The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 11, 1927, Page 4

Ve a Page Four THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WE. ISDA Y, MAY 11, 1927 THE DAILY WORKER Published by te DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. Daily, Except Sunday Phone, Orchard 1680 83 First Street, New York, N. Y. iin n. 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 $8.60 six months $2.50 three months $2.00 three months | ’ | | | Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 33 First Street, New York, N. Y. J. LOUIS ENGDAHL | WILLIAM F, DUNNE {°*°°°***** wate tsaetr bic re BERT MILLER business Manager | Entered as second-class mail at the post-office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Advertising rates on application Sat Chamberlain’s Apology for the Temporary Defeat of Britain in China Sir Austin Chamberlain, the foreign secretary of the Baldwin tory government, indulged in some plain and fancy brain contor tions in order to justify the change of British policy in relation} to China, when he appeared before the House of Commons to} explain the diplomatic retreat of his government in face of the| refusal of the United States to participate with the other powers | in a second threatening note to Eugene Chen, foreign minister} of the Kuomintang goverment. | In the face of the decline of Britain’s once colossal empire, the tory politicians have to resort to the most adroit misrepre- sentation even to their own party supporters. So, instead of admitting that the British change of policy was due to the split} of the imperialist front because Washington refused again to play the British game, Chamberlain declared the changed policy was due to a shift of military and political forces in China itself. Incidentally, it is worthy of note that official Washington, | in order to aid in perpetuating the fond illusion that Britain and| America are united on policy, announces that Chamberlain’s speech is no surprise as the position of Britain was known and approved some weeks ago. Neither Washington nor London dare cpenly admit the facts regarding the conflict on policy. To state the facts is to lay bare the forces driving toward another world | point on which the two imperialist giants of the! war. The only world now agree is that they both await a more favorable op- portunity for the situation in China to serve their own conflict- | ing ends and give one the advantage over the other. Although careful to eenceal the fact that the British about | face was prompted by the refusal of the United States to partici- pate in a second note, he-did reveal! the fact that the apostate, Chiang Kai Shek, is the agent of British imperialism, and gave as the reason for the British change in policy the excuse that he did not want to “embarass this new nationalist government in course of formation at Nanking, in its task of introducing order.” This means that Britain, defeated for the time being in its policy of using as pawns the other imperialist forces in China to regain its sphere of influence in the Yangtse Valley, will re- vert to its old game of bribing mercenary war lords, and that Chiang Kai Shek is at present the chief beneficiary of this policy. But the union of the proletariat and peasantry in the Han- kow Kuomintang government can be depended upon to write finis to the career of Britain’s latest bribed champion. Drive the Right Wingers Out of the Kuomintang, The conflict now going on in China within the ranks of the former nationalist movement is one of the most difficult and at the same time the most decisive of the whole revolution. It is a fight launched by the nationalist capitalist elements, backed by the imperialist interventionists, against the workers and peasants. The development of Chinese industry did not bring about a similar development of the Chinese capitalist class. The profits produced by Chinese industry, instead of enriching a national in- dustrial class, went, for the most part, into the hands of the great | banking capitalists of the imperialist nations. But since the work- ing class must grow with industry the proletariat of China, as the one cohesive class, has become the leading political factor. In the early stages of the revolution the working class, the peasantry and the bourgeoisie were united under the leadership of the Kuomintang (Nationalist Party). veloped, the left wing under the dynamic leadership of the Com- munists, put forth more determined class demands, which fright- ened the petty capitalist elements. Unable to lead an indepen- dent political existence, the bourgeoisie of China had to ally themselves with some greater power than their own. They had to choose between the workers and peasants on the one hand and becoming servants of the imperialist powers on the other. They have gone into the camp of the latter, servants of imperialism with a chance-to help foreign-finance capital exploit the native workers, than to have to bow to the demands of the workers and peasants. This new development makes it impossible for the three economic and political groups longer to exist side by side in the same party. Since the Kuomintang has come to signify the revolutionary struggle in China and since it carries the tradition of that great leader and insurrectionist, Dr. Sun Yat Sen, it is important that the party be defended from the bourgeois ele- ments who have sold out to the imperialist butchers. And the Hankow government is taking the right course in scourging from its ranks the native capitalist class elements who support the traitor and renegade, Chiang Kai Shek. All the right wingers would be relentlessly hounded out of the Kuomintang in China. In other parts of the world, where the Nationalist liberation movement, in its early stages, attracted Chinese business men as well as workers, the same procedure should be followed. The first sign of support for the atrocious butcher and imperialist hireling, Chiang Kai Shek, should be a signal for kicking out of the party all questionable elements. The Next Step in Nicaragua The course followed by the United States government in Haiti is being applied in exact detail to the present situation in Nicaragua. Now that the disarmament program imposed upon the liberal forces by Coolidge’s special representative, Henry L. Stimson, is under way, the government has announced the next step in grabbing control of that unfortunate country for Wall Street bankers. As in Haiti, the marines are to police the coun- wy, eight hundred more of them are proceeding under military wrders to occupy that territory, while attempts will be made to veate a native constabulary, under the control of American of- ficers. ’ Such a native constabulary will certainly be composed of those mercenaries who served in the army of Chamorra, the Wall No “oth aR REpROIEN > jer Re —— es ee Women's Council of Passaic Reorganized Workers School ‘Give Lecture Course to into Language Groups On Chinese Upheaval A member: | working womer » meeting of the councils of Passaic In view of the growing importance of the Chinese Revolution and the As the movement de-| | we at 27 Dayton A The Central Committee of the Uni- ted Council of Workingclass House- wives to which the working women’s j councils of Passaic are affiliated, sent | out letters to all the members to come to the membership meeting to hear Weisbord and after the meeting to be re-organized into language groups. Weishord Speaks. The meeting was scheduled for 7 M. Before 7 the members from the different started to fill the seat in the Gitlow opened the mee! explaining the purpose f the meeting and introducing Sister Juboff of the International Ladies |Garment Workers Union of New | York as chairman. Brother Weisbord was the first speaker. He was greeted with pro- }longed applatse and cheering. He urged the women to help build up | the workers’ organizations, to cement them together for the next fight as the fight between the workers and the bosses is never over. Antony Wechsler of the Hungarian | Women’s Council of New York spoke }in Hungarian and a Polish speaker | spoke, p Have Four Councils. K, Kitlow then took over the meet- ing with the help of Comrades | Wechsler and Duboff and others from Passaic. The women were reorgan- ized. An English speaking council, a Hungarian council and a Russian- | Ukrainian council were organized in | addition to the Polish councils which jare active and well attended. “The Woman at Home and in the Shop” and “The Working Woman” were sold, Meeting adjourned in fine spirit | with everybody eager for work. LETTERS FROM He Likes Our Book Bargains | Dear Comrade Editor: | I got a good-sized bundle of pam- phlets for my dollar order and am highly elated. That is the best buy I ever got. Am sorry I don’t have a thousand dollars to invest for distribution of these pamphlets. I have nothing but praise to offer ; and read them and pass them among |the workers, | WALTER G, LOAN. St. George, Staten Island. | Industrial Crime and Criminals. Dear Comrade Editor: In the Studebaker Motor Co., Dept. 334, there was a man killed on March 25th. The man was oiling a machine nights, working 13 hours every night. When he climbed above the run- ning punch-press, which had no safety devices, he slipped down between the big turning gears. He leaves a wife and three children to the mercy of this capitalistic system. Right after this worker was killed they installed safety devices about the machine. The men in this department are working on these dangerous machines 12-18 hours a night. The pay on the job is so small that the men have to held in Passaic, Sunday, May 8th} ‘on Friday, May jrun for lone of the editors of ‘The | WORKER, who has made a special | study of this question, will be the) | instructor. | with plenty of opportunity for ques- | tions and discussion. significant implications of that strug- gle for the American workers, The | Workers School, at 108 East 14th Street, New York, at 108 East 14th to offer a special 4 session course on ‘The Chinese Revolution” beginning 27, at 8 P. Me to consecutive Friday H. M. Wicks DAILY four from. 8 to 10 P. M. It will be a lecture course | The breakdown of feudalism in China, the imperialist invasion, the | Nationalist Movement, class divisions tin China, the Kuomintang and Sun | Yat Sen, Whither China?, the United Front in China, the role of Soviet Russia, the danger of Imperialist War —these are some of the phases of the question that will be analyzed. All workers who want to under- stand this important and complica- ted question; all who wish to be able | to follow the rapid developments that country; those who desire to take the message of the struggling Chines masses to the workers of this city | should register immediately for the course at the office of the Workers School, 108 East 14th Street, Room 32. sions, ; The opening date of the course |May 13, to Friday, May 27, due to Ithe debate between Bertram D. Wolfe, Director of the Workers at Community Chureh, 34th Street and Park Avenue, on Friday Night, May 18th, and to the Concert and Ball given by the Chinese Workers Alliance, at Webster Hall, 119 East 11th Street on May 20. OUR READERS work at a crazy speed-up to make | miserable wages, The safety director is a white col- lared office man. His name is Kizer; that is what they call him. They have safety bags on the ma- chine setters, but they have so much of their own job that they have no time to take care. In the same room, Dept. 330, there is an assistant fore- They_prefer the role of for this investment, I want to hurry man by the name of Pete. He is sell- ing jobs, and giving to his friends jobs of better price. If you do not buy chocolate from him, or if you do not eat chocolate, you are out of luck. You will be given the worst job, and at last fired. Of Hero-Worship. Comrade Richard’s letter of April 26th positively outraged my feelings. From bitter experience, I have been forced to learn that, without sym- pathy, enthusiasm and even hero- worship, we are nothing but walking sacks begging to be filled —W. B. Brooks. A Sacco-Vanzetti conference will be held Wednesday evening 8 o’clock at 56 Washington Ave., Brooklyn, It has been called by Barber’s Union, Lotal 915. All labor organizations “are urged to have delegates. —_————_— st. Street tool, who, with the assistance of the United States marines, jare taking place in that war-ridden | * The fee is $1.25 for the 4 ses- School, and Arthur Garfield Hays, | Cleveland to Hold Vanzetli Meeting At Public Square CLEVELAND, 0., May International Labor Defense is using | j all means to rally the workers of this | city in support of Sacco and Vanzetti. | jlast_ three weeks, at which speakers \in English and other languages called | upon the workers to protest the frame | up. Twice there have-been large dem- | onstrations on the Public Square, and jon April 23 four hundred workers | stood in the cold for hours to hear | Fred Biedenkapp, former organizer |for the defense of Sacco and Van-| zetti, tell the story of the frame-up. Big Meeting Saturday, Saturday, May 14, there will be a demonstration on the Public Square. | The meeting will open at 2 p. m., and jcontinue until 6. There will be sev- eral prominent speakers, including | Albert Coyle, editor, Locomotive En- | gineers’ Journal; John G. Willert, di | trict organizer of the Socialist Party; ji. Amter, district secretary of the | Workers (Communist) Party; Carl {Hakcer, of the I. L. * * Mothers’ League Demands Freedom. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 10.— |The Mothers’ League of Strawberry | Mansion, an organization of working- * |class mothers, after listening to a, | speech by Vera Bush, adopted resolu- tions asking freedom for Sacco and | Vanzetti and condemning Amevican lintervention in China. Labor Defense Explains 'Vajtauer’s Deportation; |He Fought U.S. Empire (By International, Labor Defense.) | The International Labor Defense jhas the unenviable task of reporting | that Comrade Emanuel Vajtauer, late jeditor of “Obrana” left this country the other day on a deportation order of the Department of Labor. The Vajtauer case is typical of the many cases of anti-working class ac- tion by the bosses, Coming to this country legally in 1923, Vajtauer at once became active in the ranks of the Czecho-Slovakian workers. “Obrana.” Bosses Hate. He incurred the wrath of the bosses | In 1924, he was arrested as the result of an “anonymous complaint” to the effect that he was “inciting the people against the government.” | tation order was filed against him. He was released from Ellis Island on 2,000 bail, The International Labor Defense took the case to the Supreme Court. The opposition of the bosses was too strong, and at the beginning of this year, the Supreme Court resolved that | Vajtauer be deported. In spite of afl the persecution, Vajtauer’s spirit re- mained unbroken--his opposition to Imperialism unwavering. Fight U. S. Imperialist. In bidding farewell to the I.L.D., he made the significant statement: “No matter where one goes, the U. 8. Imperialism can be fought.” The International Labor Defense sends its greetings of solidarity with its splendid fighter, Emanuel Vaj- tauer. All who believe such deporta- tions are anti-working class, should join the I.L.D. so that we can bette: fight them. Let’s Fight On! Join” The Workers Party! In the loss 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 be overcome by many militant work. 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, ~ Name Address Occupation Se ecceevecesoboee Union Affiliation............00000+ 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 Blvd., Chicago, Til. Distribute the Ruthenberg’ pam- phiet, “The Workers (Communist) 10,—-The | | There have been mass meetings in | {almost all neighborhodts within the D. and others. | ‘New Playwrights Group | Plan Extensive Program | Optimism seems to be guiding | motive of the youthful, group of | dramatists forming the directorship | of the New Playwrights’ Theatre. | They are announcing more and ex- | ve plans for next season, | Michael Gold's play of Mexican, life “Fiesta,” which was postponed from this season, will probably open in the Fall, Six other new plays are | also being planned—each play to run | at least four weeks, The organiza-| tion is also planning to recruit a per- manent company of players. A n and ‘larger theatre is also in view. the Fifty-second theatre, used this season, wasn’t up to the standard |necessary for an experimental the-| jatre, John Dos Passos, one of the| directors, says it is their intention | “to give full opportunity to much of | the fine, young untried talent in the | | theatre, not only players, but in all} branches of scenic design and produc- | | tion,” ‘ | Broadway Briefs “One For All,” a new play by Er- nest and Louise Cortis will be ushered | With John Barrymore in “When A Man Loves,” at Warner's Theatre. Secretary” was revived Here in 1910 by Mr. Gillette at the Empire theatre. The Gilbert and Sullivan operetta in at the Greenwich Village Theatre | « | tonight. Madeline Delmar and Ally; | Joslyn play the leading roles, Patience” will open at the Theatre | Masque on Monday, May 28, Vivian | Hart and James Watts will head the Soon | he took over the editorship of the | ‘On the basis-of-that report; a depor-| A special matinee performance of | “The Second Man,” will be given this | Friday afternoon for the benefit of | | the Mississippi flood sufferers, at the | Guild Theatre. | | | William A. Brady is planning a re- | vival of “The Private Secretary.” | According to the announcement, he is | seeking’ a star for the part once played here by William Gillette. The farce was written by Charles Hawtrey and originally produced in England in 1883 with H, Beerbohm Tree as the! Rey. Robert Spalding. j “The Private! cast. Robert Milton is staging the presentation which will have costumes by Clark Robinson and scenery by Cleon Throckmorton, Perke Hamberg is the producer. “The Tales of Rigo,” opens at Werba’s B’klyn Theatre on May 23. 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Movies will be taken of our games, Come one! Come all! Speakers Conference—Section One. A conference of all speakers, be- longing to section one, will be held on Friday evening May 13th 6 P. M, sharp at 33 East First Street. This means all those who are capable to address open air and in- door meetings. Sub-section organizers and agit- | prop directors should also come, Read The Daily Worker Every Day - | AT PECIAL PRICE On World Trade Union WORLD LABOR UNITY. By Scott Nearing Latest facts about a subject being dis- cussed by the whole world of labor. 10 Cents. THE MOVEMENT FOR WORLD TRADE UNION UNITY. By Tom Bell In this booklet, every phase of the problem is presented and facts are given on steps al- |usurped the presidency of the country, overthrowing the duly \constituted government, and paved the way for his successor, Diaz. 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