The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 27, 1925, Page 5

QUARREL OVER ‘BOB'S’ MANTLE G.0.P. Machine Expects to Capture Wisconsin WASHINGTON, June 25.—What is to become of the progressive bloc in congress, now that it’s leader, LaFol- Jette, has passed away? This question is causing considerable speculation in the capitol and everywhere thruout the land. i There are some who believe that the triple blow dealt to what was known as the “LaFollette movement” in the deaths of Warren S. Stone, LaFollette and Senator Ladd of North Dakota, puts that movement definitely under the sod politically. But there are others who hold that this is a su- Derficial view and while not minimiz- ing the great influence of personali- ties, they point out’ that the social groups on whom LaFollette based his campaigns against the dominant wing of the republican party, must and will find leaders to represent them. Holding on by Faith. That the loss of LaFollette is a seri- ous one to the third partyites is un- doubted. Stone was a cautious back- er and Ladd a not too loyal support- er. The outstanding figures remain- ing in the senate are Senators Norris and Brookhart and the latter only holds his seat precariously. While LaFollette was sometimes able to secure the support of Sena- tors Borah, Couzens, Johnson of Cali- fornia an@ others of that type, since the last election, even sme of “Bob’s” most ardent supporters have been act- ing suspiciously. Senator Frazier is reported to be making overtures to the G. O. P. with a view to getting back into the fold. Progressive Disharmony. Rumors of serious disagreements in the ranks of the republicans are spreading. It is no secret that the G. O. P. wizards are looking on the hitherto impregnable fortress of Wis- consin with a hungry eye. Governor Blaine, like Barkis, is said to be will- ing to talk things over with the Cool- idge machine. Blaine is a machine- man and much more conservative than LaFollette. The first point now.on the progres- sive agenda is to find somebody who will fill LaFollette’s. seat in the sen- ate. Some suggest;that Mrs. LaFol- lette be handed the vacancy. Others suggest “Bob’s” son, It is generally agreed that Blaine holds the whip hand. The socialist organization is a complete wreck and nothing of it remains but Berger’s personal. follow- ing in Milwaukee, : Senator Ladd’s death makes a G. QO. P. gain in orth Dakota possible. The leadership of the congress prog- ressive bloc has passed for the mo- ment to Senator Norris. TO RENT. Housekeeping rooms, 811 E. 4ist St. Newly dec,, /2 ‘block to park, sirf., “L” and bus line; phone, elec., laun- dry. $6. 4 ‘ Dr. S. ZIMMERMAN DENTIST. ARMIT MY NEW LOCATION { r : ial X-Ray rices - to Gas Workers Given ESTABLISHED 12 YEARS. My Examination is Free My Prices Are Reasonable My Work Is Guaranteed Extracting Specialist DELAY MEANS DECAY Other Titles Issued: No, 1 TRADE UNIONS IN AMERICA By Wm. Z. Foster, Jas. P. Cannon, ri R. Browder, No, 2 CLASS STRUGGLE vs. CLASS COLLABORATION By Earl R. Browder, bios ees No. 4 WORKER CORRESPONDENTS By William F. Dugne. i} 10 CENTS EACH 10 COPIES FOR A DOLLAR PROGRESSIVES ~, |SOVIET UNION PROTESTS AGAINST re ainen maate STEALING OF EASTERN RAILWAY LAND BY CHINESE GENERALS PEKING.—(By. Mail.)—The following note was presented to the Chinese foreign minister by Soviet Ambassador Karakhan, with reference to the unwarrantedly arbitrary conduct of Chinese local authorities in the three eastern provinces in respect to the Chinese Eastern railway. The note states: “The Chinese Hastern railway, built as it was with the money of the Rus- sian people, is actually an enterprise under Soviet-Chinese management, This latter circumstance should have + served for a guarantee that all mea- sures would be taken both on the Soviet and the Chinese side to consoli- date and further an enterprise in which there are involved the inter- ests of both states. Cause Heavy Losses. And yet the first few months’ prac- tice has shown, unfortunately, that far from doing anything to promote its further development and prosper- ity, the Chinese local authorities have been systematically encroaching upon the existing property of the railway, their actions causing the latter to suffer direct heavy losses. “Now, the question of the future dis- posal of the lands*belonging to rail- road arose in the course of the Soviet- Chinese negotiations in 1924, when the statute of the Chinese Eastern Railway was dealt with. As an out- come of the said negotiations, the following provision was embodied in Article IX of the ‘agreement signed at Peking on May %1. Agreement Violated. “The governments of the two con- tracting parties agree to settle at the aforementioned conference the ques- tion of the Chinese Eastern Railway in conformity with the principles as hereinafter provided: ..“‘Landed property (with the excep- tion of lands required by the said railway)—shall be administered by the Chinese authorities. “Accordingly, the following things were required for putting into effect the provisions embodied in the first paragraph of Article IX of the Peking and the first paragraph of Article I of the Mukden agreements, in their parts, referring to the lands of the Chinese Eastern Railway: “1.) An understanding between the parties as to exactly which categories of land, being required by.the railway as a commercial enterprise, should be left with the railway...2.) An un- derstanding, too, as to various condi- tions and settling of accounts bound with the passing over to the Chinese government of the remaining lands. |3.) A practical delimitation of lands, this operation, as in accordance with the usual and natural practice, to be performed on the spot by mixed com- missions, after the question ‘has been settled on general lines. * “I had raised the question of call- ing a commission for thése land af- fairs, but no yeply was received to my proposition. Later at a sitting of the board of directors of the Chinese Eastern Railway, on January 12, with the participation of the Chinese and Soviet members of the board (Proto- col No. 3,228), the following ‘decision was adopted without a’ dissenting vote: Commission Necessary. “1) To ask the president and vice-president to report»to the govern- ment of the Republic of Chine and to the ambassador of the Union of Sov- iet Socialist Republics -in China, re- spectively as to the necessity of insti- tuting an official commission of rep- resentatives of China and the union, to effect the delimitation of lands which are to be alienated from the Chinese Eastern Railway and those which are to be left with the railway as required by the latter for its needs of technical and economic exploita- tion.’ “The above decision is thoro evi- dence to the fact that the calling of a special commission was recognized as the sole possible modus of settling the land question not only by the Soy- iet membership of the board of direc- tors of the railway, but by the Chin- ese government itself, in the persons of its official representatives on the board. As I fully shared this view- point, I immediately appointed Mr. Grandt, consul general of the U. S. S. R., at Harbin, to represent me on the said commission. “It might have been expected that thereafter the settling of the question would proceed in a normal way, while Principles of ment. 1113 W. Washington Blvd. The Original Draft of the Communist Manifesto 4 by Frederick Engels, With translation and historical notes by Max Bedacht. THIS historical document—the first draft of the Com- munist principles formulated by Marx and Engels— is here published for the first time in the English language. It is not only of great value to the student of the rev- olutionary movement but is also a guide, for the worker, to the principles that have since led a great world move- This valuable booklet is | No. 3 in the pocket series of THE LITTLE RED LIBRARY The Daily Worker Publishing Co. any arbitrary seizure of land by the Chinese authorities, who are abso- lutely not entitled thereto by the ex- isting agreements, seemed to be out of the question. Seize Lands Illegally. “Unfortunately, however, the Chin- ese local authorities, ignoring my Proposition and the decisions adopt- ed by the board of the railway, chose to act in that illegal manner. The Chinese authorities under the office of the commander-in-chief of the spe- cial area of the Eastern provinces and the land department of the special area have, with the assistance of mili- tary and police institutions, been sys- tematically undertaking raids on the lands of the Chinese Eastern Railway, threatening and forcing the lease- holders of the railway to pay rent not to the proper authorities, but to the cash officers of the land department of the special area of the Eastern provinces, destroying the experiment- al fields of the railway, and, in some places, seizing even station lands. “Mr. Tsai Tuan-sheng’s appointment had no effect in stopping the arbitrary conduct or the acts f violence of Chin- ese authorities in respect to the rail- way, on the contrary, even quite re- cently, these actions have assumed an outrageous character. Karakhan Protests. Tsai, feeling powerless against the military, has been declining to take any measures there against. The re- sult is that the party of the Chinese Eastern Railway is now, as it was heretofore, subject to acts of violence and illegal conduct of the Chinese ad- ministrative powers, incidents involv- ing the seizure of such lands or other acts disorganizing the economic and normal run of affairs on the line be- ing events of almost daily occurrence. “Bringing the foregoing to your no- tice, I must protest in the most en- ergetic manner against the unlawful acts of violence which are committed by Chinese authorities counter to the existing agreements, and insist on all attempts at an arbitrary solution of the question being stopped, pend- ing its settlement by decision of the commission mentioned above. (Signed) L. Karakhan.” COMFORT CLUB INDORSES JUNE 28 CONFERENCE Prisoners’ Birthdays in July Given » MILWAUKEE, Wis. June 25.—The Workers’ National Prison Comfort Club from its headquarters in Mil- waukee announces thru its secretary, Cora Meyer, that it will be represent- ed at the labor defense conference to be held in Chicago, June 28. Since it is one of the aims of the conference to devise means for thoro and sys- tematic distribution of material com- forts to all class-war prisoners, the Prison Comfort Club has enthusiast- {eally endorsed the conference and pledged its support. In issuing dates of July birthdays of class-war prisoners, the Prison Comfort Club feels assured of greater response in the forms of post-cards, gifts, and money to the prisoners due to the interest being aroused in them as the result of the calling of the conference. The* birthdays are an- nounced as follows: At Represa, California, Folsom prison, July 4, Warren Billings; July 26, James Price. At San Quentin prison, San Quentin, California, July 17, Frank Baily, No. 37447; July 26, H. R. Hanson, No, 38- 114; July 30, Joe Varela, No. 38133; July 30, Wm. Minton, No. 38184. Communism ~» Chicago, III. CALL FOR MASS DEMONSTRATION ONJUNE 27-28 Canadtan Communists Aid Nova Scotia TORONTO, Ont. Canada, June 25.— The Communist Party of Canada, has issued a call to all working men and women of Canada to demonstrate throughout Canada on June 27th and 28th and demand the recall of the troops sentry against the Nova Scotta miners who, fhave: been on strike against the: British Empire Steel cor- oration. In part it is as follows: The General Strike Against Military “2° Goercion! “If the minéts are crushed, we are all crushed. , "The capitalists will do with us as they please. What are the means the workers have at their dis- posal to peel the evacuation 6f Nova scotia? f the railroad. workers had refused to transport the troops, the military, would never have got as far as they J jaye. If the Trades Con- gress were As much as to register its intention to, call a one day genera: strike throughout the country, {t would go a long ‘way ’to’ forcing the govern- ment to back dowh. “But Moore and’ Company are in of- fice not to help the workers in a mighty crisis such as the present, They are there to sabotage all possible action. That is why Moore has announced that a general strike which in the eyes of every class conscious worker is the plainest necessity is in his eyes futile. Moore is afraid of the power of labor. Moore is president of the congress because he serves the cap- italists in just such a crisis as this. “Working men and women! Despite Moore's sabotage—demand through your union and trades council the im- mediate convocation of the Trades Congress to deal with this great em- ergency of the working class! De- mand a gerieral strike to compel the withdrawal of the government troops. “Working men and women! Pre- pare for the nation-wide demonstra- tion on Saturday and Sunday, June 27th and 28th’ to protest against the invasion’ of Nova Scotia by the mili- tary! “Demonstrate for the withdrawal or the troops!’ “Demonstrate for the right of the miners Of “Nova Scotia to a living wage! “Demonstrates for the netionaliza- tion of the mines! “Down with the capitalist govern- ment and Besco! “Central, Executive Committee, Communist Party of Canada.” In addition to the call for mass pro- test at the use of troops: to break th- strike’ ofthe’ coal miners of District 26, U. M> W.-of-A., the official organ of the Communist Party of Canada, the Worker, carries an appeal to these troop: follows: chains the Issues. “Soldiers ; (Comrades! You have been rusher jown to Nova Scotia without perhaps understanding just why. ag : “The facts of the matter are quite simple. Yon.are told that it is your duty to maintain “law and order.” “But the government and your of- ficers don’t telleyou that this the “law and order” they ask you to defend is the “law and.order” of the capitalist system and capitalist state—that it is the “law and order” of a profit sys- tem, the “lawandorder” of the British Empire Steel Corporation, the “law and order” that gives the children of our classé under-nourishment and un- der-education. “In Nova Scotia thousands of mine workers have been fighting against fn this kind of “law and order.” “The fight of the Nova Scotia miners is a fight against a ten per cent wage cut, against logk-quts and .unemploy- ment, It is a fight.for a living wage. “You will, see:the misery of the Nova Scotia miners for yourselves on the spot. as Demand Withdrawal. “Great numbers’ of these miners themselves were" soldiers in the world war. They will’never fight in a capi- talist war fof Markets and profits again no matter what lovely lies about “saving civilization” and “fighting for democracy” woven about its im- perialist aim, The only war they will willingly take in is the class war of the workers to destroy capitalism, “Therefore rades and goldiers, demand your jate withdrawal from the Nova . strike area! See to it that the miners are given the un- hampered right, to picket freely in the interests of the gtruggle for their dat- ly bread. advae) ju? Disobey)) Unjust Orders. “Refuse to carry out any orders In- terfering with the miners’ freedom to picket. Tell your officers that the gov- ernment cannot use you to break strikes! “Fraternize with the workers, the men and women of the working class —your class! “Up with the “Union and solid: arity of the Workers and soldiers against capitalism and the capitalist government.” ah 9 are Tell other _ what hap- pens in your | rite a story and send it e DATLY WORKER. Inndle to distribute there, Page Five CAMPAIGN COMING TO A CLOSE Only Five More Days Remain! The second annual campaign is nearing to a close. Some thousands of new subs have been added to make the DAILY WORKER a ing class, greater weapon of the American work- ° Those Builders and those Communist locals who have made this splendid show of Communist activity will be fully spoken of and complete results tabulated for the special Anti- Imperialist number of July 4. But— The Campaign Ends July 1 Only those subscriptions sent in by June 30 (inclusive) will be recorded. Rush in your subs now to fill your quota in the campaign. * @ ONLY FIVE DAYS REMAIN. # These Builders have sent in new subs on Wednesday. June 24: Store; C, O. Peterson; Gezi Szepesi (9); J. Gukrowski (5); Gusakoff (2); Jimmie Higgins (2); James Bai- tzun; J. Verde; Mrs. Spiro, Katterfeld (2); L. Hirshman; Bernsdorfer; Bailiss; ST. PAUL, MINN.—Gust Skandera, MILWAUKEE, WIS.—Julius Bensick (2). DETROIT, MICH.—A. E. Goetz (5). ALLSTON, MASS.—Jacob Task (2). SUPERIOR, WIS.—Tyomles (8). GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.—Eugene Bechtold (5). SEATTLE, WASH.—J. Lawrie. CHICAGO, ILL.—J. Verd, WORCESTER MASS.—M. Zeiper, FRANKFORT HEIGHTS, ILL.—Wm. Schoeder. PITTSBURGH, PA.—Fred Merrick (3); A. Voytuk, CLEVELAND, O.—J. E. Takacs. PHILADELPHIA, PA.—israe! Minkoff (2); Frank Winkler; V. Lip- shitz. SOVIET UNION TO AID PEASANTS INCREASE CROPS, KAMENEFF SAYS MOSCOW. (By Mail)—In his report to the Third Congress of Soviets on the condition of agriculture in the U. the Council of People’s Commissaries 8. S. R. Kameneff, Vice-President of and Chairman of the Moscow Soviet, stated that the government’s policy in this domain was to extend economic assistance to the poorer peasants through uniting them in co-operative so- cieties and granting long-term cheap credits—with which object in view the government had increased up to a hundred million rubles the capital of Ag- \ricultural Bank of the U. 8. S. R. IN THE SECOND ANNUAL SUB CAMPAIGN NEW YORK, N. Y.—Rand Book Further, the government had removed and was removing obstacles to the free economic development of the farming’ class of population, doing it with the object of goods turnover in the country a‘ large. It had diminished the agricul tural tax by a hundred million rubles at the same time raising the commun- al budget by a like amount—especial- ly for cultural agricultural needs. Peasants Get Forests. The government had also handed over to the peasants forests of local significance; granted facilities in the conditions of hiring agricultural labor- ers; lowered industrial prices, thus securing to the peasants the possibili- ty of selling agricultural produce at such a remunerative price as to leave them supplementary means _ for strengthening their husbandry. Export of Crops Increases. The speaker declared that the ex- portation of agricultural produce, which in the current year, should the prospects of this year’s crops re- main the same as they are now—will be greatly increased, the conditions in the world market being favorable to the export of such products, is to be organized in such manner that the producers will themselves receive the larger part of the gains, which will increase their interest for developing the cultivation of agricultural produce most demanded abroad. A member of the congress delegates who joined the discussion following Mr. Kameneff's report expressed high satisfaction with the present course of the government's policy in the do- main of agriculture. French Troops to Leave Ruhr by Aug. 5th Under Agreement PARIS, France, June 25.—The coun- cil of ministers has approved the plans of Premier Painleve aud foreign Minister Briand for evacuation of the Ruhr area by August 5, one year’ after the enactment of the Dawes plan, un der the requirements of the plan. PITTSBURGH, PA. To those who work hard for their money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work. DR. RASNICK DENTIS* 645 Smithfield Street. RS SSS SSS SSS SS Sd For Rent: HOUSEKEEPING—Large front room; light, airy, newly fur- nished and decorated; large kitchen and victrola; $8.50. Also one suite, $6.50. 1257 W. VAN BUREN ST. increasing the + Bulld Soviet Stations on Pacific. MOSCOW—The Central Hydro- Metereological Bureau of the Central Board of sea transport will be work- ing this summer in the Azoy, Black, Caspian and Baltic Seas, as well as in the Pacific, studying the littoral sea- currents and the river alluviums, as well as the littoral atmospheric cur- rents. The problem of the observed rises and falls of the Caspian Sea level will also be studied on the spot, Four new hydro-metereological stations will be built on the Pacific coast. |SOVIET-LATVIAN PACT SIGNED ON EXPORT OF FLAX MOSCOW. (By Mail.)—An agree- ment has been concluded in Moscow between the representative of the Latvian government, Mr. Heimans, and the People’s Commissariat of Foreign Trade of the U. 8. 8. R. about joint work of Latvia and the Sovier Union for the realization of flax on the foreign markets. The flax exporting organizations of the U. S. S. R. are intending to sell in the foreign markets during the next six months from 13,000 to 15,000 tons of flax, and the “Latvian Flax Monopoly” about 5,000 tons, - “The Latvian Flax Monopoly” in- tends to export flax through Riga and Reval, and the Soviet flax-exporting organizations through the Leningrad port; but these organizations wish first of all to sell the Soviet flax, which is already stored abroad. The exported flax is sent to Eng jand, France, Czecho-Slovakia, Ger many and to some other countries of Western Europe. The foreign capital, English in par- |ticular, is financing the flax-export |operations of the U. 8. S. R. to the jamount of 50—60 percent of the total sum of the exported flax. Your Union Meeting Fourth’ Friday, June 26, 1925, Name of Local and Place of Meeting | 269 Amalgamated Clothing Workers, | 1564 No. Robey. Blacksmiths, 64th and 8. Ashland 108th and Avenue 55th and Halsted. 62nd and Halsted W. Monroe St. ns, 19 W. Adams 8t. (Locomotive), Madison ramento. Washington St. 5428 and Engineers, 180 W. Firemen ‘and Enginemen, Wentworth Avenue. Fur Worker: Glass Worke fleld_ Ave. Hod Carriers, 1850 Sherman Ave., Evanston. Emily and Mareh- Trades Council, 180 W. Washington Street. Carpenters’ District Council, 180 W. Washington St. 175 W. Washington 4339 S. Halsted St. (Sleeping Car), 5 | Conductors 912 Capitol Bidg., 10 a. m. 3 ypers, 175 W. 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