The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 10, 1925, Page 2

ANTI-SOVIET SECURITY PACT STILL LOCEKD Germany and France Discussing Boundaries (Special to The Daily Worker) LOCARNO, Switzerland, Oct, 8— The deadlock between Germany and France continues over the question of a guarantor for the eastern fron- tiers, Aristide Briand, French foreign minister, held a conference with Dr. Luther, the German chancellor at Ascona, a.village near here, where they discussed the complications for more than two hours. The result of their conversation is mot known. That no agreement was reached is evident from the fact that nothing further has been done toward solving the question. French Tools Arrive, The situation is likely to be fur- ther complicated by the arrival yes- terday of the Czechs and Poles who will henceforth take part in the delib- erations. Since both these govern- ments are the pawns of France the presence of their representatives here will result in increasing the bit- terness of the German delegation. The German foreign minister, Stres- emann, is insisting more strongly than ever upon his demand that noth- ing be incorporated in the eastern pact that can in any manner be‘con strued as preventing Germany from seeking revision of the eastern fron- tiers affecting CzechoSlovakia and Poland. Britain Backs France. Briand holds that there must be nothing in the pacts that shall de- prive the signatories of the right of guaranteeing arbitration treaties be- tween Germany and Poland and Ger- many and Czecho-Slovakia. In this stand he supported by Austen Chamberlain, in spite of the fact that the British refused to take sides in the dispute over the question of French penalties in the Rhine in case of default by Germany. Briand seems heartened by the sup- port of Chamberlain and expresses himself as satisfied with a patt on the question of the western (Rhine- land) frontiers that will include Brit- ian as guarantor of those frontiers. It is questionable whether this atti- tude is the official governmental po- Sition of France as the industrial bloc would strenuously oppose such an agreement. Briand, in commenting upon the sup- port of Chamberlain, is reported to thave exclaimed: “Thank god for. Chamberlain. If Lloyd George had been here we would all have been in the lake already.” It appears at present that the eco- nomic conflicts existing between the powers involved in the conference are too great to be overcome and that the real objective of the “Little Genoa” conference will end as the conference of 1922 (Genoa) ended— just where it began. . Chinese Boycott Alarms Judges at Conference (Continued from page 1) session—but it was an ominous calm; the calm that precedes a tempest. The local organizations have an- nounced that they will stage a mon- Ster demonstration on October 12, the national holiday, against the continu- ance of the inquiry. If adverse senti- ment does not abate by that date it is expected to be the signal for wide- spread disorders that may even ex- ceed those of last May. Strengthen Nationalists. Unquestionably this open display of foreign aggression and interference in the affairs of Shanghai will immeasur- ably strengthen the nationalist move- ment all over China, The advanced elements of the Chinese working class are for the most part supporting the nationalist movement and trying to give it conscious direction in its strug- gle against the imperialist conspiracies of the great powers, Eyes Turn Toward Soviets. More and more as it becomes clear to the masses of Chinese that they an expect nothing but bestial tyranny from any of the capitalist-nations of the world they look toward Soviet Russia as their only friend, and in’ the past few months conversation on the predicament of China inevitably turns toward the friendly relations with the Soviet government that daily grow stronger. 4a To Save THE DAILY WORKER DEATH PENALTY: FOR STRIKERS | UNDER FASCISM Crime to Strike; Shop Committees Banned (Special to The Daily Worker) ROME, Oct. 8—The fascist dicta- torship took the most extreme posi- tion yesterday when the grand coun- cil of the fascisti in secret session agreed that the decree establishing compulsory arbitration of industrial disputes should provide that strikes are crimes punishable by death. This follows the “agreement” be- tween the confederation of fascist unions, supposed to haye 2,000,000 members, and the confederation of in- dustry, which embraces almost all employers of labor in Italy, that no other ofganization would be recog- nized or dealt with but the fascist unions. Other Unions Outlawed. This outlawing of the reformist un- ions is a terrible blow at their so- cialist leadership, which had tried to conciliate fascism in practice while opposing it abstractly, and had reso- lutely fought against the Communist wing that wanted the unions to wage militant struggle against Mussolini’s tule. The socialist leaders are now forced to surrender completely to fas- cism or adopt the methods propose by the Communists. While workers are not forbidden to belong to other than fascist unions, any such unions will have 1 legal standing and cannot get a hearing on their demands from the employers. The new decree punishing strikes with death is but the further step to drive all labor into the confederation of fascist unions and to make these unions strike-proof by terrorism. . Abolish Shop Committees. The agreement between the fascist unions and the bosses also provides that both shall abolish the present shop committees, which hitherto have been elected by secret ballot of all the workers in each factory. They aré supposed to be abolished com- pletely and their place taken by com- mittees appointed by the ‘heads of the fascist union. The workers are to have no voice in choosing their “representatives.” The shop committee system was the only real gain left after the work- ers, during the Giolotti premiership, had failed to go forward into armed struggle for the seizure of power when they had occupied the factories and had the support of great masses. The social pacifism of the syndicalists among the workers combined with the cowardice and treason of the social- isc leaders in the unions and in par- lament, stopped the factory workers from advancing beyond the tempor- ary occupation of factories. Pacifism Proven Failure, The socialists and Premier Giolotti entered into negotiations during which the workers in the seized fac- tories, unable to get funds to conduct them without entering armed conflict. to seize the government guarded banks, were worn down to a point where they gave up the factories to the owners with a compromise “guar- anteeing” that their shop committees should have access to the books of the firms to determine costs and prof: its. Now this is gone. Fascist vio- lence *has won against social pacif ism, Average Membership American Foderation of Labor For Fiscal Year 1925 2,878,297 THE DAILY W RIFF TROOP REMOVAL ALLOWS ADVANCE OF FRENCH AND SPANISH FEZ,.French Morocco, Oct, 8.— Abd-el-Krim’s| maneuver of removing his troops from the eastern section north of Kifane to the positions west of Bibane and toward Tetuan, has left. the French troops without opposition in. marching north to reach a juncture with the Spanish tropos from, Azib-el-Midar. By this advance the combined im- perialist armies will occupy several thousand square miles neither had ever before been able to hold down, and shorten the. front to run in a straight line|;squthwest and north- east of Adjir.; The advance is quick owing to the unusual advtantage of two good roads running north from Kifane. TURKEY DEMANDS BRITISH TROOPS EVACUATE MOSUL “Mosul Always Ours,” Students Shout CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 8—Gigan- tic anti-British demonstrations mark- ed the second anniversary of the en- try of Kemal Pasha and his troops into Constantinople. Large groups of Turks held dem- onstrations in various parts of the city protesting against the presence of the British battle squadrons in the Near East waters. Students marched to the British embassy shouting “We want Mosul,” “Mosul has always been ours” and “Down with England.” These mass demonstrations before the British embassy lasted a number of hours. Suicide Rate Among German Workers on Continual Increase BERLIN, Oct. 8—The suicide rate has been continually on the upgrade in Germany since the world war. The suicide rate has now reached the rate of 21.4% per 100,000 population, The suicide rate among women has risen since their entrance into the: in- dustrial establishments of Germany at a rapid pace. Many of the women have tised the suicide route to escape the bitter competition among each other in the in@ustrial establishments, The provinces of Saxony, Thuringia, Brunswick, Anhalt and Schleswig- Holstein at present have the largest suicide rates, Berlin, the principal cities of Saxony and the seaport cities in the northwest, show the highest suicide rates for cities, Pen Valets Praise Lawson. NEW YORK, Oct. 8—The board of directors of that combine of intellec- tual prostitutes known as the Associ- ated Press yesterday adopted unani- mously a resolution eulogizing the late Victor F. Lawson, until his death publisher of the Chicago Daily News as a christian gentleman, a courage- ous newspaper man and a tower of wisdom and strength, Lawson was one of the leading lights of the As- sociated Press and stood second tc none as a despiser of labor, being the defender of every exploiter and scab herder in the middle west Ja PORKER «(B81 791925 | | GERMAN-SOVIET LOAN RILES U. S.. MANUFACTURERS Charge Wall Street Is Pro-German (Special to The Daily Worker) RIGA, Latvia, Oct.,.8—Representa- tives of several big American manu- facturers, busily engaged. in negotia- tions with the representatives of the Soviet Republic’s co-operative organ- ization were thrown into:a panic yes- terday when the Soviet»trade delega- tion suddenly broke ‘off; negotiations on orders from Moseow: Expeét More ‘kdans. Reports '' ‘State * Sokolnikoff, commissionér 6f finance 6f the Soviet Union, had’ wired’ such” instructions with the information that the Ger- man Reichsbank had granted the So- viets 75,000,000 marks ($18,750,000) credit and that more 5whf expected. The American manjifacturers are indignant and don’t tate to tell the world that they 3place all the blame on big New York banks, who refuse to finance trade with Baltic ports, forcing American. manufactur- ers to require cash dowmjn New York and consequently losing all the trade, while the same New York banks are loaning money to Germany at low rates, thus allowing Germany to grab all the trade Russia offers and shut out American trade with American money. Manufacturers Sone. The manufacturers are laying seige to the consulates in the Baltic region, demanding that Washington be told in heated terms of what the manu- facturers call the “pro-German” pol- icy of Wall Street. Unless the United States govern- ment calls a halt on the bankers, the manufacturers say America will lose out entirely iti the Russian and Baltic markets; and lose mainly to German firms, whosé loans from America al- low them to’ keep big stocks of goods = Baltic ports for sale to Soviet Rus- sia. Coal Merger Taking Place Involvés Over $30,000,000 Capital A $30,000,000 coal tierger, backed principally by Chicago capital was an- nounced in the purchase by the Bon Air Coal and Iron reese of the properties of the Tenhessee Consoli- dated Coal company md the Chatta- nooga Coke and Gas gompany. The price to be fot each of these big industrial préperties will be $1,250,000, More to Join Other companies Which will form the giant merger are the J. J. Gray,” Jr. foundry, Rockdale, Tenn., already acquired by the Bon Air company, and the Southern Ferro-Alloys company, owning plants at Chattanooga. and |, Cleveland, Tenn, Make Coal By-Products The company will ure raw ma- terial for.the foundges from their holdings and it is expected that the one of the main activities of the new corporation, production of coal cin ot will be _— hh When that argument begins at lunch time in your’ shop tomor- row-—show them whiit the DAILY WORKER says about it, os HOLLYWOOD VENUS AGITATED OVER HUSBAND'S BIRTH (Special to The Daily Worker) LOS ANGELES, Calif., Oct,) 8— Gloria Swanson, one of the mutch- married inhabitants of the» Holly- wood moron colony of screen stars, has sent her lawyer, Milton !Cohen, post-haste to Paris, France, to learn whether her latest husband ‘ig?real- ly entitled to the title “Marquise.” Gloria is much perturbed over the discovery that there are grave Ir- regularities in the filing of the birth certificate of her husband. It dev- elops that her husband has ‘no legal right to use the euphonioug title “Marquis de la Falaise ,et'de ta Coudray,” but she cannot reconcile herself to being the wife of a plain frog named “Hank” Falaise, ‘who was evidently born, ‘but not in the proper way. ras It is not expectéd that interna- tional complications will arise in case the title appears to be bogus and Secretary of State Kellogg ‘at Washington has maintained silence on the question. Tennessee Counsel Tries to Rule Out Scientific Proof KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 8—The supreme court. granted counsel. for John Thomas Scopes, convicted of violating the Tennessée anti-evolution. statute, until Saturday to prepare and file an answer to the preliminary mo- tion of the state to strike out the Plaintiff's bill of exceptions. Motion of the state was filed with the court Monday. ‘The motion, if successful, would have the effect of getting the consti- tutionality of the law before the court and excluding testimony of scientists, which was ruled out in the circuit court. Italian Debt to U. S. Again to Be Subject to Funding Dickers WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 8,—The U. S. treasury has received word from the Italian Ambassador de Martino, that the fascist dictatorship’s repre- sentatives wil] “surely be here before the end of October,” to continue the funding’ negotiations suspended two months ago, wheri the Italian debt commissioners asked to go back to Italy to “assemble material,” such material ‘being to prove that Musso- lini’s government was in too bad a con- dition to be expected to pay the Italian debt. H. M. Daugherty to Make Race for U. S. Senate (Continued trom page 1) Willis and Daugherty a split in the republican forces of the state follow- ing. a primary campaign that will un- questionably reveal the inner work- ings of the rotten political clique that, as the tool of Hlbert H. Gary, placed Harding in the white house, Republican administration forces at Washington are intervening in the Ohio situation in an effort to avert the conflict, but there’ ig no hope of success as the fight is definitely launched and the alignments created that will carry it out Ah F. OF L. CONVENTION CANNOT DOWN PURCELL PLEA; OFFICIAL HEADQUARTERS IN SCAB HOTEL (Continued from page 1) zales, Leonardo M. Vasques, Pedro Perales and Charles Cline, and to assist ‘in work organizing the Latin- American countries. 8 Oppose Registering of Aliens STEEPLECHASE PIER, Atlantic City, N. J., Oct. 8—The ceaseless fight for the protection of foreign born workers waged since the war by progressive elements in the labor movement bore big fruit here today when the A. F. of L. convention was forced to go on record against the finger-printing and registering of aliens and against deportation laws that contain jokers that “Would per- mit the deportation of alien wage earners engaged in industrial dis- putes.” There was no opposition and when the recommendation was made by delegate Thomas F. Flaherty of the Postal Clerks, reporting for the com- mittee on legislation that the fight against this legislation, which failed of passage in the last congress, be continued in the 69th congress that meets in December, the proposition passed unanimously. The proposed legislation affects eight million alien children as well as grown ups. The “open shop” spon- sors of the proposed laws insist that it be applied, however, to all the people of the nation not only aliens, thus establishing a gigantic spy syst- em never attempted under czarist days in the old Russia. This legislation was denounced as containing all the elements of strike- breaking and union crushing, esta- blishing the government as a huge de- tective agency spying over the work- ers. Thomas Johnson sec’y. of the Irish labor party and member of the Trans- post Workers’ Union .addressed the convention today,as fraternal dele- gate of Irish Trafle Union Congress opening with “Comrades and Fellow Trade Unionists.” This is the- first time that the Irish workers have had a fraternal delegate at an A. F. of L. convention. Johnson urged that the A. F. of L. send a delegate to Ireland. He care- fully avoided all disputed issues, get- ting a little applause when he told of how the historic river Shannon was being harnessed to provide light and power for the whole of Ireland. President Green pledged the A. F. of L. to help the Irish labor move- ment in every possible way. The convention voted to uphold its policy of exclusion of Asiatics, to fight the sales tax as an effort to take tax- ation off the rich and put it on poor, to oppose proposed ship subsidy as subsidy to ship owners and not pro- viding increase for seamen’s wages, to give support to all practical move- ments that will help farmers, to fight interstate transportation of strike- breakers, ‘to work for steel mail cars, to fight convict labor, to urge public ownership of Muscle Shoals with service at cost and in favor of Amer- ican manned ships. Monday afternoon has been set aside for Gompers memorial. Arthur A. Purcell and Ben Smith, British delegates, spoke in Baltimore last night, returning to the convention to- day. * eee No Truth In-Bribe Yarn ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Oct, 8—In an interview with A. A. Purcell of the British delegation to -the convention, the question was brought up of the story spread by the capitalist press wilich alleged that the Soviet govern- ment had “bribed” the British delega- tion to Soviet Russia. Asked about the specific sum of $25,000 the dele- gates were reported to have been paid, Purcell replied: “There is no truth whatever in the statement.” “Who paid the expenses of the dele- gates to Russia and back to Eng- land?” he was asked. *“The British Trades Union Con- gress, who are paying for Ben smith, another labor member of parliament, and myself, to come here.” ““Was this sum refunded to them by the Soviet?” Chicago Carpenters Protest Ban on S. Saklatvala (Continued from page 1) .{ 1925, that we vigorously protest the action of the. secretary of state in excluding Shapurji Saklatvala as an act hostile to the interests of the or- ganized labor movement of the world, as an act of unauthorized and unjusti- flable discrimination against the for- eign-born’ workers and as a high- handed attempt to limit the freedom of speech im the United States; and be it further Demand Admission. “Resolvde, That we demand the im- mediate admission of Saklatvala into the this country; and be it further “Resolved, That copies of this re- solution be sent to the secretary of state at Washington, D. C., and to. The Carpenter, official organ of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joigers of America.” oe a a if, “No. That is another untruth, cir-_ culated in the London newspapers,” Mr, Purcell said. “Why didn’t the British Trades Union Congress deny the statements when they were printed in some of the London daily newspapers which also charged you with being a Com- munist?” he was asked. “We decided to ignore the matter.” “Are you a Communist?” “No, | am not. | am a member of the labor party in England, as ! have been ever since its inception.” “The dole system cannot remedy the industrial situation in Great Brit- ain.” Mr, Purcell said, “and the’ peo- ple have come to realize that the’ 1,250,000 unemployed is a stationary factor. The remedy is to reorganize the whole of the British industria) system by developing electri¢ power and water power, reclaiming the four shores around the coast, and a drastic alteration of the mining system thru- out the country. ° “Every skilled laborer who leaves Great Britain to go to the colonies or to America, becomes a competitor of the country. The colonies don’t want the unskilled laborer and there is nothing for him to do if he does get there.” Purcell said that if the sailors and firemen in England had one solid union they would have won the strike that is still in progress. TAILORS OF N.Y, ORGANIZING TO BATTLE BOSSES Mass Meeting Called for Wednesday Eve (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK. CITY, Oct. 8—The Journeymen Tailors’ Union Local No. 1, is carryin on a vigorous organiza- tion drive to bring the whole body of custom tailors of Greater New York into the union and weld the forces of the workers together in resistance against the bosses. Issuing a call to the tailors to at- tend a mass meeting to be held at 8 p, m., Wednesday, Oct. 14, at Bo- hemian Halli, 321 East 78rd. street, the agitation committee of Local No. 1 states: What Will Bosses Answer? “Brothers: What inacceptable de- mands, what exaggerated requests are we making of the New York em- ployers, except a treatment equal to that accorded to the workers in sim- ilar trades? “What will be the answer of the merchant tailors to our representa- tives? Will they be so human as to accept our just demands, or will they entrench themsélves behind the bul- warks of their egoism, deaf to our appeals, convinced that the unjust power of gold will triumph over the onslaught of our awakened consci- ences? j Only Those Who Dare Will Win. ““Come to the meeting in great numbers. Convince and encourage the indifferent and reluctant who are close to you. The victory will go to those who dare!” A list of well known and able speakers will address the meeting next Wednesday, Emanuel Jacobs will preside and on the list are both Eng- lish and Italian speakers, including Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Arturo Gio- vannitti, Carlo Tresca, Carmelo Zito and Girolamo Valenti. All custom tailors, regardless of race, are ur- gently asked to attend. Soviet Government Remits Death Penalty “of Seditious Priest ROME, Italy, Oct. 8.—The vatican has received notice that the Soviet Russian government has remitted the ‘oath penalty imposed upon the priest ~mowskyv for sedition, Defective Wiring Starts Fire, DANVILLE, Ill, Oct. 8—More ; 100 patients were endangered here when. flames broke out in St. Elizas / beth’s hospital and were put out f after a two-hour battle. A short time before defective wiring of an eleva: tor motor had resulted in a small blaze which was believed to have been extinguished. Business Shows No Improvement. BERLIN, Oct,'8.—Aside from a tem: porary recovery on the Berlin bourse, German business conditions sh no improvement in August, f The consolidation of the principal German coal and iron concerns with a single holding company is expected to have far-reaching results, both in Germany and abroad. 4 The DAILY WORKER sub: scription list is a Communist honor roll, Is your name on it? See | r