The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 23, 1925, Page 3

CALL WORLD LABOR TO ACT FOR CHINESE French and British Communists Appeal (By Rosta Service) MOSCOW, June 18.—(By Mail)—M. Brown and M. Semar, members of the British and. French Communist Parties, respectively, have, under their joint signatures, published a declaration, in which they state that if the Second International and the Amsterdam International Federation of Trade-Unions agree to the proposi- tlon of the Comintern (Communist In- ternational) and the Profintern (Inter- national of Red Labor Unions) regard- ing joint assistance to China, “the warships and machine guns of the im- perialists will have no force against such organized united front of the working class.” No Technical Delay. This proposition must be quickly accepted; declining it for any formal reasons or otherwise would be disas- trous. There is yet another possibil- ity, which must be carefully avoided, namely that the Second and the Am- sterdam Internationals might try either to dodge their answer or even seize upon the opportunity to use the proposal for polemic purposes, Immediate measures must be taken, the authors of the declaration urge, to secure the active unity of the front of world labor with. the Chinese peo- ple against international imperialism. ‘The steps taken in England for organ- {zing a united workmen’s front on a naitonal scale are bound to influence the Second International and the Am- sterdam organization. British Unions Stand True. Such activity on the part of the British working class is the more im- portant, remark Comrades Brown and Semar, as it shows that while Britain is the directing and active factor of international imperialism in China. the British workers are taking anew stand against imperialism. It is in- deed interesting to note that less than a year ago, the left wing of the British Jabor movement was unable to make the labor organization support China. Quick Action Imperative. There is no doubt but that the mi~- nority of the Amsterdam Trade-Union Federation is sincerely in favor of unity of the labor movement and will welcome an attempt to organize sup- port of the Chinese people to a large scale. Be it as it may, any attempt to dodge or decline the proposition of the Comintern and the Profintern will only result in bringing discredit upon the Second International and the Am- sterdam International Federation of ‘Trade-Unions in the eyes not only of the Chinese people; but of all the awakening peoples of the East and the working masses of the world which still have confidence in them. “Our work”—concludes the declara- tion under review—“will be success- fal only when we realize that the Chi- nese events are of an exceptional im- portance for all mankind. What we repeat and emphasize is that: not one minute must be lost!” Ask the brother in your union to, subscribe to the DAILY WORKER—take a bundle of the DAILY WORKER contain- ing installments of the full re- port of the British Trade Union Delegation to Soviet Russia. ee Tell of China’s Suffering at (Continued from page 1) ties in ‘the’ concessions and the kill- ing of a few dozens of the Chinese students by the foreign police in the course, of, a: peaceful: demonstration. ‘Mt seemed like a local incident and could have been easily settled. But you must know that this incident ‘was only an occasion of the present movement, the underlying causes of which are far deeper and far more complicated. The first shot in Shanghai sounded to me like the fall of the bastile in France and the first death-bell to the imperialistic domina- tion in China. It really opens a new chapter in the history of China. “Now I am going to paint out to you some of the underlying causes of the unrest in China. Causes Explained. “The first and immediate cause is the intolerable conditions of the Chin- ese workers themselves. With the in- dustrialization of China, the Chinese workers suffered the same sad lot as their brothers in other industrialized countries. “Low. wages, long hours of work, child work, unsanitary conditions, 7 ‘ cn THE DAILY WORKER Mass meetings and demonstrations are being held in Work city in the United States'under the auspices of the ers (Communist) Party under its slogans of “Stand by Soviet Russia!” and “Hands Off China!” Those to be held within the next few days are as follows: ST. PAUL, MINN.—Mass meéting, Wednesday, July 22, 8 p. m., Deutsche House, 444 Dunne. Rice St. Speaker, William F. YONKERS, N. Y.—Saturday, July 25, at 8 p. m., 23 Pali- sade Ave. CLEVELAND, OH!O—Open air mass an duly 25, Public Square, at 3 p. m. Speakers: William Dunne; ere soy" Kuo Min Tang, Wong; John Brahtin, and others. Vv cL ELAND, OHIO—Mass picnic at heeoigge Beach Park, July 26. Speakers: William F. Dunne, El la Reeve Bloor, Alfred Wagenknecht, J. A. Hamilton for the party. Max Salzman and Carl Weissberg for the Young Workers League. the Public Square. Take Cleveland, Painsville and Eastern cars from MILWAUKEE, NP ape bare ga | 27, 8 p. m., Labor Temple, 808 Walnut St: Speaker TSING HUA COLLEGE STUDENTS Louis Engdahl. OF PEKING ISSUE A SLASHING ATTACKS ON ANGLO-JAP MURDERS The DAILY WORKER has received, by the kindness of a Chinese student at Cornell University, a copy of a publication issued by the stdudents of the Tsing Hua College of Peking concerning the’“Shanghai Crisis.” Among other interesting matter is contained Hua student council: * 8 Tsing Hua Students’ Manifesto. China, the great nation, has long been suffering the bondage of foreign oppression. However, in all circum- stances, she has been patient and gen- erous, extending her hospitality to all alike that inhabit and visit her ground, and order, have maintained thruout the ages an attitude of goodwill and friendship toward her neighbors. Alas! Her hope of peace has been again and again obstructed by some that live right under..her, patronage and hospitality! Ingratitude and injus- tice that you find in this world are no more despicable than this! The most outrageous act of the British and Japanese happened in Shanghai a few days ago. Our fellow students of Shanghai, in sympathy with the Chinese laborers who had been killed by the Japanese mills, were out lecturing in the streets one day, The right of free speech as so strongly advocated by these so- called civilized countries, to our great surprise, was denied to them. The British policemen forced, the unarmed lecturers to disperse by gun- shots. As a consequence several of our brethren were killed. This is the story sufficient to harrow our souls and freeze our blood! Rise up, you own- ers of this great land! We, the students of Tsing Hua Col- lege, are indignant over this brutal treatment of students by the British and Japanese authorities and so have prepared this manifesto that it may be circulated to the effect that we, as Chinese, representing the republic and standing for our national sovereignty, shoiild present a united front against foreign oppression! In any country, the function of the police is to preserve order and its deemed a breach of law to abuse their weapons, The “accident” recently occurred in Shanghai is therefore unprecedented, There is absolutely no pretext in de- ‘{fense of the British policemen’s ac- etc., these are the evils as a sequence of the industrialization. Their imme- diate demand is economical, that is, the improvement of their economic conditions. It is a just demand, “The second underlying . cause is the economical exploitation of the country at large by the foreign capi- talists. Started as a local incident, the movement has spread rapidly as a protest against the foreign exploit- ation in general. The Chinese people as individuals and China as a nation are the economical slaves of the capi- talistic countries. These capitalists with the support of their respective governments have extorted from China concessions of various kfnds, railways, mines, forests and so forth. It made China a work: nation un- der the foreign capitalistic domina- tion, ° Foreigners Are Exploiters “LT may frankly tell you that the Chinese people are fighting foreigners now not because they are foreigners but because these foreigners are also exploiters, In other words, the pres- ent movement is not an anti-foreign movement, as some people are led to Her people, lovers of peace; the following manifesto of the Tsing * 6 8 + | tion. It is evidently an act of atrocity and an expression of foe. How,.on the earth, could the for- eigners treat life so lightly and slaughter our brethren at their will? Do they think that we have no resis- tance, so they can commit any foul deed to their advantage? We shall teach them’ this time that they are altogether mistaken! In settlement of this outrage, it is our opinion that it is incumbent on the whole Chinese nation to lodge a strong protest with the. British and Japanese authorities with the following demands: 1. The restoration to China of all British and Japanese concessions and leased territories. 2. Immediate abolition of extra-ter- ritorial rights, 3. An apology from the British and Japanese governments. 4. Punishment of the police, fired the fatal volley. 5. Remoyal from post the British and Japanese consuls at Shanghai. 6. Payment of an indemnity to the injured and the dead. 7. Immediate release of the stud- ents arrested. | 8. The British and Japanese govern- ments should guarantee against the recurrencé, of outrage of similar char- acter. Let all those, upholding the dignity of the Chinese student-body, of China as a nation, of justice and humanity. and as sincere and firm believers of world peace and international friend- ship, hereby proclaim any and all elements that stand in opposition to our hopes and expectation the bitter- est adversaries of mankind! who Three Polish Sailors Die DANZING HARBOR, July 21.—The Polish destroyer Kaszub sank here today after an explosion. Three sailors were killed outright and the rest of the crew were sever- ely injured. Go to your union to tell them what the British trade unions think of Russia Today. believe, but it is a movement against the foreign exploitation. “We, Chinese people are too inter- nationally-minded to be anti-foreign. Confucius, our great teacher says: ‘Withip the four seas, we are all brothers.’ Confucius in his youth, as he told us, was a cowboy and a watch- man to a certain noble, Confucius “Y uld Join Workers Party “If he lived today, I believe, he would certainly belong to a workers’ party. In China at present it is not only a class stru but also a strug: gle of the opp d nation with the imperialistic nations. “The third underlying cause of the present unrest is the political domina- tion of China by the foreign powers, China is not only an economical slave but also a political slave. She has no tariff autonomy. She cannot protect some of her industries, that need pro- tection. She cannot raise enough re- venue to establish a stable govern. ment that can maintain order and peace. “The foreign concessions in the various treaty ports serve nothing but as a ground for both’ undesirable okt TTT peel Da a y i f 66—T is interesting to note that American imperialism has now thrown aside its mask. As is known, .A ‘benevolence.’ Not only has the American consul in the province of Fukien had numerous arrests carried out among the students on account of their participation in the anti-christian movement, while on his instructions the governor of Fukien has caused several students to be shot, but in Shanghai against the Chinese.””—By TANG SHIN SEE, in ‘The Struggle in Shanghai and Its Significance.” “Stand by Soviet Russia!” Demand “Hands Off China!” PHILADELPHIA WORKERS CHEER FOR FREE CHINA Chinese Student Soviet China By R. BAKER. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., July 21—The workers of Philadelphia for the sec- ond time demonstrated their interna- tional solidarity at+the united front “Hands Off China” mass meeting ar- ranged by the Workérs Party and the YW M. Yusem, représénting the Y. W. L, expressed the! position of the Young Communist Ifternational and its American section pledging full sup- port to the striking Chinese workers. John Pauu of the Richmond Uni- versity, spoke in ‘the name’ of the Kuomintang and was:greeted with tre- mendous applause. “We are friends of Soviet Russia because Soviet Russia is our friend,” and “we will do all in our power to see that thé Chinese people gstablish a form of government as near as pos- sible to the Russian Soviet goyern- ment” were some of the oustanding statements of Pauu that received the applause and approval of the audi- ence, The following resolution introduced by R. Baker, secretary of the Workers Party was passed by a unanimous vote: “We, the workers of Philadelphia, gathered in the mass meeting on July 17, 1925 declare: That the con- tinued extension of American, French, British and Japanese imperialism into all parts of the world, and particularly in the Orient, is a-danger not only to the hundreds of millions of colonial and semi-colonial ;peoples, but to all the workers of the «world. “The struggle for,,world domination is leading up to a new world war, with its slaughter.of the workers so} as to give new and greater profits to the ruling class. , “The struggle of. Chinese workers, peasants and students in their present revolt against , world. imperialism marks the dawn a, new. day. . It means the beginning: of a smash-up*in the very heart of the stronghold of imperialism. Its suppression would be a blow to the entire working class. “We therefore pledge our full sup- port to our struggling brothers in China and demand of the United States governments:Hands off China.” Comrade Oliver.Garlson, director of the Workers Schoohof New York, was the principal speaker. He dwelt at length with the history of imperialism in China and the Qrient, and pointed out that the Orient today is the key to the: world situation. Carlson ended with an appeal for closer co-operation of the American workers with the struggling workers-of China and clos- er fraternal bonds between the Work- ers Party and the Kuomintang. Sees Jail Editor for Dry Traffic. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 21, Charged with possessing and trans- porting drugs and conspiring ‘to vio- late the Harrison narcotic law, Blaine W. Bradfute, 32, managing editor and part owner of a Bloomington (Ind.) newspaper, was free under $1,500 bond today awaiting federal grand jury action. Authorities said Bradfute admitted his guilt. Find Vein of Cood Coal in Illinois GALESBURG, IIL,’ July 21.—Samp- les of coal were brot to the surface today by the Galesburg Mining com- pany, which Saturday struck a vein of good grade coal four and a half feet thick, in a fleld,, which extends over g mile wide. ... Chinese and Mi. to commit various kinds of crimes, “These concessio! together with the so-called extra-territoriality or | PROTEST OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF PALESTINE AGAINST ANGLO- EGYPTIAN The central masses in the Orient. Further, the central committee of the Communist Party of Pale- stine appeals.to all workers, peasants and revolutionary organiza- tions in the country to commence a great mass protest movement ly for the purpose of showing to the imperialist hangmen that, in spite of bloody death sentences and strangling the movement for emancipation in the suppressed coun- tries of the East. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Palestine (Section of the Communist International). NEW YORK WORKERS PARTY CALLS ON ALL TRADE UNIONS TO DEMAND IMPERIALISTS KEEP OUT OF CHINA NEW YORK, N. Y., workers. International solidarity of the workers against the murder rule and bloody oppression of the foreign imperialists in China is the demand of the Workers Party. The letter signed by Charles Krum- bein, distriét organizer, follows: “Dear Sirs and Brothers: “The Chinese people are waging a valiant struggle for their independ: ence and against the brutal oppression of the foreign imperialists. The toil- ing masses of China dematid that the imperialists get out of China and let the Chinese people develop freely their own lives and manage their own affairs. imperialists Murder Rule “But the rapacious imperialists of America, England, Japan and France, the capitalist powers that are holding China in their grip, refuse to accede to the rightful demands of the Chinese people. Foreign imperialism termined to hold on to China by sheer force, by jailing, persecution and wholesale murder. “At this very moment the imperial- ists of England and Japan are carry- ng on a joint military intervention to subdue the revolt of the Chinese mas- ses. At the same time the imperialists and militarists are using the Chinese situation as a pretext to mobilize their forces to a new attack on Soviet Rus- sia. “These efforts of the bankers and imperialists mean a new world war in which the workers will be sacrificed | for the greed and profits of big busi- | ness. They mean more suffering and misery for the masses of England, France and Japan, af well as for the people of China. United Action For Chinese “The situation demands united ac- tion of all working class forces in sup- port of the just demands of the Chinese people for “tsands off China.” it calls for energetic action to stand by Soviet Russia. The labor move- ment of the United States is vitally interested in the success of the strug- gles of the Chinese workers against their capitalist exploiters and the free- dom of China from the imperialists, as well as in preventing new alliances against Soviet Russia.” “Realizing the gravity of the situa- tion and the duties that it imposes upon the labor movement of the United States, the Workers Party of America calls upon your organization to join hands in a United Front con- ference for common action in support of the struggles of the Chinese people. ing not bad in themselves, but they are forerunners of imperialism. Mission- aries to oriental countries, especially committee of the Communist Party of appeals to all workers and peasants to protest in the sharpest manner against the foul and shameful mass murder on the part of Anglo- Egyptian justice against eight accused in the Lee Stack trial. This murder is one of the most shameful acts of revenge which English imperialism has committed in order to terrorize the enslaved July 20.—The Workers (Communist) Party, New York district, has sent a call to 1,200 trade unions, fraternal bodies and other workers’ organizations, for united action of the workers of America against the intervention of American and world imperialism to exploit the Chinese is de-| Page Thred] American Imperialism Arming for the Fight Against Chinese Workers it has come forward as ‘the protector’ of China, only acting out of the Americans are also arming for the fight TOPEKA COUNCIL FAVORS CHINESE LIBERATION MOVE Wise CLASS JUSTICE Palestine Kansas Workers to Imperialism By JESSE A, KEEBLE. Worker Correspondent. TOPEKA, Kan.—The last meeting of the Topeka industrial council was not as large as usual, This was part- due to the intensely hot evening and partly to the fact that a good many of the delegates were attending a protest meeting at the Y. W. C. A, in conjunction with the W. ©. T. U, and several other organizations to prevent the adoption of the Winston primer as a text book in the Kansas schools. What the meeting lacked in numbers it made up in enthusiasm, Favors Chinese Liberation. The following resolution was intro- duced by Delegate J. T. Filler from the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen and unanimously adopted: “WHEREAS, the exploiters of labor in England, France, Japan and the United States, in order to evade pay- ing the required standard of wages of these respective countries, have in- vested their capital in China and Mex- ico, and at this moment are carrying on a joint military intervention to sub- due the revolt of the Chinese massea, Means War. “This means war, this means the sacrifice of thousands of people on the altar of capitalism; it means more suffering and misery for the masses of England, America, Mexico, Japan and France as well as the people of China. “The labor movement of the United States is vitally interested in the suc- cess of the struggle of the Chinese workers against the capitalist exploit- ers as well as the struggles of the Chinese people for national freedom and independence. Demands A. F. of L. Act, . “Therefore be it resolved that the industrial council of Topeka, Kansas, call upon the executive committee of the American Federation of Labor to use all the influence and power at their command to arouse the working class of America to the enormity of the situation. Be it further resolved, that a copy of these resolutions be given to the labor press for publication.” Wants “Labor College.” a] Mr. Tom Tilma, editor of the labor | Paper at Wichita, Kansas, was present and made an excellent talk urging the | workers here to start a labor college | here, soon after Labor Day, to study economics from a laborer's viewpoint and other things of vital interest to labor. xf It was voted to take up for discus- sion at the next industrial council the question of an open forum to get speakers to talk to the laborers and discuss labor subjects. Mr. Chas. Snyder or the Broommak- ers’ Union will give a lecture at the held in the colored section of New next council meeting of the Topeka Haven at Dixwell cor. Webster. All |industrial council, describing the of these meetings were addressed by|proom factory at the Missoug ! peni- district organizer William Simons. tentiary. : These meetings met with great suc- Mr. Snyder was employed as fore- cess, the audiénce being in sympathy | man in the prison boorm factory for with the cause of the Chinese strikers | several months so knows all the in- in their demand for economic better- | side workings of that prison slave pen. ment and for political freedom. Bridge- | Prison Graft. port has already arranged a meeting | In talking with Mr. Stifler he said and Stamford will follow suit. On | (hat, during the four months that he Wednesday, a local mex:%ership meet-| worked at the prison 1,650 dozen ing of Springfield considered party! brooms were sunk in the Missouri activities, river to get rid of them. A large In Hartford, a special C. C. C. meet- | sraft was made in selling supplies to ing took place after the open air meet- tie state so when the goods wouldn't ing, where plans were laid for a fur-| sell, they were destroyed to make ther meeting in conjunction with the ,room for the purchase of more sup- Kuomintang party of Hartford. plies, cannon, they will not succeed in + We request your organization to select two delegates to the conference to be held on Monday, August 3, 8 p. m. at Stuyvesant Casino, 142 Second Ave., New York, to make the following de- mands: Demand “Hands Off China” “1. The withdrawal from China of the imperialists and weir armed for- ces. “2. The cancellation of all treaties humiliating to China, and the cancel- lation of the extra-territorial rights | for foreigners. | “3. Grant the demands of | Chinese workers now on strike. | “4. The immediate trial of all those guilty and responsible for the killing of the workers and students in Shan- | ghai, Hankow, Cindow, etc. “5. Opposition to the new efforts, of the imperialists against Soviet Russia. the Connecticut Lebor Also Demands Hands Off Chinese Workers. cently, four meetings have been heid ‘n the Connecticut district of the Workers Party. On Saturday, July 11 350 workers attended the Central Green Bandstand meeting in New Ha- | ven. On Tuesday, July 14th 250 were | at the corner of Buckingham and Main Sts., in Hartford, the state capital. On Thursday, July 16th 260 were near | the Post Office in Springfield, Ma: On Monday, July 6,.a meeting was in Washineton D. C. er rely on their government alone to} justice and humanity, it will endanger accomplish their purpose. The Chin-|the peace and tranquility not only e an@ especially the Chinese work-| of the Far East, but of the world at in former days had a political mis- sion, too. “Missionaries explored the country and imposed their religion upon na- tives. Then came business men to trade with their capitals. One day, if one of these missionaries or business- men is killed by natives, they appeal to their governments for protection. Then these governments send their army and navy not to protect their nationals, but to demand either the cecession of territory or the conces- sion of various kinds. Chinese Have “Learned a Lot.” “The present anti-impertalistic movement in China is the natural out- come of and reaction against th intolerable conditions. The Chin people are the most peace-loving peo- ple, but they have learned a@ lot of jons from the foreign powers for the past ten or twenty years, “They understand now what is meant by ‘justice, humanity and right- foreign consular jurisdiction nbt only impairs the Chinese sovereignty and politiqal and administrative integrity, but they also made any politi¢al and judicial reforms difficult if not impossible to work. “And then a stable -government is hardly possible when the foreign pow- ers are intriguing in and interfering with the Chinese politics today sup- porting one faction, tomorrow another faction to promote their own selfish interests in China. Missionaries’ Vile siness. “Now I just gave you & real picture of what the China of today looks like. You oan imagine how the Chinese as individuals and China as a nation suffer under foreign’ imperialism. When I refer to imperialism I used to mean three things, missfonaries, busi- ness men and soldiers.” ‘ “You may be surpriséd how I link these three together, Yet they have a united front to promote imperial- ism, Most of the missionaries are ess’ in the minds of powers. The Chinese people no long- 's are beginning to organize them- selves under intelligent leadership to tree themselves trom imperialistic domination, They learned to use those legitimate methods which other people and other nations have used to enfroce their just demands for political and economical freedom. May Cause World War. “Here I appeal to you to have a correct stand as individuals and as a great nation on the present problems of China, I appeal to you strongly not to be misled by some propaganda cables sent to you or to your govern- ment by your missionaries and busi- ness men in China, who try to sacri- fice your interests for their own, “It must be clear to you that what China wants belongs to her as her own. She does not demand more than what is due to her. Unless China is again in her right place among the family of nations, which she is entitled to and unless the present problems of China are solv- ed according to the true sense of p.- ‘ f@eyy m ° amnaapreiten wy PUNPOEST MOVER TTT TE large.” The position of the workers of the United States and the position of all workers who follow the banner of the Communist International, was pre- sented by Rebecca Grecht. H. M. Wicks also spoke, dwelling at length on the role of missionaries and the Christian religion in China. The fol- lowing resolution was passed unani- mously: “Get Out” Says Resolution. “Whereas, Events transpiring in China today are of such a nature as to make imminent another world war, “Whereas, the Chinese people are beginning to arise in a nationalist movement against foreign capitalist — invaders, therefore, be it “Resolved, That this meeting de- clare that we sympathize with the movement for freedom of the Chin- ese masses and demand of the Unit- ed States government that it immedi- ately withdrew its armed forces from — China and keep its hands off that country.” 5