The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 5, 1926, Page 3

ANTI-BRITISH FEELING STIRS WESTERN CHINA Wu Pei-fu Powerless; Baldwin Cautious SHANGHAI, October 3. — Reports trom the upper Yangtze show that as a result of the British massacre of Chinese at Wanhsien, the whole of western China is ablaze with anti- British feeling. As a result foreign- ers are hastening to evacuate the up- per Yangtze. Wu Pel Fu Powerless. Signs of collapse of the Wu Pet Fu alliance with Chang Tso-lin are ap- pearing. Wu's men in the Peking government are ‘being replaced by ap- pointees of Chang and Wu's power seems gone. f Imperialists mow. count on a pos sible combine of Chang’s armies and Sun Chuan-fang, who rules Shanghai and the five provinces around the mouth of the Yangtze. But the Can- tonese are preparing a drive against Sun, who is waiting their attack down the river from Hankow. 8 @® Baldwin Cautious. about the government aftitude toward LONDON, October 8.— Questioned the rising national revolution in Chi- na, Premier Baldwin in the house of commons said: ’ “So far as the military forces are concerned, the situation up to date has not warranted any military inter- vention.” He admitted naval rein- forcements had been sent to China. When asked if the Cantonese occu- pation of Shanghai might menace British interests if the Cantonese win the olty, Baldwin replied: “None of Your Business.” “I do not think a situation has arisen in which it is necessary for me to make any announcement to the house.” Reports from China say that the in- terventionists are striving hard to bring the United States into line with Great Britain for intervention, even tho Japan be unwilling to take the same action. x4 , ‘ Kuomintang Party Discusses Moving Government North CANTON, China, Sept 15 (By Mall) —The agent for the Enlarged Plenum of the Kuomingtang Party which com- mences on Oct. Ist, contains the fol- jowing points: 1. Removal of the Can- ton Government to the newly oopuplied territory. 2. Organisation of gpvern- ments in the verions provinces. 3. Party work in the freed territory. 4. Demand for the resignation of Want- chenwei from his post as chatrman of the Kuomingtang Hrxecutive. 65. Or- ganization of propaganda for the Nat- fonal Assembly and the abolition of the unequal treaties. 6, Agitation against British tmperialism. : Machinery and Trade Slump Hits Unions of Germany a Hard Blow BERLIN, Oct. 8—(FP) —Wage agreements in Germany decreased sharply in number in the two years ending Jan. 1, 1925. The reasons given are that production is being concentrated and that trade has slumped. At the end of the year 1922 there were reported 10,768 agree- ments covering 890,237 concerns, but on Jan. 1, 1926, there were only 7,009 ‘agreements covering 785,945 concerns. The number of wage workers pro- tected by trade agreements also. fell off to a dangerous degree. At the be- ginning of the!period it was 14,300, 000, and at the end it was only 13,100,000. Reason for this decline is said to be large discharges of manual and other laborers because of the adoption of lgbor-saving machinery and because the inflation period in the industry was ended. A further factor in reduction was the technical reconstruction of factories. One favorable development in these years was an increase in the propor tion of agreements made by employ- ers with entire unions, and a de crease in the proportion made with only jocal associations of workers, On Jan, 1, 1925, some 10,660,000 wage workers in Germany were officially registered as working under dis or national wage agreements, ~- , —_ shy: Building Concession Is Made by Soviets MOSOCOW—(FP)—House building is the latest field of activity covered by @ concession from the Soviet govern- ment to a mixed company. The parties are a German construction firm ‘and the Soviet Central Union of Housing Cooperation, says a Tass press service statement, City pupulation in the Soviet Union fs demanding more ‘housing than the existing agencies are able to supply. The new mixed company will apply modern production methods including the making of standard parts of houses by factory procéases. A saving in cost of 25 to 30 percent is antici- pated by the promoters. FROM JOURNEY ) fHE DAILY WORKER GERMAN LABOR DELEGATION BACK TO SOVIET UNION SAYS SOVIETS BUILD SOCIALISM HAMBURG, Germany (By Matl)—The 19th of September, 1926, will stand out as a red letter day in the annals of the revolutionary movement of the German proletariat, when the second German workers’ delegation to the Soviet Union arrived home on the good ship “Soviet.” The morning was very foggy, but notwithstanding that, the workers of Hamburg turned out in their thousands, lining all-the foreshores facing the harbor to welcome back the delega-¢—————______________. tion and to hear the real truth about. the first workers’ and peasants’ coun- try in the world, Well Mixed In Polltical Bellof. The delegation consisted of 67 men of different shades of political opin- ions, There were 47 social-democrats, 10 Communists, five christiansocial- ists, one from the certitral catholic party and four non-party men, With the arrival of noon and the sun becoming warmer, the fog lifted and then broke one of the glorious last summer days with just a nice breeze blowing to make the sunshine Pleasant and bearable. About two o'clock the Soviet ship the “Soviet” came along the pier, the massed bands of the various workers’ organizations struck up the “Internationale” and the “67” landed among comrades and friends, The “Red Guards” of the German proletariat formed a guaf@ of honor and amidet revolutionary strains of music marched to the “Moorweide Gamien,” a beautiful place, covered with green foliage, where the “Ham- burger bourgeois” hablitates, and where usually is held the first of May demonstrations, and where a rostrum has been erected for speakers to give a formal welcome home to the delega- tion, and also hear what news there is from the worker republics. There were present over 10,000 peo- ple anxiously awaiting for the opening speeches of the delegation. First spoke the chairman of the delegation, Comrade Koerber, a member of the so- clallemooratic party and chairman of the Berlin Municipal Workers’ Union, who brought regards from the work- ers of the Soviet republics to the Ger- man workers, and in a few inspiring sentences expressed the view of the delegation on the workings of the So- viet republics and general conditions prevailing there, expressing admira- tion for the practical economic condi- tion of the worker republics, which they have traversed from the Urals to Caucasus. Don’t Belleve Capitalist Lies. Everywhere the workers with great enthusiasm are building the socialist state of the future. Comrade Koerber emphasized the need of workers of other countries not to. heed the capitalist press, in which the true state of the first worker 1 tary refused him drafted. “ical prejudice.’ ” I enclose 9... republics is suppressed and false mis- statements discrediting the efforts of the workers in building a soctalist state is disseminated, just to delude the world’s proletariat and make them believe of the failure of the Soviet system. ‘The other delegates expressed them- selves in a similar strain and amidst great cheering the meeting broke up with the playing of the “Interna- tional.” Primo de Rivera, the Spanish Dictator, in Precarious Position fs MADRID, Oct, 8—Captain General Barerra of ‘Jarcelona has issued an open letter to Primo de Rivera de- manding that the persecution of ar- tillery officers be ended. De Rivera has omered two munition plants closed at Orvieta, in order to oust artillery officers in charge. He de- moted 16 more. The army discontent is seen in the fact that those officers who were de- clared innocent after court-martial and ordered reinstated have refused duty. De Rivera’s attempt to legalize his tule by calling a fake and hand- picked assembly is meeting with op- position from many quarters, the po- litical parties formerly powerful, hav- ing boycotted the plan, urging no leader to accept. It is reported a trade union leader is also urging a boyoott, in an effort to block the so- cialist collaboration with the dicta- tor, who has offered the labor federa- thon 40 seats in the fake assembly. King Alfonso, while apparently ig- noring the popular revolt against De- Rivera, is said to be worrled in view of the fact that the dictatorship has lost the support of the army. Bank Bandits Clean. PORTLAND, Ind., Oct. 8 Three bandits swooped down on the® First National Bank here just before noon today, held up three employes and a number of custOmers at points of guns, and escaped with cash estt- mated at $17,000 and securities val- ued at $1,000. “M. Tomsky, president of the All-Russian Council of Trades Unions, who was the leading figure at last year's congress, was this year conspicuous by his absence. To the general satisfaction of the delegates, the Home Secre- admittance to England.” (From the N. Y. Times ‘Annalist) ““While the delegates were arriving today for the 58th: Trades Union Congress, the General Council was hard at work with the preliminaries. . “One Important matter that came before them was the letter from the Home Secretary giving official notice of the ban on the Russian fraternal delegates, “Mr. Citrine told me tonight that a resolution of protest against the action of Sir William Joynson-Hicks is to be “‘The Council,’ he said, ‘takes the view that in inter- fering with the legitimate International activities of the trade union movement, the Home Secretary has been actu- ated, not so much by consideration of his office, as by polit- (From the London Daily Herald) KEEP THE DAILY WORKER For Militant Trade Unionism—For a Labor Party—To Help ny Workers Win Strikes—Organi#e Unorganized—To Protect For- cign-Born—To Establish a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government! SOVIET UNION AND LITHUANIA SIGN TREATIES Blow at League and the British War Aims BERLIN, Oct. 8, — The Soviet- Lithuanian treaty of non-aggression, state dispatches from Moscow, was signed a few hours after the Lithn- anian Prime Minister, M. Slezevisius, arrived in Moscow. This is a great blow to-the diplomacy of British im; perfalism which sought to build an anti-Soviet bloé in the Baltic in pre- paration for ’@ new war to overthrow |the Soviet Republics. Hits Poland and Britain. The Soviet government exchanged notes with Lithuania, reacknowledg- ing the right of Lithuamia to Vilna, taken by force from Lithnania by Po-| land and lster sanctified by the league of nations. Lithuania, as a league member, also handed the So- viet Union a note saying that the treaty “did not infringe on the loy- alty of Lithuania to the league.” Two More Treaties Coming. The league of nations, however, may be said to be seriously injured by the treaty, and even greater de- feats may be suffered by it, since the Soviet Union is expected to make similar treaties with both Bsthonia and Latvia, thus further isolating Po- land and checking the British scheme of an anti-Soviet Baltio bloc. It is a challenge to the league. The conflict with the league of na- tions may come over Article 16, which provides that league members’ armies have the right of passage thru any member's territory. This was once given an exception in the case of Germany. The small Baltic nations are now demanding that they be made similar ‘exceptions, as they do not want to be the battle ground for any war against the Soviet Un- ion. Germany no longer claims the ex- ception and@’ wants to avoid any dis- cussion of Article 16, Brazilian Indundation Causing Great Damage BUBNOS AIRES, Oct. 8—Reports from the state of Rio Grande del Sol state that the Uruguay river is rising rapidly, and, that already a large num- ber of cities and towns are under wa- ter. Thousands; of persons ere said to have been driven from their homes by the floods and the state govern- ment is mobilizing relief forces. . enemy. . Meet | work as coming from a brotherhood of ing Communism, sought to form in- |dustrial establishments Communistic in feeling, of which it should be the Two Papers— | Here We Have It The DIFFERENCE in reports between the Annalist, organ of the American bankers and manufacturers, and the Daily Herald, organ of the British workers, is clear. Co-operative Section This department will appear In every Monday's Issue of the The DAILY WORKER, Page Threé NEWS. AND COMMENT cocoate Co-operative Production and Co-partnership By JOHN HAMILTON. HE} Society for Promoting Worké ing Men’s Assoctations was found ed In 1849, and its alm was thus de- scribed: “Theoretically, the idea we endeavored to spread was the con- ception of workers as brethren—of men associated for their common ben- efit—who therefore rejected any no- tion of competition with ea¢h other as tnconsistent with the true form of society and, withow formally preach- aim, while paying ordinary wages and interests at the rate I have mentioned (4 per cent) to apply the profits of the business in ways conductive to the common advantage of the body whose work produced them.” (V. Neale), Self-Governing Workshops, All sorts of self-governing work- shops came into existence, only in the majority of cases to die a speedy death. Many of these were formed as a result of strikes or lockouts. Dur- ing the bakers’ strike of 1857 the trades’ delegates in Glasgow request- ed the bakers to submit a detatled plan for a co-operative bakery. Dur- ing the Edinburgh strike (1861) a co- operative building society was formed by the Masons’ Union, and a number of tenements were erected. £10,000 was raised by Alexander MacDonald, the miners’ leader, for a co-operative coal mine. , Out of the great strike in Newcastle in 1869 sprang the Ousen- burn. Engine Works, a most disas- trous venture, the workers losing, it is sald, £150,000, In 1874, 50 co-operative societies were stated to be in existence. Joint stock cotton-spinning mills at Oldham and other places were being develop- ed, and much cooperative money was invested in them. Capitalist firms be- gan to adopt the industrial “partner- ship” principle. The trade unionists ot the time expressed strong criti- cisms of the “Associations of Produc- ers,” as the A. S. E. executive in| their 1855 Annual Report: “We found that when a few of our own members have commenced business hitherto | they have abandoned the society, and conducted the workshops even worse than other employers.” But failure generally attended this type of co-operative effort. As prey- | jously noted, capitalist development | This is not an isolated incident. ; Such unvarnished lies and misrepresentations are regular daily oc- currences too many to be counted or even mentioned. Such frauds are the very foundation of the whole capitalist propaganda machinery. This is the way the press owned by the capitalist class misleads the workers to defeat. The New York Times Annalist tries to make the American work- ers believe that their British brothers look upon Sir William Joynson- Hicks as their friend and savior and, Comrade Tomsky as their arch The Daily Herald tells the workers the truth about the infamous behavior of the strikebreaker “‘Jix"". The Daily Herald gives the real stand of the Trade Union Congress towards Comrade Tomsky. The Daily Worker, in the United States, is the organ of the work- ing men and working women. It is The DAILY WORKER that gives the facts and tells the truth about the British Trade Union Congress and all other events and activities of the workingclass. Those whom the Annalist and all the other bourgeois papers call friends of the workers, are our worst enemies. Page: Sir Joynson-Hicks. Those whom the exploiters call our enemies, are our best friends. : Comrade Tomsky. Do you see the truth?. Don’t you get the point? Moral—KEEP THE DAILY WORKER—Help TODAY— _ IMMEDIATELY! ‘ d trustification makes the bilities of succcess exceedingly small, In 1883 the Labor Association for the Promotion of Co-operative Produc- tion was established, based on the theory of the co-partnership of the worker, now called the Labor Co-part- nership Association gandist body This is a propa- Co-operative Co-partnerships. There are roughly three classes of | ‘Co-partnership Societies”; (1) Socie- ties composed of shareholders who work for it—or are living in hopes of doing so when the capital and trade sufficiently a@evelop, (2) Societies con- sisting partly of individual sharehold- ers and partly of Co-operative Stores, the latter providing part of the capital and a market for the manufactured | goods. (3) Societies which are fede-| rations of other societies, as distrib- utive stores, but which provide co partnership provisions in their rules, Examples of these are: Class (1): Walsall Locks and Cart Gear, Ltd (established 1873); Garden City Press Class (2): Kettering Clothing Mann- | facturers (established 1893), and some 16 co-partnership boot and shoe posst- | On the other hand it is claimed thay “co-partn ip gives the employe in- creased i rest the economy and efficiency of production, coupled with the feeling that he is being more equitably dealt with in the division of the profits of industry, whilst capital- ‘owning brings with it a greater sense of responsibility and a wider out- look.” (H, Vivian), Some Criticisms, Our objections. to capitalist co-part nership @re that (1) efficiency of pro- duction means excessive speeding up; (2) working-class solidarity is under- mined and trade unionism weakened; (3) wages tend to keep stationary; (4) a stumbling block is placed in the way of the ultimate goal of workers’ control of industry.* *"T can understand why some esp. tains of industry have adopted the sys- tem. If I were an employer I should want labor to be pliable, diligent, eeo- nomical. I should utilize the principle of o-partnership the worke! ducing th eans of inducing themselves and Te- perintendence. My easoning 1 ‘I am. making 5,000 a year. If by granting 25 per cent ofits to the workers I can make £10,000 a year profit for the employes ani as a is a sound commercial I shall earn a Trepu- el employer, and pee- factories in the Midlands. Class (3)¢ f Glasgow United Baking Society (es-| tation as a mc ; |sibly Lloyd George will slip me an 0. B. tablished 1868). | E. or even a knighthood when he dése- The 110 such societies in 1911, were | rates those who help to keep labor in Teduced to 105 in 1922. Membership, | Supjection’” (J. Penny, Co-op, News, trade, number of empleyes, and wages | ica es all show a decline. Of course, many | limited Hability companies have what | Co-operators of the they term co-partnership schemes, | where a bonus on wages is paid, or | U. S. Convene Nov. 4 shares allotted to workers employed. | a These are outside the co-operative, Credentials already received at the movement, | office of The Cooperative League of Capitalist Co-partnerships. | tie. 8. A. indlonte ti aap In 1889 the Gas Workers’ and Gen-|)"-° prctagy ct eral Laborers’ Union won a remark- | 0 national congress in Minnespotis able concession trom the London Gas | November 4 than have ever attended Companies, a reduction of the work- hes Previous co-operative congress in ing day from 12 to 8 hours, without |this country. Fully halt of these ¢o- a strike, and accompanied by a small | (PCT@tors are from Minnesota, Michi- increase in wages. “The men em-|®*2 and Wisconsin, but good delega- ployed by two of the gas companies | fons are also going from. New Eng- in London, and by most of those en-| #24, New York, Ohio, Hlinots, Towa gaged by provincial municipalities, | “24 a few of the Western states. The have retained this boon. But in Dec, | COM&ress opens on Thursday, Novem- 1889, the South Metropolitan Gas | ber 4th and closes Sunday night, Nov- company insisted, after a serious |@™ber 7th. Additional fraternal dele- strike, on a return to the 12-hour } gates and visitors will probably fill the shift. A scheme of profit-sharing was |@U4itorium to overflowing at many of used to break up their men’s union, | the sessions. and induce them to accept individual engagements inconsistent with collec: | tive bargaining” (S. and B. Webb.) The size of The DAMLY WORKER depends on you, Send a sub, gl a RT oe