The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 28, 1927, Page 4

a inter Mie crime for “fearful by the kn “eapitalism’s judi THE Losin WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1927 . DAILY WORKER Publishea by ‘ae DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. Daily, Except Sunday & Pipe Street, New York, N. Y. Cable Addrezs Phons, Orchard 1680 “Datwork"™ 3 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Mail Gin New York only): by muil (outside of New York): Per year $4.50 six months $6.00 per ywar $8.50 six months $2.50 three months $2.00 three months ee re: Address ali mail and make out enecks to =) THE DAILY WORKER, 33 First Street, New York, N. ¥. ——____ J. LOUIS ENGDAHL ‘i WILLIAM f eee ceeee ener ne eeeees Editors BERT MILLER ND @5 second-class mai! at the post-office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 8, 1879. Advertising rates on application eee! i . "There remain but two days before July 1 when Sacco and ti will be taken to the death-cell. site Governor Fuller has made no public statement as to his in- pp and two innocent workingmen endure the terrible tor- Of waiting for release, a new trial of death Words are weak weapons with which to oh k such studied ¢allousnes: 1s the rulers of Massachusetts and their official Bpokesman display. It is in the face of the indignation and protest of millions in Jands that this monstrous infamy is inflicted upon Sacco and etti—two workers whose minds and bodies have already Ben rent and torn by almost seven years of continual suffering— ified by the knowledge that they are innocent of which they were convicted, suffering made more wledge that they were trapped in the web of al machinery because they are its class enemies. If the members of their s and ours will think for just cla one moment of what Sacco and Vanzetti have suffered and are} still suffering for the simple reason that they fought the battles “of their comrades in the American class struggle, the one-hour | protest strike and the series of mass demonstrations arranged | for July 7 in New York City will be of such huge proportions that the cowardly hangmen who hold the lives of Sacco and V. anzetti in their hands will be forced to loosen their grip. To every worker in New York we say that it is a sacred duty to down tools at 4 p. m., no matter what the boss may say or think, and help to swell the protest against the legal torture and murder of two innocent workingmen. A Cheap Coolidge Sneer at Impoverished Farmers. In his address to the legislature of South Dakota at the state game lodge Saturday the president of the United States metaphor- | ically wrapped the American flag about himself and striking a! condescending posture, deliberately insulted the impoverished farmers of the Middle West. In the most cynical manner Coolidge told the farmers that they ought to be well satisfied with their miserable condition even though they cannot dispose of- their crops at a price sufficient to cover the cost of ng them. His speech amounted to impudently informing his hearers ‘that they ought to consider it an honor even to ex Said the marionette of Wall Street: under the| American flag and that they had no business complaining about/| By WILLIAM F, HE careful. phrasing of the guage of traditional diplomacy lad by the delegates to the Geneva “disarmament” conference cannot conceal the tremendous struggle for DUNNE, {naval supremacy, itself an expression | of the struggle for world domination, whose ch center today is the Pacific area. H But if the diplomats (and some- times the admirals) ar eful, the correspondents are not. It is true that they weave into their articles the stereotyped usages by which a le of protection is thrown around official spokesmen, but the cold- blooded character of the calculations which precede each off utterance is obvious. For the correspondents are patriots and each does his bit to} boost the game of his imperialist bosses, AC Geneva the diplomats are gam- bling with the lives of millions of workers and farme: With Ameri- can imperialism playing an aggres- sive role, the naval strategy of the} next war is being worked out. Ame and Great Britain are the two main antagonists. Japan is a buffer, an ally, or an enemy, as the bloody game sproceeds thru its vari- ous stages The immediate stake is the power | to conquer and rob 400,000,000 Chi- nese workers and peasants and seize the incaleulably valuable natural re-| sources of the nation. MERICAN imperialists have not been blind to the fact that China is the richest prize ever glimpsed by the buccaneers of the ruling class. Let J. Selwin Tait, Chairman of the | board of directors of the Washington | and Southern Bank of Washington, pa speak for his class: CHINA PRESENTS THE ATEST INDUSTRIAL AND MERCIAL OPPORTUNITY NOT ONLY OF THE WORLD TO- DAY,. BUT THE -GREATEST WHICH THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN. With a population of four hundred and fifty millions of peo- ple, according to the latest esti- mate of the Maritime Customs, it has a national debt amounting in round numbers to one dollar per head of its population, or less than one-twentieth proportionately of the debt of her neighbor, Japan. Were China to borrow up to the same figure as Japan, that is, over $20 per capita, she could add to her bt the unimaginable sum of $8,- 550,000,000 (gold), the total of which would suffice to*build 170,- 000 miles of railway at the liberal estimate of $50,000 gold per mile. Some few y S$ ago an investi- lan-} their condition. Any one who has an occupation or a job under our flag, no mat- ter what that occupation or job may be, in industry, commerce, or what his station in life, that person can be assured that he has the best job of that kind of any one on earth. the flag means. While Coolidge’s interpretation applies exactly to the unprin- -cupations are the best pay- and farmers ictims of cap-) cipled flunkeys of Wall Street, whose oc ing of their kind on earth, the millions of worke are unable to derive any benefit therefrom. The agriculture or That’s what italism enjoy no vicarious prosperity with their exploiters. His eulogy of farmers in general was the height of arrogance. He compared the hills of his native Vermont with the Black Hills of South Dakota and implied that the contented Vermont farmers ought to be taken for models by the South Dakota farmers. While the Vermont farmers were indifferent to the Coolidge | veto of the McNary-Haughan farm relief bill,—or at least inau-/| dible—the Middle West farmers believed implicitly in the bill. | gation of the effect which Chinese | railroad development had upon the | commercial growth of China showed that between the years 1900 and 1907 an increase of 45 per cent in Chinese railway mileage had brought about an increase in the net imports and exports amounting to 156 per cent during the same period. Suppose we were to extend these figures and estimate the fu- ture business of China ‘on the basis of an expenditure on her railways equal to $20 per capita of her popu- lation. Can you form any idea of | what volume her business would then be? The result would, it must be conf , be unintelligible to the ordinary mind if placed in plain figures.” Its (Quoted by James Dolsen in “The _ } disappointment, economic insufficiency, known to all Communists, is not evident to the farmers. Certainly it was not because of its economic shortcomings that Coolidge vetoed it, but because he thought it) would be detrimental to the plunderers of the farmers. The presence of Coolidge in South Dakota and the spectacle} of the’so-cailed radical senator, Norbeck, scrambling upon a seat} on the Coolidge bandwagon ought to be convincing evidence that} their salvation can never be realized through an alliance with Wall | Street’s president, but must be sought in an alliance with the ex-! ploited industrial workers of the nation, through the medium of a) jabor party. “Putting the Weight” on Wood. Major-General Leonard Wood, governor general of the Philip- pines, has come thru for Coolidge in South Dakota and no more rumors of his resignation are played up in the press. Perhaps Wood wants Coolidge for president and volunteered his endorsement but it seems hardly likely that he had to travel to Rapid City from the Philippines in order to make it public. The incident savors about as strongly of political blackmail) as has republican party maneuvering since the good old smelly days when the Ohio gang used to put its feet on the White House table and scatter its cigar ashes all over the rugs. In the vernacular such practices as have been pulled off in| Rapid City recently are called “putting on the weight”. LETTERS FROM OUR READERS From San Quentin Prison. Editor, The DAILY WORKER: Thave received your letter asking mie for my subseription to your paper. For reasons that have not yet been explained inmates of the prison are forbidden to receive The DAILY WORKER. And that is the yeason why I have failed to renew my subscription. You say that you consider it a real loss in not getting my subseription. And all I have to say that it has been a great loss to me as well as a great 1 am here in San {Quentin for life, and I do not know | what day will see me out of here,—if any,—but the day will come when I shall again be able to read the only paper that stands for the working WORKER. Even the “Nation” is not permitted here. A man in prison cannot write the things that he would like to, but only those things that will pass the censor. Will close with regrets that I can- not have your paper instead of the ones that are around here.—C, J, J. class, and that will be The DAILY | Awakening of China.” Emphasis Mine.) ail Britain and Japan have been even more alert since the Russian | Revolution rescued that rich country !and its people from the ¢lutches of the imperialists and the rivalry for |robbéry privileges in China has be- ‘come intense and lies at the base of | the struggle for the control of the | Pacific. So powerful is the position of American imperialism due to her | geographical isolation, her tremend- ous natural resources and national | wealth in general, and the low politi- |eal development of the American | workingclass, coupled with the tre- mendous efficiency of American in- dustry, that American imperialism appears at Geneva relatively un- worried by the woes which beset her rivals, O far (June 26) the American dele- gation has not felt it necessary |to make the slightest concession to |Great Britain, but has acted in a manner which is little short of openly provocative, But the uncertainty which char- | aeterizes the relations between c¢api- talist states at present and which | produces a’ seemingly endless suc- | cession of alignments and re-align- | ments, maneuvers and counter-man- euvers, is to be seen also in the | Geneva discussions. This uncertainty, however, has | nothing to do with the policy of the | participating powers toward their }own navies and those of their ene- mies. This policy can be stated briefly as follows: An unshakable determination to build and maintain as large a navy as is deemed necessary for success- ful warfare, and finances permit, and to bring the utmost pressure upon the rival powers to force them to maintain a navy inferior to its own, powersat Geneva and if one thing is certain & is that there will be no! Geneva—Another Warning to the American Working Class this line except on deviation from the surface. | .The second consideration which de- |termines the policy of the three powers is the necessity which each feels of appearing in a non-aggres- sive role and so maneuvering as to place the blame for the continuance of the fight for supremacy upon one ‘or the other, or both, of its rivals. the reports of the attitude of the three powers is really due to the fact that both America and Great Britain are trying either to neutralize Japan or to form some sort of an alliance with her. {eke we mean, can be made clear | easily. . The preliminary reports of the conference pictured Great} Britain and Japan as already in agreement. One correspondent even noted the fact that their delegates | had monopolized a well-known hotel | and hinted at a revival of the Anglo-| | Japanese alliance. It seems that the British delegation itself had some such idea in mind as |the opening speech of First Lord of | the Admiralty Bridgman was almost |in the nature of an ultimatum to the United States. The “safety of the empire” was the high note of the Bridgman statement and The New Times correspondent says that it re-| sulted in a “cold chill” sweeping thru the room—the inference being that the bad Britishers had | peaceful plans of the American dele- gation. HE doughty Admiral Jones was al- lowed to reply for America. He spoke very frankly and cited the need |of America for the security of trade routes Hy which such commodities as | wabber (of which Great Britain has a| | practical monopoly and for which | America is the greatest market), | The whole tone of this discussion | lw vas so sharp that the capitalist press | | correspondents could not tone it} ; down sufficiently to alter its sinister character. | Then came the British demand for |a reconsideration of the decisions of the Washington conferences and the {harsh and repeated refusal of the | American delegates to discuss this question, the American delegation would not accept, but which were not dealt with in the harsh tone reserved for com- ment upon the British proposals. | Then the difference in the attitude |toward Great Britain and Japan be- came clear with the broaching of the | project for an agreement between |Japan and America “guaranteeing | peace in the Pacific.” This coincided | with a renewal of the diplomatic de- nunciation of the British proposal for discussing the question of capital ships (battleships) which the Ameri- can delegation holds was settled by |the Washington conference. I all these interchanges of opinion the line of the Ameri¢an delega- | tions is to stress the naval inferiority of América and there can be little doubt that the uncritical reader of Geneva dispatches in the American press will have received the impres- sion that peaceful America, with a navy ships armed with guns of inferior range, is a lamb among imperialist | wolves. | What the exact strength and status | of the American navy is, is not known |to us. We say so frankly, but we | believe that we are no more ignorant on this subject than are the facile capitalist correspondents—and every- one else except the naval experts. UR opinion is that the American navy is far from being as weak as the experts say it is, but that it is by no means as invincible as the vociferous patriots proclaim. What- ever its strength the events at Geneva clearly indicate’ that it will be much stronger in the not far dis- tant future. American imperialism is engaged in a world “peace offensive.” It aims to point out first, and has al- ready succeeded, that Great Britain is the chief imperialist rival, second that the British navy is a threat to America, third that the American navy is too weak to “protect” Ameri- can interests, fourth, that the mili- tarist spirit of Great Britain is the only obstacle to progressive dis- armament and fifth, that in spite of her “peaceful” intentions America must have a substantially larger navy for “defense.” |OWHERE is mentioned the strug- gle for domination of China ex- cept in passing. One Japanese dele- gate had a moment of complete frankness. Discussing the value of older types of war vessels, the Jap- anese delegate stated that “they are all right to send to Shanghai,” but were unfit for more serious needs. The more serious needs ate those of imperialist warfare—great against great power—and out of the struggle for world domination now centering around China the world war arises, BSOLETE” war vessels are quite adequate for the purpose of butchering and subduing colonial peo- ples fighting for liberation, But be- cause these imperialist aggressio: are themselves proof of the relentle struggle for markets and sources of | Britain and Japan plan their navies with a view to the conflict with each The confusion which appears in| upset the/ |APAN also made proposals which | composed mostly of obsolete | r| St. Nucleus, Verona, Pa. other which is inevitable unless im-| | perialism is smashed by the masses | in the imperialist nations and*their | | allies, the colonial peoples. Further proof of the growing ten- sion between America and Great | Britain is found in the recent pro- posal for a “peace pact” between France and America—a_ proposal |which gets joint support from the political rivals, Poincare and Briand. This proposal, timed for the Gen- eva conference, is another blow at |Great Britain. That it is anything else but a plan for peace will be ap- parent with but little consideration. If American imperialism really de- | sirés peace for herself and the im-| | perialist world (we consider in this | | article only the inner-imperialist con- | |flicts and not the general struggle | ;of imperialism against the Soviet | Union) the requisite procedure seems | | quite simple. It would be sufficint | {for immediate purposes for the two | | most powerful imperialist nations— | | American and Great Britain—to sign| |a treaty, against war and agree to| | move jointly against any other capi-| talist nation, or nations, which dis-| turbed the peace, The combination! of forces would be too powerful for| | any possible grouping of capitalist | nations to challenge. But imperialism |is not pacifist and cannot be pacifist. | UT at Geneva there is no talk, or even rumor of such an alliance. “Peace pacts” with Japan, yes, “peace pacts” with France, yes, with both these nations, yes—these ques- tions are discussed and given wide publicity. Toward Great Britain there is only hostility at Geneva on the part of the American delegates. Geneva is a danger signal for the American masses, (It will make no | difference if the diplomats find at} last some formula which will tone} down the atmosphere of hostility. | There will still remain the unalterable fact that American and British im- | perialism face each other across a chasm which will be closed only as they come to grips amid the thunder of guns.) E do not intend to give the im- pression that here and there as their interests dictate there may not be temporary understanding and even joint action as at Nanking. But these understandings will arise principally as a result of general imperialist hos- tility toward the Soviet Union and the points and periods of agreement in inner imperialist politics will be- come less frequent and of shorter duration. Already the “big navy” interests of America are gleeful. They fore-} see a tremendous program of naval building in the near future and the} money now used to make refunds on} income tax payments can be easily | utilized .for speedy and powerful cruisers and ‘auxiliary craft. The plutoerats who now receive the big refunds probably will be glad to forego them in return for loud testi- monials to their patriotism—and the huge navy which will defend their present holdings and wrest more for them from colonial peoples. and im- perialist rivals. The pressure of militarism upon the American masses is bound to in- crease. American imperialism, in Latin America and in China, has launched its career of conquest. In Geneva it speaks already as the ruler of the world. Accepting the decision of the last Plenum of the Communist Inter- national, the Communist Party of America must make clear the lesson of Geneva to the American working- class and proceed more energetically than ever before to prepare it to put in practice in the most effective way the Leninist slogan of “Fight your own imperialism first!” What the Daily Worker Means to the Workers | More Encouraging Contributions || to Our Emergency Fund, C. Pacholok, W. P. Br. Local Utica, from basket party .. Int. Branch, Muskegon, Mich. A. M. Minneapolis, Minn.. St. Nucleus 8, age 3, Chicago. Section 7, N. Y. H. Harbeiu, Sh sabi Mich... Street N. 9, Harkabus, Detroit. . '22.00 B. Deutch, Detroit, Mich...... ++ 38.00 Pienic collection, Detroit, Mich. Street N. 1, Seattl; Wash....... S. Slavie Workers Prog, Club | “Milan Glumac”, Chicago... .10.00 Roumanian Wks. Club, Chicago. 50. 00) Amer. Lithuanian Wks. Lit. Sov., Local 86, Chicago, Il..... 5.00 W. Henshke, Sicklerville, N. J, S. 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The productions, which are to be staged under the direction of | Prof. Randolph Somerville, will i elude, “Fanny’s First Play,” “Mi alliance,” “Getting Married,” “You Never Can Tell” and “Candida.” Although Bernard Shaw is rather | popular hereabout, the plays chosen | above are not often seen in this city. The players are: Elberta Trowbridge, Judith Knight, Mildred Anderson, | Margaret Campbell, Kathleen Fitz- gerald, Anna Smith-Payne, John} |Koch, Edward Fitzhugh, Richard Ceough and James pak uas iets New York Group to View Mausoleum of | Lenin: See Kremlin For many generations the Kremlin in Moscow has been a spot of fore- most interest to the traveler, but now those who come from every corner of the earth to see for themselves the wonders of Soviet Russia are drawn to a spot. outside the Kremlin walls, | The noted dancer and ballet-masvea the Cloakmakers and. Furriers benefit performance at. the Coney Island Stadium, Saturday evening July 16. —THEATRE GUILD ACTING B=} The SECOND aN The SILVER CORD John T.58,E.ofBwy.|Circle Golden‘? ‘Thur.&Sat.| 5678 where the body of Lenin rests, A atre The present mausoleum is only a Rittle Theat Bway. GRAND temporary building of wood but is to | Eveni t 8:30. STREET be replaced by a stone edifice later. | MAT!, FOLLIES ND THURSL Perhaps then the body will no Tonge Hone gh 6 Snare al ede VERE BARES ES i er be on view, but at present, those who have obtained special permission | Th é L A D D E R may see the remains of the leader of summer areat Bente gaan, the Russian revolution just as he ap-| t Theatre, 48 St. B. of peared on the day of his death, | -_ Matinee Wednesday. It is a unique privilege which has | inspired many thousands of Russian workmen and peasants, and makes a lasting impression on all those who are permitted to enter the little red | building which has become world fa- mous. Also within this tomb are the banners of the Communist Inter- national and the ‘war banner of the Paris Commune of 1871. | A Rostrum. From the top of this mausoleum, | which is reached by steps oh either} side, the greatest figures the the Russion revolution have addressed the workers of Moseow and reviewed the important demonstrations parades in the Red Square. | Warner Bros. Present B. 8. Moss | COLONY |“The First Auto” B'way at 53rd with Barney Oldfield Continuous | on the screen and Noon to } in person Midnite | and New Vitaphone en sot nahn The Lakewood Pinger of Skow- hegan, Me., presented last night ‘A Free Soul” a dramatization of Adela Rogers St. John’s novel of the same title by Willard Mack. John Crom- well, who intends presenting the and | drama in the fall in association with William A. Brady, played the lead- This mausoleum is but one of the | ing role. many revolutionary landmarks which will be visited by those who leave “Hold ’Em_ Helen,” the new is staging a special ballet of fifty for _ | with the World Tourists on July 14th for a six weeks’ trip to Russia. Ar- rangements have been made with the USSR Society for Cultural Relations | with Foreign Countries to make ex-| cursions to, revolutionary museums, | where there are the revolutionary pa- pers of all countries and examples of the propaganda which brought about the revolution in Russia, and various interesting objects which bring be- fore the traveler a vivid»picture of | the years of struggle which produced | the present Workers’ Republic. The party going under the man- agement of the World Tourists is limited, and there are only 48 more places vacant. The time is short in which to file an application, so ev- eryone interested should write imme- diately for a booklet and further in-} formation to the World Tourists, Inc.,! Schwab and Mandel musical show has undergone a change of name. It is now called “Good News” and goes into, rehearsal today. Texas Guinan and her musical show “Padlocks” did not open at the Shubert Theatre last night as an- nounced, The opening date has been set for Tuesday, July 5th, at the same | theatre. The settings of Theatre Guild pro- ductions for next season will be done as follows: Lee Simonson will design “Faust” and “Mareo Millions”; Joe Mielziner, ‘The Doctor’s Dilemma”; Cleon Throckmorton, “Porgy” and Aline Bernstein, “The Game of Love and Death.” ‘ ————= |E}, B. Ford, Farribault, Minn, |G. Lanza, Rochester, N. Y.. 41 Union Square, New York City. : | CURRENT EVENTS " (Continued from Page One) G. Halek, San Francisco, Cal office in the land made a bitter at- A. A. Stillman, San Francisco. ..2.00| tack on “Wall Street imperialism” G. Dreuth, San Francisco, Calif...2.00| and on Rome. He pledges himself to E. C. Henry, Toledo, 0.... the policies followed by Callés in re- M. Marcy, Loupurex, Pa. lation to Wall Street and Rome. The Ann Holland, Norwalk, 0. general has his work cut out for him, but as long as he hews to the line of his speech he will have the sup- 1.00! port of all radical and progressive 2.00! elements in the United States. W. Ake, Cincinnati, O...... S. B. Hetrick, Elwood, Ind. AT PECIAL PRICE? Three Valuable Booklets Everyone of threse three should be read by every worker and kept for ready reference on a worker’s book-shelf. Take advantage of the lower rate to get all three, COMPANY UNIONS by Robt. W. Dunn CLASS STRUGGLES IN AMERICA by A. M. Simons THE CLASS STRUGGLE by Karl Kautsky All three for 50 CENTS Books offered tn t @ in limited’ quanti e and filled in turn 25 —10 —.25 column on All Co tah received,