The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 22, 1926, Page 2

p, | with Marshal Foch, Page Tee SS SMa RY MES EEN UTE CO AEE SEA THE DAILY WORKER PROTEST WOOD'S VETO OF ISLAND REFERENDUM BILL Anti-Imperialist League Asks Recall of Governor Branding Governor-General Wood's veto of the Filipino referendum bill on independence as “a brazen insult to an oppressed people” the All-Amer- ica AntiImperialist League yesterday issued a statement of protest. The statement calls for the imme- jiate recall of Wood and appeals to he American workers to support Filt- pino independence, The statement in full follows: Are the Filipino People to Be Denied the Right to Say Whether They Want Their Freedom? STATEMENT OF ALL-AMERICA ANTI-IMPERIALIST LEAGUE, Governor-General Leonard Wood has again vetoed the bill for a referendum om the independence question in the Philippines. This is the second time Pinos the right to say whether they want independence. Last year a sim- ilar bill was passed unanimously by the legislature, but it was vetoed by Wood when it was too late for repas- sage. The present bill vetoed by Wood will now come before the legislature for re-passage, will undoubtedly be wnantmously re-adopted, and then will be presented to President Coolidge for his action, Wood Fears Vote, Why did Wood veto this bill? Why does he not permit the Filipinos to vote on this question? That he fears an overwhelming support for freedom on the part of the voters is proved by the fact that every representative in the Filipino legislature was elected mainly for his stand for independence. Wood has acted in accord with the wishes of Wall Street, which can look upon the Philippines only as a cast rubber plantation. Wood's action makes a mockery of everything American presidents have ever said about the rights of self-de- termination of nations. Not only are the Filipinos denied self-determination but they are even refused the right to express their preference. Monster Protest. The All-American Anti-Imperialist League calls upon all true friends of Filipino independence to rally in a monster protest against this brazen insult to an oppressed people. Let your voice be heard in Washington! Demand the recall of Governor-Gen- eral Wood, whose every act tightens | that he has refused to grant the Fil: | | | HERRICK COMES HOME TO SEE CAL ABOUT THE FRENCH FINANCIAL MESS AMBASSADOR M. T, HERRICK Is coming back to the States for a “brief vacation and to confer with the president on the delicate French situation.” Wall Street is beginning to worry about the millions It loaned to France. CURRENT | EVENTS By T. J. O'Flaherty. (Continued trom page 1) correspondent, who recently returned from Mexico, Clayton has been busy since his return adding to the swollen stream of lies against Mexico that is flowing thru the sewers of the Ameri- can capitalist press, Tho Clayton did not intend to help Calles by his arti- cles, decent people will not think less of the Mexican executive after read- ing it, tho readers who are on to the publicity game will believe little of the human interest embellishments added to the few facts that give the yarn some degree of credibility. oe oe ALILES is not a Bolshevik or a so- cialist in the real sense. His posi- tion has been told and re-told in the columns of The DAILY WORKER. He deserves the support of every American worker and farmer in the present crisis, because he is fighting the chains of imperialist domination on the Philippines! Wood must be recalled immediately! Down with American imperialism! Support the struggle for independ- ence of the Filipino people! Immediate, complete and absolute independence for the Philippines! All-American Anti-Imperialist League. Mamue!l Gomez, Secretary U. S. Section. Marshal Foch Warns of War Any Minute in ., Recent Paris Interview (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON (By Mail).—The Weekly Dispatch announces that its next Sun- day number will contain an interview former general- issimo of the allied armies, on “The Next War!” Foch declares that while everyone would like to believe that a new war is a remote possibility, the fact remains-that a war can break out at any moment, umexpectedly. Such a war would most likely encompass the entire world. Should such a war materialize it would, be more frightful than the last world war. It is known, continues Foch, that every nation, despite Geneva—here Foch refers to the con- cordat\by which nations pledged them- selves against the use of poisonous gases in war—is occupying itself with the perfection of a poison gas which can completely demolish the forces of an enemy nation, All,Our Work Guaranteed, SSS EEE, SEMINARY TAILORS 1 CLEANERS & DYERS Pressing—Repairing—Remodeling Hats\cleaned and blocked—Shoe Shining Parlor—Laundry 812-14 Fullerton Ave., Chicago, III. Phone Lincoln 3141 two enemies of human freedom, the catholic church and American impe- rialism. Of course Calles would not amount to a hill of beans but for the support of the Mexican masses, + e8 READER sent us a new five-cent postage stamp, one of a new issue in honor of John Ericsson, a Swedish engineer who built the famous iron- clad “Monitor” and revolutionized nav- igation, In one of the top corners of the stamp is a United States flag and in the other a cross. Our reader fears that American capitalism is trying to unite church and state and thus vio- late the constitution. “. EEP cool, brother, but don’t keep quiet. “What is the constitution between friends?” said Teddy Roose- velt on a certain occasion. The capi- talists are violating the constitution every day when it suits their purpose. The cross and Wall Street are in an unholy alliance to keep the American workers in slavery, mental and physi- cal, That alliance can only be rup- tured by an alliance of the workers and farmers of this country, regard- less of race, creed or color, DONATIONS RECEIVED TO THE DAILY WORKER Nick Stess, West Allis, Wisc. we! George Sudentis, Greenpoint, Brook- lyn, N.Y. « A. .N. Rathier, Detroit, Mich. Albert Gerling, Madrid, lowa Wm. F. Miller, Chicago, Ill. A. Marcelia, Neffs, Ohio Howard B. Keehn, Reading, James Campbell, Long Beach, in Fraction, W. P. Sessaaaa 88888833 We Call for and Deliver, ne ee erm ne terme | SSS SEE eer Vilnis Pi : Sunday, August 22, Beginning at 10 A. M. at CHERNAUSKAS GROVE, 79tth & Archer Ave., Justice Park, III. Large Program—Speaker: Max Bedacht Two Large Lithuanian Choruses Will Sing—Sports—Games—Refreshments Lithuanian Eats and Dancing—Union Orchestra—Large Dancing Floor—18 Acre Grove DIRECTIONS—Take Archer-Cicero cars to Cloero Ave., transfer on Willow E Sprin Autos: Ogden Ave., Archer Ave., 96th and 111th, } Brn ce, ae CALLES REPLIES TO BISHOPS IN CHURCH FIGHT Legal Channels Open to Catholic Protest (Continued fram page 1) amendment thru the federal congress or if it is deemed that said decree goes further than the provisions of the con- stitution, to apply before the federal court for an injunction on the applica- tion where said law may overstep the limits. . . Right To Stop Praying. “And in order to make clear the ex- ecutive point of view I wish to state it is not true as you affirm that it has been the intention to charge you with | rebellion for having suspended public services in the churches, I judge as you do that the fact of suspending of a profession an account of conditions which appear inadmissable to profes- sions—cannot be styled rebellion and the suspension of catholic worship in the churches—is for the government an absolutely alien problem, The president then refers to the con- stitutional reforms suggested by the late President Carranza, which are sought by the episcopate, and con- tinues. Permission To Push Bills, “It seems natural therefore,... that your efforts tend towards the general congress during the next Sep- tember term with a view to obtaining the quick passage of the bill presented by present Carranza and I avail my- self of this opportunity to declare my intention of complying with my duty not to hinder your legal resources for the amendment of the laws that you contend... And at the same time to point out my intention not to evade the discussion of these matters in the chambers, Constitutional Rights. “Referring to the liberty of con- science of worship, of thought, of teaching, of association and of press that you ask in your letter, I must declare that these liberties... are Specifically set forth in Articles 3, 6, 7, 9, and 24 of the constitution and I am determined to obey them strictly and honestly, Reason For Appeal. It is how known that the bishops’ appeal to Callies was decided on after @ message was received by agents of the Knights of Columbus in Mexico, from James A. Flaherty, supreme grand knight of the American K. of C., that president Coolidge had advised him that the United States would neither intervene in the religious con- flict nor lift the embargo, May Ask Extradition, The Mexican government is_ still keeping a close watch on the border for arms smuggling or counter-revolu- tionary incursions, It was rumored here yesterday that the Mexican state department would request the extra- dition of General De La Huerta and General Estrada from the United States. The foreign office announced that according to information in its pos- session, catholic women in the state dot California contributed to the pro- jected invasion of General Estrada. Three Dead: Two Wounded. Three members of the national chamber of deputies are dead, former Governor Tomas Garrido, of Tabasco, is suffering from gunshot wounds and a newsboy is dying today as a result of a pistol battle staged on Francisco Madero street when the thoroughfare was crowded with people. The battle was an outgrowth of a virulent political quarrel between op- posing factions of the chamber of dep- uties. Former Governor Garrido is the campaign leader who is supporting General Obregon’s presidential boom. Swift and Sudden. The affray broke so suddenly that Deputy Manuel Pedrero Luiz, who carried two guns, fell to the sidewalk with his brains blown out before he had an opportunity to draw either gun. Deputy Marcos Luis was shot thru the stomach and lungs, The newsboy was shot thru the lungs, stomach and one leg. ss Border Forces Strengthened. EL PASO, Tex., Aug. 20, — Follow- ing reports of a planned movement of 100 armed men from some point on the border into Mexico, Mexican na- tional forces at Juare and opposite Columbus N. M, have been strengthen- ed, {t was learned today. Several companies have been added at Juarez, across the Rio Grande, moving from the Chihuahua City un- der orders from the presidential palace at Mexico City. French Deputy Wants to Trade Indo-China Rubber Land for Debt PARIS, Aug. 20.—To cede to the United States 2,090,000 acres of land in Indo-China, suitable for growing rubber, as a settlement for the French war debt to America is the proposal made by Deputy Outrey for Cochin- China in the nationalist newspaper Liberte, Expects Big Deficit. M. Outrey estimates that there will be a deficit of 186,000 tons in the rub- ber supply in 1928, progressing to 399,- 000 tons by 1935, “We can offer the Americans a prop- osition to produce sufficient rubber annually to supply the,market, there- by reducing prices to, a reasonable profit bearing figure, and affording a saving to United States consumers of 8,000,000,000 paper francs on the 400,- 000 tons of rubber they use,” he says. Announces His Plan. M. Outrey, after donsulting official government maps atid surveyors, be- lieves the rubber land! which he pro- poses to lease to the United States could be plotted out in the province of Cambodia. BOSS BREAKS WITH COMBINE Police Violence Again Used Against Union NEW YORK CITY, Aug. 20. — An- other break in the ranks of the in- dustrial council of the Coal Manufac- turers’ Association was announced by Louis Hyman, chairman of the cloak- makers’ general strike committee, when T, Klipstein .&) Company, em- ploying 180 workers, settled on union terms. The Klipstein Company is one of the largest industrial council mem- bers and its defection from the man- ufacturers’ ranks is‘ considered an augur of similar independent settle- ments, regardless of’ the danger of being expelled from‘industrial council membership. ¥ Hyman, speaking ‘at’a mass meeting in Jefferson Hall, 90 Columbia street, informed strikers that eight or njne prominent industrial éouncil members have settled to date? The strikers’ settlement committée, thru Salvatore Ninfo, chairman, yestérday announced five additional settlements, bringing the total settlements to date to 125. Police of the West‘30th street sta- tion, acting under ex$réss instructions of Captain Corhelius: Carmody, ar- rested 50 pickets yesterday. Thirty, arraigned in the morning in Jefferson Market court before'(Magistrate Good- man were found not guilty of obstruct- ing traffic, with the exception of sev- eral who were fined»$2 and $3 each. The remaining 20 were deliberately held in the station house, the union charged, until too late for arraignment in court yesterday, forcing the union to put up $500 bail for each. Germany Plans to Buy Part of Belgium, But Nationalists Object BERLIN, Aug. 20.—Negotiations be- tween Germany and Belgium for the sale to Germany of the districts of Eupen and Malmedy, taken from Ger- many by the Versailles treaty, are said to be progressing satisfactorily, despite the protest of the French and Belgian nationalists, who regard this as Germany's first big- attempt to un- dermine the treaty of Versailles. It is agreed that Germany is to pro- vide Belgium 250,000,000 gold marks ($62,500,000) in bonds on the govern- ment for Eupen and Malmedy, as well as a cash payment, German financiers have devised a means by which they will be able to finance the recession of the districts without touching a cent of their reve- nue nor any of the sources of income of the country reserved for repa) tions payment, thereby avoiding viola- tion of the Versailles treaty. German Express Train Derailed, 12 Killed HANOVER, Germany, Aug. 20.— Twelve ‘bodies havd' been removed from the wreckage of the Berlin-Col- ogne express, derailed here today, and it is believed that at least fit- teen more bodies aré buried, includ- ing those of many women and chil- dren. Salvage crews, nurses and doctors have been rushed to"the wreck from this city. Reichswelr troops have been ordered to give assistance. The wreck occurred fifty kilometers out- side of Hanover, which is one of the biggest railroad centers in Germany. The Berlin-Cologne express is one of the most popular trains for Amr- ican tourists leaving Berlin for Lon- don, It is not known whether there were any American casualties, Two Electrocuted at Sing Sing Jail OSSINING, N, Y., Aug. 20, — Two men went to their death in the electric chair at Sing Sing prison, They wei Jvid Demato, 33, of New Rochelle, N. Y., father of six children, and William Hoyer, Negro, of NeWeYork City, - stuffer, Frank McErlane, is now in the Lake county, Indiana, jail awaiting trial for the murder of Crown Point attorney. Capitalist Journalists Learn Early to Write Fakes for Their Press By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. pe American yellow press not only fakes news but is proud of the ability of its hireling scribes to manufacture “stories” that pass for reports of the day’s events. It is the fiction writer, when it comes to filling the news columns, who climbs to the top, He gets the bonus where there is any to be had. see One expression of this attitude is to be found in the admiration with which the “professional” sheets greeted the amateur performance of an editor on the Columbia Spectator, the 50-year-old official organ of the college students at Columbia Uni- versity, New York, where one of the first American colleges of journal- ism was established. Practically every university and college of any size in the United States has its own daily paper, small in size to be sure, but an expression of the journalistic ambitions of those editing it. It is on these college dailies and in these colleges of journalism that the future editors of the American kept press are carefully trained. The story of a piece of “faked news” in the Columbia Spectator is therefore important. The Spectator arrived on the campus seven hours late. Then the big capitalist news agency, the Associated Press, re- ports: “Prominent on its front page was an article explaining that the night editor, George Elpern, had been shot in the left wrist while aiding police in chasing robbers after a holdup of a jewelry store at Prince and Sulli- van streets, The wound, the article explained, had made it impossible for the young editor to complete his work in schedule time, “There is no jewelry store at the corner mentioned and police have no report of any disturbance in the neighborhood Saturday night, which was the time described in the ar- ticle. k “‘Well,’ laughed Elpern, the night editor, when approached by a re- porter, ‘I was in a tight place, I needed a box to fill a space on page one, So I “faked” that piece, WE DO IT ALL THE TIME. (emphasis ours). Last winter the edition was late several times, and they explain- ed it in boxes on page one, saying the office had caught on fire. An- other time they wrote that the night editor had been compelled to leave his work to repulse a gang of band- its who tried to break into the office. “‘Everybody in the office knows these things are “fake” when they appear, but, come to think of it, I GUESS THEY DO FOOL PEOPLE ON THE OUTSIDE! “He said the ‘fakes’ never were written in a humorous vein, but were made to seem as accurate as possible.” se Here are two points worth con- sidering. Everybody in the office knew the fakes were fakes, but they went in just the same, It was real- ized that they fooled people on the outside. In ordér to increase the power of the fake to mislead, every possible care was taken to see that they seemed “as accurate as pos- sible.” Thus, very early, the student of journalism in the goose-step colieges realizes the needs of thre yellow press game. He is getting a good start. These college journalists later on become a Donald Day, in Riga, or a Floyd Gibbons, in Bucharest, Rou- mania, manufacturing fakes about alleged uprisings and assassinations in the Union of Soviet Republics, in- stead of robberies at the corner jewelry store that does not exist. Donald Day and Floyd Gibbons, two of the best news fiction writers on the Chicago Tribune, know what they write is untrue, the editors of the Chicago Tribune know it is untrue, but it is good stuff from the view- point of the defenders of capitalism and so it is carefully manufactured for public consumption, When the truth comes along and blasts these fakes sky-high, it gets very little, if any, space. The Chicago Tribune runs a “Beg Your Pardon” column, that is devoted almost exclusively to the correction of misspelled names and wrong street addresses, No cor- rection is ever made that will dyna- mite the giant fakes that often get the headlines on the first page and that pass for the truth among the tens of millions of newspaper read- ers over the country, 2 Re Just now the United States is being flooded with news fakes about conditions in Mexico. Most of this fiction originates in the barrooms and cafes of Mexico City where the American newsgatherers assemble to coin their own versions of what is happening over the Mexican re- public. Back in New York City the Columbia University amateur faked the story about the office catching fire, in order to explain a late edi- tion, but now he is an American pro- fessional journalist in Mexico and his stories tell of burnings and pil- lagings by the enraged peasantry, revolts here, uprisings there, all fakes, alleged events transpiring at places that do not exist. But the American newspaper reader never has a Mexican map available, so the kept correspondent does not worry. se © ‘The same spirit of newsgathering is carried into all phases of capital- ist journalism. The worst lie is ped- died as the truth in order to advance American imperialist interests in the Philippines or in China. The vilest propaganda muddies the rela- tions between the United States and Japan, for instance, in the interest of the American dollar. Since cap- italist Japan copies American cap- italism the same is true of its sub- sidized press. ees Only recently the American press stood aghast when Leon Trotsky criticised the Soviet press for some misstatements of facts that were surely not intended, The press in the United States immediately con- cluded once more that the pillars supporting workers’ rule must sure- ly be crumbling. They heralded Trotsky’s criticism as another indi- cation of Communist decay. Instead, however, it is the surest indication of the strengthening of the Soviet press that does not let the word “fake” creep into its vocabulary, and tests every news source for correct- ness even as to its slightest detail. The Soviet press faces the world without a single fact to misinterpret or cover up. It was created and lives to speak for the great working class. The capitalist press is decadent with every disease of the disappear- ing class for which it speaks, and which rules only thru the power of the few to tyrannize over the many. This is another lesson on the neces- sity of a class press for labor that must be learned thoroly by the whole working class, McErlane Awaits Trial for Murder in an Indiana Prison Chicago's notorious ballot-box gunman and beer runner, Thaddeus Fancher, McErlane has had a hand in many killings but has been able to escape prosecution to date, which he is now to be tried was com- mitted May 4, 1924 in the Halfway Roadhouse at Crown Point. perate fight against extradition was carried on by McErlane’s lawyers. Judge John P. McGoorty ruled thar there was sufficient cause for extradi tion and ordered this killer sent to In- diana to be placed on trial for mur der. The murder for A des- Three auto loads of detectives ac- companied this gangster as ho was brought to the prison, Every pre- caution was taken against any av tempt that might be made by his gang- ster friends to free him, The DAILY WORKER is ina ton Blvd, CANVASSERS WANTED position to a limited number of canvassers in Ch ritory. Permanent position with Monroe 4712 or any morning at 10 a. m, 1113 W. Washing. Andrews Boasts That the Liquor Smuggling Has Been Cut Down WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—The use of airplanes to patrol rum row and the coast guard’s blockade of the At- lantic coastline has reduced the smug- gling of contraband liquor into the United States from Buropean coun- tries, it was announced by General Lincoln C. Andrews, prohibition head. End of Jealous Woman, Blind jealousy, which preyed on her mind until she created imaginary af- fairs between her husband and other women, drove Clare Begy, 32, bride of three months, to end her life at the feet of her husband, a policeman, as he was directing traffic in Michigan Blvd. _ Alleged Swindier Arrested. Warrants were issued by the govern- ment here today for the arrest of J, J. McGettigan, alias Doc Gray and Chas, Martin, alias Brown, both ex-convicts accused of having swindled a man named Elsie of Canton, O,, of $17,000. position to make a ate pro- cago ter- od income. Telephone rf Pad ALEX HOWAT IN PRAISE OF RUSS MINERS’ SPIRIT Wild to Aid British Brothers in Strike “It would be hard to describe the great enthusiasm among Russian min- ers when relief for their locked out British brothers is mentioned,” says Alexander Howat, former president of the Kansas district of the United Mine Workers. Howat dropped in on Chi- cago from Braidwood, Ill, where he was born, He came here with Mrs. Howat to visit relatives. He is on his way back to his job of coaldigging in a mine near Pittsburgh, Kan., after several months in the Soviet Union, Inspiring Unity. “I spoke at a number of big coal mines in southern Russia,” Howat re- lates, “when the ¢ollections for the British workers were taken. I told the miners that their action would not only help sustain the coaldigger fami- lies in Great Britain in their fight against wage cuts and longer hogpys, but that it would provide inspiration for labor men and women all over the world to demonstrate the unity of the organized workers against the owning class. Assessments and Cheers. “The men at one of the mines voted an assessment of $1 a week, about 5 per cent of their wages, for the dura- tion of the lockout. At another they voted 1 ruble a week, or 50 cents, The general officers of the unions have to caution their members every so often not to vote away all their wages in assessments in promoting labor soli- darity or bringing relief all over the world,” Modernizing Russian Mines, Russian coal mining, Howat says, is approaching the American pattern, with American mining machinery, par- ticularly the Sullivan make, and with progress toward electrification, Interested In Brophy. Howat expressed interest in the campaign that President John Brophy of the central Pennsylvania miners is making against John L. Lewis for the international presidency of the U. M. W. A. and recalled his own race a number of years ago. gece Relief Committee in General Appeal Asks Aid to Mine Strikers NEW YORK, 4-2) .000 can branch of sla itd committee for 4 y piners’ wives and childress’ vou, whhe: appeal to a large number of 28!€?ibutors to other relief appeals. Evelyn Preston is in charge of the American com- mittee, i Ellen Wilkinson, M. P., now seeking aid in New York from women’s or- ganizations, is head of the British committee. Ellen Wilkinson signs the American appeal, .saying that she makes this “personal appeal on be- half of nearly two million English children who are in actual want.” Hungarian Vintner Is Taken Up on Offer to Supply Dramatic Wine BUDAPEST, Aug. 20.—The Hun garian stage has suddenly gone wet. A champagne manufacturer announced that to advertise his wares he would furnish free champagne to be used in all drinking scenes in Budapest. Many plays immediately had drinking scenes written into them and the actors were ever ready to respond to encores. The Vintner called the offer off when it became necessary to fur- nish one hundred bottles a day to various theaters. Grant War Claims. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.— Amer ican charterers of foreign ships dam- aged or sunk by the Germans during the war were allowed claims amount- ing to $1,410,371 by the German-Amer- ican mixed claims commission today. The awards were made in 21 cases. The Theatre Club “The newest venture in the little theater” Presents: The Impertinent Players _ in “RUINT” By Hatcher Hughes Saturday and Sunday Eve. at 1358 N. Clark St. Chicago, Hil. Popular prices—Tea room in connection. To those who work hard for their money, | will save 50 per cent on their dental work. DR. M. RASNICK DENTIST 2050 Center Ave., Cor. Errin St. Pe PITTSBURGH, PA,