The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 17, 1927, Page 3

athe WORLD OIL WAR LOOMS AS BIG GROUPS SPLIT U. S. and English Row Over Russia LONDON, Jan, 16.— War between the English and American oil monopo- lists over the purchase of Russian ofl products is threatening as the result of a break between the oil companies after an agreement was.reached. The parties are the Rockefeller Standard Oil group, represented here by the Anglo-American Oi] company, the Va- cuum Oil company of New York and the Royal Dutch Shell combine and Anglo-Persian Oil company, controlled by the British government. Politics Enter, After many years of bitter compe- tition to gain a monopoly of Russian oil products, an agreement was reach- ed between the two forces providing for a division of the oil. Then Sir Henri Deterding, of the Royal Dutcn Shell, announced that negotiations were off. Deterding said that he did think it “policy to enter business re- lations with the Soviet government because of its activity in China.” De- terding is the same oil king who last spring wired John D. Rockefeller not to send Russia money for purchasing oi] because “it would be used by the churches.” The Standard Oil groups attack Deterding, declaring he was not 80 “squeamish’ in April when he sign- ed a contract for purchase of 200,000 tens of Russian kerosene. race Started in 1920. ‘The race for Russian oil was start- ed in 1920 by the Shell group. It sent a representative to Russia to buy concessions, Standard Oil, hearing of this, started doing the same, Both failed to get concessions and a long series of conferences with official and semtiofficial Soviet union representa- tives followed. Boycott Russian Oil. When Standard Oil was later suc- cessful, Shell started a campaign of boycott against Russian oil. Deterd- mg entered into an agreement with France to furnish it “with all its oil, provided it did not purchase Russian products, But Deterding could not furnish enough oi] and the contract was voided. Again Deterding ap- proached the Standard Oil grohp for “co-operation” in negotiating a deal with the Russian government. The deal was arranged, when Shell back- ed down. | of the Canton revolutionary Cantonese Move Their Capital Farther North — (The following is @ special dis- patch to The DAILY WORKER from the bureau of information of the department of foreign relations gov- ernment of China giving direct in- formation on events there.) eee CANTON, China, Deo. 4.—(By Mall) —Actual preparations for the trans- fer of the nationalist capital from Canton to Wuchang were under way during the first week of December. All the departments held meetings to de- cide upon the personnel of the first group which would leave for the Yangtze on approximately the tenth. The various bureaus of the Central Kuomintang headquarters did the same. Records were packed and pre- pared for shipment. The decision of the political coun- cil that the government and the cen- tral party headquarters be removed came after considerable discussion of the problem in all its phases. It came, also, after it had been made plain by the civil and military authorities of the provinces newly brot under na- tionalist domination by the military drive, that the transfer had the whole- hearted support not only of these au- thorities but also of the entire popu- lation in the newly-acquired prov- inces, Will Centralize Movement, Tactical considerations also were involved. The geographical position of Wuchang, on the Yangtze, in the center of the great Yangtze valley, the commercial backbone of China, will centralize the heart of the na- tionalist movement. The whole circu- lation of the nationalist organism will be normalized. From the psychological point of view, the removal is a gesture of con- fidence, in the security of the nation- alist position in the Yangtze terrain and in the certainty of its leaders that the entire movement has complete popular sanction, Gains Bring Necessity, With the actual territory controlled by the nationalist government stretch- ing so far to the north—a thousand miles from its present base—Canton no longer was the reasonable home for it. It had become inevitable that the home-base would have to be re- moved to a point more intimately in touch with the new territory. The enormoug labors of co-ordinating the work of the government in the new From Our Chinese Comrades The Daily Worker Builders’ Club, 108 East 14th St., New York. Dear Comrade: Enclosed please find money order of the sum of $10 which is to meet the requirement for being member of the Daily Worker Builders’ Club of New York. 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LOUIS ENGDAHL WILLIAM WEINSTONE SAM DON Tickets in advance at Workers Party headquarters, 108 B. 14th Street; Jimmie. anda p Book Shop, 127 University PI1., party papers. inthis ‘Workers Party of meals District No. 2 of . eo lh NS And is PIR Bn th: Meio Lenin Memorial Meeting ew York Daily Worker Welcome ’ Musical Program: MISCHA MISHAKOFF Concertmaster, N. Y. Symphony IVAN VELIKANOFF Tenor, Musical Studio Moscow Art Theater. RUSSIAN MASTER SINGERS Vocal Quartette. FREIHEIT SINGING SOCIETY Chorus of 300 Voices. MADISON SQUARE GARDEN 50th STREET AND EIGHTH AVENUE - SATURDAY EVE,, JAN, 22, AT 8 P.M, territory, of making a beginning to- ward unifying the finances of the ter- ritory and tying them up directly with the government treasury, of educat- ing a mass of officials in new and modern methods of administration, of pouring the revolutionary. dogma into the general population for the purpose of intensifying its already-manifest “nationalist sense”—all this required that the base of operations be much closer to the center of the new ter- ritory. The requirements Wuchang fills, geographically. Mission at Work. The government mission, now in the Yangtze, comprising the finance minister, foreign minister, communl- cation minister and justice minister, with a large clerical and secretarial personnel, will take the first steps of settling in the new capital. So soon ag the first group of bureau chiefs and department heads, with their assist- ants, arrive there, the preliminary steps in establishing the seat of the nationalist government in Wuchang will have been accomplished. There will remain the question of the re- moval of that personnel still remain- ing here to close up affairs here which had to be carried on during the in- terim period. The Tientsin Arrests, The arrest by the British authorities in the British concession at Tientsin on Nov. 23 of certain Chinese resi- dents who are Kuomintang members, and their delivery into the hands of the Mukden military authorities, caused great indignation thruout the country. The nationalist government on Dec, 2 telegraphed a strong pro- test direct to the British foreign of- fice. See British Opposition. The protest took the line that the arrest of these men, at the request of the Mukden militarists, indicated clearly that the British authorities in China had become the active ad- versaries of the nationalist govern- ment and the nationalist movement, since they had conformed with the ro- quest of the principal Chinese ad- versary of Chinese nationalism by turning over into his hands Chinese citizens who were associated with the party of nationalism. The fact that the delivery of the arrested men had been directly authorized by the British lega- tion at Peking was taken as proof that this represented deliberate Brit- ish policy, and was not merely the ac- tion of a police chief or even a consul- general in the Tientsin British con- cession. ANNOUNCE NEW HALLS FOR DETROIT LENIN | MEMORIAL MEETING DETROIT, Mich., Jan, 16.— De- troit’s memorial meeting for Nicolai Lenin, scheduled originally for the armory and cancelled by order of the post commander, will be held at. the Finnish Labor Temple, 5969 Fourteenth St., near McGraw, and at the New Workers’ Home, 1343 East Ferry Ave., near Russell, The meeting will be held on Jan, 23 with William Z, Foster, Rebecca Grecht and Walter Trumbull as the speak- ers in both halls. An increased mu- sical program is announced. Admission: 75c, $1.00 yA IW THE “DAILY WORKER Masses Restrain Execution. The Kuomintang * authorities in Canton have been dependent upon telegraphic reports of the occurrence from party sources in Peking. Even these learned of the event only several days after the actual arrests. There Was an immediate fear that the Muk- den militarists would follow their usual course and execute the arrested men at once. This appears, however, not to have been the case. Chang Tso-lin appears to have heard faint suggestions, even inside the fast- nesses of his'yamen, of the rumble of popular opinion in China. They have somewhat ‘restrained his usual style in these matters. Up to the present writing, there is no definite word that the men ate executed. Irresolution in Peking. The telegraph lines have been fairly cluttered with reports about the new “cohesion” amongst the anti-national- ist militarists and their large plans for an enormous expedition against the Cantonese revolutionary armies. Sun Chuan-fang himself was at Tient- sin to participate in the conference, which was presided over by the Muk- den warlord, Chang Tso-lin. Chang Tsung-chang, the Tupan of Shantung, was authorized by this conference, the reports stated, to lead 150,000 men in- to Kiangsu province and its leading city of Shanghai. Sun Chuan-fang is reported to have agreed to this plan most reluctantly. No Action Yet. Out of a welter of reports, rumors, denials and charges, this seems clear: that up to the moment, no action on a large scale has been started by these anti-nationalist militarists to- ward beginning such an expedition. Wu Pei-fu has finally admitted the facts of a situation which everyone also has seen and admitted for months—that he and his “army” are impotent to do anything*against the nationalists. In a statement, report- ed from Peking, he is said to have admitted that there is too much dis- organization among the army chiefs under him in Honan to hope for any cohesive movement against Hupeh province, Koo is Contradictory, Dr. Wellington Koo, the acting pre- mier and foreign minister of the Pe- king government, reflects the indeci- sion and irresolution of his military backers by announcing one day that he will resign, with his entire cabi- net, and the mext day that he will re- tain office for the present. One of his statements on the subject of resig- natiOn asserted that he was personal- ANY TO ATTEND WORLD CONGRESS ON IMPERIALISM Meeting Is Opportune for America BRUSSELS, Jan. 16.—The congress on world imperialism that opens here in the first week in February will be a gathering of representatives of op- pressed nations and peoples from ev- ery corner of the globe. The gather- ing will be a protest against white po- litical rule of colored peoples as well as against extension of imperialism. Distinguished Europeans are sponsor- ing the conference. Delegates From Many Lands. There will be delegates from the United States, representing the Negro race and anti-imperialist organiza- tions; from Cuba, Porto Rico, Colom- bia and Peru. Asia will be represent- ed by Cantonese Chinese, Arabians from Palestine, and cther lands. Africa will "be represented by dele- gates from the gold coast; South African labor organizations, Tunis, Al- geria, and Egypt, who will protest for- eign domination. Among the leaders of the congress are Henry Barbusse, and Ferdinand Buisson of France; Prof. Theodore Lessing of Germany and George Lans bury of England. Comes at Opportune Time. “As far as America is concerned the congress on world imperialism comes at an opportune time,” states the All-America AntiImperialist league, whigh is the organizing body in America for the congress. “The congress is symbolic that at the same time that American imperialism is ex- panding, the forces which are destined to overthrow it are gathering. “The movement for Latin-America unity is accelerated,” says Manuel Go- mez, secretary of the league, “by the arrogant attitude of the United States toward Mexico, by the Thompson re- port on the Philippines, and the send- ing of warships to China, The move- ment against American imperialism is growing, and has reached the point where the All-America Anti-Imperial- ist league is striking real blows at the citadel of American imperialism. “Oppressed peoples of the Ameri- can continents will be represented at the Brussels conference and will proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with the oppressed of other parts \ the world in the common struggl kong government may consider “co- operation” with certain subordinates of the notorious Chen Chiung-min, an avowed enemy of the nationalist gov- I EB Doct AEE et ear ERA ES RI 8 AEE. OE I MT TRE as ly exhausted, physically and mentally, by the strain of attempting to keep a “government” together in the face of the utter chaos of the military fac- tions in the northern regions. Rumor British Ald. Rumors come — unconfirmed — that British banking institutions have agred to give—it could in no sense be considered a loan, since there can be no security offered—five million pounds sterling to the northern mili- tarists on guarantees that the money will be used to finance a military cam- paign against the nationalist armies. Specific details about this loan have been given out from Chinese sources, but there is no verification available. Hongkong and Co-operation, Recent piracy outrages in south China waters have led to a new dis- cussion of bandit suppression in Kwangtung. The provincial authori- ties are now successfully undertaking campaigns against bandit bands in various parts of the province. But their work has not satisfied Hong- kong, where an agitation has been/| started for an expedition against Biass Bay, on the Kwangtung coast, believed to be the headquarters of a powerful pirate organization. Co-oper- ation between British naval forces and Kwangtung forces has been sug- gested. Co-operate With Chiung-min, Lacking such co-operation, it is au- thoritatively stated that the Hong- ernment who has often made Hong- kong his headquarters. It is made plain, in authoritative circles, that the Hongkong government has actually seriously listened to proposals for such “co-operation” from trusted lieu- tenants of Chen Chiung-min, Such a “co-operation” expedition would, of course, be looked upon in nationalist circles as a form of for- eign intervention, with the assistance of open enemies of the nationalist gov- ernment. The repercussion in Chinese popular opinion would be inevitable and clear. The effect upon Sino-Brit- ish relations doubtless would: be ex- tremely bad. A plan of this kind, following close- ly after such affairs as the Wanhsfen bombardment and the recent arrests of Kuomintang members residing in the Tientsin British concession, would inevitably convince Chinese opinion that British policy in China was more and more clearly becoming a frank policy of anti-nationalism. Lloyd George Crowd Sounds Labor on Views and Methods LONDON. — Symptomatic of the new tendencies of disintegration in the English Liberal party, is the “questionaire” recently sent out by Lloyd George’s committee of Indus- trial Inquiry. This elaborate quest- jonaire arranged under nine main heads tries to probe the views of the trade unions on the aims and meth- ods of the labor movement as well as its attitude on the laws affecting it. This questionaire represents the at- tempt of the Lloyd George Liberal faction to find some sort of social bas- is in certain sections,of English la- bor on the platform of extreme class collaboration. This is in line with the repeated rumors and even more sub- stantial indications of some sort of approach between the Lloyd George liberals and the right wingers in the Labor Party. Lloyd George is, of course, known to the masses of Eng- lish workers for what he is and any such move would arouse the bitter- est resentment and opposition against the right wingers, German Communists Pledge Support to Chinese Revolution MOSCOW, Jan. 16.—(Tass.) — The 3erman Communist Party has ad- dressed the foHowing message to the executive of the Kuomintang and to the commanders of the Cantonese armies: “We greet your victory over Wu Pei Fu and Sun Chuang Fang, the servants of imperialism, and we con- gratulate you upon the removal of your government to Central China. We hope that the workers and peas- ants of China will soon win their full freedom like the toilers of the Sov- jet Union and that your soldiers will be as well trained as the Red Army. We hope that Canton, as the revolu- tionary stronghold, will be well pro- tected against the onslaught of its enemies. We promise to exert all our efforts to prevent intervention of the imperialists and the participation of the German capitalists. We shall demand that the German government recognize the Canton government as the only real government of China.” Send in a Sub to The DAILY WORKER today. Read It today and every day FASCIST TERROR TOLD BY INT'L. RED AlD REPORT Life Are Exposed The exact course of the “regenera tion of Italy”, as the bourgeois corre- murderous Mussolini is graphically made public by the executive of the International Red Aid, It is impossible smal] part of the tale of horror and outrage that has succeeded cist censor. This is the “paradise” so much admired by Judge Gary and |the Hearst papers. * “Attempts” and Their Consequences. “invulnera- Duce. UCH is heard of the bility” of the bloody “No bullet can hit him.” Recent sures following the arrest of Ricciotti Gari baldi have supplied the key to thi “invulnerability.” all the attempts were no more than police provocations, known to and even organized by the police in order to provide an opportunity for intensi- fying the campaign against the work- ers and all anti-fascists. That the “plots” were utilized to increase the fury of the fascist terror is shown by the following facts. The Sept. 5, 1925, “attempt” was fol- lowed by at least eight murders, 46 injured, nearly 1,500 arrested, over 2,000 searches, 135 prohibitions of the press, and 131 liquidations of anti- fascist organizations, The April 7, 1926, “attempt” had the following consequences: 5 murders, 18 injuries, 2,500 arrests, 315 search- es, 8 prohibitions and 3 liquidations of organizations. (There seem to have been very few newspapers left to pro- hibit or organizations to liquidate.) The Sept, 11 1926, “attempt”: 2 mur- ders, 53 injured, 1,000 arrested, 1,2300 searches, 12 press prohibitions, 4 or- ganizations disbanded. The facts for the fourth “attempt” (October 30) are not yet available but it is obvious that the figures will ex- ceed anything that has gone before, eee Death to Every Anti-Fascist. ‘CCORDING to the new law on the death penalty, not only is the death penalty invoked against anyone who “undertakes any attempt against the life of the king, or the regent, the queen, the crown prince, or the chief of the government” (Mussolini), but against anyone “who threatens the unity of the state.” Thus anyone who tells workers that their interests are opposed to the interests of the em- ployers is subject to the death pen- alty. No wonder Judge Gary admires Mussolini so much. A Spy in Every Home. ite order to keep his eye out for every sign of sign of anti-fascist senti- ment it is required, according to a new regulation, that in every house there be employed a fascist porter who is to spy on the lodgers and to watch over their political opinions. The gov ernment has declared explicitly that all porters must be people “recogniz- ed” (that is, approved) by the police and fascist authorities. Inasmuch as according to the present law anybody opposed to fascism may be summarily imprisoned, the spy-porters have made themselves very useful to the fascist regime. . “Regenerating” Italy. ERE is an exampte of ‘the regener- ation of Italian civilization, The deputy in Bergama, a catholic, was taken by a fascist murder gang from his house to a near-by hill. After spitting at him and kicking him, they took him to a gallows they had erect- ed and made all preparations to hang him. During all these proceedings the fascists danced around the unfor- tunate deputy like lunatics. Finally the deputy was terribly beaten and left to be taken to the hospital in a well-nigh hopeless condition. ee ve CCORDING to certain estimates of bourgeois circles, nearly a quar- ter of a million arrests have taken Place in the last period of time. Of course, the prisons proved insufficient. The wave of arrests is far from being over. oe Off With Their Heads. The fascist paper “Impero” writes: “The opponents of fascism in Italy must be completely suppressed, Italy has only one head, fascism, and one single brain, Mussolini. The heads of all those who do not believe in that must be cut off! Four Children Burn to Death When Fire Destroys Small Home CLINTON, IL, Jan, 16.—Four chil- dren of Frank Riley, a worker, were burned to death when their small home was destroyed by fire. The mother was visiting neighbors when the fire started. 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