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ES 4 J , , J Mek ae THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WED. SACASA’S AID SAYS BRITAIN AND U. S, PLOT British Charge Thinks May Recognize Diaz By LAURENCE TODD, Federated Press. | WASHINGTON — Collusion be- tween the governments of the United | States and Great Britain in robbing | Nicaragua of her independence and her last chance for freedom is seen by Dr. T. S. Vaca, agent in Washing- ton for the Sacasa Liberal govern- | ment of that republic, in the sending | of a British warship to Corinto. Just after. President Coolidge had} explained to the press, through his | mythical spokesman, that he saw/ nothing improper in the British move, | Dr. Vaca issued a statement. | England Follows U. S. | “It is ridiculous and too absurd to believe that England would make the least move in the Caribbean region | without previous and full accord with | the United States, especially in Nica-| ragua where intervention has grown | far beyond its stated aims. | “The cooperation of the British charge d’affairs was obtained from | the beginning to ask protection for | his subjects of the American minis- | ter, in order to justify the landing of | marines. | Funny Monroe Doctrine } “This is the first time, though, that a European power is taken into ac-| tive cooperation to help justify the! irom bly FRENCH WORKERS SAC0O - VANZETTI “It is regrettable that the foreign | diplomats at Managua hastened to} recognize a regime that so publicly has confessed from the beginning its inability to protect their system.” "TS. March 1.—A ‘heavy police This last shot is aimed at Adolfo Diaz’s appeals for American armed &¥erd has been thrown around th forces to maintain him in power—ap- |“? tican embassy due to Communist peals issued when he was recognized | ond socialist protests against the last November and repeated in mid- | threatened execution of Sacco and February when he was in danger of Yanzetti. 3 compfete collapse and was ready to! The workers delegation telephoned sign a treaty for a 100-year sur- | Ambassador Herrick asking. him to! render to the United States of sover-|£iv¢ them an atdience. Herrick re- eign power in Nicaragua. Diaz’s fused, stating that he had no power deitatar kt Waskinaiok had published | ' the case. This, however did not the surrender tefms,. | please the delegation who inferined |the ambassador that they would be ‘around to see him. 2 | Herrick notified the police who |eame in foree and surrounded the | buildi an emergency. Britain May Recognize Diaz. CORINTO, Nicaragua March 1.— Harold Patteson, British Charge d’ Affairs, held a conference with Cap- tain Lecky, commanding the eine | f cruiser Colombo, and then announc . that Britain, “if \mecessary, wil! Comintern Exposes “ recognize Adolfo Diaz as president o; * ee Nicoragus.” » / War on Nicaragua He thanked the American gove: ‘ ment for “such measures as ha been taken” to save Nicaragua fro! anarchy”, and paid a call to Admi Latimer. It is reported here that U. S, mar- ives, part of the invading army in Nicaragua, were fired on by Nicar- | (Continued from Page One) ploiting North American imperial- ism. The people of Nicaragua rose gainst the creature of American capital, “President” Diaz. The Uni- | ted States fears a second Mexico. It intends to cut. a. second canal , reserves being kept nearby! . aguans After receiving this report, Captain Clarke H. Woodward, U. S. N., ordered the marines to “chase, shoot and capture” any Nicaraguans | who resisted them. Read The Daily Worker Every Day Imperialists Won’t Let) Egypt Quit Drugs | through Nicaragua and for this rea- son desires to subjugate the entire eountry. The occupation of Nicaragua, un- | der the pretext of protecting Amer- | ican citizens, is intended at the same time to intimidate Mexico. To the | protest on the part of Latin Amer- jica and of broad strata of the popu- lation of North America, Kellogg re- | plied that intervention is necessary in order to fight against Bolshevism, {against the Third. International and |to save civilization. The | world laughed at this philistine who | raised the Bolshevik bogey in order to conceal the predatory intentions | of Yankee imperialism. | Always Against Imperialism. The Communist International has always fought imperialism, not ex- cluding the most shameless and CAIRO, Egypt, March 1.—The Egyptian government’s proposal that drug and white slave traffickers shall be dealt with in mixed instead of con- sular courts is reported to have been rejected by a number of European powers, 4 | The suggestion is intended to} strengthen the hand of the Egyptian government in its struggle to save whole |' the nation from the drug habit. Read The Daily Worker Every Day All Workers but particularly Irish workers will want to read “Jim Connolly and the Irish Rising of 1926,” by G, Schuller with an intro- duction by T. J. O’Flaher- ty. “Connolly,” name of the military leader of the Easter Week Rebel- lion, is a magic name to every Irish worker who has within him a single spark of the divine fire of revolt. PRICE 10 CENTS. The Daily Worker 33 First Street New York City | strongest imperialism—that of the | United States, It calls upor all anti- \imperialist forees to support the | little country of Nicaragua. Kellogg discovered the anti-imperialist policy ;of the Communist International pre- ‘cisely when the colonizing plans of the United States are taking. a more tions is again exposing itself as the imperialist powers and maintains silence. The Second International likewise maintains silence. Must Have Support. The peoples of Latin America must have the support of the inter- national proletariat in their fight for ‘mdependence. Their fight for inde- pendence is only a part of the great world battle of the peoples sup- pressed by imperialism against their suppressors. China, India, Central America form the central point of this struggle. The masses of the population of Latin America raise their protest against their plunder- ing by the United: States. The pro- letarians of North America must protest against American imperial- ism, The workers and peasants of the whole world must prove their solidarity with the people of Nicara- gua. Down with the imperialism of the United States! Long live the fight for indepen- }idence of the suppressed peoples, to reports. As a matter of fact the against imperialism! ) Long live the international solid. and of the enslaved peoples their common enemy! ‘ FP definite form. The League of Na-. defender of the interests of the great | arity of the workers and pe: in é yy Filipinos Oppose Plan |For More Wood’s Men ,On the Banking Board MANILA, March 1.—Filipinos are \determined to fight Governor-Gen- eral Wood’s -autocratic rule. They {are seeking to prevent: Wood from {ousting three directors of the Pbil- |ippine National Bank, appointed by the Filipino legislature, and install- jing three of his own followers. The Filipino supreme court, where |the case is being heard, was electri- fied by Francisco Delgado, attorney | for three members against whom the proceedings are directed, who declared that the issue was a struggle be- tween Wood and Quezon, independent leader, and not’ between the govern- ment and the bank’s directors. Get Another Subscriber for t Your DAILY WORKER. ‘Chen. Hopes U. S. Will Not Land Soldiers (Continued from Page -One) | boats are aiding the British employ- ers and playing the role of strike- breakers. Koumintang C. E. €. To Meet. Tt is reported that five more U. S. | destroyers are on the way here. The {Central Executive Committee of, the |Koumintang Party is scheduled to meet today in Nanchang, capital of Kiangsi Province. The usual rumors of a break in the Koumintang ranks over “red influence” are in circula- tion. That the optimism recently exprés- sed by General Chang Chung-Chang on the prospects of the northern wa; jlerds holding Shanghai against ‘na |tionalist attacks has evaporated i: | proven by action of Chang Tso-Lin in | draining Manchuria of troops for the | southern campaign. | British Troops Parade. | British troops paraded through thr istreets of Shanghai to overawe the | trade. unionists. The labor unions oj ‘iugiang and also of. Canton struct {yesterday against the presence of | British troops while a similar move- jment is spreading throughout south | China with the object of paralyzing | Rritish trade. | A delegation of foreign trade union- jists visiting Canton received a tre- |wendous oyation from the . masses. | Tom Mann of Great Britain was fran- tically cheered when he joined in singing the Koumintang national an- | them in Chinese. | |. bis | Kin: * . Right Winger Resigned. | LONDON, Mareh 1. — Dr. Leslie Haden Guest, labor member of parlia- | ment for the north division of South- wark, has resigned from the labor party owing to disagreement over the Chinese policy of the party. The poli- cies of Guest, McDonald, Snowden and Thomas were similar. They fa- yored supporting the government, but Guest was the only one to refuse to abide by the party decision, Mac- Donald and other right wing socialists preferred to “bore from within” for the empire. Dr, Guest created a scene in the house of commons recently when he charged that several’ members were in the habit of drinking to excess in the refreshment room. Fear For India. The foreign office is circulating news that “Russian money” is being poured into India for the purpose of fomenting anti-British revolts in that country, A boycott on a national seale is said to be planned. The Hin- doos are éncouraged by the success of the Cantonese boycott according Vindoos have been using the boycott weapon for many years but under the leadership of Ghandi the methods used were too pacifistic to suit the vequirements. ‘ BREAKING THE IMPERIALIST GRIP ON LATIN AMERICA SD. AY, MARCH 2, 1927 Page Three 7 = Cartoon From “Machete,” Official Organ of the Mexican Communist Party. ‘St. Payl Mass Meeting To Pretest Deportation _ ST. PAUL, March 1.—A mass meet- ing will be held at the Labor Temple here on Thursday, March 3, at 8 Pp. AIRMEN RAISES PITY OF LATINS Dies at Funeral BUENOS AIRES, March 1, — Tragedy that seems to stalk’ the flight of the American army good- will fliers today caused a postpone- ment of the flight te Asunccion, out of respect to Captain Arturo Cuto, who died suddenly yesterday after the funeral of the two American avi- ators killed here on Saturday. Captain Cuto, director of naval aviation for Argentine, collapsed tain Woolsey, one of the dead Ameri- ean fliers. As the body of Captain | Woolsey was being removed from the military club, Captain Cuto at- {tempted to carry too much of the | weight of the coffin and in the ex- |cessive heat he collapsed. He was |removed to the naval club and at- |tended by army and navy physicians lbut died at 5 o'clock yesterday after- noon, Capitalize Death. | Pro-American newspapers _ here {are attempting a campaign to in- jerease friendliness for the American |policy towards Latin America by \lavishing praise fliers. Argentine Flyer Also) while acting as pall-bearer for Cap- |} on the American} y JA HARDY. | OW is the y ate trader faring in the Soviet Union? | At the beginning of the NEP period the State, having its posal only |very limited , decided to concentrate these upon the restora- |tion of basic capital in industry, ful- filling the electr' iT fighting the fami | portant functions, W capital was at hand bec in these tasks and, at the time, the: was none left for commercial t over, The State was therefore com pelled to permit a large share of the internal trading operations to fa!! into the hands of private capital. | Until the present time, private capi- Il may engage in internal trade without any formalities. In no other sphere of the national eeonomy is |private capital granted so free a | hand. talism have been gloating and warm- |ly rubbing their hands ever since | | this concession. was made. Pictures \have been painted in the press of a | complete return to capitalism, of the |gradual passage of the Soviet State }out of the economic picture, ete., ad {nauseum. Savel Zimand, in a vol- ume published recently by the For- feign Poli Association entitled | State Capitalism in Russia treats us to the following interesting bit of j news (p. 52): “From the end of 1922 private trade not only maintained | its position but encroached upon co- | operative business and ‘even that of (Million The agents of International capi- | SLAUGHTER OF [Private Traders in Russia Going Into Eclipse the state. During 1 private capi- tal made its way ito wholesale ade, and by 1924 private traders ¢ progressively supplanting both the state and cooperative trading todies.” Virtually the same phrases are echoed in another volume, The Cooperative Movement in Soviet Rus- published in 1925 by the Inter- Labour Office at Geneva the bourgeoisie—they’re not true. Official statistics which have re- cently reached this country from Russia concerning the real condi- tions of internal trade reveal quite an opposite state of affairs. As soon as the industries of the Ur were restored, State syndi- cates were formed, which began ac- | tively to engage in trade in the in- terests of the state and, in addition, special state trading agencies have been created. The shares in these e held exclusively by government stitutions and enterprises. These, in alliance with the cooperative so- |cieties, have been waging a “united ront” campaign against private trade which has been meeting with outstanding success, The State Planning Commission has recently issued its Control. Fig- ures of the National Economy of the U. S. S. R. for 1926-27 (second re- vised edition, in Russian). On page 274 we find the following statistics for the internal trade of the Union since 1923: WHOLESALE TRADE roubles) m., to protest against the activities | published an editorial under the cap- of the department of labor in coupera- tion with Mussolini in searching ou anti-fascist elements in this country to have them deported back to Italy. Deportation will mean either death or terrible persecution for these peo- ple. It has been arranged by the lo- | cal section of the International La- bor Defense, Ernest Lundeen, former congress- | man from Minneapolis, who opposed | the entry of the United States into| the world war, will speak on “Shall the United States Be Mussolini’s | Bloodhound?” J. F. Emme will speak | .}on “Faesism and Imperialism.” The | imperialistic moves of the government | in Nicaragua, Mexico and China and | the threats of war involved in them will be dealt with by both speakers. The public is cordially invited to at- tend. The admission is 10 cents. Court Decides Powder Trust Filched Patent PHILADELPHIA, March 1.—By a two to one vote the U. S. Cireut Court of Appeals here decreed today that E. I. DuPont De Nemours and Com- vany of Wilmington, Del., had in- fringed on the patent rights of Henry Pauling, an Austrian, for the deni- Some of the unattached papers | Total % Social- % Pri- are falling in, suddenly, with this | Year State Cooperative Socialized ized Private vate program, and several of the anti-| 1993-24 - 2,459 1,235 3,697 78.2 1,030 21.8 imperialistic papers are apparently | 1924-25 . 3,500 2,651 6,151 90.5 644 9.6 touched by the tragedies and swept!1925-26 .. . 5,100 4,382 9,482 90.6 981 94 away by the wave of sentimentalism. | 1926-27 (forecast) 6,304 5,406 11,710 91.0 1,159 9.0 Tragic Sentimentalism. RETAIL TRADE La Razon, which has previously | 1923-24 . 566 1,515 2,081 41.4 2,946 58.6 .|attacked the United States, today | 1924-25 - 1,355 2,486 3,841 55.7 8,056 44.3 1925-26 .. «ee 1,754 4,370 6,124 61.2 8,879 38.8 |tion “Solidity,” declaring “in the pre- | 1926-27 (forecast) 1,992 5,452 7,444 64.5 . 4,087 35.5 sence of death it is necessary to If, therefore. we average together , — admit thé truth—the conquerors of the air, after crossing the mountains and seas were not received in Buenos retail and wholesale trade, the par- ticipation of the private trader has trasts strangely with Mr. Zimand’s contentions that “private trade not dvopped from 40.2 percent in 1923-24 | only maintained its position but en- Ayres with the enthusiasm commen- surate with their bravery. This was because the flag covering them was) thought to be the symbol of an in- ternational policy that created hos- tilities. “Death has come and touched the victorious heroes. We have cried with them and we embraee them and | their countrymen. They must be brave men. “We now love, in their sadness, to 22.2 percent. Such a drop of | croached upon cooperative business nearly 50 percent in three years con- and even that of the state,” LENIN MAUSOLEUM AT J. L. D. BAZAAR, MANY OTHER INTERESTING FEATURES the Russian Booth and will display twinkling red lights just as in the original at Moscow. An exact replica of the Lenin | Mausoleum in Moscow has been do- }nated to the International Labor jthose to whom we were indifferent jduring their joy and success.” | Will Risk Two More. Apparently in eagerness to take jadvantage of this situation, the war department at Washington has sent the remaining flyers here orders to proceed immediately. Major Rargue and his companion are professional soldiers, anxious to make a record, and are willing to go ahead. But |their friends are protesting that whatever good may be done Ameri- can policy in South America by kill- ing them too, their efforts thus far are sufficient and they deserve a lit- ‘ration of sulphuric acid and concen-|tle time to recuperate nervous sys- trating of nitric acid. The court or-|tems by their part in the collusion lered the explosive manufacturers to|that annihilated two of their asso- vonder an account of the profits from |ciates in the flight. ‘he infringement to the Southern} Electro-Chemical Company, present | vwners of the patented process, Graft Opponents In Filibuster An enormous amount of money is | aid to hinge on the decision. { (Continued from Page One) Read The Daily Worker Every Day | | Defense. It is a work of art cut from }a solid block of pink Italian marble. | All who have seen it are anxious to |make it their own. Realizing that | workers rarely get the opportunity of securing such a treasure the I. |the Bazaar on March 10-13 in the |Star Casino 107th Street and Park | Avenue. In spite of repeated offers |the Mausoleum will positively not be sold until the Bazaar. Only those | attending will have the opportunity of securing this splendid object which is doubly valuable because it pre- sents vividly before one the last resting place of the leading working class leader of this epoch. Come and take your chance. There will be another reproduc- tion of the Mausoleum standing about 4 ft. high and built in propor- |tion. This will be the top piece of | L. D. has decided to dispose of it at | | Chinese Display At I. L. D. Bazaar. The Orient will play a big part. Chinese and Japanese workers are combining to bring the Eastern at- mosphere among us. There will he ja special booth featuring the craft-_. manship of the East. Delicate vases, | beautiful porcelains, intriguing burn- ers, gorgeous kimonos and exquisite pictures in the haunting appealing riot of color so vividly associated with the Orient will be on sale. The prominent part being played by the Eastern workers on the world stage will add to the interest of this booth. Here will be concrete demonstration of the awakening of the exploited East. New York workers are prepar- ing to take advantige of this oppor- tunity to secure many rare’ Orien- tal curios and at the same time ex- | press their solidarity with the fight- ling Chinese. ‘ [remaining a a certificate to thal The Battle is on for Budding Militarists | six-year term, however, would be re- | “6 CG *. 99 |ported to the senate “as being in the Alleged Cribbing regular’ order.” A separate report | Knocks Out Professor | will be made at the same time on the| ~ |eredentials of Senator-elect William | WASHINGTON, March 1.—An un- | 8. Vare (R) of Pennsylvania, Ernst} vamed professor has submitted his | added, calling attention to the irre-/ resignation from the U. S. Naval | gular manner in which the then Gov- | Academy as a result of the investi-|ernor Gifford Pinchot “certified” the sation into alleged cribbing in recent | winner of Pennsylvania’s senatorial Shanghai This is the latest phase of the heroic struggle resulting from the examinations, the navy department announced today. The professor had} heen entrusted with the examination papers. Fifth Attempt To Censor Books. ALBANY, N. Y., Mareh 1,—The fifth annual verbal battle over the “clean books” bill was staged this afternoon before the joint codes com- mittees of the senate and assembly with Supreme Court Justice John Ford, of New York, of the Clean Books League, heading advocates of the proposal. Book and magazine publishers op- posed the bill. At four previous ses- sions the measure has been killed. Cut Mail Rates. WASHINGTON, March 1.—Con- ferees on the new postal rate revision bill today reached an agreement to re- store the lower 1921 rates on news- papers. Transient second class rates were cut from two cents to one cent for two ounces. MEN'S ALL-WOOL 2 PANTS SUITS $28 THE EAIR DULUTH'S ECONOMY STORE Superior St., at Third Ave, West DULUTH, MINNe MAW, ORDERS FALLED | campaign. | The casgi were studying the{ testimony of Insull about his contri-| | butions to Smith’s campaign fund in| order to use it in fighting to unseat} | the Illinois senator in the seventieth | |congress, next December. The most | ‘significant part of Insull’s oat } mony, they said, was his admission | that he wrote a $190,000 check on; June 30 last year to “repay” ee taken from the “till” of the Com- monwealth Edison Company. | Sam Covers Up. This occurred four days after Sen- ! ator Caraway (D) of Arkansas, had! openly charged Insull with spending $500,000 in the Illinois campaign. In his speech, Caraway said: “It is, openly charged that being chairman of the utilities commission, the suc- cessful candidate (Smith) received enormous contributions from the, heads of public utilities of the state. and that Samuel Insull either indi-| vidually or through his utility organ- | ization, contributed over $500,000.” | Four days later Insull wrote the, check repaying his utility corpor- | ation for the funds advanced to Smith. By JAMES straightforward presentation Freiheit Ball In Pittsburgh. simplest language. PITTSBURG, March 1, — The) . fourth annual Freiheit Ball will | be held here March 38rd at MeDoug-, las Auditorium, Shady and Penn} Aves. E. E. | Tickets for sale at Hirsh Book | Store 1623 Centre Ave., Weinstein | Restaurant, 1830 Centre <Ave.,: and | Rose Confectionary, 1382 Fifth Ave. | DAILY How did it happen? and find it out for yourself. “THE AWAKENING OF CHINA” Read the book Il, DOLSEN. 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