The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 12, 1927, Page 11

a Cantonese Correspondence The Nationalist gavernment, despite the fact that none of its ministries yet has its entire personnel here from Canton, is now fairly established in Wuhan, as the entiye area of Hankow, Wuchang and Hanyang is to be renamed. The work of all minis- tries is going forward as smoothly as it was at the southern capital, For a variety of reasons, principally those of proximity to business, banks and the foreign repre- sentatives, the foreign affairs, and finance, and com- munications ministries have established their quar- ters in Hankow. Mr. Hsu Chien, minister of justice, has taken quarters in Wuchang, buat also has offices here. The Political Council is holding regular ses- sions, three times weekly, sometimes in Wuchang, sometimes in Hankow. Some of the party organs will have quarters in Wuechang, others here. For these reasons a re-organization of the muni- cipal governments of the three cities is to be made, under one central control and with one mayor, the greater city to be known as Wuhan. This will be the Nationalist capital. Details have not yet been worked aut. + . Financial Stabilization. The first notable action by the Nationalist gov- ernment, after setting up im Hankow, from the do- estic point of view, was the launching of a far- reaching plan for the financial stabilization *of Hupeh Province. The plan, which includes proposals for two bond issues, one te redeem the reckless and unsecured bend issues of former so-called “govern- ments,” and another to take up even more reckless currency issues of former regimes, has already been approved by the Political Council. Mr. T. V. Soong, the Minister of Finance, is pre- paring to float both issues within the course of a few weeks. He has already wen the assurance of the financial eircles here that they will be favorably received. In foreign circles here, Mr. Soong’s plans have won high commendation, on two counts: One, because they are looked upon as designed to go far toward restoring confidence in the province; and, two, beeause they are looked upon as an indication of the general financial policy of the Nationalist government vis-a-vis financial obligations inherited by that government in new territory taken under control. Important Regulations. On the side of the government’s relations with the powers, while there has been no definite action of any far-reaching kind, yet the pourparlers between Mr. Eugene Chen, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the representatives of Great Britain, the United States and Japan are considered to be fraught with * great potentialities and we can look toward a pro- found change in the relations of the powers with China. i These eonversations were started immediately upon the arrival of Mr. Chen in Hankow. Within an hour of his arrival, he received the first call from & & Young Comrade Section HELLO EVERYBODY The Pioneer Editorial Committee in New York City greets all the readers of the “Tiny Worker” and the “Young Comrade Section.” We want to _ get acquainted with all of you as we are te take charge of the “Young Comrade Section,” which is going to take the place of the “Tiny Work- er” and the previous “Young Comrade Section.” So come on you Grand Rapids Pioneers and other . Pioneers and workers’ children, send in your ar- ticles, poems and stories to be printed in your section. PIONEER EDITORIAL COMMITTER. What Does This Picture Mean? - ANSWERS TO PUZZLES The workers own Russia. Russia has NO child labor. The American capitalist government has just. sent battleships to Nicaragua. Three years ago Lenin died in Russia. In the Philippine Islands the American capitalists are making a lot of money out of rubber. The answer to the Picture Puzzle is—Albert Weisberd. The strike is in Passaic. M. Nedell, Chieago, MH. J. Woodal, Oakland, Cal. Nick Vartarice, Luzerne, Pa. Mr. Miles Lampson, the new minister to China from Great Britain. Much significance seems to be at- tached to Mr. Lampson’s coming to Hankow before even going to Peking, to which, theoretically, he is accredited. Mr. Chen and Mr. Lampson eonferred almost daily for over a week, after which Mr. Lamp- son went to Peking for the holidays. The conver- sations are expected to be resumed early in the new year. Por the United States, Mr. Ferdinand Lathrop Mayer, counsellor of the legation at Peking, came to Hankew to meet the Nationalist government’s for- eign minister. Mr. Sadao Saburi, chief of the treaties bureau of the Japanese foreign office, was here for the Japan government. His conversations with the Nationalist foreign office alse stretched over many days. Workers Win Wage Increases. Despite sensational reports to the contrary, the labor situation in the Wuhan area is net acute. There have been strikes and threats of strikes, and a few strikes are going on at the present writing. Nothing on a big seale, however, is contemplated, so far as can be judged by the temper displayed by both sides. There has been every indication on the part of employers of a realization that a sharp rise eres We Accept Your Challenge By ADOLF WOLFF Brother Green we’ve heard your yelp, Chorused by your jackal choir. We're not going to cry for hely Your barking does no fear inspire. Do your danmedest brether Green Rage like yours affords us joy, We've heard it said and we have seen. ’ The Gods make mad whom they’d destrey. Communists are here to stay! Those whose yellow goat we get, May yelp and how! and bark and bray, Their doom as union lords is set. Saiee ss You’re the ewnuchs who would train The workers to be docile slaves, Emaseulate them and thus gain Rewards that masters give to knaves. We’re the vanguard that must lead The workers to the battlefield, To fight the powers of vested greed, Till beaten to the dust, they yield. Your’s is the cause of the master class back whom the workers you betray. 's the cause of the toiling mass . rc ian with them we'll win the day. LINCOLN AND THE WORKERS February 12th is Lincoln's birthday. In the Northern states that day is celebrated, but im the Southern states it is not, and there is a reason for it. The bosses and plantation owners of the South hate Abraham Lincoln because it was Lineoln who took away their slaves from them, and set them free , Although Abraham Lincoln freed the Negroes, who are a part of the working class, he is not our hero. But, he is the hero of the merchants and bosses of: the Northern states. The Civil War was not really a workers’ war for freedom, but a war between the bosses of the North who had no slaves and the plantation owners of the South who needed slaves. In the election for president, Abraham -Linceln, who stood for the Northern bosses, won. The Southern bosses then decided to withdraw from the union and to form their own government. Lin- coln ‘said fe and we had the Civil War, in which thousands of workers of the North and the South were killed and wounded. During the war President Lincoln freed the slaves not because he pitied them but in order to weaken the South. That is why Abraham Lincoln is not really our hero like Comrades Lenin, Karl Marx, Liebknecht, Luxemburg, Frank Little, Debs, and many others who fought and died for the work- ing class. But although he is not our hero, he was a fighter for freedom in his day and helped the Negroes, a part of the working class, to get their freedom. For this we remember hinf and follow his ex- ample in fighting for freedom, not for a part of the working class, but for the whole working elass. FUNNY What kind of fish lives on land and expects to heeome president some day? A “poor fish,” of course. leg Etats By Y. F. NAT in wages is justified. This has already been done in several trades, notably in the printing trades and in the case of the earrying coolies. Workers in some of the Chinese shops have struck for.more pay and got it. . The new British declaration of poliey submitted to the diplomats at Peking last week and made public on Christmas Day, which proposes, in effect, the immediate enforcement of the Washington cus- tems surtaxes, their collection through the Customs Administration, and their allocation to the Chinese authorities in power at the places of collection, is nat likely to receive the endersement of the Na-.- tionatist government, it is believed here No Nationalist official will give out any indiea- tion of the government’s atttude toward the pro- posal. Tt is not, in any event./officially before the government. Tt has not been submitted to the gov- ernment fer either ratification or rejection. , It is true, of course, that the Nationalist leaders are inelined to be pleased with the declaration’s ob- servation that Peking authority has reached the vanishing point and that, on the other hand, a strong government has arisen out of the Nationalist movement from Canton. That, observers here be- lieve, is a recognition by the British authorities in Chine that the Nationalist government, now mak- ing its capital at Wuhan, represents more. of real Chinese authority than the se-called government in the old, nerthern capital; that, in fact, the National- ists have a greater right to be considered the “Gov- ernment of China” than does the old mandarinate in Peking. , While the Nationalist government would get cousiderable revenue under the proposed British plan, its enemies would get still more additional rev- enue. The Nationalists have long taken the stand that it is unjust that customs revenues should be eollected in Nationalist territory and given to their enemies. This objection, it is assu by observers here, would not be overcome by the mere fact of this additional income accruing to the Nationalists by the eallection of these surtaxes at customs points under their control. While the Nationalists would get some of the revenue, so would their enemies, and the latter would get the larger share, The fact remains, ef course, that the National- ist government is at the present moment (in Can- ton} obtaining the equivalent of the proposed sur- taxes by means of its production and consumption taxes. These are to be enforced at Hankow within a few weeks. They have been in effect at Canton and Swatew for several weeks. Theoretically, it has been pointed out by the Nationalists, these taxes should not, of necessity, be levied at points of entry for goods. They should be levied at the point of consumption. But the value of goods is usually lower at the actual point of entry than at interior points, where it is finally used, so traders really benefit by its collection at entry points. mw _'FHIS WEEK’S PUZLLE No, 1. There is a new kind of puzzle. It spells the name of a famous leader of the working class in five letters. Read the poem and see if you ean guess his name. My first. letter is in LITTLE, but not in BIG My second is in BACH, bet net in PIG. My third is in NEAR, but not in FAR. My fourth is im PIONEERS, but not in STAR. My fifth is in CHILDREN, but not in MESS. My whole is’a name for you to guess. Send all letters to Pioneer Editorial Committee, c/o Young Comrade Section, 33 First Street, N. Y. C., stating your name, age, address and number of puzzle. a ‘ “BIG NOTE. The Pioneer Editorial Committee is making ar- rangements to run a big concert in New York City, for the readers of the Children’s page who can come, Wateh for the date and place next week. YOUNG COMRADE CORNER GOING TO SUBSCRIBE. Dear Comrades:—My father is not working at present and we do not. know when he will be work- ing. I asked him if I could subscribe to the Young Comrade. He told me if he would get a job I could subsertbe, T hope he gets a fob. Martin Batiuk.