The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 9, 1927, Page 4

Page Four THE DAIL WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, MAY 9 927 THE DAILY WORKER Published by ‘he DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO, Daily, Except Sunday 83 First Street, New York, N. Y. Phone, Orchard 1680 Se ee ORK prennte ey SUBSCRIPTION RATES | By mail (in New York only): By mail (outside of New York): 88.00 per. year $4.50 six months $6.00 per year $3.60 six months $2.50 three months three months ——e WHEW! HOw MANY MORE SEWERS DO! HAVE TO FALL INTO Address ali mail and mgke out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 33 First Stroet, New York, N. Y. | J. LOUIS ENGDAHL )} WILLIAM F. DUNNE BERT MILLER . Rditors ness Manager ——— » under ss rnail at the post-office at New York, N. the act of March 3, 1879. Entered as second-c Advertis S ng rates on applicacior. == es eat ochahornd soins so Powers Prepare for New Assault Upon China. The fact that the imperialist butchers in China have aban- doned the idea of joint action in an effort to crush the nationalist liberation movement with the “Nanking incident” as an excuse does not mean that they have had a change of heart in the Orient. Tt only means that they will devise other means to strive to achieve the same end. Great Britain, despera triving to hold together its one mightiest empire, was in favor of using force to the limit. So well. organized was the British machinery in China that all the cther-interested powers, including the United States, were playing the game of pulling British chestnuts out of the fire. The fourth rate Corporation flunkey, Mr. Kellogg, at the head of the Amer ican'state department, joined Britain and the other powers in the first note to the Canton government, solely on the basis of mis- information furnished by the American minister to China, Mac- Murray. Immediately after the dispatch of the joint note the American imperialists called a halt on such blundering diplomacy. The-administration then turned against MacMurray and refused pointblank to participate in a further joint note to China. This refusal on the part of the United States, the imperialist giant of the world and the banker of the world, could have but MURDER IN THE MIDST OF AMERICAN CAPITALISM By Ya brothers Capek, the brilliant authors of “R U R” and “The In- sect Play” both of which plays crea- | ted quite a furore and received high |praise when produced here some years back, have written a new play called “Adam the Creator,” and which was recently produced in Prague, The first night audience receive the new offering with enthusiasm and intense interest. “The play is titled a fantastic com- edy,” writes the Prague corres- pondent of the London Observer. “Like ‘R. U. R.’ and ‘The Insect Play,’ it deals with humanity en gros, a type being picked out here and there to illustrate the author's philosophy. Combine the stage perfection of a modern pageant revue with the didac- tie conception of an old Morality Play and the brilliant wit of a benevolent pessimist, and you have some con- ception of the new Capek play. The new world created by’ Adam is no whit better than the old, and in fact, is more repulsive and primitive in its |viees than before. Even from the A New Capek Play one result, the collapse of the British proposal for further joint action. Japan, in spite of the fact that-its new cabinet under Tanaka came into power because of its avowed determination to take an aggressive stand on the question of China, abandoned the idea of further joint action (at least openly) and practically re- verted to the policy of the cabinet it had turned out of office. . This action was followed by disavowals on the part of Italy. Then Britain, herself, and finally France announced a change of policy lo conform with the attitude of the United States. Apologizers for the Coolidge administration are now lauding to the skies the triumph of American diplomacy. In a panegyric to the Coolidge-Kellogg-Wall Street policy one of the inspired ue newspapers. And they all gain Let’s Fight On! Join | The Workers Party! | In the joss of Comrade Ruthen- | berg the Workers (Communist) Par- | ty has lost its fcremost leader and the American working class _ its staunchest fighter. This loss ‘can only The capitalist system of the U. S. A. is a fine product of christian civilization—so says John Roach Stratton, famous fundamentalist—so says Aimee McPherson—so say the metropolitan | h2ve been very successful. Nor has | out the world that Sacco and Vanzetti | | point of view of physical perfection, | with the exception of the earlier \creations, Adam does not seem to (the Alter Ego achieved better results with his endless reduplication of the same type of cloth-capped worker. readers thru the Snyder case. Lithuanian Workers Adopt Resolution At a meeting of Lithuanian Work- ers a resolution was passed that reads in part: ‘ ' “Whereas, the overwhelming evi-! dence in the case has convinced labor bodies and disinterested people thru- | are innocent of the crime charged Washington journalists declares that American diplomacy has triumphed over the British brand. Like all incompetent scrib- vlers who presume to air their views on the most intricate polit- ical problems, because his paper sent him to Washington, the cor- -espondent recalis the time when British diplomacy was supreme throughout the whole world and recognized as the most astute and declares American statemanship now occupies the place for- merly held by John Bull. Only the revolutionists of today, the Marxist-Leninists, can account for the triumph of American diplomacy against British astuteness The rise of American diplomacy in international affairs keeps pace with the rise of the. economic power of Wall Street. The decline of British diplomacy can be measured by the waning eeo- nomic power of Britain in its world-wide struggle against Amer- ican imperialism. Certainly no one can attribute superior intellectual attain- ments to a creature of the type of Kellogg. No one with historical sense can perceive in Coolidge anything other than a somewhat! bewildered puppet, who stands intellectually on a par with a Y. M. C. A. secretary. But stupid as American statesmen are, and awkwardly as they proceed to apply the world policies of Wall Street, they meet with success for the simple reason that back of them stands the gang of plunderers:that emerged from the world war as the most powerful on earth. What they lack in acumen is overbalanced by the power of banking and industrial capital. When the United States takes a position in opposition to the wishes of the other great powers, they must, at least formally, yield, and strive to achieve through new diplomatic maneuvers what they could not, achieve openly. That is precisely what has happened in China. British statesmen, who appear defeated in China by the! American state department, now know that even in China the} conflict that rages between the two leading imperialist powers in other parts of the world must be fought out with no quarter. But world politics have not developed far enough for open hos-; against them, and that they were con- be overcome by many militant work. | 22 and ¢ partes vieted for their views and activities ers joining the Party that he built. Fill out the application below and mail it. Become a member of the Workers (Communist). Party and carry forward the work of Comrade Ruthenberg. I want to become a member of the Workers (Communist) Party. from the thankless task of creating. | “The play, which relies for its| dramatic effect largely on staging | and impressionist scenery, was re- Workers’ Health | “Eventually the quarrels between “| dissatisfaction and ingratitude of the | created, ending in revolution between weal onvenes | the followers of each, so disgust the " pudiate the works of their hands.| | il | nd But they grow old in their misery, and ;are despised even by the loathsome} {in the Labor Movement, and |hold on property and life. At the! “Whereas, the American Federa- | Issuing a call for a National Labor | solemn climax they both welcome ine tion of Labor, at the Cincinnati and/ Health Conference to be held in! yoice of God which gives them rest conviction as a “ghastly miscarriage |Health Bureau points to the mount- of justice,” therefore be it ing list of industrial accidents and RESOLVED, that this mass meet-| occupational diseases. + Adam and his Alter Ego, and the two creators that they long to re- | beggar who has such a tenacious | El Paso Conventions branded their! Cleveland June 18-19, the Workers’ | ing of Lithuanian workers held at} The entombing of 77 coal diggers | Name + .seseesseoree | Milda hall in Chicago, Il, requests|in a West Virginia mine and the | Markably well produced, the first | Address _ the Governor of Massachusetts to in-|death of 12 automobile workers in a cas oe welch the planets _whirled ‘ |tervene and give justice to our two! Detroit explosion a few days before | ©h#0tically be the heavens, being par- Occupation ...... peetice ea +++++/ persecuted fellow workers, who have |are examples of the increasing haz-| ‘icularly striking. It was a triumph fue ate devoted their lives to the cause of/ards that labor must take steps to of stage art. _ The designs for the Union Affiliation.......+++.+++0%s labor, by releasing them uncondition-| check, the bureau urges. | most part depict a mechanical age,| Mail this application to the Work- ers Party, 108 East 14th Street, New York City; or if in other city to Workers Party, 1113 W. Washington Bizd., Chicago, 11, | In a straw ballot being taken by ally from all penalties of this unjust conviction.” The Cleveland conference—at the | With tall, crazy sky-scrapers Hotel Winton—will work out plans| t© heaven. | for curbing these industrial dangers.| “The same criticism can be made! The conference will be thrown open| of this play as of ‘The Insect Play’! reaching | Communist Leads in Straw Ballot. ‘MORGAN FARLEY | Plays the chief role in” Theodore Dreiser’s “An American Tragedy,” which comes to the Bronx Opera House tonight, and ‘R. U. R., to both of which it bears some resemblance, namely, that symbolism and type psychology take the place of individuals. The ‘first scene, too, though it begins with world annihilation, yet lacks action. The authors, for all their skill in dramatic art, do not allow one to for- get the fact that they are philoso- phers first and foremost, and that to them the expression of their philosophy is the main thing. Adam the Nihilist, at the end of his ghastly failure to recreate, perceives his error, and as a converted “pragmatist” is brought to realize that the existing world is best, and that all destruc- tion only results in greater chaos.” In this play the Brothers Capek have completely succumbed to the petty bourgeois philosophy of futility that holds in its clutches the intelli- gentzia of most of Europe. It is the philosophy of despair decorated with the elegant trappings of dramatic art. Let us hope that some of our enter- prising American managers, bring it over here so that we can take a further slam at it. BROADWAY BRIEFS Albert Hackett will replace Douglas Montgomery in “Crime” tonight at the Times ‘Square Theatre. Chester Morris will take over James Rennie’s role a week later. Frank Thomas will then play the Morris part. The openings tonight include a new play by the Spanish Art Theatre at the Forrest Theatre, “The Cradle Song,” the Sierra comedy which the Le Gallienne players did in English at the 14th Street Theatre. The other premiers are: “Oh, Ernest!” at the Royale; “Julie,” at the Lyceum; “Kempy” at the Selwyn and “Katy 3rd Street Theatre. to the entire labor movement. Every | trade union organization is invited to | send a delegation, in addition to! those directly affiliated with the| Workers’ Health Bureau. 35,000 Workers Killed. Labor men signing the Workers’ | Health Bureau call, believe that the coming conference will make history. The text of the call is a’stirring docu- | ment. It reads in part, as follows: | Brothers: Over 35,000 workers are killed in this country every year through accidents alone, More than}! Distribute the Ruthenberg pam- . Abs “ ‘i * «.4\\| the Los Angeles Daily News, Sam ests ae Aapcatls capi gent | Globerman leads: five socialist can- de Lege arena coaheg ehihed didates for the Board of Education Workers Should Join.” This Ruthen- |). a large margin; He stands eighth here Dempuies will be the Pasa PAO g tist of eighteen candidates, of phlet thruout the Ruthenberg Drive. hich ten must place in the ‘primary Every Party Nucleus must collect | x sats " F 4 ‘ 1 elections, Another socialist candidate oo ee a cauitiane rae ee | for city council is running at the bot- ber to sell or distribute. | tom of the list, Nuclei in the New York District | will get their pamphlets from the) 1 L. D. Booth. District Office—108 East 14th St. | The International Labor Defense Nuclei outside of the New York| Branches have decided to take a RIGHT YOU ‘AR If YOU THINK you ARE Next Week: Mr. Pim Passes By The SECOND MAN > I D Thea., W. 52 St. Evs, 8:30 GU Mats. Thurs. & Sat., 2:30 | York City, or to the National Office, | dise. | District write to Daily Worker Pub-| booth at the Bazaar. They are sure lishing Co., 33 East First Street, Ne o have a large quantity of merchan- Workers Farty, 1113 W. Washington | ——__—_—_— Blvd., Chicago, Ill. | Sacco and Vanzetti Shall Not Die! struments of death with which to murder those who opposed the rule of the Dollar. ed Failing to defeat the liberal forces with hired mercenaries from the native population, Stimson went to that country and more or less peaceful diplomacy. In the diplomacy of today,| openly threatened to invade it and destroy the majority of the however, can be perceived the open hostilities of tomorrow. ' population which supports the liberal movement unless the forces While refraining from participating in another note to China! disarmed. the powers that were signatories to the former note still have| There is no need here to enter into a discussion of the legality their armed forces on Chinese soil, their battleships in Chinese! of the thing and to remind our readers of the fact that war has waters, and are carrying out, for their own special interests,|been waged against Nicaragua without a declaration on the part their predatory policies. Every day the British, American,| of congress. It is a Coolidge-Wall Street private war and the ad- French and other forces remain in China brings nearer another| ministration evidently thinks it is no affair of the United States world war. \congress. This sort of thing has become so common that it is As a matter of simple self-preservation the working class of| seldom mentioned. It was started by Wilson’s private war against this and every other coyntry, the class called upon to carry out | Mexico in 1914 when he shelled Vera Cruz, continued by his ravag- on the fields of battle the uggles that cannot be settled by| ing of Haiti and Santo Domingo in 1915-16, and is carried out by the diplomats of the world, must insistently demand Hands Off! the Coolidge gang in Nicaragua, China and other places unfor- China! |tunate enough to be objects of prey for the bloody fangs of Wall Not only should this demand be put with all the emphasis at) Street. our command, but in addition to that we must organize to cripple Nicaragua is a particularly desirable morsel for American im- any country that dares to plunge into a war in the orient, or! perialism, because it is the aim of the United States to build a anywhere else for that matter. ‘second cane] from the Atlantic to the Pacific through the lower an ram arora part of that nation, or at least between that country and go, in Ni | Rica, to the south. Commercially such a canal is not of im- The Iron Heel ml Nicaragua. portance, but from a military standpoint it is essential to the Facts about the disgraceful and bullying threat to Nicar-| heavy fortification of this country in Central and South America aguan liberal forces that the United States would use its armed | -—also, by cutting off five hundred miles, it will enable boats of forces to blast them off the map, published exclusively in The! tha Atlantic fleet to move into the Pacific to join the fleet there DAILY WORKER three days ago, are now admiited even by the much quicker than travelling through the Panama canal. capitalist papers supporting the Coolidge government. | Nicaragua groans today under the iron heel of American Col. Henry L. Stimson, Wall Street agent arid head of the’ imperialism because she was unfortunate enough to have resources American super-power company, was charged by the Coolidge] this country wants and to be geographically situated so that this government with carrying out the threats to the commander of| country could utilize its land as a base of operations in its scheme the Nicaraguan army. i |to make of our southern neighbor republics a part of the Amer- There is no more infamous chapter in the history of imperi-| ican empire. i , alism than the forcible conquest by this country of Nicaragua. | It is to be hoped that these republics, perceiving the threat Its first act was the overthrow of a duly constituted government) to their existence by the actions of the United States in Nicaragua, because that government would not prostitute itself to Wall “iad will unite to extefminate the imperialist agents. In this they will Next it helped to maintain in power its own lackey, Diaz. It| have the supportjof millions of Americans who do not want to be raised an embargo on arms so that the Diaz forces could get in-| cannon fodder in \defense of Wall Street. tilities. There are still many possibilities within the realms of 2,500,000 workers are injured, many of them permanently. These figures do not include injuries or deaths of workers in 6 states and the District | {of Columbia, where there are no, |Workmen’s Compensation laws, and | © | | therefore no record of injuries. They | do not cover many trades, such as railroad workers, longshoremen, sea- men or farm laborers. 2,500 coal miners are killed in the United States each year. This is a death rate 4 times higher than for the coal mines of Great Britain. At least 1,773 workers were killed on buildings under construction in the | years 1925, | In addition to accidents, workers! are exposed to 620 separate occupa-| tional hazards. Lead poisoning | caused the death of 1,592 workers| during the 10-year period 1914-24. | Ohio reports 3,226 cases of occupa- tional diseases during the 5-year period 1920-5, This ruthless destruction of work-| ers’ lives calls for definite measures of prevention and control. | The employers and the government | have failed to check the appalling | loss of life and health which is de-| stroying the ranks of labor. Signed By Union Officials. Signing the call are James H.) Maurer, Pres., the Pennsylvania Fed- eration of Labor; Henry M. Donnelly, secretary of the Rhode Island feder- | ation; Harry W. Call, president of | the Washington federation and 11 other members of the trade union council of the Workers’ Health Bur- eau, including 5 painters’ leaders, and representatives of bakers, miners, machinists and other trade union) groups, also Grace Burnham and Har- riet Silverman, directors of the bur-| eau and Charlotte Todes, organizing | secretary, Workmen’s Circle Booth. 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