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

GERMAN TOILERS INRUSSIA SAY ‘MENSHEVIKS LIE Delegation A nswers Plea of Traitors (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW—(By Inprecorr.)—Before Its departure the German workers’ delegation published a letter In an- swer to a letter signed by the bureau of the Rusaian social-democratic par- ty. The delegation acknowledges re- oelpt of the letter and points out in Its reply that It has seen everything in the U. 8, 8, R. and that all doors Including those of the prisons have been opened to It. Only one thing was not séen by the delegation—the menaheviks, The letter proceeds: “You write in the name of your party organiza- tion, but-we found nothing of the sort.’ Have you not confidence in us, ‘we who hold the same opinions as you? Where we looked for you and found you, you had for a Iong time ceased to be that which you once were. Nevertheless we attempted to prove your statements, but we must honestly confess that not one of them is true. ’ Prisoners Not Complaining. “Further:’ Amongst hundreds and even thousands of people we did not find a single one to corroborate your statements. We had the right of free entry into all prisons and we found mensheviks and social revolutionaries there, but not one of them could complain about anything but the loss of freedom.” The letter is signed by Nelle, Freiberger, Baer and Benevitz, The Isvestia publishes a statement of the German workers’ delegation to the workers and peasants of the U. S. S. R. in which the impressions and opinions formed by the delegation are shortly described: | The -declaration stresses the fact that it always chose the places to be visited itself and al- ways received accurate information upon all questions for which any in- terest was expressed. The declaration puts the question: Is Soviet Russia in reality that state im which the fundamental principles of Marx and Engels are being’ carried out? The answer must be that the German working class has an abso- lutely false idea of the U. 8. 8. R., says the declaration. It is completely correct that thé U.S. S. R, is actually on the way to ‘thé realigation of the aims set by Marx and Engels. The Work “6f economic reconstruction is carried out in the direction of social- ism with the ‘participation of the broadest sections of the toiling mass- es. Condition of Workers Better, The much hated dictatorship of the proletariat is in reality the true work- ers’ democracy which differs favor- ably from the so-called “democracy” of the western countries. The declar- ation points out that not only the workers and peasants, but also the overwhelming. majority of the engi- neers, technical experts, teachers, scholars, etc., also support the Soviet government. The workers of the U. 8. 8. R. have decided upon the eight- hour day for adults and the six-hour day for youths. The shop councils have great influence and take an ac- tive part in the settlement of all so- -elal questions, for instance, the so- cialist construction of industry. One-time palaces and villas are at the disposal of the toilers. On the average the Russian workers do not live worse than the Germans, and with regard to nourishment, they live considerably better. The material and cultural level of the broad mass- es rises from year to year, The enormous perspectives for the further- ing of the national economy make the employment of tens of thousands of skilled workers’ possible in the vari- ous branches of industry. In conclusion, the declaration says that, the German working class will pot act indifferently towards the exist- ing danger of imperialist intervention against the U. S. S. R. for the fate of the latter: is closely bound with the fate of the whole working class. The declaration concludes with the state- ment that only the creation of a unit- ed trade union international can pre- vent the danger of new wars. Concert 7:30 to 9:00 a a : ; In Detroit, Mich.! CONCERT & DANCE - SUNDAY EVE., OCTOBER 4, 1925 House of the Masses 2646 St. Aubin Admission 50 Cents Auspices, Workers Party of Detroit. THE DAILY¥S WORKER CHINESE PEASANTS AND WORKERS . SUPPORT CANTON, SEAT OF LEFT REVOLUTIONARY KUOMINTANG RULE By SINBAD. CANTON (By Mail).—Since the death of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the world at layge has come to know a little more of China and still more of the seat of the national revolutionary movement, Canton. The victory of the left rev- olutonary Kuomintang over the reactionary militarists, Yang Hsi Min, Liu Chen Wan and others, who constituted what was known as the “right Kuo- mintang,” was due largely to the support of the workers and peasants of Kwangtung. Peasants Support Revolution. Under the rule of the reactionary militarists the workers and peasants were burdened with heavy taxes and suffered a great deal so that when the struggle took place between usurpers, the reactionary militarists. and the warriors of the people, the revolutionary Kuomintang, the vic- tory was complete. Now the national- ist government has been reorganized and the committee or commissariat system of government has been in- stituted.. At present- Canton is the Seat of the three divisiong of the new administration; the nationalist government proper which is to have jurisdiction over all of China as soon as the imperialist subsidized Pekin government is overthrown; the pro- vincial government which controls the province of Kwangtung; the city government of Canton which controls the affairs of the capital of the na- tional government. These’ three are all directed by and strictly follow out the orders of the Kuomintang. The recent imperialist butcheries in different parts of China haye aroused the already enraged masses of China to the full realization of the existence of that terrible ogre who has enter- ed and established itself in their coun- try. Unequal Treaties. Unequal treaties have been conclud- ed with all the say on the side of the imperialist powers and concessions and .settlements have been forced from China ever since the occasion when Great Britain brot in her war- ship and troops to force opium into China. With the loss of Hongkong and the loss of certain treaty ports to the British and other imperialists, China began to take it as a matter of course and with the Taiping indemni- thes, the spheres of influence, the Boxer indemnities, the twenty-one de- mands, etc., China lost Whatever in- ternational prestige she had and be- came the “happy hunting ground” for any of the imperialist powers, Cossack Methods Used. Concessions and settlements, being established at. most of the strategic points in China the administration of these became totally foreign: The Jaws are made by the imperialists to whom the concession was granted, the taxes are collected bys them, the imperialist police with methods, equal- led only by those used by the czarist cossacks to “protect” the settlement or concession and imperialist econo- the mic monopoly is fostered not only within the concession but thruout all China. The courts of justice in these set- tlements are naturally partial and when there is a judicial décision to be made in a case between a foreigner and a Chinese, it is usually rendered in favor of the former. Imperialist men-o-war are always present in the harbors adjoining the “treaty ports” and sailors and marines are landed upon the slightest pretext. The ex- cuse always given is that they want to “protect the lives and property of their nationals.” The actual reason is an attempt to strike mortal terror into the hearts of the Chinese. Civilizing China! Wholesale, unprovoked killings of Chinese students and workers are the standards of civilization which are lauded so far and wide. The Chinese are beginning to realize the important fact that the existence of the unequal treaties and the possession by the im- perialists of settlements and conces- sions are the fundamental causes of ‘the: atrocious and barbaric actions of the imperialists in China, and that until these treaties are abrogated and until the concessions and settlements are returned to China, imperialism will necessarily continue her bestial aggression. The fundamental solution for the present situation is the abolition of the unequal treaties and the return of the concessions. Dr. Sun Yat Sen died, but left a heritage to the Kuomin- tang; those principles that he endeav- ored to carry out/in his life time. The revolutionary Kuomintang true to the principles of its creator, Dr. Sun Yat Sen, and true to the body that its cre- ator had toiled to emancipate, the Chinese masses, after defeating the enemies of the revolution within the Kuomintang, is going forth to battle with imperialism, to abolish the un- equal treaties, thus establishing eco- nomic and political independence for China. . It is not a simple task, but a move- ment that hag the masses of peasants and ‘workers willing to battle to the death to insure its success, cannot fail to succeed. A.F. OF L. MEET TOPLUNGE INTO SWILL BARREL Insurance and. Banks Lead the Agenda | (Special to The Dally Worker) ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Oct. 1— The American Federation of Labor, which will meet here in annual con- vention next Monday, plans to con- sider, so it is announced, the further departure from policies of class strug- gle of entering into insurance just as it has entered banking. The execu- tive council. has now before it pro- posal to organize an insurance com- pany with a capitalization of $2,000,- 000. Now that the Bankers’ associa- tion convention is over here, the A. F. of L, is next in line. Other matters the council wants to talk about include labor banks, em- ploye-and-customer ownership, com- pany unions and the perennial adjudi- cation of the jurisdictional dispute between ‘the bricklayers and the plasterers. A so-called . “organization drive” is on the agenda. to give the convention the air of doing something. Delegations of fraternal mature are expected from England, Germany, Mexico and South America. Green is supposedly slated for re-election on the basis of his following the. policie of Gompers, but there may be some quarreling over places on the execu- tive council. Dance 9:00 to anne at ae Gypsy Association Formed in Russia to Assist Nomads MOSCOW, — (Tass) — October 1.— Gypsies living in the territory of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Re- publics have decided to create an All- Russian Gypsy association to confer with the institutions of the govern- ment concerning all questions of Gypsy life. The statutes of the association have been lately beta) hy by the govern- ment. Accor the statutes All- Russian congresses of. representatives of Gypsy communities are to be held periodically, These congresses will elect a central board residing in Moscow. The congress receives rights of a juristic’ pérson. The Gypsy asso- ciation will have branches in provin- cial cities and county towns in all regions where Gypsies live. The association plans to organize -boarding scho8ls and clubs, for Gyp- sies, mutual help societies, theaters, theatrical schools and to publish news- papers, magazines and books in their national language. Build the DAILY WORKER with subs. Pago Thres Ft SOVIETS AIDING JEWISH WORKERS TO WORK FARMS Colonization of Crimea Assisted (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, October 1.—The lies spread thiuout the capitalist world about the persecution of the Jewish workers Injth@Sdviet Union, was re- futed by Da, Bernard Kahn, in his re- port on thé €¥imean colonization of Jewish workers dn farms carried on successfully by the Joint Distribution Committee ‘which’ is raising $15,000,- 000 to further the work. “The new settlér comes to the land to become, a.peasant, but a Jewish peasant. The sabbath and all the holi- days are observed,” declared Bernard Kahn. “The lack of interference on the part of the Soviet government offi- cials and their agencies makes it pos- sible for them to:develop their schools and institutions along Jewish lines The Agro-Joint (Russian official title of the Joint Distribution Committee) does everything in jts power to de- velop their, schools and institutions along Jewish lines.” Land Granted. Land is granted the Jewish ‘settlers on the same basis as it is granted to all Russian peasants. According to the law of the Soviet Union, the peas- ant can get all the land that he can use and it belongs to him and his family as long as they work it. The peasant can neither sell nor mortgage the land. The Joint Distribution Committee is collecting $15,000,000 to be used for the purpose of colonizing the Jewish population on the land. Non-Productive Occuption. Before the war, the Jewish popula- tion was)@tvided into the following categories;, 38 per cent were mer- chants, shopkeepers and traders; 35 per cent artisans; 5% per cent were professionals; 7 per cent were serv- ants, etc.,,and only 3% per cent were engaged _ in agriculture. In the per- iod of ti revolution and after the re- volution, the Jewish population found themselves ill-fixed in the economic structure of Soviet Russia, which de- manded that some form of productive work be engaged in by all residents of the country...The Jewish popula- tion were mainly in the ‘non-produc- tive and usless occupations. This move of colonizing the Jewish mer chants and others who carrjed on n productive work, is going oh in goo pace with thé able assistance of th Union of Socialist Soviet Republics e Committee Program. The Joint Distribution Committec intends,in.the Yiext three years to spend $8,400,000°for the development of the agticult#fal colonies of which $4,500,000 pwill go: for agricultural ma- chinery and $900,000 for further as- sistance to those already working as farmers. British Business in Marked Decline Under Last Year and July LONDON, Oct. 1.—Big reductions both in imports and exports are re- corded in, the board of trade returns for August just issued. The imports for the months were valued at £91,732,604 which is lower by £7,012,245 than the total for July, and by £10,435,328 than the amount for the corresponding month last year. : Exports totalled £61,037,999, a re- duction of £5,250,295 compared with August, 1924, In spite of the attempt to bolster up business by means of subsidies and tariffs, the slump is considered serious. Agust is usually a slack month, but a comparison with August of last year shows a seriéts decline. TOM LEWIS APPEALS FOR CORPS district of the Workers Party, and a move of the DAILY WORKER. Tt organization of worker correspond- ents is a very essential thing to de- velop our Communist press. The conditions prevalent thruout the country industrially, the continual in- ification in production and the great numbers out of employment, it appear, “with the abundant rial at hand, that the comrad should bet busy and broadcast their shop news when such a splendid op- portunity is offered them. “The: proletarian has always told his story verbally .to his friends and comrades. He is not accustomed to using the pen except when he is apply- ing for the illusive job, consequently its a difficult thing for him to com- pose an article. He is very often handicapped too because of the .lack of education, “He must get away from the old idea that he cannot write of his ex- periences, and also break loose from | fear, that he will make OF WORKER CORRESPONDENTS A letter from Comrade Tom Lewis, district organizer of the California fighter well known thruout the rebel movement, asks worker militants to get behind the” ‘worker correspondent The DAILY WORKER has started a campaign to persuade its readers to also"be writers, to send in news of interest to workers from all parts of the country. The letter from Comrade Lewis follows: ems to me, the call for the @——————_—__-_—____ Who is it that Being a Com- one should not hesitate be- too many mistake: doesn’t make them? munis ing afraid to make a mistake. It is by our mistakpg we learn. “It the Communists would only make up their minds to jot down the happenings in the place where they work a few times, until what they are attempting looks pretty good to them, it may surprise them and many of us too. Come on comrades! Try, and keep on trying, Don’t con- tinue to be satisfied with other people's. writing. Remember, the shop news must come from those who work in them: » Noné ‘feel the hard- ships like those who. suffer them. Break loose, tell the! story as you know it and you feel it. Send your message to the DAILY WORKDR. By so doing you tay eee not only | to IF ormer Police: Spy, Ex-Co-op, Head, Gets Death; Report Says BERLIN, October 1.—Reports: from Moscow state that the former director of the All-Russian Co-operative Bank in Siberia, Gabell, has been sentenced by a Moscow court to be shot, It was }found that he had been a czarist | poli and that for years he had carried on secret operations against the revolutionary movement. It was after Gabell had been sent Siberia for participation in the 1905 revolt that he asked for clemency from the czar and turned informer against his own comrades, the re- port ys. He lived in Irkutsk for years as a police informer and some- how managed to evade detection, en- tering the government in Siberia after the revolution. ALAS, THE POOR BANKERS PROTEST AT “REGULATION” Worked to Death Fore- closing Mortgages ATLANTIC CITY, Oct. 1—The American Bankefs’ association is fin- ishing its convention here. After electing their officers they got down to business with their usual protest against “strict regulations” which they say prevents them making from other peoples’ money enuf to save them from poverty and distress, They complain that one tenth of the capital of the nation’s banks has been diverted from national to state banks because of the freer manipula- tion of first mortgage real estate bonds allowed state banks. This, they say, threatens the “very foundation of the national banking system.” The bankers claim that the condi- tions of the farmers are being im- proved, because a “surplus of stock” has been wiped out, while the demand for beef is increasing. Nationalizing Girls Is Old Stuff, Now We Internationalize Em By W. FRANCIS AHERN, SYDNEY, Australia—(FP)—One as- pect of the visit of the American Naval Fleet to Australia was the man- ner in which the Big Business press called upon the girls of the cities vis ted by the sailors to “give the boys : good time.” Some of the statements n the newspapers came very near to imggesting» prostitution. The follow- ng is an extract of a statement ap: rearing in the Melbourne Age, a lead- ng Big Business newspaper: “Every young sailor worth his salt 1a8 Only one question on his tongue— What sort of girls have you got? “So it is up to you. girls, to do your best for Australia. You can do more for the cause of international peace in the next ten days than the League of Nations is likely to do in the next ten years. Human relations are more powerful than international relations. The amorous reciprocities of youth will draw nations closer together than the trading reciprocities that are embodied in treaties.’ This is a fair sample of the kind of stuff that appeared in the majority of the newspapers. The young girls of Australia did mix freely with the American sailor-lads. There have been many heavy hearts, and sorrow- ing mothers as a result of the fleet's stay in Austrialia, One point worth noting was that as soon as the fleet left Sydney and Mel- bourne, the puritans howled for a cleanup of the ‘red light’ quarters in both cities, and the police and civic fathers got busy on the job. But nothing was said about cleaning up the ‘red light’ localities while the fleet was paying its visit, Crown Prince Willy Kidnaps Daughter of German Proletarian BERL, Oct. 1—Grave charges have been! made against the former crown pfince in the Prussian diet, and his conduct is new under investiga- tion, A deputy speaking in the diet charged that Hildegarde Rappichs, daughter of Gustav Rappichs, an en- gine driver, has been forcibly detained in the crown prince's castle at Oels. Although the mother of the girl did not object to the relations between her daughter and the crown prince, the father did and made an effort to bring her back to her home. The deputy declared that while the engine driver was making efforts to get his daughter from the crown prince's castle at Oels, he was placed under arrest, adjudged insane and placed in an asylum. So far as can be learned, Hildegarde is still in the toil of the villain, Business Worries About Marine Business interests of the Middle West met in Chicago today to frame a group of specific recommendations bearing on a permanent policy to be pursued with regard to the National Merchant Marine which will be sub- mitted thru the Onited States cham- ber of commerce to Pres. Cooli ge. Tf you want to thoroughly un- derstand Co , THE LIST GROWS, BUT NOT AS FAST AS THE NEED HEN will it be possible to rest in our efforts to Save THE DAILY WORKER? This is a question which the slackening in THE DAILY WORKER drive suggests. For during the past week the returns in the campaign have been showing a steady decrease. Unless the tendency to believe that the DAILY WORKER orisis is over and that we can now rest in our efforts is stopped our organ will soon face a situation similar to that which resulted in the emergency call for help. We will be able to rest from our labor In saving THE DAILY WORKER when the task we set out to accomplish is finished. So far we are quite a long way from the end. In spite of the good beginning, we have not even yet been successful in our goal for the first $10,000, In the meantime new obligations have been piling up which must be met and the urgency for paying them is becoming just as serious as was the case at the beginning of the campaign. The following are the receipts for September 28, 29 and 30. The record is good for those who appear and for those whose names have been on the honor roll previously. What is still lacking in the campaign is the effort tg save THE DAILY WORKER on the part of the thou- sands of readers who have not yet taken part. SAVE THE DAILY WORKER is the slogan and there can be no rest until it is saved. di. Another List of DAILY WORKER Savers: Czecho-Slovak Women's Br., COM, MMe seseeeaes - re 7 BL Con Louney, Butte, Monte..-cn 104 Pera Closroy, It a nes Irving Pk. Eng. W. P., Chicago 2.00 Anria Michalek, Aynes Valuch, Literary Club, Lithuanian W. P., Rose Knotek, Cicero, Il....u0 300 W. Frankfort, Ill . 13.49 M. Diouhy and Ethel gunk Lettish Br., W. P., Cleveland,O. 9.00 Cicero, II. ...!.... z . 3.001M. Sanete, S. Weitzman, Anna Greek Br., W. P., Chicago . 15.75} Cornblath, D. Horwitz, D, Se- : North Side Eng., W. P. Chicago 10.00 ren, M. Silverman, B. Rob- ' Eugene Pardou, thru Eng. Br. in, K. Bernstein, A, Dickstein, W. P., Detroit, Mich. 5.00] ‘ail of Los Angeles, Cal 9.06 Lithuanian Br., W. P., Hartford, Ch. Swititsky, Los Angeles, Cal. 2.00 Conn, ... 5.00} Herbert Hain, 8. Zalkin, 8. J. Hudecek, “Buffalo, N. Y.. 5.00 Chennos, Los Angeles, Cal... 1.50 Chas. Merkle, Pittsburgh, Pa... 2.00| Jewish Br, No. 2 Bronx, N. Y. 6.00 Helmi and Otto Ronkonen, Su- Shop Nacleus, No, 4, N. Y. 6.00 perior, Wis. 2.00] Hungaria 38, New Brunswick. 6.00 Plaster City, Cal. Dan Dill, 5.00} Lithuaniars 11, Cliffside ....... Jacon Machenas, Hartford,Conn. 5.00) Y. W. L., No. 22, N. Y...... David Levinson, Philadelphia 3.50! Shop Nucleus No. 12, N. Y. Greek Br., W. P., San Francisco 15.00| Lettish Br., N.Y. German Br., San Francisco...... 5.00| Sophie and L\Hirschman, N. Y.. South Slavic Br, W. P., Oak- Scandinavian South Brooklyn... land, Cal. om 5.00 New York City Branche: Finnish B W. Cg Fort Bragy, English Lower Bronx. Cal. 50.00 | English No. 1 Bronx Mid-City Eng. W. P.. “Chicago... 4.00] English Downtowrt . Boro Park Jewish .. Jewish Brownsville ... Northwest Eng., Chicago. C C. Watkins, Los Angele: T. P. Lehan, San Francisco Maspeth Lithuanian No, 5 Window Cleaners’ Protective Un- Shop Nucleus No, 1 .......... F ion, New York 0... 10.00] Rose Chester, English Harlem... 1.00 * S. Hassan, Clariton, Pa. 2.00] English Harlem ..... Jewish Lower Bronx .. English No. 1 Bronx scr casnseenmsoce Scandinavian Harlem ... English Williamsburg 8, N. Joseff, Frank Gayer, Peter Galetar, Steve Gracek, Joseph Obradovich, Marko Nikalich, Joseph Paviak, John Milas, all Ukrainian Hickaville — Shop Nucleus No. 5, N. South ‘Slavic Br., W, Py Mo- * Keesport, Pa. semen 6.00 of Clariton, Pa. (Collected by J. Obradovich). Philip Mostonoy, Eureka, Cal. .. Lu. 1.00 P. Perkovich, Hannastown, | POS ndciak 5.00| M. Macak, Kenosha, Wis. ......... 1.00 W. Grobeiny, Fairpoint, ‘0 1.00} Gus Ecke, Cleveland, 0, nw 6.00 H. Rosendall, Chicago, Il. ..8.00| Jewish Br., W. Elizabeth, Marvin Marks, Albany, Ind 10.00, N. J. 10,09 Polish Br., W. P., Neffs, O. Hungarian Workers’ Home, Pas- Shapira, N. Hunsher, M. Cop- % 10.00 | {, | lan, John. Chanels, N. Sliver- saic, N. J. 6.00 stein, H. Bonfeld, Zurow, H. Kathleen Fleming, San Fra’ Spitoiny, M. Paleshok, Chas- * cisco, Cal, 2.50 in, thru Jewish Br., W. P., % Hungarian Sick and Benefit So- ciety, Daisytown, Pa. Itallan Br, W. P., Paterson N. J W. P., Col- Elizabeth, N. J. aed 5.00 | N, Jacobson, Elizabeth, N, J....... 10.00; T. Malamuk and H. Balishok, Elizabeth, N. J. 4.00| Jewish N, W. Br., W. P., Phila. | Russian Br., W. P., Seattle, W. 5.00 South Slavic Br., W. P., Cover Lithuanian Br., linsville, til. Czecho-Slovak Br. side, Q. .... ; Collected by Chas, Szanyi | dale, Pa, .. Se oo zalal, Zeigler, Wl. ..:.--ccc cess 16.25| Lithuanian Br., 41, W. P., Chi- H. Sakacicius, Pittsburgh, Pa... 1.00} cago, IH, cig edtscinepaitlbta 15.00 Russian Br., W. P., Endicott, Ukrainian Br., 5, W. P, John: . We Vo ticssirresssbariaberasasteactinesssnecsesisrg WOOO] ROWING PRs .ncerser.dscsicrnessnesieiensonsstnst 5.00 Armenian B: , Los An- Adolph Brenner, San. ‘Franoleco 10.00 geles, Cal, §.00| J. J. Skahan, Hudson, Mass......... 10.00" Gary, Ind., Street Nucleus 2 Greek Br, W. P., Denver, Colo. 6.00 WwW. P. we 31.45 _— Finnish Br., w. e Phelphs, Wis. 8.00 Total +B 841.44 English Br., W. P., Battle..Creek, Previously Acknowledged $8,503.34 Mich, ... . 3.00 —__—» Lithuanian Br, W. P., Roy: Total to Date ..... $9,344.78 NOT BY THE STROKE OF ONE ,, &,. But by the Combined Efforts of All Will It ~ Be Possible to Save THE DAILY WORKER Iam sending you my response to your appeal. I en- City: ..... “Address letters and make checks and money orders payable to THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Blvd, Chicago, Ill.