The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 30, 1927, Page 3

wh i re THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1927 CIGARMAKERS OUT IN MANILA; LABOR GAINS STRENGTH MANILA, June 29,—Despite the at- | tempts of American business men and | governmental officials to smash labor | unions, a wave of strikes is sweeping | over Manila. | Cigarmakers here went on strike | today and sueceeded in effectively | tying up one of the city’s major in-| dustries. Several days ago 2,000 | stevedores struck for a wage increase | of 121% cents and got it. American authorities are doing ev- | erything in their power to crush the| rapidly growing labor unions. Sev- eral weeks ago Admiral Kittele eom- pelled workers at the munition dump at Cavite to swear that they would) resign from their union, The growing unrest of the peasant- Ty on sugar and tobacco plantations | coupled with the organization of | workers is causing the American offi- cials a good deal of anxiety. The suc- cess of the Chinese revolution is be-| lieved to have had a good deal to do| with the growing consciousness of | Philippine workers. | Order | NOW Your bundle of the Special An Of July Number of the DAILY WORKER o } This Special Number of The DAILY WORKER will be devoted chiefly to Great Brit- ain and its role in the pres- ent world situation. This issue will contain special ar- ticles on the relations of Great Britain and America, England as the Mad Dog of Europe, a study of conditions of the British Working Class. This number will be of great historical importance and will contain a number of very valuable articles of the most timely significance. It will also contain material to coun- teract the jingoistic propa- ganda which usually accom- panies the July 4th Celebra- tion. Your unit cannot afford to miss this opportunity to arrange a special distribution of The DAILY WORKER and increase its circle of readers. 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It is the only way to finance the Convention and prevent Mexican Federals Quell OilInspired Revolt of Yaqui Indian Tribesmen MEXICO CITY, June 29,—Ya- || qui Indians in the Sonora district, whose rebellion against the Fed- || eral government has given rise to much speculation concerning the source of their supplies of war material, ete., have been finally subdued and split up into small groups. General Francisco Manzo, mil- itary commandment of Sonora, has notified President Calles thet a large Federal force was no longer necessary and that 2,000 troops could be withdrawn from the ter- ritory. It is believed that certain oil interests, in cooperation with the disgruntled priest clement of the district, have been in the main re- sponsible for inciting and aiding the -tribesmen in their glorified cattle raids. Tourists Sailing For Soviet Union To Start July 14 The tourist rush for Europe has be- | gun. Last Saturday’s papers. re- ported the greatest number of pas- sengers that ever sailed on one day. Thousands of dollars spent in fare- | well gifts of flowers and candy; thousands of friends crowding the boats and piers to wave farewell as | the boats swung out into the river | and down the bay. | Nothing is quite so thrilling as see- | ing ‘an ocean liner hop off except be- | ing on one yourself and watching the New York skyline fade and the old | statue of liberty dwindle to pigmy size and finally disappear over the horizon. On one of these boats last Saturday was a delegation of American stu- dents setting out for Soviet Russia; and on July 14th another group in- cluding doctors, nurses, teachers, business men and workers will be slipping out of the Swedish American line dock on the “Gripsholm” bound for a similar trip to the first Work- ers’ Republic. To some of these tourists this will be a first ocean voyage, and nothing was ever more thrilling than that. To others it will be a return to their) native land which has seen such | mighty changes since they left it fif- | teen or twenty years ago. Many of this party have visited almost every other country of Europe, but Rus- | sia has always been the land of the | unknown about which their curiosity has been aroused by lurid and fan- tastic newspaper tales for many years. All of these tourists have grasped eagerly his first opportunity to make a trip to Soviet Russia, real- izing that the simplification of the vise problem alone is a tremendous advantage. An arrangement to guar- antee visas for all members of the party has been made by the Cultural Relations Society of the U. S. S. R. with the World Tourists Inc. of 41 Union Square and only by joining this July 1th tour will Americans |be assured of entrance to Soviet Rus- | |sia for many months to come. Further inferriition on this six weeks’ trip should be obtained at once. DUNMORE, June 29.-— William} Montgomery Brown, the heretic) bishop, Albert Weisbord, organizer of | the Passaic strike and Arturo Giovan- niti will be among the speakers at a &te release of Sacco and Vanzetti at All Saints Hall, Reilly and Warren Street, on July 2nd. goose YOUR mass meeting to demand the immedi- | (Continued from Page One) being spread through the medium of the foreign press hostile to the pro- letarian state. The direct object of this press campaign is the desire to divert attention from the danger of war which is threatening the Soviet Union and from new adventures being prepared against the Union with ma- terial and moral support from the British conservative cabinet. “All this induces me to reply to your telegram at some length. “The verdict passed by the USPD you call in your telegram ‘execu- tions without trial.’ This is incorrect. According to the law of our state, the Collegium of the USPD, in those cases when it is necessary to combat counter revolutionary ac- tivities, is vested with the powers of a revolutionary tribunal. Thus the Collegium of the USPD is an ex- traordinary court which formally is analogous to such extraordinary courts and court, martials as exist in all bourgeois states, the differ- ence in principle consisting in that the Soviet Court inflicts punishment on counter-revolutionaries, while tn the bourgeois countries punishment is being inflicted on the revolutionary | workers. | White Terror Forees Executions. | “T would like to remind you that the extraordinary commission which existed during the period of interven- tion and civil war was immediately liquidated as soon as the Soviet State succeeded in driving out the inter- ventionist forces organized and fi- nanced by Churchill and in over- coming the internal counter-revolu- tion. “By this act the Soviet State showed that it considered possible under the new conditions to use for- mer methods of defending the Soviet power against . counter-revolution only in extraordinary contingencies when compelled thereto by attempts ‘on the part of whiteguard plotters. “In your telegram you state that part of British opinion is “shocked” by the recent sentences inflicted by the USPD...I thing this is due to underrating those specific conditions | would be criminal not to take reso-| eget THe Geqey7 Ae fi 5 / C oq FERENCE ” Phay 4 PPP et Ws vkoff Nails British Lies right to build up the socialistic so- ciety. 4 “The working class of our union has to carry on its constructive work in a surrounding of capitalistic states. At the present moment the conserva- tive government of Great Britain having broken off diplomatic rela- tions with the Soviet Union is carry- ing on against the latter a fierce in- imical campaign throughout the world and is preparing another war adventure, British Plots. “Every bourgeois state may use for the struggle against the first pro- letarian state all the resources of its state machinery, its financial power and its press. tion of using in the struggle against the U.S.S.R. armed forces as well is| being put forward. “In view of this fierce struggle en- lergetic action of the workers govern- ment against active plotters, counter- revolutionaries, adherents of mon- archy and of bourgeois regime in the U.S.S.R. is a forced and absolutely inevitable action. “When the enemies are using all} kinds of means, even bribery, plot- | ng, murders, provocation, arson and | of yvilitary attacks, it soadion juve incaaures to protect the interests | of workers and peasants, and the ~workers of the U.S.S.2, would con-| sider such conduct as treachery to} the revolution and connivance with | counter-revolution. Caught Red-Fanded. | “Rourgeois public opinion is} ‘shocked’ by the execution of nobles, | landowners, monarchists. who have been caught red-handed in counter- revolutionary activities. But such a) position cannot be shared by the | working class. “You ask that the reprisals should cease: The Soviet Union attaches the greatest value to the opinion of the British working class, but it| seems to me that it is in the interest of the working class of the world despite the hatred and the innumer- able blows from class enemies to pre- serve the toilers’ state—~the first in in which the working class of our union has to defend the right of the for them— your right to vote. 50c to the District Office -{] srunewts oF JOURNALISM MUST STUDY HISTORY, ECONGMICS AND POLITICS IN THE SOVIET UNION MOSCOW, June 17.—(By Mail.)— | Requirements for men and women who wish to enter the Soviet schools of journalism have just been pub- ‘lished in the press here, Those who want to study in the State Institute of Journalism must be able to orient themselves in cur- rent political events, They must have a correct understanding of the decisions of party congresses and conferences, especially of the 14th and 15th party, conferences, and the recent plenums of the CC of the CPSU (b). They must also be well bagi rg ed in the history of the CPSU (b), as well as in economics and in history of the class struggle. Students with university education who register for journalism courses must pass examinations in the fol- lowing subjects: economies, the his- | of Russia and western Europe, | andthe Mstory of ‘toilers’ state of existence and the| on its world important work of or- the history of mankind—which was born in battle and which is carrying In economies the minimum require- ments aré Karl Marx’s “Capital”, volumnes I and II, and Lenin’s “Im- perialism: The Last Stage of Capi- talism’”’, In the history of the class strug- gle in western Europe the minimum required is: “Modern History of Western Europe”, N, M, Lukin, Chap- ters 1 to 4; the “ Alas Struggle in France, 1848-1850, Karl Marx; the History of the Labor Movement in England, France and Germany; and the “Civil War in France 1871,” Karl Marx. The rest of the required reading included in the minimum includes “History of the CPSU (b)”, by Po- pov; “Russian History front Ancient Times, Vol. IV”, Pokrovsky; “Concise Russian History”, Vol. UI; “Brief Description of the History of the And now the ques-| Revolutionary Movement in Russi during the 19th and 20th centuries.” ganizing the socialistic society in ex- ceptionally difficult conditions. “It is not the defence of any con-}\ vieted persons that the campaign actually being waged against U.S. S.R. in connection with the verdict of the U.S.S.R. is aiming at this cam- paign is an integral part of the gen- eral campaign against the Soviet Re-} public. By the means of this cam- paign interested circles and in the} first place the British tory ‘die- hards’ wish to divert public opinion from the flagrant crime they are! committing by preparing a new war, launching a fierce attack against the | working class, suppressing with the utmost. cruelty the liberating move- ment of oppressed peoples and |classes thruout the world, financing | monarchist and whiteguare organi-| gations. Must Defend Revolution. “The primary duty of true repre-| sentatives of the working class is to | defend the interests of the proletarian | revolution against counter-revolution jin all its aspeets and not to cover |whiteguards, brigand monarchist or- | ganizations and their agents. “I hope that the wide circles of} British public opinion, to let abone the working masses, will not give in Japanese Capital in | In the Yangtse district there are 24,8376 Japanese subjects (including | Koreans and inhabitants of Formosa), They are grouped in the following ,harboues; Shanghai, Nanking, Soo }chow, Wufu, Hangchow, Kiukiang, | Shunking, Wuhan (Hankow), Chendo, | Saze, Ishang and Shangsha. Of the 36 factories in Tsingtau the Japanese own 16, that is to say 48.8 per cent, Reckoning their invest- |ments in Chinese factories in Tsing- | tau also, then Japanese own about 80 {per cent of the total invested capital. |In the rest of the Shangtung district, \the Japanese own 7 of the 10 textile | mills, 2 of the 8 grain mills, 3 of the following branches of industry; power stations. The great salt mines and coal mines of Shantung are al- most entirely in Japanese hands. In Manchuria, the Japanese occupy a special position. There are a tre- mendous number of Japanese resi- ! dents there: ‘ District Families Persons South Manchuria 62,335 214,139 North Manchuria 1,458 8,170 Kwangtonchow, (Dalni & . Port Arthur) 174,166 1,056,076 seman S2") Total 227,959 1,278,885 | The economic power of the Japanese in Manchuria is of course, very great. Apart from their railway concession, they are interested in the | Companies Nominal Capital Investments | Agriculture 21 80,111,000 Yen 8,961,000 Yen Forestry 7 4,465,000 2,365,000 | Fisheries 5 1,602,000 987,000 | Mining 6 g 8,185,000 | Industry 282 59,116,000 } Gas and Electricity 14 3,170,000 Commerce 350 56,071,000 | Banks 24 80,436,000 | Loan institutions 85 82,225,000 29,308,000 | Transport Companies 71 617,110,000 379,972,000 \ Warehousing Companies 13 10,067,000 3,350,000 Insurance x 2,000,000 500,000 Chinese concerns, Apart from this, numerous Japanese merchants have great interests in |Gold Concessionaires | Do Business in USSR | |; CURRENT EVENTS (Continued from Page One) Despite Tory Brea MOSCOW, June 1 (By Mail).—That the Anglo-Soviet rupture would not affect the operations of “The Lena Goldfields, Ltd.,” a British conces- sionaire company, was stated by the representative of this company. The company is enlarging its activ- ities in'the U. S. S. R. The interna- tignal research company ‘“Explora- tion” has been invited for carrying on new research work, as well as prom- engineers. One of the biggest dredges in the world is being installed in the Lena fields. The Revdin works, in the Ural, are being re-equipped, while a new copper refining mill, with a productive ca- pacity of about 13,000 tons yearly is being constructed at Dektiarka, also in the Ural. The working of foreign concession enterprises in the Soviet Union is quite possible, in the concessionnairé’s opinion. Foreign capital can meet with a fair attitude towards it in the U, S. S. R. and be sure of ‘a broad field for its activities. USSR Takes Export of Platinum From Anglo- American Trading Firm Saul G. Bron, chairman of the board of the Amtorg Trading Cor- poration, and K. Abolin, of the Russ- platina, the Soviet platinum export organization, yesterday announced jointly an important change in handling exports from the Soviet Union, Up to April such exports were in the hands of an Anglo-American syn- dicate. At the termimation of its con- tract, the export business was taken over by Russplatina, which has its foreign headquarters in Berlin. On behalf of Russplatina Mr. Abolin has now, signed @ contract making Am- torg the sole representative of Russ- platina in the United States. The new arrangement under which American imports of platinum will to the policy of provocation lies and preparation of a new war which is being conducted by the British gov- ernment.” come direct from the Soviet Union is expected to have a favordble influence on the Russian-American platinum trade, 5 k | How many millions of people haye | been euchered out of something pre- cious by ong third of the isrernal triangle, without knowing that’ old Nick was doing his dirty work. Rob- erta is coming to New York, which |means more trouble for Dr. Straton and perhaps for “Daddy” Browning: * * * HE most embarrassing moment in the life of chief of police Michael | Borrell of Cliffside, N. J., occurred |a few days ago when federal sleuths \$nent Soviet, English and American|on trouble bent raided a building of his and characterized it as an al cleaning plant. The building was misrepresented as an automobile \laundry and nobody was more sur- |prised than the chief when he dis- covered that wicked bootleggers were using the place to carry on_ the nefarious business. Chief Borrell should hang a hell on his revolver, ‘else some wise kid will sneak it out of his pocket. “ AN MOODY, governor of Texas and 200 prominent citizens of that state arrived here on Monday to see the dreadful Tammany ‘tiger in his lair. Away in the distant south the voters have heard horrible stories of the treacherous beast of prey but |tho they are from Texas, they have jthis in common with Missourians — | they have to be shown. Now, if Ar | Smith ean promise Moody a niece soft job with a lot of dignity thrown in, ‘when the tiger lands in Washington, — ‘the state of Texas might forget Wil- liam Gibbs McAdoo. Baron Jailed For Rape. LONDON, June 29.—Sir Gerald | Maxwell Willshire pleaded guilty in |Kent Assizes, Maidstone today to @ charge of “indecently and unlaw- |fully, assaulting Miss Jean Olds, a |London Mannequin, and was sen- tenced to six months imprisonment. Miss Olds charged that Sir Gerald had taken her to the woods near Bearsted last May 10th, and attacked her. | Despite the warning of the pre- | siding judge that the case was one that refined people would not wish to — | hear, the courtroom was crowded with |fashionable women. The case | aroused tremendous interest th ‘out England. 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