The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 17, 1926, Page 3

Tar rer eererenmnies ncumnramemieqemmaenrirreran meee PIERRE EH EE HE mC NN BRITISH MEAN TO MAKE WAR UPON CHINESE Armed Intervention to Bring in U. S. SHANGHAI, Sept. 15.—Great Brit- ain is steadily moving toward a war |" of intervention in China, and it is ex- pected that sufficient inducement will be made to bring the United States into line with Britain in a combined armed assault on the growing na- tional movement for liberation from foreign imperialist rule. Practical State of War, In two places a practical state of war exists, On the upper Yangtze the British are involved with their own allies, the troops of Wu Pei-fu in the province of Szechuan, where two ships are still held by Wu's subordinate, Yang-sen, after the battle of last week, in which the Chinese claim the British slaughtered great numbers of non- combatants wantonly, The British are trying to make another punitive expedition to recover the ships. Also in Canton the British have taken the offensive by seizing anti- British strike pickets and declaring they are pirates and will be treated as such. At that point a fleet of 15 for. eign ships is held up in the river by the Chuen-pi forts, while British war vessels are constantly provoking clashes with Canton authorities. Appeal to Chang in Vain, Both Wu Pei-fu and Sun Chuan- fang, the latter the military dictator of the five lower Yangtze provinces, have appealed to Chang Tso-lin at Mukden to come to their aid against the morthward drive of the Cantonese armies now consolidating their posi- tions at Hankow, Wuchang and Hany- ang arsenal on the central Yangtze. But Chang has troubles of his own in the north, This Manchurian dictator, tho well supplied with materials by Japan, par- ticularly, and his great munitions fac- | tory at Mukden, cannot trust his own, troops overmuch, and is menaced by the Kuominchun or “Peoples’ Army” outside of Peking, the Kuominchun being allied with the Cantonese and preventing Chang going south by their menace to his rear. Chang Massacres Mutineers. How risky are the chances of Chang is seen by the mutiny of his troops at Kalgan, where he crushed the muti- neers only by ambushing them and slaughtering several hundred at the railway station after disarming them upon. a promise they would be dis- .. banded, The Peking government, such as it is, has taken the side of the treops of Wu in the upper Yangtze figltt, and demanded Britain make an apology and pay reparations. In a Dilemma. The imperialists are disturbed by the dilemma, for if they attack China in combination they fear that the whole nation will turn to the Soviet Union for an ally, yet if they do not act quickly the Chinese under Canton leadership will steadily drive all im- Perialist interests out and unite the nation under a strong central govern ment which will repudiate all the ex- tra legal privileges of foreign powers. Good Full Chested STORIES | of Labor That will give you both pleasure and inspiration. —And make you a strong- er member of the Labor movement, We are glad to suggest that you read them. % a FICTION The Damned Agitaton—And Other Stories, By Michael Gold. $ .10 The Strength of the Strong, By Jack London. $ .10 100%—The Story of a Patriot, By Upton Sinclair. $ 25 Fairy Tales for Workers’ Chil- dren, By Hermina Zur Muhlen, Duroflex, § .75 Cloth, 1,25 “Flying Osip—Stories of New Russia, Paper, $1.50 Cloth, 2.50 King Coal, By Upton Sinclair, | Cloth, $2.00 }Chains, By Henri Barbusse. Cloth (2 vols.), $4.00 POEMS Poems for Workers, Edited by Manuel Gomez, $ 10 jars and Shadows, By Ralph Chaplin, $ 50 Poems For the New Age, By Simon Felshin, Cloth, $1.00 Rhymes of Early Jungle Folk, > Cloth, $2.00 » DAILY WORKER PUB, Co, “11138 West Washington Bivd., i Chicage, Hil. archist held here on charges of at- tempting to assassinate Premier Mus- solini on last Saturday, was today sen- tenced to one year's imprisonment by a Carrara tribunal for wounding a fas- cist in an altercation in September, ed into extraordinary session in Oc- Bomb Thrower Given Year Sentence by a Fascist Tribunal (Special to The Dally Werker) ROME, Sept. 15.—Gino Lucett!, an- 1925, prior to his departure for France. Reports were circulated today that the senate and chamber would be call- tober to enact a bill for capital pun- ishment for assassins and would-be as- | sassins. If this bill is passed and| Lucetti is made to serve his sentence | in Carrara first, he, may be made to suffer capital punishment, CZECH PAPER RUNS SCAB AD FOR CIGARMEN So-Called Marxian Sheet Is Caught fAE DAILY WORKER Page Three Calles Firm on Religious Views in Message to Congress; Surviving Senators Take Oath of Office Facing Death The annual message delivered to the Mexican parilament by President Calles recently drew world-wide attention, the chief executive asserting firmly that the government would continue Spravedinost, a Czech newspaper that parades as a labor sheet and. is run by a group who call themselves the “Marxian Federation,” has been caught running an advertisement for strikebreakers. In their current issue is to be found an ad calling for cigar- makers to apply at 224 N, Wells street for work at their trade. An investiga- tion of this address reveals it to be the Metropolitan Cigar Co., against which union cigarmakers are now on strike. Union Verifies Story, This was verified at the office of the Cigarmakers’ Union, Local 14, when John Harvery, secretary of the local, said that not only the Metro- politan but a number of other firms in the city have been struck by the union. All of which would seem to indicate that Spravedinost needs to look after its Marxism, British Governor of Hongkong in Speech Attacking Cantonese CANTON, Aug. 27.—(By Mail.)—A few days ago a new building of a cloth merchant was opened in Honkong, The British governor spoke at the opening and referred to the “useless- ness of the attempts made by a body of organized bandits and pirates wrongly called the Canton committee, to damage the colony.” The governor then commenced to criticize ‘the Canton government: “The Canton government itself has not yet grasped that its first duty as @ government is-to maintain law and order, for it is in agreement with the organization of robbers and pirates even in its own capital.” These remarks have caused the greatest indignation amongst the toil- ing population of the Kwang provinces (Kwang-Tung and Kwang-Tsi). No- merous meetings have taken place as a protest against this act of provoca- tion. A great demonstration has been arranged to take place this week to support the strike and boycott move- ment of the Chinese population of the Kwang provinces. 400 Lose Their Jobs When Firm Bankrupts ROSELAND, La., Sept. 15,—(FP)— The Roseland Veneer company, with a paid-up capital stock of $400,000 is now in the hands of liquidators and approximately 400 men, women and children will be thrown out of em- ployment, Locarno Pact, Effective. GENEVA, Sept. 15.—The Locarno security pacts became effective yes- terday. Delegates of the signatory powers at 11:20 deposited copies of the parliamentary ratifications of the Locarno pacts with the league of na- tions secretariat, READ IT NOW! Scott Walieiy’s latest pamphlet. which will help you understand the great English strike BRITISH LABOR BIDS FOR POWER 10 CENTS. OTHER NEW PAMPHLETS BY THE SAME AUTHOR: Glimpses of the Soviet Republic ...... sssensonssosserrseceneensees OB Send 50s for All Five THE DAILY WORKER PUB Co, Its present attitude toward the catholics and would oblige the clergy and laymen to obey the Mexican laws. The photo at the right shows President Calles delivering his m ge. Upper photo shows newly elected sen- ators taking the oath of office after two or three of thelr num- ber had been shot by political rivals and others threatened with death, Poland-- The The Seym Committee Reports, EGARDING the treatment of the prisoners during the police inves- tigations, the committee heard numer ous complaints on brutal treatment and maltreatment, and in some cases the prisoners showed signs of mal- treatment. The great number of com- plaints and the equality of the de- tails which were stated by the vari- ous prisoners, as well as the circum- stance that the government did not deny cases of maltreatment of prison- ers recently and in districts where the committee undertook no investi- gations, all these facts lead to the supposition that the treatment of the prisoners by the political police dur- ing the preliminary investigation leaves much to be desired and that the P. P. S. participated in the govern- ment, the, persecutions and maltreat- ment of the political opponents only got worse, Lead—Iinstead of Bread. Me be deep economic crisis which = bankrupt Poland is passing thru, has led to guch a poverty of the pop ulation that they do no more keep sil- ent despite the frightful terror, de- complaints of the prisoners are very probably justified. . .” The Role of the Socialist Party. HE socialist party of Poland is Playing a most shameful role in all these questions. Hated by the ma jority of the class conscious workers, this party tries to maintain its power in the labor movement by the annihi- lation of the Communist Party. It works hand in hand with the political police in the struggle against the rev- olutionary labor movement. Workers suspected of Communism, nounced by the people of the P. P. S.; from the ranks of the P, P. S. come the most capable agents provocateurs (Tchubala, Trojanovski and others) of the political police. This role was played by the P. P. S. already in the first period of Polish independence, when the government was in its own hands... Also in the following years the P. P. S. as oppositional party ors of the political police. With regard to the well-known triaf of Trojanovski, the leader of the po- Htical police made the following state- ment: “What I do as a profession, Mr. Prager (a leading personality of the P. P. S. and member of parliament) does as an amateur!” When the P. P, 8. entered the coal- ition government in December, 1925, it found itself compelled to raise the demand for political amnesty, This demand was only the result of a pres- sure from the working masses and af- terwards, as a government party, the P. P. 8. did nothing to carry it out. are de- |: : JAKOB ZITTERSPIELER Victim ef the Polish White Terror. and more frequently the workers go into the streets, The unemployed are the initiators of this movement, they act with more determination than the other sections of the working class. Poland, the country of most de- veloped white terror, is also the classic cquntry of unemployment. The army of the unemployed is about 500,000, which is half of the whole industrial proletariat of Po- land. The other half consists mainly of short-time workers who work only two to three days a week. Only 40 per cent of the registered unemployed re- ceive miserable doles. An example: In Strye (according to the report of the social-democratic “Robotnik”) of. 760 registered unemployed, only 42 re- was one of the most active Sonera ct forced by need and starvation to On the contrary, at the time when the ceive a dole. The real number of un- DISCOVER THAT GERMAN STEEL FIRMS UNDERSELL U. S. FIRMS HERE WITH AID OF U. S. LOANS (Special to The Daily Worker) BERLIN, Sept. 15.—The mixed commission, on whith is represented the U. 8, Treasury, has discovered that German steel is being sold in the United States below cost, the German exporters getting repaid by an ex- loans from the American bankers. Germans Sel! to U. 8. Railroads, The com: lin was created because of diplomatic protests from Germany against the U. S. Treasury's ruling that German fron and el imports must pay addi- tional duties because the Germans are paid export bounties, The dispute arose out of a purchase by the Boston and Maine railroad vi 20,000 tons of steel rails and material from Krupps, for a price of $32 a ton, or $10 ‘under: ‘the American market price, which; , taking into account ‘tatton sand duty costs, is om. i x port bounty from the German government, and being financed by enormous + mestic prices, American steel firms tion, Germany Leads in Stee! Exports. How this has worked out is shown by the rapid rise of German steel exports. Only two years ago Germany was seventh in the list of steel exporting nations. Last year she was fourth, | greesives protest any representa- | American Federation of Labor last | year as delegate to the British Trade | mouth, England. | TU. E. L. TELLS BRITISH UNIONS FARRINGTON IS AGENT OF MINE OWNERS The following cable sent to the British Trade Union Congress tells why the American trade unlon pro- tlon of Frank Farrington, named by the Atlantic City convention of the Union Congress, to speak In the name of American labor. So far as known, no action was taken by A, F, of L. officials withdrawing Far rington’s authority. The cable is as follows: “Walter Citrine, secretary, Brit- Ish Trade Union Congress, Bourne- “Frank Farrington hae finally been exposed as coal operators’ ag- ent. The Progressives have pressed this charge for years, and for #0 do- Ing have been removed from office and expelled from the unlon by Far- rington, “The Trade Union Educational League demands of the British Trade Union Congress that this agent of the American coal operat- ors be not allowed to speak In the name of the American workers or the coal miners. TRADE UNION EDUCATIONAL LEAGUE, Willlam Z. Foster, Secre- tary.” Marryville Merchant Fights Lumber Company LAKE CHARLDS, La. Sept 15.— Alleging that his general merchandise store had been boycotted, James Deon, ~ Central Press Photos nd of White Terror employed, however, is certainly twice as large, Unemployed Mass Movement. N this ground tha mass movement of the unemployed develops. The wave of demonstrations move from one town to the other. The campaigns of the unemployed do not only take place in larger industrial centers such as Lod, Dombrowa, Upper Silesia, etc., ers. The worst peculiarity of unem- ployment in Poland consists in the fact that the unemployed find no- their labor power. The immense army of the starving people finds a refuge neither in the villages, which are over- crowded with unemployed, nor abroad where one needs no emigrants at pres- ent. The coalition government of the cap- italists, agrarians and social democrats applies the severest measures against the workers’ demonstrations, (Only af- ter the bloody events the social demo- crats left the government). They of- fer them lead instead of bread. They receive them with rifle shots, They mobilize bayonets, swords and even poison gas against them. Dozens of dead and hundreds of wounded pris- oners are the bloody harvest of the police, In Styra (Hastern Galicia) in the end of March, 10 dead, 30 wounded; 2 |in Kalish, 9 dead, 60 wounded. Also Savier- in Vlozlavek, Lodz, Varsaw, zie and other places the blood of the unemployed was shed in the streets. HE events during the last May Day celebrations characterize best the attitude of the Polish crats. Guarded by a strong police troop and by the armed “fighting groups” the social democrats were al- lowed to hold their meetings in peace Skizinski, attended it. In the mean- time, however, Communist demonstra- tions were attacked with gas bombs by the police and when this had no effect against the strong number of the Communists, the fighting groups of the social democrats were mobiliz- ed. On lorries they drove in the Com- munist demonstrations and fired from their revolvers into the peacefully demonstrating masses. Seventeen dead and over 90 seriously injured workers and an immense number of slightly Injured were the result of this frightful murder, can bankers to such big German steel firms as the Krupps, the Deutsch Lux emberg company and the Vereinighte Stahlwerke, the new Ruhr steel trust, This allows the German @teel social demo- and even the prime minister, Count Maryville merchant, has instituted MONROE DOCTRINE FLY IN OINTMENT OF WORLD COURT Commission Seeks 'Way to Beat Reservation (Special to The Dally Worker) GENEVA, Sept. 16. — The commis- sion named two weeks ago to study the American reservations to its ap- plication to the world court has named a smaller drafting committee to frame a reply which will give a brief affirma- tive answer to the application, while making a counter res ation on American reservation 5, which coun- ter reservation it is hoped will be ac ceptable to the United States, and avoid sending the whole matter back to the United States senate. May Nullify Reservation 6 The American reservation 5 is the crucial one, It bars the council of the league of nations from asking the world court for an advisory opinion on any issue “in which the United States has, or claims, an interest.” This, it 1s claimed, would give the United States, not a member of the league, a veto power against a ma- jority in the league council It is hoped to avoid this by a ooun- ter reservation that America will not claim more rights than any other na- tion. But this nullifies the whole busi- ness. Monroe Doctrine the Trouble. ‘The particular ticklish angle ts seen in the application of this reservation to South America. If Chile and Peru, for example, should ask the league of nations to settle the Tacna-Arica dis- pute, the league council would have to suit for $24,810 damages against the | ask the world court if it had the right Kirby Lumber company. Deon charges that the defendants ordered their em- ployes not to trade at his store un- der penalty of being discharged, and that as a result his business was ruined. to act. Under the American reserve- tion the United States could declare that the council could not act, because the United States has an interest in South America thru the Monroe doc- trine. POLISH CAPITALISTS AND TRADE UNION LEADERS UNITED TO SCAB ON THE BRITISH MINE STRIKERS By J. KOWALSKI. 4 There is great joy. “The Polish Z loty Is Rising,” “Economic Situation Is spite death and imprisonment. More but also in less significant towns such Stabilized,” “Faith of European Powers tn Poland Is Growing,” “Foreign s as Vlozlavek, Kalish, Lublin and oth- Bankers Willing to Loan Money,” “No More Unemployment,” “The Working Masses Are Satisfled”—these and other titles are strung across the headlines in Polish capitalist papers in America Why all this joy? Is it true? were unemployed. Hungry and rags they went onto the streets de- manding bread and work. The Polish government had but one answer—bul- lets and prison, British Capital In the Rescue. Then came the coup d'etat of Pil- sudski in May. He won, but the econ- omic situation remained the same as before. There was no way out of it. For about two weeks the new govern- ment was up in the air, without meane of coping with the situation. But the British capitalists came with their help. The coal strike in England forced the British capitalists to look for coal in other countries, and, of course, cheap coal, Poland has it. Profit From Scabbing. The British place huge orders. The Polish zloty jumps upward. The Polish loan obligations also jump, Mines in Poland started to work day and night. There were not enough cars to move the coal from the mines to the ports. Germany and Czecho-Slovakia, thru English influence, loaned the cars, So the wide stream of coal started to flow into England. The export of coal rises rapidly from day to day. In July 1,835,000 tons of coal were exported (440,000 more than in June). At present the United States and Poland are the biggest scabs shipping coal to England. Work 12 Hours a Day. The Polish bourgeoisie are happy. They get all the profits, not the work- ers. In July only 1,087 more workers were added to the mining industry. |\They are forced to work 10 and 12 hours a day. The eight-hour day has been killed altogether. Pilsudski and the bourgeoisie are triumphant, The unions controlled by the social patriots are tolerating this and they are silent So is the Polish socialist party. The workers of Poland, especially the miners, have a revolutionary tradi- tion and fighting spirit. They well un- derstand that they are injuring the firms to undersell U. 8. firms in their |C®use of their British brothers by per- own market, 1 Russian Monarchists Smuggle Dope to Get by Without Working BERLIN, Sept. 15.—Berlin police sion now sitting at Ber-|say they cannot stand this competi-|have captured twelve men believed to be the main German branch of a world-wide cocaine smuggling organi- zation, Among the prisoners is Baron von Meyer, who claims to be nephew of the late czar of Russia, The local gang mostly are of the Russian nobility, among whom are mitting Polish coal to be exported to England. Unions Led by Socialist Scabs. They are protesting and fighting against this, but Pilsudski has the sol- diers, police, courts, jails and the lead- ers of the unions with him, because they are for “Poland before all” and this is “stabilizing Poland,” as they say. Nevertheless the Polish workers are fighting. The fight is led by the Com: munist Party and the revolutionary left wing unions. The Communist fraction in parliament has protested and demanded that the government ai in the first six months of 1926she| Baron Rosenthan and Staff Colonel | *t°P the coal shipments. stood tiv«t. During these six months she expbried 128,000 tons of steel to the United States, while in 1924 she | sent only 28,000 tons, The te of come Papekewlecz, both well known. Send us the name and address of a! of Ald for the British m’ ‘ progressive worker to whom we can|established, Pilsudski’s government | The American Worker Correspondent — Communists Fight Scab Coal. In the Dombrowa Basin a Committee rs had been is that scores of milijons|sénd a sample copy of The DAILY | dissolved it. A conference was called ave been loaned by Ameri | WORKER, unions were ia Cawiersie, wheres 34 and in Poland. The finances of Poland have been ex- where a place where they could use| haysted. The zloty was rapidly sinking. Hundreds of thousands of bition in+ represented. The aim of the confer- ence was to help the British miners, The police interfered, dissolving the conference. Those present protested and sung the Internationale as they went to their homes, promising that they would not abandon the fight. All leaflets and papers dealing with the British strike and calling on Polish workers to prevent shipments of coal are confiscated. The Future, The strike in England will not last forever. What then? The bourgeoisie will lose the source of their profits. The workers will again be thrown on the streets. “Stabilization” will end. |The Pilsudski government will again |find» itself in a situation worse then before. 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