The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 20, 1925, Page 1

s siesaiiai The DAILY WORKER Raises and Farmers’ Government a { 8 ep imyaegy ae Vol. II. No. 239%, a én £ VICTIM DIES IN PRISON Roumanian Capitalism Tortures Thousands «Special to The Daily Worker) VIENNA, Austria, Oct. 18. — Max “Goldstein is dead, a victim of the {white terror of the Roumanian man- orchy and bourgeoisie, whose leaders fre the Bratiano brothers, ruthless dictators supported by the powerful landlords. Max Goldstein is dead, To call the attention of the world to the terrible torture chambers of white guard Roumania, he entered upon a hunger strike more than 25 days ago. Today his corpse in the Jourdan prison at Doftan, Roumania, calls the labor movement of the world to join the protes for which he gave his life. Sentenced to Life in Prison. Max Goldstein was a Communist, ‘and as such he labored for the eman- reipation of the Roumanian workers yand peasats from the ruthless ex- !ploitation of the capitalists and land- lords. For this he was arrested and sen- tenced after a farcial trial, to im-} prisonment for life. His sentence has ‘expired. But his release by death jealls aloud to the world proletariat 'to witness the tortures endured by the workers and peasants of Rouman- ja under the rule of Romulus Voin- escu, head of the dreaded “Siguran- za,” an institution patterned after the old czarist “Ochrana” and equal to the Spanish inquistion in, its barbarities. A White Terror Institution. The Siguranza is a “state within a state,” maintaining a huge apparatus of officials, a most powerful authorityl with a budget from the government far exceeding the sum given to the ministry of education. The Siguranza brushes aside even the bourgeois laws, and has spread a whole network of spies over the coun- try, set up literal torture Chambers, wherein the most ghastly inhumani- fies are visited upok any who are even . Suspected of heing Communists or revolutionaries. Thousands Tortured. So terrible have been the acts of the siguranza that human élements of the bourgeoisie are led to protest. C. C. Costa-Foru, secretary of the Roumanian league of human rights, a bourgeois and former hinister of gov- ernment of the conservative party, ‘ the Standard for a Workers’ | Q THE DAIL Si at? = WHITE Te | ploye of the road must sign an agree- has published a book in Vienna, Aus- tria, expesing the torture : chambers. PROTEST “Prt Gitlow Back on the Ballot.” — | Wednesday, Oct. 21, 8 P.M. AT Hunts Point Palace 163rd Street, Corner Southern Blvd.,. Bronx. 7th District, Bronx. District. AARON GROSS, of the Candidate for Mayor. FOR A UNITED David Rhys Williams J. P. Cannon Ralph Chaplin” | and Needle Workers SPEAKERS: > CHARLES ZIMMERMAN, «Manager of the Dress ' Dent. Joint Board, I. L. G. W. U., Candidate for Assembly, JQSEPH BUROCHOWITZ, Manager of Cloakmakers’ Local No. 2, |. L. G. W. U., Candidate for Alderman, 25th ELIAS MARKS, of Cloakmakers’ Local No. 2, I. L. G. W. U., Candidate for Assembly, 4th District, Bronx. didate for Alderman, 29th District: "SAM LIPTZIN, of Local No. 5, A. C. W. A. (suspended by'the General Executive Board), BEN GITLOW, of Cutters’ Local No. 4., A. C. W. Ay BEN GOLD, Manager of the Furrie Auspicés Needle Trades’ Campaign ‘Committee in sup- port of the Workers Party. Admission Free. an Rates: aay __JNVENTION ae HOONGRESS TO “yedBE PHONE TRUST ATLANTIC CITY, October 18.—A resoution was unanimously adopted urging a congressional investigation of the Bell Telephone system. “This system,” said the resolution, “con- trols the entire means of telephone communication of the nation, This monopolistic grip on a vital public service has become, year by year, more arrogant, more subversive of the rights of the people and more deterimental to the progress and welfare of the country.’ RAIL WORKERS GO ON STRIKE AT HAGERSTOWN 500 Workers Walk Out on Western Maryland HAGERSTOWN, Md., Oct. 18.—Fol- lowing an. almost unanimous strike vote, 500 engineers, firemen and host- lers of the Western Maryland railroad went on strike to force the company to grant the wage increase awarded by the United States railroad labor board. - The brotherhood chiefs at Hagers- town, the chief operating cehter of the road, declared that all but three of their membership walked out, ty- ing up all trains. Not a freight train was. able to move out of Hagerstown this morning. A few passenger trains manned by scabs are all that have been able to leave the city. Picket lines are thrown around the round- houses and attempts are being made to make the strike 100 per cent éf- fective. This strike,comes following a long series of negotiations between the union and the rail heads over the award granted the rail workers by the United States railroad labor board. ’ The company attempted to get the men~to-agree to forfeiting a part be the wage increase, -also._ 80) the union caine aiiee are Wot by the men. a When the bosses refused to give the workers the wage increase, a strike) vote was carried on. The company then told the workers that each em- ment, agreeing to work under thd conditions proposed by the road ‘un- der the present wage scale. ‘Thé men | refused to sign the agreement and: @ strike followede. MEETING Furriers’ Joint Board, Can» s’ Joint Board. LABOR TICKET in Chicage, by mail, $8.00 per year. * Outside Chicago, by mail, $0.00 per year, IT WiLL BE_EA cCOMVINCE THE THAT SOVIET LOCARNO FRAID to report the results of Locarno a dismal failure and face the opposition in their home countries, the statesmen of the na- tions participating in the Locarno conference accepted a thing of shreds and patches; a miserable compro- mise that leaves everything about as it was before. “With loud acclaim they hailed its opening the salvation of the world. It was to be an achieve- ment that was to guarantee security forever to the chosen nations of the ‘world. u that it can’ scarcely. be. utiliz- ed as security for their own jobs. No matter what their opinions re- garding its prospects might have been as they journeyed to Locarno, the first session disclosed the basic antagonisms that doomed it to- fail- ure. But Austin Chamberlain had assured Great Britain that this was to be great achievement of the tory government, the triumph of the ages. Ifthe conference failed the govern- ‘fment was in danger. Aristide Briand, as the Big Bertha of the Painleve ‘government, had to make a gesture ‘{toward lifting the heavy burden of taxation by reducing the armed forces in the occupational areas. Strese- ‘}mann and Luther were forced to keep their eyes upon the political situation at home and, like the agents of the Other powers, help to devise some sort of compact that would make it appear that they lost nothing and stood to gain something. HE conference was called for a very definite and specific purpose. It was precisely what its name im- plied, a “security” conference. To guarantee the perpetuity of capital- ism. For capitalism to continue to thrive two things were desirable: 1 Soviet Russia, embracing a sixth of the world’s inhabitable terri- tory, the outpost of the world revolu- tion, is a standing challenge to cap- italism. Its vast resources are badly needed for the rebuilding of the shattered industries of Burope. To gain access to those resources on }Soviet terms means to strengthen this formidable enemy of capitalism. Hence the security conference aimed to create a powerful anti-Soviet bloc preparatory to am armed assault upon Russia. © The vast colonial empires of the victorious nations are in ferment. The ferocious conflict in Morocco, the symptoms of colonial resentment that flare up in assassinations and other acts of violence against the domina- tion of the “civilized nations,” clearly indicate a menacing situation that will soon require all the armed strength that can be mobilized’ to hold them in leash. The conference aimed to settle for the time being ano WITH THE CONTROL OF THE. PRESS /W OUR HANDS, Before its final session they| Save Mathias from the Great Protest Demonstration at PRUDENTIAL HALL, North Avenue and Halsted St. »Tuesday, October 20th, 8 P. M Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post OMco at Chicago, , 1925 _ Minois, under the Act of March 3, 1879, <> Sy ‘T0. 4 RABBLE RUSSIA IS} 7 i = = ; ‘the disputes between the imperialist i nations: of Barope so that they could pursue their colonial conquests with increased vigor. ‘ Neither of these things can be realized upon the basis of the achieve- ments of .the conference. HE first day’s seston, lasting but a half’ hour, was sufficient to j bring out dm ‘bold relief the real con- | flict. It ardge over ‘the question of |guarantees for the eastern frontier of Germany. The Versailles treaty had arbitrarily shavé@ off portions of Germany and attached them to Po- land and Czéch-Slovakian state, L jerican capital. Chamberlain {of England supported the claim of | Briand, of France, that these bound- aries remain forever inviolate and | that France itself be the guarantor of them. This claim Germany hotly resented. In order to strengthen her case at the conference table France called in the representatives of the two border states concerned with eastern front- iers. But the German representatives, Foreign Minister Stresemann and Chancellor Luther, were adamant. HE .compromise finally accepted, when the attitude of the Germans threatened to. wreck the conference, was that the eastern boundary lines of Germany, affecting Poland and Czecho-Slovakia would be subject to arbitration, with the league to act as arbiter. In order to conceal the de- féat on this score, the versatile Briand signed separate documents with Poland and Czecho-Slovakia re- affirming the interest (?) of France in those nations and promising to aid them in every way possible. Another provision is that Germany is to enter the league of nations and be given a permanent seat in the council. There are now four perma- nent seats in the league—Great Brit- ain, France, Italy and Japan. When Germany joins it makes a fifth. There are six non-permanent seats, at pres- ent filled by Belgium, Spain, Sweden, Czecho-Slovakia, Brazil and Uruguay,. These seats are filled by elections at the assembly of the league of nations. No decision can be made unless it is unanimous. Since both France and Germany occupy permanent seats it is plain that the league council will never reach an agreement on the question of the eastern frontier of Germany, without. causing a-break by unseating one of the contestants. On the western frontier of Germany the conference decided to maintain a ‘neutralized zone about 30 miles wide along the Rhine frontier, This part of the compact: is nothing new as it simply repeats the terms of articles 42 and 43 of the treaty of Versailles. which read: Article 42. Germany is for- bidden to maintain or con- Idepend upon the duration of Horthy Hangmen en By H. M. Wicks 7 struct any fortifications either on the left bank of the Rhine or on the right bank to the west of a line drawn fifty ki- lometers to the east of the Rhine. Article 43. In the area de- fined above the maintenance and the assembly of armed forces, either permanently or temporarily, and military ma- nouyers of any kind, as well as the upkeep of all perma- nent works for mobhilization are in the same way for- bidden. fy Frenelx and Am;| England and Italy. are.to be joint guarantors of the Rhine pact, thus agreeing to protect either France or Germany against aggression ‘by the other. EN the entry of Germany into the league was under discussion the German foreign minister objected to the provisions of article 16 of the league covenant. This article provides that one power has the right to march armies over the. territory of a second, power in case any third member is attacked. The Germans feared further aggression by France and were justifiably suspicious that through intrigues with Poland they could incite border disturbances which would furnish an excuse for French troops to swarm over German territory. Their length of stay would the | “emergency.” The reason for the press striving to leave article 16 as it is, was the desire of France to have unhampered Passage through Germany so that the military forces of that nation could unite with the Polish army, one of the largest in Europe, for the purpose of a military drive against Soviet Russia. + Germany, in her own interests, bitterly opposed entering the league until the objectionable article 16 was modified. This prolonged the dead- lock that gripped the conference for nearly a week. The representatives of the entente had no power to change the covenant of the league, but they finally agreed to use their influence and votes im the league council to change the ohfectionable parts of the article, The main objective of the conference thereby came to naught. REMIER Painleive of France ac- claims Octobér 16, the date of the signing of the pact by the re- presentatives of the powers “a historic date.” He immiediately dispatched congratulations to Aristide Briand, his foreign minister. A close examination of the sub- stance of the pact, discloses the fact that France least of all has reason to congratulate herself. It means a long step in the direction of complete de- feat of her aspirations at the close (Continued on page 6) ! Pubitsned PUB) ISHIN' | cept Sunday by THE DAILY. 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, ‘lib Met - NEW YORK EDITION Price Cents N.Y. POLICE AID HORTHY TERROR: ARREST PICKETS OF HUNGARIAN CONSULATE (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW, YORK, Oct. 18.—Fifteen pickets participating in a demonstration against the new outbreak of the Hungarian white terror were arrested yesterday before the Hungarian consulate. The demonstration was a part of the world-wide protest that is rising against the grim and ghastly preparations by the bloody Horthy government for new wholesale murders against the flower of the working class. Banners demanding freedom for Matthias Rakoski, a commissar of the short-lived Hungarian Soviet gov- ernment, with a brilliant record as a revolutionist, to die at the hands of Horthy,+ were carried in the demonstra- tion. Other banners demanded liberation of other workers to be tried before an extraordinary court martial, Consul Feigns Ignorance The picketing was under the direc- tion of the International Labor De- fense and a committee was selected to enter the consulate and protest to the consul. He feigned ignorance of the terror in Hungary, but finally ad- mitted that he considered it necessary o suppress the Bolsheviks. Carry Defiant Banners Among the banners carried before the consulate which is located in the heart of the Wall Street section, at 7 Morris street, was one reading: ‘Horthy White Government Is Red With Workers Blood.” Another was a lirect slap at the vultures of Wall Street and defiiantly proclaimed “Wall Street Finances Horthy; On Wall Street Lies the Blood Guilt.” Many banners bore the slogan “Ra- kosi Shall Not Die!” Arrests Follow Interview who is slated The arrests of the pickets followed he interview with the New York igent of Horthy. The charge was lisorderly conduct and the prisoners were held in jail for night court. Vast crowds gathered and express- od in no uncertain terms their in- dignation at the arrests, The deni- zens of Wall Street seemed stunned by the events and hovered in small groups at a safe distance watching the activities of the pickets and the police. In spite of the arrests the New York branch of the International La- bor Defense ‘announces that picketing will continue until the detestable gov- ernment of Horthy is forced to recede from its murderous designs on the be sii of that hapless nation that has been for years in the bloody clutches of a terror directed from Wall Street. After the arrests a tremendous de- monstration against the New York police aiding the upholders of the Hungarian terror was held, attended by thousands of workers as they pour- ed out of the shops at noon. The meeting was addressed by P. Pascal Cosgrive of the Shoe Workers’ Union, E. Gardes representing Hungarian Workers organization, J. O. Bentall of the International Labor Defense, and Ben Gitlow, candidate for mayor of the city of New York. The thousands of workers present applauded the denunciation and ex- posure of Horthy and endorsed the demands for treedom of Rakosi and the other victims of the terror. Resolutions unanimously adopted demanded immediate freedom of* the working class leaders and called for emptying the Horthy jails of im- prisoned workers, Further meetings are to be arran- ged. Resolutions also were adopted calling upon unions to act in defense of workers in that benighted nation. Already many unions have protested to the state department at Washing- ton, Thousands of workers also attend- ed, the International Labor Defense ball held Saturday night where reso- lutions were adopted protesting against the merciless persecutions of Hungarian workers, Czechs Complete Arrangements for Funding War Debt WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.—Czecho- Slovakia has completed arrange- ments at the United States treasury department for funding its war debt to the United States, The total of the debt, over which there had beens some bickering be- tween the Czech and American debt commissions, was set at $115,000,000. ei i et CE AE eR Ne EE RE a ee ERE | ESS ene emuenmmen-camer an Workers! Come! Fight the White Terror! International Labor Defense STRIKERS FORCE 10 PCT. REDUCTION IN PANAMA RENTS FROM LANDLORDS (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Oct. 18— From Panama the war department has received word that altho American troops “restored order” during the rent strike in Pananm City at the request of the president of Panama, the landlords were forced by the strikers to reduce rentals ten per cent, AMERICAN AGENT BLAZING TRAIL IN BUKHAREST New Ambassador Has Long and Odious Record (Special to The Daily Worker) BUCHAREST, Roumania, Oct. 18.— While the leaders of the working class are being tortured to death in the jungens of the Roumanian terror, the Roumanian economic association is entertaining William Smith Culbert- son, representative of American im- perialism, who is the new United States minister to Bucharest. At a banquet .Thursday..night fifty agents. of the terror, dubbed by the capitalist press “leading Roumanian citizens,” attended in honor of Culbertson. Since taking his post here Mr. Culbertson fs announced to have studied Rou- mania’s possibilities as an outlet for American goods and as a field for in- vestment of American capital. The question of settlement of Rouman war debt to the United States is in- volved in the speculations and the coming. of Culbertson is unquestion- ably a move to bring this nation and its-resources under the domination of Wall Street. eee A Good and Faithful Servant. William Smith Culbertson has a long record in the United States as the agent of the government in many shady economic and political man- euvers. He was the examiner for the United States tariff board and pre- pared the first volume of its report on the wool tariff for the Taft gov- ernment in 1910-12, which recom- mended high protective rates for the woolen trust. Under Woodrow Wilson he was a member of the federal trade commission, studying tariffs and trade conditions in Brazil, Uruguay, Argen- tinia, Chile, Peru and Panama, an ad- vance man for the armed forces of the Unietd States, and using his posi- tion as agent.of the government to blaze the ‘trail for deeper financial penetration by American finance and capital of South America. Appointed by Wilson to a post of the federal trade commission for a term of 12 years he served under Harding as vice-chairman of that commission. At intervals he has lectured before stu- dent bodies of American colleges on “commercial treaties and policies.” He is a republican in politics, a member of the Presbyterian church which follows the teachings of the maniac, John Calvin, who burned Servetius at the stake for disagreeing with him on biblical interpretation; a,shining light in the Rotary club. He hails from Emporia, Kansas, whose leading citizen is the clownish news- paper editor, William Allen White. By birth,. education, training and en- vironment he is eminently fitted to play his present role of vassal of American imperialism. Auspices