The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 16, 1925, Page 5

i| ! —_———— RIFFIANS TAKE. HEAVY TOLL OF ~ FRENCH TROOPS Pear Lead from Hills Into Attackers (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, France, Sept. 14.—Abd-el- Krim, whose defense against the French-Spapish attack Is now aided by the.fog,~is centering his forces at Mount Amjot and Mount Aghil. The Riffians are pouring an effective fire ching, gun and artillery fire from ‘and other barren slopes into the peans, forced to advance to their death hecause. of the greed of the Imperialist bankers. é The French war office has admitted that. there.is.no foundation, for the re- Dort,-that..the French had captured Amyat; capital of the Beni Zeroual re- gion. General Noucilas has been appoint- ed “cotnindandér’ of ‘the Spanish troops in the Beni Harrick region, because of the success of the Riffians in this ter- ritory. Tetuan is still besieged by the Rifflans,.who have surrounded the Spanish capital. Your Union Meeting Third Tuesday, Sept. 15, 1925. Name of Local and Place of Meeting. a Bprigrteis and 26th. 180 W. Washington St. 422d Enginemen, 5438 8. Employes, Great Northern " Joint Gouneil, 1710 Ave:, 5:30 2." 6 225 E. 15th St., Chi- cago Heights, fil. 6 Hod Carriers, 814 W; Harrison St. a1 ment Workers, 328 W. Buren St. Fire and Oilers, 387 N. Painters’ W. Randol ers, . Randolph st, Painters, N. &- con Galfornia and Madison 6414 S. Halsted St. N. W. cor, State and 220 W. O. Trumbull Painte: jak St. and Ogden A: Monroe and Perio Sts. nd Die Stampers, 19 W. y Carmen, 75th and Drexel y Clerks, 9 S. Clinton St. Clerks, 509 W. Washing- rs, 159 N. State St. 234 W. Randolph ‘St. Upholsterers Union, 180, W. Wash- ington St. Amalgamated Clothing Workers, Kedzie and oes Amalgamated lothing Workers, N. Robey St. (Note: Uniess otherwise stated, ail Meetings are at 8 p. m.) To those who work hard for their money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work, DR. RASNICK DENTIS* 645 Smithfield Street. | PITTSBURGH, PA. Philadelphia, Notice! Weber Printing Co. 350.N. FIFTH STREET, Philadelphia, Pa. . me THE DATWY WORKER Page Five RED SCARE AND MURDER THREATS AGAINST BRITISH MINERS:(HEAD ANSWERED BY CALL FOR’DEFENSE (Special to The Dally Worker) LONDON, Sept. 14.—A letter from labor party. has been the ‘pretext for a Movement in this country. Tn form the press attdck is again dermine the loyalty” of the army and the Communist Party executive to the concerted press attack upon the labor st a “Communist conspiracy” to “un- navy. In reality it is an atack upon every section of the labor movmeent which is alert and virile enough to be on its guard against and to be pre-4——————————_____________. pared to defend itself against the planned and’ projected capitalist dic- tatorship. Especially significant is the savag- ery with which A, J. Cook 4s singled out for vindictive abuse—a.tact that has already found expression in threats of assassination, ~ John Wheatley, membé? of parlia- ment, has ‘arroused capitalist»fury by his courageous call ‘for ‘@ workers’ de- fense corps to meet! the’ thYéatening storm, i Ten Million Men, Wanted, Writing in the South’ Side Standard (Glasgow), John Wheatley, member of parliament, says:"’ & Reading the capitalidt” press one might think that’ the’workers alone thot of using force in ttadé disputes. Nothing could be furthér from the truth, Nearly every reduction in wages dur- ing my lifetime has been obtained by force. The workers never agreed to a reduction, but were always forced to yield. They had to choose between surrender and _ starvation. They knew that resistance would mean a blockade of their homes, that not only they put their wives and children would be attacked. The form of force used against them usually is one of the most brutal in warfare. We bitterly denounced the brutality of German bombing because it brot innocent women and children into the lire of fire. This mode of at- tack is the first in capitalism’s plan. It is already quite clear that the at- tack on the miners was suspended, not because their enemies had become more reasonable, but because they were taken by surprise. We don’t find their press devoting columns to an examination of the rights and wrongs of the industrial dispute. We do-.see them devoting article after article to an appeal for force. > ; “Sooner or later,” says the Weekly Dispatch, “there must come a definite trial of strength. We have no sort of doubt as to the result—if we are prepared.” Says Mr. Garvin: “The government would be criminal if . . if did not from this moment prepare thoroly for the worst, and compile its detailed registers for citizen service in emerg; ency.” : Says the Morning Post:..‘‘The na- tion must save itself. Every man and eyery woman must be ready to play an appointed part—to mall GiReces- sary sacrifices and sibmit to the necessary discipline.” The fascisti have been threatening A. J. Gook, and it is quite possible that one of these days he y be murdered, om : Now or Never. It is now or never. If workers are defeated here and.» “to a lower standard of living.J’can see no hope of a successful ral! Can anyone believe that reason will operate in industrial questions if the workers have inadequate power of re- sistance? het In order to maintain industrial peace the workers must be ready to OUR DAILY PATTERNS MORNING FROCK. FOR A TINY TOT. ‘ ~ 6207. Voile and’othdrilingérie fab- rics as well as silk, rep and crepe de chine are attractive tor this FRENCH BUDGET FOR 1926 SHOWS DEFICIT OF 3 BILLION FRANCS PARIS, France, Sept. 14.—The tentative. French budget for 1926, submitted to the finance commis- sion of the chamber of deputies by M. Caillaux, finance minister, shows a deficit of 3,400,000,000 francs. | Caillaux proposes to budget for expenditures 36,040,000,000 francs, and estimates receipts at 32,600,000,- 000 francs, resist successfully the attack that is now being prepared. The workers’ defense corps must not be merely an alliance of leaders. It must be a hearty union of the rank and file, Every labor organization in Britain should proceed immediately to obtain pledges from millions of work- ers that in this hour of destiny they will not desert their class. We want ten million men, men who are prepared to suffer rather than see Britain made a land of coolies. The very existence of the nation is menaced. You cannot depress 70 per cent of the population to barbar- ism without national disaster. Nine months is not too long in which to enrol ten million men. No man is too busy or too humble to take part. Your class and country want you. Let every worker obtain a pledge of loyalty from his fellow-worker. Let every labor organization be used en masse to enrol recruits. Ten million men could save us. AIR COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY CAL ALL PLUTES WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept,..14.— The committee of nine appointed by president Coolidge to “investigate,the subject of air craft,” forced by char- ges of criminal: negligence made by Col. William Mitchell, consists of man- ufacturers, bankers, and a few con- servative tools of the employers sit- ting in congress. Included on the Coolidge committee are Dwight Morrow, banker partner of J. P. Morgan and personal friend of Coolidge, Maj. Gen. James G. Harbord, président of the Radio corporation of America, the radio trust, Howard E. Coffin, vice president of the Hudson Motor Car Co. Rear Admiral-F. F. Pletcher, retir- ed, Col. Hiram Bingham, senator from Connecticut, Congressman Carl Vinson of Georgia, Congressman James Park- er, and Judge Arthur Denison’ com- plete the committee. Col. Mitchell expressed himself as satisfied with this committee of em- ployers, showing his previous state- ments were merely made in behalf of a section of the capitalist class. This committee will decide, among other things, the responsibility for the death of 14 members of the wrecked airships Shenondoah. Mitchell’s charges serve to promote militaristic propaganda. 20th Boot and Shoe Strike, LYNN, Mass.—Pickets of the Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union are picket- ing the Washington Shoe Co, where 200 workers are striking for union standards. A number of strikebreak- ers have been imported. This is the twentieth strike in Lynn’ shoe fac- tories in the last month, Fromthe 4th Tothe Sth Congress of the Communist NOTED FOREIGN SCIENTISTS AT SOVIETACADEMY Huge Gathering at the Bicentenary (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, (Russian Informa- tion Bureau.)—A governmental com- mission at Leningrad made arrange- ments for the celebrations in connec- tion with the bickntenary of the Rus- sian Academy of Sciences. The com- mission was headed by M. Gorbunov, chief clerk of the Council of People’s Commissary of .U.,S, S. R. The first meeting of the commission at Lenin- grad took place with the participa- tion of the acadéricians Staklov and Oldenburg and public officials. Gorbunoy, in an interview with a press correspondent, said “The Soviet government has issued a decree proclaiming the bi-centenary of the Academy, of Sciences a festi- val for the whole’of the Union, in view of the tremenddys scientific import- ance of the acalemy. Guests had been invited from the leading scientific in- stitutions of the world and over 600 invitations had been sent out to Eu- rope, America and Asia. The arrival was expected of not less than 150 foreign scientists. More than 1,000 representatives of scientific institu- tions in U. S, S. R. would take part. “Among the world-known scientists who signified their desire to take part in the celebrations are Flang, the physicist, the permanent secretary of the Prussian Academy of Sciences; Keynes, one of the leading econo- mists of England; Prof. Levicovitz, Francesco Savelli, rector of the Uni- versity of Rome, and many others.” The festivities began at Leningrad on September 5. An official commis- sion organized the festivities, headed by M. Ryko¥," ‘with the participation of representatives of the Academy of bunov, Milyutin,® Bubnov, Litvinov, Yevdokimev, Tsyperevitch and other public men. *°* Maynard Keynes, who arrived with his wife, the famous Russian dancer, Lupokova, representing Cambridge University, said to the Soviet press: “A belt of fog-has been separating Russia from‘the rest of the world. Both we and the Russians have been | losers. Russia has so much that is unique and characteristic to give to -theworld, and at the.same time,Rus- sia is to dependent. for progress on the outside world, that this separation has-been onerofthe most.deplorable 7 things possible. .I welcome the oc- casion of the bi-centenary, because it represents the, Jifting-of the fog belt —the first small tentative movement toward the reunion of the Russian mind with the.international mind. The occasion is a happy one, because we meet under the auspices of science, which knows no. frontiers nor politi- eal parties. In, this field, which lies outside of morals, parties and conven- tions, we can meet on a séfe, neutral ground and beg to feel the way by personal contacts to a reunion of the Russian soul as well as the Russian mind with the soul and mind of the rest of mankind. “When I talked with the Soviet Foreign Minister, Tchitcherin, and the financial expert, Preobrajenski, at the Genoa conference, I foretold that Rus- sian money would be stabilized soon- ed than in any of the other countries of Europe. Now I say that if Russia has good harvests coming two years in succession her wealth will be great- er than the greatest credit she might obtain abroad.” M Sciences and also Lunacharsky, Gor- | received from the Canton administra students who were parading. This letter was sent for the info) was forwarded to all the foreign miss The findings show that French a’ sible for the massacre. The letter fro Re: The Shaki Massacre. In continuation of the protest tele- graphed, to you by my predecessor Mr. Chao-chu Wu, secretary for for- eign affairs, I have the honor to trans- mit to you as doyen of the diplo- matic corps of the foreign powers at Pekin for the information of the members of the diplomatic body, and your own information, the findings of the investigation commission. This commission was composed of 18 per- sons including judicial, police officers representatives of the laborers, farm- ers, merchants and educators. Findings of Commission. The commission, after numerous witnesses, finds as follows: 1. The order of procession of the demonstrators were respectively (a) the laborers and merchants, (b) the boy and girl students of schools, col- leges and universities, and (e) the cadets. 2. Everybody was unarmed, except the cadets who were in the. rear, 3. Firing was first started from Shameen, 4, The cadets were several hun- dred feet distant from the students. 5. The student section was first fired upon from Shameen in front of the English bridge. | 6. Shooting near the French | bridge followed that from the English bridge. 7. Many victims were spectators | of the procession and passers-by. | 8. Machine guns were freely used !by Shameen forces and the bullets | were of the dum-dum and soft-nosed | kind. | 9 Many policemen were posted | along the route of procession to keep | order. 10. There was no intention on the} | part of the cadets to create trouble | by the manner of their close marching namely, four abreast, during the fir ing from Shameen. British and French Responsible. The above findings clearly prove | that the responsibility for the out-| rageous massacre rests with the Brit- ish and French authorities in Sha- meen. Thereupon the Kwantung gov- ernment presented -thrn the consuls at Canton to the British and French ministers at Pekin the following de- mands: i, All the nations concerned should appoint high officials to tender apol- ogy to the Kwangtung government. 2. To punish the authorities con- cerned." rel 3. All the men-of-war of the na- tions concerned to be withdrawn, ex- cept two boats designed for convey-| ance of messages. 4. Rendition of Shameen to the Kwangtung government’s control. 5. Compensation for the Chinese who were killed and wounded. I append herewith a copy of Mr. Chao-chu Wu's telegram to you, cop- ies of the government's dispatches to the British and French consuls re the | subjects, and a translation of the full report of the investigation commis- sion. The nationalist gqyernment de- | mands that justice should be done and | redress be given for this infamous massacre, and respectfully requests ‘your good offices in this matter, (Signed) Hu Han-min. One Hundred Casualties. telegram mentioned above, The — examining | CANTON GOVERNMENT DEMANDS FULL REDRESS |FOR SHAMEEN MASSACRE, FINDS BRITISH, FRENCH TO BLAME PEKIN—(By Tass)—L. M. Karakhan, Soviet ambassador to China, has tion a letter embodying the findings of the investigation commission on the Shameen firing which killed Chinese rmation of the diplomatic corps, and ions at Pekin. nd British troops were solely respon- m the Canton government follows: W. P, VACATIONISTS KEEP HAPPY GETTING DAILY WORKER SUBS (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Sept. 14.—Members of the Workens Party stopping at Camp Nitgeadaiget, Beacon, N. Y., held a meeting at which four new members employes at the camp joined the Workers Party. A dis- cussion on the DAILY WORKER brot ‘a number of new subscriptions which were sent to the New York office.. This same group sent in eleven new subs last week. from Choa-chu Wu to Karakhan fol- lows:—It is my painful duty to bring to the notice of your excellency as dean of the diplomatic corps the fol- lowing incident. A procession con- sisting of merchants, students, cadets, laborers, and peasants, marched thru the streets of Canton as demonstra- tion of sympathy for the victims of the Shanghai outrage. was preserved. About 3:10 p. m. when it reached Shaki Road which runs parallel to the Anglo-French concession of Shameen, but is seperated from it by a canal, and when the greater portion of the procession had already passed, unex- pectedly a murderous fire from ma- chine guns and rifles was opened from Shameen on the demonstrators, par- ticularly the students. The pande- monium among the boy and girl stu- dents, the demonstrators and spec- tators, can’ be better imagined than described. The casualties so far ‘known total upwards of a hundred. “Outrage of Imperialism.” I.have the honor in the name of civilization and ‘humanity. to register with you and thru you, the diplomatic representatives of the foreign powers in Pekin, the strongest protest against this fresh outrage of imperialism. The case is aggravated by the fact thatthe demonstrators were separat- ed. from Shameen by a wide canal spanned by two bridges at the heads of which were stout iron gates closed and barricaded, and these gates were unmolested thruout, In face of this atrocity the indig- nation of the people is naturally great. Neyertheless the government is doing everything in its power to protect for- eigners of all nationalities, to prevent the people from committing futile acts of anti-foreignism, and to guide and teach them that the struggle is rather with the system of foreign im- perialism and that it should be con- ducted with means worthy of the cause. (Signed) Chao-chu Wu. PHILIP Manufac’ RETAIL 843 Belmont Ave., PU ne FOR INTERNATIONAL PRESS A CONTEST! ' DAY ISSU Perfect order) We have your New Fall Hats Ready Caps and Hats ALL OUR CAPS—ONE PRICE $1.85 SCHOOL BOARD DF LOS ANGELES WARS ON UNIONS Building Tradesmen Are Kicked for Pains (By Worker Correspondent.) SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Sept. 14. -This burg is undoubtedly as well organized as any place in the U, S. {Yet fraternizing with the “powers that be” is not getting too good re sults, One of the main thorns in the side of the unions here is and has been the school board. There have been small jurisdictional squabbles be- tween crafts. On one job particularly, the Lincoln School, they have imported a “rat herder” from Los Angeles. He evi- dently is a graduate from the “Free Workers’ Page” of the L, A. Times. He is an out and out “open shopper” and therefore suits the board fine. On this job the other day the carpenters |quit because of “open shop” condi- tions The Santa Barbara Building Trades Council at a special meeting of the school board have unsuccessfully pleaded for union conditions on school jobs. The board decided that they would not “deviate from the precedent established years ago on all school work where men regardless of their fraternal affiliation can work if quali- fied.” In an editorial the Santa Barbara Daily News of Sept. 4 blames the unions for the lack of harmony, claiming: “The difficulty grew out of a controversy as to which cra‘ should do a particular piece of work. It has only praise, as might be ex- pected, for the board, saying: “.. . the school board has done wonders to- wards the reconstruction of the schools.” It ends hypocritically: “The labor officials and representatives ought to see to it that no factional disputes retard by one minute the work on the schools.” Everything that the unions could be expected to do in the way of co- operating with the school board they have done. Their members have con- tributed a day’s wages and voted money out of their treasuries for the rehabilitation fund; they have even set aside their trade rules and worked Sundays for straight tmie. In their meetings they have argued that by doing this they would in the future, when clouds gathered and they were asked what they had done for the upbuilding of the community, be in a position to point to money con- tributed and sacrifices made. It is true objections have been made to taking this stand. One man took the floor and stated he had not contributed mpney to the school board and did not intend to. A school board which was too stingy to pay common laborers their scale of $4.50, | would get no money from him. If you want to thoroughly un- derstand Communism—study it. Send for a catalogue of all Com- munist literature. FIDLER turers of STORE: Near Clark Street E—SEPTEMBER 21 a This issue of the DAILY WORKER will be written as much as possible by the workers from the shops, factories, mills and the farms., A special page— PRIZES The worker sending in the best story for this issue of the DAILY WORKER will receive from the catalog his choice of $5.00. , Worth of Books. Second best story To all workers sending in a news story (whether it is printed or not) a copy of the Little Red Library book- let Worker Correspondents by William F. Dunne will be sent without charge. 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