The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 3, 1926, Page 2

Page Two ts coeaieeeneteeensiiiinmmemeneatemeiemneata aie THE DAILY WORKER BRITISH AND JAP PROFITS HIT BY CHINESE STRIKERS Foreign Exploitation Rouses Nation CANTON, China, (By Mail)—The year has closed in China with renewed turmoil in the political situation. Chang Tso-lin, the Mukden war lord, has triumphed over his rival and former subordinate, Kuo, in most un- expected fashion, Chang is now reported to have re- signed and his successor is expected to be the Japanese nominee, Wang-Yu- Hsiang. Feng- Yu-Hsiang has also with- drawn, for the time being at least, and is making a journey to Moscow. Two weeks ago Kuo was carrying all before him, and Chang was in full retreat. Kuo was expected to capture Chang’s stronghold at Mukden, but here it was that Japan made a care- fully planned and dramatic move. Kuo’s Venture Fails, Japanese troops occupied Mukden, and Kuo was warned away with a threat of action if he came within six miles of the town. While the latter hesitated, the Japanese assisted Chang to reorganize his troops, so that with secret Japanese backing he was able to turn the tables on his rival, whose men by this time were running short of food and ammunition. Kuo had relied on a swift capture hot Mukden, and had carried few sup- plies hoping to recoup his army there. His daring venture failed, however, owing to unforseen Japanese duplicity, and Kuo has paid the penalty with his life. . As soon as Japan believed that Chang was again strong enuf to take control, her troops evacuated Mukden. The All-China Strike, From the point of view of the imper- falist exploiters of China, 1925 has been a disastrous year, due to the great all-China strike brot about by the brutal massacre of Chinese work- ers and students by British controlled police. This strike lasted months, costing foreign traders many millions of pounds in profits. The strike was followed by a boy- cott of British and Japanese goods, and this boycott has remained in force until the present time. Several abortive attempts have been made to induce the workers’ govern- ment at Canton to resume trade rela- tions with Hongkong, and a new dele- gation has just been sent, which was equally unsuccessful. The Shanghai Massacres. Trade boycott, together with the bitter anti-foreign feeling manifested thruout the country, has forced the foreign diplomats to reverse their policy of coerction and give way to several Chinese demands, the most im- Portant being that of unconditional tariff autonomy. An attempt has been made to allay the feeling over the Shanghai massa- cres by the virtual dismissals of Col- onel McEwen, the police commis- sioner, and Inspector Everson, plus the offer of $75,000 for the dependents of the killed and wounded Chinese. The Chinese claim, based upon claims made by foreigners on the Chinese government, is for $1,825,000, and the solatium offered has been indignantly rejected. The imperialist press pre- tends to regard the Chinese claim as “ridiculous,” in spite of its base. Youth Who Lived in Desert Is Unable to Anti-Court Fight Is Now Under Way to Influence Elections in November (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—Opponents of the world court have already laid detailed plans for carrying on the fight to get the United States out of the court by defeating those who voted for it. The groundwork of a national campaign has been laid to force the administration to retrace its steps. In Massachusetts former senator, David I, Walsh, will challenge Cool- idge’s appointee, William H. Butler, who must run for election this time in order to hold the seat to which he was appointed on the death of Lodge, Similar situations face other pro- court senators, REACTIONARY UNION HEADS JAIL MILITANT Officials Try to Stop Progressive Meeting Speak Any Language MOSCOW, Feb. 1.—Unable to speak a word in any language, a twelve year old boy, who has lived alone in the Turkestan desert nourishing himself on roots and herbs since he was abandoned by a caravan several years (1. L. D. News Service) CLEVELAND, Feb, 1—Thomas Mc- Namara, member of the Hod Carriers’ Building and Common Laborers’ of America was arrested by detectives at his home on the charge of “falsely misrepresenting a union organiza- tion.” He was taken to the county jail and held under $300 bond. McNamara is connected with the progressives in his union and this fact is responsible for his arrest. The members of local 310 were called to & mass meeting on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 24 to take up certain matters af- fecting their interests both in rela- tion to the employers and the officials of the union. On Saturday, Jan, 28, McNamara was served with an injunction peti- tion filed by the officials of local 310 asking that the local be restrained from holding the meeting advertised on the handbill. McNamara declared that he would ignore the petition. The injunction had not then been granted. His arrest followed. The local representatives of the International Lobar Defense got busy and provided bail. McNamara was re+ ST. PAUL LABOR I$ FIGHTING TO SAVE F.-L, PARTY Feb. 6th Convention to Bring Issue to Head (Continued from page 1.) which was completely in the hands of the reactionary elements, several pro- gressive and Communist delegates from local unions were unseated and a decision made to file only a partial ticket in the city elections. This lat- ter decision was looked upon by all progressive workers as a manifesta- tion of another alliance with the O'Connor forces, The workers have come to know and fear-these alliances. For the past several years their interests have been betrayed because of the desire of a few labor politicians to assure their re-election by means of these alliances. In the last city campaign the alliance was so open that the O’Connor crowd conducted labors’ campaign even to the extent of dis- regarding the regularly elected farmer- labor executive committee, In the congressional campaign that followed the headquarters, telephone, heat, | light, office furniture, and part of the} finances were furnished by this gang and of course they conducted the cam- paign. Both of these campaigns gave returns to the leaders—and defeat to the workers, Full Ticket demanded. When it became apparent after the} January 9 convention that this policy| was going to be continued in this| campaign, a strong spirit of revolt! developed among the rank and file workers. The result is the call for the protest convention to be held on Feb. 6. At this convention a demand will be made on Mahoney and Starkey that they break with the O’Connor machine or resign as leaders of the party. The rank and file will insist that a full ticket be nominated and that the candidates chosen conduct the campaign on the basis of a real | working class program. If the leadership of the party re- fuses to comply with the demands, the | vacant places on the ballot ,will be filled by the convention, a statement issued to the workers setting forth leased a few hours before the meeting was scheduled to start. He was at the meeting place on time. The react- ionary union oiicials were present at the meeting and warned those who at- tended that their cards would be taken away from them. Despite these } union threats the meeting attended by about two hundred members of the union went right ahead. A police of- ficer appeared. The union officials de- manded that he arrest McNamara, The officers stated that no injunction had been granted, that the meeting was a peaceful one and shouldn’t be dis- turbed. Morgan Will Get All Petroleum Taxes for This Year From Mexico MEXICO CITY, Feb. 1—In order to restore her credit and to make it easier for her to get a loan from the international bankers, the Calles gov- ernment announces that it will re- sume paying interest on the foreign debt thru the Bank of Mexico and J. P. Morgan & Co. of New York, All petroleum taxes received during the year will be forwarded to the Mor gan bank. Sell Chri “Home.” DANVILLE, Ill, Feb, 1—The Olivet College, a theological school of the Nazarene denomination at Olivet, near here, thrown into bankruptcy last August when a donation of $25,000 was suddenly withdrawn by one of the reasons for this move and call- ing upon all workers to support the entire ticket, i. e., the full ticket! nominated by both the regular party organization and by the progressive convention. According to a statement issued to the press by R. H, Woods, the secretary, there will positively be no split in the farmer-labor forces. ! The progressives are for the party and are determined to save it from corruption and disruption at the hands of a self-seeking leadership. | This can best be done by filling the| ticket, by organizing the progressive block within the party and by con- ducting the campaign before the masses on a working class basis. } | Reactionaries Worried. The militancy shown by the pro-| gressives has thrown consternation | into the ranks of the reactionary, forces. They immediately issued a statement to the capitalist press in which they charged the progressives with being “character assassins,” “splitters,” “agents of Moscow,” etc. | Their attacks were widely displayed | by the capitalist press, | The resentment of the rank and file against the policy of the leadership is so great, however, that they cannot | Current Events (Continued from page 1). during the lunch hour T liked to listen tothe ironworkers discussing the case. There was a fighting spirit among the workers those days. Unless I am mis- taken that spirit is rapidly reviving. On the day Clarence Darrow was ac- quitted of the charge of obstructing justice in the same case I saw Bos- ton policemen throw their hats in the air with joy. Discontent had pene- trated deeply into the social fabric those days. The capitalists had not yet learned to use the labor leaders as they do now. American capitalism was not so husky as it is now. Its machinery, now well oiled, was then creaking audibly. HE working class.can be roused today to do its sadly neglected duty to the class :war prisoners. There are scores of \members of the I, W. W. in California jails, for mere membership in an organization, that has @ constitution asi “constitutional” as any A. F. of L. union. The bosses |of Caligfornia decided to crush the I. W. W. in California because its mem- bers hit the boss where he can be easily pained, in his pocket. It is possible to talk about birth control, osteopathy, the Abramssmethod of di- agnosing disease, or a co-operative commonwealth a thougand years from now to a capitalist without putting him on his high horse but his bile be- gins to rise when a,worker tries to make a hole in his stolen profits. + * eee seems to be no logical rea- son why the workers should not be able to make a united front campaign to release the class war prisoners. It makes no difference what organization they belong to. They are our prison- ers, and it is the basest kind of deser- tion to forget them. To refuse par- ticipation in a broad movement to free them because of differences of opinion is a position that is hard to justify. Prejudices are hard to over- come but the thot of over one hun- dred of our comrades. behind the bars should be an effective antidote to prejudice, . es i hp DAILY WORKER carried a very welcome piece of news last Saturday, the news that Rangel and Cline and four other fellow victims are promised their freedom by the end of this year. Why, eleven more months of agony? Haven't these rev- olutionists already suffered more than enuf? Most of youyheard the story of Rangel and Cline,and their efforts to free the Mexican workers and peas- ants from the clutches of Diaz and Wall, Street ade Fifteen years behind prison walls was the re- ward of their bravery. . ee ® ISTORY is replete with such inci- dents. The road along which the workers have traveled, in their stumb- ling, groping march to freedom, has been strewn with thorns. Next month we commemorate the Paris Commune, the first labor government in human history. That heroic struggle was drowned in blood and the victorious capitalists that they ‘had labor eter- nally subdued when the guns of their butchers mowed down the flower of the Parisian proletariat like grain be- fore a scythe. But it was not to be. The workers are destined to triumph. They have a historical mission to per- form: to build up a new social order. That mission will be fulfilled. + Uh victorious workers and peas- ants of Russia today salute their predecessors, the heroes of the Paris Commune. The sacrifice of the Com- The Only Yellow Peril Labor Need Fear Is the Power of Yellow Press By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. 'ODAY, the Hearst press completes another somersault. Brisbane’s hysterical screams against the Jap danger The picture of “little brown men,” thick as sky- T ceases, blackening masses of Egyptian locusts, crossing the Pacific mounted on mighty airplanes, is quickly withdrawn. Instead the editorial scene shifters ring up the curtain on an entirely different drama, in which the imperialist Japan of the mikado is hailed as the protector of white capi- talist “civilization” in the Pacific. Soviet influence in China becomes the new terror. The United States must come to the aid of Japan in its support of Chang Tso Lin, the Man- churian war lord, to combat the growing power of the Chinese people's revolution. * The change in the Hearst propaganda, obedient to the developing threat endangering the interests of America’s imperialists, bursts into full bloom in an extended interview with Chang Tso Lin by Brig. Gen. Henry J. Reilly, who was a military expert of the Chicago Tribune during the world ~ war. The Hearst fear is now expressed in conclusions by this American militarist, Reilly, as follows: “Russia's influence in China largely depends upon how far Marshal Chang can oppose it. “The course taken by China with her 400,000,000 cannot fail to affect the peace of the Pacific. No country’s peace and security is more bound up with the Pacific than is the case with the United States.” * * * * Thus the fake “yellow peril,” with which William Ran- dolph Hearst has been seeking to frighten the American workers and farmers these many years, thru his numerous papers, is revealed in its true colors. Hearst is willing to make an alliance not only with the Japanese mikado, and his bankers and landlords, but also with the Manchurian war lord, looked upon as “the man who many think will unify China by force, putting himself at the head of the government or restoring the Manchu emperors.” This proposed alliance of white, brown and yellow capi- talists, where color disappears under the pressure of com- mon economic interests, is now advanced as the best avail- able front to protect their profit rule against the revolution of the Chinese workers and farmers, against the Union of Soviet Republics, and also against the working classes at home in Japan and in the United States, * * * There is basis for the growing capitalist fear. The revolutionary movement in South China (Canton) has solid- ified itself. Pekin has been occupied by the people's revolu- tionary army of Feng Yu-sang, who prepares for the final struggle with Chang Tsolin, the Frmaied of the Japanese im- perialists, and the hope of the Hearst press, speaking for rabid American jingoism. The national revolution in China sweeps forward to its logical goal, the defeat of, foreign as well as native exploiters. CE AR A a Se a te ERE SE Sine Rat DB Te le LP REO oas i The victory of the Chinese workers and farmers against foreign bandits, will be .a great inspiration to American workers and farmers to intensify their struggles. The defeat of American imperialism in the orient means a tremendous weakening of the rule of the international bankers at home. That is what the Hearst press, the government at Washing- ton and Wall Street fears. Yet because they fear, that is a big reason why all these developing events should be cause for great rejoicing among America’s workers, recognizing the bond of unity between white, brown and yellow workers, and workers of all other colors, just as the capitalists refuse to permit the color line to divide them in defense of their loot. There is no “yellow peril” for America’s workers except the peril of Hearst's “yellow press," which finds its allies among all the kept journals of the great capitalists in mak- ing war upon aspiring labor at home and abroad. Anti-Sovietists Chicago Labor Defense Refuse to Debate Conference Feb. 10 Against Recognition it: 6° dn Mia All Chicago workers’ organizations, the donors, has beén ordered sold at public auction June 10 by J. G. Burn- sides of the United States district hide behind a name calling campaign. |munards was not in vain, Thru death Many leaders in the past have resort-|and destruction, thru terror and per- ed to such attacks but in each case /secution thru hunger and sorrow, the leadership has been forced to ac-/|thru strikes and lockouts, thru pris- count to the workers for their betray-|ons and torture chambers the workers als. jot the world will reaéh the goal. Our The present leadership of the St. |class war prisoners are heroes of the Paul farmer-labor party will be nO |struggle. We must fight for them as exception. The progressives demand |they fought for all of us, for all the the ending of all alliances with cap-| workers when they were in a Position italist politicians. The party as a/to do so. They must!be freed, whole will sooner or later support (Continaed from page 1) his methods to a gathering of rep- resentatives of the chambers of com- merce and the National Asociation of Commerce, one of those present eX- claimed, “That’s the best way yet to lick the union.” Few Buy “Golden Rule” Stock. Nash was pround of the fact that receipts had climbed up to $12,000,000 ago, has been brought to Moscow. court, IN NEW YORK CITY! 4 Gala Days FEBRUARY 10-13, 1926 Good Time Plus Gain at the ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL RY BAZAAR For Defense of Class War Prisoners Central Opera House, 67th St. and 3rd Ave. Wonderful bargains in dresses, hats, shoes, furs, ornamental objects, embroidered articles, knitted goods, etc, every article brand new, made by unions for this bazaar special. All at Prices Only a Bazaar Can Offer. Combination Ticket for Entire Period $1.00 Tickets now on sale at International Labor Defense, New York Section, 799 Broadway, Room 422, New York City. Dancing Every Night! Good Music! EEE them in that demand, The reactionaries have now issued a call for a regular convention to be held in the same building on the same night. The progressives express a willingness to again unite the ranks of the party by joining the two con- ventions with the proviso that all dele- gates be seated and that the demands of the left wing be accepted and car- ried out, Try to Force Split, It becomes more apparent daily that the present leadership is trying to force a split in the party. Their al- lances with the old parties have been vigorously opposed by the progres- sives, In the statements to the pret the leadership has done everything possible to provoke the progressives. They construed the fight against their betrayals as a “split” and expressed “good riddance,” But even tho a few workers may look upon the fight against the reac- tionaries as hopeless and feel inclined to split the party, the progressive block has no desire nor intention to split the farmer-labor party. Further- more nothing the leadership can do will provoke them into a split because they realize that the farmer-labor par- ty represents a need of the workers and secondly because they have learn- ed that the way to get rid of a bad seauership ig to stay in the organiza- tion and conduct a fight for a:leader- | ship that will fight against the cap- itulists on the basis of the havent struggle i ; tor 1925, but tried to hide the fact Russian I. L.’D. Branch) that only 500 of his 2,500 employes Will Give “an ‘Affair had bought stock in the corporation, Saturday, February 13!5..th Bend Holds } Rousing Meeting tional Labor Defense is one of the most active organizations in the city SOUTH BEND, Ind., Feb. 1—The of Chicago, It has about 60 members, |enthusiastic Lenin memorial meeting distributes @ hundred copies of the|that was held in the Workers’ Home Labor Defender every month, has a/here has put new life into the party special committee whose businéss it is} members and they are determined to to arrange special defense corners at|}do better work for ithe party in the all Russian affairs in the city. Mem-| future. bers for the I. L. D, are recruited) ‘There were two speakers at the at these affairs, literature sold, etc. | meeting: one in English and the other The literature agent of the branch,|in Hungarian, One new member for Comrade Garfinkel is probably the |the party was taken at the meeting. busiest literature agent in the city. | After the speakers had traced the his- The branch is arranging an affair |tory of Lenin and showed the meaning for the benefit of the I, L. D, Satur-|of Lenin to, the workers all over the day night, Feb. 18, at the Workers’ | world, the Young Workers (Commun House, 1902 W. Division street. ft is | ist) League orchestra furnished music the first affair of the branch and a |for the dance that lasted all evening. big crowd is expected, DO US A FAVOR? We're simply swamped! Many little jobs in the office are waiting to be done—and we haven't a big enough office force to do them. Perhaps you want to hely The DAILY WORKER and can spare a day—or a few hours —or maybe only an hour? If you can—oome over. Yowll be as welcome as a long lost friend. The Russian branch of the Interna- on 4a I, L, D. branches, affiliated and sym- pathetic unions and societies are called upon to rally for a labor de- fense campaign against criminal syn- dicalism laws and for the freedom of all class war prisoners and defendants in America. Reaction failed in California to hang Richard Ford; Gitlow was par- doned; but the anti-labor laws still operate—very much so, A hundred working class fighters still in prison, over 80 garment workers face jail in Chicago because of the injunction law against picketing; Anita Whitney may be sent to live in San Quentin along with 70 or more political prisoners already there; the Zeigler miners and many others, as reported by the International Labor Defense, are in danger. All sympathetic organizations are asked to elect a delegate to attend the conference Feb, 10, 8 p. m., at Room No, 200, 180 W. Washington St, The Lenin Drive means quick action—send your sub today! Bertrand Oa) known men, 1113 W. Washington Blvd, RUSSELL RESOLVED: “That the Soviet Form of Government is Applicable to Modern Civilization.” An interesting presentation of the subject by two well- In board covers an photographs of the authors, The Daily Worker Publishing Co. COAL OPERATCRS ARREST PAPCUN FOR UNION WORK Mine Barons Fear Work- ers Party Leadership (Special to The Daily Worker) REPUBLIC, Pa., Feb. 1.—Republic is located in Fayette county, the cen- ter of the coke region. In 1922, a strike took place here and the field was organized 100 per cent by the United Mine Workers of America. While the miners put up a good fight, the strike was ‘finally lost thru a be- trayal by John L. Lewis. Since that time numerous strikes have taken place, but the operators with the aid of the state police, have suppressed them. ‘he last strike which took place in the first part of November was supported in fact, led by the Workers (Communist) Party and the Young Workers’ (Communist) League. The capitalist papers spilled the beans stating the real cause of the arrest of Papcun. The Uniontown Morning Herald, for example, states: “State police have been seeking Pap- cun for several months in connection with the spreading radical literature and for speeches he delivered. They received word that he would speak at Franklin Hall Union Town, Sunday at 2:30 o'clock but arrived too late to apprehend him.” Some of this story is bunk as the police were in the hall when the meeting started. The charge of sedi- tion was made by Corporal Willard of the New Salem barracks. According to those present the seditious speech of Papcun consisted of calling upon the workers to join the United Mine Workers to help form a labor party, and join the Workers (Communist) Party. The miners in this field have been reduced to and below the 1917 scale for union fields. Day workers receive only $4 and $5 per day. In face of these conditions the miners are now talking general strike, and many are joining the United Mine Workers. This is getting under the skin of the employers as those joining the union are doing so on the recommendation of the Workers (Communist) Party and the Young Workers’ (Commun- ist) League, The hearing of Comrade Papcun will be held before Squire MoCombs at New Salem. This justice has a re- putation for the railroading to jail workers who participated in strikes in this domain of the coal barons. The International Labor Defense is handl- ing the case. ap Paterson Silk Workers~ United Front Defeats ~ Textile Bosses’ Plans By ART SHIELDS Federated Press. PATERSON, N. J., Feb. 1—The third week of the 44-hour strike move- ment in Paterson finds the biggest silk company in Passaic Co., the Henry L. Doherty concern of Clifton, a suburb of Paterson, shut down. There is no longer a single sizeable silk mill in the county working more than the 44- hours a week set by the January 4 ultimatum of the Associated Silk Workers of America and the United Textile Workers’ Union, the two or- ganizations that have been co-operat- ing in the drive. Fifty smaller concerns, yielded the 44-hours in the first days after the time limit. Most of the other mills in the town were already on the required schedule. Now only some so-called “family” shops and one mill with 50 workers, are in the overtime class, ‘That is, in the regular silk mills. The dye houses are unorganized, and the 48-hour week prevails. Paterson’s success with its united front union movement is expected to be a good object lesson to other tex- tile communities where union rivalries have played into the hands of the long-work-day manufacturers. In Con- necticut the 55-hour week is com- mon in wool, cotton and silk. And in Massachusetts the Arkwright (manu- facturers’) Club, taking advantage of union dissensions, is pressing for a repeal of the 48-hour law. FOREIGN EXCHANGE! NEW YORK, Feb, 1—Great Britain, pound sterling, demand, 4.86%; cable, 4.86%; France, franc, 3.75%. 3.76; Belgium, franc, 4.54, 4.54%; II lira, 4.00%, 4.01; Sweden, krone, Pre 26.75; Norway, Mrone, 20.35, 20.37. Denmark, krone, 24.72, 24.74; Shang- hal, taels, 75.50, Scott vs. NEARING DEBATE On the Subject: including - oo Chicago, Il.