiltration thru the French lines,” It's the old story of their fear of “Communist propaganda.” So-called “missionaries,” not soldiers, ooze thru the French lines and rouse the natives in the rear, pretty much after the fashion in which the Rus- sians broke up the offensives of Wrangel, Kolchak, Yuden- itch and other imperi: tools in the wars of anti-Soviet intervention. ° ° oe Abd-el-Krim sees no reason why he shouldn't win just as easily as Mustapha Kemal Pasha, who drove the Greeks supported by the British off Turkish territory. To be sure Kemal Pasha is reported to have secured some aid from the French, another example of how a subject nation rises on the shoulders of the rivalries of imperialist groups. * * 7 * q In addition, however, to these contradictions under cap- italism; the antagonisms betweén the different imperialist nations and groups of nations, and the efforts of the so- called “civilized” nations to hold in bondage the small, weak nations and colonial peoples, there is the added struggle between capital and labor in the home countries, creating powerful Communist Pani 3 that lead labor’s march toward its own liberation, One of the most significant phases of the North African crisis confronting European imperialism, is the brilliant attack on French capitalism led by the Com- munists in France, not only in the French chamber of depu- ties, at Paris, but on the streets, and in the factories and workshops thruout the nation. oo) 8 With fascist Spain hanging on the ropes after an un- successful struggle _—— these capitalist contradictions in the growing arena of struggles, imperialist France is still in the ring fighting desperately but no more successfully. Premier Painleve may take an airplane flight to the African front; the renegade “socialist” Briand may pull the wires at Geneva, capital city of the League of Nations, and a whole flock of Paris statesmen may descend on Madrid for consul- tations, but the franc Hing, and another government edges toward the abyss in Paris. __ Lenin has called imperialism # aiding decaying cap- italism.” Truly that part of European imperialism that clings to North Africa smells to the heavens, just as much as it does in China and everywhere else. The job of clean- ing up and eradicating this putrid mess from off the earth belongs to the epoch of World Soviet Rule under the Inter- national Proletarian ey. That job falls no less on the shoulders of American workers and poor farmers than it does on the backs of labor over the rest of the globe. WORLD TRADE UNION UNITY WILL BE THE KEYNOTE OF FOSTER’S | SPEECH AT CLEVELAND PICNIC CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 14.—In connection with the picnic, entertain- ment and dance to be given by the Cleveland Trade Union Educational League at which Wm. Z. Foster will be the main speaker, the Cleveland League has issued the following statement: World Trade Union Unity, The American dollar has now be- 'L000" PRESIDENT PASSES; BOSSES LOSE 6000 MAN Warren S. Stone Was Business Leader (Special to The Dally Worker) CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 14.—In ‘Ident of the Brotherhood of Locomo- come thruout the world a tremendous power in beating down the wages and oppressing the workers of all lands. In China and other foreign countries American troops take part in suppres- sing the movements of the workers for better wages and conditions. The miserable lot thus forced upon labor in other countries is at the same time used by American employers to support their wage cutting, open shop speeding up, union smashing cam- paigns at home. American labor dare no longer remain apart, but must unite with labor of all countries in a joint fight against the internationally organized power of capital. ‘Wm. Z. Foster, well-known for his leadership of the 1919 steel strike and for his advocacy of Amalgamation of the craft unions and a labor party, and of a fighting polley toward the employers, hag ¢ just returned from Soviet Russia, und will speak particu- larly on the progress toward an alli- ance between the British and Russian trade unions, including twelve mil- lon members. * Os This is an extremely timely subject, a sims teins at 6927 Buclid Ave., because at the next convention of the American Federation of Labor the fra- ternal delegate from the British Unions will be A. A, Purcell, chair- man of the British trade union dele- gation to Soviet Russia, whose recent- ly published report is one of the most completé and favorable descriptions yet issued on the Union of Workers’ and Peasants’ Republics. Attend this meeting and show your support of world trade union unity. The picnic will be held at Saxen- heim Gardens, 7001 Dennison Ave., on Sunday, June 21, afternoon and eve- ning. The German and Slovak Choruses ‘will sing and the committee in charge is arranging for many other features of entertainment, as well as the dance in the evening. There are plenty of tables under the trees for those who bring their lunch, and shelter in case cage of rain. The committee ts mak- ing arrangements for a big crowd and calls upoh all members and sympa- thizers of the league to assist in the sale of tickets, which can be secured Room 18, test here, the death of Warren 8, Stone, presi- | tive Engineers, the capitalist class has lost one of its most capable la- bor lieutenants. One of Stone's proudest boasts was that he never lead a strike. He never lost his temper with the bosses but did not consider it beneath his dignity to get nasty with the radicals, Stone was the proud father of labor banking and the most prominent of the business labor.leaders which the labor movement in this country has thrown up during recent years. One of his accomplishments was the coal mining venture known as Coal River Colleries, which he ran open shop and thus got into a controversy with the United Mine Workers of America. Two Fakers Quarrel, The verbal battle between Lewis of the mine workers and Stone gave the capitalist class much aid and com- fort. Both labor fakers cared noth- ing for the interests of the miners, but Lewis was a Coolidge republican while Stone was a La Follette repub- lican. Furthermore, Lewis was oblig- ed to make a bluff at fighting the non- union operators while Stone had to show a profit to his union scab mine stockholders. Stone was one of the strongest backers of the La Follette movement. It is a peculiar coincidence that the leader of that movement and its chief backer were both old men, standing on the brink of the grave. It sym- bolizes a class doomed to political extinction. The class collaboration policies in- itiated by Stone will be carried out by his successors. Stone managed to retain a reputation for progressive- ness until the end, among liberals and pseudo-radicals, Red Soldiers Go "4 Into Court in Their Fight for Freedom (Continued from page 1) brought back practically life sentences on very flimsy evidence, To Be Sent Here Following world-wide agitation against the savage sentences, there has been a recommendation to the war department that the sentences be reduced to three and one year respect- ively, for Crouch and Trumbul. But the two soldiers hold that even these are exorbitant and much over the al- lowed sentence of three months im- prisonment which the law provides as penalty for their so-called “offences”. It is announced in Honolulu that Crouch and Trumbpll are to be sent back to the mainland on June 26th for confinement in an, as yet undeter- mined prison. This will not inter- fere with the court action to be un- dertaken. “I Eat Too Much,” Says Gary, Whose Slaves Get 44c an Hour BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 14.—“We business men eat too much and we eat too much food to please the pal- ate,” Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the board of directors of the United States Steel corporation, said here as he left for New York, following @ two-weeks’ diet. Gary was recover- ing from an attack of indigestion, caused by overeating. Gary's steel trust employes, paid only 44 cents an hour, are in no dan- ger from suffering from the same malady, TR ce iy - Zankov Murder Reign Continues, SOFIA, Bulgaria, June 14—Six more persons have been sentenced to di by the military court of the Zankov white terror government, charged with taking part in the Svett Kral / bombing. So far 3,194 workers, some /_ of them Communists, are in prison’ — under charges of taking part in the “conspiracy.” Court matrials have been set up thruout the country) to deal out numerous death sent Keep Pact Notes Secret LONDON, England, June 14.—Critie- ism of Great Britain’s colonies and do- minions has caused Premier Baldwin to issue a stetement advising that all proposals and official communication relating to the “security” pact bet- ween France, Great Britain and Ger- many, be given publication. So far they have been kept secret, Brick Trust Bribes Competitors. Brick interests paid John P. Hatch, of Maywood, ten thousand dollars not to engage in the brick industry for a period of 16 years, within a radius of 100 miles of the city hall, it was reevaled here, The money was paid by the Illinois Brick company, of which William Schlake is head, Try to Raise N. Y. Fare, NEW YORK, June 14—The politic. fans are spreading propaganda for an increase in the fare from five to seven or ten cents, during the mayoraly con.