The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 21, 1925, Page 6

Sep aente ie THE DAILY WORKER THE DAILY WORKER Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. 1118, W. Washington Blyd., Chicago, Ill, Phone Monroe 4712 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail (in Chicago only): By mail (outside of Chicago): $8.00 per year $4.50°six months | $6.00 per year $3.50 six months $2.50 three months $2.00 three months Address all mail and make out chécks'to THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W--Washington Blvd. Chicago, Ilinols J, LOUIS ENGDAHL t WILLIAM F. DUNNE (™ MORITZ J, LOEB...... Entered as second-class mail September 21, 1923; ‘at the post-office at Chi- cago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1879. oe s Furriers for Russian Recognition The Boston convention of the Furriers’ Union, besides’ adopting the labor party resolution, took decisive action~on “many*'dther questions affecting the American labor movement and the labor movement of the world. The resolution in favor of' recognitién” of the Soviet Union is particularly noteworthy, coming, ‘as it does, on, the heels of the ignoble red-baiting convention of the Ametican Federation of Labor. For one thing it proves conclusively that Mr. William Green, president of the American Federation df Labor, does not speak for organized labor in this country. ; The resolution is a rebuke to the continuoys, truckling of the federation bureaucrats before the predatory interests of this country. The Greens, Wolls, Lewises and other labor lieutenants of the cap- italist class follow the policy of the government, which is the open and avowed servant of the House of Morgan and Standard Oil. Their # ewhspolicy in relation to Russia will change if ever the interests of their capitalist masters change. The reactionary officialdom have no interests separate and apart from the interests of the capitalist class. “ Against this vile treachery the awakening rank and file of labor endeavors to drive forward the movement to a definite policy of standing upon its own. feet, voicing its own demands, fighting its own battles, instead of defending the interests of the capitalist class, yoicing its demands and fighting its battles. The Furriers’ resolution on Russia indicates a breaking with the leadership of betrayal and a swing toward’a policy in the interests of labor, instead of the defense of the interests of capitalism. It also proves that the delegates to that convention, representing the rank and file, realize the fact that the Russian government is a government of the working class and that it is essential that the working class of the whole world struggle against the world-wide conspiracies of the international brigands whose aim is to crush labor everywhere. a Other unions should follow this lead and launch within the unions a new drive for the recognition of Soviet Russia. Editors ..Business Manager Advertising rates on application. Secretary Wilbur Next c Since the inauguration of the Harding regime: in» 4934,, the f cabinet members of the United States government have been a:sorry 4 _lot. Teapot Dome and the department of justice scandals :turngd :the light of publicity upon the venality of Fall, Denby, Roosevelt; and Daugherty, driving these political sattelites from office amidst nation-wide execration. Their successors are not faring much, better. The wreck of the dirigible, Shenandoah, which was sent on a flying tour over state fairs last fall and resulted in the death of Commander Zachary Landsdowne and a number of his crew, is in- volving Denby’s successor, Secretary of. the Navy.,Wilbur, in a scandal that threatens to drive him from office. ; Evidence has been presented to the court martial trying Col. William Mitchell, tool of the airplane manufacturers, for, insubor- dination, tothe effect that Wilbur sent an emissary to the widow of the commander of the Shenandoah who endeavored to intimidate her so that she would change her testimony branding the nayy depart- ment as guilty of murder in trying to stage a political show for the farmers of the middle west. Thus Wilbur, a Coolidge appointee, whose exemplary virtues were to erase the blemish placed upon the department by Denby, is ‘exposed as an unscrupulous politician who is so.low that he does ‘not hesitate to take advantage of the wife of the dead commander it order to save the face of the Coolidge administration. “It is such acts.as these that many times turn the attention of the workers toward the government. The first reaction to such low practices on the part of the government officials is to create a loath ‘Gng of the individual. A closer examination into governmental affairs ‘¥eveals the fact that individuals are part. of a gigantic machine ‘that exists énly for the purpose of holding the working class in sub- ‘jection to the capitalist class. While the contempt.for the individual prit is not effaced it extends to the government itself. , Parliament Ratifies Locarno jas we expected, the British parliament ratified the Locarno ; | security pacts.” In every sense of the word they Were “security” paets for Britain. The new alignments growing out Locarno bring ] Germany under the influence of Britain. “Inthe ‘striggle against 4 France and the United States this is a distinct advantage and} com: sidering the composition of the British’ parliament the ratification was* inevitable. Most significant were the remarks of the British foreign secre- tary, Mr. Austen Chamberlain, who engineered’ the Locarno ‘confer- »/ mee, in relation to Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, Opening the debate after his motion for ratification Chaniberlain: praised MacDonald, saying that laborite had paved the way,-“in preparing the European atmosphere, which made the accomplishment’ at* Locarno possible.” Thus, MacDonald, the pacifist laborite, is openly acclaimed by the imperialist conspirators who are creating new alignments ‘in Europe jreparatory to the next world slaughter... Whem the next war bursts i all its fury upon the world we may find MacDonald bemoaning he passing of pacifism. But the damning fact.cannot be effaced that | was MacDonald’s leadership of the British’ laborites that» blazed ‘ie path for Chamberlain and Baldwin and'that_his defense of em- . While prime minister was more effective in, protecting the in- _ wexts of the imperialists, particularly in’ the colonies. and semi- clonies. than ever the avowed representative?! 6f “imperialism now he citvol of the;tory government. The Italian Debt Settlement a By H. M. WICKS, N the kaleidoscopic swirl of events in international politics forces ly- ing dormant come into play over night, smouldering antagonisms sud- denly develop into acute crises. Hap- penings in one part of the world have immediate repercussions in other parts. The Italian debt settlement cannot be considered apart from these events. In fact, the recent eyents in Europe had much more to do with the soft terms of settlement granted Italy than the mere internal situation in Italy. American finance capital penetrat- ing ever more deeply into the eco- nomic life of Europe involves this country in all the contradictions and crises of the Old World, . The ever- accelerated pace at which American capital is being exported has forced the administration at Washington to turn from the consideration of do- mesti¢ affairs to foreign affairs. The most important senate committee to- day is the foreign relations commit- tee of which Senator Borah is the wa saan = chairman, Because Borah is the spokesman for that element: in the republican party still defending the 1920 ideology of the group that elevated Harding to the presi- dency on a policy of isolation as op- posed: tosthe Wilson policy of active- ly participating in Europe thru the league of nations every step of the administration carries with it the danger of accentuating the internal party conflict. When the Coolidge administration endeavors to formulate and apply the political consequences of American participation in European affairs stub- born resistance is met from the Borah group. Realizing the political implications involved in the cancellation of por- tions of the European debts in order to clear the ground for more invest- ments of finance capital, Borah tries to thwart the administration by in- sisting that all European obligations be met. Important concessions will have to be made to his group to avoid an open fight against the debt settle- ments in the coming session of con- gress. Concessions on the Coolidge- Mellon tax plan have already been made. Further concessions may be made in the form of accepting into the republican party councils the in- surgent group of the middle west. Whether these concessions will be sufficient to pacify the opposition within the party is questionable. Opposition Forming. LREADY opposition to the Italian debt settlement which amounts co a 75 per, cent cancellation of the principal and interest of the debt is manifesting itself, not thru the words of statesmen, but @hru the powerful publicity organs of industrialism in the middle west. That foremost spokesman of the harvester trust, the Chicago Tribune, asserts in an edi- torial of November 17, that the settle- ment of the Italian debt is a means of “making things easier for Musso- lini” The high moral indignation ex- pressed, as a cloak to conceal the economic interests involved, is typical of this organ. Says the Tribune: “Congress shortly will be called upon to ratify the Italian debt set- tlement agreed upon in Washing- ton a few days ago. The settlement throws three-fourths of the debt in- to the Atlantic Ocean (7). We give Italy sixty-two years to pay back a fourth of what she would owe with interest. Our debt commissioners looked into the question of Italy’s ability to pay and said we should settle for 25 cents on the dollar because that was all we would ever get. « “The accounting may be correct, but we think congress had better go slow in giving its approval to the terms. Mussolini’s behavior is not calculated to inspire our confidence. He is the government of his coun- try... He has stifled the opposition in parliament by terror and assassi- nation; he has” Suppressed every newspaper in Italy which has at- tacked him. He has tried to prevent the rest of the world from learning the truth about Italy. He now pro- poses to enact a iaw which will de- prive Italians abroad of their citi- zenship and their) property in Italy if they so much as murmer against Mussolini’s regime.” Not one of these charges is new. Communists have emphasized the un- speakable depravity, the monstrous savagery, the brutal ferocity of the braggart despot of Italy. No one should be deceiyed and imagine the Tribune, organ of’ the McCormick in- terests is am,opponeht of fascism. It rails at fascism in, ttaly only because the economic group t serves fears the revival of Italian industry -will ad- versely affect American industry in the world market. ‘At’ the same time it eulogizes fas in the United States. It praised the fascist organ- ization created by, harles G. Dawes as a peclecc achra Its edi- torial comment ree) paganda—for the United States. © ROM left to right¢ the bestial savagery Italy. . American t original Italian loan. “sty u by Mussolini duting latest outbreak of fascist violence. 75 per cent df the italia debt paved the way for new Morgan loans to finance eh) of Mussolini's brigands against the working class of ers shoulder the burden of the 75 per cent cancella- tion by being forced.to raise interest on the liberty loans that financed the volve Standard Oil in the European maelstrom, That was the world strug- gle for oil against the British trust, the Royal Dutch Shell, that had suc- ceeded, thru stealthy persistence, in gaining control of most of the unde- veloped fields in the whole world, In this ‘titanic struggle Standard Oil be- came involved deeply in Buropean en- tanglements. In the struggle against Britain for Mosul oil, the Standard Oil concern united with the French combine. The fate of France became closely bound up with the interests of Standard Oil. The National City Bank, dominated by Standard Oil, participated in the heavy export of capital to Huropean nations that could be utilized in the struggle against the British oil combine. The investments of the Rockefeller banks followed the trail blazed in Europe by the Morgan bank combine. Thus, on foreign soil, was created .a unity of interests between Standard Oil and the House of Morgan. The’orientation of the re- publican party toward Europe follow- with fascist pro-Jed the penetration of Standard Oil | into the old world. Comrades Grieko, Terrachini and Peluso, imprisoned Cancellation of sao the industri#list’ group will en- agreement, it pass. the world court isste. So the two groups that stood op- deavor to block the!ratification of the} posed on the political field of the unquestionably - will] United States in 1920 stand together On this question the line-up|on one policy and one aim in Europe will be identical with the line-up onj today—that is to secure domination of The demo-| European governments so that their cratic party, under the leadership of| political power will’ keep pace with its eastern section, @ominated by the| their rapidly developing economic in- House of Morgan, uriquestionably will | fluence. The increased political pow- support the administration. The ad-| er in turn will aid them in new eco- ninistration will trf tofavoid a con-| nomic conquests. < dict over this issué!With Borah, not because the struggl@! will endanger the ratification of thé'settlement but yecause it will wideh‘the breach be party. ip try to a party of fipance capital in a period of five years. Coming int has become the ifi§tttiment for real- izing the identical’goal that the demo- for. to the group that dominated ation in the world, In 1920, the republican party was the political expression of Standar Oil and the steel trust. The rapid ascendency of originally organized the steel trust, to a dontinant position in that group, added to the power/of Morgan. While that movement tee nspiring with- Glenn Young’s Guards Must Stand Trial for Stealing Automobile EAST St. Louis, Il, Nov. 19.-/Otis Maynard, of Herrin, former member of the board of supervisors in Wil- Mamson county and J. C. Eberhart, constable of Herrin, both of whom were powers in the county when S. Glenn Young was making his klan raids, were indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts in connec- tion with a stolen automobile, U. S. District Attorney W. O, Potter an- nounced. i ‘Eberhardt was known as the “body- guard of S, Glenn Young.” Maynard signed the bond for Young when the latter was arrested on a charge of impersonating a federal officer, FOREIGN EXCHANGE. NEW YORK, Nov. 18—Great Britain, pond sterling, demand, 4,84 5-16, cable, 4.84 11-16; France, franc, 4.01, 4.01%; Belgium, france, 4.54, 4.53%; Italy, lira, 3.99%, 3.99%; Sweden, krone,. 26.73, 26,73; Norway, krone, 20,34, 20.36; Denmark, krone ,24.88, 24.90; Germany, marks (not quoted); Shanghai, taels, 78.37%, 46 (2) wette—dlstribute The DAILY v R , After. the New York (ity has ended, the campaign speec! § have stopped, the capitalists newspapers can once again display the usual sex and murder sensations on Me first page, instead of the “debate” between James J. Walker, Frank D! ‘Waterman and the Rev. Norman ‘| mas whether New York should hi a Tammany, busi- ness or clean \instration. The above , a ed, former candi- dates, can now fo back to their re- spective occupations knowing that they have done their stunts and the people of New York have exercised their “democratic” prerogative and all is once again quiet. Frank D. Water- tan has congratulated Jimmie Walker on his election and wished him the best of luck. The Rev. Norman Thomas, probably gave his blessing to the new administration that takes office January first, Tammany is Satisfiéd. James J, Walker, songwriter, jazz king, handshaker and emissary extra- ordinary of Tammany Hall, the suc: cessful candidate can sit back com- OW that a election in fortably and count the days passing until January first, wnen he will take over the office of mayor and give New York a good old fashioned Tammany Must Smash Barrier. ; HE one barrier to world supremacy of American imperialism is Great tween the groups the republican | Britain. And the British ruling class is fully aware of the American threat to its existence, so it strives with every means at its command to block pi awbdetes transpiritig in Europe and|the gigantic power of the U. S. A. the rest of th¥®world paved the} This is the fundamental political ques- way for the crisis In the republican] tion in the world today. party that changed it from a party] struggle between the two groups other of the industrialist, group in this coun-| nations are mere pawns, much as they In this may strut upon the stage of history ‘nd translate the interests of one or | power in 1920, undér°the'industrialis.| che other great powers into their slogan of isolatidh''ffom Europe, ‘it| own immediate interests. For more than six years the struggle over oil, has raged througout the cratic party of Morgan was striving; world; sometimes taking the form of This was not due to treachery | diplomatic intrigue, it in}out into warfare between two small 1920, but is to be explained upon the{ nations being used as pawns in the basis of the changing economic situ-| game. The Turko-Greek war of 1921- again — breaking 22, the recent Greco-Bulgar outbreak, were part of this struggle. The con- q| flict has reached the point where an impasse exists. To advance farther bank capital, which the United States must smash British influence. The Unequal Settlements. pam position of the Uniteg States as banker of the world makes the in the borders United States | question of debts and their settlement another factor operating to in-}one of the means of increasing ity Election---A Comparison === sa administration, which the present mayor, John F. Hylan, did not do ofliciently enough to suit those that control Tammany Hall, Back to His Open Shop. Frank D. Waterman, the republican candidate, multi-millionaire, open-shop fountain pen manufacturer, and one who ‘was nominated by the republican party that desired to “honor” him, for his staunch devotion to that party, can go back and give his full attention to his business of exploiting the work- ers in his factory at the average wage of eighteen dollars a week and in his spare moments in the cold winter nights, amuse himself clipping cou- nons. A Socialist Sky Pilot. The Rev, Norman Thomas, socialist, supporter sof the léague of nations, and colleague of the traitors of the working class the world over, can continue in his christian way to de- lude the working class, giving them the impression that they can gain political power by the use of the present political structure, fooling them with nonsense of democracy. which is only a cloak for capitalist suppression, Payys Gitlow Goes to Jail. Compare the pres activities of -he above mentioned @aRdidates in the nd the Struggle power over its nyal, s : The Italian and American commis- sions in the recent debt settlement declared that the basis of the settle- ment was.an inventory of Italy's ability to pay; that the industrial life of Italy was at such a low ebb that a 75% cancellation on the total prin- cipal and interest was necessary to enable Italy to revive, The British settlement was based upon 24% can- cellation, The United States proposed to Caillaux, finance minister of Fance, a settlement of the French debt upon a 40% cancellation, but Caillaux in- sisted upon a 60% reduction. Why these unequal settlements? To understand the real motive be- hind these: settlement proposals we must consider the. political events of Europe during the past few weeks. When, a few days after the Locarno conference, it ‘became known that Britain had agreed to grant Germany a 20% share of Mosul oil, with the understanding that: Germany was to enter the league and vote for a 25- year extension of the British mandate in Irak, the United States realized that it had to take’strenuous measures to lefend its own dntereests in the oil egions of the Middje East. To resist chis new hold of the British Royal Dutch Shell upon! Mosul: oil, the Un- ved States had’ to:gain domination of strong European debtor nations. The new political situation in Eu- ‘ope accounts for the exceedingly li- beral terms granted to Italy. While it was easy for Italy, after Locarno, to obtain a cancellation of three- fourths ef her debt to this country, it is doubtful it Britdin’s debt were still unsettled whether she would now get even the 24% cancellation that she got before carno, Had the facts of Locarno been real- ized during the sessions with the French mission at Washington it is probable that the United States would have granted her demand for a 60% cancellation. Now that new negotia- tions. are to be opened, through a new mission, it is certain that strenu- ous efforts will be made to reach a satisfactory agreement, for the reason that, France, must be saved as an ally of the Upiited States in its struggle against, England. If France loses its campaign to crush the Syri- ans it means that the league mandate for that country will go to England. The control , of, Syria would tremen- dously increase the hold of Britain over the oi f Turkey and Persia, be- cause Bejrut, is the natural terminal for a pipe Jing ‘trom the Mosul fields. The "Dawes Contradiction. HEN tie United States refused the ‘Ffe#&h “proposals the object was to Bank*ipt France so-that a Dawes plan could be imposed upon that country. Not, however, with the collaboration of England, as was the case of tile Hawes plan in Germany, but for the benefit’ of American bank vapital “aloft: © Inciderttallyvthe- Dawes plan for Germany, dogs not signify a harmon- ious. relation between England and the United States. Comrade John Pepper, in, discussing Anglo-American relations, wrote of the Dawes plan in the Communist, International to prove that stabilization. of capitalism was no® the outstanding fact of the world situation. . ‘ i “It is.a very mechanical concep- tion of the Dawes plan to see co- operation only and forget to ana- lyze the conflict which 1s inevitably brought about by the cooperation it- self. “What interest has America in the Dawes plan? America wants to export capital to Germany and has already invested hundreds of mil- lions of dollars in Germany. Where? In German industry. And what is England’s interest in the Dawes plan? England’s main interest in the Dawes plan is to fetter Germa- ny with annual payments and with increased taxation, so that German industry shall not be able to com- pete with British industry by means of low cost of production and by cutting prices. recent election ‘with Ben Gitlow, who was the Conmypnist nominee. Not even allowed’ tochave his name on the ballot of sacved:democracy, he is to- day in Sing Sing, prison to complete a ten-year sentence of which he has already served over two years, for being a fighter for the working class. The capitalist government und which Walker ‘wil administrate after January first, under which Waterman reaps enormous profits and exploits thousand of »workers, and which Thomas hopes t6 reform by his chris- tian socialism, today, puts Gitiow in jail for working to abolish the eco- nomic system that tolerates creatures such as the Walkers as their mayors, Watermans as their exploiters of the workers, and the Thomas’ and_ his DEFENDER, wh able to present totalling the minimum number of to second class mail, Rush Bundle send in your orders for bundles of the LABOR- end of this month, We aré applying for second class | SECRETARIES mailing rights. To secure this privilege we must be ush. y< order at onee by wire or specialdelivery to the Business Manager, LABOR DEFENDER, 23 South Lincoln Street, Chicago, Ill, | ven cents per copy. — 4 in Europe It is plainvthat the cooperation in |e Dawes ‘plag,.for two separate and distinct reasons, cannot possibly ben- efit both the United States and Britain, With American finance cap- ital penetrating German industries, and reviving them, British industry is bound to suffer, Therefore, at the first opportunity Britain, in its struggle against the United States, is forced to manouver to offset this new menace growing out of one of the many efforts to stabilie Hurope. ited States in Mosul England gains one advantage. By promising, through diplomatic channels, the support of Germany against France another point is gained, One thing \stands out clarly in the close cooperation between . England and Germany—the rapprochement is made for the pufpose of creating a military alliance in the world struggle that is impending. ae Sacrifice German Interest. ANY people will consider the heavy investments of the Anier- ican bankers in both Britaim.and Ger- many and contend that this govern- ment dare not fight against Britain for fear of losing these investments. But the temporary gains to be derived from continuing amicable relations with these two countries are far out- weighed when the world: situation is considered. Certainly it is infatile to imagine for a moment that Wall { Street will risk its position of world supremacy in order to avoid a tem- porary loss of interest on investments. From the viewpoint of the world struggle between England and Amer- ica, the two giants of world imperial- ism, special localized interests play a secondary part. Britain realizes it equally as well as the United States. The open alliance with Germany as the result of Lo- carno, the determination now be- coming clear on the part of England to take advantage of the struggle in Syria as.an excuse to strive to expel France from Asia Minor are threats to the Untted States that cannot be ignored. Britain’s determination to secure complete control of Mosul ofl is further emphasized by its concen- tration of air forces at Hinaidi, the world’s greatest fighting. air ~ base. This will be the point from which at- tacks will be launched against Turkey in order to subdue that nation and drive it out of the Mosul fields, Sir Harry Dobbs, high commissioner of the air forces, Meclares this base can launch 300 planes, carrying 1,500 bombs on each flight, against Turkey, completely destroying Turkish bases and water wells, and routing its army. Does any sane person doubt for a moment, in face of these alignments, that the United States will not cancel any debt, or all debts of the previous war, if necessary, in order to thwart the designs of Britain? The imperialist bandits would have us-believe that although alliances in the past have always led to war, the present alliances are for the purpose of promoting’ peace. Germany sees in the present align- ment with England a chance of -re- gaining control of its former territory. France, with the assistance of the United States, hopes, through defeat of Britain to obtain undisputed con- trol of the Rhine and Ruhr; Italy has visions of grandeur through support of Wall Street. The ramifications of these alliances will be depicted in volumes of his- torico-economhic works. The one out- standing, overshadowing fact is the alignment for the next world slaugh- ter, The only force that can prevent its consummation is the rise of the workers and peasants of the imperial- ist nations and the colonies. The one force that can bring peace to the world is the Communist International striving to unite the exploited masses into a solid front against the imperial- ist. conspirators. But there is much. that must be destroyed by fire and blood . before peace can be realized for the world. kind as misleader of the * Working class, For being a Comnrunist, Ben Gitlow js today in jail as is Mathias Rakosi in Hungary, Stanislav Langutsky in Poland and as are thousands of Com- -murists all over the world; for the capitalists know that it is only the Communists who are a menace to ‘Aheir rule and exploitation “of the workers, » Gitlow is today in the bastille of capitalism, but the day will come ;when his present jailers will answer to the revolution for their crimes, What do you earn? What are cons jitions in your shop? How do you ive?’ Write a story for The DAILY WORKER. ich will be off the press before the the post-office officials with orders | copies which entitles a publication — By aligning Germany against the Un- , sich erste es