The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 6, 1926, Page 3

q ——_—_—_{_——_—_—_—_—E HUNDREDS FLEE TO JERUSALEM FROM DAMASCUS French Troops Pillage, Burn Nearby Villages JERUSALEM, Aug. 4, — Hundreds that have been able to reach here after fleemg from Damascus declare that a state of terror greater than that dur- ing the days of the French massacre in the Moslem section now prevails. For three days the city was isolated. No one was allowed to leave or to enter the city. No trains were run- ning and all communication by tele- phone, telegraph or mail was cut off. In the distance the guns of the ba French and the tribesmen could be heard. Four French columns number- ing 5,000 soldiers have been destroy- ing villages of the natives in the Ghuta oasis, Pillage, tape and arson are being carried on on a large scale by French troops in a desperate at- tempt to force the natives to give up their arms and submit to the dictator- ship of the French imperialists, The Kurds, who up until now have not taken an active part in the strug- gle, have joined the rebels. The Kurds joined the rebellion following the pil- laging and burning of four Khurdish homes. Many of the Armenians that joined the French legions in the war on the Syrians have surrendered their arms to the tribesmen and have deserted the French army. Desertions in the French army take place daily. It is stated that the casualties among the 5,000 French soldiers was much greater than among the natives. 444 Per Cent Rise in Cost of Living for French Workers PARIS, Aug. 4—An indication of the ever mounting cost of living in France is contained in figures ré- cently published by the ministry of labor. These show that taking 100 as the basis of the cost of living as of July, 1914, the wholesale price of 45 articles of daily necessity was 664 in April, 1926, 702 in May and 754 in June, Foodstuffs as compared with 100 for July, 1914, were 561 in April, 597 in May and 646 in June. In manufac- tnred goods, 25 articles showed 753, 794 and 848 forthe same period and textiles 876, 983 and 971. Regarding retail prices and the cost of living as it affects housewives go- ing to market, the following compara- tive figures, based on the standard of 100 in July, 1914, are given by the ministry of labor: Prague, 837; Rome, 664; Paris, 544, London, 168; New York, 158; Berlin, 142, ANNQOVUUEESEEOOTTAASAEOUTOTHEEDTOA AENEAN TEN A BOOK FOR EVERY AMERICAN WORKER! "THE AWAKENING OF ‘CHINA — By Jas. H. Dolsen. With maps, Illustrations and original. doouments. ONE*DOLLAR. On the Far Bast read also: RUSSIA * TURNS EAST, by Scott pair! \. 10 Cents New York ee - - —— THE DAILY WORKER ~ OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE AND PARTY STATEMENT PRAISE;DZERZHINSKY AS TRIED AND DEVOTED LEADER MOSCOW, July 20—(By Mafl)—The official government communique stated concerning the death of Felix Dzerzhinsky, president of the Supreme Council of national economy and president of the G. P. U., suddenly passed away at his home as the result of a heart attack, A man of extraordinary energy and complete devotion to the cause of the revolution, he glowed at his extremely responsible post in the fire of activity, and this fire has consumed¢———________________, him. Death overtook Dzerzhinsky three hours after his moving speech in the plenary session of the central commit- tee and central control commission of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, The entire conference had lis- tened with closest attention to the words of its beloved comrade, A Great Loss, The Soviet government, which has ffered the sudden death of one of its most prominent members, can find no words to-express the gravity of the loss of Comrade Dzerzhinsky. Our dead comrade was a man, who had not only advanced the development of the economic life of the Soviet Union, but was also one of the heroes of the October Reyolution and had always dauntlessly defended its achieve ments, Born In 1877. Born in 1877, Comrade Dzerzhinsky entered the social-lemocratic party in 1895. He was persecuted by the czarist government for his revolution- ary activity in Lithuania and Poland, was exiled several times and con- demned to hard labor. He spent a total of 12 years of his life in prison. In 1906 he attended the party con- vention in Stockholm, which elected him a member of the central commit- tee. Rebel Leader, During the October Revolution he was one of the chief leaders of the revolt, After the revolution Dzerz- hinsky was intrusted with the organ- ization of the fight against the coun- ter-revolution. He organized the Ve- Tche-Ka (Tcheka, Extraordinary Com- mission to Combat the Counter-Revo- lution) and was appointed its presi- dent. Dzerzhinsky later held the posts of people’s commissary of the inter for, of communications,’ and at the time of his death, was president of the supreme council of national econ- omy and president of the G. P. U. (State Political Administration). of © Party Griey MOSCOW, July 30—(By Mall)—The manifesto of the central committee of the Communist Party.,of, the Soviet Union upon the passing away of Com- rade Dzerzhinsky reads: Another heavy, blow. hag struck the party. Comrade Dzerzhinsky, the ter- ror of the bourgeoisie, tha faithful pro- tector of the proletariat}:the noblest fighter for the Commuhist revolution, the tireless architect ofur industry, the untiring worker and undaunted soldier in great struggles, Comrade Dzerzhinsky ‘thas suddenly passed away, after Having delivered his speech, passionate “as always, in the plenary session of the central committee. His weakened, over-bur- dened heart refused to“function, Death has suddenly overtaken him, an honorbale death at his post. Always In Front, Our party loses in Comrade Dzerz- hinsky one of its greatest and bray- est leaders. In the czarist jails, in ex- ile, in Siberia, in endless years of im- prisonment at hard Idbor, in chains and at freedom, in illegal work and as a statesman, in the Ve-Tche-Ka and in the work of building the new soci- ety, Felix Dzerzhinsky always stood in the front line of battle. With self- sacrificing heroism: he built up the proletarian party in Poland and Lith- uania. In the most terrible years he was a dauntless revolutionary, and as soon as the great revolution broke his chains, he at once entered the ranks of the Bolshevist fighters. A hero of the October Revolution and one of its leaders, Dzerzhinsky GINSBERG’S Vegetarian Restaurant 2324-26 Brooklyn Avenue, LOS ANGELES, CAL. CALL US ———————-Humboldt 9059 Main 1703 PIANOS Tuned, Repai: Refinished BOUGHT AND SOLD Call Us Before You Buy Your Piano Elsowhere and Save Money, KART'S PIANO REPAIR SHOP 2439 W. WALTON 8T, Information Service for out-of-town Daily Worker readers. Left Wing eedle Workers’ Excursion Saturday, August 14th, 1926 '‘To-SUNSET PARK on the Hudson Steamer “Cleremont”. Boat starts 2 p. m. sharp from Battery Park Pier A. Music, Refreshments, Etc. Tickets. $1.10, at the pier $1.25. Tickets for sale at 108 East 14th St. soon took over a difficult assignment. Under his leadership, the Ve-Tche-Ka beat off the attacks of our enemies, In the most difficult days of countless conspiracies and counter-revolution- ary uprisings, when Soviet Russia stood in flames and a bloody host of enemies encircled the proletarians fighting for their emancipation, Dzerz- hinsky displayed superhuman energy, worked day and night, night and day, without sleep, without food, without pausing to rest. Hated by the enem- jes of the working class, he enjoyed the latter’s respect. His chivalry, his personal courage, his profound loyal- ty to principles, his uprightness, and his extraordinary magnanimity gave him immense authority. His merits are enormous, They can never be sufficiently estimated. But the period of civil war is past. Com- rade Dzerzhinsky 1s again sent to an outpost. He begins the fight against the chaos and struggles with superhu- man energy for our transportation and later for our industry, The peaceful epoch, which was a period of quiet for others, meant no rest for Dzerzhinsky. He still worked day and night, he still knew no holi- day. He still put the entire force of his personality, his extraordinary tem- perament, his intellect, and hig will- power at the services of the cause for which he had fought his whole life. Glorious Life-Work, His life-work was glorious. His ex- traordinary life was a thing of glory. Sweet his death at his post. Our battle flags bend low over you, undaunted friend. We call upon all those who toil, all proletarians to pay the last honors to the ‘fighter whose name is unforgettable, whose work will conquer the world. Long live Communism! Long live our party! Increase Facilities of Port of Odessa to Handle Growing Trade MOSCOW—(By Mail)— In view of |the increasing trade passing thru the Port of Odessa, the port authorities Propose to introduce certain improye- ments to facilitate the handling of cargoes and increase the capacity of the port. It has been decided to con- vert the port into the oil fuel base for the Ukraine and, in connection with this, the oil pier will be considerably enlarged. Two additional oil tanks for stor: ing vegetable oil, the export of which is increasing rapidly, will te con- structed with a capacity of 2,000 tons, with appliances for the mechanical loading of oil vessels. The capacity of the port railway will be increased to 900 cars per day. Moscow Trade Unions Have Long Had Radio; Soviet Gets Another MOSCOW, —(By Mail)— What is clatmed to be one of the largest broad- Casting stations in the world will com- mense to function in the near future. This is the Shaboloy station in the vicinity of Moscow, belonging to the Moscow Soviet, The Nejigorod Radio Laboratory is engaged in constructing a radiotelephone transmitter for the station, equipped with two twenty-five kilowatt Bonch-Burevich lamps, which will exceed in power that of the pres- ent Moscow broadcasting station be- longing to the Moscow Council of Trade Unions, School Teachers Help Soviet Cultural Life MOSCOW—(By Mail)—The most active section of the community in building wp the Soviet administration in White Russia (Belo-Russia, in the west of Russia, one of the autono- mous republics of the Soviet Union) are tha school teachers, it was re- ported at the White Russian National Teachers’ Conference held at Minsk, the capital of the republic. Three hundred delegates were present at this conference representing 12,000 teachers. According to the report made at the conference, no less than 9,000 teach- ers, in adddition to their ordinary work, carry on social-educational work in the rural districts. One thousand two hundred teachers are members of rural soviets ‘and 275 are members of county executive committees. Many teachers are also active in the Peas- ants Mutual Ald societies and co-op- eratives, and the work of the village clubs and reading rooms falls prin- cipally upon the local teachers. Slight Trembler in Tokyo. TOKYO, Aug. 4.—Thousands of per sons rushed to the open today as the most severe earthquake in two years struck Tokyo. The earth tremor stopped clocks, halted street car ser- vice and fnterrupted telephone ser- viga, te" D4 MART LAV ADA PA RAKOSI IS SENT TO. ‘SOLITARY BY TRIAL JUDGE President Grows Uneasy as Case Drags (Continued from page 1) the courtroom for the rest of the ses- sion,” This ruling of the president caused a commotion among the defendants as well as their barristers. Barrister Dr. Zoltan Langyel protests on behalf of the defense against this limitation of the rights, of the latter. The court.thereupon withdraws for a consultation. After the consultation the president declares: “I withdraw the last ruling that Rakosi be excluded from the rest of the session.” Sentence Second Defendant. Stormy scenes again take place dur ing the examination of Comrade Bos- zoki. The president sentences Com- rade Boszoki to 24 hours’ solitary con- Comrade Karl Oery, one of the 58 finement in a dark cell for contempt of court, “Boszoki: | “I protest most energeti- cally against this arbitrary ruling of the class court.” The President: “For this protest you get an additional 24 hours’ solitary confinement in darkness.” All the defendants with the excep- tion of Geza Vaina declare that they were frightfully beaten by the police. They refuse to testify on questions of detail. The president asks each of them whether he admits being a Com- munist, They all reply: “I am a Communist.” They declare that their aim is the establishment of a powerful Communist Party, because the social democracy has betrayed the interests of the proletariat and has géne over to the bourgeoisie. The President: “Defendants Weis- zenhoffer, Nemeth, Fokkel, Canoz and Kalman, in your examination by the police you declared that you did not belong to the secret organization and were only organized socialistically.” The defendants reply that that is true, but «they were gradually con- vinced of the correctness of the Com- munist ideas and they were confirmed in their convictions; especially during the last ten months, by the justice of the counter-revolution. The present hated order of society can only be abolished under the leadership of the Communist Party and replaced by a more human system, Socialist Labor Party History. Aladar, Welszhausz took up in de- tail the origin and development of the socialist labor party. “The middle ages still exist in Hun- gary,” declared Weiszhausz. “Not only awakening; Hungarians, but also the social democrats feel at home in this slough. Ll branded the social demo- crats as the allies of the awakening Hungarians. Strong Opposition Group. “In the» old social democracy a strong opposition group existed which had a large number of adherents. Things came to a conflict with the party executive. Several prominent members of the group were expelled from the social democracy in violation of the statutes. The Second Interna- tional sent a commission to Vienna to settle the differences. This commis- sion was presided over by Karl Kaut- sky. Among its members were sey- eral of the most prominent leaders of the Second International. This com- mission unanimously condemned the agreement concluded by the social democratic leaders with Count Beth- len, and branded this pact as immoral, “The opposition were granted the right of criticizing freely the signers of the past. The commission called on the leaders of the Hungarian social democracy to recognize the opposition as an authorized tendency within the party and to lay the differences as soon as possible before a congress of the party, which was to be elected by a general untrammeled vote. “The leaders of the social democracy declared their readiness to submit to these decisions of the commission. They ‘themselves signed the commis- sion report, After their return to Hun- gary they repudiated their signatures and statements. They continued the expulsions; aye, they even misused their position in several trade unions to obtain the expulsion of opposition members em masse. The opposition could no longer remain passive in the face of this state of affairs, especially since the masses would not have com- prehended such vacillation and pressed not only for a split from the social democracy, but even for the founda- tion of separate trade unions, Unity'of Trade Unions. “Thus was the unity of the trade unions endangered by the social dem- ocratic leaders. A number of new trade. unions’ sprang up like mush- rooms. The opposition then colle: the dissatisfied elements in the ‘so- cialist labor party’ and its first act was to put a stop to the splitting of the trade unions and to conserve their unity, “The Hungarian social democracy betrayed not only the poorer peas- antry and the rural proletariat by sac- rificing their right of organization in the pact with Count Bethlen, but also betrayed the interests of the industrial proletariat, which has been plunged into the deepest misery by ‘recon- struction.” The Horthy system is based today principally on the union of the large Jand owners with the big capitalists. The abolition of this sys- tem can only:fesult from the fighting unton of Proletariat with the ” Attorney General Miskolezy belongs to the Awakening Hungarians and is at present the prosecutor in the trial of 58 Hungarian workers charged with membership and sympathies with the Communist Party and the socialist la- bor party of Hungary. He has been in the service of the white terror govern- ment for many years. GERMANS TAKE garlan court for membership in the Communist Party, Is on the left. right Is President of the Court Szemak, SOVIET TRADE AWAY FROM U.S, Britain Also Gains by United States Loss WASHINGTON, Aug. 4, — A de- crease of 48 per cent in American trade with the Soviet Union during the first half of 1926, as compared with the same period in 1925, is re |ported by the Russian information bu- reau in Washington. These figures |are based on dealings of 14 Soviet trading organizations that have been in the American market, Harold Kellock, statistical director of the bureau, explains that the sharp decline in American exports to the Soviet Union—from $52,610,645 to $25,962,882—in the first six months of this year, is due in part to the fact that the Soviets had to purchase last year nearly $18,000,000 worth of Amer- ican flour, due to a poor harvest at home, while this year such purchases ceased. Buying of American cotton was also reduced from $26,500,000 to $12,000,000, American agricultural machinery, on the other hand, was bought in much larger amount, as was oil well ma- chinery and other equipment, “Despite these gains, however,” he says, “American exports to the So- viet Union have fallen back this year relatively, while Soviet imports from Germany and England has gained pro- portionately. Germany in particular is now making every effort to regain her supremacy in Russian trade, and it is fair to assume that under pres- ent conditions American manufactur- ers will find Germany an increasingly difficult competitor in that market, save for such things as tractors and other specialized mactiinery, in-which American quantity production has out- distanced competition.” Head of Fake Fascist Labor Unions Disturbs Placid Amsterdamers ROME, Aug. 4, —(FP)— Rossoni, chief of Mussolini's fascist labor or ganization, is credited by the dictator, in an interview with the London Daily Mail correspondent, with encouraging the fascist grand council to decree that Italian workers should toil an ad- ditional hour each day, When he consulted Rossoni, Mueso- lini claims, the former declared that “the Italian workers are ready with- out special payment to work another hour.” The dictator further asserted that Italian workers were enthusiastic over the decree, and were ready to work even two additional hours if It were necessary, Rossoni, at the recent International Labor Conference at Geneva, demand: ed recognition as representative of the Italian workers. Leaders of the actual trade union movement of Brit- ain, France, Germany and the Scan- dinavian countries denounces his “brazen effrontery,” and demanded that only the elected spokesmen of le- gitimate trade unions be recognized. Rossont then threatened to have the seat of the league of nations moved to Vienna, under penalty of Italian withdrawal from the league, if this government could not be treated with more respect, pantheon a an Page Three defendants in the trial before a Hun- On the END MILITARY DICTATORSHIP, FILIPINO PLEA Oppose Rule of oT Cabinet” MANILLA, P. I, Aug. 4, — “If we must have an American instead of @ Filipino as governor general, the | people of the country prefer a civilian | to a military man, especially one sur- | rounded by military advisers as in the | case of General Wood,” declared Man- | uel Quezon, president of the Filipino | senate when speaking of General | Leonard A. Wood and his “cavalry | cabinet.” Legislature Deadlocked. “A deadlock exists between the leg- islature and General Wood,” he went on. “Things have come to a stand- still here because of the difficulty to pass any remedial legislation as long as General Wood is here. Altho civil government of the Phil- ippines is provided for by act of con- gress, the Wood regime gives the peo- ple the impression that they actually have a military dictatorship. We hope General Wood will be the last military governor general. Personally, I have nothing against General Wood, who is an amiable gentleman. Our people do not want a military governor.” Want No Peonage. Quezon when asked whether the Philippine legislature would alter the land laws so that Jarge rubber plan- tations could be founded on the island declared: “The experience of companies now engaged in producing rubbef is that they can grow rubber profitably with- in the limitations of the present land laws, which restrict corporation pur- chase to 25,000 acres of public lands. “The opposition to granting 75,000 acres is twofold: First, the people fear influential corporations would op- pose independence; second, our policy is to promote individual ownership of land. We do not want to develop a situation such as obtains in some oth- er countries under which great tracts | of land are held by a few men and Red Cartoons OVGONQNGLEEUEPOONEAAAOQOUUULETOESASTUUOULUCUU ANUS N OAR EH SNE The Book of the Year NOUSAYNUTUUADTTREATAATOETAATTEAAELA LUAU EEE you will find many beautiful draw- ings like this one LYDIA GIBSON the talented proletarian artist whose splendid work is included | with the choice work of Fred Ellis Robert Minor by corporations, the rest of the people being peons.” Mexican Shrub Gives Rubber Supply; U. S. Doubles Its Imports WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. — A phe- nomenal increase in the importation of rubber from Mexico was reported by the department of commerce. For the first five months of thig year 4,663,132 pounds of wild or Gay- ule rubber were brought in, practi- cally double the amount for the same period of 1925. Most of the rubber is harvested in the vicinity of Saltill. It is the product of a wild shrub, grow- ing over a vast territory. It is cut down and put thru a mill and the crude rubber pressed out. As fast as the plant is uprooted another grows in its place. The supply is said to be inexhaust- ible. Tho industry ts almost wholly in the hands of Americans, Polish Government Plans to Reorganize Its Army Command WARSAW, Aug. 4-—Reorganization of the army command and the creation of a new post of general inspector of the army with Marshal Pileudski in the post is contemplated by the Polish government. Pilsudski in his new post would be in command of the army and pracy tically independent of the government and parliament, In periods of war he would be commander-in-chief of the army, It is expected that with his appoint- ment to the new post he will resign as minister of war and either General Rydzsmigly or General Skierski will take his place, Bninski, anti-Pilsudski governor of Posen, has been replaced by the form- er minister of the interior and pres- ent governor of Vilna, Raczkiewter. Jewel Robbers Make Haul. 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