The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 15, 1925, Page 2

Page Two LEAGUE BARS. DRUSE ENVOY FROM HEARING League of Brigands in Flagrant Combine GENEVA, Dec. 13.—If the Druses of Syria hope to get any justice out of the international bandits of the league of nations which back up the murder- ous French administration under the league’s mandate, they will have to get It at the end of a rifle. Refuse to Listen. That is the only conclusion possible, since the council of the league refused Wednesday to receive, let alone con- ider, an envoy from the Druses who was sent to protest t the French administration in § The envoy of Ihsan Djajbir Bey of Damascus, representing the executive committee of the Syro-Palestine inde- pendence move’ nt. He not only ad- dressed a request for a hearing to the collective council of the league of na- tions, but also to each single mem- ber. The French and British at-once got together to bar out the Druse from getting even a hearing. The British, Austen Chamberlain and Lord Robert Cecil doing this as an exchange for the French last December having aid- ed the British in barring out Fanouse Pasha, an Egyptian delegate, when Egyptians came last year to the league of nations to protest against British soldiers seizing Alexandria, Cairo and the Sudan. British also fear that the people of Palestine will be next to demand deliverance from their “protectors” under league man- date. Wanted League to Obey its Laws. The Druse envoy declares that they have 10,000 riflemen in the field, have LL. G. W. CONVENTION DELEGATES . DRIVEN FROM H ARE BEATEN (Continued trom page 1) provocation and insults, including the open threat of the use of special of- ficers, against the rank and file vis- itors to the convention. Yanofsky Provocation. As a part of this policy Sigman had Fisher of Local 10 bring forward a resolution passed by the New York Joint Board condemning Yanofsky, a former editor of Justice, for his ar- ticles against the Joint Board and in defense of crooked practices of former business agents. | Zimmerman spoke for the resolu- {tion and Sigman then gave Yanofsky | the floor to make the most. vicious jand slanderous attack onthe left | wing, and especially Zimmerman, that has been delivered here, The connection between the speech of Yanofsky and the general policy of provocation becomes apparent |when it is considered that the con- | demnation of Yanofsky could have | {been debated at any time within the |last two weeks before the most im- |portant question of the convention }was on the floor. General Officer Threat. Zimmerman stated that “the pur- { THE DAILY! WORKER ALL AS VISITORS UP AND ARRESTED ———— pose of the resolution has already been accomplished, because Yanof- sky is no longer in the office of Jus- |tice.” Yanofsky resigned just before the convention, | Sigman interrupted Zimmerman, and when the latter told Sigman “to keep his insinuations until he heard the facts,” the machine delegates staged a near riot that lasted for ten minutes—a forerunner of what “was to come in the afternoon session. It was after quiet had been restored that Sigman made his threat of the use of “special officers.” The vote on the endorsement of the past policy. was 151 for and 112 against—Sigman's tactics and the speeches of his supporters resulting in the loss of seven votes from the average strength shown here by the machine. Italians Form Bloc. “No session of the convention will be held Sunday, and in the meanwhile the Italian délegates, about fifty of whom are present, have formed them- selves into a so-called group which is jeonducting negotiations with both |the right and left groups. INDUSTRIAL CONDIT. (Special to The PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 13.—A: | officers’ report. defeat while the left wing scored a poli until 9 p. m. jfor the future and confidence in the fighting spirit of the membership that |was completely lacking in the jspeeches of the machine delegates. gaptured six months’ ammunition from | Clever Maneuver, the French and intend to fight until] ‘The Sigmanites had maneuvered they are killed off. jrather cleverly, knowing that on the “And,” says the Druse, “all the|New York situation they could not Druses ask is that the league execute |hope to win, they divided the offic- its own covenant requirements andjers’ report into three parts—indus- send a committee to investigate how |trial conditions, internal situation, the French are maladministrating the|and the morale of the union. mandate in Syria. | They insisted that the debate must Serta ‘be confined to these divisions and 7 i that the internal situation, for in- Two Injured — New |stance, could not be discussed under York Elevated Wreck |the head of industrial conditions. Sigman Has No Program. N6W YORK, Dec. 18—One passen-| Portnoy moved to combine the ger and a trainman were injured in an/|three sections and have the commit- elevated accident in Queensborough,|tee read, its whole report, but the First reports stated two persons had|motion was defeated. been killed. Ambulances and fire ap-| The committee report merely en- paratus were dispatched to the acci-|dorsed the work and policies of the dent, the extent of which has not General Executive Board on industrial been determined. [conditions since the Boston conven- HYMAN REFUTES SIGMAN ALIBI FOR LOSS OF POWER BY UNION 24 (Special to The Daily Worker) PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 13—-Hyman Saturday morning delivered a smashing refutation of the Sigmanites on the “natural causes” alibi for the bad conditions in the industry and the loss of power by the union. “The man who, when the evil of contractors first arose, pointed out the violation of the agreement by the jobbers, was removed by you from his position at the demand of the bosses,” said Hyman. “The business of the union,” said the speaker, “is with the contractor who is a result and not/ @ cause of the union.” the+— i might have gone before an arb!- | weakness of Exposes Secret Deal. tration board with an ultimatum. Hyman then exposed the secret) But it was your crime that you asked manipulations by which the arbitration |for arbitration, convinced the bosses agreement had been put over on the|we were afraid to fight, and disor- union and made the statement, which |ganized our army at the same time,” was not denied, that Feinberg was|said Hyman. kept in office by the machine when} his colleagues all admitted his mis-| deeds. Hyman challenged the ma-/ chine to deny that Hillquit had made this proposal for arbitration and that even the local officials were not con- sulted. “Had the workers been already on strike, with the industry stopped, had you had the army at your back, then Every Cloakmaker Knows It. A tremendous storm of applause broke out when Hyman concluded by svying that “every cloakmaker will know that I am right when’ I gay that ‘the continuation of such policies means the destruction of our union whether he votes against the officers’ report or not.” BAASAAAAAAAAA Dance and Enjoy Yourself at the DAILY WORKER | RESCUE PARTIES Saturday, December 19 Russian Night—given by the Rus- sian (W. P.) branch, at 225 Va lencia St. Admission 35 cents. Sunday, December 20 Music, dancing, at 225 Valencia St. at 8 p,m, | NEW YORK | Saturday, December 19 Harlem Casino, 116th St. and Len- nox Ave, | ROXBURY, Mass. | Friday, January 1 | BOSTON | Saturday, December 19 Dudley Street Opera House-—-Let- tish folk dan choral singing; dancing; and “Kartoffel Salat.” Given by the Lettish Branch, Singing; dancing; new year's cele- bration with a new year’s mid- night dinner. Given by the Rox- bury Jewish Branch at the New In- ternational Hall, IONS DEBATE BEGINS BIG CONVENTION BATTLE Daily Worker) fter ten days of cautious maneuvering and delay the Sigman machine late Friday afternoon accepted battle on the It forced the left wing to meet it on what the Sigmanites considered their strongest point—industrial conditions—but the machine met tical victory in the debate which lasted The left bloc displayed a knowledge of the industry at least equal to that of the machine speakers, including Sigman himself, and in addition they |brot into the debate a note of hope¢——————_—_-—— | tion, it put forward no future pro- gram but it refused to endorse the in- dustrial program of the left wing con- tained in resolution number 33. This lack of program enabled Rose Wolkowitz to ask a very embarrass- fig question which took Sigman ten minutes to “explain’—“you have re- jcted our program, wheer is your own?” Blames the Members. Feinberg’s speech set the fashion for the machine speakers who follow- ed him. For the deplorable conditions fi the industry he blamed the bosses @nd the workers, particularly the workers. He cited a number of in- &'ances which he claimed showed lick of militancy and loyalty to the union on the part of the workers. The other speakers indulged in eu- hegies. of the governor's commission and turned the debate into a tribute t the “impartiality” of the various bodies of liberals and politicians, stressing the note of class collabora jtion stronger than has ever been done at an I. L. G. W. convention. Sigman’s speech was a combination of superficial knowledge of the indus- try and a warning to the union of the dangers to the membership which he |professed to see in the antt-class col- |Jaboration policy of the left wing. left Wing Speaks. The speeches of Borkovich, Zack jand Rubin stressed the growing na- jtional character of the industry and pointed out the disastrous conse- quences which the weakened condi- \tion of the union had brot to the workers. Hyman smashed the arbftration ar- gument of the machine speakers by |showing that the union was forced to \strike no matter what decision the |arbitration boards rendered. “If the arbitration board gives a |favorable decision the manufacturers will not put it in force until we make |them do it by a strike. If they give jan unfavorable decision we have to |strike also. The only thing accomp- |lished by arbitration is tne demoral- \ization of the membership,” sald Hy- man, Debate Prisoners. The debate on this secttoh of the report finished Saturday morning |with Hyman closing for the minor- ity. , Previous to the openign of debate on the officers’ report a bitter debate occurred on a resolution for the re- Jease of political prisoners in all countries including Soviet Russia. |An amendment to strike Russia from |the list and substitute “all capitalist countries” was defeated by a vote of 156 to 108. i Support, for the workers who are |on “strike against the Metropolitan |Opera company. was voted, and all members of the union are instructed to boycott this concern, Much Business Ahead. A watch was presented to Martin 'Flettl, fraternal delegate from the qerman clothing workers, ' Night sessions of the convention are now in order but it 1s aoubttul ir the business can be concluded before the first of the week, Only one-thtrd of the officers’ report has been de- bated while the two committees next in importance, those on law and ap- peals have not yet reported. Utica Mill Workers Strike, UTICA, N. Y., Dec. 13.—The work- ers of the Utica Steam Cotton com- pany and the Mohawk Valley Mills have gone on strike for the reinstate- ment of a woman workér who was discharged without cause. About 90 per cent of the workers of one mill and 30 per cent in the other mill have feos out. ( COOLIDGE IS WORRIED OVER CHILEAN DEFY Want Pershing to Get Out of Tacna (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—President Coolidge and his principal advisers were frankly worried today over the prospects of serious trouble with Chile that may affect adversely the entire scope of American relations with the republics of South, America. Chile's decision to ignore “Black Jack” Pershing and go over his head with a direct appeal to Coolidge in the Tacna-Arica bouidiry dispute de- posits a delicate antl admittedly dan- gerous controversy on the White House doorstep. Coolidge is the supreme court in the Tacna-Arica dispute. He appointed Gen. Pershing as ‘the umpire to get Chile and Peru together, both coun- tries agreeing in'advance to accept the ultimate verdict. Wants Pershing Out. Now Chile has repudiated the meas- ures taken by Gen! Pérshing to insure a fair plebiscite in: the disputed terri- tory, and in the course of the next few weeks will ask President Coo- lidge to throw out.¢dlt of the work that Gen. Pershing has done in South Am- erica in the past four months. This will put up to Coolidge the delicate question of repudiating Gen- Pershing, his own agent in the contro- versy, or offending Chile to the point where it may cause a rupture between the relations of the two countries. All South America is watching the proceedings in the Tacna-Arica affair with keen attention, according to dip- lomatic reports, The interesting question was being asked in diplomatiecircles here today as to how far the United States would go in the matter should Chile follow her repudiation of: Gen. Pershing’s work with another repudiation of the Coolidge verdict inethe end. Resent Conspiracy. Both Chile and iPéru were gerry- mandered into making pledges to ac-| cept the award, whatever it might be. The question is now! asked, consider- ing the rebuke to Pershing, what steps will the United States take to compel its acceptance? Though deny- ing the intent to usé armed force to stifle the two countries and to control the disputed terrifoy? because of the rich nitrates that maybe shipped thru that territory, those-familiar with the designs of the Ame; government know that armed forces. will be used | if other methods ofPintimiidation tail to bring the desireg results. When it becam6é apparent that Pershing was deliberately sabotaging the plebiscite that i8 supposed to de- cide the boundary fight the Chileans and Peruvians resented the conspir- acy and are endeavoring to force the removal of Pershing. They have not reached the degree $f political matur- ity necessary to enable them to real- ize the fact that Pérshing is merely the gunman of.imperialism and that it is not Pershings»but the United States government, ithe tool of Wall Street, that must be driven from that part of the world before there will be peace, If you want to thoroughly un- derstand Communism—study it. Senate Candidate Fights Coolidge’s World Court HARRISBURG, Il, Dec. 13.—Frank L. Smith, candidate for the United States senate, in his campaign speech here declared that f he were elected he would oppose America’s entrance into the world courtas it was nothing but a disguised for the league of nations and stated that in 1920 the voters of the United States had shown their overwhelming, opposition in the league of nations. ,. Coolidge to Sell Shoals, WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—Cal Coo- lidge approved a fesolution introduc- ed in the house of representatives, by Snell, republican,, of New York, for appointment of a, joint committee of the house and senate to dispose of the rich nitrate fields,at Muscle Shoals to private concerns, ,. Cotton Bloc Forme: WASHINGTON, Dee.. 13.—-A sena- torial cotton bloc was formed here by senators and representatives from cotton producing states. A number of southern bourbons are engineering the bloc and will fight to get special favors for cotton raise! MELLA, CUBAN COMMUNIST LEADER, DYING IN PRISON HUNGER STRIKE HAVANA, Cuba, Dec. 13—The iron heel of imperialist oppression which grinds the workers of Cuba knows no mercy, Jose Mella, the young and de- ecretary of the recently formed Communist Party of Cuba, who. has declared a hunger strike upon being arbitrarily imprisoned at the orders of ‘al Crowder, is in a crucial state in the Havana prison. He has lost nearly eighteen pounds weight and his weakened condi- mm his abnormal temperature. vote the unofficial dictator, Ge tlon may be seen Mella, whose onl; to listen to demar Mella’s release ime” is that he is te Shows How “pean the sixth Philippine commission of independence is in this country, treading lightly and very timidly in the footsteps of the five commissions that have preceded If the speech made by Senator Sergio Osmena, heading the present drive for Filipino ii be taken as a criterion, then there is little need of explain- ing the contemptuous attitude that President Coolidge took towards the question of Filipino liberation in his message to congress last week. Senator Osmena’s kind had merely invited an other kick and they got it. 2 a Oe The United States went now 27 years ago. first. imperialist ventures. them go. being lessened to the exterit creased. This is what Washington diplomacy calls, “training the Philippines in self-government.” the Filipinos to sleep with stranglehold of American domination over the Filipino peo- ple. Senator Osmena seems ceptible to this manufactured potion of American imper- ialist statesmanship. * The resolution prepared the sixth Philippine commission, as well as Sen. Osmena’s speech, were devoid of any indication that the elements re- presentated realize in the slightest the nature of the strug- Some phrases are taken bodily out of the American declaration of independence, now a century | and a half old, without containing any of the bold statement of numerous grievances contained in that document, on the basis of which the colonists launched their war against British tyranny. Wilsonian phrases, like “making the world gle confronting them. safe for democracy” are also Sixth Filipino Mission for Liberation of Islands By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. The grabbing of islands was one of its The.islands today constitute Wall Street's territorial outpost in the orient. There sis no indication that U. S. imperialism intends to voluntarily let In fact, Coolidge’ power being put into the hands of the oppressor governor- general, the militarist and strikebreaker, Leonard Wood. This will result in the authority of the local legislative body ys COOLIDGE WANTS U.S. AT GENEVA ARMS GATHERING Fake Call for War Pre- parations (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Dec. 13—Coolidge fs to ask congress for funds with which to finance a delegation from tiis country to the disarmament con- ference that the league of nations is planning to hold at Geneva. This move will be opposed by the ivrenconcilables in his own camp who ‘also oppose the entrance into the (world court as the back door to the Joague of nations. To send a dele- gition to the league conference will te tantamount to acknowledging the gathority of the league and will be a long step in the direction of this jcountry entering that body. Not to Fight ndependence, in Chicago, is to | into the Philippines in 1898, Bankers Want Conference, Finance capital centered on Wall Street, which in reality is the real government of the United States, is diterested in limitation of armaments as it wants Europe to achieve indus- trial reconstruction, and to stop in- ‘Nesting so much in armaments and devote its funds to paying interest of American debts. Furthermore it e- lievés that if more attention is given to industrial reconstruction ratner than building of armaments it will create new spheres for investment of American capital. Another object is the cutting |down of European armaments so that \Germany and Britain will not be able t> challenge other countries in Eu- Tope where the United States has heavy investments. There is also an incentive for Amer- ivan finance capital to advocate enter- ing the league of nations as Britain, is mortal enemy, is using the league at the present time to further its own designs in Europe and Asia, Wall Street thinks that if the American 's message called for greater | that Wood's authority is in- It is, in truth, lulling phrases while increasing the peculiarly and willingly sus- ° for the Chicago reception to called into made upon it by thousands of students and workers for ; , (A omen pte: lay by Osmena's commission which seems to indulge the Ralusiaatien that the succulent phrases of imperialism’s diplomacy are utter- ed to be fulfilled. They show they have allowed themselves to be caught in the trap set for them. * ° . * While Osmena was making. has plea in Chicago, for “an ever-increasing self-government,”..as promised 27 years ago, Governor-General Wood was arbitrarily vetoing acts of the Filipino legislature, and soldiers under the stars and stripes were shooting down natives in approved Wall Street style. With Senator Osmena on the speakers’ platform was Prof. Edwin A. Burtt, of the Standard Oil University of Chi- cago, who urged the Filipinos to place their hope in the “world fraternity”"—the league of nations—at Geneva, Switzerland, half way around the world. The greasy profes- sordid not tell them that the league was an instrument for the suppression of smaller nations, like the Philippines. _In- stead of blasting the professor's pretensions, however, Sen- ator Osmena and the other Filipino speakers accepted them like welcome crumbs thrown from a rich store of treasured reasoning. ‘ * * * * If the other members of the Filipino commission are of the same type as Senator Osmena, they constitute an ob- sequious outfit that will win nothing for the subject island- ers, There will no doubt b ea seventh commission. The in- dustrial workers, growing more numerous on the islands, and oppressed land labor, must inaugurate steps to see that they are represented, if they do not control the next mission. Senator Osmena’s actions indicate that he has turned his back upon the workers and farmers of the United States, the only source from which the Filipinos can expect aid in this country for their liberation struggle. Wall Street's gri upon the Philippines can only be loosened by the united re forts of class conscious American labor allied with the most conscious elements of the Filipino people realizing to the full the nature of their struggle. In such an alliance there is no room for belly-crawlers humbly kissing the feet of the en- slavers of mankind, both in the homeland and in the colonies. Imperialist Agents Find Chinese Trips Stopped by Battles PEKING, Dec. 13.— The interna- tional train which was shelled by General Li Ching Lin's artillery, $1,000,000 Fire in Savannah. SAVANNAH, Dec. 13.—A fire in the Southern Fertilizer and Chemical company on Hutchinson Island, in the Savannah River caused damages es- timated at $1,000,000, governmént enters the league it can use its tremendous financial power | to control it against Britain, thereby gaining a great advantage in the jworld situation. Conference a Fake. But the preliminary’ draft of the ‘Imitations of discussion on disarma- ment reveals the fact that the limita- ons to be imposed concern land arm- 4s atents only but at the same time &-ges an industrial mobilization of \productive forces useful in warfare. ‘This means that a gesture toward arms |lmitation will be made by retiring jevldiers in ‘land forces from active jservice, where they can be held in re- serve, and in the meantime cevoting time to strengthening the industriat power of the various nations so they can be mobilized to their full strength in’ case of war. It is the old game of preparing for war under the guise of talking peace and disarmament. Naturally the United States, as one of the contena- ing imperialisms of the world wants to sit in on the affair in order to de- fend its own predatory interests, ALABAMA EXPLOSION KILLS TOTAL OF 52 NON-UNION MINERS BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 13— Only two miners, Alfred Yarbrough and John Rice, were missing today in the explosion which wrecked the Overton Coal Mine No. 2, of the Alabama Fuel and Iron company Thursday, costing the lives of more than fifty workers. Both are given up for dead and with fifty bodies re- covered, the death toll was set at 52—nine whites and 43 Negroes. The mine is non-union and run without regard for safety of the miners. Saturday, was back in Yangtsun today after an unsuccessful attempt to reach Tientsin. It was learned thaf*the shelling of the train was probably precipitated by General Feng Yu Hsiang, who at- tempted to pierce his adversaries’ lines by following in the wake of the international train with two armored trains. With a hot fire coming from both directions over their heads, passen- gers of the international train aban- doned it and returned by motor to Yangtsua, Didn't Tal in the Hearst Portugal Head Reigns. LISBON, Portugal, Dec, 13.—Presi- dent Teixerita Gomes resigned giving ill health as the reason, : national. Tf you want to thoroughly un derstand Communism—-study it. * Or, better— Su cribe now, and be sure of getting a of the fine, new features that ass some Despite the condition of a Communist, the government refuses as re 5 ‘The Story Nosovitsky. Jacob Nosovitsky, calling himself an inter- national anti-labor spy, has been publishing fictitious story of his attempts to spy on the Communist Party and the Communist Inter- G. E. RUTHENBERG will tell, in next Saturday’s Magazine Sec- tion of The DAILY WORKER, how the Com- munist Party of America discovered and ex- posed the clumsy attempt of Nosovitsky to Spy upon the party and the labor movement —the story Nosovitsky DIDN’T TELL! - ' IT is interesting reading. a Get next Saturday's issue of The DAILY | WORKER, December 19. 5 4 ‘newspapers. a more or less