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‘DEMAND PROBE OF STATE DEPT. La Guardia Asks About Press Propaganda (Continued from page 1) desirable way out, but that again, the opinion of those who are close to the administration, might bring war heppreciably nearer, The activities of the catholics in favor of war or anything that would Wid them in their fight against the Mexican government are being inten- sified. The Knights of Columbus, in a merias of pamphieta it is addressing to jevery member of congress, announces ‘that it is raising a huge fund with ‘which to continue its struggle to make the Calles government come to terms with the catholic church. For the ‘iret time in years, the ku klux klan, | éhe American radicals, and the Com- ‘munists of Russia are placed tn the @ame category, and are charged with being in league to destroy civilization Jn Mexico, Allpat Sea. it is conceded that everyone here is @t sea. While Kellogg and the Amer- ean investors know what, they want, fend would probably stop at nothing to get it, they recognize the limitations te which they must confine their af- forts, for sentiment is not particularly favorable to war, and will not be un- less the encouragement the adminis- fration has given to adventurers in Mexico should suddenly result in some American being shot or some attacks made on American consulates. Colombia Restores Voiced Concession to American Oil Interest BOGOTA, Colombia, Dee, 20.—It is reported that the controversy between ‘the government and American oil in- terests over the Barco concession is ended, and that the concession, which ‘was cancelled last February, will be restored to the American interests. It will then run the. full length of its original time, to Oct. 31, 1955. The territory includes 2,000. square miles Fich in ofl deposits, General Barco sold the concession fm 1918 to American oil interests, re- oe to himself 15 per cent royalty, estate has disposed of a part of the shares in this royalty, 5 per cent of it being held by the Roman Cath- olic church, which hag always refused to, sell its portion. Majorities, both _ of the shares in the companies and “of the Barco royalties, are now held by Americans, German Statesman Says War Could Have Been Averted With League GENEVA, Dec. 20.—‘“If the nations had a league in 1914 the world war would have been averted,” is the claim ow being made by Foreign Minister Stresemann of Germany following the elosing of negotiations here on the control of German military activities, which apparently ended satisfactorily to the nations concerned. “If the statesmen could have met for four or five weeks in 1914, just as ‘she foreign ministers met at Locarno ‘and Geneva and discussed the situa- © ittton frankly and unreservedly, I am gonvinced that the great. war would ‘have been averted,” he said. America immune to Culture: PARIS.— Sherwood Anderson, the American novelist, who is in this city ‘says: “There is no danger of Ameri- ~-@a's becoming cultured so long as the ae THE’ DAILY WORKER It’s a Capitalist Santa Claus! ARTIFICIAL go AS SPIRIT wal it LONDON SHOWS U.S. BUILDING RUBBER EMPIRE 2 Firestone Tells of New * : Liberia (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Dec. 20.—-Harvey Fire- stone, American rubber magnate, just returned from America’s foothold in Africa, Liberia, relates that ‘the mil- lion-acre rubber development in which he is the prime mover, is progressing rapidly and will soon be in a position to compete with the British Bast India monopoly on the precious raw product. U. 8. “Cecil Rhodes.” London papers refer to him as the American Cecil, Rhodes in Africa. Firestone said that the Liberian gov- ernment was “friendly” to the under- taking and had secured a loan from the United States to develop harbor facilities at Monrovia, presumably in preparation for the future rubber in- dustry of the country. Firestone also said: “We are hav- ing-no difficulty In securing a suf- ficient labor force.” Working-class comment in London remarks that this statement means plantation bondage for thousands of Negroes in Liberia and other portions of West Africa from which they may be procured. They can see no reason why'American imperialism should treat these natives of Africa any different than the Bel- gians, British and Dutch have done, and there are no indications that this is so. U. 8, Afrioan. Beginning, Liberia is the only spot in the con- tinent'in which the United States has an actual hold, and it is seen here as the beginning of United States expan- sion in a continent already divided up among other powers, We will send sample copies of The |DAILY WORKER to your friends~ _ erase for standardization endures,” - \send us, name and address. By WiLLIAM F, DUNNE. i hyeee state department has been con- spiring secretly against Mexico. Tt has Giso been sae ntiphin against the American people. In particular has it been conspiring against the lives of the largest section of the American people-—the working olass—which would be called upon to for Wall Street's interests in im oase the activities of the department should, ae they quite might, result in war, evidence of this conspiracy has obtained and it is of such a defi- character that even cortain capl- papers have commented upon it and denounced it. ‘T the state department did was to use its power as a part of the national government to prevail upon the Associated Press to send out a tory concerning Mexico which had ‘mot the slightest basis in fact and which was designed to arouse public eentiment against that nation and its ‘people, Papers like the St, Louis Post-Dis- patch, tho New York World, the Baiti- more Bun, the Cleveland Press, and the Los Angeles Record havo assailed ‘the state department for its _ tempt to stir up another “red scare” AG by the false statement sent out thru | HE EP YORK WORLD said: This is what happened on Tues- day, Nov. 16, when Assistant Secre- tary Olds prevailed upon the Asso- lated Press to flood the newspa- Pere of this country with a mischiev- ous, sensational and altogether Irre- sponsible story (fom which Mr. Olds himself admitted privately he had no proof) to theveffect that Mexican boishevism was reaching down thru Nicaragua to threaten American de- fenses of the Panama Canal. in this case the state department was stooping to deception and intrigue; the Associated Press was permit- ting itself to be used a seml- official news agenoy, with all of the Jona of independence and integrity which that polley Involved. Two things need locking into,” badly, One is the method by whioh the state department distributes its ‘news; the other is the personne! of the state department bureau of the Aseociated Press, NTRODUCING its attack on the state department, the World goes still further: There is no way of characterizing official to we an anonymous at- tack upon a friendly nation for an ulterior purpose in which the state department disavows responsibility, honorable. Post-Dispatch con- of the state depart: |. i | MILLIONS oF WORMERS: MISERY LIFELIKE APPEARANCE OF LENIN’S BODY QUE TO EMBALMER’S SKILL MOSCOW, Deo, 20.—Of the more than three million people who have viewed the body of Lenni, lying in its case of glass, many have been puzzled. The simple-minded peasant has insisted that he still lives. The sophisticated have laugh- ed at the innocence of the peasant and have said that It was a wax figure, substituted for the body. Both have been wrong. Prof. Schilling, a German scientist, es- pecially invited by the’Soviet gov- ernment to pass on the matter, ex- plains the phenomenon by assert- ing that the life-like appearance of the body, three years after death, is due entirely to a wonderful job of embalming. It is without doubt the best known example of the em- balmer’s art carried to perfection. Prof, Schilling reported that even the skin of the face was still per- fectly elastic. Mussolini Arrests Group from France MILAN — On their arrival from France arrests were made of' former socialist deputies Gonzales and Ziy- ordi, Doctors Giordani and Pirri, and the socialist leader, Turati, who had been exiled. No announcement has been made as to what charges are preferred against them, other than that they are not wanted on Italian soil. ' Pray But Don’t Pay. LISBON—The American Methodist mission at Angola, Portugese West Africa, are accused by papers here of exploiting the natives. It is charged that the missionaries hire them. to build roads and.then fail to pay them. Certain of the missfonaries, by name, are charged with abusing the government's hospitality extend- ed to them in permitting them to proelyte there. ‘The S State Department’s Conspira to attack Mexico, it should do so openly and hold itself accountable; if an individual pri sociation or an individual newspaper proposes to attack Mexico, it should act Indi- vidually on its information and hold itself accountable. To have the State department and the heads of Press services conniving to put out weasel-worded attacks on Mexico based upon “moral certainties” is to Invite distortion of public opinion, and to destroy that direct, precise responsibility which must be the ultimate safeguard of accuracy of information given tothe people, d Word CLEVELAND PRESS is rather cynical, It says: We very much fear Secretary of State Kellogg and President Diaz of Nicaragua are playing a similar game. In one breath Diaz loudly charges that the liberals who oppose him are bolsheviks sicked on him by Mexico, and in the next he extends a most cordial invitation to them to lay down their arms and accept im- portant jobs in his, the Diaz govern- ment, , .. If we are going to In- terveno In any way, shape or form In Mexico, let's know why, The stars and stripes have never lacked defenders. . . . But every mother’s son of them going to want to know what it's all about before he offers his body as a target jen pellets on a foreign bat- ‘LOS ANGELES RECORD takes tate department proposes the opportunity to say a good word , EMPLOYED AND JOBLESS MUST JOIN IN CRISIS Permanent Unemploy- ment Faces Germany BERLIN, Dec. 20, — Decline and bankruptcy of the capitalist system in Germany demands that the great army. of unemployed and the employed workers join hands. This was em- phasized at the national conference of the unemployed here, attended by 429 delegates representing workers thruout the country. The unemploy- ment situation in Germany is diag: nosed oe bar permanent, instead of temporary, And nothing short of a united fromt of the unemployed and the employes can save the German working class from utter slavery, it was pointed out at the conference. The delbgates demanded the 8-hour day for all workers in Germany and immediate employment for the job- less, The conference meets at a time when the’ political situation is very acute, with the social-democratic Marx government preparing to carry thru a number of oppressive measures designed to strip the masses of what few rights they now possess. When Chancellor Marx was informed of the demand for the 8-hour day he scorned the petition, Communists Predominate, Of the delegates attending, repre- senting constituencies of 1,000 to 3,000 electors, 254 are members of the Communist Party of Germany. Thirty-three are ‘social-democrats, and 117 had no party affiliation. Canadian Government Asked to Act Against Emigration to U. S. OTTAWA, Can., Dec, 20. — The steady trek of Canadians across the border into the United States threat- ens to become an important issue of the present session of parliament, Opposition leaders intimated they intend to jask the government why, when millions of dollars are being spent to bring immigrants to Canada the country is facing a depopulation of her native sons, They intend to ask the government to formulate a policy that will keep Canadian sons on the northern side of the interna- tional boundary line, Develop “Electric Eye” to Penetrate Darkness with New Television LONDON, Dec. 20. — An “electric eye,” which is able to penetrate dark- ness, is a new development in tele- vision which John Baird, inventor of the “televisor” has discovered, accord- ing to the Daily Mail. “This is accomplished by isolating and then employing rays which are outside the visible spectrum,” ex- plained Baird: Baird explained that in military aviation it might be possible to scour the skies with this ray and the re- sults of its penetration would be thrown on a screen at the place of operation of the ray, Mikado Still Alive, But Death Is Nearing LONDON, Dec. 20.—A dispatch to the Evening News from Tokio stated the emperor's condition {s most grave. The Japanese foreign office hag re- quested the British, American and German embassies to cancel their Christmas celebrations, for itself and its press service: The United Press, which serves this newspaper, needless to say, did not carry the Mexican “bolshevism” story, tho its representative was Present at the conference with Mr. Olds, Evan if the state department can get a news agency to lend itself to misleading propaganda, responsible officials of that department realize the folly'of such procedure. The pre soclations are the necessary, even vital link between the Ameri- can government and the American people, but the good thus accom- plished will be much or little or none, according to just what re- liance the public feels justified in placing in news from this source, i. ig interesting to note the motives behind this barrage against the state department, First, there {s undoubtedly a large section of the middle class that is in opposition to the policy of the state department and Wall Street in the Mexican situation, This opposition, composed of persons and interests con- nected with both the democratic and republican parties, is similar in many respects and, in fact, in most instances is a duplication of the forces which are in revolt against the Coolid, ministration—farmers, small busine: men and professional elements, It is significant that no protest against the state department's plot against Mexico has comerfrom the executive council of the American Federation of Labor. Second, the section of the capitalist \ Page turer OUR AUSTRALIAN LETTER SIDNEY, Australia (By Mail). The special conference of the New South Wales branch of the Australian labor party was to open Nov, 12. The conference will consider the proposed new rules, and also the disunity in the parliamentary labor party. From | the left wing point of view the new | rules are the more important of the two, because as they are proposed | they will enable the industrial move- ment to control the political wing. | They will also allow» members of the | Communist Party to represent their unions on the A. L. P. conference | and allow them to be elected to the | executive committee. If this portion | of the rules is adopted we will soon show them how to deal with disunity in the parliamentary party. Much Intrigue, Much intriguing is going on regard- ing the conference and many secret meetings are heing held, but it is im- possible to say, even at this late hour, which section will win out. One thi ng is certain, Premier Lang will do: nate the conference, and if he sip- ports the new rules they will be car- vied. However, he is a poiltician and may consider it inadvisable to sup- port the left wingers, Window Framers’ Strike. For six weeks there has been a strike at Dobson & Wormald’s window frame works at Sydney.» This firm had displaced members of the en gineering union with boys and un- skilled laborers. Everybody was called out, including the boys, who responded remarkably well. Scabs were placed in the vacant positions, and the firm carried on production, but the building trades unions rallied to the support of the strikers by re- fusing to handle the window frames lections, the following extract from the columns of the Sydney Morning Herald will be Interesting: “The May land board last evening concluded a four days’ sitting, dur- ing which it examined 1,297 applica- | tions for two original holdings near Booligal of 7,500 and 7,300 acres, re spectively, The board sent 272 ap Plicants to ballot. The farms were drawn by Rupert Braim of May and George M. King of Mimosa, Temora. “Great interest was manifested in the proceedings, applicants coming | from all parts of this state and Vic- | toria.” “Hands Off China,” On Sunday, Nov. 7, a great “Hands Off China” demonstration was held in the Sydney domain the ninth anniversary of the Russian revolution was celebrated in one of the big picture theaters. A collection for the British miners was appealed for at both meetings and 45 pounds was netted. Up to date the British miners’ aid committee have collected over 10,000 pounds for the miners. QUEENSLAND, A trade. union congress is to open at Brisbane. It has been convened by the Brisbane Labor Council for the purpose of recognizing the attitude of the trade union movement to the po- litical wing. The policy of the labor government has been so anti-working class that it has aroused the indigna- tion of even the moderate section of the industrial movement. The latest traitorous action of the government has been to make a penalty of one pound on every man who takes part in a stop-work meeting on the state- owned railways, Stop-Work Meeting. The Brisbane Labor Council called produced by scab labor. This had the desired effect, and the management | has capitulated by agreeing to rein- | state the whole of the men previously | employed; also to dispense with the services of all the scabs: The dis- }putes committee of the labor council conducted the dispute. Chinese Sailors Victimized. Another successful fight conducted by the disputes committee was the case of the Chinese crew of the S. S. Malabar. It is the custom for the crews of vessels to be paid a certain} amount for lodgings ashore when | their quarters are being fumigated. | In this case the crew, consisting of | 67 Chinese, did not receive the neces- |. sary money, and as a consequence they went into the saloon and slept there. About midnight an officer strolled along and kicked the Chi- nese out of the saloon, They had no alternative but to sleep on deck, with- out any covering of any kind. The Chinese decided to come out on strike until the offending officer was dis- missed. The disputes committée took the matter in hand, with the result that the officer was dismissed. Importing Workers, Migrants are being brought into New South Wales in great numbers lately. Many of them are coming from Italy and other southern Euro- pean countries. Many are young boys from Britain. These boys are being used for the purpose of lowering the standard of living in this country, A farmer, called as a witness be- fore the basic wage commission, sit- ting at Sydney, admitted that he got the labor of “newcomers” from 18 to 19 years of age for 15 shillings per week and keep. Another witness, a dairy farmer, stated that the average wage paid for single men was 25 shillings per week and keep. In con- nection with this, it should be under- stood that there are no prescribed hours for farm laborers. Many of them .work seven days a week and their hours are from “daylight till dark.” Land Scarce. To those who have been led to be- jis still dragging on. upon all trade unionists to take part in a gigantic stop-work meeting to protest against the board of trade’s decision not to raise the basic wage. | Trade union offictals were not pre- pared to go so far as that, and the proposed meeting fell thru, VICTORIA. The case for the 44-hour week in the common wealth arbitration court It seems to have become more or less a permanent affair. The Ford company has established an assembling works at Geelong. The management decided to run it on the ‘open shop” plan, a thing almost un- known in this country. The union of- ficials of all unions are co-operating in this matter and will soon have it in hand. Already the management is complaining that they have been mis- understood. If they had been success- ful they would probably have been strutting about telling the world how te deal with unions, On Sunday, Nov. 7, the Russian rev- olution was celebrated by the Commu- nist Party, the Victorian socialist party and the trades hall council. SOUTH AUSTRALIA, The free speech fight is not over yet. Men and women are still being jailed for speaking in the Botanc Park. The timber workers employed on the wharves are threatening to strike if they are not paid at the same rate as the wharf laborers. J. RYAN, German and French in Potash Combination PARIS, Dec. 20.—The tentative agreement framed at Lugano last April between the representatives of the potash industries in France and Germany was made definite for a pe- riod of at least seven years at a meet- ing held in Paris this week, The treaty will probably be signed in Paris at the end of December or in the first days of January. Neither the French nor the German officials show any desire to discuss the terms lieve that there are millions of acres of crown lands available for free se- of the agreement until the signatures are affixed, press which ig protesting is manifestly alarmed lest the masses, as a result of the dissemination of information which can be shown to be false and inspired by Wall Street-controll¢d gov- ernment agencies, lose all faith in the capitalist press, It will be noticed that none of the comment quoted defends the right of the Mexican government and the Mex- ican people to return all natural re- sources to the nation and separate church and state—the questions that are at the base of all the attacks on Mexico, Nevertheless, the comment itself, and the volume of it, indicate a clear division in the ranks of the American capitalist class on the Mexican ques- tion, HERE is no doubt that the state department, headed by the ignor- ant jingo, Kellogg, whose white top- knot is always stained with mud col lected while licking Wall Street boots, wants to start a holy war against Bolshevism and Communism in Mex- ico. The plan is to gather in all worth-while loot while waging war against Mexico in the name of chris- tianity and civilization, If there was any doubt as to the purpose of the state department it is removed by auch statements as those of the Washington Post, semboflicial organ of the state department: A full exposure of the Russo-Mex- loan Communist movement and its alms shouldibe made by the admin- Istration, ~~ ~ ha cy Against the Mexican People A clash with Mexico itself is one of the inevitable events of the in- coming year as a result of the cap- ture of the government of Mexico by Communists, 6 Ne refusal by Kellogg to grant a visa permitting Alexandra Kollon- tai, ambassador from the Soviet Union, to enter Mexico via the United States, the “red scare” story sent out thru the Associated Press, the state- ments of the administration organ, the Washington Post—all are a part of the campaign of the state depart- ment to create a hysterical atmos- phere in America under cover of which Wall Street government would have a free hand for anything and use anything from diplomatic pressure to war to force obedience on the part of Mexico to American imperialism. 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