The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 30, 1927, Page 4

' nae THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1927 - DAILY WORKER Published by je DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING Co. a ly, Except Sunday Street, New York, N. ¥. Cable Addrecs: Phone, Orchard 1680 | “Daiwork" SUBSCRIPTION RATES mail (in New York only): By mail (outside of New York): d per year $4.50 six months $6.00 per year $8.50 six montha $2.50 three months $2.00 three months Address ali mail and make out enecks to THE DAILY WORKER, 33 First Street, New York, N. ¥. J, LOUIS ENGDAHL \ WILLIAM F, DUNNE * BERT MILLER......... ... business Manager red as second-class raail at the post-office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 8, 1879, an Ady rising rates on application. Preparations for War in the Air. The two army fliers, Lieutenants Lester J. Maitland and Al- F, Hegenberger, started Tuesday from Oakland, Californi to Hawaii, endeavoring to repeat in the Pacific the performances Lindbergh and Chamberlain in the Atlantic. The fact is defi- mitely established that army planes flying from this continent can @rop high explosives on the principal capitals of Europe. The flight to the middle of the Pavific was openly proclaimed as a mil- Wary maneuver, theoretically attacking a Japanese fleet midway between Honolulu ang San Francisco, discovering its return trip blocked and continuing to Hawaii. Simultaneous with these flights occurs the open breach at Geneva between the United States on one ‘side and Britain and Japan on the other over the question of naval armaments. Accord- | ing to Wythe Williams, Geneva correspondent of the New York zi | _ Times, the American delegation is going to begin a propaganda campaign to prepare public opinion for the conflict between these powers that, although not imminent, is inevitable. Williams re- ports that in the event of the complete breakdown of the Geneva conference ‘“‘the American delegation feels that the American pub- lic would then fully realize our exact position in relation to other world powers.” We can assure the pen valets of capitalism that to the extent that it is in our power we will do our utmost to see to it that at least the exploited section of the American public—the vast ma- jority—tuily realizes the fact that a new blood bath is being pre! pared by the greedy and avaricious imperialist monsters of Wall Street and that the position of the United States in relation to other powers is that of a giant endeavoring to bestride the earth, and bring the rest of the world under its domination. To achieve its aim it now starts its propaganda machine working overtime in| an effort to deceive the workers into the shambles of the next war. | Tremendous strides in aviation indicate a revolution in war-} fare. The uncertainty, hesitancy and general confusion that char- | acterize discussions of army and navy policy is due to the fact! that profound changes are taking place in the technique of war- fare. That aviation will play a leading role, if not the leading role, is evident. Capital ships will have to depend for protection upon| a formidable array of planes that can fight off the air forces of | the enemy. Characteristic of the revolution in warfare is the re-| cent award of the Airship Competition Board to the Goodyear | Tire & Rubber Company in the design competition of a new diri- gible of 6,500,000 cubic feet gas capacity. This will be by far the} largest airship in the world, exceeding by a million and a half cubic} feet gas capacity the dargest of the British dirigibles and almost! twice the size of the biggest German type of dirigible. The new! airship will be capable of carrying five of the largest type of | Fokker planes, which can be launched from the big ship while it is| in the air. | The frantic race that will unquestionably be launched for the| building of naval cruisers and the keen aircraft competition now raging throughout the world must be met with the most relentless, | militant and determined opposition on the part of the workers. | Right now, while the imperialists are making their preparations | for the next war, we must expose their machinations and impede with every means at our command the sanguinary preparations of the international butchers. Workers’ Tours. A workers’ tourist agency (World Tours, Inc.) seems a far} off ery from the class struggle but nevertheless its entry into the} , field of workers’ activities has considerable value for the Amer- ican worker, farmer progressives and other liberals. | As a first venture the trip to Soviet Russia demonstrates the} invaluable effectiveness of such an agency. Barriers are removed} which formerly seemed arduous, visas secured without any red tape although ordinarily it takes much longer. Sightseeing trips| in Moscow and Leningrad are being arranged with various Soviet | institutions that formerly only granted privileges to official dele- gations. ‘i ‘Instead of going to dead Sphinxes and dead cities the tourists will visit a living world, full of wonders building up a new society. Its attractiveness as a trip and reasonable charge cannot be over- stressed. | - All comrades should stimulate interest in the tour among! their fellow workers, the liberal elements in their neighborhood | who have friends and relatives in Russia. = The tour is of great value not only because of its rare oppor- tunities for having a thrilling vacation but it also has splendid propaganda value. x _ Recognition of Soviet Russia, and Hands Off Soviet Russia campaigns will take on new life with 500 or 1000 enthusiastic tourists returning from a country where the workers and peasants are building Socialism. : +-Let all comrades get behind the World Tours, Inc., boost its ture to Soviet Russia and help make it possible for tens ds of workers in the near future to see new worlds in in Russia—in China and other countries which’ will definite factors in the World Revolution. Support of the Furriers’ Union Is Defending the Right to Picket, e Ewald of the Jefferson Market court, unquestionably a deliberate policy decided by far more important offi- n the city hall and the state capital, dealt another blow day morning to the right to peacefully picket. sentencing of some fifty members of the Furriers’ Union 4 DANGER AHEAD! jor® By T. LOAF. (Continued) IN May 12 a year had passed since} the military coup of Pilsudski in Poland. This fascist roke, en- gineered with the assistar ig land, marked the pronounced will on England’s part to encircle the Soviet Union. But at the same time this ‘overturn in Poland meant the shely-| ing of the influence of France in Poland, a fact of no little significance to one who knows the post-war his-| tory of that fascist-ridden country. | As in Rumania the Bojars, so in| Poland the influential Nationalist Block have been resentful of this change of foreign orientation, in one Ce from France to Italy that is to , in the other directly from France toward England. 'XACTLY a year later, on May 12th, | 1927 the die-hards of the British » government, inspired by the Colonial Secretary Amery and directed by| Scotland Yard orientated by Home Secretary Joynson-Hicks were giving | by means of the Arcos raid, an act! of unprecedented diplomatic banditry, the “final touches” to this policy of isolating the Soviet Union and at the same time were trying with their “most modern and scientific” burglar tools to rivet an Anglo-French diplo- matic unity. ‘ 'HE Arcos raid preceded but by four days the French visit; and the re- ported dissension and debate in the! English cabinet as to the advisability | of a complete break with the Soviet | a Union was paralleled by. “conversa-| tions” between Chamberlain and) Briand. To this fact and not to the excuse of a necessary thoro examina- tion of the stolen papers—most of ‘the capitalist papers admitted that the raid was in this respect a fiasco—| was due the delay in the government’s declaration in parliament. The four days of bargaining be-| tween the so-called “statesmen” of | England and France were taken up} with forming a “united front” at the| coming session of the League Council. | As far as the English policy was con- cerned, it meant the putting of all the! League powers to the anti-Soviet, chariot of Britain. { There were still some mere “coinci- dences” that centered around . that date of May 12th, IV N May 12th was set the conference | of the three Little Entente powers | in Joachinsthal, Czecho-Slovakia. It | |was known that Yugo-Slavia, threat- the aggressive and rabid anti-Soviet politicians in the Baldwin cabinet was the then proceeding “International Economie Conference” where the com- promise being reached in adopting a resolution which would give a mean- ing to the participation of the Soviet! Union in the present world economy would by implication work against a too inimical policy of the English tories. Because of lack of space we cannot here discuss the economic sig- nificance of the known formula, pre- sented to the conference by the Soviet delegation—this estimate anyway is longer than originally projected—but it would surely lessen for a time the tension between the imperialist world and the Soviet Union, URNING back to the Anglo-French “understanding” for the session of the League Council we see how the raising @f the question of the Soviet Union necessarily involved all the burning issues between the imperialist powers. Whether the French govern- ment was informed before of the com- ing Arcos raid, or the tories decided to put before it an “accomplished fact” we do not know. But the raid surely was meant to unite the two powers in a joint campaign, aiming to start with, at a diplomatic and econ- omic blockade to clear the way for a warlike expedition against the Soviet Union. By an irony of fate it made, ac- cording to us, the actual bargain be- tween all the powers harder to ar- range. HAT were the issues to be “set- tled” between England and France at that moment? First, the extent to which France was ready to support England’s anti- Soviet policy and, be it added, also Chinese policies and the price England was ready to pay for this support. Second, what should be done with the still largely unpaid “compensa- tion” to Germany for signing the Lo- carno pact? The possible necessity of her joining England and France in an anti-Soviet campaign was making the “settling” of the question absolutely imperative. But then, how big a “re. ward” it should be and which of the two powers should pay the bigger por- tion of it? Third, the exceedingly aggressive and forceful expansionist policy of Italy which by her intrigues in Al- bania and Rumania, and lately also in Bulgaria and Greece, wastrying to | influence of their dreaded antagonist establish herself in the Balkans for | good and was extending her tentacles into North Africa and Asia Minor, |everywhere coming into conflict with the “established” imperialist interests of France; nay, more, nurturing anew |the spirit of “Italia Irredenta” with |regard to the city of Nice, the pro- existed a possibility that the Little | Vince of Savoy and also the island of Entente might receive a new lease of Corsica. life. But the strengthening of the| Little Entente was in the interests of France and by this fact alone it meant a a the weakening of the continental in- | behind Italy there was standing Great fluence of Great Britain, while for | Britain? What to do with this “Bal- Italy it would mean a marked setback kan problem”, the mention only of to her Balkan plans. Moreover it was Which revives all the memories of the known that Yugo-Slavia was ready to | World War that was ignited in this conclude a neutrality agreement with cursed” territory with its tradition the Soviet Union. of thousands of revolts and constant NOTHER occurrence closely con- | guerilla warfare? ** nected with the determination of| It at once brings to the fore the ened with complete encircling and isolation by the Italo-British policy, was asking for the support of the other two presumable: allies. This time, because of the “dashing” policy of Italy in reestablishing the Hungary in Central Europe, there HAT should be done with all that if even a school boy knows that ers are in jail nevertheless. The arbitrary power of the police and a magistrate makes the ruling of the supreme court a farce. The convictions and sentences come after the arrest of 246 workers on the picket line as a climax to the general attack that has been made on the union for months. The issue is clear. The bosses and their courts are deter- mined to make peaceful picketing impossible while at the same \time saving the face of their higher and more eminently respecta- ble judicial bodies. The actions of the police and magistrates are a challenge to the whole labor movement. If it takes a passive attitude, if determined and uncompromis- ing support for the Furriers’ Union is not forthcoming, the pre- eedent established will be used against the labor movement in all its strikes for years to come. Strikes without picketing mean little in most industries. The effort to prevent picketing by mass arrests and jailings is also a blow at the right to strike. The New York labor movement, operating in the largest city in America, has the duty of speaking and acting determinedly, not tomorrow or a week from now, but today, The Furriers’ Union is in the first line trenches defending the right to strike and picket. The reserve army of labor must come to their aid or they face defeat in a field of labor activity where such privileges as exist have been won by years of struggle. The defense of the Furriers’ Union and support for its strike, is defense and support of the whole American labor movement. Standard Oil Thanks Admiral Williams, Rear Admiral Williams, in command of the naval forces that initiated the shelling of Hankow and the slaughter of 7,000 unarmed inhabitants, is the recipient of a congratulatory letter from the assistant general manager of the Standard Oil Company. The letter, published in another part of this issue, contains none of the perfervid hokum that filled the columns of the reptile press about protection of American lives. Standard Oil states frankly that it values the services of Williams, because he “not only pro- tected the lives of our staff, but saved us from greater financial loss,” and “convoyed our vessel8 through disturbed districts.” This letter reveals at one stroke the real reason for the pres- ence of armed forces of the United States in Chinese waters— they are there to protect the American exploiters of China and to pave the way for further imperialist penetration of that country, and the war against China is in the interest of Standard Oil, the House of Morgan and other bandits of Wall Street. This letter should be kept in mind by all workers who may be from three to ten days for picketing is an act committed 4 ion of the state supreme court au- ‘o claim is made that the picketing recently interpreted but these work- called upon to fight to defend the interests of these exploiters un- der the cheap patriotic slogans of defending American lives and property or making the world safe for civilization. question of the control of the Mediter- ranean Sea, that is the route to India, the question of, Turkey and the whole Near East including on the one side Persia and Afghanistan, on the other Egypt. It touches at once on the memora- \ble project of the Berlin-Bagdad rail- way that thanks to Yugo-Slavia’s lovertures to Germany is being again | broached there, JN a word, a, powder magazine of a |“ myriad imperialist. covetings and rapacities was apt to be stirred to a point of explosion in a world whose stability—as a result of the last war —is surely very shaky. E do not know the secrets of the conversations between Chamber- lain and Briand, but despite the fact that the negotiations between Chich- erin and the French in the matter | of Russian debts and presumably also regarding France’s. attitude towards the Soviet Union, have not met with success and despite also the hateful and noisy clamoring of the French capitalist press and some members of the French cabinet for the suppres- sion of the French Communist Party, | Briand could not afford to appear as absolutely tied to England in his pol- icy. Then if the French Nationalists had nothing against and possibly even encouraged a break with the Soviet Union, these very same Nationalists were against any conciliation with Germany. This meant for Briand that he could not pay a too high price for his “Thoiry policy”; he could not give satisfaction to the German demand of an effective evacuation of the Rhine- land. But this was in its turn mak- ing it difficult for Briand to come to tri-partite understanding with Eng- land and Germany about a policy against the Soviet Union. OWEVER, despite all the difficul- ties, it is more than probable that Chamberlain and Briand have reached in London an agreement as to their policy at the coming League session. It is said that Briand was offered by Chamberlain compensation in China .|through extension of the French “sphere of influence” from Indo-China into the Chinese province of Yunan. Briand was probably assured also of a continued French partnership in the control of Mediterranean Sea as well as of England’s readiness to check somewhat the ‘too troublesome Mussolini. Furthermore both powers agreed probably on the number of troops to be evacuated from the Rhineland as well as about the ques- tion of Germany’s colonial aspirations. ‘HE fact that France has supported England’s policy in Egypt during the recent clash between the British imperialists and the Egyptian Nation- alists coupled with the planned visit of the French fleet to Portsmouth and the cordialities of the French state visit to England, is indicative of some common policy. The key to this common policy lies in the often disregarded fact that France is the second largest colonial empire. In this respect an “entente cordiale” between England and France serves as a basis for common sup- pression of colonial peoples. If France supports Great Britain in keeping Egypt in check it is because she gets British cooperation in suppressing the “plottings” of the Syrian revolution- ists living in Egypt, directed against French rule in her “mandated” ter- ritory. 'HUS it would seem that Chamber- lain and Briand were prepared to present a united front in Geneva. But two factors apparently were not sufficiently discounted in this com- bination; the entrance of the German Nationalists into the government and the role of Poincare. To these two factors may be added yet two occur- rences that took place immediately be- fore the session of the League Coun- cil: the rupture between Yugo-Slavia and Albania and the fall of the Avarescu. government in Rumania supplanted by a henchman of the Rumanian “boss” Bratiano, Stirbey (later by Bratiano himself). While the first meant a highly provocative act of Yugo-Slavia against Italy, the second meant a return back to a French orientation in Rumania, The League Council stood thus before a new tense situation in the Balkans, However, it was primarily the ques- tion of Germany, more correct of the German “price” demanded for her “western orientation” that broke up that memorable meeting. 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Beginning this Saturday the Film Arts Guild will show at Moss’ Cameo Theatre the American premiere presentation of “Streets of Sorrow,” a picture which has been accorded tremendous receptions in Europe and hailed as a screen-sensation. The director, George W. Pabst, who re- cently gave us “The Treasure” and “Secrets of a Soul” has painted with stark naturalism post-war life in Vienna. The story is takerf from the novel by Hugo Bettauer and deals with the ghastly conditions in the Austrian capital spawned by the backwash of war and intensified by the money- grubbing speculators and capitalists of the period. One street, Molchior Gasse, serves as the axis around which. revolves a cross-section of black misery when human emotions warped and tangled by incredible misery plunged its people into a caul- dron of seething suffering. Starva- tion, endless meat-lines waiting hope- lessly in front of butcher shops—gold lust—stock manipulations of the war —rich—intrigues of the allies—the Will co-star in “Just Fancy!”, a musical version of the A. E, Thomas comedy “Just Suppose,” now being prepared for Broadway showing. harlotry of middle-class daughters— murders—a frenzied buying and sell- ing of everything—forbidden night pleasures carried on surreptiously— all were neighbors on the “Streets of Sorrow.” A ‘cast of thirty principal players, of continental renown enact the num- erous situations of this remarkable sereen-drama, Four of the outstand- ing roles are portrayed by artists who are familiar to New York au- diences: Greta Garbo, Werner Kraus, A. Nielson and Einar Hansen. Broadway Briefs } John Gilbert and Greta Garbo, who played in “Flesh and the Devil,” will again appear before the camera to- gether in “Love,” Metro’s newest production based on Tolstoi’s famous novel, “Anna Karenina.” Edmund Goulding will direct the film. 2,000 boys, members of the Street Safety School Patrol, will be guests of Warner Bros, at a special show- ing of the Barney Oldfield film, “The First Auto,” at the Colony Theatre, tomorrow morning, July ist at 10 A.M, “The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari,” seems to have settled down for a run at Moss’ Cameo Theatre, where it is now in the second week. It is planned to follow this program with the premiere presentation in this country of “Streets of Sorrow,” a dramatic and engrossing European film of post-war life in Vienna in which Greta Garbo, Werner Kraus, Einar Hanson and Asta Nielson play the featured roles. The film is spon- sored by the Film Arts Guild. E. L. Cowan, E. Syracuse, N Y. 1.00 P. E. Delafe, (collected in cigar BNO) DIX. 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