The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 30, 1925, Page 4

Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING 00. 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, I. Phone Mon¥os 4712 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mall (in Chicago only): By mail (outside of Chicago): $8.00 per year © $4.50 six months | $6.00 per year $3.50 six months $2.50 three months $2.00 three months Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, !linols J. LOUIS BNGDAHL WILLIAM. F, DUNN se aed MORITZ J. LOEB.....esnsonsmuomrnsnene Business Manager Entered as second-class matl, September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Chi- cago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1879. Advertising rates on application. ED Ek A Ue SUP RT RM RA | Comradely Sympathy a eemereneentenesstgneme teen soe <i 200 The editorial, business and mechanical depart- ments of THE DAILY WORKER extend to. Come rades William F. Dunne and Marguerite Dunne; most heartfelt sympathy in their bereavement. thru the sudden death of their young son, William F. Dunne, Jr. “Little Billy,” as he was afféctionately called by his friends, was struck by an automobile while crossing the street near his home, at 3552 W. Harri- son Street, on Thursday evening. He was thrown to the street and run over by another car which was speeding in the same direction. Death was instan- taneous. William F. Dunne, Jr., was seven years old. He. was a bright and promising boy and already had begun to show an interest in the workingclass movement. Their thousands of friends thruout the labor movement will sympathize with the parents in their loss. ’ GA es Re ( The Fight Against Berryism The series of articles that have appeared in the DAILY WORK exposing the record of George L. Berry, president of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union, indieate the tremendous task that confronts the rank and file of the trade unions, the task of ridding the labor movement of Berryism, which. means official scabbery, treachery and class collaboration. If there was only one Berry in the labor movement, the job of getting rid of him would be quite simple. But unfortunately he is only one of a type and by no menas as dangerous-as others of the same cult. Berry is more vulnerable because his methods are more crude than those employed by his prototypes, who have substituted co-operation with the exploiters for the theory and practice of the class struggle. Recent events indicate a new insurgency in the ranks of organ- ized labor. This is manifesting itself as much in the form of a struggle against the reactionary leaders as against the bosses. The two fights cannot very well be separated. The reactionary leaders are the business managers of the bogses. That they are paid by the unions only makes matters worse. The DAILY WORKER urges the members of the trade unions to organize within the unions, a progressive bloc, with a program that responds to the interests of the rank and file and under a lead- ership ‘capable of giving intelligent direction to the struggle. Only an organized fight has any chance of winning. The struggle against the reactionary leadership must not consist merely. of a struggle for offices, tho the responsibility of holding office must not be shunned by the revolutionary elemtns. But securing offices without having previously secured the confidence of the dominating majority of’ the membership is hazardous strategy. z One of the primary objects of this fight must be to sharpen the natural antagonisms between the workers and the employers and to give this developing class consciousness intelligent direction, * The DAILY WORKER endorses the Trade Union Educational League, as the leader of the progressive elements in the tradé unions. The pressmen in their struggle against Berryism would do- well to give the T. U. E. L. program. their most careful consideration: Without such a program their fight against Berryism will be lacking in policy and co-ordination. What Is Happening in the Riff?’ News of developments in the war of independence waged against the French imperialists by the Riffian tribesmen, under the, leader- ship of Abd-El-Krim, is rather scare these days. This should not be taken as proof that the war is over, that the Ruffians havé beep defeated or that the French haye decided to call off their dogs.* . — The DAILY WORKER is not in the habit of manufactnxing news in its editorial rooms as ig so often done by capitalist papers that feed their readers on the kind of offal they. aré aceustgmed to devour and for which they have developed a taste. Tho. we symipa- thize with the Riffians, we do not win victories for them at 1113 West Washington street, much tho we would like to do so. Unfortu: nately our guns don’f shoot that’ far. One of our readers, whose zeal overcame his judgment charged us with letting the Riffilans down because we had not routed: Marshal Petain and annihilated his army, “Has the Riffian war ended?”*he belligereritly inquired. It has not, but as we are not in-the fietion business, we prefer: to wait for the facts, rather than retail imaginary victories which would not stay very long on the mental stomachs of our readers. Neither would they make things easier for Abd-Pl- Krim. 5 oe There is every reason to believe that the Riffians will, snéceed in defeating the French imperialists. They have already feduced the Spanish army to a demoralized horde. The French have trouble in Syria besides having their hands full with debt questions and other embarrassments. Tho Britain does not like to see the prestige of imperialism go down in Africa, her quarrel with France is so bitter that she secretly hopes to see Abd-El-Krim victorious tho the French defeat may inspire her own subject peoples in the East*to revolt. This is only one example of how imperialism is helping to dig its ‘own grave. . _ The war in Morrotco is still on. It is not easys to erush a tople struggling to be freé.. The days of imperialism are. coming an end. The almost universal revolt of the oppressed races against it, is one signi'of its approaching doom. . Dee Get a member for the Workers Party and a new \piibscription for the DAILY WORKER, r ka FRAUDOF ‘OPEN DOOR’ INCHINA Soviet Daily Exposes U. S. Policy .MOSCOW, Aug. 28.—(Tass)—Com- menting on, the latest reports about a would-be understanding reached be- tween Britain and the United States in regard to an accorded policy in China, the Izvestia, in an editorial, emphatically expressed the view that no agreement could settle the radical dissension fatally existing between the British and American polloies in China. This, the Moscow paper re- marks, is likewise confirmed by com- ments appearing on this subject in the foreign press. Interests Collide. Indeed, while America holds vhat the national movement in Chima Can be suppressed by military force and that the only way to pacify China is to in- sure her national independence, the English press, on the contrary, as- serts that the actual movement in China is merely a repetition of the Boxer revolt and must be suppressed by force of arms. These widely different estimates are naturally reflected in the differ- ence of the attitude respectively tak- en up by the two countries towards ‘|China, Ever since the end of the 19th century, the main principle of the United States’ Chinese policy was the so-called open door policy, a policy which, owing to her huge economic and financial power,t could not fail to give America every possibility of eco- nomic penetration of China. On the other privileges in China are primar- ily the means of defense against Am- erican competition. Open Door Policy Hits England. True, the author goes on to say, Japan has since more recent times béen America’s chief enemy, and it was against Japan that was directed the entire system of the Washington treaties. But today the line of Am- erica’s Chinese policy must inevitably collide the political lines of other pow- ers in China—more particularly that of England, against whom the main spear of the open door policy is dir- ected. Not otherwise than {n this light, the Moscow leading organ observes in conclusion, can a true estimate be made of the seriousness and durabil- ity of the alleged understanding, as mentioned above. Southern Harbin Reports Increase in Bean Crop b HARBIN, (By Mail.)— From the crop. returns received by the com- mercial department of the Chinese Eastern Railway it appears that, with the exception of certain districts of the’ Southern (Harbin-Changchun) section of the line and the lower Sun- gari region, there is a considerable increase of acreage as against last year’s, particulrly in the Andy-Tsitsi- kar district. As regards the Eastern (Harbin-Pogranitchnaya) section, the large sown area is partly due to the growth of population because of im- migration. Rowboat Party Drowns, ROCHESTER, N, Y., Aug. 28.—Four in a party of five in a rowboat were drowned this afternoon off Sunset Point in Lake Ontario when their craft capsized in a sudden squall. The victims are: Anna Moss, 19, Anna Cohen, 18; Martin Lebowitz, 20, and his brother, Theodore, 17, all of Rochester. The fifth occupant of the boat, Wal- |ter Meltzer, 16, of Brooklyn, saved himself by swimming to shore. If you want to thoroughly un- derstand Communism—study it. Send for a catalogue of all Com- munist literature. MOSCOW, July 25—(By Mail)— The secretariat of the International Committees for Propaganda and Ac- tion of the revolutionary building workers, has directed the folowing appeal to the building workers of all countries: “Altho the building workers of Ger- many suffered side by side with the other workers of Germany a series of defeats during the difficult times of the inflation period when money became almost valueless and the cost of living rose every day,’ and the workers entered an open struggle with capitalism for power, yet they found strength and energy enuf, despite the powerful employers’ federation, de- spite the reformist leaders who did everything to divert the struggle of the workers, against capitalism, to retain the eight hour day and to ach- ieve a number of improvements in their situation, In the struggles of 1924 which were almost all fought out under the leadership of the revolution- ary building workers, the building workers prevented the employers from crushing the ‘workers and de- stroying their oganigations. “This year, the German building workers have commenced in various other hand, England’s treaty ports and th ‘ ~ MOSCOW (By -Mail)=—On the occasion of the Belgian metal workers’ strike, the Central Committee of the Russian Metal Workers’ Union has sent the following telegram to the Knights of Labor in Brussels: “The struggle of the Belgian metal workers proves that they are not prepared to accept a worsening of their conditions of labor without putting up an energetic fight. The offensive of the Belgian metal magnates is a part of the attack of interiational capital section of the front. The Russian metal workers declare their solidarity with their Belgian comrades, and as a sign of this feeling, they send 5,000 rubles for the fighting Belgian metal workers. Comrades, fight, bravely, do everything to prevent any attempt at strikebreaking! Band together for a common destruction ‘of the capitalist offensive! Long live the Belgian metal workers! Long live the united front of the international! proletariat! The Central Committee of the Rus- sian Metal Workers’ Union. Statement by. Group of Georgian Workers Who Endorse Soviet Program MOSCOW, Aug, 28,—(Tass)—The Soviet press welcomés the publication in Paris by a group of Georgian work- ers—formerly members of the men- shevik party—of a. declaration, in which they call on all their former party and fellow e: to leave the menshevist party and endorse the So- viet platform. ‘ The appeal points out that Georgian menshevism, which had, as far back as 1917, deviated from the revolution- ary path, is ever more drifting away from the true principles of the labor movement, and while it is practically getting closer and closer to the posi- tion of enemies of the ‘working class it stands at the back ofthe most dis- graceful anti-proletarian actions. On e other hand, the authors of the declaration go on to say, while the ex-Georgian government and former menshevist leaders encouraged the illusions of the Georgian. people re- garding prospective assistance from Europe, they only instigated Georgia to oppose the workers of the Soviet Republics, which actually and effect- ively are the only force on which Georgia can rely for her economic and cultural rejuvenation. “At a time when our enemies are organizing a united reactionary block against the toilers,” the appeal runs in conclusion, “it is the duty of every worker to rally to the united world labor front.” The above declaration appeared over the signatures of influential ex- members of the central committee of the Georgian menshevist party. An other analogous statement has also been published by a large group of nonpartisan emigrant: work- ers. ‘ aid Payless Vacation at Amoskeag. MANCHESTER, N, H.—The annual forced 10 days’ vacation without pay has come for employes of the world’s largest cotton mills, Amoskeag Mfg. Co., and also for its woolen and worsted workers. The. compuisory holiday lasts. over Labor Day. BRITISH EMPIRE STEEL CORP, EMPLOYS GOOLIES AS AID TO CUT WAGES MONTREAL, Aug. 28—The Brit- ish Empire Stee! Corp, is returning to China the coolies that have man- ned its coal boats since the war. The system proved a costly experi- ment. Many Chinese outwitted the gua mployed to them on the ships and the company had to pay heavy fines as well as head taxes. 4 But the company, assited by the depression, appears to have achi: ed its purpose. Wage rates have been smashed until jadian sailors on the Atlantic coast once more preferrable to coolies, So for serv- ices. rendered during the war, the Canadian sailor is ling into his own. again — long’ hours and a meager wage. | Appeal to the Building Workers —_| districts offensive ‘strikes. In the main, however, the strikes were de- fensive ones agi the employers’ federations who try to exploit the weakness of the workers’ organi- zations, At the pregent time, building workers are striking in Berlin, Sax- ony and in other of Germany. The number of already 130,000. The whole of Central Germany is threatened by a lock-out. The lockout can easily be extended further, from one to the other and demand great. ices from the building workers’ izations. We call all branches to a united struggle and for mutual support. We appeal Also to the brother organizations of ‘other countries to give their German comrades an energetic moral and ma- terial support. The building workers of all cuontries and particularly in Europe must remember that a defeat for the German building workers means a precedent for an economic pressure by the cay its of all other countries, Immediate assistance for the German building workers means also self-help. L live the inte: tional solidarity of the workers! Long live the a struggle of the working class! 4 | eae ers involved is. which is proceeding on the Belgian “POL-ROS” WILL IMPROVE THE TRADE RELATIONS OF RUSSIA AND POLAND NOW WARSAW, Poland, Aug. 28—A Polish-Russian syndicate for trade between the two countries has been organized under the name of “Pol- ros.” .The syndicate will be free from restrictions Imposed upon or- dinary traders and will of course, greatly facilitate trade relations be- tween the two countries. [t will have a capital of 1,000,000 Soviet rubles, one-half of which will be held by each of the companies. BRITISH EFFORT TO BAR NEARING FALLS THROUGH Baldwin Reluctant to Admit Labor Writer While the Federated Press was pre- paring formal protest because of the refusal to grant its special correspond- ent, Scott Nearing, a visa to enter England, the British government final- ly yielded and stamped the passports. Evidently it was unwilling to raise the issue of a boycott against labor corre- spondents. Nearing applied over a month ago to the British consul in New York for the usual visa that allows foreigners to enter England. It was refused and he was told the matter would have to be referred to headquarters in London. No reasons were given and the consul was careful not to commit himself. When Nearing presented his Federat- ed Press credentials together with spe. cific instructions from the managing editor to report the British Trades Union congress which opens Sept. 7, he was told nothing could be done about it. After several weeks’ delay he paid the consul $8 to cover a hurry- up cable to London, again without re- sult. London Seeks Delay. It became evident that the British government, which was then in the midst of desperate attempts to head off a general strike on behalf of the coal miners, did not want representa- tives of an established American labor news service in the country. It prob- ably reasoned that several months’ de- lay on the visa question would permit. the labor crisis to pass and the Trades Union congress to adjourn before Nearing made too much of a fuss, Instead, the efforts to obtain the visa. became more vigorous. The con- sulate in New York shrugged its shoul- ders approvingly when Mrs. Nearing, who had also applied for a visa, def- initely suggested that headquarters in London were stalling. Nearing to Tour Europe. Steps to formulate a protest were then initiated, emphasizing the appar- ent class discrimination by the British Conservative government, which ad- mits capitalist foreign correspondents by the hundreds, yet balks at a single American labor writer. At last favorable word came from London. It had taken a month to transact a passport formality that usually takes two minutes. Nearing will report the British Trades Union congress and will then proceed to oth- er European countries, writing about labor developments for the Federated Press, Scab Ship Goes Aground. VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass., Aug. 28. —Groping her way thru a heavy blan- ket of fog. the round-the-world Dollar liner President Garfield ran hard and fast on the sandy bottom of Harpoon Shoals off the treacherous Pollock Rips today. The seventy passengers aboard, in- cluding President Robert Dollar, were assured that the steamship was in no danger. The revenue cutter Acushnet, cruis- ing off the lower end of Cape Cod, came upon the President Garfield and made plans to float the liner at high tide. SOVIET RUSSIA SURE OF | LARGE CROP THIS YEAR AND NEXT, SAYS FRUMKIN MOSCOW, Ru: Aug 28.—Com- rade M, Frumkin, assistant com- missar of foreign affairs is elated over the increases made in farm production in Soviet Russia. In a recent statement he reports that ex- cellent crops that ane now being harvested in Soviet Rus will bring the valué of exports available next year at $f 000. Raw ma- terial available: this year will | amount to i Ral as St AANA AMD REE 5 AEN NRE EIR Ti Be Meio EE A Ee ATRIA 0 Slat at i TORR Eth TSC Sc el SAE TEE IE SO a RC Re EE TEPC TEE Da I thie EO 2c OREN (Continued from page 1) u sing the word “cop.” He thot it was a vulgarism. The fact is that our reader is simply ignorant and knows nothing about the evolution of language. The slang of today finds its way into the dictionaries of to- morrow. It is not strange that the person who. objected to our comment on the remains of the czar had no hesitation in discharging his dung at the head of a proletarian writer. His protest was couched in very abus- ive language. se 8 HE aim of the DAILY WORKER is not to reach “the people with intelligence enough to gain the ends of the movement,” as our critic be- lieves it should be. We want to.reach the masses and we-are confident that when we stc¢eed the professional saviors from: the so-called intellectual sects, will learn that the masses have the intelligence as well as the power to gain their ends, the emancipation of the workers from wage slavery. A few gems from the letter of our critic may be of interest. +e 8 ERE is one} : “The overthrow of capitalism ‘has already been de- layed a hundred years because the emotionally based’ people hvae been in control of the movement.” An- other one:. “When I hear the ex- pression: ‘I believe in the principles of radicalism, and would like to help, but simply: can’t stand for the type of radicals I know’ I hardly know what to answer.” . Quite true. A man who knows so little about the motive forces of history that he believes so- cial systems hang on. because of the mental twists of those in opposition to them, is quite incapable of coming in out of the rain, not to speak of squelching an insane observation such as the one quoted above. aes . (HE Czecho-Slovakian government which is presided_over by the social democrat, Masaryk, fears that the influence of Rovnost Ludu, the official organ of the Slovakian section of the Workers (Communist) Party is detrimental-to the peace of mind of the Slovakian workers. This or some similar réason, no doubt prompted the government to ban Roynost Ludu from Sldvakia.. The International Press Correspondence is also on the verboten list. eee EADERS of the Communist Slo- vaks inthe United States attribute the ban on the Rovnost Ludu to a recent visit of a Czecho-Slovakian minister to this country. His object was to sing the praises of the home- land under the present regime, to the Czechs and Slovenes in the United States. The Communist Slovaks show- ed up at his meetings and made life so miserable for him with questions that his tour was a failure. He re- venged hithself by banning the Com- munist organ. Communism was a spectre in Europe in 1848. Today it stands on the threshold of realiza- tion. The Czecho-Slovakian govern- ment will not succeed in keeping out Communist- propaganda by building a cordon, sanitaire around Slovakia. Noted Personalities in World ‘of Science . Aid Art in Russia MOSCOW, (By Mail.)— A number of noted, personalities in the world of science and arts are at present re- ported. as ‘having arrived or having for some time already been staying at Moscow. © Among them are Professor Bash- fort Dean,-director of the Metropoli- tan Museum‘ of Arts, of New York, with his assistant, Dr. Gallatin, who have come to arrange an exchange of mediaevel arms kept in the New York Museum against duplicata to be found in Russian museums. There is also Prof. Doughan, director of the International Educational Institute of New York, on a visit to the U. S. S. R. in» order to arrange for an ex- change of professors, teachers and students between the U. S. S. R. and the U, S. A. as well as to get more: closely acquainted with the situation of high and middle education in the Soviet, Union. Another arrival yet is.| Dr. C. Brinton, a well-known Ameri- can art.critic, who wishes to see the present position of art, painting in particular, in the U. S..8. R., Dr. Robin- son, of the Columbia University, N, Ys, is studying the history of land rela-| 4 tions and the land question in the U. 8.58, = : Besidés the» above-mentioned and other gcien| and men conversant in arts and museums, there is Dr, Winkler, profeséor of art history at Koenigsberg, Germany, who is study- |" ing the history of ancient Russian art; > , professor of medicine epublics; Mr, Haezel, iét sin artistic porcelain specialists in question of oriental arts,such as Dr, Popp and Dr. Oukermann; and a number of others, Build the DAILY WORKER with subs. : dying the cultural life } DISGUST WITH N. 8. U. SCABS Worker Betrayers Fire on Irate Seamen LONDON, Aug. 28,—Irate marine workers who are participating in the empire-wide strike of seamen against the British shipping combines gath- ered before the branch offices of the National Seamen’s Union in Stepney today to show their indignation to- wards the scabbing tactics being fol- lowed by the heads of that organiza- tion in the present crisis. Bad Record. The N. 8. U., the chief of which is the notorious labor betrayer and reac: tionary, Havelock Wilson, has refused to take part in the seamen’s revolt against intolerable marine conditions, and under the false leadership of its officers has played the part of strike. breaker. The officials in the hall, frightened by the demoustration below, fired five frantic shots into the crowd, one being wounded. Feeling is running high against Havelock Wilson and his N. S. U., and it is hoped that the present crisis will once and for all rid the British labor movement of an organi- zation whose traditions have been those of incessant class-collaboration, Austro-Soviet Trade Grows Despite Foreign Powers Blockade Talk MOSCOW, Aug. 28.—(Tass)—The Moscow papers report. from reliable sources that attempts by foreign pow- ers to involve Austrian industrial cir- cles in an economic and financial blockade against the Union of Soviet Republics have so far failed. Austro- Soviet export and import trade is steadily growitig, and even quite re- cently important deals have been coh- tracted with Austrian business men on a from 9 to 12 months’ credit basis, while the Vienna banks, too, have of late been showing an Increasing inter- est for business with the U. S. S. R. and offering various credit opérations ‘on favorable terms. Russia Supplies Coal, Oil, Wheat. It is further learned, for instance, that the Soviet Trade Mission at Vi- enna has been negotiating with th4 ‘Vienna municipal administration with regard to supplying the municipal or- gans and institutions with all the coal they need—which would mean about one million tons of Donetz (Russian) coal yearly and that, accordingly, samples of Russian anthracite coal have been dispatched to Austria. On the other hand, there is growing de- mand from Austria for Soviet wheat and rye. Then, there is the Soviet oil, which covers nearly the entire re- quirements of the more important oil refining works of Austria and Hun- gary. Negotiations with regard tothe sale of certain species of Caucasian wood are continuing. There is much interest, too, in the export to Austria of Soviet agricultural produce, such as eggs and others, Vienna being also a central market for the disposal of Russian medicinal herbs. Thus reviewing the present stage of _Austro-Soviet business inter course, the Moscow papers note that due attention is likewise being given to the matter by the other party, namely Austrian official and business circles concerned. Buffalo Express Wrecked. PITTSBURGH, Pa., Aug. 28.—Three persons were injured, one of whom is not expected to recover, when the Buffalo express of the Pennsylvania lines was wrecked at. Braeburn, Pa, twenty miles north of here. Danes Charge Latvia Lays Mines, COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Aug. 238 *The Danish naval authorities claim to have information that the Latvian government has laid a mine field be- tween Libau and Stein Ort along the coast of Courland on the Baltic sea. | AVENTINE OPPOSITION -| WITHDRAWS FURTHER FROM FIGHT ON FASCISM signations of the deputies of tha Aventine opposition are threatene: i | Italian parliament accepts tne resgination of Signor Orlando, of- fered after the recent Naples muni- cipal elections and a reported attack upon Orlando. Members of those opposition par- ties_headed by Giolitti, Salandra and Orlando are all reported pre- pared to ign en masse if Or lando’s resignation i: pted, ZIONIST HEAD RESIGNS AS VIENNA C€ v he would rétu 100 di ONGRESS SHOWS ITS DISAPPROVAL Aug, 27.—Dr, Chaim Weizmann announced this afternoon that — se to. continue as head of the Zionist organization, because to the Zionist congress here abstained from voting when a vote Was taken on his administration . ROME, Aug. 28—Wholesale re-, e