The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 25, 1927, Page 3

U.S, ADMIRAL IS GIVEN COMPLETE POWER IN CHINA Ready to Land Troops In City of Shanghai WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 23. —Admiral Clarence Williams, com- mander-in-chief of the American fleet in Asiatic waters, has beem given the widest possible powers to act in pro- tecting the interests of American im- perialism in China. The powers conferred: on Admiral Williams are similar to those granted Admiral Latimer in Nicaragua. It should be kept in mind that Latimer invaded Nicaragua and placed a pup- pet president in power in that country in the interest of Wall Street finan- ciers, Admiral Williams is empowered to earry out hostile demonstrations on Los Angeles Protest Meet Asks Impeachment Of President Coolidge By L. P. RINDAL (Worker Correspondent.) LOS ANGELES, Jan, 24,—Im- peachment of President Coolidge and resignation of Secretary o¥ State Kellogg is demanded in a resolution passed at a meeting held here, at the open forum, attended by more than 700. The meeting was called to present the facts on the Nicaraguan, Chinese and Mexi- can situations involving the poli- cies of the Coolidge administra- tion, Lew Head, former editor of a Pasadena paper, who was removed for telling the truth, and J. H. Ryckman of Los Angeles were the main speakers. “Coolidge and Kellogg are the two most ridiculous men in the world today,” said the speakers. The many lies circulated by the state department in connection with Nicaragua were denounced. UNITED STATES Chinese soil without being obliged to report to Washington. Already the admiral has organized landing parties of sailors and marines, in readiness for the opportune moment. Thus the armed forces of American imperial- ism are bringing the blessings of __ resented. American democracy to the people of China. Ready To Shell Shanghai It is reported that the imperialist | warships are ready to rain shells on the city of Shanghai but hesitate lest they kill their own nationals. This also indicates that the Cantonese army is on the verge of capturing Shanghai. | The State Department announced that Admiral Williams was authorized to act in concert with Great Britain in hostilities against China. Admiral Williams has directed a concentration of warcraft at Hankow, which is about 600 miles up the Yangtze river from Shanghai. Cantonese Sweep Forward The victorious Cantonese army is} sweeping down the Yangtze valley and carrying everything before it. This army is headed for Shanghai. While the revolutionary armies are waging a bitter fight against the im- perialists all are agreed that victory is almost certain to rest with the Can- tonese. This is said to be particularly no- ticeable in Shanghai, where, even those held by troops hostile to the Cantonese, the masses and even the soldiers show signs of smouldering re- sentment against the imperialists. Officials expect the Americans and the British imperialists to make their last stand here. The British have a large force on the way. The United States has ships under sealed orders rushing from the Philip- pines, one a transport with marines aboard. FIND SUBSTITUTE FOR INSULIN LONDON, Jan. 23.—Discovery of a new drug which will act as a substi- tute for or auxiliary to insulin was announced here today. The prepara- tion is the work of three German re- searchers, Drs. Frank, Nothmann and Wagner, in the laboratory of Prof. , Minowski, of Breslau. The secret of insulin has not been discovered. Its drawback is the fact that it must be given daily and can only be administered by injection un- der the skin. The new drug can be taken through the mouth and is ab- sorbed by the digestive tract. It is |afforded nationals of governments | MAY TREAT WITH THE CANTONESE Minister M’Murray Fa- vors Joint Action | WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.— The movement to have the United States take independent action in dealing | with China received added impetus today with the announcement by Eugene Chen, nationalist foreign min- ister, that full protection would be! which would take steps to. negotiate new and more equitable treaties. In this connection, Chen’s denun-| ciation of England as “the mother of | imperialism in China” was considered particularly signifieant by officials here. Secretary of state Kellogg has been delaying his promised “restate- ment” of the American policy be- cause of the desire of the American minister: at Peking, John Van A. MacMurray, to have the United| States act in unison with the other powers, It is now believed certain, however, that the government will override the wishes of MacMurray by issuing a memorandum Withit a’ feW-days+ setting forth the conditions under which it will agree to a considera- ticn of a new treaty. . There is no disposition on the part of the state department to re- place MacMurray at this time, though a step may come if the gov- ernihent decides upon independent action. Reports that the department is quietly planning to send a substi- tute to Peking have been frequently denied. Admiral Williams has already | been empowered to take whatever | action he believes necessary for the protection of American interests. He has not, however, the state depart- rent asserts, been authorized to take part in any joint movement with not necessary to administer it every day as its effects are slower than oe sulin. KUOMINTANG SEND the troops or naval forces of other powers for the suppression of anti- imperialist outbreaks. i $ DELEGATES TO BRUSSELS CONFERENCE ON WORLD IMPERIALISM; FIVE 60 FROM U. S, Kuomintang Sends Delegates Too ‘The Kuomintang party of America will be represented at the world con- gress against imperialism that meets in Brussels on Feb. 10. This is the word received by the all-American anti - Imperialist League, United States section, with headquarters here. A representative of the league _ appeared before the Los Angeles con- \, vention of the Kuomintang and urged them to send a delegate. The vote of the convention was overwhelmingly in favot of being represented. Five Others From U. S. Representatives of five other or- ganizations in the United States will present credentials when the world congress opens, coming from four dis- tinet oppressed minority groups in that country. The delegates from Jun- ta Pro-Santo Domingo and the Comite Laborista Mexicano will speak for Central Americans in the United States. Negro will be heard in the persons of delegates from the na- tional association for the advance- ment of colored people and the Amer- iean negro labor congress. The dele- gates from the Sun Yat Sen society, in addition to the Kno Nimtung, will ‘vepresent Chinese in America, and the Hindustan Gadar party will send a sentative of the Hindu minority in United States. The American Civil Liberties union will also be rep- Many Latin-Americans ‘The unity of interest between the oppressed minorities in the United States and the people of the Latin- American countries, who live con- stantly in the menacing shadow of American imperialism, is demon- strated by the variety and number of delegations being sent from these Central American republics. Five Latin-American countries have al- ready announced their participation in the congress, Mexico sending the largest number of delegates. Cuba, Porto Rico, Venezuela, and Peru are the others. The Mexican delegation speaks with a real mass voice, half-million peasants will send their representative through the National Peasants’ league. Students and in- tellectual elements will speak through the Mexican Students’ Federation and the Accion Tbero-Americana\ The Mexican section of the all-America anti-Imperialist league will have its delegate there. Cuba to Protest “Protection” Cuba will protest against United States “protection” of its interests through representatives from the Universedad Popular “Jose Ma” and the Cuban segtion of the all-America anti-Imperialist league. The latter organization will also send delegates from its sections in Venezuela, Peru, and Porto Rico. The national party of Porto Rico will be represented. From day to day comes informa- of additional delegations. It is expected oh chai ee ‘sessions begin. - 7 | archy to Germany. NATIONALISTS IN | GERMANY MAKING DRIVE FOR KING Use Business Republic Failures in Argument BERLIN, Jan. 24—German Na- tionalists, under leadership of Count Westarp, are resuming propaganda for a revolt against the republic and for re-establishment of the German monarchy. The 'latest attack of the nationalists is inspired by their fail- ure to muster enough strength in the riechstag to form a government cab- inet. Angeals to Workers. The spectacle of a monarchist ap- pealing to the workers to overthrow the present government and bring back the Hohenzollern-regime was en- acted in a meeting in the Prussian Diet hall when Westarp addressed the “association of German em. ployes,” an organization of white- collar clerks with nationalist tenden cies. Flays Dawes Plan. Westarp pictured the great unem- ployment situation in Germany and flayed the Dawes plan. “Twenty- five thousand men and women have rushed to Berlin in the last ten weeks hoping to find work,” he said, “while there are 100,000 here jobless, living on scanty doles. with other thousands skirting starvation on alms.” Then Westarp waxed lyrical on the “f¥eedom and liberty” that would come with the return of the mon- “Liberty will re- turn to Germany only after it ha: freed itself of the government which does not correspond to its history and character and is retored to its tradition.” s ‘Ametican Professors Request Coolidge to Arbitrate in Mexico WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—One hundred professors of American col- leges, all specializing in law, eeo- nomics or political science, and téach- ing in thirty-five different colleges today requested President Coolidge to arbitrate the American government's dispute with Mexico. “The question at issue,” said their statement, “are appropriate for set- tlement by the judicial method.» Pro- tracted delay may be dangerous. The property questions which are at the base of the differences may become wbovacod; the issuo. “becom” one of national pride and sentiment}. feel- ings may be aroused which will make impossible the judicial settlement now practicable.” The administrative committee of the federal council of churches issued a strong statement favoring arbitra- tion. Who Mangled Robe of THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1927 By HARBOR ALLEN. WICE I got a bird’s-eye view of Passaic, Each time I had the same impression. Once I stood on the roof of a house across the street from Belmont Park. the street, singing, jeering, defiant. T saw men with guns prodding them in the backs, growling at them. I heard the sheriff ery: “Move on, move on!” He was like a strip of cardboard trying to damm a roaring tide. They swirled around him, surged batk and forth. He stood shouting, livid and fat-headed, barring them from the hall. A Serap of Paper. An auto came honking street. A murmiur sprang from the crowd. A man leaped from the car waving a piece of paper in his hand. The murmur swelled to a shout as he moved toward sheriff, shoved the paper under hfs nose. A moment of restless quiet, {Then, with a roar, up the the mob crushed Into the hall. The hall became a/\big phonograph, through the r of which came muffled applause jand cheers, And I thought: }‘It’s the old Amer- iea against the néw. And the new as usual, is: leadirig the game.” Living Power. Later I stood of the platform of Belmont hall, taking in a I saw strikers swarming up and down | The New Pioneer at Passaic OFFICIAL FILES gold and yet will not give it up. Pas- saic is the old order backed up against the wall, its last stand, too desperate to put up a square fight, using gas bombs, brass-knuckles, hitting below the belt, goading into action a blunder- ing bull of a police chief and his herd of blue buffaloes. Tomorrow or the day after Passaic will be knocked out. Passaic knows it, Already the young fighter is feel- ing his strength. He may be tired now, at the end of a year’s battle, But sooner or later he will win. He knows it too. Conquers the Jungle jis American tradition, He is the }new American _pionee Not long |ago he landed in Passaic, alien, be- wildered, easy prey for the natives As long as he remained that way, |ignorant, exploited, butt of sneers and contempt, he was tolerated. He twas the “good immigrant”—be- |eause he took what was given him | and kept quiet about it. of America, | making } It is right that he should win, He| Page Three |Paterson Will Hold | Eight-Day Bazaar to CHARGES AGAINST: Help Passaic Strike PATERSON, N. J., Jan. 24.~+Or- | | ganized labor of this city, in response | jto the acute relief situation in Pas- | Py 1 t 5 | decided to hold an eight-day | bi for benefit of the Passaic Would | Of “Pickling Com.” | * Expel Opponents! Commitees were elected by the | Paterson T and Labor Council and by the ng ‘Trades Council to work on the ba#aar, which will The right wing fi¢ht on progres-| be held at Carpenters’ Hall, 56 Van ve trade unionists is to be carried} Houten St., from February 19 to 26, |into the Bookkeepers, Stenographers | inclusive, jand Accountants Union tonight when | | se members of the union are t | app before the grievance and trial !eommittee to er charges pre | ai liiam Johnson, president of the and Labor Council of the Paterson labor ferred by Emerich Steinberger. | body 2s elected chairman of the A letter sent to the members ta| D*” conte bo tried, states that the charges are: |{T0™ the full fashioned hosiery | workers was elected secretary. “That you are a Communist, and {either a member of the Trade Union | | Educational League or the Worker | (Communist) Party, or both, Thai | you are opposed to the policies and principles of the American Federa-} SENATORS CLASH loud ; But now, like the old pioneer, he oe | is learning to conquer the jungle. He tion of Labor. | OVER FREE SEED has begun to fell trees that stand| This letter was sent out’ indis-| in his way; he has begun to blaze|criminately, in many cases to mem-| |the paths that lead where he wants|bers who have never been members | |to go. In time he will transform the|of the Workers Party nor attended |jungle into a place of peace wherc | eny meeting of the T. U. E. L. They! | no man preys upon another. What) are, however, members of the B. S. he cannot do—for the job is big—-|& A, U, who are opposed to seni- voice, stiff and ifl-at-ease. And then | pis children will finish. To his chil-| ing a representative to the traitorous Bruce’s Stand Against @ sense of awe came over me, not just the fear of an gudience, but the sense of fear you get in the face of a massive power. Below me row on row of faces: lroad. wide-eyed, solid, strong faces, Little polish, no gentility, no pose, m0 neurotic intel- lectuality here, Hire was freshness jand primitive streigth; a cleanness {like the cleanness of virgin soil. No wonder old Passaic is fighting against it. The Worters Win. And old Passaic is fighting a los- ser who has los: power over his whole land will some day belong, He is fighting for this in Passaic, Pas- saie is the new pioneer’s first pitch battle with the Indians. Victory Certain. There will be more battles; maybe even a few massacres. But the end is sure, In the end the new pioneer, the alien, the new invader. The or- | ganized working man will conquer America. The only consolation I can offer ihe old fighter is that if America ing fight. It is lke a wrinkled mi- then is no longer his, it will still be/ union and then he had the minutes Even a better America, ~ Biitaly Mobilizes CANTON SHIEF FLAYS BRITISH IMPERIALIS Britain Sends Warships; Ditto (Continued fromt Ist Page) its readiness to negotiate separately with any powers for the settlement of treaty and other cognate questions on the basis of ecodomic equality and mutual respect for each other’s poli- tica and territorial sovereignty.” i a Rushing Armed Forces to China LONDON, Jan. 24.—Great Britain Empire? Hu Did It. Once Laundryman is mobilizing every available soldier and every available battleship for war with China. From India, Malta, Mr. Hu, former New York Jaun-| Gibraltar and from every other sta- dryman, who is still remembered by tion in the empire ships are embark- many folks in the neighborhood oz|ing soldiers and marines for the war 15th St., and Sixth Ave., is today an|#gainst China, important figure in the Canton gov-| Your correspondent learned today ernment of China. that several labor leaders including Learning English while in this a country, he is now using his know:- thur Pugh, C. T. Cramp, Mr. Citrine, edge for the benefit of the Chinese| Secretary of the Trade Union Con- masses. When the Soviet Ambassador | 8T€88, and Robert Williams, held a was in Peking, he got in touch with} Secret meeting in the home of Lord Philip Snowden, J. R. Clynes, Ar-. A}. him and later became a trusted work- er in the fight for Chinese liberation. Many other leading figures in ‘the revolutionary government of China are likewise by trade members of the formerly despised ranks of the prole- tariat. Latimer Passes to West Coast of Nicaragua with Sacasa’s Word to Diaz WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 24, Admiral Latimer, entrusted with full powers by the U, S. government, is reported passing through the Panama Canal yesterday for Corinto to con- fer with Diaz, recognized by the Before leaving the east coast La- timer had a conversation with Dr. Jauan T. Sacasa, supported by th> majority of Nicaraguans and recog- nized by Mexico and other states a» president of Nicaragua. able to effect a compromise, Jails Breed Crime, NEW YORK.—Ninety percent of the county jails in the United States make their inmates worse instead of better, Dr. Hastings H. Hart, con- sultant in delinquency of the Russelt Sage Foundation, told the monthly meeting of the Monday Club in the Metropolitan Life Insurance Audi- torium. i “We made a prison survey of var- ious cities,” Dr, Hart said, “Most of pk nigel unfit as places of, human beings. Wimborne, was represented by Winston Church- ill, the fascist chancellor of the ex- ehequer, who is in Italy confer- ring with Mussolini, About this time Mr. Citrine issued a statement de- sia for carrying It is Baldwin Consults MacDonald. Later on Stanle; Ramsey MeDonald and Lioyd George for a diseussion| of the Chinese crisis. 4 The week-end prders for troop movements reveal that 13,000 troops were under orders |to sail for China. One thousand British marines em- barked at Portsmputh today. Mo- tor, mounted, foot}and military po- lice units have been ordered to assemble near Al hot to await embarkation ord The admiralty commandered several lines, he war office an- nounced today thas soon as tréns= perts could be m ready seyeral thousand more soliers and marines would be sent Shanghai. The latest liner to be itioned is the steamship Assaye. Making the s Mad, The tory press if whipping up the patriotism of the fh typed style. The Bft wing workers are holding prote# mass meetings against the war on The right wingers as usual, to professed paci- fists and foes of rs’ “dictator- ship” are offering fho where the government) Baldwin called in! | America. for War on China |Soviet Union Changes Tax Law to Suit New Increase of Income MOSCOW,.—(Tass,)—The Coun- cil of People’s Commissaries of the Soviet Union has recently adopted a new income tax law. The returns |from the income tax are increasing ;from year to year. In the federal | budget of 1922-23 they amounted to | 12,700,000 roubles, in 1923-24 to 64,- 200,000 roubles, in 1924-25 to 100,- 000,000 roubles, and 1925-26 to 130,- 00,000 roubles. According to the 1, 1926, the income tax returns are expected to reach 165,000,000 rou- bles in 1926-27. The following groups are subject to taxation under the new income tax law: all persons gainfully occu- pied, all kinds of joint-stock and limited liability companies, as well | as foreign companies which are per-| mitted to do business on the terri-/ tory of the Soviet Union, | These persons and enterprises | will be subject to the income tax, if | their income exceeds a certain min-| imum. The non-taxablé minimum varies from 600 to 1,200 roubles, ac- | cording to locality. Taxpayers are divided into three | (groups: persons working for wages | or salary; persons working for their ewn ‘account, and persons not en- gaged in any gainful occupation. The rate of taxation varies accord- ing to group, the relative burden of taxation being expressed by the pro- portion of 1:3:4, On an average the rates of the second group have been increased by dren and his children’s children the | “Save the Trade Union Committee,” | | and for this reason they are being | Agrarians Challenged how | WASHINGTON, D, C., Jan. 24— | Two weeks ago, at a meeting of| Senator Bruce (D) of Maryland, was |the B. 8, & A. U., president Leonard | dubbed “the senator from Pennsyl- | Bright proposed sending a delegate | vania” by Senator Norbeck (R) of |to the conference of the “Save the| South Dakota, during a sharp tilt Trade Union Committee,” And the} ever farm legislation in the senate members present voted 48 to 25) today. j@gainst the resolution. After an uouncing wrathfully that he did not! care what the majority voted, pres- {ident Bright sent two “observers” to |the conference in the name of the! When Bruce objected to considera- tion of a bill to provide free seed for farmers in drought stricken areas, orbeck shouted angrily: “Yes, if it’s a farm bill the senator from Mary- | land is against it; if it is a railroad | bill, he is for it. I wonder if the | people of Maryland will stand for a At a regular meeting on Janvary|third senator from Pennsylvania af- | 17, a vote was taken as to whether! ter the next election.” |the minutes should be “corrected” to! «“3zarviand has always been noted |indicate that the vote had been ta-| soy jts courteous gentlemen,” inter- | ken and had steod 48 to 25 on the rupted Senator Stewart (R) of Iowa, jquestion; in other words, last Mon-/ “but apparently she has fallen on evil day’s meeting was asked to vote ch) ways.” | whether the truth the records or not. jvoted in favor of of this meeting state that there was no vote taken on the matter. should go shina “Such vituperation does not de- All those: Who} seve 5 reply,” retorted Bruce. correcting t | minutes and having the truth in- 5: serted are the ones now being | Chicago Woodearvers ‘brought up on charges. Their! $ > jerime will be judged tonight at 3} Denounce Coolidge’s | West 16th Street by a committee of : : i . |the union headed by Ernest Bohm, Imperialist c Policy |the secretary. \ (By Worker Correspondent) CHICAGO, Jan. 24.—A resolution, emphatically protesting against_the invasion of Nicaragua by the U. S. Higher Compensation | budget estimate for the fiscal year | 1926-27, which began from October | Payments to Injured Workers Are Urged BOSTON, Jan. 24. (FP,).—Higher weekly compensation payments are recommended by the special legisla- tive commission on workmen’s com- pensation, created by the last Massa- |chusetts legislature to investigate the | operation of the present law. Rais-! marines, against the threatening at- titude of the state department to- wards Mexico, and against the send- ing of warships to China, was passed by the Chicago local of the Interna- tional Woodcarvers’ Association, in its membership meeting Jan. 20, The secretary was instructed to wire the protest to Senator Borah, At the same meeting steps were ing minimum and maximum pay-|™ade to trace down and eliminate ments from the present $7 and $16 | &#ents of the Furniture Manufac- to $9 and $19 is advised. | turers’ Association, when the union | found that its plans of action have hi ‘ ae ha ee rue Ot Pas | been repeatedly revealed to the bosses $5,000, the commission urges. Two|P¥, Someone operating inside of the dollars a week should be allowed to | prem 4 2 all dependent children, instead of to| The bosses’ organization is out to a maximum of five children only. crush this militant union, and one of Putting occupational diseases defi-| its tactics is to discriminate against |nitely into the compensable class is | those who are supporting the progres- one of the most important recom-|sive policy of the union, for better mendations. | conditions, and more wages. Mellon Cuts Down Huge Liquor Fine on Brewer “Friend” | But the members are made to | realize that if they show weakness | at this moment, it means loss of gil |the gains made through many hard struggles in the past, The progressives in the union a | strive to lead the organization in a 5 per cent, and those of the third group by 32 per cent, CURRENT EVENTS Continued from page 1 lined up—so we are told—several la- bor leaders and employers who feel that the lion should lie down with the ‘lamb without taking up extra space. 'Since Philip Snowden and other right wing labor leaders have been flirting with Lloyd George with a view to forming a mesalliance with his party, the object of the Grey strategy is to divorce the right wing labor leaders from the wily Welshman. * ORE than one million votes were cast against the action of the General Council of the British Trades Union congress in calling off the General Strike. The vote was cast at a recent executive meeting of British trade unions. Two million delegate votes were cast in favor of the Gen- eral Council’s action. This is signif- icant. It means that the majority of 4 .|the British trade unionists are for a progressive policy. In view of the fact that most conventions sare “framed” by those who eontrol the machinery it is reasonable to believe that elected conference would repudi- ate the action of the General Council. ————— Tech Aid Meets, effective’ op- position to the gov#hment policy. The tone of the government or- sam the Times, tHe Daily and the jorning Post is d¢fided)y hostile to Japan and expressfe of g wistful States . aid hopefulness of U against the Chin A meeting of the Technical Aid So- ciety will be held Friday evening, January 28, at 143 East 108 St., New York City. All members are re- WASHINGTON, Jan, 24.—Rep,| manner to defeat the onslaught of La Guardia of New York charged in| the bosses. a speech in the house that secretary | of the treasury Mellon had approved 4 H a compromise of fines totalling $2 |Proletarian Artist s | Backs the Daily 000 against the Howell & King br ery in Pennsylvania for $20,000. | “Senator Joyce of the Howell &| To the Daily Worker: Greetings King brewery supported Mr. Mcllon’s| upon your arrival in New York and candidates, and not until after the| best wishes for an uncompromising Pennsylvania primary was there any | fight against political reaction and talk of settlement,” assérted Laj|cultnral philistinism—Louis — Leze- Guardia, | wiek. 4 SHAW, PRAISING MUSSOLINI, PASSE FROM PINK SOCIALISTS TO FASCISTI Bernard Shaw is now definitely in his dotage, in the opinion of his many former admirers here who have not made the “flop” with him from pink Socialism to the Black Shirts. Shaw, in a signed statement to the England and Ireland on half tne provocation he has had. “One would think that our eabi- nets of oligarchs had never suspend- ed the habeas corpus act, suppressed ® newspaper or prosecuted a Corbett er Kirkwood. London Daily News, praises Musso- lini as a model of efficiency, cerving the interests of the public, and con- trasts him with the British olizarch, just as able in the way of oppression, but more hypocritical, and witheut other good points of the fascisti, Shaw says in his letter: “The clear self consciousness and unaffected self judgment of Signor Mussolini certainly makes an amus- ing contrast with the seif delusion and mock modesty with which we lecture him for doing in Ii 4 we haye “The British oligarch, it seems, can steal a horse where the Italian Dictator may not look over a hedge. “Mussolini is not popular, Some demagogues are popular, The people are too much afraid of him, think him indispensable, which must They an that they find him useful. “But in the ‘meantime let us te- member, as we did not dare to calt Signor Mussolini’s bluff at Corfu nd ure clearly afraid of him, that we had better treat him with dis- +g consideration as a of policy no less than of good man- ners, (Signed) G: B. S,” seta