The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 21, 1927, Page 4

| } Page Four THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1927 THE DAILY WORKER Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. Daily, Except Sunday 8S First Street, New York, N. Y. Cable Addre=: SUBSCRIPTION RATES A. GUSAKOFF. The attention of the entire world | is at present centered around China. | Every class conscious worker knows | very well, that the victory of the | Phone, Orchard 1680 “Datwork” The Youth in China which is usually had within the walls | and of all the imaginable possibilities of the factory. It will be very easy|for them. The Chinese workers and to understand the general, labor Sons | Senne, workers know too damn well ditions in China when you will know, | the reality and believe very little in that the recommendations of the in-| this “pie in the sky” propaganda. By mail (in New York only): By mail (outside of New York): 68.00 per year $4.50 six months $6.00 per year 96.50 six months $2.60 three months $2.00 three months Chinese workers and peasants, will | be the beginning of a new revolu-| tionary wave the world over and un- vestigating commission to prohibit the employment of children under ten | factor The youth in China is an important in construction of a new) The one hundredth performance of | wey ee Address all Soe ieake) cus eee | for the liberation of foreign and na- THE DAILY WORKER, 88 First Street, New Yerk, N. ¥. | tive imperialism, will be lost, that a| J. LOUIS ENGDAHL Editors | new period of reaction, which will be WILLIAM F. DUNNE ; Rs |led by the labor fakers and the trai- BEPT MILLER.. busin Manager | tors to the cause of emancipation will nen | Set in. The chinese youth plays a Entered as second-class mai! at the post-office at New York, N. Y., under | very important part in the present the act of March 8, 1879. revolutionary movement and it is of great importance also to learn what Advertising rates on applicao® | important part is the Chinese youth Sears S playing in the various industries in China, and review to some extent the history of the youth movement in China, derstands, that if the bitter struggle . Preparing for the Next Phase of the Chinese Revolution. Imperialism in China has succeeded for the time being in ‘i a ¢ thi es age Fi i Te antaxtbolatetine up thel The bulk of young workers of this splitting the liberation movement in segments, g Ur leountry, who. are“yery little-acquain- power of the northern militarists and forcing the exclusion of| ted with the labor conditions in Chi- Communists from leading positions in the armies and government. | ne, and dene ets atte about sa ist ry whi 4) | labor in ina, Will no dou elleve This is a bald statement of a bloody process by which traitors | on amors ripieudruy the. canttal- like Chiang Kai-shek, after deserting the revolution, turned upon | ist press of this, as well as other the labor unions and peasant organizations, which make up its| capitalist countries that the Chinese mass base, and slaughtered thousands of their members. Hun-| revolution is not a result of the most ; ; ; miserable working conditions im- dreds of Communists have been tortured and killed. |maginable, as a result of the most War is being made upon the Communist Party directly by | fierce eenlotracen by cen ene 1 —] , } i j sa ra } y rey | native capitalism, a resu re) itter | outright tools of the imperialists and BAS SS who allowed | imbelievable Supransiony But that tls them to secure strategic posts in the national armies. ; The mod- | Chinese revolution is a result of this erate elements” upon which imperialism has been banking to stifle| “rea” propaganda, which is the per- the mass liberation movement are now in control. Even the| petual nighamas gelagee ampere Wuhan (Hankow) government, which stood out for a while against | pe ras a Cho Will eelee ate the traitors Chiang and Feng, has capitulated and agreed to sup-|jabor conditions will immediately pressive acts against the labor union and peasant organizations|change his opinion about the real and to measures against the Communists. earn precipitated the Chi- The imperialists are jubilant. -There is also rejoicing in the} Slavery in China begins very camp of the socialists and their liberal fringe. These two latter | early, already six years old children groups have given most valuable support to imperialism by their | 2t¢ at work, and generally working P g th liberatin movement led by the Com-| f°™ 6 a. m. to 6 p.m. The child- failure to support ne pmeral i reves Ee! oy |labor commissioner of the interna- munists and by their emphasis on the purely nationalist phase of | tional settlement of Shanghai, re- the great struggle in China. past et any uae eae Ae " f 7 i ro ae e WwW! | employed a e age of five. e in- Itis apparent now to anyone w ho oe es to BES that te war on| ventipntiog which ea paeantly bean the Communists is synonymous with war on the w orkers and peas-| made by the Shanghai investigating ants and their organizations. The capitalist and middle class ele-| committee found that in 274 factories ments, who lead this campaign under the auspices and with the|of Shanghai’s industrial district, Youth In Industry. years of age, and the proposal of 4/China, in the struggle against old} twelve hour day for those under 14, | traditions, old customs, and old be- and one day off at least every~two | lieves, weeks for all child workers were | An important part in all these “radical” recommondations and | struggles had been played by the in- aroused the antagonism of the! tejjectual students, who took part in| Shanghai taxpayers. : ._ | various revolutionary uprizings, be it It is absolutely impossible to go in| 4¢ political, or other nature, and the | all the details of the labor conditions | history of the Chinese youth move- | in China, as that would only be a! ment if full of cultural and other | repetition of unbelievable misery ,| drudgery and shameful exploitation. | It is necessary to mention that the Chinese youth is heavily represented in all the industries of China. We} can find a great number of them in the silk and textile industries, as| well as in many other basic indus- | tries. It is of importance to note, that the Chinese employed in the factories, | which are situated in the foreign | settlements are not within the laws) made by the government. So that if} certain laws are made, or passed, in| order to make the conditions easier, the foreigners are not touched by them. And it often happens that Chinese concerns in order to be im- mune from these laws move over to! the foreign settlement. The wages of these young and old workers will again prove this tail of} misery. Employees in cotton mills | get from ten to fifty cents a day, | while children in the same industry get from six to 25 cents a day. Why so many children are em- ployed in the various industries of China is simple. First because child- | | labor is much cheaper, and secondly, ! because they must support them- | selves, as the parent workers can not | possibly take care of them. The Student Movement. We should not wonder now, when we will learn, thatthe Chinese youth } is much more revolutionary, than the youth of many other countries, it is simply because the Chinese young} workers are the MOST exploited, in | the world. | There is also another important | jof students after the Shanghai, and} | play an important part in the politi-| \cal uprisings and demonstrations. | ers, to be the leaders of the illiterate, revolutions. But though Dr. Tsi C. Wang, who} has recently written the history of | the Chinese Youth movement, is try- ing to tell us that all the revglu- | tionary uprisings of the Chinese stu- dents were of no political nature what- soever, we can sight many examples of | the students’ devoted and active sup-| port to the labor movement of China. | Many of us remember the students | strike, which took place in Shanghai, | and then was followed up by many such demonstrations in various other important centers of China, in sup- | port of the striking workers. Many of | us remember the vigorous protest Peking outrages, and even our near sighted enemies will have to admit, | that not only did the Chinese stu- dents participate in general recon-| struction of a new culture in China, | that not only did-the students de- vote much of their time in various} important provinces to educate the| Chinese workers, but also did they It is important to mention that phe | students in China, take it as their duty, to be the leaders of the work- to play an important part in the re- construction of society, and to con- tribute -to the general advance of their people as much, as they pos- sibly can. The Russian Revolution had a great effect upon the revolutionary move- ment of China, as well as of many other countries. It was the begin- blessing of imperialism, are enemies of the masses. They were| there were over 22,000 children ‘at frightened, their economic interests were threatened and their political prestige jeopardized by the rapid rise of the mass or- ganizations. The demands of the unions and the activities of the} peasant organizations (Red Lances) against the landlords enraged} the “moderates.” They had to choose between the workers and peasants and their capitalist and middle class supporters. They made their choice and thereby became enemies of the mass liberation movement and, having lost their popular support, became outright and open allies of the imperialist counter-revo-| lution. : The success of the Chinese liberation movement depends upon the extent to which the industrial workers are organized and take the lead and are able to organize and lead the 300,000,000 peasants. The Communists organized the labor movement and took the! lead in drawing the peasants into the revolution. The Communists | are the most conscious, disciplined and decisive section of the lib- | eration movement. Without their participation the Chinese na-| tionalist movement, as is already seen, tends to disintegrate into ineffectiveness. ia Let the imperialists and their socialist allies take all the com- work under the age of twelve. It is important to mention that the work- ers in China work seven days a week, and haye no holidays, with the ex- ception of New Years. Only a few minutes are given them for ¢unch, he personified. of all class conscious workers of the world. Today those, who have survived the ordeal, still rot in prison. Altho Ferdinand, the puppet king is dead, the government of terror and murder will continue as before, until finally it falls be- fore the wrath of the oppressed masses. ravages of the disease from which he suffered laid him low, so the! good influence upon the masses of social cancer that is Roumania ‘will send to its death the class that | Chinese workers. thing which is worth mentioning, and ning of a definite crystalized move- that is, the Chinese youth does not|/ment, which received broad support. live under the illusions of which are | The Communist Party and the Com- so artistically planted in the minds|munist League had an increase in of the American workers and young new members, the attitude of Soviet ‘workers, that, of even opportunities, | Russia towards China, which was ;much different than that of any other country, and proved to the Chinese that the Russians are the only real ‘friends of China, which is not in- terested in exploiting her, but is al- | ways ready to help her to get rid of her enemies, the great powers. This | attitude of Soviet Russia had a very | Just as surely as the! The nationalist /movement only helped to consolidate |the youth movement, and brought |more young’ workers into the ranks ‘of the Young Communist League of “The Circus Princess” was played| last night at the Winter Garden. Helen Chandler now playing i “The Silver Cord” at the Golden The: atre will have the feminine lead in “The Amazing Interlude,” a dramati: zation of Mary Roberts Reinhart’s novel to be done here next season by Frank C. Reilly. Mary Hone has been cast for the part of Sister in the road company of “The Cradle Song” which Eva Le; Gallienne is planning to send out next season. The new Cohan musical comedy,’ “The Merry Malones” will inaugurate | the new Erlanger theatre which now nearing completion on West| Forty-fourth Street. George M.j Cohan is responsible for the book, } score and lyrics of the production, is} | which will be given a road try-out in September before opening early | here. “What Happened to Father,” by | Mary Roberts Rinehart, will be re-| | leased next week. Warner Oland and| Flobelle Fairbanks play the leading roles. Felix Riesenberg’s novel of New, York tenement life, “East Side, West Side” is being filmed at the Fox studio. George O’Brien, Virginia Val-| li and J. Farrell MacDonald are the} principal players. | Another 0. Henry story, “Suite Homes,” is in the course of making by Fox Films. This makes sixteen stories so far adapted from the tales of the master short-story writer. Er- nie Shields and Anita Garwin play the leading roles. TO THE FURRIERS By ALEX FIELD. soe you go line on line fearless and strong marching on. Your spirit unbreakable dauntless and true, clubs cannot stop nor prison your spirit subdue. Hunger and woe count for nought; your unshakeable might your union to keep though you stab Continues his clever impersonations of the great and near-great, in the sprightly “Grand Street Follies” at the Little thes Little Theatre : GRAND Evenings ct 30. STREET AND RAG 2:30 FOLLIES The LADDER All seats are reduced for the Best Seats $2.20. St., BE. of * inee Wednesday. The MATING SEASON A SOPHISTICATED FARCE SELWYN West | venings 8:30. 42 St.| Mats, Wed, & Sat. Let’s Fight On! Join ~ The Workers Party! In the loss of Comrade Ruthen- berg the Workers (Communist) Par- ty has lost its foremost leader and the American working class its staunchest fighter. This loss can only be overcome by many militant work- ers joiniizg the Party that he built. Fill out the application below and mail j* 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 Mail this application to the Work- ers Party, 108 East 14th Street, New York City; or if in other city to The Basic Problem of World Imperialism. | How much longer will the diplomats at Geneva try to keep up the pretense that agreement on naval strength is possible be- tween the two rival imperialist powers—America and Great Britain? fort they can from the present situation. The Chinese Communist| There has been no fundamental change in the conflict since party is not crushed, its influence among the masses is growing and, as will inevitably occur, the treason of the right wing of the na- tionalist movement becomes clear to the workers and peasants, there will come into being again soon a centralized mass liberation movement which will be able to deal with both imperialists and their Chinese allies. Imperialism has been given a much-needed breathing spell by traitors to the Chinese revolution but in the next phase of the movement the Chinese workers and peasants will have learned how to deal with traitors. There will be no Chiang Kai-sheks and Fengs in the huge worker and peasant army which, already in process of organiza- tion, will win China for the masses. In the Chinese unions and among the peasantry the Chinese Communist Party and the Young Communist League are busy, organizing, teaching, making clear the lessons of the last defeat, preparing for still greater and more decisive struggles. Ferdinand---Roumanian Figure-Head. The foul monarch of Roumania, whose polluted and decaying body has long been symbolic of the ruling clique of the country of which he was the figurehead, at last lies dead amidst the lux- urious surroundings of the summer residence of the royal family. Roumania, at first neutral in the world war, because of the sympathy of Ferdinand with the cause of his Hohenzollern rela- tive, the late kaiser, was at last swept into the conflict on the side of Britain, France and czarist Russia, by the real rulers of the country, the Bratianos. For his services to the imperialist cause of the allies the Versailles treaty gave the ruling house of Rou- mania the Austro-Hungarian dutchy of Transylvania and other bordering provinces, most important of which was Bessarabia, the Russian province. The population under the sway of this fright- ful clique was by the terms of the Versailles treaty increased from 8,000,000 to 18,000,000. This increase of territory was not so much because of Roumania’s actual war services, but by way of a bribe to induce her to aid in the war against the Soviet govern- ment of Russia. From the Roumanian border murder bands made forages into Soviet territory, and still continue the practice to this day, altho they have subsided considerably before the iron batal- lions of the Red Army. To relate in detail the black record of the Roumanian govern- ment since the war would require a volume and to treat it_ade- quately would require the vitriolic genius of a Hugo. Associating with the lowest perverts on earth and addicted to all their prac- tices, the ruling house of Roumania and the power behind the throne, will live in the annals of infamy principally because of the hestial terror carried on against the inhabitants of Bessarabia, who wanted their country to become a part of the Soviet Union. For months wholesale systematic murder was carried on against the unarmed peasants, five hundred of whom were put on trial en the first day of the conference on the question of naval armament. | There has been a continual oscillation by Japan between the two | more powerful imperialisms. Both have been bidding for her sup- port against the other. But on the question of naval strength it has been apparent from the first that Great Britain and the United States will build as many battleships, cruisers, destroyers and auxiliary craft as the imperialists think they need and appropriations can be se- cured for. American imperialism dominates the Pan-Pacific conference held in Honolulu. Here, too, the rivalries show more clearly than ever before and ‘America’s drive for domination of the Pacific area breaks thru the diplomatic phrases. The Soviet Union is not represented at the Pan-Pacific con- ference, altho its territory touches the world’s greatest ocean in wide reaches; the question of relations with the Soviet Union un- derlies all imperialist conferences. War is in the air and all these conferences center around the alignments for the next war. With the temporary defeat of the mass liberation movement in China, a series of new alignments for war against the Soviet Union is in the making. Geneva and Honolulu make clear the imperialist rivalries, but there is something still more sinister in the fact that there is at present a great silence in regard to the basic world conflf¢ét—that ment, where there is being built a socialist economy, and the im- perialist powers representing world capitalism. How to make war upon the Soviet Union without arousing the masses of the world to a counter-attack which would put an end to world capitalism, is the problem, which the ruling class is try- ing to solve. Dodging the Sacco and Vanzetti Issue. To a resolution demanding “unconditional freedom” for Sacco and Vanzetti, right wing delegates in the Upholsterers’ Union con- vention now in session here appended an amendment, commend- ing Governor Fuller for appointing his “investigation committee.” This is a fair sample of the methods by which the struggle to free these two innocent workers is confused and weakened. Gov- ernor Fuller is holding the “investigation” because of the tremen- dous mass protest thruout the world and not because he has any desire to save Sacco and Vanzetti. To commend him for what took years for labor to force him to do, for a measure which is a hypocritical pretext of fairness designed principally to halt the movement in behalf of Sacco and Vanzetti, is to play into the hands of the capitalist interests whose spokesman Fuller is and which are responsible for the seven years of torture suffered by these two workers. j Such methods give aid and comfort to the enemies of Sacco masse, after the arrest of thousands, many of whom died in the vile dungeons of the Bratianos. This mass trial aroused the fury and Vanzetti, who are also the enemies dabor, and cannot be condemned too severely. While the American delegates bait the British at Geneva,' between the Soviet Union and its workers’ and peasants’ govern-' China. | | Today the Young Communist League has a membership of 30,000, j;while only a year ago the member- ship of the Communist League of | China*was 2,000. That only goes to prove that the Chinese young workers are becoming | more and more class conscious, that | ‘more and more Chinese young work- |ers are begining to realize the neces- isity of being organized on a class | basis, and fight not only foreign im- perialism, but also native capitalism, ‘that more and more Chinese young {workers are begining to understand that their problems are the problems of the entire working class, and only ‘by organizing themselves and wag- ling a battle to their oppressors will |they be able to achieve their aim. | When will the American young workers begin to realize it? [Letters From Our Readers ‘To The DAILY WORKER: A writer in one of the Chicago papers recently, in answer to an in- | quiry about the possibilities of getting |@ job with the welfare department of some corporation, made a very dis- couraging reply, due to the small j amount of, welfare work he says is jnow being done. H | He attributed the “welfare work”) |which attained such a vogue a num-) ber of years ago to the desire of the employers to counteract the tendency , of the men.to seek higher wages, but | now that wages are no longer rising and there is a surplus of labor he| says. the companies don’t want to. spend the money, they don’t have to! offer any thing to offset higher wage | demands and the men don’t look so} favorably upon welfare work if ac-) companied by decreasing wages. Of course the class-conscious work- | ers always knew what was behind the) “welfare #vork,” but at the same} time capitalist writers do not always | expose the scheme of the capitalists | so frankly, and such an exposure | might be all the more convincing to} whatever workers may have been! fooled by such schemes. If what this writer says is correct, | then there ought to be a lot of work-! ers begirining to think of the only de-| pendable method of improving thelr) conditions and resisting the lowering | of standards, that is thru their or- ganized economic and political power. Oil Explosion Shakes Town. BEAVER, Pa., July 20.—Freedom, Pa., near here, was shawen by a terri- fie explosion in the Freedom Oil Company. plant today when fire, caused by soot igniting, exploded an oil tank. The property loss will run into thousands of dollars. Workers Party, 1113 W. Washington Blv., Chicago, Ill. Distribute the Ruthenberg pam- phlet, “The Workers’ (Communist) Party, What it Stands For and Why Workers Should Join.” This Ruthen- berg pamphlet will be the basic pam- palet thruout the Ruthenberg Drive. | Every Party Nucleus must collect | 50 cents from every member and will with traitor words hireling gangster deeds, Labor yet shall know your infamous role Woll, McGrady, Green. 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