The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 11, 1926, Page 3

i rendered. . i $ Ey ' consequences from the mutiny the ar- SPANISH REVOLT || ESCAPING FROM “CENSOR'S GRIP Primo Di Rivera Loses Confidence of Army BULLETIN MADRID, Sept, 9. — Reduction of the number of artillery generals from eighteen to ten was ordered to- day In a royal decree, issued as the result of the revolt of artillery of- ficers, This order is understood to be a compromise measure, General de Rivera having desired the dissolu- tlon of the artillery corps entirely while the king was opposed to such a drastic step, Peace in view, the king Intends to resume his “vaca- tion” at San Sebastian. The artillery will remain under the control of the regional captain ge: is for purposes of discipline. Thus it appears that eight artillery generals will lose thelr rank and the artillery will be taken from the direct command of ‘artillery officers, while 150 artillery officers will be court-martialed. see (Special to The Dally Worker) MADRID, Sept. 9.—With an iron clad censorship resting over the entir country, with official assurances tha the revolt against Primo de Rivers has ‘surrendered, has been shot tc pieces, has compromised, and has ended itself in other ways, there con- tinue to be rumors of vast dissatisfac- tion in all parts of the army, and it is certain that artillery regiments are in open mutiny and that they are aided by the navy, Madrid is full of troops, most of them infantry, supposedly more relia- ble’ from the government’s point of view, and somewhat antagonistic to the military castes in the artillery which are now in revolt against Dicta- tor Primo de Rivera. But these peas- ant infantry units have many of them gone thru the hell of Morocco and have no love for those who sent them there. They are not absolutely loyal. In this strange atmosphere of sus- picion, rumor and official denials that sometimes admit more than they deny, it has been decided to take a plebis- cite on Sept. 11, 12 and 13 for or against the convocation of a national assembly. Primo de Rivera and his party will, of course, oppose the re- turn to constitutional procedure, while the business interests and the working class are each opposed to military feudalism and Primo de Rivera, Committees are to be created thru- out Spain in each city to consist of a president appointed Dy the mayor, and three members of the Patriotic Union Party, with other delegates from other bodies to be designated later. This machinery of committees will try to drum up a great petition for Primo de Rivera to be left in charge of the country with dictatorial rights, Martial Law. Martial law was established when the first outbreak took place in the artillery barracks of Barcelona. An attempt has been discovered to kidnap King Alfonso and force him to abdi- cate. Bands of rebels in fleet. motor cars were to rush down upon him in his summer capital of San Sebastian as soon as the fighting began at Bar- celona and Cadiz. Alfonso escaped by taking a train to Madrid before the conspirators could get started. The entire country 1s irritated over the harsh rule of Rivera, who seized power on Sept. 12, 1923, by a military coup d'etat, based largely on dis- satisfaction with the losing war in Morocco, He has since offended the officer groups who brought him to his high position by taking from them the right to control promotions, eee Revolts Common Now. MADRID, Sept. 9.—Prime Minist: de Rivera has issued another state- ment that he has the situation well in hand, “Conditions are improving every minute,” said the general, “court martials have already started.” A report is current that the king has interceded in the interest of peace, following a conference held on the highway with high artillery of- ficers ‘who stopped ‘his automobile. ' After receiving promises that virtually amount to immunity from all serious tillery regiments at Segovia have sur- Fear of Overthrowal of Monarchy Checks - Rivera’s Iron Fist MADRID, Sept. 9.—The undercur- ot ict between dictator Primo and King Alfonso has re- the king forcing De Rivera Punishment to be in- Mutinous military of- j i : s i 3s ,}call to the attention of the. local that GOLDSTEIN DECLINES NOMINATION IN LETTER TO FURRIERS’ LOCAL; “ISSUE IS POLICY, NOT OFFICE” Robert Goldstein, a progressive member of the Furriers’ Local No. 45 (Chicago) who was nominated for business representative at the last meet- ing of the union, has issued an open letter to the members of the organization informing them of his resignation as a candidate, stating that he supports I. Israelson who is also candidate against the present incumbent Milstein. In his letter to the union he Calls upon the members to support Israelson and the entire progressive slate, and outlines the policies upon which the opposi- tion asks the support of the member- ship. The letter follows. Goldstein Declines, Chicago, Iil., Sept. 3, 1926. To the Officers and‘ Members of the Furriers’ Local 45. fice, Brothers and Sisters: In declining, I wish to state my reasons for doing to. Inasmuch as Brother I. Israelson is a nominee for this position on a progressive plat- form I call upon all the members of the furriers’ local to support him and all the progressive candidates, I be- Neve that the present leadership is not capable of running the affairs of our union to the satisfaction of the membership, and a change in admin- istration is absolutely necessary at this time. Milstein Uses Polloe. The members of Local 45 are against the policies pursued by the Present business agent, who is at- tempting to rule the organization by the aid of gangsters and the Chicago police department.; I am in favor of a policy which will,eliminate gangster- ism from our union, so that the mem- bership will hay@,all opportunity to express themselves on all questions coming before the organization and the labor movement in general. I am opposed to. the, recent star-chamber settlement of,the strike and believe the membership jis entit'ed to a thoro discussion. of the, agreement. IT am in faver of wiping off our books all the charges now held against progressive members of our local who have dared to protest against the one- man rule of Present business agent, Brotlier Milstein. I know that these charges Haye no foundation and have only been made against these brothers in o: to prevent the op- position from participation in the elections and thus again leave the union in the hands of Milstein and »his hand-picked executive board, Matter of Polloy. I wish to emphasize that the pres- ent struggle in Local 45 must not d generate into a fight between indi- viduals or a scramble for official po: tions, Tha progressive forces are fighting for definite fundamental changes in policy, and have my full support, In declining as a candidate tor business representative I desire to Labor Radio Scores SYDNEY—(FP)—Owning its own radio station (2KY) at the Sydney Trades hall, Labor broadcasts night- ly its opposition to the referendum proposals to the Australian con- stitution, The other political par- ties, having no privately-owned ra- dio stations, must remain silent on the air. All other statio in Aus- tralia, being company-owned and re- ceiving government subsidies, are not allowed to broadcast political matter in their programs. Having re- ceived the nomination for business representative of our local at the last meeting, I, the undersigned, desire to withdraw my candidacy for that of- place any obstacles in the way of can- didates who hold different views than those of the administration, or we may as well pick a dictator to shape all our policies and stop holding meetings, Instead of policies of surrender to the bosses, I believe the rank and file of our membership who in the past have shown their willingness and ability to fight the bosses, should be mobilized as one solid army in the fight for higher wages ard better conditions. Our New York members have shown us a splendid example of how to con- duct a successful struggle against the employers, and with the proper lead- ership the Chicago furriers will be able to do likewise and establish one hundred per cent union control over the shops, Fraternally yours, Robert Goldstein. Send us the name and address of @ progressive worker to whom we can send a sample copy of The DAILY WORKER, Feed the British Miners’ Children! T have accepted as candidate for vice- president, It seoms that objections were raised against moe for the office of vico-pres!- dent and not for business representa- tive, which to any one with ordinary Bread! Mother! Bread? INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ i AID, ‘ THE DAILY WOR The Model and the Painting A Capitalist Painting a Picture of the Soviet Union. CURRENT EVENTS By T. J. O'Flaherty. (Continued from page 1) realize a handsome penny on the sale. At least, enough to keep the Rouman- ian government out of a debtor’s pris- on for another year. ERTRUDE EDERLE is partial to juicy cuts of beefsteak and yet she swam the English channel. A Los Angeles contributor will grind his cel- ery with extra ferocity when he reads this observation. Here is what he writes us:.. “Tavarish O'Flaherty is again at his favorite pastime. Kill- ing vegetarians . If the hor- rors of the cattle-cars and the bloody shambles of the stockyards appeal to him more than orchards and orange groves, he is entitled to his taste.” | nce SHAW is a vegetarian and can well afford the luxury. His aversion to shedding the blood of animals did not prevent him from supporting his king and country in the late war and coining profits thru war bonds out of the blood of Ger- man, British, French and soldiers of other nations. Orange groves and or- chards are beautiful. So are calves and milch cows. The dung of the stockyards is not pleasant to the smell but neither is the fertilier that pushes up the celery in the garden, I compromised with my vegetarian friends recently by instructing all readers of The DAILY WORKER to eat green leafy vegetables with their meat. This is what I get for meeting them half way. The olive leaf is now withdrawn. HOPLH never seem to know when they are well off. Take those Chinese for instance. Who will dare say that British, French, Japanese and American capitalists did not en- ter the country with the object of making this a better piace to live in KER Page Thred DELEGATE FROM CALLES TO MEET AGAINST EMPIRE Brussels Conference At- tracting Attention Pres. Calles of Mexico has cabled his thanks to the League Against Colonial Suppression and Cruelty for their message of congratulations to him because of his victories over financial and religious conquerors, and has promised that Mexico will send an ference of the league, says Manuel Gomez director of the All-America Anti-Imperialist League, headquarters in Chicago. Gomez has received word to that effect from Mexico, The Leagué Against Colonial Sup- pression and Cruelty will hold its next conference in Brussels, the middle of November. The conference and its organizers are attracting much inter- national recognition not only because of the liberal and humanitarian aims set forth, but because of the promin- ence of the members of the leading group in the league. Among them are Saklatvala, the Communist member of parliament of England, Henri Bar- busse, M, A, Nexo, Henrietta Rolland Holst, George Ledebour, and others. In its propaganda and in its coming Brussels conference the European league has the cooperation and assist- ance of the All-America Anti-Imperial- ist League. Increase Shipments of Scab Coal from United States to Great “ritain (Continued from page 1) they hope to move on to new records. “Let September beat August ship- ments,” is their rallying cry. Railroads join in this rivalry, each of the three coal-shipping railroads entering here endeavoring to show the greatest gain in coal shipments, Railroads Clean Up, Unprecedented activity at ‘the Se- wall’s Point Terminals of the Virgi- nian railroad did mucn to set the new world mark for coal loadings. The Virginian dumped 132,000 tons more than it has ever dumped before in any one month, While the Norfolk and Western and the Chesapeake and Ohio business was . extraordinarily large both these railroads have barely exceeded their figures for July. By roads, the August dumpings were: Norfolk and Western, 1,017,329 tons; Chesapeake and Ohio, 879,694 tons; and Virginian, 865,990 tons, Coal shippers at this port expect the unparalleled activity in fuel traffic to continue thru September and possibly late into the Fall. No Slackening. “There has been no_ perceptible slackening of foreign demand though some think that when cool weather comes the Welsh miners, whose idle- ness has brought a shower of gold to the coal roads terminating here, will take up their rusty picks,” one fat- bellied coal exporter declared today. Orders for shipment of coal, how- ever, have been placed into late Sept. Inquiries are being made for October | deliveries, One company, which has been doing a large export business, is said to have an order for 100,000 tons, September delivery, without any cancellation clause. Strike Breaking Slogan. With the slogan of “Let September beat August shipmenfs,” all engaged in shipment of coal to break the Brit- ish strike are working With a will. Railroad men are among the happiest. One of the longest trains of empty coal cars ever seen here left Norfolk at 11 o’clock this morning over the Norfolk and Western Railway for the coal fields of West Virginia. It was made up of 94 empty coal cars, or gondolas, and one caboose, This train was pulled by one loco- motive, one of the largest operated by the Norfolk and Western, It pulled the long train with the utmost ease. This train of coal cars to haul coal to break the British strike was nine minutes in passing the crossing at Granby street, one of Norfolk’s busiest for the Chinese masses. Hven to the | thoroughfares. It held up many street extent of giving them Jesus Christ in lieu of Con Fuetus. Sentimental Amer- fcan liberals told us that the Chinese were adorable people, addicted to pa- cifism and making love under the stars. Now, that they have taken to shooting, the liberals wifl not be so crazy about them but the Chinese geem to be making progress. HE Filipinos are not appreciative of the blessings of American rule. Carmi Thompson, Coolidge’s special investigaton who is acting like a per- fect American gentleman, according to Oswald Garrison Villard's Nation, is not having everything his own way in the Philippine Islands. He was met at one place by a crowd with a legen the Philippines?” And another ban- ner read: “We hope Colonel Thomp- son will be the last investigator.” ‘OB? of the Filipino orators spoke used Bnglish, indicating a lack of homogeneity among the Filipinos, who need ¢urther education in one language beforo they can be regard- ed as @ nation, according to a Now York Times reporter. This is the first ume a knowledge of Spanish has been adduced as reason why the Filipinos | 1 Spanish tho the younger ones N cars and automobiles, and attracted unusual attention because of its length. Baltimore also hopes to outdo it self in shipments of “scab” coal. Figures of coal exports from that port for August are not yet available but they are expected to at least equal the record-breaking month of July. No. foe 9400, Non 13, 0. i No. 63, $1,000; N. 600; No. 181, $1, 4 No. 419, $1 504, $100; No. 136 No. 1786, $100; Nv ). ‘of $1,000; No. 141, 242, $500; No. 44, , $100; Lo. 180, $100; Local 194, | 147, $460; Loci E000; 275, $1,000; Local 637, $300. | $200 ‘otal fi inters locals reported so far, Machint Local No. 34, official representative to the next con: | RELEASE LOUIS SOKOLOFF, LAST OF GARMENT STRIKE PICKETS; IN FIFTY DAYS The last member of the Interna- tlonal Ladies’ Garment Workers Union to be released from imprison- ment was greeted by a committee from his organization as he stepped from his cell, Sunday, at noon, His name Is Louls Sokoloff. Along with 37 other members of his union he was thrown Into prison to serve sentences Imposed for picketing dur- ing the 1924 strike In Chicago, Soko- loff got fifty days. At the time of his release, the union recelved a letter from the kangaroo court in the jail in which the prisoners expressed their good wishes to the union because of the decency of the members of the |, L. G. W, U, they had with them in prison, The other prisoners stated in this letter that they were con- vinced that unionism was a good thing If it made all unionists like those sent up for picketing. RELIGION IS NO PREVENTIVE OF CRIME GAREER New Masses Writer Hits Church Education That churches do not lessen crime, and that religious training is no anti- dote to criminal tendencies in chil- dren is contended in a striking arti- cle by Samuel Ornitz, author of “Haunch, Paunch and Jowl” and for many years a Brooklyn, N. Y., social worker, in the September issue of the New Masses, which appeared on local newsstands yesterday. “Gerald Chapman, most famous of recent assassins, had a splendid cath- olie training,” says Ornitz, “He showed such promise that hig aunt wanted to make a priest of him.” Whittemore Gang Pious, “The Whittemore gang—protestant, Jewish and catholic—had their day of fame by killing ruthlessty and stealing a million dollars worth of jewelry. They all had religious training.” Ornitz, who for twelve years han- dled juvenile delinquency cases as an expert in the Children’s Society of Brooklyn, declares under the title “Do the Churches Corrupt Youth?” that most notorious criminals of recent years, had received thoro religious training in youth, that intense study of religion in childhood is declared by scientists to lead to sexual crimes, and that ministers are often respon- sible for production of criminals, since “they get first chance at the child.” Strain of Horrors, The author suggests that religious training should be postponed until the child’s mind is more mature. “Per- haps religious instruction is too terri- bie for the young mind to withstand,” he writes. “Perhaps it should be de- tayed until later in life, when the in- tellect can stand the strain of the many horrors and monstrosities that tye botind up with the standard re- ligious interpretation of god.” “I have had first-hand contact with the family history of gunmen, pan- ders, prostitutes, murderers, rapists, grand-scale embezzlers, burglars, baby Borgias, holdup artists, ete. It is extremely rare to find a man or woman answering for some heinous crime who has not had some sort of religious training, simple or elaborate, CHICAGO LOCAL UNIONS RAISE $16,928 FOR STRIKING BRITISH MINERS DURING McKENNA TOUR There are fifteen unions still to hear from, but as a result of Paul Mo replica of the Liberty Bell with the|Kenna’s speaking tour thru the middle west Chicago locals have already “This bell has been silent | raised a grand total of $16,928.40 for the striking British miners, stated Anton for centuries. When will it ring for} Johannsen, in charge of his meetings here. Following is the list of contributions so fa: Local No, 1 +—_—-— — ————— -— ———-- 7,000; No. 88, eo! Scapulars and Talismen. “The Catholic Killer wears his scap- ular about his neck. “The Jewish Kid Dropper murderer has a sacred Palestinian talisman in his vest pocket. “The protestant clergyman who pol- soned his mistress’ husband refers to tte Bible before he answers to the dis- trict attorney. “In my work in the Children’s So- ciey I interviewed hundreds of boys 6 girls and read thousands of simi- lar interviews and investigated the facts and the family histories. Slum, middle class, upper crust, all contrib- uted cases, They were folks that did one thing well—they sent their chil- dren to church and Sunday school,” A subscription to The DAILY WORKER for one month to the members of your union is a good way. Try it. Local 2, $100; Letter Carriers, No. 11, $1 Book Binders, Lo- cal 8, $100; Bricklayers, Local 21, $25; $126; Cloth Hat and Bakers Union, L me it Car Workers, Loe: Janitors, Local 74, $800 Musi HANKOW TAKEN FROM FORCES OF WU PEL-FU English Cruiser Fires on Cantonese SHANGHAI, Sept. 9.—In spite of the haze of uncertainty due to censorship by the reactionary tools of foreign im- pertalism as to the present situation in the Yangtze valley, the Cantonese claim that Hankow has been taken from the forces of Wu Pet-fu three days ago and this important industrial center of central China is now in. the hands of the national liberation armies after flerce fighting in which Wu Pet- fu was aided by British, Japanese and American gunboats, British Intervene. The British gunboats were quite open in their attacks upon the Can- tonese forces, to try to prevent them from crossing the Yangtze and from holding their positions at Wuchang, They have incited Sun Chuan Fang, the military ruler of five provinces on the lower Yangtze valley, to make an attack on the Cantonese at Changsha, The British have, in addition, begun a policy of war in the south. At Hong- kong, the British officers were ordered to proceed to Shameen, the foreign settlement at Canton, and drive away the pickets placed there by the Chinese unions. Much of the shootings of natives have occurred there, and the British are making a new effort to provoke conflict. Gunboats are docked along the wharf and marines sent along the docks, while Chinese troops and police are pushed back and lined up along the bund. What may come here no one can foretell, British Convoy Troop Ship. The British gunboat Scarab began a bombardment of the Cantonese fifty miles above Hankow, under the excuse of convoying a merchant ship, which, however, was loaded with reinforce ments for Wu Pei-fu. The Chinese are intensely aroused at the open war fare being waged against them by the British and Japanese particularly, In Peking, the national sentiment ts so strong that the reactionary regime has declared martial law and is arrest ing students and workers. Over 3,400 students joined in a call to students in other cities to rise in revolution against the reactionary alliance of Wu Pei-fu and Chang Tso-lin. Peaceful Foreigner Unharmed, A U.S. gunboat, while patrolling the Yangtze seven miles below Hankow, was struck by bullets from the Can tonese forces attacking the city, No harm has been done to the 1,500 white foreign residents, and the Cantonege have issued a manifesto assuring for. eign residents of their safety so long as they do not enter the ranks of the enemy or aid them. The struggle for the central pro vinces, in which there are over 100; 000,000 people and immeasurable wealth, is one of the most important phases of the whole struggle of China for liberation from foreign control The British and other foreign imperial ists know this, hence tha resistance, Anti-Chamorro Revolt Gains Ground; Rebels Lay Siege to El Bluff BL BLUFF, Nicaragua, Sept, & ~ The town is closely besieged; the rebel forces attacking it with artillery and machine guns. All explosives and gasoline are being moved from the government warehouses to prevent their destruction, Fighting continues at Cosequima, in the Gulf of Fonseca, where the govern- ment announced a victory last week, All over the country the revolt gains ground against President Chamorro. Youngster Disappears With Gow ernment Funds, NEW YORK, Sept. 9. Robert Smeaton, Jr. until August 25, when he disappeared from his home in’ Rich- mond, Va, a clerk of thé United States district court for the eastern district of Virginia, is held in $10,000 bail today following his arrest on @ charge of appropriating government funds. TAKE A RIDE Spend a day out in the wa6ds with a jolly crowd at the Barnett and Warren Billings Branch I. L. D., Chicago, Til. Truck Party at the Forest Preserve Sunday, September 12 Trucks leave Workers Ly- ceum (2733 Hirsch Blvd.) at 8:30 a.m, Come on time and enjoy real good music, (no speeches) games and BATHING Be sure to bring your bath- ing suit. 75 Cents pays for the round trip with a jolly crowd. A day in the country and all” proceeds to defend Labor’s best fighters in jail, |