The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 2, 1925, Page 3

) \ FRENCH CONSOLE "> SELVES IN RIFF WAR WITH HOPES Imagination Increased by Worry (Special to The Daily Worker) FEZ, French Morocco, Sept. 30.— The French are trying to console themselves with statements that the 5; Rifflane will be unable to carry on +. the war during the rainy season, They expect the Riffs to desert the cause of Adb-el-Krim fighting for the inde- pendence of Morocco, in order to do thejr fall plowing and planting, The war in Morocco has had the French worried for a long time. Dur- ing their war with the Beni Zerouals last year they”succeeded in crushing the tribesmen with a few battalions, today they are unable to’ succeed with whole divisions df French troops, supplemented by Spanish troops and foreign’ mercennaries, . Riffs Fight Stubbornly, Despite the pillaging and burnjng of crops and villages and the possible hunger to be faced by the Riffian tribesmen, Abd-el-Krim has been able to keep his forces intact. The French have in their strugle with the Riffs encountered an attitude so stubbornly rebellious that it is doubtful if site can ever gain a complete victory in Morocco. ‘If she succeeds in crushing the present rebellion of the Riffs, she realizes she must keep a tremendous number of soldiers under arms in Morocco. France has attempted to show that the native tribesmen haye fought desperately to break thru Riffan lines to return to their homes, but one thing is noticeable, the tribesmen leave their native soil en masse when- ever the French. 'start to occupy it and refuse to go ‘back and till the soil despite all promises and assurances offered by the henchmen of French imperialism. The French and Spanish troops are concentrating for a drive against Abd- el-Krim before the winter season sets in as they realize that the territory will be impassable for French and Spanish troops, Preparations are be- ing made for more bombing planes on the part of the two imperialist powers, Fear Riff Winter Drive. The French generals fear that the Riffians will be able-to capture many guns and. cannon in their offensive this -winter. only consolation lies in the fact Mat Abd-el-Krim’s men may have to go back to their soil and _till it in order to have food for the coming year. The bay of Alhucemas is blockaded by Spanish warships so that. no aid, may arrive to the Riffs from other lands.. Bombing Plane Missing. One of the Goliath bombing planes that has been dropping bombs on Sheshuan has not returned to its fly- ing field. The.squadron encountered, a fog after it had completed its day of devastation and the leaders did not notice the absence of the missing plane until the landing at Fez, The fear is that it may’have crashed into the mountain peaks. The plane carried fuel for nine hours, having a crew of four men and an officer provisioned for two days. The French hope it has landed back of Spanish lines as » they would have short shrift if the Riffs were to spot them. eee Drive Against Adjir, MELLILA, Spanish Morocco, Sept. 30,—An intensive drive by the Spanish foreign legion is under way against Adjir, the capital of the Moroccan chieftain, Ad-el-Krim. After a terri- fic military preparation by Tand and sea the Spanish troops have begun their advance, Moroccans In Fighting Mood. The Moroccans are in a fighting frenzy and have inflicted severe losse: on the Spaniards. The Riffs are press- ing the Spanish troops at Tizza Aza, @ point southeast of Adjir.. Airplanes have been dispatched’ by the Spanish commanders to disperse the Riflan offensive. The number of sick has been in- creasing among the Spanish troops due to lack of water and the change in climate, The sick rolls now number 1,000 — ‘To those who work: hard for their money, | will save 50 per cent on all thelr dental work, DR. RASNICK DENTIST 645 Smithfield Street PITTSBURGH, PA. . WAN cae od WORKERS PARTY 19 So. Lincoln Street ~ A Few Copies of , TEN DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD by John Reed. ” GITY LITERATURE DEPARTMENT = INTERNATIONAL RED AID CALLS ON WORED’S WORKERS TO PROTEST PERSECUTION OF GREEK TOILERS MOSCOW, U. &. S. R., Sept, 30.—In a stirring appeal made by the Inter- national Red Aid for working class action against the “radical” and “repub- Hea In spite of the election promi ” government of Greece, the persecution of Greek workers Is revealed. of the Pangalos government that it will stop the persecution of workers in Greece, persecution continues unabated. The following appeal of the International Red Aid is addressed to the workers of the world: To the Workers and Peasants of All Countries: The'government of General Pangalos seized power in Greece by means of a military coup-d’etat, June 15. It promised to lighten the condition of the working class and peasantry, to stop the persecution of the Communist Party, and amnestize the,political prisoners. tempted to gain the sympathy of the popular masses of Greece. soon came to light, that under cover + of the ultra-radical phrases the new government was in fact creating a military fascist dictatorship. The Péngalos government swiftly took the well-worn road of the policy of terror and persecution which in the long run was directed to the final destruction of the labor. movement, and which is paving the way to the restoration of the monarchy. Over 400 members and sympathiz- ers are imprisoned in Greecian pris- ons, apart from this, over 250 vic- tims of political persecutions have been banished to the small islands of the Aegian Sea. All of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, of the Central Committee of the Com- munist Youth, the Central Committee of the local International Red Aid, editors of the labor newspapers and many active workers of the trade union movement. Not only. the lead- ers, but the worker and peasant mass- es undergo harsh persecution. In La- rissa, Tricole, Livadia and in many other parts of Thessaly many skir- mishes have taken place in which blood was shed and numerous ar- rests were made among the poor peas- ants and the late participators in the war for the confiscation of the big Greecian landowners’ land in favor of the poorer peasants. . In compliance to the wishes of American capital, the Pangalos gov- ernment is throwing onta: the, streets all those refugees from, Little. Asia who fled to Greece. Eighteen sol- diers were sentenced to from, 1% to 10 years each by the court martial in Salonica for merely reading the Com- munist newspaper Risospastio. Extra- ordinary strong is the governmental terror in those regions annexed, to Greece after the war—Macedgnia and Thracia. Court martials preyail. there, and the labor press has no Spenes.of gaining a foothold there. i strug: gle for the freedom of’ Mavédonia and Thrace is declared tre&son’/and is heavily punished and perseouted. Nine comrades were sentenced in July to a total of 132 years’ pend ser- vitude in Salonica,-for. their partici- pation in the Macedonian .movement for freedom. « ‘ Trials and court martials follaw one another with rapidity. Mapy,, mem- bers of the Greecian Communist Party were sentenced on Au; it 3, to many years of imprisonment.” The newspaper Risospastio, whieH ‘nad de- fended the ‘political prisoners? against the torture and foul attitude display- ed against them, met with a similar fate at its trial which ended om the 8th of August. ~° N ann At the present time, the Rangalos government is finishing the mock po- litical trial, which commenced on the 25th of August, of those Communists accused of treason. . Thirty-two pris- oners stand before the bar. Among these are the general secretary of the Greecian Communist Party, Comrade Maximos, other members of the Cen- tral Committee, and active members of the Communist movement. Their “treason” consists in their struggle against the policy of national op- pression in Macedonia and in Thrace, and for their national freedom. The trial is taking place before a court martial, and a few of the accused are threatened with death sentences. Workers and peasants of the world! In the southern Balkan peninsula, the bourgeois government, under the dloak of democratic demagogy, and ittempting to deceive the popular nas: by means of faithless promis- -8, is now going over to the methods of fierce vengeance against the labor and peasant movement. The Greecian government is following in the foot- steps of the Roumanian Sigurantsi, and of Zankov’s “justice,” The last stronghold of the legal la- bor movement in the Balkans threat- ens to fall under the blows of reac- tion, striving to disorganize the la- boring masses. Reaction is closing its ranks by means of its terroristic pol- iey. . Comrades! Protest against the terroristic re- gime of the Greek fascisti! Down with mock political trials! ‘No more death sentences! Long live the amnesty of political prisoners! . , Long live the international solidar- ity of labor!—Executive Committee, International Red Aid. TED! . Chicago, Illinois will munist By means of these promises, it at- But it very CLASS JUSTICE SHOWS LEECHES STICK TOGETHER Embezzler and Picket Treated Differently By REGINA MYROSKI. MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va., Sept. 30.— Occasionally, we find the capitalist courts meting out “justice” to the so- called higher (7?) class of society—the parasites. Not that they want to, no indeed! But they must at least go thru the pretense to save their. face and so give opportunity to the mo- rons, half-wits, ete., for saying the rich man and the poor man is equal in the sight of the law. Such a case occurred in this section during the September term of court. At the beginning of summer startl- ing revelations were made at the Bank of Benwood, Benwood, W. Va., that the cashier, William S. Leach, and the assistant cashier, Joe Ward, had been defrauding the bank of funds for a number. of years. The as- sistant cashier fled across the contin- ent and was finally arrested in Cali- fornia and brot back, while Leach also was put under arrest. The case caused a great deal of sensation and thru the whole summer the capitalist press devoted columns to these two thieves until they were in a fair way of becoming immortalized. Much Fuss Over Parasite. Leach was tried during the week of September 21. There were fourteen indictments against him. He pled guilty and so was tried on only one, for giving false statements to the state banking commission in 1920 or 1921, The other indictments were an- nulled. ‘When sentence was to be passed upon him, his attorney plead- ed in the court to.make it as lenient as possible, saying Leach was an old man (48), is suffering considerably be- cause he is already ostraclsed from his friends, his home is “broken up,” and the rest of the hokum resorted to by the ‘parasites when they find themselves in a tight place, Judge Morris, of the Marshall county court, deemed it best not to appear to friendly and so gave Leach the maximum sentence, only 10 years, Stole Money of Workers. Only 10 years for defrauding the bank of three-quarter of a million dollars, money that was deposited there by orphans and widows of min- ers who had been killed in the great mine disaster at the Hitchman mine, McMechen, W. Va., a year ago last. April! And this is not all. There is hope that he will be either pardoned, pa- roled, or upon good behavior his sen- tence will last only six or seven years. And, also, it is expected that he will get one of the “soft” jobs in the prison, being treated as an unwill- ing guest who 1s forced to do some- thing to while away the time, In fact, ovemYoman" crook—treated ag a gentleman, ~ Ogee i assay va che so-called “better” class are shedding tears at this sad fate of their hero who was so unwise as to make a slip—tor is not robbing or- phans and widows a heroic deed in the eyes of the capitalists? Who Weepe For the Worker? Only 10 years. for robbing widows and orphans! And, yet, during the May, 1925 term of court, a mine strike picketer, because he was fighting for his rights and for living #ages also received 10 years in the state pris- on! But his case was not attended by middle class sympathy, columns of newspaper sympathy, respectful treatment, and 80 on. Leach will be out one of these days, and soon. True, there are still a number of indictments that could be entered against him besides the four- teen but, as one of the local capital- ist presses stated, the officers of the “law” will feel in honor bofind not to molest Leach any further. 10,000 Illinois “U" Students URBANA, Ill, 30.—For the first time in history of the institution over 10,000 students have enrolled in the University of Illinois this fall, the to- tal now touching 10,021 which is over 700 greater than the gross enrollment previous to this time, Students Threaten Strike _ ALEDO, IIL, Sept. 30,.—As a result of dissatisfaction which brought threats of a students strike, the board of education voted to cancel the con- tract of F. A. Lahr, principal of the high school, A good book ‘on Communism make youa. better Com- als THE DAI Y WORKER THE SMAJAH’ TRIES IT ON TOLEDO, OHIO Seems Irritated at Pesky Communists (Special to The Daily Worker) TOLEDO, O., Sept. 29.—if | should have held the slightest fear that the DAILY WORKER in past issues had misrepresented the faker president of the pressmen’s union, “Major” Geo, L. Berry it was entirely dissipated after having had the opportunity of hearing George explain, or rather defend him- self, befone a rather small audience at Labor Temple Auditorium, Friday evening Sept. 26. The major’s attitude wag purely that ot defense; somebody nhs evidently cornered him on tactics, it would seem. Consequently his typical bourgeois ‘| mind, his opportunism, his egotism, his pay-triotiam, his smug satisfaction with things as they are, was brot out clear and distinct and was expressed with grace and apparent sincerity. The Naughty Red. All this in spite of the fact that a mischevious Communist down on the street corner had handed him a copy of the DAILY WORKER of back date, in fact a bundle had been kept in store for this very occasion. This little in- cident had sent the major into a par- oxysm of rage which showed conclu- sively that the merest mention of Communism was to kick the major’s coon-dog. jy the way he diverted once in his talk from his smug and affectionate attitude, That was when he paid his respects to the Communist movement, he became at this juncture vehement, vitrolic, and unmistakably, exasper- ated. And if ft is true, “Whom the gods. wish to destroy they first make mad,” the major is doomed for de- struction. Don’t Let it Worry You, George. He finished his little tirade with an attempt ‘to’ be cute. He said that if the Communists ever said any good thing about him he would have a com- mittee appointed to look him over to to see what had-happened to him. But I don’t think he will need a com- mittee for a long time. Oh, yes! “Major” Berry had ad- dressed the Toledo commerce club, also the rotarians during the day, and he emphasized that they had received him with open arms, which was un- doubtedly. a fact, also unmistakeably evidence of his class collaboration character, Home guards who had went into ecstasy over how the “major” had honor heaped upon him by his craft, honoring him with the presidency for nineteen, years, were just a little shocked when the “major” explained what a heck of a time he had had hanging -on to his job down thru those years. If the “major” is typical of old-line labor leaders, which he un- doubtedly is, then “labor faker” is the Proper pronounciation of their title. Boston Store Gives Employes Meal for Christmas Overtime (Worker Correspondent) Tl try to describe the exploitation in the Boston Store. Beginning two weeks before Thanksgiving the ad- ministration will start to hire extra help, to be able to manage the holi- day rush and beginning with Decem- ber 15 all the employes will have to put in officially % hour more daily, without pay, as the store will close at 6 o'clock instead of 6.30. And com- mencing December 16th till December 24th they'll: have to .work officially till 9 o'clock in the evening, in reality till 11 o'clock, getting paid for this overtime work of 3% to 5% hours with a meal ticket calling for a supper worth 65¢; but actually worth 25c. These meals are prepared out of the remmants of the thanksgiving sale: turkeys, chickens, etc. Eyeryone works harder, naturally because ofthe daily rush, and the holi- day shopping. crowds, but especially is this trsrofvthe extra help who put forth, il possible efforts to be noticed by the bosses in hopes of retaining their jobs after Christmas eve. These conditions have existed in the Boston Store always, still the em- ployes have, not made a real effort to change them, Let’s hope that this year they will take advantage of the Christmas season and turn it into a means for bettering their conditions instead of letting the bosses use it as a whip to beat them into greater sub- mission, The best time to organize and present demands to the owners for better wages and working condi- tions is just before ‘the Christmas rush, New Auto-Bus Merger DANVILLE, IL, Sept. 30.—A merger is announced for Thursday of all the trans-city auto-bus lines operating out of Danville with the exception of three, has been announced. All pro- perty and rights of these compan ie being taken over by the Mid Wei Motor Bus company of Chicago, or i LABOR PRODUCTIVITY ASSURES "WORLD POWER OF WALL STREET | EACH OTHER: * capitalists for world power. & Sons of New York. worker. 1924 are: Power of U, S. Capital Population . Wealth ...sssecnseee Production, Agriculture. Cotton, bales Wheat, bushels Corn, bushels Farm, products Production, Mines. Copper, tons ...... Lake iron ore, tons. Coal, tons Petroleum, gal; Manufacture. Number of workers. Value of product Pig iron, tons. Steel, tons .. Cotton, value the new power of U. §S, financiers is based on huge development of mine and factory production. Agriculture’s contribution was an increase of 312 per cent in total value of products. Increases in important farm products include 219 per cent in the number of bales of cotton and only 74 per cent and 22 per cent respectively in bu- shels of wheat and corn. Taking into account price changes agricultural production has only just kept pace with the growth of population, with important food staples falling behind. Production of the country’s miners is a different story. The generation chalked up a gain of 1,086 per cent in copper production, of 1,700 per cent in iron ore, of 470 per cent in coal and 2,900 per cent in petroleum. While in- dustrial workers turned out 705 per cent more pig iron, 2,116 per cent IRAGING TORRENT DESTROYS CROPS ABOUT SHANTUNG 2,000,000 Chinese’ Left Without Food (Special to The Daily Worker) PEKIN, Sept. 30.—A second break in the Yellow River dyke in the prov- ince of Shantung, has resulted in a flood much worse than the one ex- perienced in 1887. The flooded area now covered by water is equal in size to the size of the state of Dela- ware, and is being enlarged hourly by the water that is rushing southward. A part of the water is going down the Grand canal and on to the Yang- tzé, but the greater portion is cover- ing the land like a blanket. Hundreds Drowned, It is estimated that 2,000,000 peo- ple and 2,000 towns and villages have been affected. Hundreds have been drowned and the crops are ruined. The first break caused by the swol- len rivers of the Yellow River sub- merged 400 square miles, swept every- thing in its path and inundated the region to a depth of fifteen feet. Wait Till It Subsides. The tremendous pressure of the water forced the second break. It is impossible to repair the walls until the raging.torrent subsides, It ig feared that, when the river subsides it will be found to follow the original course. (afrererefererereverereserel ice Famous Russian Poet Mayakovsky will speak on Russian Literature and Poetry Tomorrow Friday, Oct. 2 at TEMPLE HALL, Cor. Van Buren and Marshfield. Chicago Admission 50c Beginning at 8 p. m. ns By LELAND OLDS (Federated Press Industrial Editor) The tremendous productive power of American labor when applied to & wealth of national resources, supplies the energy back of the bid of U.S. The $1,000,000,000 in loans to foreign countries which are expected to follow. the funding of the French debt will be pro- duced by American labor just as the $20,000,000 already inyested overseas really represents products of American labor already shipped abroad. The rise to power which has enabled U. S. capital to challenge and sur. pass British capital as the center of world empire is pictured in compara tive figures of population, wealth and production compiled by Joseph Walker These figures show that in the last 30 years while the population of the United States was increasing by 102 per cent the value of manufacturing production increased by approximately 600 per cent ing allowance for price increases in the period this still involves an increase | of nearly 300 per cent in the volume of factory production. crease of at least 70 per cent in the productivity of the average industrial $55,000,000,000 2,000,000,000 $ 2,300,000,000 These figui # show how completely + Nie Mak- It means an in- Whe Walker figures for population, wealth and production in 1885 and} 1885 56,000,000 1924 113,000,000 $330,000,000,000 6,000,000 500,000,000 13,160,000 000,000 440,000,000 $ 9,840,000,000 75,000 890,000 2,500,000 45,000,000 100,000,000 570,000,00 1,000,000,000 30,000,000,000 3,500,000 8,050,000 7,500,000,000 $ 52,350,000,000 4,000,000 31,300,000 1,700,000 37,600,000 230,000,000 $ 1,500,000,000 more steel and 552 per cent more cot- ton mill products. Prior to the war the farmers were required to pour their excess products Overseas to pay the interest on capi- tal borrowed by captains of industry for the development of their mines and factories, Since the outbreak of the war the industrial workers have been called on to add their surplus production to the stream. The in- creased volume not only cancelled the mortgage which Europe held over American capitalism but rendered Bu- ropean capitalism dependent. And American financiers, whether in the French debt negotiations or in private | financing operations, will hold the pro- ductivity of American industrial labor as a trump card in extending their power. Brighter Than Coney Island! More American Mountains! LA FAREWELL LECTURE-RECITAL Viadimir Mayakovsky Sunday, October 4, 2 P. M. x at YORKVILLE CASINO, 210 E. 86th St., New York City. Get your tickets today at the Novy Mir, 30 Union Square, maps and charts. Labor Unions, 288 pp. THROUGH THE RUSSIAN By Albert Rhys Williams. sh Williams was a sympathetic spectator of the first hectic year of the revolution. and graphic story of the revolutionary crisis and the subsequent counter-revolntionary imyasions. Cloth $2.00 STATE AND REVOLUTION. t By V. I. Ulianov (Lenin), A great analysis of the Capitalist State as the pro- tector of Capitalism, establishing the necessity of its overthrowal and substitution of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. 100 pp. THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF LENINISM, By |, Stalin. By J, Lovestone A detailed expose of the manner in which the govern- ,ment perpetually uses its power against the workers in “strikes, lockouts, movements for organization economic- ally and politically on the part of the working class, etc. Rich in quotations to support the charge that the gov- ernment is subservient to the interests of the industrial maste! Cheaper Than Chinatown! WORKERS Sociology and Economics RUSSIA TODAY—The Official Trade Union Delegation to Sovie }. Russia, No book in recent years has created such wide-spread discussion in the labor movement. 5 plete report on every phase of Soviet life today—with Including a special report on the famous “Zinoviev” letter and the Red International of An important work on Communist theory and prac- tice during the period that Lenin lived and led—the period of Capitalist Imperialism. co-worker of Lenin—the present Secretary of the Russ- ian Communist Party. 78 pp. Duroflex Covers, 35 Cents, GOVERNMENT STRIKEBREAKER, LISHING COMPANY UNIONS FIGHT»: BOSSES JOYFUL “Brotherhoods” Show! Very Little of It e (Special to The Daily Worker) CLEVELAND, Sept, 30, — Heavy layoffs of engine service men as a res! sult of the speeding up tactics of rail! road management and motor compe+ tition threaten the close relations bes| tween the two big engine service brotherhoods that have existed ever since 1912. A ballot is being taken by divisions of the Brotherhood of; Locomotive Engineers on the abro- gation of the Chicago joint agree- ment, This agreement regulates the job relations between members of the engineers’ and firemen’s organigae tions. ‘ait! Craft Leaders Unable to Agre@. ~ After months of fruitless negotia- committees representing the ions have been unable to agre® oy a revision of the Chicago agreé= meat. The firemen in their recent Detroit convention+ backed up their! comnnttee in requesting certain com! cessions from the engineers. The en= gineers’ committee soon after decide |’ ed to ask the membership to deter-; mine whetker to continue megotias! tions or end the pact. F If the latte® proposition carries the ~ engine service’ brotherhoods may Te turn to the chaotic conditions which existed prior to the joint agreement when unfriendly competition was the order of the day. The firemen dum ing that period added the words “and enginemen” to their official title to show that they meant to make their order include all men in the engine cab. om Fight One Another Instead of Boss, The present difference hinges on technical mileage and seniority rights, With many engine service men ber ing thrown out of jobs these ques tions are unusually acute and concern the limitation of monthly mileage allowed to any one man and the exer- cise of the engineer's seniority right to take over a fireman's job in case of a layoff. The announcement of the balloting s made in the October issue of the Locomotive Engineers’ Journal, 4 4 fi Wondrous Than the A ST @ eport of the British It is a most com- Duroflex Covers $1.25 Cloth $1.75 REVOLUTION, 4 He tells an intriguing sf lite Duroflex Covers, 25 Cents, Written by a close Cloth 60 Cents. Chicago = ILL, rey