The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 21, 1927, Page 5

Tue New Macazine Section of The DAILY WORKER SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1927 This Magazine Section Appears Every Saturday in The DAILY WORKER. » The Week in Cartoons s c “< Z , Editor’s Notes NEWS comes from the Philippine Islands of a re- volt in Occidental Negros Province, led by a man ealled Flor Intrencherado whom the capitalist news- papers choose to call “the self-styled Emperor of the 2 Philippines.” The reports declare the uprising squelched, its leader insane, several casualties in dead and wounded, and over 600 arrested by the con- stabulary. What is this revolt about? Of this the capitalist press says nothing. Presumably, it is one of those “little affairs” that repeat themselves every now and then, beif® merely “incidental” to the process of .establishing civilization among the Filipinos. But is it so, really? Only in one newspaper story, coming at the tail end of it, do we find some inkling as to what was actually at the bottom of this latest revolt in the Philippines, We quote: ’ The revolt is hooked up with general discon- tent among laborers in the sugar plantations, who live on 40 cents a day. Which reminds us that one phase of the situation in the Philippines, the most important one perhaps, has been sadly neglected even by the radical sections of American labor. We mean the labor angle of the movement for independence among the Filipinos. How much attention is the labor press of this country paying to the conditions of the plantation slaves in the Philippines? No attention at all. How often does the labor movement in America discuss the labor movement in the Philippines? Very sel- dom, if ever. And yet, it is precisely the masses of Filipino workers and peasants that should be of most interest to the labor movement in the United States. Even from the point of view of Filipino in- dependence the toiling masses of the islands repre- sent the most basic and reliable force. Perhaps this latest revolt of the plantation labor- ers, who are forced to live on 40 cents a day, will, succeed in the attention of American labor to the and labor phases of the Philip- pine situation. And when we say this, we do not mean the short attention that the reactionary offi- cials of the American Federation of Labor are pay- ing to Latin America. We do not that Mat- thew Woll and his kind step into the Philippige la- i CRITICAL OLICY IN ABLACK the struggles of the Filipino workers. No, we mean something entirely different. We mean closer rela- tions between the toiling masses of the United States and the Philippines. for common struggle against American capitalism, and, in the first instance, for the complete independence of the Philippine Islands. a . * perrisn imperialism is quite definitely and con- seiously driving towards war upon the Soviet Union. The recent raid of the Soviet commercial of- fices in London is merely one more link in a long chain of intrigues, maneuvers and provocations, in which the Baldwin government of forged documents are past masters, designed to sharpen the situation and to precipitate a military attack upon the first Workers’ aid Farmers’ Republic. The excuse given for the police invasion of the Arcos offices is so ridiculous, and obviously manu- factured to suit a purpose, that no intelligent person can take it seriously. This alleged hunt for a “lost document” is a fraud on the face of it. Here is a little news item by the Associated Press from London: Questioned regarding the police raid on the Soviet house, Sir William Joynson-Hicks, the home secretary, told a crowded and Animated session of the house of commons today that information sent to him by the secretary of war last Wednesday had satisfied him that a certain official document was or had been in the possession of someone on the premises occu- pied by Arcos, the Soviet commercial organ- ization, Now, mark the language of the noble lord. He was satisfied “that a certain official document WAS OK.HAD BEEN in the possession of SOME- ONE on the premises CCCUPIED by Arcos.” And on the basis of this the lord proceeds to raid the official commercial agency of a foreign government. Has the “document” been found? No, it has not. The above press dispatch continues: The dorument in question was not found, but bor situation to help the American capitalists crush Sir William reiterated that he was satiSfied that it is or was in the Soviet house. ; It is this “is-or-was-diplomacy” of a government ALEX BITTELMAN, Editor By M. P. (Hay) BALES Naw! “you CAN'T 7 HAVE THIS MONEY / FOR FLOOD RELIEF ! 'y WEVER SAW SUCH By ALEX BITTELMAN that came to power with the help of forged docu- ments that is now threatening the peace of the world, These are desperate maneuvers of bankrupt gamblers trying to embroil the world in a new carn- age in the hope of thereby saving their own skins. The working masses of England, America and the world over must not permit this game of the British imperialists to continue. Coupled with the demand of “Hands Off China” must go the demand of “Hands Off the Soviet Union” in such large and powerful volume that the imperialist robbers of Great Britain do not dare to proceed any further with their game which must inevitably bring upon us a repetition of the bloody days of 1914-1918. PRESIDENT Doumergue of France, accompanied by Briand, his foreign secretary, is now paying a visit to the British Crown. We are being assured that this is a friendly visit at which “incidentally” polities also will be discussed. Many things are coming up in these incidental political discussions, in which China and the Soviet Union are undoubtedly playing a major part. Eng- land has not given up hope of creating a united imperialist front against the Chinese revolution and against the Sovict Union. Chamberlain is therefore working hard to secure the support of France. But the latter has several outstanding grievances against England, among them, British support of Italy against France in the Balkans, British support of German opposition to the French occupation of the Rhineland, ete. French imperialism seems to be quite’ willing to listen to British overtures provided the latter are accompanied with substantial conces- sions on these “disputed” points. Having the above in mind, we can understand better the reports that are now coming from London, and which. say: He (Briand) will try to win the British to the French Cabinet’s point of view and, accord- ing to well informed sources, it is likely that he will succeed with Mr. Chamberlain, because (now read carefully—A. B.) the British in their present far-eastern and Russian entanglements regard the Franco-German disputes as of little consequene. In other words, Chamberlain is now ready to pew (Continued on page 5)