The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 24, 1926, Page 4

Page Four EXPOSE SCHEME OF BRITISH TO CONQUER CHINA Bank of England Backs) Imperialist Plot (Continued from Page 1) Derts figured that one battalion of European troops landed on Shameen Island opposite Canton could launch an attack upon the southern capital that, supported by the gunboats and cruisers from the river, could easily overwhelm all opposition. Cost Figured Out. So thoroly was the matter consid- ered that even the financial aspects of such a struggle were gone into with great carefulness. An army of 100,000 completely equipped, with all expenses, it was estimated would cost about three-quarters .of a million dollars a day. On the basis of a two-year ser- vice—the period taken by the inter- vention in Russia—it was believed the entire sum involved—about three-quar- ters of a billion dollars—could be made up by the seizure of the Chinese railways, their re-equipment and ex- tension to the amount of $200,000,000, so that their mileage would total 12,- 000 in place of the present 7,000, and the imposition of a blanket mortgage on the consolidated national system as the basis for a huge international loan issue. Incidentally, the revenues of the roads would be pledged as se- curity and the foreign powers thus given almost a perpetual stranglehold on the entire country, Bank of England’s Share. Powerful British bankers were con- sulted on the matter and an under- standing reached on the handling of the huge sums involved. The Bank of England was to guarantee the institu- tions which actually handled the bonds. of England has its connecting link with’ the Orient in the fact that the chairman of the Hongkong-Shanghai Banking corporation, the financial rep- resentative of British capital in the Far East, is also a director of the Bank of England. The Bank of Eng- land has indeed already transferred at one time nearly $3,000,000 to its Chinese correspondent for the pur- Pose of financing the necessary propa- ganda campaign to overcome the Chi- nese nationalist movement and to bribe and buy up its leaders, estab- lish counter-revolutionary newspapers which would parade under a liberal and-sympathetic guise, etc. How much more has been transmitted no one knows. All Information Controlled. With all the press services and ca- bles controlled by the imperialists, it was believed that the whole scheme could be launched before the labor movement of England would realize what was going on, and thus the na- tion would be committeed to the policy beyond hope of alteration. MAY DAY ISSUE J Bundles The May Day Special Issue will be one of 12 pages— filled with news and stories “and cartoons—features from ‘the shops, factories and f trade unions. The Special will be printed to enable every part of the ‘eountry to receive it before _ May Day and in time for bution and your May y meeting. Get a bundle the special price of 2 Cents . a Copy E DAILY WORKER, 3 W. Washington Bivd., cago, Il, « for a bundle In this connection the Bank | appeal to the workers of Chicago to Day and to point out the need of the at the Coliseum. “May Day—labor’s day—the day many countries of the world the wo THE DATE Y WORKER show them the real meaning of May workers to come to the May 1 meeting May Day—Labor’s Day. of international labor is at hand. In rkers drop their tools, declaring their. QUESTIONS FOR MONDAY’S PRINCIPLES AND TACTICS CLASS IN TRADE UNION Meets Every Monday DAILY WORKER Office, 3rd Floor. Instructor, Arne Swabeck, Subject for session Monday, April 26, Obsolete Methods, and Tacties of Craft Unions, a. Methods Required by Trustl- fied Industry, b. Steps Toward Amalgamation. QUESTIONS. 1, What are the extents and lim- its of the sympathetic strike? 2. What are the effects of arbitra- tion—compulsory and voluntary? 3. What are the causes and effects of jurisdictional disputes and to what extent can they be eliminated thru federation or amalgamation? 4. What should be the first con- crete steps to take toward amalga- mation of the trade unions? 5. What should be the essential points of trade union agreements and what is necessary to secure ocmiplete enforcements? Boston. Will Hold an Organizational Conference Sunday BOSTON, April.22 — Sunday morn- ing, April 25, at 11 e’clock a second district organization ‘conference will be held at 36 Causéway St. Every comrade who holds» an organizational post in the district, should be present. The conference will take up th de- tail the work for the next month. There will also be an opportunity for reports on the progress of the work in the various units,, It is especially important that the comrades in out- lying sections of the district, make every effort to be present. Unfor- tunately the district office is not in a financial position to pay transportation expenses. This should not prevent comrades from devising ways and means to be present in order that the entire district may get the benefit of the conference. The Russian Play “The Weavers” Is Postponed to Later Day On account of unforeseen circum- stances the Russian play, “The Weavers” will not be presented on April 25 as it was previously an- nounced. Another play will be given later on for the benefit of the Passaic strikers, the sports work. In Pittsburgh, in New York, in Detroit and in Chicago sports activity is experiencing a boom. In all of these places local sports’ com- mittees have been set up and are fol- lowing the instructions of the National Sports Committee to form the connec- tions with working-class sports organi- zations which will serve as the basis for the development of a real mass sports’ movement. United Front Basis. All the work is being carried on a broad united front basis. It is planned in this way to draw in many American sports groups that hitherto have not been reached or have been repelled because of the sectarian na- ture of the workers’ sports movement in this country, Altho at present nearly all of the sports groups the league has contact with are foreign- speaking, yet the work that is being launched {is toward winning American elements. It has been established by the \National Sports Committee that only by winning over and by organiz- ing American workers’ sports groups can the labor sports movement grow and assume mass proportions. Work in Sports Field. Up to recently the Young Workers (Communist) League has given scarcely any attention to the possl- bilities of working in the fleld of sports. This has been a big mistake. Sports work gives us an approach to otherwise unreachable masses of the +freedom from the slavery of the fac- tory and they issue a bold challenge to the employers that they will use their power to fight for better conditions of life. “May Day recalls the strike of 1886 for the 8-hour day. “Here is Chicago, as well as in other centers of America, class cortscious workers demonstrate at mass meet- ings their international character. They look back at the origin of May Day forty years ago in the historic strike of 1886 for the 8-hour day, the forerunner of the strikes of Paterson, Colorado and Ludlow, where cham- pions of labor struggled against, the united front of the bosses, of the mili- tary and-of the courts. They see the splendid fight waged by the strikes of 1922. They see the great effort on the part of the steel workers to or- ganize in 1919. They see the Passaic textile workers now waging a spirited fight for decent living conditions, Workers’ Demands. “Intelligent workers see that the wages of the American workers have gone down since the war, while profits for the capitalists have gone up. They see the bosses introducing more and more the company union aimed to fool the workers into thinking they have something to say about the running of industry. For real workers’ control they look across to Soviet Russia, where the workers and peasants have built up their own system of govern- ment, and are building up industry, improving the workers’ condition as they go along. They see that only the Communist Parties are ‘capable of leading the working class in their fight against capitalism. “May 1st was officially set aside as labor's international holiday in 1889 by the International Workers’ Con- gress as a remembrance of the heroic strike of 1886. “Class conscious workers on May Day resolve to fight the whole year for their interests, shoulder to shoul- der with their fellow workers. This May Day workers are rallying around these slogans: nite Against Wage Cuts! “Unite Against the Offensive of Cap- ital! “United for a Shorter Workday and Improved Working Conditions! “Unite for a United Labor Ticket! For a Labor Party!” “Unite for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government in America! “District 8, Executive Committee, Workers (Communist) Party.” Denver Young Pioneers Plan Hike for Sunday DENVER, Col., April 22—Sunday April 25, the Young Pioneers of Den- ver are hiking to Inspiration Point. Chicago May Day—Good speakers: Foster, Cannon, Lovestone, Bishop Brown. F ORWARD WITH WORKERS SPORTS ARTICLE I. T present one of the most promis- ing signs of renewed life in the Young Workers (Communist) League is the manner in which it is pushing youth, It enables us to develop our anti-militarist activity on a broader scale. It is an effective means of re- cruiting new member. In many factories and working-class neighborhoods the only semblance of youth organizations is often a sports club, Obviously a Young Workers (Communist) League fraction, or even a league member could do a great deal inside of such a club, spreading Communist ideas and winning new members for the league. In some in- stances, where the situation is partic- ularly favorable (as in a_ factory where we have a nucleus), the league members can even take the initiative in organizing a sport club as a means of facilitating its work. Sometimes it may even be desirable to delegate to several members the taks of organiz- ing a neighborhood sport club, In | general, sports organization can prove to be a valuable intermediary form of (To be continued.) Cape Breton Miner Wins Marathon Race BOSTON, April’ 22—John C. Miles, a Cape Breton, Canada, coal miner, won the 30th annual Boston Athletic Association marathon over Albin Sten- roos, Finland’s 40-year-old Olympic marathon champion. Miles not only beat the Olympic champion, but raced over the 26 miles, 85-yard Hopkinton to Boston course in 2 hours 20 minutes and 202-5 see- onds, Workers (Communist) Party MAY DAY RECALLS STRIKE OF 1886 FOR THE EIGHT-HOUR DAY District Eight, Workers (Communist) Party, has issued the following KANSAS GITY, MO,, WILL PRESENT UNITED FRONT OF WORKERS ON MAY DAY KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 22 Kansas City trade unionists, pro- gressives and radicals are preparing. for a big mass meeting to be held | Sunday evening, May 2 at 8 o'clock at the Musician’s Hall, 1017 Wash- ington St. David Coutts of the Omaha Stone- cutter’s Union, Cari Stewart of the American Negro Labor/CGongress, H. H, Helgesen of the Furniture Finish- ers will speak and Otto Cook of the Cooks’ Union will preside. The Young Workers Croation String Or- chestra will play. There will be other musical and song numbers. The meeting is held under the auspices of the joint committee of three Workmen’s Circle branches, the Cooks’ Union, the, Furniture MONT. SENATOR HAS HIGH HOPE FORF-L. PARTY Chas. E. Taylor, Here, Tells of Progress Charles E. Taylor, farmer-labor state senator in Montana, is in Chi- cago for several days. In the Mon- tana senate he represents Sheridan County, one of the centers of farmer- labor activity in the west. Taylor is very optimistic about the future for workers’ and farmers’ inde- pendent political action. The move- ment, beginning to recoup losses, is gaining ground steadily. F, L. Convention, “Very soon,” Taylor said, “a con- ference will be called to take place in Great Falls, Mont. in June, which will Finishers’ Union, the American Negro Labor Congress, Workers (Communist) Party, Young Work- ers (Communist) League and the International: Labor Defense. place a farmer-labor tickét in. the field for the next state elections. “The call will be sent to co-opera- tives, trade unions and farmers’ or- ganizations, grange and political, At DAILY WORKER; HE farmers and workers of the northwest and the nation should get behind the present subscription drive of The DAILY WORKER with might and main. In no other single way can they Go more to promote their own political and economic in- terests. So | personally urge ‘all workers, whether in the flelds or in the mines and in the factories, in Montana and elsewhere, to get the habit of read- Ing this militant paper,’ the only daily published In América in the nglish tongue really fighting, day in.and day out, the battles of the working class. The DAILY WORKER publishes every day news that is Suppressed by the capitalist controled publica- tions—news of the gF atest im- portance to the farmers “ahd workers MONTANA FARMER-LABOR SENATOR CAN'T GET ALONG WITHOUT THE By CHARLES E. TAYLOR Montana Farmer-Labor Senator. of this country—without “which the workers are unable to understand and interpret current evénts oreven GRAND RAPIDS TO ROLD STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE PARTY ON SUNDAY NIGHT GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, April 22 —What promises to bd’ the most unique event in the history of Com- munist press building in Grand Rapids is The DAILY) WORKER “Strawberry Shortcake’Party” ar ranged by a group of live wires in connection with the third annual campaign for this Sunday evening April 25 at 7 o’clock at the down town heaciquarters, 211 Monroe Ave. Leon Mabille and Bill Twiss, are in charge of the preparation of the strawberry shortcake, ‘The net proceeds of this affair will go toward ordering several thousand copies of the International May Day issue of The DAILY WORKER for free distribution at the mills and factories of Grand Rapids, which, with the street selling of dur organ beginning this week as a new feature, will go a long way to ac- quaint the workers of this city with The DAILY WORKER.» Singing Society of Workers’ House to The Russian Singing Society of the Workers’ House is giving a Vecherin- ka, concert and dance, Saturday, April 24, at the Workers’ Héuse, 1902 W. Division St. The society has been drganized only a few months ago, but has already over 50 members and participated in many labor affairs inclufing the Paris Commune celebration,”+ It is expected that all who heard the singing of this society will come to the Vecherinka and help make it a suecess. Beginning at 8 p.m. Ad- reaching masses of the young workers, mission only 35 cents.” FOREIGN EXCHANGE. NEW YORK. April 22—Great Bri- tain pound sterling demand, 4.85 13-16; {cable, 4863-16; France, france, de- | mand, 3.83; cable, 3.33%; Belgium, franc, demand, 3.57%; cable, 3.58; Italy, lira, demand, 4,02; cable, 4.02%; Sweden, krone, demand, 26,75; cable, 26.78; Norway, krone, demand, 24.76; cable, 21.78; Denmark, krone, demand, 26.13; cable, 26.13; Shade ai, tael, de- mand, 70.00, Telephone Lehigh 6022 — OR. ABRAHAM MARKOFF 2 Surgeon Dentist 249 East 115th St., C NEW YORK erry ind Ave, WHAT DO YOU SAY? to grasp the meanings of events in the world of labor in which they ought to be vitally concerned. All workers should read The DAILY WORKER whether they agree.or not in toto with its polit- ical or economic points of view. For in every battle of the work- ers, whether agricultural or indus- trial, against the exploiters and op- pressors of this and other coun- tries, The DAILY WORER Is to be found always fighting fearlessly in the front ranks on the side of the workers and oppressed peoples. no battle has it ever failed the workers. It is a growing voice that speaks ever more powerfully and in unmistakable tones when all others have been silenced. Personally | cannot get along without The DAILY WORKER. Every worker who does not read it is doing himself and his comrades” ~< \ -manders. Communist International. In our division, there are 79 conditions, contact and mutual aid be- tween the Young Communist League and the Party are much closer than in the usual conditions of civil life. All young Communists are organized into groups of support, of which there are four. Each group, instead of a bureau, elects its own organizer, who conducts all work jointly with the bureau of the Party nucleus. At our meetings we, bring up questions of a general politi-_ cal nature as well as local questions arising from the conditions of life and work of the Red Army men. The fun- damental basis for our entire work is that a young Commuzrist should be an exemplary Red Army man in all re- spects. We therefore lend particular importance to cases of young Commu- nists who commit any infringement of military discipline and receive punish- ment from the command. All such cases are nearly always openly dis- cussed amongst the young Commu- nists. But in general such infringe- ments rarely have any great signifi- catce and usually arise from slight infringements of the established ballot rules. Such cases of default are stead- ily diminishing. We have one whole evening per week for our work. | In addition, some of the-young Commu- nists study in a trade union political education school, whilst others learn in the first and second grade Party schools., We maintain contact with the civilian young Communist organi- zations, a factory nucleus, ‘together with its young Pioneer detachment, an injustice. . 7 least one hundred delegates are ex- pected to attend the conference.” Election Ticket. “The coming state elections will’ in- clude contests for two justices of the state supreme court, a state utilities commissioner and two United States congressmen, Ht is likely that Senator J. W. Anderson will be nominated for congress in the eastern district and Timothy Nolan of Butte for the west- ern district. A member of the Broth- erhood of Locomotive Engineers, Clark, of Missoula will in all probab- ility be put up for utilities commis- sioner, Harlow Pease, of Butte and Pat Wallace of the Plentywood Pro- ducers’ News for the two supreme court justices. United Front. “All opposition among the workers and farmers in Montana against the farmer-labor idea are being rapidly liquidated. There is every prospect of the June convention witnessing a united front of all progressive ele- ments in both movements in Montana into a strong farmer-labor party. being attached to each of opr gruops, We hold joint meetings, the’ workers Visiting: our bartacks and ow representatives going to their meet- ings. In this respect things are work- ing rather poorly, but we. hope grad- ually to overcome this weakness. Good Conditions. With the calling up of the 1908 class we réceive young Communists who, although perhaps rather poorly devel- oped,.aré nevertheless very active. At the present time three-quarters of the group organizers and active members have been taken from amongst these 1903 fellows. It is this new influx which to an extent explains the occa- sional infringement of militaty dis- cipline which takes place. The lads have not yet got quite used to military order and therefore sometimes break rules, The life of our young Communists proceeds just as all the remaining Red Army men. We get up at 5:15 in the morning and clean out the stables and feed the horses by 7 o'clock. Between 7 and 8 o'clock we clean ourselves and drink tea. After this we are on duty for four hours. During the dinner interval, which is for three hours, the first hour “Interest in the farmer-labor party is gaining strength rapidly in Mon- tana. This sentiment is being de- veloped to a large degree thru the ac- tivity of the Western Progressive Farmers, of which William Bouck, Washington farmers’ leader is the secretary. This organization has a strong membership in the state, espec- Give Vecherinka Sat. yially in the northeastern part. t Opposition Elements, — “In the past, the formation of a strong farmer-labor party has been im- peded to some extent by such poll- ticians as Ex-Governor Dickson, pro- gressive republican, and Senator Bur- ton K. Wheeler of the left wing of the democratic machine. These men have done everything in‘their power to de- feat the formation of an independent political movement, Wheeler Harmless Now. “Dickson, defeated last fall, has been returned as a political factor in the state. Senator Wheeler's grip on the labor movement and the progres- sive farmers has been so matreially weakened that he can no longer harm the development of the farmer-labor party. Left Swing, “With labor rallying strong behind the new movement and a united front of the workers and farmers almost a certainty, plans have been made to |have a complete legislative ticket in all counties and a complete county ticket in most counties to carry the state for the farmer-labor party. Po- litical interest is having a distinct re- vival, political sentiment is, drifting towards the left.” ‘We know that you are coming to ce Hours: 9 to 12 A. M.; 2 to 8 P. ly, except Friday; Sun@ay 9 to 1 P, Special Rates to W. P. Members i the Coliseum on May First, but ‘how about your shopmate? arte goes for cleaning and feeding the horses, while we have the remaining are members and candidates of the party. RED ARMY DIVISION GREETS AMERICAN YOUNG COMMUNISTS Excellent Relationship Between Soldiers and Com- Good Food and Conditions “WERE ALWAYS READY TO AID YOU!” MOSCOW, U. S. S. R.—The Red Army Y8ung Communists and the whole political commanding staff of the horse artillery division, send their warm Red Army greetings to the representa- tives of the American Young Communist League: who have come to the country of Soviets for the Enlarged Executive of the Young young Communists of whom 35 In the Red Army the two hours for dinner and rest. | After dinner we are on duty for another two or three hours, differing accord- ing to battery and command. Again we have one hour and fifty minutes in which we feed and clean the horses. After supper we work in the Lenin corners until 9 o'clock in the evening. The food is entirely satisfactory. We have 2% Ibs, of bread and % Ib. of meat per day and various vegetables, such as potatoes, cabbages, etc. We also get 2% Ibs. of sugar per month. Each Red Army man has a camp bed with a straw mattress and pillow, with change of pillowcase and bed linen. Our linen is washed by our divisional laundry and, in general, things are pretty clean with us, if not absolutely ideal. Good Relations, Soldiers and Command. ~ We have a divisional school where junior commanders and second-grade commanders of the reserve are trained. The relations between the rank and file Red Army men and the commanding and political staffs are excellent. While we are on duty there is complete discipline and obedience, but during our free time our com- radely relations are such that there is no distinction between us. Each bat- tery has a Lenin corner where the Red Army, men and young Commu- nists rest’ or conduct their studies. Each corner has a number of depart- ments composed of comrades inter- ested in definite branches and who vol- untarily join same. There is a Young~ ‘ommunist International department, but things are very bad in respect to illustrating your life and work as we do not get material from you, and there is no one who can read your paper, as we do not understand the language. We study both military sub- jects and also social and political themes. Every day we have a politi- cal educational class of two hours, but we also study sanitary-veterinary subjects. In conclusion; we request you to write to us as often as possible about your work and life, and your achievements and defeats, as we are very interested in this question. We will not delay in replying. If you cotiid manage, to visit our division, this would be of tremendous utility in respect to the international education of both our young Communists and the non-Party Red Army men. We once more send you our greet- ings and wish you success.in your work, which we know is difficult un- der conditions of capitalist oppression. But you always have our sympathy— we are always ready to come to your aid. Signed: Liaison Secretary, X Horse Artillery Division, Lisea Station, South Eastern Railway. YOUNG MINERS FACE MASS UNEMPLOYMENT, AS OPERATIONS SHIFT TO NON-UNION FIELDS Kellie Mine at Dowell Shuts Down By A DARN COALDIGGER DOWELL, IIl.—The Kathleen mine has shut down here indefinitely due te the general conditions that affects the entire mining industry in this part of the country. The inability to compete with the scab coal that is belng produced in the open shop fields of W. Virginia, Kentucky and other well noted places that have crumbled to the open shop tyranny of the bosses. This mine is one of the best equip~ ped mines in the country, having prac- tically all the modern machinery that is best in the mining industry at its service which naturally means a higher stage of efficiency both in the cost and in production. That stage of efficiency is the main object of the bosses in the installation of these ma- chines that decrease the blood sweat- ing energy of the manual laborers, Altho to whom it benefits its an en- tirely different subject, ‘This mine, one of the cheapest pro- ducing mines in this part of the coun- try has been obliged, along with the remainder of the large producing mines, to close down due to the incap- ability of getting markets for the union mined coal, The scab mines are getting all the sales for the coal In the meantime the union miners remain in complete idleness with their families, A miner in these sections earns money jone day and the next day the boss puts up a@ sign: “Closed down for an indefinite period.” New policies are necessary, policies that really have a class nature and not phraseological bunk that John J. Lewis shoves down the throats of the miners with has famous phrase of “No~ backward step.” The offensive of the operators must be met with the united fighting strength of the miners, Young Communist Office Raided LONDON ~The off offices of the Young Communist League in Great Ormond street, W. C., were raided by unknown persons during the holiday, It is sus- — that the raid had a political ob- ject, as, although locks were broken and the premises were left in a state of great disorder, no property was missing.