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

eects tence a's ow THE DAILY. WORKER ° FORMER RADICAL FACES DEPORTING BY US. AGENTS Anarchist, Now Rich Farmer, Framed By CARL BRANNIN, Federated Press. SEATTLA®, Nov. 3.—Pending a hear- fg on the charge of being alien an- @rchists, and as such deporteble, Carl and Cecile De Lauren, British sub- fects, and Gaston and Leah Lantz, eitizens of France, are at liberty on bonds of $2,500 each. The De Lau- fens are prosperous chicken ranchers @t Home, Wash., and Lantz is a Ta- @oma contractor, af Like a clap of thunder out of clear sky camo the arrest of these parties by an inspector of the department of fmmigration, He stated that he was acting op orders from the department st Washington, D. C. Deny Charge. All of the suspected parties deny the charge that they are anarchists Q@nd claim that the whole affair is fothing more than spite work on the part of a neighbor. They claim that dispute over the use of their tele- phone by a neighbor led to the charges being filed. 4 Formerly Active Reds. Several years ago the De Laurens ‘were very active in the radical move- ment. He was known as an effective Boap-boxer in olties from coast to coast. During the war he had a Red Cross assignment, the loss of a leg fm the Spanish-American war having unfitted him for active service, In 1920-21 he was state organizer for the Private Soldiers and Sailors Legion, nd was candidate for state treasurer on the farmerlabor ticket. During “the Palmer deportations in 1919 ru- mors began to float around that this fellow was a spy in the employ of the government, but nothing definite could be proven and he continued his activity as a radical. J Deserted Movement. Of late years he has dropped out of all movements, living at Home, Wash. ‘Bome 20 years ago Home was an anarchist colony, but after several years dissolved this form of commun- fty life. Now there is @ very suc- wesstul co-operative store and a pro- ‘eressive community life. De Lauren is said to have held an- erchistic views when he came to Home, but is now simply known as one of the most suceessful chicken raisers there. His reading is chiefly wonfined to the Hearst Seattle Post- 4ntelligencer and the Saturday Hven- {ng Post. Young Wife Dies in Explosion. BENTON HARBOR, Mich., Nov. 2— Mrs. Fern Whitright, 21-year-old wife of John Whitright, farmer living near this city, was dead today following a kerosene explosion in their home. Send The DAILY WORKER for one month to your shop-mate. Towards Shanghai— And Imperialist Intervention The irresistible march of the Can- tonese forces towards the capture of Shanghai brings with it the growing ‘fear and hatred of the imperialist pow- ers and an increasing movement for an imperialist allied intervention in China to suppress the Cantonese, The British, who have always led in this move, have recently been joined by Mussolini, following the jo- Italian conversations off the coast’ of ‘Italy. Now the semiofficial Temps of ‘Paria declares that the greatest dan- ger for western civilization “would be the final success of the army of Can- ton,” and that if Shanghai is occu- pied by the southern troops “it will perhaps be necessary to visualize th eventuality of a concerted policy o the powers.” In diplomatic language “coneerted policy” means concerted action. That such action would only be the continuation of foreign imperialist pol- ijey in @ more brutally open form can be seen from the publication of article in the organ of British impe- rialism the North China Daily News, which relates the story of the sale of aeroplanes to Obinese armies by French companies under the patron- age of the French legation at Peking. It 1s well to remember fn this connec- tion that the accord signed by all the big powers in the spring of 1919 spe- olfically pledges them to “prevent their subjects and citizens from ex- porting or importing into China arms and munitions of war, as well as all material exclusive destined for their manufacture, until the establish- ment of a government whose authority is recognized in all the countries.” Since that period it has been found King and Queen of Belgians Arrive for “Socialist”? Ceremony STOCKHOLM, Noy. 8.—King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, ac- companied by their younger children, Prince Charles and Princess Marie special train from Gothenburg to at- tend the civil wedding of their son and heir, Prince Leopold, and Princess Astrid, niece of King Gustay of Sweden, The civil wedding will take place at 4 o'clock on Thursday after- noon, Karl Lindhagen, “socialist” mayor of Stockholm, will perform the ceremony, N. Y, PAPER BOX STRIKERS TRY A NEW PICKET GAG But They Are Arrested All the Same NEW YORK,—Striking paper box workers of New York are trying out a new picketing manoeuver: autos follow police-protected scab delivery wagons, each auto bearing signs call- ing attention to the situation, “See the strike breaker. He is protected. But not the pickets,” read one auto sign, “The police protect property. How about the workers’ standards,” exclaimed another, “Watch the police prevent every effort to unionize the strike-breakers,” declared a third. Arrest Them Anyhow. One car was stopped by a policeman and the pickets in the car arrested on disorderly conduct charges. They were bailed out by the Paper Box Makers Union, conducting the strike for higher wages, the 44-hour week, union shops and better sanitary con- ditions. Another car was stopped later and the driver forced to take down the signs. He asked if it were a vio- lation to advertise a strike, asserting: “Every show that comes to town is allowed to advertise itself in a similar manner.” The policeman answered that this wasn’t “advertising” but “agitation—bolshevism.” When the driver asked if the union demands were bolshevism, the cop got sore and threatened arrest. $18 to $20 A Week. A taxi full of colored girl strike- breakers was driven on the picket line by a guard to slash the coats of girl pickets with safety razor blades. One striker was badly cut,on.the arm and back and had to be taken to the hospital. A strike-breaking detective agency, has been advertising: . “Want- ed—50 Colored Girls—to learn” and offering $18 to $20 a week pay. The girls are sent out as strike-breakers under protection of a $10-a day guard —the agent gets the $10—under ar- rangements made by the so-called de- tective agency and the paper box manufacturers association. For every girl who stays on the job three days the agent collects $5 in addition to his fee, Jose, arrived here this morning by|S cabs PROMISES HELP OFA. F. L. UNION TO BOX WORKERS Slash Pickets With Razors N YORK, Noy, 8—John P. Burke, president of the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Pa- per Mill Workers, addressed a mass meeting of striking paper box makers in Webster Hall here, He told the workers that if the union ‘had had the present honest and intelligent leadership two years ago the split with the international would never have. occurred. Promised ald. He promised the New York union the wholehearted support of the A. F. of L. international, and urged the workers to show their appreciation for Fred Catola’s leadership by sticking together and giving the bosses such a licking that they will not want an- other strike for 10 years, Gitlow Talks. Ben Gitlow, Workers’ Party candi- date for governor, also spoke. Gitlow attacked the capitalist class for sub- jecting the workers to low wages and Page Three Many tings for “Debs. Enrollment” in I, L. D. Held Here Among the organizations that have held Debs memorial meetings in Chi- cago are: Northwest Mothers League, speakers Harry Kivect and Manuel Schuchter; Chicago local of the Inter- national Labor Defense, Lettish Work- ers Society (I. L. D.); Hungarian Branch of the I. L, D., 8. T, Hammers- mark, speaker; Russfan I. L, D. branch, and Greek Workers’ Educa- tional League. Other special meet- ings are in preparation in other parts of the city. At these meetings the activity of Debs for labor defense was stressed among other things, and workers Joined the International Labor De- fense in line’ with the “Debs Enroll- ment” gampaign. The “Debs Enrollment” will be one feature at the following meetings this week: Karl: Marx Scandinavian club, Thursday, Nov. 4, 8. p, m. at 2733 Hirsch boulevard; Billings branch, Friday, Nov. 5, 8 p, m., at 2409 North Halsted street; Barnett branch, Fri- day, Nov. 5,°8 p. m., at 2738 Hirsch boulevard; Lakeview Scandinavian branch, Thursday, Nov, 4, 8 p. m., at 3206 Wilton, Idrott cafe; South Slavic branch, Saturday, Nov. 6, 8 p. m., at 1805 South Racine avenue, long hours of labor at the same time that millians are being spent to wel- come Queen Marie of Roumania to America, Use Razors. Thursday evening a taxi full of colored girl strike breakers armed with safety razor blades, descended upon a group of pickets at the corner of West Broadway and Grand street, slashed their coats badly and wounded one girl in the arm and back. The girl was sent to St, Vincent's hospital, but was able to leave yesterday. One of the pickets was arrested and fined $5 in the first magistrate’s court, White and Center streets, for disorderly com duct. ‘ Three more pickets were arrested yesterday on the same charge and fined $5 each, : Cleveland I. L. D. to Give Unique Bazaar to Raise Needed Fund CLEVELAND, Nov. 3.—Local Cleve- land, of the International Labor De- fense, announces the arrangement of an international bazaar to be held at Moose Hall, 1000 Walnut street, on December 4 and 5, This bazaar will consist of booths arranged by each of the various lan- guage branches of the lotal I. L. Dy ‘On Saturday there will be, in addi- tion to the bazaar, a children’s pro- gram in the late,afternoon, and danc- ing in the evening. On Sunday there will be a bazaar and a grand interna- tional concert. We will send sample copies of The DAILY WORKER to your friends~ send us name and address. BUILD THE DAILY WITH A SUB The local committee invites all who want ¢o help all labor prisoners and defendants to attend these meetings. Los Angeles to Have Debs Memorial Meet LOS. ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 3.— The workers of Los Angeles will pay tribute to the memory of the life and work of Eugene Victor Debs in the labor and revolutionary movement at a meeting on Nov. 12, at the Music Art Hall, 233 South Broadway. The meeting is being held under the auspices of International Labor De- fense, and prominent labor and pro- gressive men will speak. Workers are invited to attend this memorial to the great rebel. Preacher who Murdered Lumberman Asks for A Change of Venue FORT WORTH, Tex., Nov. 3.—Tes- timony intended to show that the Rev. J. Frank heh pastor of the First Baptist Chitch here, charged with the murder of ,D, E. Chipps, lumberman and nent clubman, July 17, could not,Bave a fair trial in Tarrant county ocgupied the second day of the trial, ; The testimony was in support of the defense motion yesterday asking for a change of »yenue, Dies Under Car. BATAVIA,N. Y., Nov. 2—An uniden- tified man was killed today at East Pembroke when his automobile skid- ded on a wet pavement and overturn- ed. MINERS DO HONOR TO STRIKER WHO DIED IN BATTLE Madera Coal Diggers Mourn Endie’s Death MADERA, Pa,, Nov. 3—(FP)—While | Madera miners seem on the point of winning their year-and-a-half strike against the H, B. Swoope interests, they are paying tribute to the mem: | ory of Andrew Endie, a local leader | who gave his life for them the other | day. Endie’s death followed a brutal evic- tion during sickness. He lived in company house which he had been buying on the monthly payment plan. | He had been paying for years and | most of the sum was in. But during | the strike his payments lapsed and | the company threatened to take his | house away. This was a tragedy for | a man of 57 with seven schildren, The company offered this alternative: Ad- | vise the men to go back to work and you can stay. ‘ Endie was recording secretary of local union 1583 and had been check- weighman before the strike. He was 525 Irving boulevard, Los {swore out an affidavit of Letters from Our Readers An Appeal to Justice. Hditor, The DAILY WORKER: I would be very pleased if you will publish this letter in an early issue of your paper, October 14, 1924, T. A. Barraclough, Angeles, insanity against me, charging that I had a de- lusion that he had a daughter with whom I claim to be madly in love; |that I had been éo his house, and his wife was scared to death of me; that he believed he needed police protec- tion against me, but did not care to ask for it, for he really did not think that I knew just what I was doing. Such affidavit of insanity cause Mme to be taken from my employment and lodged in the psychopathic ward, General Hospital, 1100 Mission road, Los Angeles, California. On October 16, 1924, Superior Court Judge Walter Guerin told me that I would be tried before him on the 20th, at which time I was entitled to be represented by legal counsel and to subpoena witnesses, and if I was com- mitted I had five days fh which to demand a jury trial, That afternoon I wrote to Mr. C. L Thilgore, an attorney-atlaw in Los a man of influence in that mining community, He was a key man, He knew what his defection would mean to the fight. He was sick, But he said No, So they put Endie and his folks onto the street, A week later he was dead. The Presbyterian ghurch was jam- med at the funeral service. «Paul Faller, education director of Dist. 2, and a friend of Endie’s had been in- vited by the family to give the fu- neral sermon. Rey. West, fearful of offending Swoope, vetoed the plan at the last moment and confined Fuller to prayer, In the prayer Fuller laid the death to the door of the coal corporation, in words like these: “Our heavenly father, thou knqwest and we know, that thou dids’t not take the Hfe of Brother Endie. His life was taken by the H. B. Swoope interests who put him out into the street and when he was sick because he stood by his fellow workers.” Reverend upset. The charge created a murmur of as- sent that Rev. West tried vainly to quiet in the sermon that followed. West urged the workers to think of heavenly, not earthly things, and get close to God thus, But at the grave Fuller got his opportunity for a more sustained message to the hundreds ot men there, including some of! the scabs, \ Soon after the scabs at one of the two mines struck and as this {s writ- }ten the’ scabs at the other mine are | meeting union organizers. H. B. Swoope was a hard master. Instead of-scrip he used metal “trad- ing checks,” coined to resemble Un- cle Sam’s dollar, and fifty cent and smaller pieces, and good only at the company store, where prices were high, Angeles, but received no reply. October 20 I was without legal coun- sel and Judge Guerin put me on pro- bation, Before the expiration of the five days prescribed by law I had made written application for a jury trial. T have been told that it is on record as part of my case. Whether it is or not, I would like to point out that a defendant’s state- ments must be accepted as true un- less they can be proved untrue; that a defendant must be given the benefit of the doubt. prove that I demanded a jury trial within the time prescribed by law; it is never reasonable to expect the de- fendant to do so. The defendant is continuously under lock and key and must rely upon others to transmit whatever messages are given. In- stead of being granted a jury trial I was kept at the General Hospital in Log Angeles until November 4th? 1924, when I was committed to Hondo. I was committed to this hospital for the insane January 23rd, 1925. During all this time I have failed to obtain the services of a lawyer. | I have written to both the California state and federal supreme courts in my efforts to obtain a writ of habeas corpus, but have received no reply to any of my letters. If my case is an example of human- itarianism as practiced in California the sooner it is known the better. I do not believe this is the American ideal of law and justice. If it is, the American ideal is a whole lot lower now than it was at the time this re- public was founded, A, N. Brearley, California. Your nefghbor will appreciate the favor—give him this copy of the DAILY WORKER. _ Weekly International Review~~ phasizes the fact that the French aero- plane salesmen are taking no risks, ‘but are engaged in their work with the closest relations to the French le- gation, at which the contracts and sales are recorded with the same care and regularity as French official busi- ness with the Chinese government. During the last three years some 150 aeroplanes have been sold in this man- ner, most of them to Chang Tso-lin. The French aviator, Poulet, is the chief technica) adviser of Chang. An- other, the, Count de Boigne, is tech- nical adviser to General Chang-Chung Tehiang, who-has built the largest aerodrome in China at Tsinan-fi British, American and French men of war are constantly at hand in China for a concerted interventionist movement, Oruisers steam up and down Chinese waters, doing thei? best to provoke the active indignation of the people, as with the British massa- ®2 | ore at Wahnsion, In addition to the news that Feng Yu Hsiang, just returned from Mos- cow, is organizing an army in Mon- golia to come to the aid of the Kuo- | Republios and Lithuania, thus accom: minchun, it is known that not only Wu Pet-fu, but also Sun Chuan Fang are almost out of the scene, Tho troops of the latter become daily more demoralized, It seems only 4 ques- tion of days now until the Cantonese will Have taken Shanghai, The moral effect of this victory—the capture by the national revolutionaries of the city in which the massacre of stu- dents occurred over @ year ago—will bring tremendous strength to the na- tlonalist forces, B It 1s by no meang improbable that the capture of Shanghat will be the signal for a united imperialist drive against the revolutionartes, " a Russia Breaking Thru The Baltic Cordon renty successfully signed Unton of Socialist Soviet “a serious breach in the Brit- Ish-<directed Balto antifoviet cordon, fi comes the news that a Soviet repre- sentative has left Moscow for Riga to conclude a similar treaty with Lat- via. Should such a treaty be success- fully accomplished, the Soviet Union will have delivered two telling blows against the policy of intervention which is being inspired by Chamber- Jain in the Baltic and the Balkans against Russia, Pilsudski, in the meantime, actively supported by London, continues to ful- minate against Lithuania. A very im- portant military conference has just been held in Warsaw, lasting four days, which included all the important army officers and the members of the general staff, presided over by Pil- sudski himself. No official explana- Uon of the reason for this conference hasbeen issued, but its intent is quite clear, — . Part of the Polish press 1s propos- ing the return of Danzig to Germany in return for German acquiescence and aid in securing for Poland some other outlet to the sea. Danzig is at present the chief port, the only one of Teal importance, in fact, and if it should be returned to Germany, which Towards a Great Coali- tion in Germany The appeal made at the Dresden congress of the German industrialists by Dr. Silverberg for a government of the great coalition, from the populists thry the center to the social democ- racy, is making considerable headway. The need for a government of “repub- Ucans” representing “all classes,” a government directed against the work- ing masses and for their more inten- sive exploitation, has become more ur- gent with the progress of capitalist “rationalization,” which has resulted in such sharp suffering of the German tollers, Germany industry has reached the point where, in order to live and de- velop, it be able to compete on the international market and secure tor Germany a favorable export bal- ance of trade, Despite all endeavors, aceompanied® by @ tremendous flood of Anglo-Saxon capital into the coun- try, the balance of trade has achieved only a slight gain of exports over tm- ports, The huge debts which are pil- would go @ long way towards the res- toration, of the eastern frontier of the old ¢ » Poland can look for a sea- port only in Lithuania, The reno- vated Gorman imperialism, 4vhich is more and more abandoning its “east- ern orientation,” 1, e., a friendly policy towards the Soviet Union, will not be unlikely to support Pilsudski’s impe- rialist ambitions in Lithuania, that {s, for the invasion of Memel, the Lithua- man seaport, The profpect of the re- turn of Danzig has undoubtedly heightened the German desire to ren- der ald to Pilsudski, $ There is no doubt but that the So- viet Union would firmly oppose this combined attack upon Lithuania, which {# another form of an attack upon the Soviet Union {tself, The policy of peace which 1s being pursued by Moscow is winning away from sub- Jeotivity'to Anglo-French imperialism the Beltio countries which formerly formedyan unbreakable iron ring around (he young workers’ republic, seh [ ing up in Germany make it imperative for her to secure a favorable export balance if the structure of stabiliza- tion {s not to collapse, A favorable export balance, ability not only to export but to have its ex- ports compete favorably on tle world market, necessitate for Germany an industry with low production costs, which mean intensified exploitation of the workers, lower wagos and longer hours of labor, The bitter period thru which German labor ts passing can only be maintained by German capt: talism under relatively peadeful condi. tiofis, that i, with a passive working clase, In spite of ‘the fact that there are millions of unemployed and part tmea workers who are a constant threat ‘to German wotkers who are on of strikes for im- proved conditions, the militancy of German labor is on the upgrade, The impressive qampaign for the expro- priation princes, led by the Communist this leftward movement, To check this movement, to main- tain that “Locarno spirit in industry” which is so essential for the German bourgeoisie, they are putting forth the proposal for a coalition government, a united rule for the oppression of the workers. The German chancellor, Marx, has already invited the social democrats to participate in the trea- sonable great coalition. The demo- crats are inclined to favor, the move and the party of the center is not op- posed, To make it still easier for the social democrats to take once more their thirty pieces of silver, the mon- archist general, Von Seeckt, has been dismissed from the Reichswehr and Severing from the Prussian ministry of the interior, In the national gov- ermment it is proposed to add the social democrats; in Prussia, where the social democrat, Braun, presides over the Landtag, the populists (Voel- kische) will enter more responsibility into the government, The official social democracy offl- clally hesitates, The drift of honest socialist workers away from the party, and towards the Communist Party, gives them good cause to hesitate about taking 80 outrageous a step, And this drift’has not been stemmed *| by the action taken by the social dem- ocrats in the Prussian Landtag when they sanctioned the prosposal to re- munerate the former kaiser to the tune of 126,000,000 marks, thus pre. venting the defeat of the proposal, But {f the official social democracy hesitates, its leaders do not, Already Hilferding and Breitscheld, the former ‘“ett-wingers” of the independent so. elal democratic party, have announced thelr agreement with the propoga] for 4 great Coalition, They have been sdconded by the leader of the right wing, Muller, The Gompers of the German trade unions, Leipart, has been carrying on negotiations with Silverberg towards the same end, ‘The revival of the great coalition in Germany will méan the repetition of socialist betrayal—and the growth of the Communist Party ard the move- Conversations in Leg- horn, and Turkey The conversations between Cham- berlain and Mussolini on board a yacht off Leghorn are swiftly bearing fruit Italy is already making strenuous ef- forts to secure from France the man- date over Syria, which will give Mus- solini a strong foothold in Asia Minor and place him in immediate proximity to Turkey, A recent dispatch from Constantinople announces that local papers are displaying news that Tur- key has mobilized four army corps in the last few days because the coun- try is being menaced, This report {fs either a fabrication of the British, Im which case it shows that the Anglo-Italian alliance is be- ginning to work overtime to create the proper atmosphere for an armed at- tack by Mussolini upon Turkey, or else it is true, which would indicate that the plans for an offensive decided upon at Leghorn are coming to & speedy realization and that Turkey is preparing to defend itself against an tmpertalist attack, The sharpness of the struggle between the newly-de- veloped alliance in Europe, of France and Germany on the one hand and England and Italy on the other—impe- rialist, war-anticipating alliances which give the He to the buncombe of Lo- carno pacts and peace—ta further shown by the fact that England 16 instigating an attack upon Turkey which is notoriously an ally ef France, with which Turkey has only @ short time ago concluded a (reaty, The sembofficial Angora newspaper, Hakimietti 4 Milltet, carriea @ phap attack upon the imperialist ambitions of Italy tn Anatolia, The journal points out that the entiré armed power of the republic and Turkish people as a whole will prove, if necessary, to any foreign power that Turkey can no longer be attacked with . impunity, Turkey, it continues, will steadfastly fight against any attempts to lHquidate On; It is not up to me to} CONFERENCE FOR SACCO-VANZETTI TO MEET IN N.Y, Emergency Committee Takes Active Steps NEW YORK, Nov, 3.—As a first step in an organized protest against Judge Thayer's denial of a new trial to Sacco and Vanzetti, a hurry call was issued today by the New York Sacco-Vanzetti Emergency Committee of 80 Fast 111th street, to its members representing 300 labor organizations {in this city, to attend a conference | Thursday night in the auditorium of |the International Madies’ Garment Workers’ Union at 3 West 16th street. The calling of Thursday's confer- }ence was delayed unt{l the Emerg- ency Committee had secured Madison |Square Garden for a protest mass meeting on Thursday evening; Novem- ber 18, 1926. Will Start Drive. Thru the delegates at Thursday night’s conferénce, the Emergency Committee will start a drive among labor unions and labor organizations in support of the continued demand tor’ a new trial for the two convicted workers. “We never expected anything but a |@onial of a new trial. from Judge Thayer, whose prejudice has been ap parent for five rs,” said Elizabeth |Gurley Flynn, secretary of the EBmerg- {\ency Committee which has issued the jcall. “We know that anyone who had |conducted such a trial as he did when |Sacco gnd Vanzetti were convicted, would never consider that anything warranted a retrial. Workers United. | “But workers all over the world stand united in their determination that these two persecuted workers shall have a new trial. The recently published evidence shows, ‘without a doubt, that they are innocent, “We will fight with all our power against any possible attempt of the state of Massachusetts to salve its conscience by commuting the sentence of Sacco and Vanzetti to life imprison- ment. They must be freed. irey ate guiltless of the crime for which they were convicted, and we are certain they. would be acquitted by a new jury not under the influence of antt- jred hysteria. “Sacco and Vanzetti must have @ new trial.” Young LaFollette Talks Here Sunday Philip LaFollette, younger son of the elder Senator LaFollette, will be the speaker at the Chicago Forum Sun- day afternoon, November 7. LaFollette will speak upon the sub- ject, “A Progressive Looks at His Country.” The- meeting will be held at the Br- anger Theater Sunday afternoon at 3:16. a — Thoiry and Romsey Great Britain's alarm over the coa- versations betwe@n Briand and Strese- mann at Thoiry, where steps were taken towards the conclusion of @ Franco-German entente, and over the conclusion of the Huropean steel car- tel which threatens the British steel industry, was expressed in more ways than the publication of articles in the press, A few days ago, at Romsey, In Eng- land, representative industrialists of Germany and England met to disonss, according to the London Daily News, four points: to examine the question of resuming the negotiations concern- ing the alliance between, the German dye trust and the British Dyestuffs, Ltd.; to study the process of extract: ing petrol from coal; to conclude an |agreement on the delivery and sale of coal; to discuss the attitude of Great Britain in face of the European steel cartel, No definite steps were taken at Romsey, but provisions were made for the continuation of the negotiations, with the likelihood of a meeting in Germany in the. near future. It 1s sig- nificant that the latest developments in which Germany has. figured has forced England to approach her with the object of weaning Germany away from any entente with France—an al- liance which would deal a heavy body blow to Britain's influence on the tinent, not to speak of other parts the world, Chamberlain realizes that en alliance with Italy ts only @ sub- stitute for an alliance with the much more powerful—potentially—-Germany, ’ That Germany will not be averse to the continuation of negotiations with Britain is certain, The progress of the Frauco-German alliance bas not veen 90 swift and untroubled as Ger many would ike to see it, Powerful influence ts being exerted upon & sec: then of the French ruling class prevent the consummation of the en- tente—not the least of such interested powers being the United States. Potae care, and numerous lesser lights, have made unmistakable attacks, very much veiled, it ts true, upon the Thoiry ac- cord, The negotiations between Brit- ish and German industrialists is one of the ways in which Germany intends its sovereignty into a number of for-|to show that it has mére cards to eign-controlled spheres of influence | play than the ove of thé” Franco-er- man alliance, and concession zones, Max Shachtman, f)