The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 20, 1927, Page 3

HH TS PROF. PICKENS LANDS FOR BIG BRUSSELS MEET With Mrs, Sun Yat Sen on Presiding Body Professor William Pickens, field or- ganizer of the National Association for, the Advancement of Colored Peo- ple, has arrived in Europe to attend the world congress against imperial- ism. This congress, which is the first gathering on a world scale of dele- gates from oppressed peoples of all races, wil open at Brussels, Belgium, on February 10. Mrs, Sun Yat Sen Present. Professor Pickens will act on the presiding committee of the congress along with such internationally known figures as Mrs, Sun Yat Sen, wife of the great Chinese leader who died a few years ago; Dr. Ramon de Negri, Mexican consul to Germany; Henri Barbusse, famous author; George Lansbury, labor member of the British parliament and editor of Lansbury’s Weekly; Roger Baldwin, director of the American Civil Liberties Union; and. Jose Wasconcelos, former minis- ter of education in Mexico. With the selection of Professor Pickens, an American Negro, to the presiding committee, that body will in- clude representatives of every major oppressed race in the world. From Many Lands. Other members of the presiding committee are Professor Koumengyu, of the National University of Peking (China); Jhawahar Ial Nehru (India) ; Arthur Holitscher, Willi Muenzenberg, M. P., (Germany); Fernand Buisson, Albert Fournier, M. P. (France); James Maxton, M, P., Saklatvala, M. P. (Englend); Manuel Ugarte, Louis Casabona, Cesar Falson (South Amer- ica). Beside representing the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Professor Pickens will present credentials for the John Brown Memorial Association. Rebuff of League Makes Poland Approach Soviet, Says Moscow Izvestia MOSCOW, (Tass) — In connection with the declaration of Mr. Zallessky, Polish foreign minister, who said that that it is necessary to improye mutual relations between Poland and the U. 8. S. R., “Izvestia” points out that each time when Poland meets with some setback in the League of Na- tions, she begins to talk on the neces- sity of improving relations with the Soviet Union. However, such equi- vocal professions of friendship have so far yielded no practical results, not having changed the policy of Po- land towards the U.S.S.R. The near future will show whether one can at- tach any importance to the pronounce- ment of Mr. Zallessky, who hinted that there are no serious obstacles on the way to the conclusion of a guarantee pact between Poland and the Soviet Union, . Warns Speculators. ROME, Jan, 18..— Mussolini has issued a warning against money specu- lators who are buying American dol- lars and English pounds, expecting further inflation of the lira, The dic- tator says that there will be deflation, rather than inflation, KUOMINTANG EXPELS TWO CHICAGOANS WHO JOINED WITH ANTI-LEFT GROUP Two Chicago members of the Kuomintang Party of | America, branch of the Chinese revolutionary organization, have been expelled for ten years each because .of right wing tendencies, word from Los Angeles, where the Kuomintang is in convention, tells. They are Ching Yu Fung and Tam Tong. They are charged with having disobeyed or- ders of the Kuomintang while dele- gates to the world convention in Canton in 1926, and instead of at- tending the Canton convention went to the Shanghai meeting of anti- Kuomintang forces, Leu Hu Wan, member of the exe- cutive committee last year and edi- tor of Young China, was given a similar sentence for supporting the right wingers, Ang Ah Wan was permanently expelled, dispatches sald, The convention decided that an- ~ nual “examinations” would be made of each member to decide whether they are valuable or detrimental to ‘me party. - ARREST 1000 POLISH COMMUNISTS AS PRELUDE TO ANTI-SOVIET WAR WARSAW, Jan, 18—More than a | Homes thruout t 0 __ aeking to escape to the frontiers, _ Members of been made by the government during ralde continued thruout the week-end, entire country have been ralded and scores of people are the opposition are remaini action of the government is a prelude to warllke moves RIVERA MAINTAINS SHAKY HOLD ON POWER THRU CORRUPTION AND TERROR By J. ALR. (Special to The Dally Worker) MADRID, Spain.—In his statements to the newspapers, Primo de Rivera, military dictator of Spain, is never tired of repeating that he feels him- self secure, that there exists no men- ace to the dictatorship and that he can rely upon the “kindness and sym- pathy” of the Spanish people. But the truth is that he feels quite uneasy in power. He knows that the police are kept busy uncovering mili- tary plots and conspiracies against his life, The past year has seen an extraordinary number of these plots and attempts; the year 1927 is ex- pected to witness many more. Since the expulsion from the army of the artillery officers that organized the military plot of last September, the artillery officers have been a con- stant element of unrest and sedition against the monarchy and the dicta- tor, In order to avoid this menace the expelled artillery officers have been restored to their positions. But most of the officers declined the re- instatement. It was only after their committee (Junta de Defense) had or- dered them to return that they did so, collectively and as a whole. This situation is causing Primo de Rivera considerable uneasiness. The decree revoking the expulsions was is- sued to end the constant menace from the direction of the artillerymen but the demonstration whereby the re- storation was really accomplished by the artillerymen’s own committee leaves the impression that the officers rejoined the army solely in order tq continue conspiracy against the mon- archy and Primo. , se @ Primo and the Chicago Tribune Correspondent, R. YOUTH, special correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, arrived here some time ago. Since then he has been accompanying General Pri- mo de Rivera in his tours all over Spain. Perhaps Mr. Youth is search- ing for first-hand information on the attempts at assassination against de Rivera and so wants to be on the spot when these take place. To Mr, Youth as. well as to Mr, Wil- son, the special correspondent who was here last summer, Spain has be- come a paradise under Primo’s dicta- torship. It would be very hard to con- vince the working classes of this be- cause their misery and poverty has kept on growing continually. In regard to the press, Primo de Rivera has worked out a complete pol- icy of corruption to take care of it, especially “im regard to the- Freneb press. The Spanish embassy at Paris pays large monthly sums to the various French papers. The extraor- dinary change of Le Temps from en- mity to friendship for the Spanish dictatorship is probably to be explain- ed in this way. see eh 1920 when the syndicalism of the Cc. N. T, was at its highest point of power, the government put forward the idea of organizing “parity com- mittees.” In this way the government attempted to smash the trade unions by establishing compulsory arbitra- tion. But these plans of the govern- ment could not be carried thru. In those days the Spanish proletar- iat was well organized and knew how to fight the attacks of the govern- ment. The Confereracion de Trabajo was then powerful; it included a large part qf the Spanish proletariat and fought bravely against the compulsory arbitration plans of the government. The Union General de Trabajadores was also against.the government plans. At present the situation is entirely different. Recently a decree estab- lishing parity committees was pub- lished. Now the Union General de Trabajadores backs the plans of the government. Its general secretary, Francisco Largo Caballero, even help ed to prepare it, The decree was sign- ed before the workers could under- stand its great significance and were able to protest against it. Our organ, La Antorcha, could not publish any article on the question. The censorship has prohibited any campaign against the decree about parity committees. ’ eee Reforms”—Taxing Workers’ Salaries. \ WARDS the beginning of 1925 Calvo Sotelo, minister of finance, proposed the raising of taxes as a measure of filling the government’s depleted treasury. In the face of the vigorous protests of numerous ele- ments among the bourgeoisie the pro- ject was dropped. Very: recently Sotelo presented a new project for “a general and funda- mental fiscal reform.” One of its most significant points is the establishment of a tax on workers’ salaries, some- thing that no previous Spanish gov- ernment would even have dreamed of. But now, with the best leaders of the proletariat murdered or in jail, Pri- “Fiscal thousand arrests of Communists have In hiding, It 1» charged that y mo de Rivera thinks he can carry it out, The only workers’ organization that can work openly now is the Union General de Trabajadores, The leaders of this organization have approved the new fiscal project as is natural, since after 1923 the Socialists and the lead- ers of the U. G. T. have supported and co-operated with the dictatorship. In gratitude to the government for the public positions given them the re- formist leaders betrayed the proletar- jan struggle again and again, Now they are engaged in stifling the pro- tests of the proletariat against the hew measures of oppression. “The pen te mightier than the sword,” provided you know how to use it, Come down and learn how in the worker correspondent’s classes. jal Day, the drive for The Daily Worker is on. 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