The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 8, 1927, Page 3

PEKING MINISTER EMBARRASSES THE DIPLOMAT CROWD Nicaraguan Envoy Sends Kellogg to Bed WASHINGTON (FP).—No sooner does the Coolidge administration turn its back on the appeals of Latin America for .a friendly policy, and assure the world of its tender solici- tude for the Chinese, than the hu- morous and wily Chinese minister, Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, takes advantage of the Kellogg pose by asking an embarrassing question. Take the events of Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 2 and 3, for es of the rudeness of these back people's diplomats. On Wednesday noon Secretary Kellogg, heatedly denying that Adol- fo Diaz “ever had anything to do| with, or connection with, Chamorro,” sought to soften the amazement of the ‘press correspondents by adding | that he stood ready to use the good offices of the Washington govern- ment to bring peace between the | Diaz and the Sacasa forces in Nica- | vagua. Four hours later Dr. Vaca, | agent for Sacasa, appeared at the State Department and delivered a note on Sacasa’s behalf, accepting this “offer of good offices.” Vaca suggested that Kellogg immediately call a conference of the Central American states to arrange media- tion and bring peace in his country. Of course Kellogg. refused to see Vaca, and the note had to be left with his stenographer, and with the press. Minister Sze Calls. Next morning the Department was serenely denying knowledge of the purpose for which the regiment of marines was being sent to the Orient, when up came smiling Minister Sze to ask a few questions. Kellogg was sick, but he saw Under-secretary Grew. Sze came as representative of the Peking regime, but said he would send to Foreign Minister Chen of the Nationalist government any information that Grew could give tim. He wanted to know why the} American naval forces in Chinese | waters were being steadily increased, and why a regiment of marines is being shipped to China. Grew Grew Embarrassed. These questions embarrassed Grew as much as a trained diplomat per- mits himself to be embarrassed by any exposure—because Sze had been solemnly assured, two weeks earlier; that American naval vessels were gathered in Shanghai and other Chi- nese ports solely in order:to carry | away Americans who might have to leave their places of residence on Chinese soil. Now Sze suggested | that the American naval force was | loo heavily manned for effective service as a passenger ferry, and the | regiment of marines looked like! something different again. | Dr. Stages Come-back. | Meanwhile Dr. Vaca came back | with a press statement explaining what was meant by protection of | American property under the Amer- ican intervention in his country. At Wawa, a village outside the “neutral zone” held by American marines, an American, Davis by name, severely | beat his native mistress while he was drunk. The girl fled. Davis searched | the barracks oecupied by 25 Liberal | soldiers. Failing to find the girl, ke returned at 2 in the morning with 50 marines, who roughly searched the barracks, confiscated the arms of the garrison and then retired to the American vone. This incident, related in affidavits by Davis himself and by the Liberals, Vaca described as being the one ac- tual instance of Protection, of “Amer- ivan property” since Admiral Lati- mer landed his forces. Dumped Liberal Ammunition. On the other hand, Sacasa has for- warded affidavits showing that it s on Latimer’s orders that the ma- rines seized and dumped into the river 1,800,000 cartridges belonging to the Liberals in the midst of their battle and defeat of the Diaz forces at Pearl Lagoon. By thus partially disarming the Liberals, Latimer seems to have hoped to defeat them without being caught in the act of shooting at them from American guns. As to Adolfo Diaz and Chamorro Leing wholly unrelated in the) mili- tary overthrow of the Liberal gov- ernment in 1925, Vaca presents a list of the members of Diaz’s family who fought in Chamorro’s forces, and shows that Diaz himself was the di- rector of the whole movement in 1926, as he was partner in the Cha- THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TU IMPERIALISM MUSTERS ITS FORCES ESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1927 Page Three FRENCH WORKERS HIT AS PRICES RISE WITH FRANC No Salary Raises Since France Was Restored PARIS, Feb. 7.—The height of bray- ery in France these days is to ask for a raise. Although the cost of living has risen steadily since July, when the government set out to save the franc, there have been few boosts in salary or wages for any Frenchmen. Government employes have sent| up one cry of protest after another, but the Premier has turned down every proposal. His lead has been fciiewed by the industrialists, the shopiteepers, and all other bosses, an}y too happy to find an excuse by means of which the payroll total can be kept from mounting. | Less Pay Than Ever. Now that the frane has been re- | Stored, the prospect of increased pay: for wage-slaves seems slighter than Here’s Capitalism In Its Wasteful Glory Mill Smashes Spindles BEDFORD, Mass., Feb. 7,—Is or- der to avoid taxation on them, 30,- 000 spindles will be destroyed by the Fairhaven Mills, manufacturers of cotton yarns and cord tire fabr The spindles were assessed at $12 each and 1927 taxes on them would fetch, according to Henry 8. Know- les, president. The textile manufacturers have been. conducting a concentrated propaganda for lower taxes for several months now, and skeptical ones ‘see>in President Knewles’ spindle bréaking, merely a gesture to lend weight to his demands for easier taxation, DIEGO RIVERA TO RECOVER RAPIDLY exceed the price which they would | Photo shows British marines marching down to the docks at Portsmouth, England, to embark for Shanghai, hina, . The Communists of Great Britain distributed leaflets in this crowd of spectators, and among troops in barracks, ever, Its political problems having been FROM BAD INJURY CONGRESS DODGES DEBATE; HURRIES APPROPRIATIONS Enacting Radio Monop- oly and “Farm Relief” (Special to The DAILY WORKER) WASHINGTON, D, C., Feb. 7.— for quick action, if the present congress is not to pass into nistory with very little accomplished, bas resuited in an agreement among to leave extremely debate- ures alone and conéentrate 2 which they have reason tu believe will go through easily. ‘ven the tax bill, a bargain over which guaranteed the MeNary- Haugen so-called “farm relief” bail, will probably be left to the considera- tion of a new congress. bor Radu Mimoply. te of considerable opposition, o bill, described by its oppo- a means of foisting’ @ éom- ie of the ether on fu- vure generations through the estab- lishment of a cintrol board that 2s even now seen to be capable of pre- tors 10W opoly WHERE CHINA’S FATE IS BEING DECIDED | naer. OANGER Zone Hankow and Shanghai, on the coast and the fate of Shanghai, itself. Han- kow, seized by the southern forces, has been temporary Nationalist capital. Picture above shows the Grand Canal where it passes through Soochow, lying between Hankow and Shanghai. Arrows on the map point to theatre of what military men term the deciding conflict. The Cantonese objective has been in complete control of the Yangtze valley, including the British- defended city of Shanghai, whose customs’ revenues are 40 per cent of China’s total. / All of China, to a large extent, is dependeht upon Shanghai, for it not only is the chief port of China and the eighth largest port in the world, but it colleets forty per cent of the Chinese customs. It is the center of large British\ interests. Its population is estimated at 1,539,000. Above is a photo of the Shanghai Bund (at right) and (in foreground), Nanking Road, scene of recent rioting. Arrow in picture points to a Sikh policeman of the “international city” of Shanghai. Dressed like an English bobby, he is resented by the Chinese. Below is a map of Shanghai, showing both the international city_and the ,French concession. American Born Chinese Back to China educated in American colleges, but are going student class is nationalistic; and, the fact that they have seen West- ern civilization does not seem to make them fond of western bayonets morro regime in earlier years. WOLFE, NEARING, LOVESTONE, DUNNE, GITLOW, WEINSTONE AND OTHERS SPEAK THURSDAY or western domination of the Orient. Wisconsin Workers to Fight Bill for Lower Child Labor Age Limit Among the speakers scheduled fo: x the anti-imperialist ‘mass meeting to (Special. te The DAILY WORKER.) Nationals of various foreign countries have been leaving the villages | and the cities of the Yangtze river valley, China, as the Cantonese army | of the south and the Peking government’s army of the north, prepared to} come together for a major conflict to decide control of the region between | be held this Thursday night (Feb. 10) in Cooper Union, 8th street, between 8rd and 4th avenues, under the auspices of the iy natn Party, is Bertram D. Wolfe, who was active for séveral years in the Mexican labor movement and was finally deported from Mexico by the administration of President Calles for taking» leading part in a general railway strike. He is a mem- ber of the Anti-Imperialist Committee of the Workers Party. Other speakers include Seott Nearing, Jay Lovestone, Willam F, Dunne, a# representative of the Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party, Benjamin Gitlow and William W. Weinstone. ! Admission is 25e, No tickets sold in advance, MILWAUKEE, Wise, Feb. 7.—It jie expected that the Wisconsin State Legislation Conference arranged by the American Federation of Labor, to be held at Madison, February 18-19, Jenouncing the use of troops by British capitalism to attack the rising Chinese nationalist forces. Mrs. Su n Yat Sen | | | | } | | | | | i | The wife of the former provisional |president of China and organizer of | the Kuomintang plays an active part in the progress of the Cantonese’ |forces as a leader in the propaganda |department of the Kuomintang. Her | \son has been several times mayor of | Canton. |May Call Andy Mellon | To Testify for Rich) Couzens in Tax Trial WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—Secre- |tary of Treasury Mellon may be summoned as a witness in the gov- |ernment’s suit to collect $30,000,000 |additional income tax from Senator | | Couzens (R) of Michigan and other | fermer minority Ford stockholders, it was indicated today. | Mellon’s testimony would be im- |pertant as the defense has charged | that the extra tax was levied be- cause of personal’ animus against | Couzens, who prosecuted the Senate’s | investigation of the Internal Reve-! nue Bureau. | David H. Blair, commissioner of in- | ternal revenue, and his chief deputy, | C. R. Nash, have refused to testify | voluntarily and have been subpoe-| naed to appear tomorrow. After hearing their testimony, the defense will make a final decision whether to call Mellon. Today’s session before the board) of tax appeals was devoted to highly technical testimony regarding the valuation of Ford motor stock. The} government contends the valuation was placed too high, thus enabling | the minority stockholders to make an enormous profit when they sold | tv Henry Ford. A. W. Gregg, youth- | tul counsel for the government, con- ducted a tedious cross examination of David Friday, and Paul Clay, economists. Ziegfeld Ready for Censor to Stop “Baring Breasts” of the Youth NEW YORK, Feb. 7:—District At-| torney Joab H. Banton conferred to- day with Police Commissioner George V. MeLaughlin on the theattical situation. He announced that he was receiving valuable assistance from | theatrical producers in his campaign | to bar the stage to filthy and in- decent plays, and showed a telegram he had received from Flo Ziegfeld, which read: “Accept my congratulations for the stand you are taking. I hope you will visit the revues in New) York, not one of which would be tolerated in Philadelphia or Boston. The baring of breasts of the youth of America to draw a few extra dol- lars should be stopped. I fear a censor such as is employed in Bos- ton and Philadelphia is the only rea! eure,” | ; | | will go on record against the bill now petiole in the state legislature to re-| duce the age limit for child labor. At a recent m it went ‘bin. of the Mile i WASHINGTON, Feb, 7—Pat M. Neff, former governor of Texas, to- day was appointed by President Cool- of thi of rail- a Ww resigned, |settled, the members of the French- officialdom cannot be bothered wor- trying about the plight of the man jin the street. Their chief concern, | throughout the economic crisis, was to protect the investments of capi- talists, whose finances were jeopar- | dized by the fluctuations of the franc. Militant labor organizations here and in the provinces are becoming in- censed over the government’s refusal | to act and attempt to cope with the | situation. Tree Kills Lumberjack; Old Man Had to Work | _ MINOCOQUA, Wise. (By mail).— | John D. Wolf, a woodsman. for the + serving itor ng possessors al) “Workers’ Painter’ On| ie best wave lengtns as property in i “4 perpetuity, will probably be rushéd The Job Again Soon | mrougn, Aside irom tnis, the sen- - ate wii concentrate on appropriation MEXICO CITY, Feb. 7.—Diego| wis and measures already agreed Rivera, well-known artist and fres-| on, coe painter, who sustained severe in- “Altho jammed calendars await ac- it in*a fall from the scaffolding} tion in both house and senate, the hich he had been working, is| republican leadership decided to aban- recuperating very satisfactorily. He|don ail-legisiation during the remain- was removed to a hospital, and given|ing days of the present session, surgical treatment. | rather than permit the blocking of & It is expected that within a few! singie appropriation bill, the enact- weeks Rivera will be able to resume| ment of which is necessary to operate his work and will complete the wall the government during the coming decoration of a new public building | tisca: year. , As a resuit, the legisia- which he started a short time ago. | uve program for the rest of this ses- The accident caused considerable} sion will be composed chiefly of those on W |MeGrath Lumber Co., was instantly anxiety among the ranks of workers | pilis whigh can. be enacted by unant- and progressives, as Rivera is not| mous consent or passed without pro- wn but also the out- | killed when struck b; ‘Hale Ship’s Officers y a falling tree.| only well-kr He was 55 years old and the son|standing figure in his field, the crea- of one of the.early settlers of this|tion of an art which springs from, vicinity. land appeals to, the working masses. VENEZUELAN CONSULATE FOUND HIDDEN BEHIND BUSINESS FIRM WHOSE DIRECTOR SERVES BOTH HIMSELF AND HIS COUNTRYMEN IN ONE OFFICE From the English Secretary of the Venezuelian Labor Union, The DAILY gante Law of the Consular Service, Section 1, Article 11, reads as fol- lows: Consuls must not engage in commerce or any other professional or industrial occupation in the coun-| tries where they serve. Will Be Denounced in Brooklyn Mass Meeting The Venezuelan Consul American imperialism is to be pro- York is P. R. Kincones, Jr. tested by the Brooklyn Section of the The first thing to be seen on the Workers (Communist) Party at a doors of the Venezuelan consulate in mass meeting arranged for February in New litic debate. arm Bill to Pass, | Out of this jam, there wore indica- | tions the McNary-Haugen farm re- | lief bill, the compromise Wait Dill }radio control act and possibly the Mckadden Pepper banking act will be the chief measures enacted or at jeast ;trought to a final vote in both branches of congress, ‘he farm and radio bills will reach a tinal vite in the senate this week, with the bank- ing bill facing a vote early next week, and house leaders intimate ail WORKER has received the following letter which discloses an inte z three n also will pass the example of the friendly spirit of cooperation e ing between capitalist gov- | lower branch. ernments and business. SPAT do * 43 Keep Taxes As Is, | Yo the Editor of The DAILY) ————— legislation and ail WORKER: Dear Comrade:—The Or- American Imperialism ating to prohibition enforce- | ment are dead, administration leaders ‘The prohibition bills, inclua- a the Andreus reorganization —which the drys particularly ed enacted—have been killed, senate killed tax reduction legis- lation last week by voting in favor of using the treasury surpius to retire the national debt. The Muscle Shoals bill, for leasing New York is: P. R. Rincones, Jr. and) 4, at Royal’ Palace, 16 Manhattan the $150,000,000 project to private in- Co., Inc. This inscription occupies) avenue, near Broadway. the most prominent place; the name! Workers of Brooklyn will be mobil- of the consulate is relegated to an/ ized to fight the danger of a new absardly inferior position. The doors) war, and to demand of the United afford a perfect clew to the interior;) states Government that she take the chief purt is occupied by the of-) “Hands Off Mexico;” “Withdraw the fices of this company, in which the) Marines from ragua,” and take new censul is so patently a guiding! «qands Off C ” spirit. The consulate, limited to a) Seott Nearing, Juliette Stuart small part of the floor, is furnished) povntz and William W. Weinstone with several chairs and an enormous| are to be the speakers on February case. To be sure, so far as the offi-/1g, und ‘he committee has also ar- ces of P, R. Rincones, Jr. and Co. | ranged a musical program. inc., are concerned, the furniture is/ ct to b iffed at. one 's : ‘One apn piven that the:new| British Church Ripens New Brand of Dope for Twenty Years; Option! consul would go thru at least the for mality of resigning from the’ posi- tion he occupies in the company which| bears his name; but no. The bonds are too tight. The offices are con-| LONDON, Feb. 7.—The long-await- tinued at 80 South Street, on the! ed changes in the Church of England same floor; they are entered by the! prayerbook were announced today, same doors. For a telephone the| but the Archbishop of Canterbury in consulate has to depend on that” of| making the announcement stressed P. R. Rincones, Jr. (John 6124). In-|the fact the use of virtually all the deed, the Venezuelan consulate is the/ changes is optional with the clergy only one in New York without a tele-| und a.rector ean not force his con- phone of its own. There is no Way) pregation to use the changes unless at all of securing information from) they consent, the consulate except by communicat-| The principal changes are these: ‘ing with the mercantile house which! ‘The word “obey” is dropped from the marriage ceremony. The marriage ceremony is changed |so the bridegroom says, “all my worldly gos I with thee share” in- haunts its precincts. stead of “I<with thee endow.” Fraternally, (Signed) MARTIN FEINSTEIN, | The reservation of the sac is authorized but only for the English Secretary, The Venezuelan Archaic language is removed. Labor Union. Prayers for the dead are author- ized. The work of remodeling the pray- er-book started twenty years ago. ment In Court for Mackinac Wreck; N ot the Owner PROVIDENCE, R. 1, Feb. 7— Eye-witness stories of the steamboat Mackinac boiler explosion disaster and testimony regarding the equip- ment of the ill-fated excursion craft will be unfolded to a jury at the trial of Captain George W. McVay, his chief engineer, John A, Grant, and George J. Kelley, passenger agent for the ship’s owners. A panel of 115 Work Permits Show Child Labor. Fast Spreading in U. S. Increased child labor in twenty-four out of twenty-nine large industrial cities was reported to the Children’s terests, is also dead, leaders said, Ac- tion-on the other great water-power méasure—the Swing-Johnson boulder dam bill—likewise taces small chance of enactment. Old Time Bills ‘Untouched, Other bills which-have been pend- ing in congress for years and which have but little opportunity of enact- |ment at this session, include the | French spoilations bill, the Gooding | “long and short haul” railroad bill and the Capper “truth in fabric” act, | An effort, however, will be made to pass the alien property bill, which | the house has enacted, but if it runs sidetracked. Northwestern Lumber Barons Control State; Tough for Lumberjack Te the Editor of The DAILY WORKER: The letter in your issue of Feb. 4, from,a logger is interest- ing; it is also convincing—and the jlatter is what counts. The lumber-kings of the northwest }own and control everything in the | northwest: including the state ments of labor and the medied! prac |titioners who ply their trade in and |around logging camps. | _ There is no redress at present for |the logger, he is unorganized, he is |politically disfranchised. In propor- | tion to what the lumber-jack produce |they are the lowest paid workers in America. The company doctors work in har- |mony with shyster lawyers and em- | ployment sharks in the interest of the lumber kings, at all times, against the jinterest of the over-worked lumber- | jack. Magistrates, sheriffs and other |hirelines devote their energy to de- | fending the barons, should any plebian see fit to take the kings into court. | Now that “our” benevolent govern- ment is giving to unemployed a chance to eat Armours embalmed pork veniremen were on hand when the trial opened today in Superior Court, Bureau of the United States Depart-| ment of Labor during 1925, Grace Ab- The three men are charged by the} bott, chief of the bureau, stated in state with responsibility for the her annual report for 1926, death of Irene Borque, one of the} Twelve states and twenty-nine 64 persons scalded to death when the {cities having a population of 100,000 steamboat blew up in Newport hay-|or more, reported to the bureau on bor August 18, 1925. Captain MeVay |the numbers of 14 and 15-year-old and Engineer Grant are charged |children receiving work permits dur- with manslaughter and Agent Kelley jing 1924 and 1925. Bight of the with being an accessory. states and twenty-four of the cities * Jreported increases during 1925 as Subscribe for The DAILY WORKER. ! compared with 1924. ‘ and beans in China, the lumber-jacks ought to engage the lumber baron’s in a variety of skirmishes. Nothing short of a revolution will relieve the lumber-jack of his heavy cross.—Daniel F. O’Brien. MEXICO CITY, Feb. 7.—Jose dt la Pena, Governor of Nayarit, “ been .impeached on charges of wt lawful intervention in municipal el tions, according to dispatches fr Tepic. into extended debate, it also will be” 4