The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 8, 1925, Page 3

NN SSS ee ee CHANG'S ARNIY LOSES BATTLE TO MUTINEERS Feng Moves Troops Against Tientsin (Special to The Daily Worker) TOKIO, Dec. 6.—Things are going from bad to worse for Chang Tso-lin, imperialist tool recently the greatest force in northern China and but a short while ago the invader and con- queror of the coastal region as far south as Shanghai. General Kuo Sung-ling, one of Chang’s former aids, in command of 100,000 mutinous troops who have been won over_to the standard of the national liberation movement, have whipped Chang’s chief remaining forces acting as a, barrier against cap- ture of Mukden in a major battle near Chinchow, Manchuria, and the rebel army is marching on toward Mukden in. pursuit of Chang's retreating troops. The governor of the province of Chihli, General Li Ching-lin, who was cut off from Chang’s armies by the mutiny, but who has been trying to aid him, is now threatened by Gen- eral. Feng Yu-hsiang, whose troops are moying upon Tientsin with the inten- tion of driving General Li out. American gunboats, together with British war vessels, have arrived at Chefoo, indicating that all is not easy in the minds of western imperialists over the civil war in China. ' Chilean Bank Closes Down. SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 6. — The Banco Espanol de Chile, one of the most important financial institutions in the country, closed its doors. For the Workers’ Little Boy or Girl— FAIRY TALES FOR WCRKENS CHILDREN ee es n= RS NS NN sc ST LE a at BUCHAREST, Roumania, Dec, 200 of the defendants. , of the court are guarded with the I, W. W, SEAMEN AND COMMUNISTS PICKETING SHIP Both’. Gire.-Aid: to: the Seamen of Greece (Special to The Daily Worker) t NEW YORK CITY, Dec, 6.—The| owners of the Greek steamer Edisson, | which the I. W. W. Marine Transport | Workers and Greek members of thet Workers (Communist) Party picketing, may not be able to get the ship away from the dock at 39th St. Brooklyn when she’ is ‘scheduled to sail today. The crew, it seems, is’ part naval men and part civilian, and it is the civilian section which is striking, as the whole line is called on strike by the Greek unions. International, Solidarity. The Marine Transport Workers of the I. W. W. have, therefore, nothing to do with making the demands, but are showing a fine sense of interna- tional solidarity by furnishing pickets from the I. W. W. to strip the ship of crew and prevent another crew ship- ping on as far as they are able. This international solidarity to con- sist of a boycott and picketing, was voted on favorably at the Manhattan branch of the M. T. W. No, 510, on Nov. 25, after report of the whole line being struck by the seamen’s ‘union of Greece was given to the, body, Communists Join Picket, Line. Picketing squads of thirty or forty; made up of I. W, W. seamen and Greek and Italian membéefs ‘of the Workers (Communist) ‘Party, have been on the picket line; althotigh some have been beaten and ‘séarched by the police. The incident-as a whole illustrates the spirit of international solidarity now ruling in, the Marine Transport Workers, Wheihey,, their | power is great enough to win or ‘not, it is the spirit of united struggle which’ ‘will’ attract and gaift stich a power. its Paris Authorities Find Kishenev has pronounced sentences of from two to twenty years at hard labor against 85 of the Bessarabian peasants and has “acquitted” These peasants were tried for their participa- tion in an uprising against the iron rule of the Roumanian boyars. It is not known as yet what the fate of the other 200 peasants who participated in the Tatarbounar uprising will be. most difficulty that any news of the sentences can be learned. Small Fascist Arsenal PARIS, Dec. 6—Thirty-one Sevoivers and three blackjacks belonging,to the “King’s Peddlers” (Camelots du Roi) were seized by the Paris police fol- lowing the annual meeting of the royalist-fascist association in a gym- nasium here. Lefebvre, the manager of the gym- nasium was caught as he was bringing out this small arsenal. He admitted upon being questioned that the bundle contained revolvers and that he was carrying them to the office of the newspaper Action Francaise. i BY HERMINIA ZUR MUHLEN TRANSLATED BY IDA DAILES With over twenty black and white drawings and four beauti- ful color plates and cover de- signs by Lydia Gibson. 75 Cents, Duroflex Covers $1.25, Cloth Bound The Daily Worker Pub. Co. 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, III. declared that it was a private gather- ing and that the members of the association were entitled to . carry a arms“to protect themselves against THE ITALIAN Dr. V. A. CAMERA announces the opening of his own office at ‘ | 835 East 75th Street, corner of Maryland Aye. General practice of medicine and surgery with special wa.< for social- venereal diseases and obstetrical gynecological cases. Office Hours—9 to 12 a. m. 2 to 4 p. m., 7 to 9 p, m, Zeigler frame-up case of 15 union miners. The we have the money. THE DAILY WORKER 6.—The secret military tribunal at The decisions utmost secrecy and it is with ut- Convert Farms Into Resorts and Game Preserves for Rich There has been a great increase in the le of farm lands for recreation purposes, winter and summer resorts and game preserves, the Natl, Assn, of Real Estate boards report Question- naires sent to dealers in farm land in | 31 states and 2 provinces of Canada indicate a growing demand for lands. POLICE USED BY such CEMETERY BOSSES TO BREAK STRIKE Gravediggers | Demand Union Conditions County highway police are guarding the Mount Olivet and the Holy Sepul- chre cemeteries, where the diggers and the caretaker have walked out on strike along with those of three other catholic cemetaries to en- force the demands of the union. Both the Holy Sepulchre and the Mount Olivet cemetaries are using strikebreakers to bury those that are sent there to be buried. Police details furnished the ceme- tary bosses will. “guard” the strike- breakers to and from and at work against any of the striking gravedig- gers, who are trying to reach the strikeberakers to tell them of the éxisting strike. Very few graves have been dug by strike breakers. The strike is being led by a federal union of the American Federation of Labor. Geneva Gets Chilean Case While at Arica Everybody Is Polite (Special to The Daily Worker) ARICA, Chile, Dec. 6—The United States cruiser Rochester left here for New York today, the Denver having arrived yesterday. The Chileans made quite a demonstration at the depart- ure of the Rochester, Admiral Lati- mer and the officers receiving ova- tions from all public bodies, and a bevy of Tacna-Arica’s dark-eyed se- noritas escorting the admiral to the dack with flowers. From Santiago, Chile, the news comes that the Chilean delegate to the league of nations has placed a complete report of the Tacna-Arica happenings before the league at Gen- eva. General Pershing refuses to answer The Action Francaise in its columns ¢} the press the speech of the Chilean delegate to the plebiscitary commis- sion, Augustin Edwards, made in the commission last Saturday. He says he holds that the commission is “a private body.” Hard Winter for Jobless. ST. LOUIS—(FP)—With potatoes selling at $1 a peck, butter 65 cents a pound and coal advanced $1.50 a ton within two months, hundreds of St. Louis families are facing this win- ter with the breadwinner out of a job. The Community Fund, a federa- tion of the various charity organiza- tions, has issued an emergency ap- peal, due to extraordinary demands for relief. grave-! ROUMANIAN BOYAR MILITARY COURT ||LETTISH WORKERS SENTENCES TATARBOUNAR PEASANTS TO LONG TERMS AT HARD LABOR OF CHIGAGO GIVE DIPLOMAT JOLT Mass Meeting Brands Him Coward The Lettish eieiacs of Chicago had a good laugh on the diplomatic re- presentative of thé Latvian govern- ment Mr. A. Sehja who came all the way from Washington, D. C. to ad- dress the local branch of the United States Chamber of Commerce and a Lettish “mass” meeting arranged for him by his representative Mr. Ullman, a renegade socialist and now Latvian consul, There were.32 people present at the “mass” mpeting and Sehja treated them as tho, he had a school boy audience. ' Several weeks Ago, agents of the Latvian government, including a notorius Mr. Schmidt, renegade so- cialist, have been “feeling out” the sentiment of the Lettish workers in Chicago, as to whether they would agree to come to Sehja’s meeting. It was explained that evérybody would be allowed to ask questions in writing. Agreement. Reached, An agreement wag. reached—in wri ing—that a meeting, arranged by t Lettish Branch ot, the Internationa Labor Defence, would be addresse by Sehja or Ullman. In a_ circular letter sent to Lettish workers in Chicago, it was made clear that there are no ilitsions about the character of the Latvian government, as far as the working classis concerned. The circular read, in part, as follows: “Lettish workers: We expect the official representative of the Latvian government, Sehja, to tell us all about | the imprisonment of Lettish workers, by the Latvian government, for no other crime than their political beliefs and opinions ahd what is being done to take care of the victims’ families. We expect also that Sehja will tell us that the militant trade union move- ment is suppressed in Latvia and its individual members deprived of all political rights;:including the right of free speech and@iassemblage, and that the trade union: “Aeterna are all jailed.” Too Hot’ For Coward. This circular etter Proved too hot for Mr. Sehja. ‘He’ felt that the Lettish workers are wise’ as to his true mis- sion in this cdintry; that they are well informed’ about conditions in Latvia, where jails are overcrowded with political prisoners, and that the same inquisitoi @mployed by the old -zarist regime f*Latvia are in power with a number 6f'additions. He decid- ed to stay ip from the meeting called by the ternational Labor Defense, Lettis! i Branch. Adopt, ‘Resolution. There were 20) workers present at Harmony Hall af the meeting arrang- ed by the Lettigh Branch, Interna- tional Labor Defense. Several of those present pointed out the reasons for the absence of Mr. Sehja and Mr. Ullman and of the conditions in Lat- vian prisons ont the country. Two letters, receiv ‘om Latvia during the past’ week; "were read depicting the conditions: i the country; the Struggle of the.sworkers for bread and the utter impossibility to find em- ployment; of the-repressive measures used by the government against work- ers and their organizations and the open support given fascists; expres- sing confidence that the time is not ar away when the Lettish working class will overthrow the present goy- ernment and establish in its place a workers and peasants soviet. After a discussion, the following resolution was adopted, which reads in part as follows: “Be it resolved that we consider Mr. Sehja and Mr, Ullman, cowards for failing to attend the Lettish mass meeting as promised, and that the meeting is aware of the true character of the Latvian gévernment, and its American representatives and . that copies of the resolution be given the press and sent to Mr. Sehja and Mr. Ullman, minister and consul, respec tively, of the Latvian government in this country.” Emergency Call! To All Members and Friends of International Labor Defense: Two big cases are scheduled to come to trial on November 30th. ' aD he Pittsburgh raid case of 10 workers and the lawyers in each of these cases will not proceed with the defense unless FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS MUST BE RAISED BEFORE DECEMBER 15TH We call upon friends and neighbors to contribute. Much depends on the outcome of these two.trials. The involved. aif members of the L L. D. to rise to the test and raise this sum. entire working class is on trial. Contribute all you can and get your Not merely the 25 kaa Rush Your Collection and Make It as Big as Possible. r National Office, 23 South Lincoln Street, “nt one: Ml, cys ' : \- Fraternally yours, Petia INTERNATIONAL LABOR GEFENsE, ‘ak J. P. CANNON, Executive Secreta: ry: \ ay BOMBAY, INDIA, TEXTILE STRIKE ENDS IN VICTORY FOR WORKERS (Special to The BOMBAY, India, Dec, 6—The Daily Worker) strike of the textile workers here has ended in a victory for the strikers. The factory owners who at- tempted to cut wages have been forced to accept the strikers’ demand to retaln the former scale of wages. were involved in this strike. Lansdowne Lost Life in Naval Experiment, Survivor Testifies WASHINGTON, Dec. 6,—Admission by Lieut. Com. Charles EB, Rosendahl, surviving officer of the Shenandoah disaster, that the fatal trip of the giant dirigible and the reduction of its gas valves trom eigtheen to eight were both of an experimental nature, was made in a turbulent sion of the trial of Col, Mitchell BELLAIRE HOLDS LARGE MEETING DESPITE BARS; Norkers Defy Chamber of Comerce Edict se (1. L. D, News Service) BELLAIRE, Ohio,. Dec. 6 The large hall at the Miners’ Temple in Bellaire, O., was crowded to capacity with standing room only when men and women gathered to hear Bishop Brown and Fred G, need for labor defense and class sol- idarity. The audience loudly approved the statement of Bishop Brown that we must banish the gods from the skies and the capitalists from the earth When Biedenkapp stated that no amount of persecution would prevent the eventual supremacy of labor over |}. and LaFollette had a joint cam- the hall rang with approval. | capital, A large collection for defense was taken up by Chaiman Hogue, who re- minded the workers of their duty to their class and cause. Defy Chamber of Commerce. The large attendance at the meeting was undoubtedly the answer of the workers of Bellaire to the recent au- tocratic action of the city administra- tion supported by reactionary forces in an attempt to prevent and suppress free speech and workers’ meetings, as was the case when the Workers (Com- munist) Party meeting to celebrate the 8th Russian anniversary was for- bidden. , The workers of Bellaire are not in- clined to have their meetings inter- fered with by the police or the Cham- ber of Commerce. Yorkville Holds Meeting. In the evening a meeting was held in the Miners’ Hall at Yorkville, 0. where Comrade Biedenkapp drew < large attendance which showed thei: approval of all he said by the man; applications for membership in th International Labor Defense, received “What Price Glory” Continues to Attract ee Ps lat E nd 75 Biedenkapp on the |!" 4 About 135,000 textile workers REPUBLICANS TRY TO PROVE FRAUD AGAINST SENATOR Novel Chares Against) Brookhart (Special to The ‘Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—Evidence support his charge that Senator »okhart, of Iowa, was “fraudulent- elected” because he repudiatde the blican party in favor of the in- pendent presidential candidacy of Senator La Follette, of Wi- laid beofre the senate sctions committee by H. E. Spang- counsel for the Iowa republican {c ntral committee '. W. Turner, chief tabulator of u votes in the contest brought sainst Brookhart by Daniel E. Steck, Fi moefat, said 86,334 Iowans failed te vote in the election which Brook- Turt won by less than 1,000. . late sconsin, was ‘uggling Figures. There was 120,720 straight repub- 02 straight democratic votes out of a total of more than 1000,000 votes, said Turner. All the other ballots were split. Spangler charged that thousands of Iowans were disfranchised because Trookhart did not suport the repub- lcan ticket. C, C, Clifton, a Des Moines news: paper reporter, testified that Brook- Taign manager in Iowa. He said also \taat state republican newspaper pub- Ished sample ballots urging the peo- ple to vote for Steck instead of Brook- |hart. basis. COMMUNISTS FOR AN INDEPENDENT ALSAGE-LORRAINE Delegates Pledged to Fight for Freedom (Special to The Daily Worker) BRUSSELS, Belgium, (By mail) -—= In the closing sessions of the Intem parliamentary Communist Congress | here, the question of Alsace-Lorraine occupied the major part of the time. The French and German delegations pledged each other to fight in their respective parliaments for freeing of e-Lorraine from imperialist op pression. In the name of the workers of Alsace and Lorraine Comrade Huber welcomed the decision of the Comin- tern to bring before the congress. Comrade Treint then read a declara- tion in the name of the French delega- tion in favor of the autonomy of Al- sace and Lorraine, if necessary com- plete independence, the right of self- determination for the pe and Lorraine and if ne plete separation from In the name of the German delega tion Comrade ‘Stoecker then read a declaration to the effect ¢hat the Ger> man Communists would work together with the French Communists in sup port of the workers and peasants of Alsace and Lorraine against all forms of imperialist oppression. Altho the German Communists support the at- tempts of the tojlers tn alsace and Lorraine for autonomy, they never- theless expect that the workers and peasants of Alsace and Lorraine will arrive ever more and more to the One thousand dollars was received today by conclusion that their real freedom can only be brought about by the pro- letarian revolution and by an alliance with the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics of Europe. A resolution against the pact of Locarno was then adopted. The reso-- lution will be read in all parliaments as the Communist declaration. Further resolutions adopted were for the eight hour day and for the autonomy and self-determination of Alsace-Lorraine, SOUTH SLAV WORKERS FULFILL PLEDGE TO AID DAILY WORKER; $1,000 DONATED ALL AT ONCE! The DAILY WORKER from the South Slavic section of the Workers Party of America as the climax of these comrades’ efforts to put the Communist newspaper on a safe financial —~ Systematically and persistently, thru the South Slavic paper Radnik, the federation bureau has been collecting this amount, pledged to The DAILY WORKER at the beginding of the drive. Most of the donations were sent lirectly to Radnik, tho a total of $43.50 came to the English paper,—$13.75 ‘rom McKees Rocks, Pa.; $14.75 from Nashwauk, Minn.; and $15.00 from West Brownsville, Pa. This complete fulfillment of the South Slavic comrades’ pledge should nspire other Workers Party branches and workers’ clubs to take an account- ng and to determine if their present duty to the Communist press is 100 per cent performed. This 100 per cent record must be duplicated in the entire campaign, so that the complete $40,000 is raised to bring The DAILY WORKER safely thru the crisis. Has your name been on the list of those who have put all other interests aside and devoted the entire energy to the task of rescuing and preserving Crowds to Studebaker The DAILY WORKER? If not, rally to this final call for help! “What Price Glory” continues to draw crowds to the Studebaker Thea- ter, crowds that are amused by the attacks in the capitalist war machine. The play is produced by Arthur Hopkins, known to theater managers as a “revolutionist” in the realm of Louis Wolheim, one of the best dramatic actors in better known to theater theater productions. America, lovers is his role of “The Hairy Ape” takes the star part. Louis Wolheim’s chief purpose in life as an actor seems to be to shock the fat bourgeoisie out of their smugness, There are many gripping scenes. American and German workers maim- -ng and murdering each other, men re- duced to beasts and boys crazed by the terrific strain, They grovel in the dirt riddled with bullets. Death comes to rescue them from their tor- tuous existence. The question comes and persists, “What was it all for?” “What Price Glory” is worth while seeing, and Louis Wolheim helps to put it over. Spain Will Now Have “Civilian” Government MADRID, Dec. 6.—‘Civilian” gov- ernment has been restored in Spain with Primo de Rivera, who was Spain’s military dictator, as premier of the new cabinet, It was General Primo de Rivera, who in September 1923 organized the coup that established the military dictatorship. Now he is changing it to a “civilian” government. The cabinet will not be composed entirely of soldiers, There will be a number of academicians, who are faithful to the former military dic- tator, Union Membership Campaigns. ST. LOUIS—(FP)—The auto me- chanics’ and the retail clerks’ unions of St. Louis are conducting campaigns tor membership, The auto men are meeting with success and contracts have been signed with a number of large repair shops, Butter delivery- TODAY’S HONOR ROLL: Ukrainian Branch, W. P. Ham- “Red © Tea” pledges, Workers tramck, Mich........ ia Party, Detroit, Mic wees 93.00 Ignac Karner, New York City . |Jowish Br., W. P., Paterson, N.J. 10.00 Finnish Br., W, P., Green, Mich. ..10,60 |St@2ley Bray, Brooklyn, N. You 1.00 |Rumanian Br., W. P., Alliance, Lola Barnes, Richmond, Cal. 2.00) Ohio, (J.’S: Varga, P, Anca, P. J. Martens, Moline, Ml... 5.00! Pop, P. Grover). a J, Batuk, Akron, Ohio.. 1.00 Esthonian Br., W. P., San Fran- B. Jurgelewicz, Sharon, P: 1.00 | cisco, Cal, ........ <i Shop Nuceus 1, New York 6.75 | Detroit, Mich., énglish Br., Ww. P. 2.00 J, A. Conley, Jackson, Mich, South Slavic Section, Workers S. Bordo, Cleveland, 0... | Party . +--1000.00 S. G. Knowles, Hartford, Con Wm. O'Brien, Phoenix, Ariz. Eng. Br., W. P., Los Angeles. 2.26 Napa, Cal., Workers Party 5.00 English Br., W. P., Los Angeles 9.25 | 2.00 . 17.50 Total today Previously reported Total to date... DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. Here Is My Best Communist Effort: