The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 9, 1925, Page 2

mao & Page Two THE DAILY WORKER BRITISH LABOR PARTY MEMBER BOOSTS EMPIRE Backs Imperialist Aims in India and Mosul (Continued from page 1) English workers were concerned) gave a unique explanation why the labor government had supported the Dawes plan. He admitted it had met the most bitter opposition of members within the party and that the various minis- ters in the cabinet had received hun- , dreds of letters protesting this action, The plan was approved because it would put Germany on its feet. This would injure England at first by the increased competition. British workers would be thrown out of a job, but as the \ philosophical general stated: “Things would have to get much worse before they could get better.” Finally Germany's improved condi- tions would redound to Great Britain's benefit because it would thus be able to, become a more prosperous Cus- tomer. The brigadier almost rivals Eyvanston’s rabid open shopper Dawes as an international financier ignorant of the most elementary economics. The speech wound up with a warn- ing that an “Asiatic spirit” is mani- festing itself in Far East. The rum- blings from that part of the world are “vague, menacing, and perplexing.” However, the “passionate love of lib- erty” of the two great Anglo-Saxon powers, the United States and Great Britain, “may be trusted to handle the matter (of Asia) justly and properly.” Side-Steps Mosul. At the conclusion of the talk ques- tions were called for. Like a typical American audience the crowd sat dumb as stone, Seeing no one had the courage to respond, your reporter arose and asked whether it was true that Germany had promised at Lo- carno to stand by England in the con- troversy with Turkey over Mosul, The speaker neatly sidestepped the query by alleging that Germany could be of little use in such a struggle and therefore he did not believe such an agreement had been made. He re- marked that while Great Britain had but 800 infantrymen in that territory her air force absolutely controlled it. England had shown its good faith thruout the quarrel, he asserted, by referring every step to the league of nations. He soft-pedaled the fact that England and France combined control ‘the leagife and omitted altogether the fact that an investigating commsision of the league has decided that Great Britain. has absolutely no legal claim to Mosul! Protect British Exploiters. More questions were called for. Again the same dumb silence. So once more your reporter took the floor to draw out the “Right Honorable,” “Why did the labor government ig- nore Sun Yat Sen’s demand that Brit- ish intervention and intrigues stop in China?” The speaker at this point offered another illuminating “explana- tion” of MacDonald's policies. There were half a dozen other governments claiming to be the real rulers of China and how could the “labor” cabinet know which was in power? It was MacDonald’s policy to “refrain from interference” but to “protect the local British settlers who were des- cendants of previous settlers.” It was mow quite evident that Thomson was as thorogoing a British imperialist as anyone else in Ramsay's cabinet. By this time a few other members of the audience acquired courage enough to ask a question. Not the Americans, however, who comprised nearly the entire audience. Ob, no! ‘That would be illmannered, don’tcher- know, to our distinguished guest! “Empty-Minded Philosopher.” An Indian student at Northwestern University wanted to know the British labor party attitude towards India. ‘Thomson responded that this had been laid down in two extensive declara- tions during the party’s administra- tion. the laborites had been “forced into hard measures” in a certain case because a “number of people” in In- dia had “lethal weapons” and were ready to use them against “our peo- ple.” The newly appointed viceroy, Mr. Wood, is a “gentleman of the highest character.” He “knows obso- lutely nothing of India” and will con- sequently go there with an “empty mind.” Presumably Mr. Wood, having an “empty mind,” 1s also something ef a “p&iiosopher,” like the brigadier. Incidentally, as if it were but a casual matter, the general stated that the present commander-in-chief of his majesty’s forces in India is none other than his own first cousin. So “the right honorable” has a family reason for his imperialism! To a question about the status of India, Thomson replied by a’ long disquisition alleging the benefits to the natives of British rule but ad- mitting that the necessity for protect- ing the Suez Canal was the real rea- GREECE SENDS MISSION TO.GET LOAN FROM WALL STREET AND WAR GREDITS | ATHENS, Dec. 7.— The military dictator Pangalos is sending form: er finance minister, Cofinas, to the United States to negotiate a loan on Wall Street. He will also visit Washington where he will try to gain an extension of war credits. e ee Greece Must Pay Bulgars. GENEVA, Dec. 7. — Greece must pay Bulgaria 20,000,000 leva ($150,- 000) for property damages and 10,- 000,000 leva (¢75,000) for “moral” damages are the recommendations of the league of nations’ commission that was appointed to investigate the recent Greco-Bulgar flare-up. The commission places the blame for the invasion on Greece. The league of nations’ council will decide as to whether to accept, modi- fy or reject the committee’s report at its meeting tomorrow. VON HINDENBURG STRIVES TO GET A NEW CABINET| Nation Opposed to the Locarno Treaties BERLIN, Dec. 7.—According to its agreement to commit suicide in order to get a majority for ratification of the pacts of Locarno, the Luther- Stresemann cabinet resigned yester- day. After tendering the resignation of the cabinet, Luther was asked by President von Hindenberg to continue the governmental business until a new cabinet is formed. The Luther-Stresemann agents of British imperialism could never have obtained a majority for Locarno had they not agreed to resign immedately after the ratification and signing of the pacts. In fact it is known that many votes, sufficient to make a major- ity, were obtained for Locarno on the swindle of a new reorganization of the government. It is questionable if those who voted to ratify the pacts did so with any motive other than the hope that they would be called into the next government. Socialists Against Stresemann. The socialists, the largest single party in Germany, will be called into conference with Von Hindenberg to- day. iIt-is known. that. they.oppose Stresemann, but they are expected to present terms that will be satisfactory to any new cabinet. Their opposition to the people’s party is based upon dif- ferent views of taxation and interest rates, and not any fundamental policy. Luther has been insisting that the next cabinet support the provisions of the Locarno treaties, otherwise his party will not support it. Unquestion- ably the majority of the German work- ers and for that matter the German population opposes Locarno. Communist denunciation of the con. spiracy of Locarno is taking firm hold of the working class, and on every hand thruout all industrial centers the German government is openly de nounced as guilty of betraying the workers into the hands of allied im- perialism. Alpine Village Calls Upon Austria to Aid Fight on Fascisti VIENNA, Dec. 7—The local gov- ernment of Innesbruck on the Alpine frontier appealed to the Austrian gov- ernment for protection against fascist raids from Italian Tyrol. The demand follows the fascist at- tack on the little village namel Hall, where twenty fascists tried to forct- bly release a man who had been ar- rested as a fascist spy. Arrayed in black shirts, the fascists rode into Hall in a motor truck, and tried to break into the jail, but were forced to retreat in a severely battered condi- tion’ after a battle with the inhabit- ants of Hail. Admiral Denies Flight Was ‘Advertising’ Stunt WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec, 7.—Ad- miral Edward W., Everle, chief of oper- ations and the one who arranged the fatal flight of the Shenandoah, admit- ted in the court martial of Colonel William Mitchell, tool of the airplane interests, that the trip was arranged at the request of the chamber of commerce, civic organizations, the American legion, and “millions of people,” but declared it was not an “advertising” stunt. Wrap your lunch in a copy of the DAILY WORKER and give it (the DAILY WORKER, not the son for England's control of that land.{ lunch) to vour shop-mate. Attention! Workers of Philadelphia HEAR CHINA INVADED BY JAP ARMIES \War May Follow the | Seizure of Mukden (Special to The Daily Worker) PEKING, China, Dec. 7-—-A move- ment which threatens immediate war between major powers has taken form according to news. which reached Peking Saturday and set-the diplo- matic corps astir with the business of notifying the various governments. Japanese Troops in Chinese Uniforms. A reliable Chinese has arrived at Peking from Mukden, leaving there a week ago, to report the news to the Chinese government. This news is that Japan is sending Japanese troous into Manchuria, clothing them in Chinese uniforms of the troops of Gen- eral Chang Tso-lin, and is actively in the field to help Chang maintain his power in Manchuria. It is said that the chief of staff of Chang’s armies, General Yang Yu Tang, went to Darien when the pres- sure of mutinous troops became men- acing to Chang’s final stand, and in Darien he contracted secretly with the Japanese governor of the “leased” zone for military aid from Japan. The Japanese were to furnish 40,000 troops and all needed munitions and money to crush the mutiny and re- establish Chang’s fading position in Manchuria. To Bolster Chang, The Chinese who bring the news state that 10,000 Japanese troops are already in Mukden, are quartered in the barracks of the Chinese and are wearing Chinese uniforms. It is also claimed ‘that the Japanese “railway guards” at Mukden have begun to po- lice the whole city and are wearing the insignia of Chang Tso-lin, Only last week the Japanese govern- ment announced its “neutrality,” but it is known that Japan regards the Manchurian region means life or death for Japanese interests, and the pos- sibflity is faced that Japan has chosen to risk the consequences of war with other imperialist nations for violation of the Washington treaty and other “peace pacts” rather than lose its footing in northern Cihna, livetitor Sues Radio Trust Subsidiaries BOSTON, Dec. 7.—Suit for $60,000,- 000-against eight prominent corpora- tions was filed in federal district court by Professor Reginald A.‘ Fes- senden, inventor of international repu- tation. Infringement of his patents of send- ing and receiving devices for radio and wireless and monopoly were charged by Professor Fessenden. The suits were against the follow- ing: General Electric company; Radio corporation of America; American Telephone and Telegraph company; Westinghouse Electric company; Un- ited Fruit company; Wireless Speci- alty company; Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing company; and the International Radio Telegraph com- pany. Charlie Chaplin in the 160th Infantry as “Honorary Member” By A Worker Correspondent LOS ANGELES, Calif., Dec. 7.— Memories of the U. 8. regulars’ joke at the war-time conscripts as the “Keystone army” were revived here when it was told thru local capitalist papers that Charlie Chaplin has been made “honorary member” of com- pany D, 160th infantry, at the request of Capt. Charles Hoffman and by the orders of General Mittelstaedt. Mount Lassen Volcano Erupts in California REDDING, Calif., Dec, 7.—~Mount Lassen, the only live volcano in the United States, was in eruption for the first time in several months, The steam and smoke pouring forth was wafted far’ northward and the snow clad summit and slopes were quickly blackened by ash, Svehla Will Form Coalition Cabinet in Czecho-Slovakia PRAGUE, Czecho-Slovakia, Dec, 7.— It is announced that M, Czerny is to head a temporary government, com- posed of officials, and that former Premier Svehla later will form a coali- tion parliamentary cabinet. ———— KU KLUX Si BRANDS | ) DAWES AS “MUSSOLINI OF REPUBLICAN PARTY” (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.— Senator Pat Harrison, the wind-jamming or- acle of the democratic national con- vention, who defended the ku klux klan of the south against the Tam- many machine of the north, has come, out with a broadside against the Dawes and the republican party gen- erally. Humbled in public opinion by its internal discord and the recent reading of the radicals out of. the party and the frantic attempts of cer- tain republicans to get the LaFollette group back into the fold indicates to Harrison the wreck of the party. Dawes is labelled’ a “Mussolini of American politics.”; )When thieves fall out it is saidshonest men get their due. Likewisecwhen ‘liars begin calling each other, by their right names we get a glimmering of the truth. ¢ ete STUDENTS WILL PROTEST: EDICT ON PUBLICATION New York College Head Curbs Discussion By SYLVAN A, POLLACK. (Worker Correspondent) NEW YORK CITY, Dec. 7.—A dras- tic censorship has been established at the College of the City of New York, prohibiting any further discussion of the question of compulsory military training, in the columns of The Cam- pus, the students’ publication, which has been leading the fight for the abolishment of the course in military science at the institution which re- sulted in the recent student referen- dum of 2,092 to 345 against its con- tinuance, . As a result of this edict, the latest issue of The Camptis} appeared with two blank columns, oné in the news section and the other on the editorial page, where the student editors had intended to further discuss the matter | before prohibited by ithe college au- thorities under the direction of Presi- dent Sidney E. Mezes. Heywood Broun, the noted column- ist of the New York World, who con- ducts his column the way he desires, irrespective of whether it agrees with Soviet Recognition Will Come Before Congress that Is Now in Session By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL.. 4 Beto Congress convenes. One of the problems that will come before it will be the recognition of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. Ever since thé Bolshevik revolution, in November, 1917, more than eight years ago, militant workers have held this demand steadily to the front. They have fought against the bitter and organized hostility of the official regime of the American Federation of Labor, that receives its policies on international questions ready made from the United States department of state. Secretary of State Kellogg could not have penned a more vindictive and malicious slander against the Soviet Union than that adopted by the last convention of the American Federation of Labor. * * * * The sentiment of America’s workers on this question, however, surged to the surface at the recent convention of the International Furriers‘ Union, at Boston, when resolu- tions were adopted unanimously declaring for recognition. Coolidge’s message may or may not deal with this ques- tion. That will not matter. While Coolidge’s state depart- ment repeatedly declares its ostitity, and Cal himself an- nounces he has not altered his stand, Senator William E. Borah, the republican head of the senate committee of foreign affairs, reiterates his demand for recognition of the Soviet Union. He says the United States must get an in- creased share of Soviet trade, and points out that full recognition and the opening of commercial relations, thru the necessary treaties, is the best way to get it. , * * * Last Sunday saw the opening of the Shatursky electrical power station near Moscow, one of the biggest stations in — the Soviet Union. All the foreign diplomats representing capitalist governments in Moscow were there. But there was no ambassador from the United States, because this country has not yet recognized the workers’ and peasants’ government. os But American industry was present in the form of the 614 huge girders upon which the great building rested. America sends a greater volume of exports to the Soviet Union than any other country. This is only the beginning, however. Americans are demanding unhindered trade with Russia. This was amply shown at the recent reception given by the Rambouillet Sheep Breeders’ Association to the Soviet representatives in this country, at which closer and more sympathetic relations with the Soviet Union were demanded. ‘It is clearly evident that the United States does not want to lose any Russian trade. Not only American gold exports, but trade as well, is proceeding to the Soviet Union thru Germany. It is also declared that part of the Italo-American debt accord provides for the collaboration of American commercial investors with Italian industry for the development of trade with Russia and ONE-FOURTH OF CHICAGO'S MILK IS TUBERCULAR City Fails to Maintain Rigid Inspection ;Over one-fourth of the milk that enters Chicago comes from herds that are tubercular declare twenty-four leading doctors of Chicago in a let- ter to the governor of Illinois, Len Small, demanding that all cows with- in the confines of the state be tested for tuberculosis and that all milk and dairy products be watched carefully so that products coming from tubercu- lar cattle do not enter the state. 80% of Herd Tubercular, In the letter it points out that Chi- cago which gets one-fourth of its milk from McHenry county comes from herds of which 80% of the cows are suffering from tuberculosis. Health authorities point out that milk or diary products coming from tubercular cattle is a grave danger to the babies and those who drink the milk as pasteurization does not kill the tubercular germs. Sanitariums Overcrowded, A controversy has arisen in the Chi- cago district over the tuberculin test for cattle, in which the city health authorities, who have failed to per- form their duties for many years in this respect, are now attempting to carry on tuberculin tests of cattle after many leading health authorities in the city have pointed out the reason for Chicago’s increasing tubercular disease rate. At present all tubercu- lar sanitariums in the city are filled to overflowing and only desperate cases are taken into the county or mu- nicipal hospitals, Shurtleff Act, The fight centers around the legal- ity of the Shurtleff act, which was sponsored by Judge Edward C. Shurt- left of McHenry county, where 80 per cent of the herds are tubercular, which states that it is declared unlawful for any city “to demand or require the tuberculin test applied to dairy ani- mals as a means or measure of regu- lating, and purifying milk, skimmed milk, cream and dairy products of said animals in any manner whatever.” A number of milk producers who are contesting the right of Chicago's health authorities claim they are will- the policy of his paper, has offered to publish the forbiddet articles in’ his column, It is bel! that’ this offer might be accepted. > Arrange Protes' The DAILY W@: correspond- ent has been inf by reliable sources that the stidents, who are indignant at the latést move on the part of the college’ authorities, are contemplating the nging of a large protest demon: tion. From the attitude of President Mezes, it appears that he personally is not a free agent, ‘his actions being governed by the féar of politicans, who are in turn governed by money interests, He is afraid that further financial support for the college may be curtailed, if student unrest and revolt continues, hence his suppressive measures, Many Colleges Have No Training. All the leading colleges in the country, Yale, Harvard, Columbia and others, do not have compulsory mili- tary training, and there is no impu- tations of treason, which many super (Continued from page 1) patriots are now charging the city to enter a mental junk shop in which college of New York students of being the suffocating odor of camphor is guilty of.. Compulsory training is not not sufficient to retard the effective on the prescribed courses at these| WOT of the moths.” This little pass- colleges because students have some | 8@ alone was worth one dollar six- choice, They pay for their tuition bits to me, And it is only one of and would not attend, colleges where} ™@2Y similar brilliant thrusts at the the course is required. It remains| “img-loving, pulpit-pounding, santi- at City College of New York and is| ™nious imperialists that pose as so- crammed down the throats of unwill-| “/@lists in Great Britain, ing students who capnot afford to go Mi hee elsewhere. urkey, lon. * * and Italy. In this way the Un dicate that Sovjet recognition forced by an awakening Ame continually developing its soli AS WE SEE IT T i Nigga is not a review of the book Protest Develops. or anything like, Many reviews It is believed that. this student do more harm than good. If the re- protest will develop,and result in the viewer is windy and teatous the read- abolishing of compulsory military |" Says in effect: “Well, so is the training, and at the;same time, make | ook,” and spends the $1.75 on a the students, who arg mostly of work-| ™usical comedy, I advise everybody ing class and petty hourgeois families, who wants to be informed on the sub- realize that the capitalist class, which | Ject discussed by Trotsky to secure a controls City College.of New York is| COPY of “Whither England?” and if not their friend, buf an enemy that | You feel this way about it, wend your must be fought. a way to 19 South Lincoln street, and —_——- it is more than likely that the im- presario of that book store, Sam Ham- _— Federal Agents mersmark, will “have only one lett” 1 7 and will abstract the only remainin; ccused of, Violating one from the lower right hand areweer Prohibition Amendment) ot his aesk—just as he did to. me— — even tho he may do the same thing to NEW YORK, Dee. .— william the next customer, five minutes later, Dwyer, prominent politician and well | should customers dome that fast. known race track owner and gambler, ticles was arrested along with 20 federal i ingpowsch of booksellers, they are prohibition enforcement officers for an interesting tribe, excepting the conspiracy to violate the Volstead | Variation of the species that rings act. Forty-three indictments were {s-|¥0U" door bell and attempts to pass nied tn all. off on you a load of rubbish endorsed It 18 charged that Dwyer bribed the Seat rides alte oon oes prohibition officers with “wine, woman | to the bookworm, there is no greater and song” and occasional “tips” to al- thrill than patronizing*a book store low ship loads of booze safe passage | whose manager has the canny ability into the harbor and to reach thirsty|to refresh your mind in case that throats in Manhattan isle. piece of mechanism fails to remember Are You Against War? ons Then See other one-act plays about the NEXT WAR. GIVEN BY THE WORKERS’ THEATER ALLIANCE, ee eee ¢ peasants who have established their Soviet rule. wing in the organized American labor movement has issue in the demand for the recognition of the Union of Soviet Republics. It should make the most of it. VICTORY the Near East. The Near East includes the three Soviet Republics of Armenia, Georgia and 7 hostile to Great Britain; $ France; Irak, restless under British rule, nations, discontented and rebellious. Azerbaijan, as well as yria, in revolt against and other subject *. _It is plain that the United States, refusing to recognize Soviet Rule, is merely hiding behind and taking advantage of the recognition given the Soviet Union by v oth Germany ited States has practically re- cognized the Soviet government already. All this would in- is a rather bitter pill for the Coolidge administration to swallow. But recognition will be rican working class that is darity with the workers and\ The left | a major By T. J. O’Flahe the title, author or subject of a book you desire to purchase. UCH a book-seller is Hammers- mark. Here is a story that may bring some business to South Lincoln street, provided my veracity is in good standing, A few days after Sam opened his first book store—he was then in business for himself; he is now managing a store for the Work- ers Party~a customer walked in, and announced that he would like to pur- chase a book. Sam was so pleased— it was his first customer—that he presented the potential buyer with a cigar, After lighting the weed for his prospective client, he asked for the name of the book. The customer did not remember. The author? Ditto. The color of the cover? Nothing doing. Where it was published? There was an improvement here. The seeker for knowledge thot it was published either in England or the United States, se @ AMMERSMARK was just begin- ning to fear that his cigar might be a total: loss when he took one more chance and asked the mental defect- ive if he remembered anything at all about the bdok. “Oh yes” came the reply, between puffs of Sam's cigar: “I got a good laugh out of the second last chapter.” “Oh, hell!” exploded Hammersmark, “why the devil didn’t you tell me that before? You have wasted a lot of valuable time. What you want is—” and he mentioned the name of a rare book published in Seattle, With such a wizard in charge of the bookstore at 19 South Lincoln street, you should have no trouble, in getting a copy of: “Whither eB land?”—for $1.75. ing to have their herds tested pro- vided the act which declares that where such federal and. state inspec- tion is maintained, that the federal government pay one-third, the state pay one-third and the owner lose one- third of the value of the condemned herds, is lived up to, Half of Herds Diseased, It is estimated by health authorities that if the herds in Illinois were to be tested over half of them would have to be destroyed as tubercular, Many Illinois cities, despite the Shurtleff law, maintain rigid milk and dairy inspection laws, and as Chicago has not maintained them, the milk trom diseased cattle has been shipped in regularly. It is also pointed out that not only is this milk used for human consump- tion, but that the skimmed milk from diseased cattle has been used as food for hogs and chickens, Over $50,000,000 worth of hogs were condemned as unfit for humag con- sumption because of their being fed on milk from tubercular cows during the pasc year. Diseased Food Sold Workers Thousands of hogs, cattle and chick- ens having the disease have been sold over the counters to workers be- cause of the laxity in enforcing the health laws by the officials. Ford Buys a Pile of Junk; Not for Tin Lizzies—for Museum PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec, 7, — Hénry Ford, Detroit flivver peoalibles journeyed out to Doylestown near here today and: pillaged the garrets of some of the old houses of hoopskirts and other grotesque habiliments of by- gone days, looted the hay lofts of an- cient grain flails and gathered up a few wagon loads of junk, for which he paid the owners $3,000. Henry says lie is going to transport them to Dear- . born, Mich, where he has some sort of museum. He didn’t announce whether he would have the log of the Oscar II on exhibition for the edification of future historians. Going to Soviet Russia. ered party will be night at 8 p, m, at the Workers’ House 1902 W. Division St., to members of the commune Red Ray who are leay- ing for Soviet Russia, Admission free. All comrades are welcome. r The DAILY WORKER gub- scription list is a Communist honor roll. Is your name on it? eae Rams hh All Proceeds Go to the Defense of Class War Prisoners. The Most Entertaining Evening of the Year. Eagle’s Hall, Broad and Spring Garden Sts. Admission’ 50 Cents, 'y Evening, Dec. 9, 8:15 Sharp ay (Right Across from Lulu Temple.) Violin R jolin peR eres go BS TereeNBR ]