The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 23, 1926, Page 3

ee r an THE DAILY WORKER 3 He Monti Page Three IS GARIBALD! A BRITISH SPY?- I$ LONDON QUERY The Sunday Worker Un- ravels Secret Skein LONDON, Dec. 5.—(By Mati.) In its eurrent issue the Sunday Worker, leftwing labor weekly, asks the ques- tion, “Was Garibaldi a British Spy?” in connection with a: story.from its Paris correspondent who has been closely following the examination of the grandson of the Italian liberator, Riecoiotti Garibaldi on trial in the French capital for complicity in fas- cist plotting against France. The correspondent writes: Hidden Things. Among the many hidden things which are gradually being revealed in connection with the arrest of Col- onel Rieciotti Garibaldi, who was sup- posed to be an antifascist and has now been declared to have been a spy and provocateur in the pay of Musso- Mni, none is more startling than the latest allegation that Garibaldi was not unknown to the British secret service. According to the account given by the French paper “Humanite,” tp which I am able to add some details, the reason why the case has been so much hushed up of late, after filling columns of all the papers every day, has as much to do with the interests of Great Britain as it has with those of Italy or France. The first Indication of this was given Ina letter published by tho president of the Italian League for the Rights of Man, which bluntly asserted that, in addition to taking money from the Italian revolution- aries for fighting Mussolini, and from the Itallan police to betray the Itallan revolutionaries, Riccloti Garibaldi was In the pay of another power, At first this was taken to mean France. But, altho Garibaldi is said to have had half a million francs from the French war office under the Her- riot ministry, it is generally admitted that this money was in settlement of a claim for repayment vf expenses al- leged to have been incurred in found- ing the Garthaldi legion which fought for France during the war. Madame Della Rosa. ‘Then a series of facts came to light. Jt was discovered that, thru his mis- tress, Madame Della Rosa, Garibaldi had been in touch with Procope and Lataple, two Frenchmen lying in jail on a charge of having double-crossed the French intelligence service and worked for a foreign power. It was turther recalled that~“Madame Della Rosa has for the past ten years been under observation by the French coun- terespionage department as a British secret agent. ‘The head of the French counteres- pionage service, Colone] Laine, with one of his principal assistants, the one . Speolally affected to watching the do- ings of the British secret service in _ Southern France, M. Louis Duoloux, journeyed to Nice to investigate the matter, The result of their inquiries, and of additional searches made at the villa where Garibaldi and Madame Della Rosa lived together, was conclusive enough to prove, I am told, that Gart- . baldi had been employed by the Brit- ish secret service. No Charge Lodged. It might have been thot that the grave charge of espionage for Britain would have given a serious turn to the whole affair; that Madamé. Della Rosa would have been immediately arrested, that a formal charge of es- Pionage would have. been lodged egainst her and Ricciotti Garibaldi, and that both his brothers would have deen subjected to close investigation, if not to arrest. The contrary has “been the case. Madame Della Rosa is at large, tho Mt has been intimated to her that the French climate does not. suit her health; Riceiotti » Garibaldi {s, for form’s sake, in jail, but has been charged on a minor count, of which he will almost certainly be acquitted; hts brother, Peppino,’ who recently ar- rived from America with a great flour- tsh of trumpets to clear his broth- er’s good name and vindicate the honor of the family, has gone back to America in a great hurry with his tail between his legs on a hint from the Prefecture of police. The other broth- er, Sante, will, it 1s understdod, ac- company his brother Ricciotti to America on his release, But for British workers there to: maing the question: How long {s our money to-be used in subsidizing the secret dirty work of imperialism? eat “The pen te mightier than sword,” provided you know how to aa it. Come down and learn tow in the worker correspondent’s classes. VENEZUELANS ARE IMPOVERISHED BY WHOLESALE CORRUPTION OF LEADERS By MARTIN FEINSTEIN (English Secretary, Venezuelan Labor Union) Venezuela is decapitated, because the despoilers of power led by Juan Vincente Gomez are reforming the constitution in order further to usurp the government of the republic. Every pact, contract or concession made by the attorneys who at pre- sent arbitrarily dominate the country, will continue to be vitiated by incom- | petence until an organic system of legal procedure, controlled by agents elected thru genuinely popular determination, shall replace these impudent assaults upon the public fortune, + == “Generosity” Necessary ‘The executive of Venezuela has been liberal in granting preferential con- cessions to foreigners and to foreign companies, This generosity has been growing immeasurably ever since the discovery and exploitation of the oil wells in the state of Zulia, near Mara- caibo, Continually applications are published for the exploitation of hy- drocarbons, These applications pro- ceed almost invariably from proteges, kinsmen, or flatterers of General Gomez. For these ends the states of the republic in which there is a pos- sibility that petroleum is to be found have been distributed by zones among his kindred, with the single exception of his brother, Juancho Gomez, whom death had eliminated from the greasy business. Today everything is mo- nopolized by this gigantic trust, whose proper name is General Juan Vincente Gomez, president of the United States of Venezuela. Fear Gothez’ Collapse, And the fear that this so-called gov- ernment, this administrative disorder, might collapse; ;that in its fall all these concessions would likewise be plunged to earth, and the enormous burden of contracts which he had sponsored would be made void, this dread, we say, is precisely what keeps the dreary dictatorship of Gomez in power. The favored ones of this lot-!they are denie: has become a multi-millionaire and which have made his favorites rich to the point of belching. It will be nec- essary to cleanse, release from every shadow of taint, and throw light upon all negotiations which thus far have been sanctioned only thru the exer- cise of arbitrariness, systematic rob- bery and governmental nepotism. People Impoverished, Surely those gentlemen who claim to be moving the clappers of the great bell of patriotism have not yet sold their country in toto, for the mere reason that they have failed to find a purchaser. Not so long ago a close kinsman of Gomez came to the United States and did a warmly brisk busi- ness with the dollar magnates. Here, brothers, sons, brothers-in-law, cous- ins; in short, the whole thieving crew, with feverish clutch, dispose of the natural wealth and whatever else is of value, with the hypocritical pre- tense that they are doing it out of pure kindness. The scandal is great, but the Gomezes, Colmenares, Corao, Delfino, Nunez de Caceres, etc., con- tinue to sack the riches of Venezuela, they monopolize whatever seems worth while, until they are surfeited with fortune and power. This vandal- ism in the high places leaves the peo-, Ple impoverished: the working masses are almost dying of emptiness, for even the mournful tery, which has brought them so many |right of availifig themselves of the first prizes, are naturally partisans of. Gomez; the masses, too, support him, but for the obvious reason that they have not yet fond a means powerful enough:to jolt his ominous domination, Need General Cleaning. So many laws have been violated during the twenty years of this gov- ernment of “rehabilitation” that, with the advent of a new regime, there will certainly be no more of the scanda- lous, concessions thru which Gomez leavings from the tables of these magnificent banquets. The Trumpet Sounds. The masses, when the glorious time comes for the reassumption of their sovereignty, will observe the most just and equitable system of distribu- tion of wealth: to each one, without exception, will be given what he de- serves. And that moment will not be long, the hour of ratification is at hand, the trumpet sounds! KELLOGG WAITS FOR OlL_DUKES TO AGT FIRST Ready to Press on Mex- toa sp al Bx ico Dec.°31 (By Federated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec, 21. — (FP) — Assurances that the State Depart- ment remains firm in its Mexican pol- icy were made at the department to- day, but what f will do in case the Mexican government remains equally firm, as it, now seems certain it will, is as much a matter of doubt now aa it was when Secretary Kellogg called upon Mexico not to take any action .which would deprive Ameri- cans of their property rights under the laws and regulations promulgated by Mexico. Will Give Ald. While this assurance was made at the State Department, it was ‘also made clear that should American oil interests affected by the laws re- quest the department to apply to Mexico for an extension of time in which to settle the matter the request would be transmitted. The hope that.such an application would be made, and that if granted it would serve to delay action in an peute situation, suffered a set-back, howeyer, when it became known here this afternoon that Luis Morones, Mexican minister of industry, com- merce, and labor informed American Oil groups by télegram that ‘compan- ies not complying with ‘the new oil and’ land law by December 31 will have “renounced their rights and will have no redress against the Mexican government.” " Private Instructions. There is an impression here that. the companies will be told privately tocomply with the law, after which the State Department ‘will announce that the interests ted having ‘been satisfied, the department's obli- gation is discharged, Bullding Year. That 1927 will be a batiner year in the building industry is the prediction made by William Tracy, head of the building trades department of the American Federation of Labor. Tracy was in Chicago on his way to Los Angeles,’ where he will make initial preparations for the holding of the 1927 convention of the federation in October, cin Kees PHILADELPHIA “FREI HEIT” FINNS FIND MEANS TO SHUT OFF ORATORIGAL FLOW IN PARLIAMENT (Special to The Daily Worker) HELSINGFORS. — The Finnish people have devised a system of stopping long-winded speakers in the Diet. Broaddasting was recent- ly Installed In the Diet so that the people could listen to the debates and proceedings. Recently when a member was do- In a marathon with his tongue, a constituent, 100 miles away, became bored and telephoned in to the Diet that If the member did not shut off the flow of oratory he would be de- feated at the next election. The astonished member closed with a hastily thought-out finale. Senate Leaders Ask Thompson to Inform Smith About Ousting WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. — Senate republican leaders have asked Will- iam Hale Thompson, former mayor of Chicago, to endeavor to get Frank L. Smith not to accept appointment as senator from Illinois to succeed Will- iam B. McKinley, it was learned. Thompson, who left here for Chi- cago, was told that Smith cannot be seated and that for him to accept Goy- ernor Small’s appointment would only lead to a protracted and bitter fight that probably would force an extra session. » Thompson was to confer with Smith in Chicago. New York's Farm Schools. NEW YORK, Dec. 21.— William J, O’Shea, city superintendent of schools, says that the farm school, which was established at great expense on Long Island, with the idea that Long Island boys would like to learn farming, was Patronized to the extent of 90 per cent by youths from New York City, So great is their interest in the sub- ject that the board.of education has now taken over Leake and Watts Farm School at Tivoli, N. Y., which includes 500 acres and is well equipped and stocked, Berlin Satirizes United States. BERLIN.—The theatrical hit of the season here, playing to large houses, 1s a satire called, “Oh, U. 8S. A.” in which the United States {s held up to ridicule as the home of piety, hypoo- risy, and greedy capitalists, EVASIQNOF $35,000,000 | IN TAXES BY COUZENS AND OTHERS COMES UP JAN, 10 (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Dec, 21, — The case of Sen, James Couzens of Mich- igan and eight other wealthy per- sons In that state, charged with evading the payment of more than $38,000,000 in taxes to the govern- ment will go on trial in Detroit on Jan, 10, it it announced by the bureau of internal revenue, The case is an outgrowth of the sale of Ford Motor stocks in 1919, when the de- fendants evaded paying excess pro- fits tax on the sale, Couzens is charged with owing the government $10,909,588.08 in taxes from the sale of 2,180 shares of stock. Others Involved and the tax amounts are: John W. Anderson, $1,438,82.35; David Gray, $2,277,079.- 88; Phillip H. Gray estate, $2,277,- 079.88; John F. Dodge estate, $5,- 004,398.20; Horace Dodge estate, $5,- 004,398.20; Horace H. Rackhan, $5,- 004,398.20; Paul R.’Gray, $2,277,079.- 88; Mrs. Rosettl V. Hauss, $84,404.- 83, EDUGATORS FLAY U. S. POLICY IN FOREIGN ‘DEBTS Seek New Conference— London Disinterested (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, Dec, 21.—Voicing a plea that existing settlements on the payment of war debts to the U. 8. be adjusted and that a new interna- tional conference be called to consi- der the entire problem, the political science department of Columbia Uni- versity has issued a “manifesto” at- taeking the government’s foreign debt policy. It was signed by 42 mem- bers of the department. Settlement Unsound. “The war debts settlements are un- sound in principle and have created and are fostering a deep tense of grievance against us,” say the pro- fessors in'their statement. The United States had its own rea- sons for entering the war, they said, and much of the money loaned to for- eign govertiments was used to help win the “United States’ war.” Complete cancellation of the debts is not urged, the professors said, but they feelthere should be complete reconsideration in the light of present knowledge. ues e ¢.e Britain Not Interested. LONDON, Dec, 21—The British gov- ernment, ,which’ owes the United States more money than any of the other nations, is not aroused by the manifesto of the Columbia faculty urging reconsideration of debt settle- ments with the U.S. Spokesmen de- clare that) they feel the matter is closed and that there is no possibility of reopening it. The Columbia state- zest is “purely educational,” they sald, Some of the newspapers, however, comment that the manifesto is a sign ot “growing uneasiness” over the debt problem in the U, S. Reduction in French Army Is Provided in Deputies Resolution PARIS, Dee, 21, — Ultimate reduc- tion of the size of the French army will result from @ resolution passed by the chamber of deputies which pro- vides that military service of citizens will be reduced from 18 months to 12 months, The age for drafting has been raised from 20 years to 21 in the res- olution. This will eventually result in reducing the total strength from 600,000 men. to 500,000 men, The resolution does not effect the regular army, however, which instead is to be imereased from 160,000 to 200,000 men,, The number of officers in the army will also remain the same. War Minigter Painleve announced to the deputies that while the govern- ment would. carry out the resolution, it would retain discretion on when to make the changes so.as not to “cripple the military strength.” Painleve said that while it may be unfortunate, France mist maintain @ large stand- ing army for years to come. WASHINGTON.— Secretary Mellon has decided to let the world war debt commission pass permanently out of existence on February 9, 1927, it is announced. That is the date when the powers of the board expire. Mellon will not ask for renewal, hay- ing decided to take over the commis- sion’s powet himself. Mellon will then deal with foreign debts personally. WOMEN’S GROUPS LODGE PROTEST ON IMPERIALISM War Cure Conference Makes Demands | | By LAURENCE TODD. | Claims Chicagoan Has Scheme for Solving of World Peace Problem An international peace treaty drawn | up by a Chicagoan and based on Sen- ator William E. Borah’s resolution to outlaw war would bring about har- mony among all the nations, Paul Hutchinson, editor of the Christian Century, declared here. The treaty is the work of S. O. Lev- inson, lawyer, It is a solution, (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Dec. 21—(FP) — | Six hundred delegates from nine gr national organizations of American women have closed their second con. | ference on the cauge and cure of war | by delivering to President Coolidge | a series of resolutions aiming at mili- | tarism and commercial imperialism. | Another conference, summoned by the People’s Reconstruction League representing labor and farmer organ- izations, has discussed American for- eign concessions with pitiless pub- Heity, These two events in the national capital, in the opening week of the session of congress, haye served no- tice to the country. that resistance to imperialism is active and militant. z Pass Resolutions. The women’s gathering that in- cluded leaders of the League of Wo men Voters, the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, the Women’s Trade Union League and other elements widely divergent in attitude on labor and social problems drew resolutions that urged: - 1, Adherence to the world court or some other machinery for peaceful settlement of international disputes, 2. Ratification of the poison gas treaty now before the senate. 3. Ap- pointment by the president of a com- mission to meet a similar commission of the Filipino people to discuss the time, manner and method of “grant- ing independence” to the Philippine Islands. 4. Revision of the unequal treaties with China on a basis of equality, through direct American ne- gotiation, 5. Adjustment in “justice and courtesy” of all differences aris- ing with Japan, and creation of pub- lic sentiment in that direction. 6, Making of every effort by the United States toward amicable adjustment of disputes with Mexico. Such concilia- tion to be based on further study of the history of the Montoe Doctrine and its application to Mexican-Ameri- can relations. 7, Cancellation of the war debts, and partial cancellation of the debts of foreign countries to America for relief supplies after the war. NO PRETENSIONS TO FREEDOM IN FASCIST ITALY i ‘Workers Are in Constant Danger of Prison | | } (Special to The Daily Worker) VENTIMIGLA, Italian Border (By Mail).—In Italy today the parliamen- tary machine and free elections have been completely smashed and mem- bers of all political parties not favor- able to the government are in con- stant danger of personal assault, im- prisonment, or death. No Freedom, There is no freedem of speech, of the press, of meeting, or association. Trade unions other than those domi- nated by government agents exist only on sufferance and under terrible lifficulties, while all other forms of association are strictly supervised by ascist ‘officers, Local government has been abol- ished and all administration is in the hands of nominees of the. central gov- ernment, Degradation. Meanwhile, in spite of the boasts of prosperity, the standard of living of the Italian masses has reached a level of degradation hitherto unknown, and it js only the rule of ferce which is keeping the workers “quiet.” Australia Seeks New Financing in Wall St. NEW YORK, Dec, 21.—New York is to become a market for Australian public financing, it was said by Sir Hugh Denison, Australian trade com- missioner, at a Bond Club luncheon in the Bankers’ Club, Sir Hugh also replied to a criticism of government financing in Australia published re- cently by a Wall Street financial news- paper, Sir Hugh said that a commission appointed by the Australian federal government was surveying the needs of the country in respect to public workers, to determine a program of encouraging immigration on severely restricted lines. The Dance of 5,000 Y4ORIO L mentere? $500 IN PRIZES ‘OR THE BEST MASQUES — cording to Hutchinson, of the difficulty over this country’s adherence to the league of nations and the world court. Levinson proposes provisions for equipment of an international court of justice, possessed of authority to decide purely international disputes, the editor said, CURRENT EVENTS By T. J. O'Flaherty. (Continued from page 1) bishops against Mexico. The consul proved that the church, in the heydey of its power in Mexico, never permit- ted either free speech, free press or free assmblage. It kept the country in the deepest ignorance. | It brought about the murder of missfonaries of other denominations who attempted to bring their particular brand of hokum into the country and it executed priests who strove to throw off the Spanish yoke. The catholic bishops have not a leg to stand on. Those who know only a little about history know enough to convince them that the catholic church has left nothing behind it in countries where it held complete sway except a trail of ignor- ance and superstition, Pe 1 Cpabbataaeltie3) Fascisti, with the aid of the British, have overthrown the socialdemocratic government. The original excuse was that the social- democrats brought disgrace on the potato republic by concluding a com- mercial and diplomatic treaty with the Soviet Union. But no sooner was the new government established, how- ever precariously, than it hastened to recognize the same treaty. Of course this is only a gesture to kill time. Britaings trying to forge a chain of hostile states around the Soviet Union. Therefore, the overthrow of the social-democratic government is a temporary victory for John Bull. The social-democrats make a virtue out of their devotion to democracy, but they only prove their devotion when at- tacked by the enemies of the working class. They meet the protests of the workers with sharp bayonets. Before the power of the fascisti they are as meek as lambs. ** © ILES LAMPSON, British agent in China, failed to fool the Cantonese government with spicy promises of British intentions and with assur- ances of British love for the Chinese people. And on the very day that Lampson’s failure became obvious sev- eral British warships left their base in the Mediterranean for Chinese waters. The British foreign secretary delivered an attack on the Cantonese, accusing them of being “disrupters” and “trouble-makers.” How like what an American labor faker would say about the left wing members of the trade unions? ee ‘T may never have’ occurred to our readers that cannibals did not eat human flesh because they were pos- sessed of the devil, but simply because they must have meat, and this was about the most accessible source of supply, Having developed a taste for his delicacy, the cannibals became addicted to the habit, just as some people cannot break away from the rather unseemly habit of smoking to- bacco, yea, even chewing the weed. The powers of resistance of the can- nibals were progressively -weakened by the appearance of missionaries, on whom the cannibals looked as “their meat.” So they continued to eat mis- sionaries until they all died of alco- holism. That solved the problem. se 8 Bag missionaries, naive things, thought they could divert the heathens from their evil ways by pumping christ into their hearts. Be- fore the message had time to sink into the heathen the heathen’s teeth usually sank into the anatomy of the missionary. Thus they got religion in chunks. This situation confronted the missionaries with a serious problem, which they solved by first giving the sheathen @ hot meal, a drink out of a bottle and then a sermon. It worked like magic. Those reflections were provoked by a story that appeared in the papers of two christians who went on a fishing trip, only to be blown out to gea by a storm. Im a starving con- iition, one of the two went mad and died. The survivor ate his flesh and lived. We will send sample coples of The DAILY WORKER to your friende—~ MASQUERADE BALL. ‘CHILE NITRATE _ INDUSTRY GOES INTO DECLINI | Teeesnide of Worker Lose Jobs | pari NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—Of the 4 nitrate plants in the north of Chik 128 have been compelled to stop pr duction because the natural produc of Chile is unable to compete in pric with the artificial nitrate manufex tured in Germany. The remaining 1 plants have announced that they ale will have to close down before the em of the year. Big Unemployment. This collapse of the Chilean nitrat industry caused wide unemploymen of the nitrate workers, who migrate: to the surrounding towns of Antofs gasta and Iquique, where many © them camped with their families the open or in improvised tents with out any means of subsistence. Thi situation became so serious that th government had to organize their exo dus to the southern part of Chile where they may find work in the cos mines and in agricultural occupations More than 20,000 were out of work at the beginning of November ané by the middle of November 24,88( workers and their families had beer transported to the southern part oj Chile. By the middle of Decembe: 15,000 more lost their jobs in the nt trate districts “and are being trans ported, along’ with their families, iv special ships and trains to the south of Chile. The general director of the Chilean department of Jabor an nounced that he had already “distrib uted” about 27,000 persons, Anti-Labor, Too, Several papers speak about the “de population” of the nitrate towns of the north. This dispersion of the solid mass of the nitrate workers into va- rious parts of the south and center may temporarily result in serious con- sequences for the Communist Party of Chile, which had its greatest strength among these workers. The closing of the nitrate plants, thought undoubtedly precipitated by the commercial success of the artificial nitrate made) in Germany, may proba bly also have the double purpose of forcing the government to reduce the nitrate export tax and of dispersing the Communists and organized work- ers, who will later be replaced by un- organized workers at lower wages. Guggenheim Starts, In the meantime the Anglo-Chilean Consolidated Nitrate company, @ com- pany taken over by the American Gug- genheim interests, announces that large scale production of mitrates to be begun in March, 1927, under » new process, will render the exploitation much more profitable. The quantity which each company may sell is determined by the Nitrate Producers’ Association. The Guggen- heims have requested an allotment which would correspond to one-thind of the total output of Chile. The United States department of com- merce reports that altho it is expected that the Nitrate Producers’ Associe- tion will refuse this request, it is be- lieved that the association will be @is- solved by July, 1927, leaving the American company unhampered there after. Thus the nitrate industry, the stronghold of British interests in Chie, is gradually going over into Americam hands. American Capitalist In Philippines Gets New Anti-Freedom Idea NEW YORK, Dec, 21.—A new Mne of attack is being made against grant ing independence to the Philippine Is- lands, George H. Fairchild, owner of large sugar producing plantations in the islands, leading member of the anti-independence chamber of | com- merce of Manila, has come out with the theory that congress has not the power to grant independence. Fairchild quotes some ancient ree ords of debates which he says took place at the constitutional conven- tion of Virginia in 1788 to ratify the constitution, tending to show, he claims, that our “fathers” refused to delegate the powor of alienating a territory to,congress. Fairchild says that because of this congress has no power to. allenate the Philippines, He maintains that the states alone have this power. Why Not Become a Worker Correspondent? The American Worker Correspondent 1118 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, til. Only 50 Cents a Year, PHILADELPHIA |