The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 9, 1925, Page 6

_ e Page Six TK ALY revico Publishéd by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING»CO. 1113 W. Washington Blvd, Chicago, Tl. Phone Monroe 4712 | SUBSCRIPTION RATES By maii (in Chicago only): By mail (outside of. Chicaga): $8.00 per year $4.50 six months $6.00 per vear $3.50 six months $2.50 three months $2.00 three months Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Illinois J, LOUIS BNGDAHL ) WILLIAM F, DUNNE {*""™ MORITZ J. LOEB .. Editors Business Manager Entered as second-class mail September 21, 1 at the post-office at Chi- cago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1879. BS» 290 Advertising rates on application. | Secialiat Wants War Memorial Harriet Stanton Blatch is one of the bright and shining lights of the decrepit socialist: party. She has been its many important political offices during the past, few. years. fore her published opinions can be attitude of al ‘There- jnterpreted as expressing the e section of that party. Recently, in a letter. to. the New York Times, this elegant bourgeois lady airs her views on memorials “to the fallentin the great war.’ She advocates a memorial to be placed in Central Park, New York, to cover thirty acres of land and to be planted with “our noblest American tre Is not this socialist treason to assume that it is possible for anything in America to'be anything other than noble? After these beeches, oaks and sequoias wax strong “they will lift ever higher in the minds of our.children the ideas they were planted to exalt.” Surely everyone but yellow socialists knows that the motives: of the world war were those imperialist war and. plunder. The bones of the dead are strewn over the ‘battle fields of Europe because MorZan’s ‘billions that he invested on the side of the allies were in danger. That is the only reason the war was fought; every drop of blood that was spilled by American soldiers was for the purpose of making Morgan richer. The fact that the soldiers thought they were fighting for laudatory aims does not change the fact. Furthermore, Harriet Stanton Blatch is playing the contemptible game of the war mongers when she tries to paint the blood letting in glowing colors. She prepares the way for the slaughter of the workers in the next imperialist war. But what can one expect of a party that has such leaders as Algy Lee, who, with others, yoted in the New York board of alder- men for the infamous memorial arch, con names of the “great” battles in which American soldiers participated ? Among these “battles” was Archangel in North Russia, where American gunmen in the uniform of the army, without a declaration of war, tried to crush the workers’ republic. of The Retreat of Green if his utterances before the convention of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union are to be considered other than the bid of a politician for the favor of. the moment, William Green, president of the American Federation.of Labor, has retreated from his red-baiting proclivities. If he really means that radicals are necessary to the labor movement and that “they inspire us to re- newed activity and service,” and if he does “prefer the living, fight- ing radicalism to dry rot,” he should suit the action to the word. S. We have been flattered before, we might say by “experts,” and we never mistake words for action. ..Before we take the statements of Green seriously we want to see some action on his part. While his influence over the various internationals affiliated with the A. F. of L. is confined to that imponderable fetish dubbed “moral forge,” his maledictions against every vestige of radicalism has been used to advantage by tlie reactionaries directly in control of the interna- tionals. We will believe that Green’s utterances were prompted by some- thing other than political expediency when he appears before a solid body of hide-bound reactionaries and repeats the same sentiments regarding his high regard for radicals..~ Until then we must be par- doned for suspecting that the action of the president of the American Federation of Labor was caused because he was duly impressed by | sheep breeder: standard bearer for) Finland, THE DAILY WORKER eR Reviews EDITOR'S NOTE: ~The agricul- tural situation in the) Union of So- cialist Soviet Republics and its needs were presented to a Chicago audience of cattle, horse, hog and and representatives of various commercial concerns by D. N. Borodin, head of the Russian Agricultural Agency in America, in an address in part as follows: ee | By D. N. BORODIN, Director, Russian Agricultural Agency in America, HE Union of the Socialist Soviet Republics covers the area of the former Russian empire except for the | territory of new states established | after the world war such as Poland, Esthonia, Latvia, Lithonia land Bessarabia, annexed by Rou- mania and a small part of the Karsk province Caucasus re- turned to Turkey but with the addi- tion to the former territory of the Russian empire of Khiva and Book- hara. The Union of Socialist Soviet Re- publics covers 21,280,500 square kilo- meters or about one-sixth of the ning inscriptions of the] ? world area and is inhabited by 139,- 750,000 people of different nationali- ties. HE Russia in Europe is the part usually called “Russia” in Eng- lish and American maps and is al- ways reproduced separately with Moscow in center, the Black Sea on the south, White Sea on north; Baltic sea on the west and Urls on the east. It is correct that such a map shows Russia proper but that is only a small part of the vast territory of the union and to this map must be added Sibe- ria, Russian Far Bast, Kerghiz, Stee+ pes, Central Asia and Turkestan. Ae the present iime the Union of Social- ist Soviet Republics covers 21,210,- 500 square kilometers with the follow- ing subdivisions in separate repub- lics: 1. Russia 19,683,000 sq. klm. . White Russia 109,800 " ” 3. Ukrainia 429,700 "- ” 4. Caucasus (Georgia, Armenia, Azarbeijan) 193,000 " " 5. Turkomania 473,000 " ” 6. “Usbekistan (Turk- “estan) 322,000” ” 21,210,500 sq. klm. The population of the Union of So- cialists Soviets Republics in 1925 was estimated according to data of the Cetitral Statistical Bureau of the U. {Continued from page 1). ; actually only thirteen. Of these only Sixwere present. ‘Similarly, when a question was asked as to the number of_state organizations in existence at the present time, one member of the national committee stated that ‘there were none actually in existence while another declared that there were some in existence altho he could not name the chairmen.» "Whe afternoon session was devoted to @ discussion of a motion by Parley P. Christensen, to instruct the national committee to call a national conven- tion for Feb. 22. Arguing for the mo- tion Christensen, who was the presi- dental candidate of the farmer-labor party in the 1920 elections, declared: the left wing strength, rather than by voluntary revision of policy, during his visit to the convention of the International Ladies’ Gar- ment Workers’ Union at Philadelphia. . The Farm Journal Menace One of the greatest menaces to the political maturity of the farmers of the United States is the cheap fagm journal that floods the homes of agricultural districts. Innumerable magazines and other publications are sold to the farmer as loW as 25 and 50 cents a year—far below the cost of production, All these papers contain the most vicious propaganda, designed to keep the farmer in ignorance regarding his real condition. Under the guise of benefitting. the farmer and enabling hhim to solve his problems they inveigle him into all sorts of traps set by the meat packers and the manufacturers of farm machinery. In fact all these papers are subsidized by the farm machinery trust and mail order hous¢s. A systematic propaganda of hatred against the industrial worker creates distrust against trade unions and working class polit- ieal parties. The bankers and industrialists-know that so long as they can keep the two great producing groups divided, so long as they can make the farmer believe that the high prices he pays for his products are due to the high wages of the industrial workers, and*make the industrial worker believe that high prices of produce is due to the high prices.received by the “independent” farmer, their own game ot plunder of both groups can continue uninterrupted. The natural ally of the farmer is not the banker and the in- dustrialist but the wage worker in the city. a oe Calm the Rising Storm The agricultural crisis and the coming congressional elections that will be held next fall constitute a menace to the republican administration at Washington. It is not fear of the recalcitrants in the republican party that causes overtures to be made to young LaFollette or that causes the Coolidge machine to speak less con- temptuously of Norris, but that they fear the storm that is brewing in the middle west. With the price of corn at 50 cents the farmers of Towa are not going into eestacies over the fiction of Coolidge prosperity. People foreed to use corn in place of fuel becayse it is cheaper-to use it that way than to sell it and buy the commodities ordinarily used as ‘fuel cannot be hypnotized into believeing. the lying reports of the cabinet officials, all of whom have entered into a conspiracy to falsify the real conditions in the country. Coolidge’s trip: to Chicago is — of the desperate efforts of the adunini jon to calm the tem oh is ri and that will ‘surely sweep their majority from verity become" a reality. . “We must face the fact that altho we made a splendid showing in the past elections, the people who supported us now are beginning to believe that we are dead.” A tonvention even with only three states represented will serve to give the impression that we are alive.” Other delegates from IIli- nois, also argued along the same line. “We must baptize the child and ex- plain the purpose for its existence” was the plea of a delegate from Penn- sylvania who also favored an early na- tional convention. Delegates from New York, Massa- chusetts and Baltimore arguing against an early convention, pointed out that there are at present no state organizations that would be entitled to send delegates, that a campaign must first be started in the states for the organization of such bodies. “Whom shall we invite to attend this convention” the vice chairman of the national commitee asked. “The unions have withdrawn at the Chicago con- ference and what would be gained by inviting organizations who have with- drawn?” Can Do Nothing. In the course of the debate on this motion the confusion of the partici- pants was fully exposed, Each dele- gate on ‘taking the floor made an amendment or substitute or supple- mentary motion until the chairman realizing that nothing could be gained by permitting further discussion, be gan to put to a yote those motions that he favored. Seeing that the sen- timent was overwhelmingly against an eariy convention and that the sup- plementary motions and amendments and substitutes were merely the ef- fort of the delegates to conesal trom each other their realization of ibe im- fotency of the conference, Christen- sen then made a motion to table all the motions and amendments. When this failed, he declared that the con- ference has no power to decide any- thing. That the motions and discus- sions had already enlightened the na- tional committee and that therefore all the proposals should be referred to the national committee. The dele|n tious Pros: | unanimous adopti gates all ed upon this motion as a means of evadin; ponsibility. The this motion was typical of the rence as @ who! | Darty. S. 8. R, at 139,753, 900 divided be follows: 1, Russia 96,746,300 2, White Russia 4,204,500 8. Ukrainia 27,663,900 4, Caucasus 5,210,000 5. Turkomania 914,600 6. Usbekistan (Turkestan) 4,813,600 139,7 53,900 HE most important fact is that the vast majority of the population of U. S. S. R. is concentrated on the farms and only a small proportion in the cities. From 139,758,900 men, wo- men and children 116,774,100 are liv- ing on thé farms and*only 22,979,800 in the cities. In différent republics of the U. S, S. R. ‘thi€division of the population can bé"fifdicated as fol- lows: we City 1. Russia 15,237,900 2. White Russ, 35/298,000 679,000 3. Ukrainia .. 5,662,000 4. Caucasus 1,150,900 5, . Turkomania .. 109,000 6. Usbekistam “? (Turkestan).. 4,062/600 741,000 =) — US. S. R. 116794100 22,979,800 It is clear that U! S.S. R. is primar- ily an agricultural‘eéuntry as the fe-} ps ures show and the country of peasants tween the republi¢s, of the union as }and farmers which comprise a vast ma- pority of the population and it is clear that their needs are the most vital needs of the nation. HE racial character of the popula- tion varies in the republics com- prising the union. In Russia proper, the vast majority belong to the “Great Russian” element with a small pro- portion of the Ukrainians but the last nationality has the majority in Ukrai- nia. A few figures can illustrate the racial character of the two republics, Russia proper and Ukrainia, Russia (1921) 1. Russians 66,524,563 2. Ukrainians 4,405,326 3. Tartars 2,854,502 4. White Russians 1,893,484 -5. Kirghises 1,897,371 6. Bashkirs 1,411,683 7. Motdva 1,167,468 8. Tchuvashes 1,061,968 9. Germans 853,682. Jews 653,355 11. Votiaks 466,181 12. Maries 399,753 13. Poles 252,008 14. Tehechens 239,954 15. Letts 166,760 16. Armenians 155,759 17. Osetins 132,543 18. Krbardins 117,218 JAPANESE COMPANIES GET OIL. CONGESSIONS IN SAKHALIN ISLANDS MOSCOW, Dec. 7—A™ complete agreement has been reached be- tween the Soviet government and four Japanese mining ah Sa for exploitation of the oil field on Sak- halin Island, formerly held by the Sinclair interests. The contract will formally be signed on Dec. 10. Besides the oil wells acquired by Japan under the Peking agreement, the Japanese get the right to exploit an additional areafof 10,000 square miles on the east@rnécoast of Sakha- lin for ten years? also extensive coal fields for development for fifty years. es The Japanese will pay the Russ- ians royalties OH8*dil production ranging from fiv 8 15 per cent and on coal from five ta'eight per cent. It was an admittion: of th efact that those present wel eee of plan or program. This gbvious that (swald Garrison Witierd, tat obliged to point out to the delegates who were preparing ta.leave; that “We must take into coi ‘ation the pub- licity that will atfeid this confer ce. Our work here today” he said, “was purely of a negative character.” He proposed theréfore that the con- ference shall issue ‘4 statement to the ress that will reaffirm the principles of the ©. P. P. A”the failed to men- tion which principles) “That we shall give out to the préBs/that the confer- ence was marked ®y enthusiasm and uanimity, and thatwe shall adopt a resolution of tribiite.to the memory of our great leadét® whose death oc- curred since the last formal meeting of our organization.” The assembled delegates vigorously and for the first time applauded this “practical” sug- gestion. Can't Pay Debts. While waiting for the return of the committee, Mrs. Edith Houghton Hooker, took occasion to remind the delegates that there is still a “dead horse” lying about in their organiza- tion. This horse was in the form of unpaid bills for $2,000 accumulated in the last campa\ She called upon all present to bp) tink the progres- sive party would: tinue to live by getting rid of th ad horse.” The conference even ‘ 1d to accomplish |this one delegate"@eclaring “Missouri would be glad to~help if I would re- turn with a progr#th but since T can bring no program@back I doubt if | can raise any méhey.” Other dele- gates also expressed their dissastifac- tion, “I came Were not to decide whether or‘’not we should hold a na- tional convention Bit to receive some answer to the qiéétion that must be answered—What’% ‘a progressive?” a delegate from Méa&asachusetts stated No one answered the question, for no one knew. That’i#’ the question was rot answered directly, Indirectly tho, the conference ani¥wered to the satis- faction of the writer. ‘The workers of this country will&nswer this question by contemptuously brushing aside these muddle heads who call thette selves progressives, The conference for Progressive Po- litical Action is bankrupt because 1 can no longer continue to delude the workers into supporting them, be- cause those who constituted that or- ganization have proven their total fail- ure to estimate the needs of the work- ers upon whom they depended for sup- port; because, the “progressives” representatives of a spineless middle class devoid of plan, pant crys or fue ture, The demise of the C. Pp P. will not be regretted by the workers who will now apply themsglyes to the task of building a party representative of the ruling class of vat wei party of those who produ wealth—a labor a | AEA acl Ses teat tae Ba ee a Sa Aten tah = At Rt a SE A he es ent lS an Dene Sr Ra fipsed, GEN. CHANG SURRENDERS HIS CAPITAL Mukden Falls Before Mutinous Armies SHANGHAI, China, Dec. 7.—Chang Tso-lin, the so-called “war lord of Manchuria,” ruthless commander of the armies of northern China which have repeatedly suppressed all efforts|, of Chinese workers, students and pea antry to free themselves from foreigh|) imperialist domination, is overthrown Greeks 99,686 3: Bulgars’ 18;202 21. Gypsies 15,88% 22. Carainis* ¢ 5,804 86,140,876 Ukrainia (1921) 1. Ukrainians + 12,294,14! 2. Russians : 2,610,267 3. Jews 1,189,029 4, Germans 210,689 5. Rumanians 165,828 6. Poles 117,070 1. Greeks 103,968 16,963,312 |OAHE main crops of U. S. S. R. are: | Rye wheat oats, barley, buckwheat, |rsittet, potatoes, sunflower, flax and Jussia exported, before the world war 4).6 per cent of, the world supply of toe grains, 75 per cent of fibre flax, avout 20 per cent of butter and a quan- tty of.eggs and lumber. |; The acreage fell during, the world ar, civil war and revolution ' very ‘eiarply. In 1913 the acreage of \grain and other crops covered 97, 600: '0)0, dessatins a dessatin equals ~ aires), In 1918 only 90,700 dessatiti® hiye been sowed. This fall of the acre: aze can be shown by\years as follows: Dessatins 1918 97,600,000 1916 90,700,000 ATALIAN FASCISTI 10 ORGANIZE TERRORIST GROUPS IN OTHER LANDS ROME, Dec. 7. — Premier Musso* lini and his fascist hordes not satis- fied with the dictatorship over the workers in Italy are planning to ex- tend their contro! over Italian work- ers in other countries. In an official communication of the fascist government to its re- presentatives abroad, it instructs ‘these repfesentatives to open up clubs where Italian workers will meet and listen to fascist com- mands, “All of the Italian ambassadors, counsuls and ministers are instruct: | ed to immediately Begin the organi- ‘zation of these fascist groups in. ‘foreign lands. Workers, who are 9; posed to the fascist dictatorship, by his own armies and his capitat)' ‘ city, Mukden, is within a few hours of capture by the mutineers. Chang Tso-lin’s vast power has eet just as many another “war like a lord’s” power has collapsed houBe of cards, when the engines 6f} war, and ™those_who run them—tfé rank and file of common solaiery—= was turned against him. Troops Refuse to Fight. |. Chang Tso-lin relied for a last stand upon his son, Chang Hsueh-liang, to hold back the mutinous armies com- manded by a former officer of Chang's, | Kuo Sung-ling, at a point one hundrét miles south of Mukden near the cities of Chinchow and Kuopangtzu. ‘ When General Kuo’s troops ‘aa! vanced to attack, however, the troops, commanded by Chang Hseuh-liang re+ fused to fight, their commanders ‘ti- der young Chang, Generals Chang ’Tsd- hsiang’and Wan Fu-lin flatly dectin- ing to order their troops into aétfon against their former comrades whdér General Kuo, avnes The capture of Chinchow followed, a capture which sealed Chang's fate, altho young Chang tried desperately to rally his routed troops at Hsinmin- fu. Chang Checks Out. When Chang Tso-lin heard of the defeat, he called his staff remaining in Mukden to his headquarters, dis- tributed some $250,000 in cash pre- sents to his officers and told them he would surrender the Manchurian cap- ital. Thus Chang Tso-lin passes from power. What is to come is quite an- other matter. Rumors and reports, of unconfirmed nature, say that Japan is not so unhappy at Chang’s down- fall, and even that Japan had some- thing to do with it. There is a report that the general leading the mutiny, Kuo Sung-ling, spent some time in Japan not long be- tore the mutiny broke out? And there is a rumor that the Japanese manifest a strange unconcefr-at the passing of Chang Tso-lin, strange considering. that they used him for years as their principal tool in north China, Whether they have merely changed one hireling for another is uncertain. But what is certain is that Chinese soldiers are learning the lesson and power of mutiny. It now happens that another mer- cenary, who relied upon Chang’s son maintaining his force against Kuo- Sung-ling, is in a hard fix further south. This person is the tuchun (governor) of Chihli, Li Ching-lin, He refused General Feng Yu-hsiang coming from the west, the right-of-way thru Chihli to aid General Kuo. Now that Kuo is victorious, young Chang whipped and Feng’stroops advancing, the honorable governor of Chihli is out on the end of a long, cold limb. Typical Chamber of Commerce, A typical example of the spirit of the bourgeoisie is seen in the action of the Mukden chamber of commerce, Altho it had only twenty-four hours previously sworn deep vows to stand by Chang Tso-lin, when news arrived of the Fg ! eho and the spread of the to the troops of Chang's FS un chamber of com- merce met a tel m to th eS him to the Kuo, ais FEA big er a , see in this plan a means which tI ‘| “talian fascist dictator will use to ‘stifle the opposition and sapere -°6# the dictatorship by workers | cape his rwté. These clubs will in! doubtedly be used as a means of | disrupting union meetings and as committees to terrorize fascist Op- ponents. iq Congress Opens with Dawes Now Very (Continued from page 1)\ * |LaFollette defeated Lenroot’s candi- date, who was.also the Coolidge can- cousin. ""The senate. also paid tribute’ “to those of its members who died since! the last session. They were Robert M. LaFollette, Sr., Seldon R, Spencer of Missouri, Edwin A. Ladd of North Dakota, and Samuel L. Ralston of In- diana. Ralston was the only democrat ‘and his place was filled by a republican, an appointee of the ku klux governor, Jackson of Indiana. Longworth House Speaker. The house of congress organized in a brief space of time and the Coolidge henchman, Nicholas Longworth, of Ohio, was’ elected speaker of the house by a substantial majority. The democrats voted for Finis Garrett of Tennessee and the opposition repub- licans voted for Henry Allen Cooper of Wisconsin, ~ The ‘first session was brief ane fue real fight will begin tomorrow en the: president’s message is read. Nothing that will draw spectacular fireworks is expected until December 17. when’ discussion opens on e world court. Then will begin a sei torial battle that will probably rival the great debate on the league of na- tions that sent the democratic part; down, to defeat and made a phfsical wreck of Widrow Wilson: Victor Berger of Milwaukeé is the’ lone socialist. member of this cong- ress. Nothing is expected of him ex- cept occasionally to raise an insipid objection, As far as being a tribune for the working class that is the ae thing ever to. be expected from t defender of the assassins of the work- ing class. ' Florio H. LaGuardia of New’ York was elected on the socialist ticket but he Is really a Po ny and supports ‘the LaFollette insurgent group. The present session of congress will last for six months and most of the time will be devoted to the tax ques- tion and international affairs, with the possibility of attempeted legisla- tion to force industrial conscription upon workers in basic industries of the country, Women Teachers Ask Same Wages. .HARTFORD, Conn.—(FP)—Women high school teachers of Hartford, Conn,, are demanding that they be paid the same wages as men for the same work: The*women teachers ask a uniform “wage scale instead of the present one with a differential of $300 to $460 ye the Farm Needs of Soviet Union, 1922 ., 59,900,000 1923 .. 76,500,000 1924 . 75,500,004, 1925 80,709,000 The crops sown in 1924 can be di- vided according to the varieties as follows: ’ Dessatins Winter rye ...... 523,887,200 Spring rye .... 449,400 Winter wheat 5,171, 800 Spring wheat Barley Oats Bue kwheat Millet Corn .... Sunflowers and other oily plan Potatoes . 1,870,200 3,921,200 The other crops consist of the fibre, technical and forage plants in the same year in U.S. S. R. sowed: Flax, 1,078,700 dessiatins; hemp, 656 dessia- tins, IOTTON is a crop of the extreme south of the U. 8. S. R., and is cultivated only in Central Asia or Turkestan and _Caucasas with the tendency of increase of the acreage. » Meek and Mild)» didate, in the special election in Wis: | All cotton is cultivated under the ir- rigation and outside of the irrigated area it is impossible to grow the cot- ton crop. The area of the cotton .perop also fell sharply during the war and revolution and the cotton industry suffered. In 1916, the~acreage under the cotton in Turkestan have been,es- timated as 1,560,600 acres and in 1922 faye been reduced to 140,400,acres. In 1923 the central cotton committee reported the increase of the acreage to the average of 486,000 acres and the approximate yield of cotton lint have been estimated as 90,000,000 pounds. The central cotton commit- tee supplied the seeds to increase the acreage in 1924 to 800,000 acres and succeeded by supplying not only the best seeds of the American origin but also organized the delivery of the wheat and flour to the population to eliminate the necessity of the use of the cotton field for wheat growing. In some sections during the world war, civil war and revolution the cot- ton crops have been entirely replaced by wheat. In spite of the increase of the acreage of the cotton crop, the U. S. S. R. will depend upon the out- ide world and will import the cotton }lint from the United States to meet the requirements of home textile in- dustry. Russia is buying vast quan- tities of cotton in this country annual ly with no, tendency to decrease the amount of the import. The textile industry of the U. 8. 8. R. is being developed. The old cotton milis are renovated and the new ex- pect to be constructed in different parts of the country. In connection with this restoration of the textile in- dustry, the U. S. S. R. is already buy- the machinery in this country. (To be continued.) FILIPINOS AND LATIN-AMERICANS FORM COMMITTEE To Combet American Imperialism Steps toward the welding together of Latin-Americans and Filipinos re- siding in Chicago for a joint struggle toward the liberation of their native countries from American imperialism, were taken Saturday night at a meet- ing of Cubans, Mexicans and Filipin os, assembled under the auspices of the All-America Anti-Imperialist League, at the Labor Temple, 119 So, Throop St. A, telegram of fraternal greeting was sent to the Filipino in- Pypeeencence mission now in Washing- ton, and committee of three was ular | elected to proceed with arrange- ments for further work among the Spanish-speaking population of Chica- go—to begin with another and larger mass meeting in thé near future. The jcommittee includes José Espinosa, Nemesio Felipe and Frank Guiscetti. Speakers at Saturday's meeting were Nemesio Felipe of the Filipino Association of Chicago, Adolfo Gar- cla, editor of Solidaridad, and Manuel Gomez, secretary of the All-America Anti-Imperialist League. Despite the small attendance, due to unusually ‘severe weather, the meeting proved to be of great significance and laid-the basis for important work. Against American Imperialism, “When Latin-Americans,” said one of the speakers, “whose own native countries are separated from the Philippine Islands by thousands of miles can be drawn into active sup- port of the movement for Filipino in- dependence, on the basis of the com- mon struggle against American im- rialism, itis the beginning of a new epoch—an epoch in which the libera- tion} of all subject and oppressed peo ples is clearly foreshadowed,” Avenge Wrongs, MINNEAPOLIS, Minn, Dec. 7 That Knute B, Birkeland, financier, and retired Lutheran minister, was slain by an enemy, who rose out ot the past to avenge a wrong in a busi ness deal, was the theory on which friends of the.devd man proceeded } |