The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 26, 1926, Page 3

essence nes re BRITISH SCHEM TOBAROUTU.S. MOTION FILMS Will Require | Registra- tion to Produce Pictures (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Feb. 24.—The trade war between Great Britain and the United States is getting hotter, British in. dustry ‘is fighting on its national soil for self-preservation. This is the significance of the agreement by which the very powerful federation of British, industries will back for passage in parliament a bill for the protection from foreign competition of the mo- tion picture business in all its various angles, All films will have to be registered, before a body appointed for that pur- pose. No foreign film may be dis- played by licensed distributors. For the year October 1, 1926, to September 30, 1927,.7 feet of foreign film may be shown to 1 foot of British. For the following year the proportion is 6 feet of foreign to.2 feet of British. From October 1, 1928, there will be at least 3 feet of British to 5 feet of foreign film. Scenario Writers Must Be British. ‘The bill also provides for the sce- nario writers and all the principal artists and the staff employed in the production to be British, As the na- tive industry has to go thru a distinct building up stage it is stipulated that for the first two years a certain pro- portion of foreign technical assistants may be allowed. The rigid enforce- ment of the bill is sure to hit the American motion picture business very heavily. American pictures are extremely popular here and the vast majority of all films shown come from United States studios, A Difficult Problem. Protection in this case involves, however, certain factors absent in the usual manufacturing industry, These difficulties center chiefly about the drawing value of “stars.” The British will either have to spend huge sums to advertise stars of their own, whose attraction must then be equal to the world-known Americans, or they must be able to arouse sufficient patriotic feeling to get the ordinary worker and middleclass patron to accept an Eng- lish attraction of inferior merit as his national duty. Get your tickets now for the Inter- national concert of the T. U. E. L. Sat., March 13, at 8th St, Theater. COOLIDGE OFFSPRING INDULGES IN ‘HIGHER LEARNING’ AT AMHERST (Special to The Daily Worker) AMHERST, Mass., Feb. 24.—‘In- _ troducing John Coolidge, son of the president, in this corner, and Mat- _ thew Silverman, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Both students at Amherst college “and in the 135 pound class.” The roped ring of the local college “gym” was the scene and the two collegiate boxers opened up. The battling was fast and furious for three rounds and then young Silverman was declared the winner on points. It was the first public appearance of the president’s son in the role of @ pugilist. Maslov’s Stand in Court In the closing session of the Four- teenth Congress of the Russian Com- munist Party, the secretary of the presidium read a letter of Ruth Fis- cher to the party congress in which she declared that despite the fact that she was present in Moscow it had been made impossible for her to be present at the congress and that there- fore she was compelled to deal with the utterances of Manilsky and Lem- inadse in relation to the personal at- tacks upon Maslov, only later. After Ruth Fischer had informed the party congress that the party con- ference of the German Communist Party in October had made no final and definite decision in the matter but had transferred it to the executive committee of the Communist Interna- tional for decision, she declared fur- ther that the utterances of Manuilsky and Leminadse upon the Maslov case before the decision of the Comintern, brot the matter into the open, Two years of Mastoy’s sentence are to be wiped out. (The sentence was one of four years), * Ruth Fischer then declared; “I am firmly convinced that the attitude of Maslov before the bourgeois court was not merely irreproachable, but an ex- cellent representation of the Commun- ist idea and the Communist Party. In my opinion the attacks upon Maslov are caused by political motives with the intention of discrediting him per- sonally.”” Ruth Wischer then men- tioned a few facts which were alleg- edly unknown to the party in general and to the party conference of the German Communist Party, among others, the fact that Masloy had handed in a written disposition upon his process and that Comrades Schlecht and Grilevitz were in agree- ment with all the statements of Mas- lov during the process, Ruth Fischer closed with the declaration that “at the trial of Maslov there was no ques- ’ THE DAILY WORKER New Zealand Election Shows False Face of . ‘Capitalist Democracy AUCKLAND, New Zealand, (By Mail.)—The complete returns on the New Zealand elections which were held the end of December, show that while the labor party gained nearly 40,000 votes on their poll in 1922, they secured six less seats in the legisla- ture. The losses were due to the virtual coalition of the reform and national parties and the vicissitudes of the rep- resentative system. Tho the reform candidates got less than twice as many votes as the labor candidates, there were five times as many of them elected. MOSCOW MUSEUM SHOWS HISTORY OF REVOLUTION Counter - Revolutionary Documents Displayed MOSCOW, U. S. S, R.. Feb. 24—At the Moscow Archives of the October Revolution an exhibit has been open- ed of documents relating to the revo- lutionary movement, in Russia. The exhibition contains the following sec- tions: 1. The Pugatchev period: the mani- festo of Gugatchev, the leader of the peasants’ revolt in the reign of Cath- erine II; reports by provincial gov- ernors, Catherine’s letters, and so on. 2. The Decembrists: correspond- ence of the Decembrists, official docu- ments relating to their prosecution, and 60 on. 3. 1881: the assassination of Alex- ander II; photographs of the revolu- tionary conspirators; manuscripts and diaries. 4, 1905: Official documents bearing on the agrarian movement, on the mutiny in the navy, on the insurrec- tion at Moscow, and so on. 5. 1917: the last days of czarism; notes by Rasputin; the czar’s diaries and letters; reports from military headquarters; the interrogation of the czar’s ministers after the February revolution, and so on. In this section is shown also the brief period of the provisional government of Kerensky; the records of the sessions of the pro- visonal government! the Kornilov af- fair, and so on. There is also shown an interesting collection of speeches delivered by Lenin prior to the Octo- ber Revolution; records of the meet- ings of the Petrograd Soviet, and other authentic documents of para- mount importance to-students of: the history of the great Russian revolu- tion. 6. The Civil War: documents on the various counter-revolutionary or- ganizations (Kolchak, Denikin, etc.); the partisan movement in the rear of the counter-revolutionary armies the interrogation of Kolchak; mate- rials on the foreign intervention; the fight against banditism, and so on. In addition to archive documents are shown also copies of newspapers and other publications which appeared at different periods im the course of the revolution. Watch the Saturday Magazine Section for new features every week. This is a good issue to give i Imperialist Tools Prepare Attack on Chinese Nationalists SHANGHAI, Feb. 24.—Chinese gen- erals were. preparing the stage today for a civil war of large dimensions. General Wu Pei-tu was preparing to invade Honan province. Marshal Chang T8o-lin was supporting him in another quarter with his Shantung troops. , CHICAGO I, L. D. TO GREET TRUMBULL ON MARCH 4TH AND STH Chicago workers should reserve Thursday evening, March 4 to greet Walter Trumbull, recently released from Alcatraz after serving a sen- tence for Communist activity in Hawaii, at the railroad station and Friday evening, March 5 to greet and hear Trumbull at the North Side Turner Hall. There wilt be other speakers on the program. Robert Morse Lovett; Ralph Chap- lin and Max Shachtman are among to your fellow worker, tion as to whether he had conducted himself worthily or unworthily, the question was a purely political one.” The letter is signed: Ruth Fischer, member of the central committee of the Communist Party of Germany. Fischer Stand Repudiated, After the letter of Ruth Fischer had been read, a declaration of Otto Kuehnes and Hein Neumann in the name of the representative of the cen-| tral committee of the German Com- munist Party in,the executive com- mittee of the Communist Interna- tional was made known. This declaration was to the effect that: ~“Ruth Fischer had no mandate as a member of the central committee of the German Communist Party to make any declaration whatever in the case of Maslov. 2. Her letter stood in the crass- est contradiction to the opinion of the central committee and to the decis- ions of the party conference of the German Communist Party. 3. As Ruth Fischer as a member of the German central committee now broke for the, first time the silence upon the resolution in the Maslov case, decided upon by the ‘party con- ference, the signatories consider them- selves in duty bound to convey to the fourteenth party congress the main contents of the resolution in question in answer to the false representations of Ruth Fischer, The text of the resolution says, amongst other things: “The first na- tional party conference declares that the attitude of Maslov before the supreme court was unworthy of a leader of a revolutionary party, of the Communist party of Germany, The revolutionary aims of the German Communist Party were never so incor- those on the list of speakers, KNOCKING THE TOP OFF LOCARNO Page Threw it) LAWLER FARMERS ATTACK FASCIST RAIDS ON CO-OPS Urges erestce of Anti- cist Bloc LAWLE Feb. 24. — The Lawler Fa 's’ Co-Operative Asso- ciation at itse annual membership meeting joined the many American co-operatives in their protest of the action of the Italian fascisti in raid- | fof teachers and educators in the lan- ing, destroying’ and seizing of work- ers’ and fatmers’ eo-operatives in Italy. The Lawler co-operative also places itself in favor of an international al- liance between the Red International of “Labor Unions, the Amsterdam In- ternational Federation of Trade Unions and the International Co-Operative Alliance to combat fascist raids on working class and farmers’ organiza- | tions. “The unions are the pillars of the workers’ power.”—Losovsky. “In the opinion of the conference, | mittee and used his oppositional atti tHe methods of defense used by Mas-|iude towards the central committee lov were absolutely impermissable, In rectly presented in any other process against German revolutionaries as they were in the Maslov process, particular, the fact that he denied the connection of the responaible’ com- rades in Berlin with the central’com- to defend himself and to establish his lack of responsibility. Await Final Decision, “The conference disapproves of the sn if The Fascist Braggart Praises Spectre of War. Bibesco Is Recalled by Roumanian Boyars WASHINGTON, Feb, 24 — Prince Antoine Bibesco, Roumanian ambas- sador, presented his letters of recall to President Coolidge and prepared to return to Bucharest. Bibesco is said to have had differ- ences with members of the Rouma- nian debt commission here last fall, which resulted in complaints being lodged with his home government. Training of National Teachers. LENINGRAD, U. 8. S. R., Feb, 24.— Fifteen thousand roubles have been granted for the purpose of organizing linguistic departments for the training guages of the national minorities. Such departments are to be opened at the Moscow University for the Jewish language, at Kazan University for the Tchuvash and Tartar languages, at Kuban University for the Ukrainian language, at Leningrad University for the Esthonian latiguage and at Smol- ensk University for the White-Russ- ian language, Put a copy of the DAILY WORKER in your pocket when you go to your union meeting. attitude of Maslov and hands the whole material over to the Interna- tional control commission for a de- tailed examination and a final decis- ion.” The declaration of Kuehne and Neu- mann says further that the contention of Ruth Fischer that the attacks upon Maslov were “caused by political motives with the intention of dis- crediting him personally,” represents an unheard of attack upon the highest organs of the German Communist Party and of the comintern, -Maslov had not conducted his defence in ac- cordance with the disposition handed in by him, in particular he made the revelations upon his stay in Moscow without the knowledge of the central committee. As a commentary upon the conten- tion of Ruth Fischer that the attitude of Maslov before the bourgeois court was not merely irreproachable, but an excellent representation of the Com- munist idea and the Communist Party, the following passages were quoted from the protocol of the Maslov pro- cess: Maslov had declared that the slogan of the workers’ and peasants’ government was “not even a good pro- paganda slogan.” (Protocol, Page 53.) He had declared in this connection: “We in Berlin were not in agreement with this, we felt ourselves bound by party discipline.” Before the bour- geois court Maslov appealed to his pessimism about the revolutionary de- velopment. Maslov practically denounced the participants of the executive session in January 1923 who were later ac- cused, by the words: “A whole num- ber of people visited the session of the executive, It is peculiar that I am the only one accused,” The public prosecutor answered immediately that “others would be also accused.” (Pro- || tocol, Page 64 and 65). Attempts to Shift Responsibility ~ Maslov also attempted to shift the | SOVIET UNION 1S MAKING FILM DEPICTING FALL OF GOUNTER-REVOLUTIONISTS (Special to The Dally Worker) MOSCOW, U, S. S. R., Feb, 24.—~ Film producers in the Soviet Union are engaged on a number of new pictures. Among these are two pic- tures connected with the history of the October revolution, entitled “Kolchak’s End,” and “Wrangel.” Both pictures will be based upon authentic historical facts, and ac- tual participators of the events have been invited to take part in the production. There is also to be pro- duced a series of films based on the works of classical and modern Rus- sian writers. A large picture is to be produced, dealing with the san- guinary events in connection with the workers’ strike at the Lena Gold- fields in 1912. Another picture will deal with the suppression of peas- ant riots by czarist troops. AMERIGANS PLAN NEW SCHEME T0 ENSLAVEGERMANS Get Blank Mortgage Up- on Municipalities (Special to The Daily Worker) BERLIN, Feb, 24 — A syndicate of American bankers, of which the New York firm of Harris, Forbes & Co., are managers, has purchased a $15,- 000,000 bond issue jointly covering a large number of small cities and towns of Germany. The arrange- ments for this financing are quite un- like any other loan deals and are im- portant because most future financing is expected to follow the same lines. Negotiations have been pending for this loan for over a year, The German Savings Bank and Clearing, Association is used as the medium for embodying the credit fa- cilities of the villages and towns de- siring a loan. This association, form- ed in 1924, has over 3,000 savings banks affiliated which in turn heve over 5,000 branches. The association has in addition a membership now of 3,000 cities, towns, and municipal dis- tricts, with a total population of ap- proximately 90 per cent of the coun- tfy’s entire population. The member- ship includes such important centers as Berlin, Bremen, Frankfort, Dres- den, Munich, Essen and Cologne. Revenue Purposes Only. By a decree of the federal govern- ment the proceeds of the loan may be used only for the construction or improvement of gas manufacturing and electric generating plants, water works, and other revenue-producing institutions. The bonds have ample security, being guaranteed by the Clearing Association and by the vari- ous municipalities and savings banks. Aid American Imperialism, The new arrangement will enable a very rapid spread of such loans all over the nation. Thru the distribu- tion of the bonds in small amounts nto the hands of individual American investors the required popular sup- port for the United States government in its maneuvers to secure wider op- portunities in German exploitation for the great international banking hous- es will be easily obtained. responsibility of the Berlin district leadership by disavowing the central committee. This was done in a decla- ration that the Berlin district leader- ship and the central committee were opposed to each other as enemies. (Protocol, Page 71). He directly denounced the central committee by laying the responsibility for a leaflet which was declared as high treason, at the doors of the cen- tral committee, (Protocol, Page 8). Further passages show that Maslov utilized his differences with the executive committee of the Commun- ist International in order to clear him- self and that he declared that he had been “held back” in Moscow. In contradiction to the printed in- structions of the party for political prisoners, Maslov recognized the pro- tocols and letters which. were pres- ented to him by the police and by the authorities, without question as genuine, altho they were declared to be false even by the non-partyman Schumacher, At the end of this declaration it {s said that upon the basis of those facts, the fourteenth party congress of the NOTED ARTISTS DESIGN COSTUMES FOR THE RED REVEL Many Groups Compete for Prizes Among others, Fred Ellis, the noted | cartoonist, will soon leap into fame as a designer, especially aft- er the crea- tions he has designed are worn at the Red Revel by young ladies who are not at all painful to look at under ordinary — cir- cumstances, With their beauty enhanced by original and dar- ing ideas of an artist they alone will be worth the price of admission, But that is not all; many funny costumes, as well as symbolic ones will add to the colorful chop suey of dancers, clowns, Pioneers having the time of their lives, and worried com- mitteemen. And speaking of chop ‘suey reminds us that a group repre- senting the awakening of China is one of the chief bidders for the valuable group prizes. It is hinted that the prize-winning DAILY WORKER group of last year is out after the honors and competition will be keen. Much whispering among certain members of the fairer sex, talemted dancers, would lead one to expect to see nimble legs and pink toes in a joyous dance, but of course such a thing is emphatically denied, so be sure to watch for it. The technical details of the affair have been well taken care of. Temple Hall, one of the finest in the city, has been obtained, and a popular jazz orchestra will make even the most re- luctant feet itch to dance. The neces- sary refreshments will ne in evidence, of course. All in all, it will be a great affair, and the unfortunate person who misses it will have a long wait til Feb. 27, 1927, rolls around. Reserve Saturday, Feb. 27, 1926, as the night on which to have the best time of the season. Be there. Tickets are on sale at The DAILY WORKER office, 1113 W. Washington Blvd; at the local party office, 19 So. Lincoln St.; at the Vilnis office, 3116 S. Halsted St.; at the Radnik Book Store, 1806 S, Racine Ave., and at the Union Press, 2003 N, California Ave, Chinese Paper in Moscow. MOSCOW, U. 8. 8. R., Feb. 24—The first number of a Chinese newspaper published in Moscow has just appear- ed. The newspaper is published un- der the title “Tsan-Ding-Bao” (For- ward), its purpose being to foster Political enlightenment among the Chinese residents in the Soviet Union, and to keep them informed on Chinese life at home and in other parts of the world. The circulation of the news- paper is calculated not only for the Soviet Union but also for other coun- tries. You do the job twice as well— when you distribute a bundle of The DAILY WORKER with your Russian Communist Party and the whole Comintern can judge that the attitude of Maslov before the supreme court was correctly characterized by the resolution of the German party conference and by the decision of the international control commission as being unworthy of the leader of a re- volutionary party. (Repeated shouts of the delegates: Shame!) This declaration is signed in the name of the representation of the cen- tral committee of thé Communist Party of Germany by Otto Kuehne and Heinz Neumann. After the reading of the declaration of the German Communist Party re- presentation in the executive commit- tee of the Communist International, the following declaration of Lemin- story in it. Repudiated by German Delegation in Moscow RUTH FISCHER adse (Russian Communist Party) was heard: “The text of the following decision 3 the international control ecommis- sion proves how unworthy the attitude of Maslov before the supreme court was. The decision was passed upon November 22, 1925: After seeing the stenogram of the speech of Maslov before the court, the international control commission is of the opinion that his attitude was unworthy of a leader, It considers further that his attitude is not reconcilable with his attitude as party member and above all not with his position as ideological leader of the party and as member of the’ central committee, The examina- tion of the future party position of Maslov can only be decided when the international control commission has had an opportunity of hearing Maslov personally, Leminadse quoted also the follow- ing fact as characteristic of the atti- tude of Maslov: in reply to a Com- munist motion in the Saxon Landtag (Parliament for Saxony) for altera- tions in the prison regime, and for an amnesty for political prisoners, the Saxon minister for justice read the following extract from a latter of Maslov written in prison: “The pris- on work goes punctually and smooth- ly, and the prison officials are polite, correct and obliging. This without exception, I am amusing myself here as well as it is possible under th isting opportunities, and I always am astonished at the discoveries made by our good friends in the press after- wards.” But this letter Maslov has damaged the struggle of the German workers for an amnesty and for a lightening of the hard labor prison regime, One must be astonished that a revolution. ary can make such statements about the unbearable prison regime in Ger- many,