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PEASANTS IN ITALY REVOLT AGAINST BENITO Old Men and Women Imprisoned PARIS, Oct. 7,-The entire popula- tlon of Milonella, twenty miles north | Of Bologna In fascist Italy is In open | fevolt. against the government. The workers in this area have re- ; fused to Join the fascist organizations, tho pressure has been brot to bear on them for the past six years. Recent- ly a leader of the working population ‘was arrested and Is now Imprisoned In Rome. Failing to induce the workers to doin their ranks the fascists resorted » to.cruder methods. An order was is- sued to deport all the families that refused to agree to the fascist de- trees, SEIS Taken to Bologna. The workers know that this order was but the prelude “to an orgy of assassination, so they fled. A few days ago those who could not leave were handcuffed and hauled in closed vans to Bologna where they are hous- ed in barracks guarded by armed men. In addition to the deportation of the old men, women and children, the fas- eisti arrested over one hundred peas- ants, ’ “sf » The fascists are led by a wealthy landowner and the government 1s car- rying out his instructions, Signal For Revolt, News of the Molinella revolt has spread thruout Italy and the fascisti fear that this will be the signal for a Tevolt among the peasantry who are at the end of their patience. The most dramatic feature of the present uprising ts the fact that the men are taking a prominent part in the struggle. The women have rée- treated to the fastnesses around the | town and from there, are waging war j against the tyrants. ts | Army Revolt Against Spanish Dictator in Open Again, Reported LONDON, Oct. 7.—Reports from \ Spain say that Primo de Rivera faces | ® new military reyolt, the engineers ob having joined the artillery officers in “demanding De Rivera's retirement, | and all troops have been ordered con- | fined to barracks for two days past. ' It is expected that.martial law will be proclaimed in the danger zones of Madrid and Barcelona. Es eee A RUSSIAN POWER PROJECT ye Pedi aa Alexandrovosk, Oct. 4 (By Mail).—This article is prompt- ed -by an article’ in one of the July numbers of The DAILY WORKER'S Magazine Section by Comrade Browder, who described the Volkobstraya (electric ‘power plant). This is being written trom the home ‘Daily Worker — GONGERT 2PM. ~ SUNDAY, OCT. Central Osies House * 67th Street and Third A s New York City, nue, _ ADMISSION 50 CENTS, ve 4 Eastern Agency, 108 Mast 14th| Street, and by every unit of the Party, the Young _ Workers League’ and the Pio- 1 } } | _ Tickets on sale at. Daily Worker Any Daily Worker Agent, not yet supplied with tickets, should Jabout $60,000,000. American Labor Falls Short of Expectation in Mine Strike Funds LONDON, Oct. 7—There has been general surprise in British labor circles. at. the smaliness of returns from the appeal made to American labor unions for strike relief to the British miners. The lack of support from America ‘has been compared to the immense funds for strike relief sent from the Soviet Union,Sleaving the inipression ‘that ‘thie: Soviet work- ers are much more interested in help ing the strikers than «the American unions, 5 It was thought that the sending of the official delegation to work in con- Junction ‘with the American Federa- tion of Labor would produce great re- sults, since American urifonists ‘are supposed to get the highest wages in the world,-British workers are now disillusioned. The capitalist press is inferring’ that money was sent, but disappeared, thus trying to raise a conflict in the ranks of the strikers, KUOMINTANG IN STATEMENT OF PARTY POLICY Chang! to Send Troops South to Hunan CANTON, Sept. 17.—(By Matl)— Tchang Tso Lin has decided to ad- vance to support Wu Pei Fu and to send an army of 100,000 men against the province of Hunan. The Kuomintang has published a declaration concerning the next tasks of the party: The Kuomintang fights for the unification and the democrat- ization of the country. The chief en- emy at the moment is Wu Pei Fu, who must be smashed. The Kuomintang appeals to all the military leaders of Central China to unite with the Canton troops in the struggle against Wu. . Whoever main- tains neutrality will be regarded as a friend, After the) victory a na- tional assembly. will be called and a united government formed from the provinces who are inclined to this step. 3 Upon the field of foreign policy the Kuomintang strives for the abolition of the unequal treaties and the mak- ing of other treaties upon the basis of equality. It is not the intention of China to annul her foreign debt, she wishes nevertheless to. pay off her debts in accordance with her finan- cial and economic - possibilities. Send us the name and address of a progressive worker to whom we can send a sample copy. of The DAILY WORKER, of the Dniper river, where another electric project is to be” built, called Dneprostraya, but on a much larger scale than Volkovstraya. 650,000 H. P. Plant. Dneprostraya is to be of 650,000 h.p., or 13 turbines of 50,000 h. p. each. Dneprostraya is important in three ways: a waterway to the Black and Baltic Seas, irrigation for hundreds of thousands of acres of land, and electric power for the metal indus- tries in this locality. ROF, ALEXANDROW, with a com- mission, went abroad to place the plans for the project before the best engineers of other countries, among them America. As a result of that trip. American engineers of the firm Cooper have been here going over the plans of the project. Will Cost $60,000,000. The dam of the plant is to be 126 feet high, equipped with a canal ob locks to enable ships to go up dnd down the river, which cannot be done now, owing to the waterfalls and rap- ids. - The building of the plant will cost I understand that work is to start in the early part of 1927. A I do not know definitely whether the Cooper ec ny is to be retained to help build the plant, but the people in this, locality are enthusiastic over the fact that American engineers are interested, if outside help is needed they would rather see the Americans given the preference. NG Scouts Runtore, | Mave’ is absolutely no foundation for rumors being spread thru the American bourgeois press that there is an uprising in the Ukrainia, or any- where else in the Union of Socialist Soviet Republic: I am back in the shop again after being out in tho village for a year and a half. We are making farm implements’ where“I am working, and T am earning from 120 to 180 ruble: per m with Where is the Russian strike fund for England's striking coal miners coming from? In the early part of {the strike the workers in this locality jvoted a halt day’s pay, later 2 per |“ cent, and at present per cent of thelr until strike is = propaganda and apologies for imperi- alis: fore and after each meal. sion of the conference began with five sionaries were on hand to participate in the ddbates. du (N. K. Paranjpe), put forward the Cirilo Manat, a Filipino law student, and Mr, Mozumdar. delegates. Paranjpe made an attempt’ to present some, but he was grace- fully brushed aside with the explana- tion that the conference was “merely an exchange of views.” sus of student, opinion favored a unit- ed struggle by the oppressed peoples of Asia to throw off the imperialist yoke. Japanese imperialism, sharp conflict in views between the students and their hos' ible thruout, tian crew, including the benign bish- op, maintained the imperialist post- tion, All except one or two defended: the U. 8, immigration’ restrictions against Orientals, all in sovereignty over the Philippines, and all showed thefr lack of sympathy Page Thres WORLD NEWS AT A GLANCE Kalser to Get $5,000,000, BERLIN.—The Prussian state has agreed to pay $5,000,000 and give 280,000 acres of land and three castles, at Schwes, Fuerrath and Wildenbruch to the kaiser and give the crown prince a castle at Oels in settlement for claims made by the royal family for everything it left behind. The kaiser even claimed the state opera houses, ~ The Communists, aided by many s0- elal-democratic workers, are leading the movement to prevent such a set- tlement while millions of Workers and war veterans are in poverty. “Not one cent to the Hohenzollern rob- bers,” says a Communist manifesto. The Communists are agitating for the expulsion from Germany of all Hobenzollerns. eee May Glve Religious Home Rule. MEXICO CITY.—it 1s reported that the minister of the interior is to in- troduce a Dill allowing one foreign priest to each city where there fs a foreign colony. Also each state legis- lature may decide on how many priests shall officiate within it. oe Poland Reorganizes Cabinet. WARSAW.—August Zaleski, who held the post of foreign minister in the resigned Bartel cabinet, has been med to refill the post in the reor- ganized cabinet under the premier ship of Pilsudski. ee | Spain Angles for Tangler, MADRID.—At the coming confer- ence of three or four imperialist pow- ers on the Tangier question, Spain is preparing, if denied her claim for full mandatory control, to invite the United States into the conference, which is entirely distasteful to Eng- land, France and Italy since they feel that America has no business in the matter. . Cannon on the heights of Tangier can reduce Gibraltar to ruins and Eng- land 1s certain not to let her line of imperialist communications to the east to be given ‘to any power but herself or her most trusted allies, eee To Hock Germany to U. S. Capital. PARIS.—French government heads are working hard to perfect a scheme | whereby $500,000,000 of “reparations bonds” against, German railways and industries to be pooled by the Ger- man government may be marketed in the United States and the 52 per cent due France under the reparations divi- sion may go to help France rescue her bankrupt finances. Poincare aims - to get permission from» America to |- ATHENS, Oct, 7—Prompt military |market these bonds in exchange ‘ . The port of Vera Cruz, Mexico, viewed from the waterfront and across the city’s housetops. Vera Cruz, on the east coast of Mexico, suffered serious damage at the hands of twin hurricanes which have swept in from the sea over the low-lying town, Great property losses have been reported, both ashore and among the shipping in the port; losses among the inhabitants have been but vaguely estimated. Vera Cruz, one of the chief ports of Mexico, is the center of the country’s industry and, incidentally, the fiome of the most radical sec- tion of the working class movement, EPISCOPAL Si oe AN ‘ 0. TAL STUDENTS’ CONFERENCE : “GREECE. NIPPED IN NICK OF TIME sates By MANUEL GOMEZ, (Special to The Daily Worker) Government Continues Military Precautions RACINE, Wis., Oct. 7.—Muffled by an artfully created atmosphere of mock christian piety, the voice of young Asia managed to be heard at the Epis- copal Devotional Center here, during the oriental students’ conferbnce. Some thirty students from universities thruout the United States gave Virtually un- animous expression to the demand of the oppressed peoples of the East for freedom from imperialist domination. Meanwhile the. bishop of Milwaukee, dis-. tinguished) host to the delegates,¢———_—.—.--—_________ looked up af the ceiling and pretend- Several of the students, notably the ed as tho nothing had happened. Chinese, let it be known" that they Representative Delegation. considered the attitude of their hosts Students attending the conference|on these points to be a crude insult included Chinese, Hindus, Filipinos,}to the conference. Koreans, Japanese and one Siberian. Denounce Missionaries. The sessions, held twice a day, ex- There were one or two bittre mo- tended over a period of a week. ments in the discussions. Perhaps the The’ conference was called under most memorable was that which fea- the chairmanship of Haridas Mozum- tired the debate on missionaries in dar, author of a book on Ghandi, It the Far East. All of the Orientals Was financed by the ever-ready gentry | except the Filipinos, denouncéd the of the episcopal church, who explain-| missionaries {n unmeasured terms. ed their charitableness by declaring At the end of each day’s discus- sympathy with the previously an- sion, good feeling was restored by nounced aims of the gathering: “to some kindly missionary who arose create a better understanding between and explained that there was really East and West.” no fundamental difference of opinion Much Religlous Hokum. at all, ! Not to let a good opportunity go to| ‘There was not great deal of dis- waste, the hosts overwhelmed their cussion—only a few hours each day. youthful- guests with courtesies, gen-|The program had been thoughtfully erously interspersed with religious arranged so that most of the time was taken up by volley ball, tennis, swim- ming, wandering about the grounds, polite tete-a-tetes and praying. I did not stay until the end of the conference, I left ag the chairman was announcing that the delegates had been invited to march in a body to Father Sturtevant’s church in Ra- cine Sunday morning. As I was_go- ing thru the doorway I heard him add that taxicabs would be provided for those who might wish to attend holy! communion. The episcopal church obviously con- sidered it worth while to spend a good deal of money on the conference. Argentina ‘Votes a $75,000,000 Naval Development Plan NEW YORK, Oct, 7.—The® Argen- tine parliament has voted $75,000,000 to be used to acquire three light cru: ers, six destroyers and six subma- rines, Contracts previously made for eight destroyers from France and Germany were cancelled and the new order will be placed either in Eng- land or the United States, according to the advice of a commission now in Bngland and soon to arrive in the United States for the purpose of pur- chasing war material, Parliament also provided for the construction of a navy yard at Mar del Plata and enlargements of the shipyards on the River Platte and at Puerto Belgrano, Tho socialists in parliament spoke repeatedly against the additional arm- aments and voted against the appro- priations, action early today trustrated what the Jratification of the debt pact. government believes was another at- tempted civilian insurrection. The city today seethed with excitement and rumors. The government's alarm was aroused by the appearance of a num- ber of armed groups of civilians in one of the principal squares of the city, and by the sound of rifle firing on the outskirts of the capital during the early hours of the morning, Alarm Was Sounded. Immediately army buglers in motcf! cars dashed about the streets sound- jing the call to arms. Commanding officers held their troops iw-the bar- racks Teddy for any emergency, or took up positions at points of vantage in the city. The streets were cleared and“all places of amusement were closed. The populace, fearing a repetition of the massacre of September 9th when the troops battled the republic- an guard, resulting in the death and wounding of more than a hundred, fled indoors. The government today continued its military precautions, “* © = emai Industry Advances. BERLIN.—General Director Voegler of the German steel trust in a speech to the people’s party convention said that the new European steel trust | would not be possible without the | recent Franco-German political ac- cord. Voegler also said taht Germany was near “freeing itself from»British and American coal supremacy. We have perfected a complete process to make benzine coal ridiculously cheap.” It is said coal is turned intg a liquid by adding hydrogen. » ee, ANd Have Their Hands Full in China. SHANGHAI.—Thirty-nine _ British | and American missionaries at Sianfu | in Hunan province, caught by the swift southward advance of Feng Yu- hsiang’s Kuominchun army, are ap-| pealing for “rescue.” British and American consuls at Hankow have re- | plied that they are unable to send an expedition inland as these imperialist powers have all they can do to keep the Yangtze open, The walled city of Wuchang op- osite Hankow, where troops of Wu Peitu are besieged by Cantonese, has been again bombarded by airplanes of the southern armies. oe 8 British Relieved by Hertzog. LONDON, — British diplémats are breathing easier. Prime Minister Hertzog of South Africa, who Was ex- pected to join with Mackenzie King, Canada’s representative at the im- perial conference, in a fight for greater dominion rights within the empire, has publicly declared that he will raise no question of that “revolution- ary” nature, Premier Cosgréve of the Irish Free State has sent similar assurances. Premier Bruce of Australia is known as a supporter of the empire and will not support’ Mackenzie King of Can- ada. Neither will New Zealand's rep- resentative. So the British feel that King will be isolated if he raises the question. Every student found a good- ized cross on the wall in his room, ‘Grace” was said by the bishop be- Each ses- minutes silent meditation. Moreover, a goodly supply of preachers and mis- Pan-European Meet Sees Peril to the League of Nations VIENNA, Oct. 7—The Pan-European congress, where representatives of 28 nations are discussing Europe's af- fairs, ig open here and some interest- ing phases of political Mfe are re- véaled. Severah criticisms were aimed at the league of nations. It is powerless according to some and has Hétle juris- diction jm the” eyes of others. One question is whether such a Pan- European movément as the congress represenits-is inimical to the league, The Greek delegate, who is that na tion's representative to the league, said that jealousies already exist in the league and may develop into con- filcts which the league is powerless to prevent, He objected to other than European countries having authority in the league on European matters. He added that Brazil caused the recent crisis by withdrawal and said there is danger of a ‘American league forming out of the Pan-Amert- ean Union and taking a hostile a titude toward the league of nations. Most of the students were obviously cowed by their surroundings. How- ever, two Chinese students (S. C. Cheng and C, C, Chang) and one Hin- position of the oppressed’ peoples in vigorous fashion. Others who took a leading part in the discussion were No Resolution Adopted. No resolutions were adopted by the The concen- The delegates « also showed themselves to be, opposed to the so- called Pan-Agiatic. movement, which was denounced as an instrument of Despite the unnatural restraint in which the conference took place, a Primo de Rivera a Kill-Joy, MADRID.—Primo de Rivera has is- sued a government order forbidding the ancient Spanish custom of the “piropo,” by which women in public places are complimented as to their attractiveness by any man who so de- sires? The influx of American tourists, many of the prudish vintage of the Y, W. C. A, is to blame. They ob- ject to being complimented, and some are so old as to scarcely deserve it, but the true Spaniard is always polite was discern- Everyone of the chris- Two Colonels to Rockpile. ATHENS, Oct, 7.—Tho council of war has sentenced Colonels Zervas and Dertilos, leaders of the recent re- publicdn guard revolt, to ‘life impris- onmeént at hard labor, sted upon ‘the need for continued United States ——---- Mussolini “Looking for a Fight.” ROME—"I'm looking for a fight. I eoshge ihe oe ¢ with the national liberation struggle |stiall not shun obstacles, Opposition and does not wish to offend any an- nd that 1s not all. can seo |of the Chinese people. They pleaded harsher and more irrocon- Mexican-Swiss ‘Treaty Signed. clont dame by oinitting what is expect- young girls every day in the streets | with the “to cllable, BERNE, Switzerland, Oct. 7.—Mex-|ed as her due by any woman, the @x- of the : wi ie, is joo and Switserland have established | pressed admiration of the other sex. relations. ‘ ; BUILD THE DAILY WITH A 8UB, staaing Sa por Marge ers Next Saturday IN THE NEW MAGAZINE SUPPLEMENT OCTOBER Personal Recollections of Karl Marx An unusual story of the great leader by his son- in-law PAUL LAFARGUE author of the “Right to be Lazy,” eta. A New Generation in The Making a colorful record of youth education by NAT KAPLAN A Lesson in Holy Scriptures You'll enjoy this satir- ical art strip by e Mex- ican artist The Scab a splendid, {llustrated short story of proletar ian life by MAX GELTMAN T. J. 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