The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 29, 1926, Page 6

ry i 1 ry t a a ’ ' t t Ly . « ‘POMAMERaN ERE YEAR ON WIN Page Six THE DAILY WORKER® THE DAILY WORKER Published by the DAILY WCRKER PUBLISHING CO, | 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ml. Phone Monroe 4712 | ees en Blvd, | SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail (in Chicago only): $8.00 per year $4.50 six months { $2.50 three months Nj By mail (outside of Chicago): | $6.00 per vear $3.50 six months | $2.00 three months | Address THE DAILY WORKE ——____ J, LOU WILLIAM F, DU MORITZ J. LOEB all mail and make out checks to 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, flinols | eee PeR RANE See Ne iso i Ai -Business Manager Entered as second-class mail September 21, 1923, cago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1879. .Editors ae 290 Advertising rates on application. | —_— a= ——= as | The Surrender of Abd-el Krim Even tho the leader of the Riff forces, Abd-el-Krim, has sur- | rendered to the French forces, the struggle on the part of the in habitants of the Riff still rage Reports indicate that the entire | western part of the country i render in complete ignorance of Krim’s sur- | ainst the French and Spanish in- vaders. Near the Tangier border Riffians are engaged in a fierce | battle with The details of the surrender of Krim will not be known until ding the conferences of this Spring come to light. dy established are that Krim some weeks before his | sion to individual tribal leaders to} surrender if they saw fit, and that from 30,000 to 50,000 tribesmen are still in the field fighting furiously. Bombing planes, raining death and destruction, failed to blast out of their mountain fortresses; liquid fire, poison gas, heavy and light artillery hurling projectiles into the lines of the tribesmen, dum-dum bullets—all weapons of frightfulness known | to modern warfare—had failed to subdue the forces under Krim befoye the rains of last Fall stopped the fighting. A few weeks pre-| ceding the beginning of Spring many conferences were held that were reported to have come to naught. But there was a noticable slackening of ardor on the part of the main body of Riffians under Krim. The surrender of Krim without the knowledge of other tribes- men arouses suspicions that “diplomacy” was substituted for open warfare; that where cannon failed the wily agents of the imperial- ists succeeded. In plain words it looks as tho Krim has sold out to the imperialists, but has thus far been unable to deliver the tribes- men into their hands. Regardless of the motives whieh impelled the Riff chief to sur- render before he was defeated and while vast numbers were still fighting, the action of Krim is inexcusable and history will condemn him for it. It is not at all unlikely that in the future he will become the Riffian Aguinaldo, playing the game of the conquering imperialists in Morocco just as the former Philippine military leader of the rebellion against the United States now plays the game of the Amer- ican imperialists. Riffians still in the field will keep on fighting for a time. Every enemy of imperialism hopes to see the war continue until the in- vaders are wiped out. Another Hero Bites the Dust Another of the tried ang true defenders of the Mellon-Coolidge gang at Washington went down to ignominious defeat before an opponent opposed to the major policies of the administration— particularly the world court. The latest casualty was the defeat of Senator Stanfield of Oregon by an opponent who is absolutely un- known outside the borders of Oregon and was scarcely known with- in his own state until the primary campaign that brought him victory over his world court opponent. Stanfield is a mediocre individual, with nothing to recommend him except unquestioned servility to the Wall Street gang in con- trol of the administration at Washington. It is doubtful if he, like many other senators, even know the elementary issues involved in| the league and world court discussions, but he was told to vote and | he carried out instructions. The Coolidge myth, so assiduously cultivated by the reptile press of the nation, hypnotized many of the middle western and far western senators. They thot the electorate, especially the registered republicans who are not particularly noted for their ability to think, would fall for the great man illusion about Coolidge, but one ‘by one they learn that the down east Yankee in the White House | carried very little weight beyond the limits of Wall Street. The widespread repudiation of Coolidgeism is indicative of the | discontent with the administration and hatred of Wall Street that | pervades most states. It expresses itself in the theory that anything is better than Coolidge. Unity on the part of the forces in labor in a drive for a united labor ticket in the coming campaigns would crystallize much of this | discontent in constructive channels and pave the way for the crea- tion of a powerful mass labor party. | and are fighting on vanish forces. | 2 facts re; . Another Negro Lynching A town called Wilson in the state of Arkansas, ofe of the most benighted states in the Union, staged the latest lynching that dis- graced the country. Early. yesterday morning Albert Blades, a s taken from the hands of officials by a gang of christian, white, protestant, 100 per cent American hoodlums and tortured to death with the customary feindishness, The victim was accused of an attempted attack on a white girl. We do not presume to be informed on the merits or demerits of this particular charge inst the Negro, but we do know the facts re- garding hundreds of similar cases where a Negro and a white woman are involved. Quite frequently the women involved in such affairs make a wtice of trying to vamp Ne 8. In case one is accidentally caught and faces exposure she raises the hue and cry that she has been attacked. The gallant neighbors of the lady, even tho they are of the facts, proceed to gather into a mob, secure fire- arms, a rope and a convenient. tree, where they demonstrate their southern chivalry, a defense of virtuoys white womanhood, by adding one more name to the long list of lynchings in this country. But when a white southern gentleman attacks a young Negro girl the other gentlemen—100 per cent American protestant born, ete,—consider it quite the proper thing, and discuss it among them- selves in their customary refinement of diction. The exploited white workers and the terrorized Negro workers of the south are kept separated by the politicians encouraging, just such outbursts as this latest lynching. A drive for class political action in the south must be directed toward enfranchising the Negro workers in brder to yemove all those officials who tolerate this totally inexcusable and contemptible practice of lynching, as well as to fight Pp at the post-office at Chi | | One Treaty They’re Not In By KARL RADEK. The campaign of the newspapers, which are hostile to Germany and the Soviet Union, has not delayed the signing of the treaty between Ger- many and the Soviet Union and the exchange of notes which are of no less importance than the treaty tself, but on the contrary, has accelerated them. The agitation against the con- solidation of relations between Ger- many and the Soviet Union has shown the masses of the people of both countries and both governments that they are on the right path when they work toward drawing the two nations closer together in an economic and political sense, an approach which is a guarantee of peace in Eastern Eu- rope. The immediate publication of the treaty and of the supplementary notes shows that neither count®y has any desire to conceal -anything because they have nothing to conceal. Even diplomacy, which is in accordance with the interests of the masses of the people, cannot carry on negotia- tions in the open street; it is, how- ever, under the obligation of dealing openly and can only gain by this open dealing. What is the signficance of the treaty of Berlin for the populace of both countries? It means that in spite of Great Britain’s efforts to harness Germany to the British chariot and to turn it into a tool in the campaign against the Soviet Union, the German govern- |ment is able to appreciate the grow- ing power of the Soviet Union and attaches importance to establishing close relations with it. The Hindenburg Republic, the gov- ernment of Luther and Streseman, is a government of the capitalist class. The capitalist government of Germany has no reason to love the country of the workers and peasants, but it pos- sesses sufficient political realism and understands that the fess firm the re- lations between Germany and the So- viet Union, the weaker will Ger- many’s position be in relation to the countries of victorious capitalism. The experience gained at the last meeting of the league of nations, showed the German government how little consideration the capitalist great powers have for Germany and how they absolutely take for granted that Germany has no choice but to accommodate herself to them, The German government \stated in its note that it would maintain friend- ly contact with the government of the Soviet Union in order to harmonize their opinions in all questions which concern the mutual interests of both countries. It states that, should the league of nations, contrary to the ex- pectations of the German government, attempt to carry on a policy directed exclusively against the Soviet Union, the German government would op- pose such ecorts with all the means in its power. These obligations, undertaken pub- ely in the face of the whole world, are of great political significance. Both countries, thru, their Bovern- ments, are beginning to work out a method of deciding by arbitration all questions which arise between them. If these efforts meet with success, no question can lead to strained rela- tions between the two powers. As regards attempts on the part of third flicts with the Soviet Union, Germany undertakes to oppose such efforts with the greatest energy. The treaty of Berlin determines the attitude of Germany in the event of a third power or a coalition of powers attacking the Soviet Union, In such a case, Germany pledges herself not to take part in such an attack, pro- vided it is mede in spite of the peaceful behavior of the Soviet Un- fon. Soviet diplomacy and the Soviet government, which guard the inter- ests of the masses of the people who 4 general class demands of ‘labér. are striving for peace, will certainly The Treaty Between t Jaccuse our policy sof an aggressive at- powers to involva Gefmany in con-|* 7 titude, As, however, Germany de- clares that, shouldsshe join the'league of nations, she would reserve to her- self the right to decide which coun- try had carried om*a policy which led to the conflict, the treaty of Berlin considerably blunts the blade of the treaty of Locarno. We are quite aware ‘that their own interests form a déeisive element in the policy of the bourgeois states. We know that the capitalist powers pos- sess sufficient material means to ex- ert pressure on Germany, even tho formally she determines her own pol- icy. We are theRefore not inclined to exaggerate the fimportance of any diplomatic documié! The treaty of Berlin must bé engthened by a consolidation economic rela- tions between ny and the So- viet Union and the ties between the proletariat @f the Soviet Union and Germany, The market of the Soviet Union and its increasing importance for German industry, which ig Struggling to re- establish itself, the growing sympathy between the working masses of Ger- ——-» Ak A eA ARURRALNE wareaermmrennsnseiaiadiarisi thie, ca On Soviets and Germany many and the Soviet Union, the mili- tary power of the Soviet Union, the international importance of the Soviet Union—these are the elements which will prove the value of the diplomatic document which was signed on April 24, when it is put to the test. The fact that this document could be signed ly a few months after the conclusion of the treaty of ‘Lo- carno, is an object lesson of enormous importance. It proves that the efforts of British imperialism to isolate the Soviet Union, is a more difficult task than British diplomacy had imagined; it proves that the dissensions between the capital powers are not dispelled by speeches made at banquets. Since Locarno, Soviet diplomacy has been tremendously successful, as is evidenced by the treaties between the Soviet Union and Turkey and be- tween Germany and the Soviet Union. There can be no doubt, that in the future, it will stivceed in concluding treaties with a number of other pow- ers, thus insuring the peace which is a necessary preliminary for the work of the peaceful building up of the Soviet Union by the working masses. 87% OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION - OWNS BUT 10% OF NATIONAL WEALTH By LAURENCE TODD, Federated Press. WASHINGTON—(FP)—-May 27—One percent of the number of persons dying in the United States between 1912 and 1922, owned 59 per cent of the total national wealth, and 13 per cent of the number owned over 90 per cent of the total wealth. This situation was indicated, says a report made by the Federal Trage Commission, to congress, by a study of 43,000 probate records in 24 typica] counties, supplemented by an estimate of the average value of unprobated estates, National Wealth. In the year 1922, says the commis- sion, the national wealth amounted to $353,000,000,000,. and national income in 1923 was $70,000,000,000. However, the national increase in population from 1912 to 1922 was 15 per cent, and if allowance is made for changes in the purchasing power of the dollar, the increase in national wealth in. the ten years becomes only 16 per cent in- stead of 72 per cent—the amount as measured simply in dollars. So the actual wealth per individual in the United States is scarcely larger than before the war. . Concentration of Ownership. Concentration of ownership of*nat- ural resources is shown to be very far advanced. Six companies, in 1922, controlled about one-third of the waterpower already developed; eight companies controlled three-fourths of the unmined anthracite coal; 30 com- panies had over one-third of the im- mediate reserves of bituminous coal; two companies over one-half of the iron ore resreves; four companies nearly one-half of the copper reserves, and 30 companies about one-eighth of the pertoleum reserves, Manufacturing and Metals. Manufacturing corporations, led by the metals and metal products group, had about $34,000,000,000 out of $102,000,000,000 held by all ocorpora- tions in 1922. Railroads were the richest single industry, and had the largest average wealth per company. Ownership of stock -in corporations was held in lots averaging $6,969 per owner of common and $5,211 per owner of preferred—this figure based on 4,367 corporations with a com- bined capital stock of over $9,000,000,- 000, These averages dispose of the much-advertised claim that people of small means now hold the stock in the great corporations of this coun- try. In its study of income, the commis- sion classes salaries with wages. By so doing it shows that 90 per cent of the income of the construction indus- try goes to “labor,” and that the same combination of salaries and wages ab- sorbs 70 per cent in the railroad in- vt THEY DIED FOR MORGAN ‘ It was not until 1917 that Decoration Day services were required to include an army of dead that fell on other than’ American soll. Above are shown a few of the many thousands of crosses that mark graves in France where American soldiers gave their lives to make the “world safe for democracy.” This fact also signalizes America’s new role as a world imperialist power. The failure of the preparatory disarmament conference at Geneva is a sign that many more such crosses will soon dot Europe. These photos show the track and crowd at the Indianapolis speed way, whi ie held on Decoration Day. Many drivers have lost thelr lives in this event. The purses are high and there are many entries. These races, however, are likely soon to give way to aeroplane meets which are becoming more popular sive no unprejudiced judge reason 40 | automobiles can only go 110 or 80 miles an hour—this Is too slow! nia we r ——— dustry, and 55 per cent for the aver- age of all national income, The rest goes to capital. The rate of return of corporate income, on the “fair” value of corporation stock, as figured by the treasury, was 7.9 per cent in 1922, It varied widely among the various branches of business. 87 Per Cent Has Only 10 Per Cent of Wealth, From this réport the country will become officially aware that: 1, Eigtfty-seven per cent of the American people have only 10 per cent of the national wealth. 2. Chief sources of future develop- ment of wealth are held by a few cor- porations, owned by the upper 13 per cent. 3. As the nation ‘is losing its new- ness and is becoming -elosely indus- trialized and subjected to heavy ma- chinery, all that the 87 per cnt can hope to leave to their children will be jobs, or the hope of jobs. 4. As the amount of wealth per capita is not growing much faster than population, the competition for jobs will probably become intensified as the bulk of wealth comes’ into fewer hands thru the operation of eco- nomic laws that have disinherited the 87 per cent. Possible Canada Governor, Wife Viscount Willingdon is being men- tioned as the probable successor to Lord Byng as governor-general of Can The workers of Nova Scotia, mine strike was crushed with troops, over whom the governor-gen- eral commands, have no illustion that the new viscount will be any better to them than the old lord is now. Wil- lingdon will serve the British Empire Steel Corporation as faithfully as his predecessor, Irish Primate - to Officiate at Catholic Meet Cardinal O'Donnell, archbishop of ere the 600-mile auto race will be| Armagh and Primate of tretand, wilt officiate at one of the four days cere- monies of the International Euchar- Istlo Congress to be held in Clticago dune 20-24, } Nts a 1 | |