The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 27, 1925, Page 1

f enssnsh _for the porth ct Aabor’s political :The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Il. No. 296. Subscri. FREE DoF by mail, $8.00 per year, oe, by mail, $6.00 per year. Entered as Second-class matt + AS WE SEE IT By T, J. O')FLAHERTY REMIDR Mussolini of Italy was not well pleased with the recep- tion his “empire of Italy” prospectus received, so-he retreated some. What he had in mind, after all was not an empire modelled after the Roman, but ‘an “empire of the mind.” Mussolini has brains enough to realize that his ‘Doasted fascism is running counter to the stream of evolution and will not last. A dictatorship based on a minor- ity of thé population is not destined ‘to be lasting. Some day the workers ‘and peasants of Italy will revolt and make short work of imperialism. oe “SDRITISH dispatches persist in re- porting that a section of the lead- ership of the British labor party “favors an alliance with that part of the liberal party which is dominated by Lioyd George. The latest rumors are that J. H. Thomas is in favor of ‘ining up with the “Welsh Wizard.” There is. nothing in common between MacDonaldism and the revolutionary section of the British woking class that believes in getting rid of the empire and all that it implies, 8 * ECAUSE Baldwin insisted on a yote on the Mosul settlement, the British labor party representatives ‘walked out of the house of commons ‘and gave the tory government a prac- tically unanimous vote. The leaders of the British labor party are com- mitted to the league of nations and of course the generous souls did not ‘want to repudiate the league, tho they felt politically obligated to dodge the Mosul’ settlement which may draw England into war with Turkey. This is an example of the cowardice of the Jabor fakers~and the yellow socialists. on @ “ABOR has powerful political in- L fluence in China today. This is &dmitted by no less a person than the Shanghai correspondent of the New York Times. The main reason tie fact that large ‘fac jes have brought the workers together and put them all in the same boat. Thus evolution marches on. Large factories enable the capitalists to make more profits while at the sane time sowing the seeds of revolution among the exploited. ee 8 HHANG-TSO-LIN has fallen on evil d@ys in Manchuria, and Japan, which hitherto posed as Chang’s fairy godfather now shows a tendency to let’.Chang fry in his own fat and an- nounces a willingness to do business with whomsoever succeeds in tying a ean to the pig tail of the former tuchun of Manchuria. That is the way it goes. So long as Chang was able to deliver the goods for Japan he was the candy kid, but when his bayonets went back on him, he is out of luck. And if you Will notice the American bankers treat the white guard Rus- sians in much the same fashion. Woe to the vanquished! eo 4 HERE is quite a battle on down in Washington between those who believe that the founder of christian- ity favored the cup that cheers and those who believe that he was a pro- hibitionist. The anti-prohibitionists bring forward the feast of Canaan as an argument in favor of a liberal dis- sation of light wines and beers while the prohibitionists claim that lips that touch liquor will never get beyond the threshold of what they call heaven, , In the meantime both factions are getting along very nicely without doing any useful labor. In other words they should worry. “es 8 RUSSIAN purchasing commission went to Argentina and left a lot of Russian rubles in that country in exchange for hides, Those Russians (Continued on page 3) Packing house workers have be PACKING HOUSE WORKER! HAVE | THEY SPEEDED YOU UP AS YET? speeded up greatly during the past two FRANCE PUT IN HOLE BY THE BRITISH Must Fight for Mosul or Lose Pet Plan (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, Dec, 24.—The French are In a peculiar position toward the pro- posal, blandly set forth by Great Brit- ain, that if Turkey makes war to keep the Mosul oil region, it is the business of France and other members of the Teague of nations to contribute armies and naval forces to enforce the man- date of the league. France and everyone else not in the simpleton clase, knows that the row over Mosul ofl is a quarrel between Britain and Turkey, with the kingdom of Irak being merely the pawn of England as a mandate from the league of nations. Oily Hypocrisy, All observers are greatly amused at the fact that in the debate over the mandate in the house of commons, the word “oil” was used only twice. And that was in a hypocritical denial, dur- ing which Premier Baldwin said: “No interest of any sort connected with oil influenced the policy of the government. If oil was. discovered in appreciable quantities, it would bring development and revenue to the coun- try.” Meaning Irak. Where the ticklish situation of the French comes in is in the statement of Great Britain that France and other league members must get out their guns if the Turks refuse to permit the Mosul robbery, England really de- Mands-thisas"a°price for British per- to Frence-for-any a y for the league of nations. i An International Army, Only two weeks ago, England was still opposing this idea, but when Turkey refused to consetit'to the rob- bery of Mosul at the league council meeting at Geneva, Sir Austen Cham- berlain all at once switched around and consented to am examination of the question with a view to seeing what forces each member of the jeague might furnish toward an inter- national army. The French, therefore, who favor the establishment of an international army to crush revolts in its colonies and to make war on Soviet Russia im case any of the puppet states of ®urope need aid of western imperial- ism, are in the dilemma of refusing to aid Britain in Mosul and losing British support to an international army, or giving French troops and ships to aid Great Britain take the Mosul oil fields—for Britain, The French will try not to take a position and to keep quite. Unemployment League Reorganized in City of the Angels, Calif. \ LOS ANGELES, Calif, Dec, 24.— The Los Angeles County Unemploy- ment League was organized at a mass meeting in the Labor Temple re- cently. The effectiveness of the league was more or less destroyed last winter by a certain faction which al- ways trys to avoid fundamentals con- cerning labor problems. This element is not in control now. Call has been sent out to labor bo- dies with request to elect delegates to the league. The speechmaking has started on the slave market, or three years, They must produce more meat products per hour than they ever did. In some yards, they have taken men off the gangs and the same number of pigs, sheep and cattle are slaughtered, In some places they have increased the number of pigs, cattle and sheep to be slaughtered. The DAILY WORKER knows that these conditions lead to accidents and that many work- ers in this country believe the propaganda the meat trust sends out. You —packing house workers—ate in a position to educate the other workers, You KNOW the conditions, You should WRITE in STORIES about the yards that you work in, so that The DAILY WORKER can use these stories In its expose of conditions in the yards. The DAILY WORKER packing house plant drive starts Monday, January 4! Your story should be in long, before then. You should also order a bundle of The DAILY WORKER—with. your story—and spread it among the workers in the plant, HORTHY ENGINEERS REIGN OF TERROR; WILL TRY 10 MURDER MATHIAS RAKOS! BUDAPEST, Hungary, Dec. 24.— Former Minister Marich, two other Hungarians and their wives were arrested and charged with being Communists and spies in the pay of the Soviet government by the Horthy hangmen of Hungary in a new reign of terror. The police have declared that they have “confessions” from their victims admitting membership in a Communist organization and that they are» members of the Soviet Union legation in Vienna. “The methods of the Horthy-ruled Hun- garian police are too well-known to give any credence to “plots” and to “confessions” announced by them. | The Horthy hangmen are determ- | ined to hang Mathias Rakosi and if they can keep the eyes of the world on another “Bolshevik” uprising or “plot,” they believe they, can hand the leaders of the Hungarian work- ing class without protests from the international proletariat, It seems as tho Horthy has learned a lesson from Benito Mussolini, head of the Italian black-shirted morons, who engineered a red scare; then re- leased the murderers of Matteotti and followed that up by taking more dictatorial power into his claws. FIRE RAGING OHO COAL MINE: ~ AFTER CAVES Recover Bodies of Nine By GEORGE PAPCUN. (Special to The Daily Worker) SHADYSIDE, Ohio, Dec. 24.—Sixty- one miners escaped and the bodies of nine miners were removed from the Webb mine by rescue workers. The victims are Sam Mrkobrada a member of the Workers (Communist) Party, John Ferry, of Webb, A. O. Truax of Bellaire, Edward Kennedy of Bellaire, Julius Talbert of Shadyside, Alphonsu Zignni of Shadyside, Sam Kello of Bellaire and Julius Aliveri of Bellaire. One still remains unindentified. The men had apparently been mak- ing their way up the steps of number 10 shaft. Two had come within twenty jfeet of the top while others were found lying in different places along the long flight of steps. The mine is still a raging furnace beyond control. No exact information as to how many workers were killed—nothing but rumors are being spread. The fire was started when aifere in took place, which caused a ghort- cireuit of the electric wires and rub- bish catching fire started the coal burning. None of the miners rescued were burned but were overcome by the smoke, Not all the names of the entrapped men are available as yet, the company will not give them out. The Webb mine is the largest in eastern Ohio, is owned by the Cam- bria company, and when operating in full it employs about 650 men. evening shift, of seventy men, was on duty at six o’clock last night. The last group of miners had just passed the spot where the disastrous fall oc- curred. Women and children are on the scene, clamoring, crying and watchfully waiting for their dear ones. The company is making every ef- fort possible to disclaim responsibil- ity for the disaster by issuing notices, bulletins, etc. All the miners in the vicinity of the mine. are of the opin- jon that the accident is due to the coal company’s negligence. For, they say, if the company had kept the timbering in good condition, the cave-in would not Have occtrred. A motorman discovered the blaze at six o'clock last night. The accident would have been more disastrous had (Continved on page 2) ATO P.M, Away. . ? ZANKOW PLANS TERROR REIGN INBULGARIA . 2 . Will Marder Jailed fie Communists pa Sd (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, U. S. §.R. Dec. 24.—The working clas: press of Europe is sounding the alarm ‘amongst the work- ers in connection with the threaten- ing news from Bulgaria on the revival of the wave of terromby Zankov. Di- mitrov writes in’ thegPravda that un- der the pressure the’ world prole- tariat and of well wn scholars and intellectuals, the Bulgarian govern- ment has been ¢ led to postpone the carrying out several death sentences, : At present, all gigns point to the fact that the Bulgarian fascists are only awaiting a suitable »moment in order to slaughter’ the political prison- ars, Fascists are being engaged as wardens in the prison at Sofia. The| aim is to engineer an “attempt” to escape; provoke a panic in the pris- on, and then umdéf cover of the con- fusion to “wipe ont” the best com- rades, Among these comrades whom they plan to murder ig) Kabatchieff, who has been in prison for two and a half years. He was,one of the founders of the Comint ‘and is a member of the central committee of the Bul- garian Commutist)Party since 1923. The hangmen at Sofa have long want- ed to get rid of him. His name was the firston the list following the ex-| plosion in the hedral, His life was only saved by fact that a delega- tion of Britis was tn Sofia dtW¥e time and wanted to speak with him, The Zankov band- its-are looking farian opportunity to murder this leader of the Bulgarian party. The yengeance of the Bulgarian bourgeoisie extends also to the chil- dren of the political prisoners. Thous- ands of homeless children, whose parents have been murdered, arrested or expelled are subjected to the pangs of hunger, All materiai help for these The, SUNDAY, DEC. 10 Grand Prizes Given children is regarded as high treason. The International Red Relief has been declared an illegal» organization and participation in itssactivities is punish- ed with death. Money collected by the English women’s committee and sent to the American missionary in Sofia, Mr. Markham, nas been con- fiscated and handed over to the Red Cross for distribution among the generals killed in the Sofia explosion. Four thousand Bulgarian workers and peasants exposed in the prisons to inhuman tortures, thousands of | Bulgarian emigrants, appeal to the} international proletariat to act ener- getically to save the lives of those | sentenced to deaths to stay the hand of the executionerg to save the life of the old i Kabauscnieff, and to save the livés of thousands of help-/| less children. | Only immediate international action | can save their lives! Jugoslavs Will Come in January to Make Debt Arrangements WASHINGTON,. Dec. 24—Jugo- slavia formally notified Secretary of | the Treasury Mellon: that it would send a commission to the United States in January tho begin negotia- tions looking toward settlement of its $66,000,000 debt to this country. Three Section Hands Run Dowm by Train WOODHAVEN, N: Y., Dec. 24— Three men, believed: to be section hands, were run down and killed by Long Island trains at a crossing near here, 2] E DAILY WORKER. september 21, 1923, at the Post OMce at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879, <a" + FRENCH AND DJEBEL DRUSE TRIBESMEN SIGN ARMISTICE IN SYRIA LONDON, Dec. 24—An armistice between the. French and Djebel Druse tribesmen in Syria has been signed by French High Commis- sioner De Jouvenal, according to a telegraph dispatch from Cairo. ‘The report declares that under the terms of the armistice all po- litical prisoners are to be liberated. During the latter part of last week the Druses had renewed their con- centrations about Hasbeya, and were victorious in a number of sec- tions of Syria. Against French. Sultan Atrash, leader of the Djebel Druses, has declared that he would not make peace with -the French on any terms short of evacuation of the French from Syria. He has demanded the estab- lishment of an indemnity .country, but has stated that he is wililng to have the United States exercise a protectorate over Syria. REPORT LEWIS TO TALK PEACE ON ANY TERMS This Issue Consists of Two Sections. SECTION ONE. Published Daily except! Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1118 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. Price 5 Cents GRIP OF WALL STREET-OWNED MACHADO RULE ON CONMUNIST PARTY SECRETARY IS BROKEN (By Cable to The Daily Worker.) HAVANA, Cuba, Dec. 24.—The case of Julio Antonio Mella, secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, which for nearly three weeks has stirred the workers and anti-imperialist forces jof the two American continents to protest, has resulted in @ clear-cut defeat for American imperialism. Mella was released from jail here yesterday under $1,000 bail, despite repeated declarations of the Wall Street-owned Machado government of Cuba that he would be kept in prison in the face of all opposition. Mella, who had been jailed at the dictation of the American sugar interests in Cuba, had been on a hunger strike since Dec. 5 and first took food yesterday. he lost 35 pounds. | Exposed Imperialist Rule. Physicians say that owing to his weakened condition he could not have lived for more than a week longer if he had continued refusing food. His voluntary ordeal, maintained in the face of requests from labor and stu- dent organizations that he give up what appeared to them a useless sac- rifice, dramatized the whole issue of American imperialist domination in Cuba and made it possible to mobilize | all the sentiment for national libera- tion behind him. The campaign to free Mella was a great victory for the working class | Even Pinchot Plan to Be Scrapped WILKESBARRE, Pa., Dec. 24.—Ac-| cording to reports in circulation here | tonight, John L. Lewis, president of | the’ United Mine Workers of Amer-| ica, this afternoon wired. Mayor John | Qurkan that representatives of the striking anthracite miners will meet the coal operators and discuss any plan proposed to settle the strike. Progressive miners see in this move a new step toward complete surrender and betrayal by Lewis of the anthra- cite demands, The message was in reply to a tele- gram from Mayor Durkan, asking written assurance that the miners would consent to discussing any plan of settlement, and not be bound solely to Gov. Pinchot’s recent proposals. The operators had demanded such as- surance before they would consent to meeting the miners’ representatives, | Americas. and marked an important step in the} development of a homogenous move-| ment against Wall Street thruout the | Especially was it a tri-| umph for the All-Ameria Anti-Im- perialist League, which is giving or- ganizational. form to this movement and which already has sections organ- ized. in Cuba, Porto Rico, Mexico, Co- lombia, Ecuador and the United} States. The entire campaign was di-} rected ‘by the central office of the} league, withthe close co-operation of its Cuban section with which it was | in day-to-day. communication by} cable. ‘ Secretary. of Communist Party. Mella. ig.general secretary of the During the nineteen-day period PRS le aN aS Saree Ae U. §. IMPERIALISM TRIED TO PUT HIM TO DEATH IN CUBA JULIO ANTONIO MELLA. © * Communist Party of Cuba, leading} Secretary of the Communist Party (Continued on page 35 of Cuba, KU KLUX-KLAN | REPORT SAYS CHANG AGAIN IN THE RING Feng’s Troops Take City of Tientsin TOKIO, Dec. 24—Reports yet un- confirmed from Manchuria, say that Chang Tso-lin has won in a battle against the leader of the great mut- iny, Kuo Sung-lin, between Mukden and Hsin Min-fu, west of Mukden. This is regarded as extremely unlike- ly, however, and it is made more so by the added report that Kuo agrees; to submit if Chang will guarantee not to execute him. Later reports: will show the facts. News from Peking shows that Feng Yu-hsiang is completely victor- ious at Tientsin, with Li Ching-ling’s troops retreating in disorder from the city. Large numbers of wounded are being cared for at every point between Tientsin and Peking, and wounds by bayonets are so frequent that they prove much close fighting has gone on. Butler Formally Fired. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 24, Brig. General Smedley D, Butler has | intimated IS PILLORIED IN ‘PROCESSIONAL’ Studio Players Will Stage Great Drama All strikes are interesting but none more so than a strike of miners, It is very seldom that any working class" propaganda sneaks across in a play that has had a good run in the regular theaters, a play which has been laud- ed by the critics and really appreci- ated by the audience, Such a play, it is declared on good authority, is “Pro- cessional.” The play, which deals with the miners’ strike, as we have already above, opena with the miners at ease during the first days of the strike. But their solid front brings the militia to the fore, The Labor Temple is occupied. The im- prisoned strike leader manages to break out of jail~and in a fight he kills a militiamen, over which the strikers fail to mourn. At his mother’s home, where he has sought refuge, the ku klux klan and the sheriffs come to hunt for him. He is finally captured and blinded. The last act, a masterful scene, shows the miners desolate: hungry, their homes burned by the klansmen. The klans- men finally sell the miners by getting | the names of the most rebellious | been formally dismissed as director of public safety of Philadelphia by Mayor W. Freeland Kendrick, CHICAGO CHRISTMAS THEATRE AND DANCE. “PROCESSIONAL” Powerful Drama of the Masses in Four Acts. Pictuxing the Struggles of Striking Miners with K.K.K. Played by the Studio Players, strikers with the announcement that (Continued on page 2) LAWNDALE HALL, 3437 OGDEN AVENUE (Ogden and St. Louis) Admission 50 Cents, Auspices Workers (Communist) Party, Dist, 8, EIGHT-HOUR DAY IS REALITY IN SOVIET RUSSIA Injunctions Not Used Against Workers By CLEMENT LAMAR, Special Moscow Correspondent of the Daily Worker. i MOSCOW, U. S. S, R.—(By mail). —The seventh congress of the All- Russian Union of Metal Workers which closed its sessions recently was unlike an American trade union ~ convention in almost every respect.” Questions of the eight hour day, dig- crimination, injunctions, etc, Were never mentioned during the ten days of the congress. There was no need. The workers have the eight hour day guaranteed by their own govern- ment, and this government which is largely their employer, thru the: in¥ trumentality of the government trustsy! ©° discriminate??? * of course, does not against any worker or issue injunc- tions against them collectively, ELLA FROM CUBAN PRISON. Curiously enough the problem wi! ich & 3 called forth thelr greatest atten’ ag was the increase of production in metal industry. Despite the huge pro- gress made laSt year in the fleld of production there is a “goods hunger” in the country, particularly in metal goods. So great: is the demand for goods that the government has de- cided upon specjal measures to in- crease production, and the congress of the metal workers discussed the (Continued on page 2) eet