The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 12, 1927, Page 3

FILIPINOS. FIND WALL ST. ORDERS VETO OF FREEDOM Say Exploiters Dictate: Veto of Plebiscite By LAURENCE TODD (Federated Press.) WASHINGTON, Apvril 11. dent Coolidge’s veto of the independence referendum: bill, by the Filipino legislature oy veto of Gov, General Wood, is met by Resident Commissioners Guevara and Gabaldon, who speak for their people in congress, with denial of his arguments and defiance of his pur- pose, They say the. independence movement will only be made the more serious by his denial of their right to.a vote on the i Moreover, they suggest that this act of official ar- vogance will bring into closer sym- pathy the peoples of all Asia, now led by the Chinese in throwing off western imperial control, t Veto. Coolidge’s veto the first ever given by a president of the United States to an act of the Phillippine legislature, Guevara replied that the Coolidge veto robs the Filipino people of the right of petition to the government of the United States, which was the object of the plebiscite. It shows, moreover, he said, that Coolidge “does not care to find out the true senti+ ment to the Filipino people with re- gard to independence, despite the fact that this government has been listen- ing to charges made by a few people here in the United States that the Filipinos de not want independence. “In a word, the veto means that the government of the United States cares to listen to petitions of the few, but does not care to listen to a peti- tion from 12,000,000 Filipinos. Imperialistie Designs. “I believe that this veto expresses the policy of the government of the United States to combine with the powers in their imperialistic designs in the Far East. The veto is of course a part of the policy of these big powers in the Far East. It will have is the effect of drawing the peoples of | the Far East into closer sympathy.” | Replying to Coolidge’s claim that the independence movement is due to} a greed for mere political power at the cost of the economic welfare of the Islands, Guevara said that mod- ern economic history proves that the greatest economic development has accompanied the greatest degree of political. freedom, and independence. Even Nicaragua, he said, “shows wonderful economie progress without the ‘benefit’ of free trade with the United States,” He added that Philippine trade is suffering from the artificial condi- tions imposed upon it by American control; its trade would naturally flow in other directions. tending to its increase if it were free. Wall Street Bidding. Gabaldon ironically observed: “The president attempts to point out the unattractiveness of an independent form of government. But can name one South American or any other republic in the world today, pos- sessing the independence that he pic- tures as so dangerous and embarrass- ing, that is willing to give it up? . Independence seems to be fairly satisfactory to those peoples now enjoying it. “President Coolidge’s action is not in the interest of the American peo- ple, whose sons must do the fighting if America becomes involved in the Orient through retention of the Philippines, but in the interest of ‘Wall Street financiers who have their ntillions invested there.” Gabaldon, before his recent return from Manila, made a speech in: which he pointed to the Chinese revolution as a foree which was rallying the peoples of the Far East for their mutual protection. Russian Aid to Farmer Stressed by Knutson PENTYWOOD, Mont., April 11.— Large numbers of farmers are learn- ing about what Russia is doing for the farmer from Alfred Knutson, edi- stor of the United Farmer, who is giv- Ing a series of lectures in Sheridan County. Knutson,, who has returned from Russia where he attended a confer- ence of the Farmers’ International is describing the rapid recovery tha‘ Russia is making, “Cities like Moseow, Leningrad, Kiev and Kharkof are safer than New York or Chicago,” he said. Declaring. that the Chinese revolu- tion is a movement against foreign and native exploitation, Knutson said that though the movement derives a great deal of inspiration from Rus- sia, Russia does not dominate it and did not instigate it, 2 Railroad Workers Are Killed in Kansas Wreck PARSONS K gineer and April 11—The en- ivemen of the Sooner, a Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway | train, were killed today when the train jumped the track near St. Paul, Kan., while making a detour form another wreck, Several others were injured, he | THE DAILY WORKER, NEW’ YORK, TUE { Marching Song of the Nationalists Translated by Whittaker Chambers This is. the song to which the Nationalists troops swung on to anghai. It shows, as no report can, the character, of the Revolu- tion, the spirit of the soldiers, the class-consciousness of the rank and file. The translation is from the German parapkrase of Kurt Klaber, (W. C.) We are marching en Shanghai! We, the textile workers of Canton! We, ‘the textile workers. of Wu chang! We, the textile workers of Anking! And Changsha! We are marching on Shanghai! Shanghai is our. big brother! Shanghai is a door and a gatewa: Shanghai is a road into the world! We are marching on Shanshai! We, the textile workers of the Pro- vineces! When we reach Shanghai, All. China will be conquered! When. we reach Shanghai, We’H oust the foreign robbers! When we reach Shanghai, The sun will rise, Will rise on China! On the poor textile workers! March! March! March! On Shanghai, Textile workers! Housewives Active in 1 Austrian Co-ops. VIENNA, April 11.—The “Freie Genossenschafter,” organ of the , League: of Consumers’ Co-operatives, on January Ist, furnished statisties concerning the activity, of women in ‘the Vienna Consumers’ Co-opera- tives, It states that in the executive there are four women, and the same’ number are in the supervisory coun- cils; Among district chairmen there are five women, In the branch com- mittees there are 87 women presi- dents, 89° women. vice-presidents, 99 recording secretaries. Among. the 1,169 funetionaries of the Vienna, |Consumers’ Co-operatives, there are 680 women and 489 men. Concerning these women function- aries the “Freie Genossenschafter” states that here are no empty num- bers: “These women go from house to house, from one mother of a fam- ily to another, and’ try to convince ‘each of them that it is their social and family duty to spend the money | which the man earns by hard and/ laborous. toil, in the intefest of the |whole. These women ‘visit tenants’ | meetings, section and factory meet- ‘ings, and on every opportunity jthey recruit for the co-operative ideas: dr. Detroit Federation Of Labor Raps U.S. Imperialist Policy DETROIT, Mich. April 11.—The Detroit Federation of Labor has gone sled-length against United States in- |tervention in China and against the shelling of Nanking by United States | war’ vessels, In a resolution passed unanimously at the federation’s annual installation of officers the federation went on re- cord in favor of the immediate with- drawal of all land and see forces from Chinese soil and waters. Frank X. Martel, president of the federation, moreover, was instructed in the resolution to speak as a repre- sentative of the federation at a mass meeting called for April 14 at the | Majestic Theatre in protest against ‘the Nanking shelling, The resolution , ‘also named Martel as the federation's delegate to the Detroit anti-imperial- ‘ism association, which called the mass meeting. The association was: formed at a conference of represen-' tatives of 19 organizations called by | Young Asia. | Coming before the installation pro- | gram, the discussion on the resolution | ‘consumed an hour and a half. A’ judge invited to administer the oath | |of office to the incoming officers | waited that length of time in an ante- | room, No dissenting voice against the ‘resolution was heard. Adams, an in- | ternational organizer for the machin- ‘ists, said Americans went to China | either to travel or for dollars, “And everyone knows that when) \troops:and warships go into China! ° |they go to protect the dollars,” he | said. “American labor. is not inter- ested in supporting such protection.” | Among the members of the Detroit | _Anti-Imperialist Association are the | | American-lrish Republican Club, the | Gaeilic League, the Kevin Berry Club, | jthe Liam Lynch Club, the Detroit branch of the Kuomintang, the Ford | |Chinese Students’ Club, the Filipino Association of Detroit, the Hindustan | Citizenship Committee, the Interna- tional Club of Detroit, the Interna-| tional Labor Defense, the American Negro Labor Congress, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Society of Friend, United Negro Improvement Associa- | tion, United India League, Greek! Workers Educational Club, American | Educational Club, of Women’s Clubs, the Federation of ie Class Women and Young ities ‘ AY, APRIL 12, 1927 WHAT PIKERS WE WERE1 Dale Fascist Rowdies Beat | Soviet Consul April 11.—Ernst Kantor, ian Soviet Consul at Konigsberg, was attacked and severely beaten by Fascist rowdies late Saturday night. Kantor, who is past middle” age, was talking to two women acquaint- ances when he was. suddenly attacked by the Fascist hoodlums, who are members of General Ludendorff’s. ul- tra-reactionary Volkish faction. The only excuse for the attack given by the rowdies after arre y the police was that Kantor was speaking Rus- sian, | The German Foreign Office is in-}| vestigating the incident, and it is un-| derstood that an apology will be“ten- dered to the Soviet. Ambassador. _New York Students Rap Cal’s Policy in China And Military Training | By a vote of 88 to 11 the New York} Students Conference at MeMillan Theatre, Columbia University, fav- ored the abolition of compulsory mil- itary training in American colleges. Louis Dierschnitt of City College re- ported the motion from the round table on War and Military Training. His group favored the abolition by 21 to 3. A vote of 74 to 3 favored the with- drawal of American marines from China, the cancellation of unequal treaties and recognition of the Can- tonese Government. Patronize Our Advertizers. Chicago Tries To Forget About the Dead of World War By CARL HAE CHICAGO, April 11 ceremony for a dead soldier-pauper, | a handful of prosperous politician- veterans dwarfed under the statue of | | Lincoln, a pervading air of antiquity| and mustiness about the negligent} newspaper notices—these were the) reminders in Chicago of America’s! entrance into the war to end war} 10 years ago. The most milifarist and imperialist | of American newspapers, the Chicago | Tribune, carried a perfunctory AP.! notice of the 10th anniversyfy on an inside page in its April 6 edition. With the prospect of bloodshed and war profits in the Asiatic arena, the} little skirmish in Europe that brought | the lio share of the world’s gold! supply to United States bankers was} not to be bothered with by the Trib.! The following day it carried a pic- ture of the men who have maneu ered themselves to the top of the Chi- cago service men’s organizations, 25 or so, huddled in front of the Lincoln monument in Grant Park. Saved From Pauper’s Grave, The Chicago Daily News, afternoon organ of big business, came to the meat of its story near the bottom of | an inside page with the paragraph: “A rifle salute and taps sounded} this afternoon over the grave of a former soldier who died at. Elgin and! French Hotel for U. U.S. veterans’ organizations, eomposed largely of members of the officer caste and richer privates who served back of the line, are going to Paris to Detroit Federation | celebrate the great world Mg ig they participated in. Above is the Hotel reserved for “Forty-and-eight.” To the left, Chas. A. Mills, ehef-de chemin-de-fer, or commander of the right the American business man who arranges Palais d’Orsey, S. Veteran’s Spree Ss organization, and to the the affair, Bowman Elder. | for who, except for the aid of Portage | Park post of the legion, might’ have been buried in a pauper’s grave. The post obtained a burial place for the soldier beside the grave of his father and mother and secured a firing squad of regular soldiers from Fort! Sheridan.” That typifies the attitude of the dominant groups in Chicago as the war that others fought for them re- cedes into profit and loss accounts of long ago. The careerists find a place in the limelight under Lincoln while the humble fighter goes to the potter’s field as he dies, save as an occasional veterans’ post in a work- ing class quarter like Portage Park learns about it and gives him better burial. The big dailies hardly keep up a pretense that the war they shouted and whipped into devastating flame has any of the uplifting en- nobling significance they vociferously claimed for it. GENEVA, April 11.—Open pessim- ism was expressed today in the lea gue of nations preparatory disarma: ment conference, during a discussion of proposals for limitation of mili- tary expenditures which ate being) opposed by th: United States and Great, Britain. ‘ Read The Daily Worker Every Day BOOKS For the Trade Unionist FOR EVERY WORKER W® Z.Fos How to wage strikes success- fully TODAY is the content of this book. This little work in simple language is of such importance it should be read by every worker. THE WATSON-PARKER LAW by Wm, Z. Foster —15 cents THE THREAT TO THE LABOR MOVEMENT by Wm. F. Dunne cm" CLOTH BOUND THE WOMAN WORKER AND THE TRADE UNIONS by Theresa Wolfson $1.75 LEFT WING UNIONISM by David J. Saposs —$1.60 THE WORKER LOOKS AT GOVERNMENT . by Arthur W. Calhoun —$1.60 eed THE DAILY WORKER PUB. CO. 33 FIRST STREET : NEW YORK Page Three Japanese Kill Many At Hankow; Chinese Keep Calm Attitude (Nationalist News Agency). HANKOW, April 11,>~- The re- grettable incident which occurred in the Japanese’ concession on Mon- day was the result of a drunken Japanese sailor stabbing to death a Chinese who, it is reported, monstrated with another sailor who had kicked, a ricksha. coolie over a question of fares. A large crowd gathered. The Japanese landed forees which further provoked the crowd Firing by th in heavy Chir Chinese + author ‘ 3 sent police as well as military re- inforeements which quickly stored order. As a precautionary measure the Japanese placed their nationals on board ships. Although the Japanese primarily were responsible for the incident is believed that the Chinese author- ities will continue their present calm and restrained attitude. Strin- gent orders have been issued by the Chinese authorities not only for the protection of ihe Japanese concession, but for the protection of all Japanese outside of the con- cession as well, | re- 13th Soviet Congress Open in Moscow; Mourn |Djerjinsky and Krassin MOSCOW, April 11.—The thir- teenth Congress of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics opened last night in Moscow, in the State Opera House, which was packed from the floor to the seventh gallery by the 1,403 members of this famous parlia- ment. An illuminated hammer and sickle placed in front of the giant geo- graphical globe was flanked by sim- ple Doric columns on eithe the rostrum, with red. le of The theatre was hung Mourns Djerjinsky, Krassin. The funeral hymn for the was pldyed by an invisible orche in commemoration of the death of Comrades Krassin and Djerjinsky, while the Congress stood. The President, elected by a show of hands, stood beside the President of the Soviet Union, M. I. Kalenin who presided workers and peasants, Kalmucks and Tartars, women in faded silk or cot- jton skirts with birch-bark shoes on ‘their feet, took their places on the jrostrum. Joseph Stalin and other prominent Communists were present. No War With China. Alexis I, Rykoff, Prime Minister of | {the Union, made the first political speech stating the attitude of the | Soviets to the Peking Government. The tension of the Chinese situation was in the air and made this Con- }gress even more impressive than | usual. BUY THE DAILY WORKER AT THE NEWSSTANDS while the delegates, | Stz NO SPLIT IN THE KUOMINTANGSAYS CHINESE SPEAKER |Sha Scores Biased News In Capitalist Press Denying that there is any split in the Kuomintang, Samuel Sha, young representative of the Chinese Work- ers’ All scored the efforts of the fo: nperialists to precipi- n the Kuo- t the open School, 108 East 14th eet, Sunday night. Although Samuel Sha is a member, of the Kuomintang, he does not rep- : officially, officials of the 1intang said last night, The DAILY WORKER had previous- ly printed ements announcing Sha as spokesman for the Kuomin- tang. Sees Imperialist Hand. “Although there are differences of al opinion within the Kuomin- members zmental prin- are willing to t minor pol- ute a split. are trying ide , in order to pre- vent the liberation the unifiea- tion of China. They will not suc- ceed,” Branding the statements which have been appearing in the capitalist p intended to draw the United States into a war against the Chinese liberation movement, Sha, de- that the news appearing in an papers is inspired by the Foreign Office. He pointed the head of the Associated na is the head of Reuter’s laxed Am British out that the United States is care- he said, “she will find herself ged in a war to protect British in India and the Yangtze Raps Philippine Policy. 's speech was preceded by a de- nunciation of Coolidge’s Philippine policy by Harry Wicks of The DAILY WORKER staff. Coolidge’s recent veto of the bill providing for a plebiscite on the independence ques- tion scored as a move in the in- terests of the American sugar, tobac- co and rubber barons. The United es also wishes to retain the Phil- as a military b for further aggression in the Pa he said. Day Read The Daily Worker Every Communists Win 2 More Seats in Stockholm In the recent Stockholm municipal elections the Communists won two seatsewhile the Social Democrats lost one. The Communists now have nine seats. The success of the Communists re- flects the movement of the workers away from the Social Democrats who remained completely passive during the recent big wage struggles. _ With May Day Greetings oj INTHE SPIRIT OF INTER: THE ‘HA ld Labor: NATIONAL SOLIDARITY / dayi917 On May Day, The DAILY WORKER will print May Day greet- ings of individuals, trade unions, fraternal organizations and ‘ sports clubs, in a SPECIAL MAY Individual names will be printed at DAY EDITION xe rate of $1.00 per nama, Organizations will be allowed the special rate of $1.00 per inch and $100.00 per page. | THER DAILY WORKER, Enciosed §.....M® printed In the spe Attach advertising copy fraction thereof Is desived, for al MAY DAY EDITION, ON MAY DAY-~-SEND YOUR MAY DAY GREETINGS TO THE DAILY WORKER 33 First Street, NEW YORK. the following names to. be. to this b