The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 20, 1927, Page 4

Page Four THE DAILY WORKER Published by tie DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO, Daily, Except Sunday | 88 First Street, New York, N. Y. Phone, Orchard 1680 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail (in New York only): By mail (outside of New York): 68.00 per year $4.50 six months $6.00 per year $3.50 six months $2.50 three months $2.00 three months 1 wdc ia sa SRM ke out checks to Street, New York, N. Y. By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. IKE a trained poodle showing off his tricks on a stage under the di- | rection of his owner, Alexander Ker- | ensky, short-lived premier of Russia |last Sunday performed before an | audience in Mecca Temple to the sat- Address all mail and THE DAILY WORKER, 83 Fir dent of the American Federation of J. LOUIS ENGDAHL ; Editors | Labor and acting-president of the Na- WILLIAM F, DUNNE % | tional Civic Federation, BERT MILLER.. . Business Manager | Kerensky’s theme was the general —— nn | wickedness of Communists in general Entered as second-class mail at the post-office at New York, N. ¥., under | and of the Communist government of the act of March 3, 1879. {the Soviet Union in particular, Ker- -—_____—— | ensky finds. it hard to forgive the Advertising rates on application. >. Russian working class for booting = “| him out of office and out of the coun- }agent with a bunion on his hee!. The brief taste of power still haunts his Say What Their Chinese Policy Is! | peasants consider him a political lep- }er and Kerensky is wise in staying | try. He is as sore as an insurance Force Coolidge aud Kellogg Into the Open—Make Them lips. But the Russian workers and The imperialist forces in China are concentrating on Hankow,| away from home. Of course he ex- cutioners in their plan to send, the current of death thru the bodies of Sacco and Vanzetti by staging a fake appeal to the Russian Czarists who now occupy Soviet cells. 9 * * * | isfaction of Matthew Woll, vice presi-? Neither did Kerensky nor Woll have a word to say in behalf of the vic- tims of fascist rule in Italy, Hungary, Lithuania, Bulgaria and in every other land where capitalism suppresses the workers under one form of govern- ment or another. At this very mo- ment scores of Hungarian trade unionists are liable to be facing a firing squad two hours after a court- martial decision sentences them to death. Kerensky and Woll agree that workers who fight the capitalist sys- |tem should be executed. Therefore | they have no word of criticism for the White Terror. And if the black flag of fascism instead of the red symbol of Communism flew oyer the Kremlin, Woll and Kerensky would have no were helping the Massachusetts exe- | THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1927 Kerensky Doing His Stuff shoe is on the other foot. The work- ers now rule and they intend to re- tain power. The new-found interest of the American Federation of Labor bureau- eracy in the socialist Kerensky is in- dicative of the international charac- ter assumed by the struggle against the Soviet Union and.all that it stands for, by the imperialists of all coun- tries. The right wing labor leaders and socialists in all lands are being used as tools by their respective gov- ernments in this struggle. Their for- eign policy is a diplomatic and eco- nomic war on Russia and their domes- tie policy a war of extermination }against the Communist movement. The vagrant Kerensky and the lame duck Ramsay MacDonald are in thoro jaccord with Matthew Woll, the Civic | and Benito Mussolini on this program. | But MacDonald and Kerensky have | been repudiated by their own former |followers. The British workers. re- Federation, with Winston Churchill | e Me ee el ot a . | pects that some day the fatted calf the seat of the Kuomintang g0V ernment, as shown by the con | Will be slanghtered for him, but tt is centration of some forty warships in that port. Hankow is now] more likely that Kerensky will be the center of the Chinese liberation movement and the biggest | found playing the heavy industrial district in China. veal role. ee The ostensible object of the meet- y of the imperialists is obvious, It is to keep ing which was addressed by this tool the mass liberation movement in check, even to the extent of | world Tagh alma tides. bathe prem may pens eS Hankow chile the traitor Chiang for assistance for the So-cal led po- bombarding and occupying Hankow, while the traito |litical prisoners that are in Sovict Kai Shek is to be allowed a free hand to consolidate his counter-| jails. That there are no workers in word to say in behalf of the hundreds | warded the former labor premier for of thousands of workers that would|his united front with the tory gov- |be mowed down by cannon and ma-| ernment against the Communists, for chine guns, after the fashion of the/ his aid in defeating the general strike mass slaughter of workers by the|and for his tacit support of the gov- Finnish white guardists and the car- | ernment’s policy in China, by trying nage that took place in Germany | the can to him wiéle he was wander- when the social-dentocrats saved that | ing thru New England on his way to country for capitalism by turning the | keep tryst with some ancient Mrs. guns on the revolutionists. “Doe,” who befriended him in the revolutionary forces, But it is becoming more and more evident as the days pass that not only has Chiang failed to secure the support of the most influential leaders of the Kuomintang but that he has no sub- stantial following either in the trade unions cr the peasant or- ganizations. He has been able only to organize sections (how large is not known here) of the northern troops which joined the People’s armies after their long succession of victories. The days of military dictators in China have passed, however. Chiang appears nakedly as an imperialist tool and the masses will have uone of him. No leader can get to first base in China today without the support of the labor movement and it is precisely because he and his native and imperialist supporters feared the shifting of power to the trade unions that he split with the great majority of the Soviet jails for having an honest dif- {ference of opinion with the govern- ment as to how the interests of the workers and peasants should be served is well known. The people that Kerensky is appealing for, are tools of capitalist governments who have never ceased to plot against | the Soviet Union. They are imprison- ed for actively engaging in war on the people’s government and the govern- ment which is entrusted with the re- sponsibility of guiding the progtess of the revolution would be guilty of criminal carelessness—for which they would pay with their lives—were they to allow paid agents of capitalist gov- ernments to carry on their destruc-|enskys. They are better under the/telling the American wage-earners | tive work. Kerensky declared that’ there |more terrorism today in Russia than |there was under the czar; that there lis no freedom of speech and that the prisons are crowded. Kerensky is a liar. Even capitalist correspondents that have sniffled the ejectors of the Riga fiction factories for years are now compeled to turn to some other kind of blackguarding for a living. Their stories of terror- ism, revolts and atrocities became so stale that even the socialist papers refused to publish them. Gals, See: Undoubtedly things were better under the czar’s regime for the Ker- Wall Street regime for the Wolls. The fact that should be borne in mind is | Kucmintang and chose to ally himself with the murderous plun-| * ; * * ae aihiae 7 Be ecsea The working class of the world has] by the workers in connection wi ree pe the _ rae ag pe raat és jane blow to thi |no sympathy for the so-called political | Kerensky’s charges against the Soviet That the defection of Chiang has been a severe iow to the) prisoners that Kerensky is panhand-| Union, is that the workers have free- liberation movement no one will deny. That the imperialist) ling for. Of course, Kerensky’s ob-|dom of expression in Russia which powers will use him to the limit, that they are anxious to turn| ject in coming here is something else} they did not have under the czar. The the guns of forty warships on Hankow and its masses of mili- tant organized workers, that in every other city the imperialists will aid Chiang’s attempts to kill off the trade union and left wing leaders and suppress the unions cannot be doubted. |again. Here let me cdl attention to] capitalists have not. The workers are |the fact that on the day previous to| flooding the land with papers and the one on which Kerensky delivered | books. The capitalists cannot print a his tirade against the Soviet Union,| paper as large as a postage stamp. | approximately 30,000 people listened| Under the czarist regime the work- to speakers in Union Square from| ers’ press was almost always out- four platforms urging the American] lawed. Under the czarist regime mili- working class to rally in a great}tant workers went to prison for any united front effort to save Sacco andjoffense against czardom, ranging | Vanzetti, two militant labor leaders,| from the organization of workers into |from the electric chair which is being] a trade union to throwing a bomb at rigged up for them by the capitalists| a tyrant. Now, czarists go to jail for of New England. Kerensky had no|trying to organtze conspiracies word to say in behalf of Sacco and| against the Soviet Union and for at- The Chinese liberation movement is a mass movement and} it cannot be crushed. Neither is it defenseless. It can—and it will—rather than submit, employ the mighty weapon of the boy- cott and starve the imperialists and their mercenaries out of China. It is clear now that the liberation movement must prepare for‘a much longer struggle than appeared necessary two months ago. But the issues of the struggle have been immensely clari- fied and only a few traitors are left in the ranks of the Kuomin- tang. Chiang has failed in his main purpose—to rally the Kuomin-! tang for a war on Communists and their supporters. In the north of China, Chang Tso Lin is executing Communists and trade unionists. Chiang Kai Shek executes Communists and unionists. The Chinese masses see at once that Chiang Kai Shek Those two lapdogs of big business, | The truth of the matter is that th The Daily Worker Needs Your Aid—NOW. The DAILY WORKER is being attacked on all sides. Joining in the new drive on the only American labor daily are professional patriotic societies and the district attorney of New | Vanzetti. Neither had Matthew Woll.| tempts on the lives of Soviet leaders. | and Chang Tso Lin are applying the same old murderous mili- tarist-imperialist game and for the same reasons. Without his imperialist backing the Chinese masses would deal with Chiang Kai Shek in summary fashion. The position of the American government in this situation is decisive. If it continues to support Great Britain by deeds while disclaiming in words any such intention, it means a long, and bloody war—the slaughter of great masses of workers and peasants and a new world war. It is time that Coolidge and Kellogg were called to account. The American labor movement can focus attention on the whole bloody conspiracy against the Chinese labor and revolutionary movement by demanding that the state department say now, plainly, so that all can understand, what its policy in China is. Are Kellogg and Coolidge to be allowed to hide in the dark holes and corners of Washington, send more armed forces to China (as they are doing) and stall off protest by the most shameful lying ever indulged in by a state department? Who is framing American policy in China—Coolidge and Kellogg, or the Shanghai municipal council composed of five Britishers, two Americans and two Japanese? Why is not the suggestion of Eugene Chen, foreign minister of the Peoples Government for an inquiry by a commission into the Nanking massacre, acceptable to the United States govern- ment? Will American warships take part in the bombardment of Hankow which is scheduled under the pretense of protecting the handful of Americans who are there but who long ago were ordered out by the consular authorities? Why are’Americans in so much danger in Hankow, requiring seven warships to ensure their safety, while not a single German has left Hankow nor has a single German been injured in spite of the fact that there are no German warships or troops in China? These are questions that demand an answer. From day to day the heads of the government either maintain silence or issue insolent statements which are an insult to every intelligent per- son, Coolidge and Kellogg are playing with lives of millions. They must be held responsible and the American masses must know that their attitude is one which has a sinister mean- ing. Nothing but the intention to involve the United States in a war on the Chinese people which will develop into a world struggle can explain the mysterious manner in which Coolidge and Kellogg are acting. Knowing that the American masses are against them they dare not tell their plans. York City. Latest developments show that the federal author- ities can be expected to join in the campaign to send the editors and business manager of The DAILY WORKER to prison and bar the paper from the mails—strangle the most militant expres- sion of the working class ever published in the United States. The reason for this new attack are obvious to every reader and supporter ofythe paper. It has occurred because the allied capitalists and a agents of capitalists in the unions know that The DAILY WORKER is a stone wall against the wave of reac- tion that is sweeping the country. It holds together the left wing in the labor movement which fights the efficiency unionism pol- icy of the officialdom. It exposes the war plots of Wall Street government, it fights for the workers and peasants of those coun- tries American imperialism is trying to subjugate. The DAILY WORKER is a mighty weapon in the hands of American workers. It has the ability to become a far more ef- fective weapon and this the enemies of labor know and fear. They will stop at nothing to smother the voice of militant labor. : > The DAILY WORKER has no money. It depends exclu- sively upon the support of its readers. It has no other sources of income except a few dollars from sympathetic advertisers. The DAILY WORKER needs money. If it does not get lib- eral donations at once it will suspend. There will then be no avenue thru which the conspiracy of reaction against the masses can be exposed. There will be left in the United States not one singlesingle American labor daily. © } Help The DAILY WORKER, Help to prevent the muzzling of the American working class. Do it now. Nicaraguan Drive Continues. The gunmen of American imperialism, under command of Rear Admiral Julian Latimer, have swept inland in Nicaragua and established military rule under the pretext of “neutralizing the zone,” in the important city of Matagalpa. In spite of the aid given the servant of imperialism, Adolf Diaz, that worthy is not able to establish his rule any place-except with the aid of American armed forces, Liberal forces, support- ing President Sacasa, threatened to occupy the city and the Diaz forces were inadequate to repel them. Hence Latimer steps in an declares it a neutral zone which, stripped of all camouflage, means that he is supporting the forces of reaction and stifling the legally chosen government of Sacasa, because that government will not become totally subservient to Wall Street. Throughout Central America there is deep resentment against the frightfulness of American imperialism; a resentment that will The demands of Hands Off China must make itself heard] eventually crystallize into an anti-imperialist upheaval that will in Washington. If it does nothing else it will at least force a} challenge Wall Street and its gunmen with thunder and lightning. reply from two mediocrities who by a combination of circum-|Such a movement will be encouraged by the class conscious ele- stances are able to juggle with the lives of workers and farmers] ments of the working class of this country, who will not only, de- in China and America; the humblest of whom is worth more to the world than they are. ‘ , mand that the United States get out of that part of the qorld but will aid those who are trying to diive them out, provinn past. Kerensky’s posterior still feels |the impact of the gigantic Russian proletarian boot that kicked him into permanent exile, . . s The American working class will some day confer the “Order of the Boot” on their own MacDonalds and Kerenskys. For a while yet, the Wolls and Greens will sit pretty. The comic side of the Kerensky meeting was supplied by Woll who asked the speaker the pre-arranged question: “What can American wage- earners do to promote democracy in | question thru Kerensky’s mouth by that they can do this by stamping | by helping the United States govern- }ment stop the spread of “Soviet in- fluence” and by insisting that the) government refuses to recognize the Soviet government. | This is the program with which the A. F. of L. bureaucracy concerns it- self with, at a time when the imperi- alists are on the rampage in China, |in Central America and riding rough | shod over the rights of people every- | where. While the coal operators are | busily engaged wiping out the miners’ | union in the bituminous coal fields, | Green, Woil and Company in an un- | | holy alliance with the yellow social- | |ists are engaged in a war to smash | |the progressive wing of the trade | |union movement in this country and o turn the unions into capitalist aux- | jiaries. | All the tools of imperialism from | the scurvy labor faker of the Woll| type, to the West Point graduate who | | commands the gun for his master are | | being lined up in the most widespread }and ambitious program against the | | working class that was ever conceived. | | Against this motley horde of social seavengers the- working class will |struggle and will succeed eventually | under the leadership of the Commun- \ist. International in establishing Sov- | iet governments in all lands. \Ruthenberg Drive In Chicago Continues; Circularize Workers CHICAGO, April 19.—The Chicago District Ruthenberg Enrollment Cam- paign is gradually going ahead, and promises to bring substantial results for the party. To date, the following steps have been taken by the District Committee to push the Drive:— In Main Cities 1, Ruthenberg Memorial Meetings were held in the main cities of this District. Propaganda meetings are held regularly in every city in the District. Also by the Sections in Chi- cago. Open propaganda meetings are also being arranged by Nuclei. All possible efforts will be made thru personal approach, visiting of mem- bership lists of workers’ organizations to bring in all sympathizers. Complete Lists 2, Every language faction has been instructed to compile lists of members formerly having belonged to language branches to draw them into the cam- paign, to organize propaganda meet- | ings in every language, draw in sym- |pathizers through activities in lan- guage fraternal societies, etc, Lan- guage fractions to send regular re- ports to the press and to the District Office. 3. In addition, we are planning to circularize all the signatories to the Ruthenberg for Mayor petitions to bring them closer to Party activities. “Friends” Exposed By Record. The labor party movement in the city of Los Angeles should receive a great impetus from the publication of the story in the Citizen, official labor organ, that Assemblyman Lyons and Woolwine, elected with the endorse- ment of organized labor on a “reward your friends” policy, voted against a bill which would strengthen the wo- men’s 8-hour law of California. | Carpenters Join Chamber Commerce. The Carpenters’ Union, Hoilywood local, has become “respectable” by af- filiating with the Chamber of Com- merce of Hollywoad, 4 , if , | Russia?” And Woll answered his own | |\Little Theatre Tourna- ment Here Next Month The fifth annual Little Theatre Tournament, participated in by or- ganizations from all over this coun- try and England, will be held here at a Broadway playhouse’ the week of May 2nd, The Little Theatre players will compete for the David Belasco cup, under the auspices of the Drama League. The local organizations who will take part include: The United Play- ers of Montclair; the Association Players of the Manhattan Y. M. H, A.; the Krigwa Players, of Harlem; the Garden Players, of Forest Hill; the Union Players of Bayridge; the Temple Players of Manhattan; the |'Thalian Players of the Bronx Y. M. C. A., and the Lighthouse Players. | The last-named group is made up of | blind people. Out of town groups | will include: the Welwyn Garden | Players from England; the Little Theatre of Shreveport, La.; The Memphis Little Theatre, the Indian- apolis Theatre Guild, the Barnswal- lows of Wellesley; the Tulsa Players | from Oklahoma; and the Central | Players of Charlotte, N. C, | { Broadway Briefs} | Three new plays are listed for showing this evening: “The Comic,” at the Theatre Masque; “The Gossipy | Sex,” at the Mansfield and “The | Thief” at the Ritz, Plays an important role in “Rapid Transit,” Lajos N. Egri’s interesting play at the Provincetown Playhouse. The Stagers will return to the pro- | ducing field with a melodrama “Wall Street,” which opens at the Hudson Theatre this evening. James N. Rosenberg is the author. | | “Mixed. Doubles,” the new comedy starring Margaret Lawrence, will have its first showing Thursday even- ing, in Great Neck. The supporting cast includes: Marion Coakley, Thurs- ton Hall, Eric Blore, and John Wil- liams. 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