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Page Two Hearst “Government Documents” Branded the| Rankest of Fakes By Mexican Representatives | (Continued from Page One), Nicaragua which is not any of my| face firing squad. New attacks pre- business.” * * * Long Intrigue Against Mexico. The attempts of reactionary and imperialist elements to reduce Mexico | to a vassal state so that the predatory aims of Wall Street may be carrie out in all Latin-America have sumed acter during the past few years. The enforcement by the Calles govern- ment of the land laws of 1917 was the nal for the launching of a series of attacks upon that country. These laws were bitterly combat- ted by the oil, mining and land inter- ests of the United States that had investments in Mexico. The feudal reaction, with the church as the most powerful factor, joined hands with as- the imperialists, and much agitation | against Mexico has been caried on by - the agents of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. The church was the largest land holder im Mevico before the revolution. On June 12, 19% simultaneous With the opening of the international éucharistic congress in Chicago, Sec- vetary of State Kellogg issued a statement declaring that Mexico was “on trial before the world.” Cardinal Mundelein had returned to the United States from Rome a short time previous to the opening of the eucharistic congress with various re- ligious decorations for the faithful in this country. Without exception the recipients of these decorations be- gan the most malignant attacks against Mexico as a country of “re- ligious persecution.” * * * At the Detroit convention of the American Federation of Labor, Dele- gate Fitzpatrick of the American Ac- tors’ and Artists’ Association, re- peated all the monstrous stories con- cocted by jesuits against Mexico. * 8 © Priests in-Mexico organized mur- derous bandit raids upon trains in that country, waylaying and wrecking trains and murdering the passengers. * * * When the United States govern- ment launched its attack upon the legally constituted government of Dr. Juan B. Sacasa in Nicaragua that eventually resulted in his overthrow and the usurping of the presidency of the republic by Diaz, the Wall Street puppet, Secretary of State Kellogg, infuriated at the resistance of the liberal Sacasa forces, accused the Mexican government of “foment- ing Bolshevism” in Nicaragua. This aceusation fell flat and evoked no re- sponse, « *” James R. Sheffield, American am- bassador to Mexico, tried to terrorize Calles’ government by causing to be placed in hands of prominent mem- bers documents alleged to reveal military plans of the United States for intervention in Mexico. The bluff failed to work and so Kellogg’s state department then charged that agents of Mexico had stolen the documents | from Sheffield’s embassy and altered some of them. This expose of the double-dealing a bluffing of Sheffield foreed his recall. His game was up, his usefulness in Mexico was at an end. Dwight W. Morrow, one of the out- standing Wall Street financiers, a partner of the House of Morgan, visited Coolidge at his “summer white house” in the Black Hills of South Dakota, and came away with the am- bassadorship to Mexico to replace Sheffield. Announcement was made * of a “new deal” in Mexico. Counter-revolutionary attempts by Gomez and Serrano, financed by Wall Street, against the Calles government in Mexico. These attempts were de- feated and their leaders executed. ® * * Morrow arrives in Mexico City as d | a particularly virulent char- | ‘3 \ (Statement of the All-America Anti- jcounts with the reactionary Gomez- ss igs aaa i | {last of counter-revolutionary generals | { | | pared against Mexico, the first result | | of which were the alleged secret docu- } | ments from Mexicgn government | | archives” appearing in the early Sun- | |day evening editions of the Monday |morning sheets conducted by the no- |torious Mexican land-holder, William | Randolph Hearst. | * * * The attempted assassination of Ob- regon, candidate for president of | Mexico in the streets of Mexico City | occurred practically simultaneously | |with the printing by the Hearst pa-} |pers of the documents which the Mexican government later charatcer- ized as forgeries. | * x Anti-Imperialist League | \Calls It Another Bit of Propaganda for War! Characterizing the publication by the Hearst press, in a copyrighted | story, of alleged official Mexican gov- ernment documents showing support of the Nicaraguan liberal movement, as “a new blow directed by the com- bined forces of U. S. imperialigm and Mexican counter-revolution,” against Mexico, the All-American Anti-Im- perialist League, 39 Union Square, Manuel Gomez, secretary, issued a statement appealing for support of Mexico and Nicaragua. \ “Stand by Mexico, the center of ‘resistance to American imperialism in Latin-America,” the statement con- cludes. Imperialist League). “Scarcely has Mexico settled ac- Serrano rebellion when a new blow is directed against her by the com- bined forces of U. S. imperialism and Mexican counter-revolution. “That is the only proper charac- terization of the publication by Hearst newspapers ‘thruout the} United States of a series of sensa- tional forgeries, purporting to be se- | cret official documents of the Mexi- | can government, beginning June 2, 1926, authorizing transfer of funds to the liberal government of Dr. Juan B. Sacasa, constitutional president of Nicaragua. " “Three things stand out,plainly in connection with this newspaper bar- rage. They are: “1.—-That U. S. imperialist inter- ests have not given up their attacks against Mexico and are preparing to help start a new movement to over- throw the Calles regime. “2.—That the counter-revolutionary land-owning interests in Mexico are in direct league with the foreign im- perialists and are attempting to be- tray Mexico to them. This is proved by the statement of the Hearst news- papers that their ‘documents’ were the Calles government. | “3.—That excuses are being sought to justify an intensification of U. S. imperialist aggression in the Carib- bean and intrenching of U. S. marine rule in Nicaragua. (‘These documents m1 be presented as important new facts’, say the Hearst news-writers in introducing their scandal-stories. ‘While they are not published to sup- port the policy of President Coolidge, they obviously do support the presi- dent’s policy and prove the absolute necessity of his vigorous action in Nicaragua if the interests of the peo- ple of the United States are to be protected.’) “That the Hearst documents are forgeries is of small importance ex- | cept to show what means the enemies of Mexican nationalism are willing to resort to. “From the Hearst stories them- selves the obvious conclusion is that, apart from the question of the rich plunder to be obtained in Mexico, the republic south of the Rio Grande is being attacked because she represents THREE INTERESTING PICTURES!! obtained from Mexican opponents of | Morrow, Morgan’s Man, Ambassador to Mexico the center of resistance to American imperialism in Latin-America. “The ‘charge’ formulated is that the Calles government supported President Sacasa in Nicaragua, that it helped him with money and against the Wall Street-owned usurper Diaz, and that it was hostile to U. S. gov- ernment policies in Central America. “Tt is true that Calles had the cour- age to recognize the government of Dr. Sacasa, who was constitutional president of Nicaragua, supported by the overwhelming majority of the Nicaraguan people. It is true also that Cailes made no secret of his sup- | port of Sacasa, even after Secretary of State Kellogg had declared against him, and after the U. S. government was landing marines in Nicaragua. “American imperialism is attacking Mexico for the very actions that have won for Mexico the admiration of all Latin-America! “What is the record of the United States government in Nicaragua, as compared with that of President Cal- les? Against the allegations contain- ed in the Hearst forgeries, let us set a few known and admitted facts: “Calles is charged with suppying | arms and ammunition to the constitu- tional government of Nicaragua, The United States government did send not merely arms and ammunition but an invading army of U. S. marines, to destroy the liberal government of Nicaragua and set up the Diaz re- gime, which admittedly maintains it- self only thru U. S. bayonets, “Calles is charged with furnishing money to the constitutional govern- ment of Nicaragua. The United States government did arrange for a loan of $1,000,000 to the conserva- tive Diaz regime (admitted by Sec- ry of State Kellogg during the recent Pan-American Commercial Conference at Washington.) “Calles is charged with answering the cry for help of a government which represented a progressive force in Nicaragua, and with assisting it in the face of imperialist aggression. ‘The United States government did invade the soil of Nicaragua, occupy | the country and proceed to Jay hands gn Nicaraguan finances as part of its program of imperialist aggression. “What anti-imperialist, what friend of liberty, what class-congcious Amer- ican worker would object if Mexico were actually to assist her sister/ re- publics of Latin-America against im- perialist aggression? Latin-America would certainly applaud it, and with reason, As a matter of fact, if the Latin-American countries are to pre- serve their present degree of inde- pendence they must unite more and more closely in defense of their com- mon interests. That such a union is already developing is one of the most encouraging features of contempor- ary history. Americans who are op- posed to imperialism should be pre- pared to greet it with enthusiasm and to support it whole-heartedly. “With the reports of the slaughter of Nicaraguan men, women and chil- dren by U. S. marines constantly be- |his buddy were working in a °gassy THe DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, NOVE MINING COMPANY USES ALL POWER TO CHEAT WIDOW Crew of “Gas Experts”, Prevents Compensation SHENANDOAH, Pa., Nov. 14 (FP). —NMrs. Frances Petrovsky has been deniéd compensation by referee Thom- as C; Seidel of Pottsville for the death of her -husband. Joseph Pétrovsky was killed by an explosion of gas in one of the Philadelphia & Reading Co. mines a féw months ago. This is another case where the vic- tim is further victimized. The ref- ‘eree contended that Petrovsky with 4 place and used carbide instead of safety lamps. Since this act is con- trary to the ruling of the Anthracite Laws of 1891, the deceased stands guilty of violating the mine code, and his widow faces starvation, It is not definitely known whether Petrovsky used a carbide lamp or not. Miners as a rule are very careful in this respect, fully realizing that their life depends sometimes on not drop- ping a spark of fire. But it must be remembered that safety lamps, even such as are provided by law, frequent- ly ignite the gas which is highly in- flammable and explosive. Fleece Widows. Company “gas expérts” and other gentlemen usually appear before the refereé with long testimonies padded and imagined, fighting a lonely widow and the union representative, whose wits are usually put to a severe test in’ matching against those of the trained company “experts.” These experts make fat salaries on the sums | they save the company by denying widows subsistence, and solemnly in-| dicting the victim whose ghost is nowhere at hand to put an end to the farce. At the same time Mrs. Petrovsky’s plea for compensation was denied, was awarded the magnificent sum of $1,200 for the death of his son. The boy’s life was snuffed out this sum- Bob Minor and Bill Dunne Will Address The Daily Worker Agents Very important meeting of all unit, sub section and sectioh or- ganizers and DAILY WORKER Agents will be held on Tuesday, November 22, at 8:00 p. m., Man hattan Lyceum, 66 E. 4th St., New York City. COLORADO JAILS STILL HOLD ALL STRIKE LEADERS “It Is State Case,” Say Sheriffs DENVER, Nov. 14.—Hugo Oehler, district organizer of the Workers (Communist) Party, A. S. Embree, Roger Francezon, Byron Kitto, Kris- ten Svanum, A. Orr, J. B. Childs, Paul Seidler; Carl Clemmons and other I. W. W. organizers are still held in jail in the southern part of the state. ‘ Demand Cash Bail. Cash bail is demanded by the authorities and the International Labor Defense branch is trying to raise the required amount. The arrested workers have been transferred from one jail to another and even the defense lawyers have had great difficulty in locating them. State Behind Arrests. The county sheriffs claim that they are not responsible for the ar- rests, that “it is a state case.” This is additional evidence showing the close connection between ,Governor Adams and the Rockefeller interests in Colorado. No Comforts or Visitors. Friends of the prisoners are not to furnish even the small personal Joseph Baranowski of Shenandoah | Necessities which are usually allowed | prisoners nor are they allowed to see and talk with them. So far as known only the arbitrary “held for investigation’ charge has mer when a huge lump of rock crushed him. Aw F. of L Conference On Mine Lockout (Continued ‘from Page One) ing institutions as well as of the en- tire governmental machinery, which these employers of labor control, and “Whereas, the combined forces of the open shoppers in order to drive the union thiners into subniission, are using the state police, private thugs | and gunmen, known as the coal and | iron police, are evicting miners and their familiés from their homes, and finally secured injunctions which prac- tically outlaw the union, and “Whereas, the union miners who have been locked out for the last seven months and more, and their families, suffer great hardships due to lack of food, shoes, clothing and shelter, and “Whereas, the present coal strug- | gle is the concern not only of the min- ers union, which is the backbone of | the American Federation of Labor, but of the entire organized labor movement of this country, Therefore, be it resolved, that this local union, No. .. of the U. M. W. A. submits the fdllowing proposals to the coming conference of the leaders of |the A. F. of L. to be held in Pitts- burgh on November 14th for their adoption and action. “1, That a relief campaign in sup- port of the locked out miners of Pennsylvania and Ohio be at once in- itiated by the A.F.L. in levying an assessment of one day’s wages on all members of the A. F. of L. who con- tinue to work and by encouraging the collection of funds, food and clothing in every way possible. 2. That a big campaign be started by the A. F. of L, for the organization of the unorganized, in order to pre- vent the importation of scabs from the unorganized fields and the supplying been placed against the prisoners. Conditions in the jails are said to be extremely bad. Cee ANE, | Palmer, of Trade Union ‘Delegation, Speaks to Colorado Miners Nov. 11 DENVER, ‘Nov, 11 (By Mail).— Two large mass meetings were held by the striking coal miners of Col- orado on Armistice Day, Friday, Nov. 11, in the northern Colorado coal fields, one at ten o’clock in the morn- ing at Lafayette and one at two in the afternoon at Erie. Dietrich and Saul Speak. Thousands of striking miners at- tended both meetings. Frank Palmer, William Dietrich, secretary of the Workers (Communist) Party and George Saul, secretary of the Inter- national Labor Defense, were speak- ers invited from Denver. In addition there was a Negro miner, Jim Leaf- ton; Richardson, Adam Bell, and other local speakers. Pledge Against Imperialist War. Frank Palmer, as a veteran of the World War, requested every miner to raise his hand and pledge that never again would they Ye docilely led by the capitalist class to make war on the workers of another country. He also pointed out that the mines in Russia are run by, and for the min- ers and that the miners vote on the acceptance of the executive heads and directors of the coal industry. Empty Jails. William Dietrich also requested all miners present and received one hun- dred per cent endorsement of the proposition that they would refuse to return to work until every leader ar- rested would be released. He also pointed out the evasion of the coal operators of their ownmlaw; and that f National Meetings ‘(n “Labor Party— Membership” Drive A large number of “Labor Party | rive” meetings will be held soon //under the direction of the organiza- | tion department of the Workers | (Communist) Party. Following is the | schedule arranged: Friday, Nov. 18, at 8 p. m., Manhat- | tan Lyceum, 66 East 4th St., New | York, Jay Lovestone, ‘speaker. | Friday, Nov. 18., Workers Hall, 5th | and Tower Sts., Duluth, Minn., Max | Bedacht, speaker, | Saturday, Nov. 19., Party head. quarters, 215 So. 3d St., Minneapolis, | Minn., Max Bedacht, speaker. Saturday, Nov. 19, 8 p. m., Party headquarters, 88 Howe St. New Haven, Conn., Jay Lovestone, speaker. Saturday, Nov. 19, hall to be an- nounced later. Alex Bittelman, speak- er. Sunday, Nov. 20, Party headquar- ters, 820 Eagle St., Buffalo, Alex Bittelman, speaker, | Sunday, Nov. 20, 2 p. m., 62 Cham- | ber St., Boston, William F. Dunne, speaker, Monday, Nov. 21, 8 p. m., Slovaks Hall, 5th and Fairmount Ave., Phila- delphia, William W. Weinstone, speaker. Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 8 p .m., Fol- keps Hus Hall, 2733 Hirsch Blvd., Chicago, Max Bedacht, speaker. | New Wave of Revolts Come, Says Stalin (Continued from Page One) tisans, Ruth Fisher and Maslov, will end in their, ridicule. Jailed Mensheviks. Replying to a question concerning the imprisonment of Mensheviks, Stalin pointed out that’ the Menshe- viks and the social revolutionaries had imprisoned the Bolsheviks when they held power. The social-demo-| eracy in the Soviet Union, he said, is! counter-revolutionary and must be treated as such. Asked why the German social- democratic newspaper representatives had been refused visas, Stalin said jthat the attitude of the German so-| cial-democracy towards the Soviet Union even surpassed the bitterness and the calumnies of the capitalist press, Conflict of Internationals. When asked if a union of the Sec- ond and Third Internationals was possible, Stalin declared that such an| amalgamation was impossible be- cause the Third (Communist) Interna- tional was fighting against capital- ‘ism while the Second International | was fighting for it. “The struggle be- tween these two Internationals repre- sents the struggle between the friends | of capitalism and the friends of so-| cialism. This struggle cannot end! otherwise than in a victory for the | Third or Second International. As for | myself, I have no doubt that the Third International will win.” Stalin pointed out that in spite of, the apparent stabilization of capi-, talism, the contradictions inherent in it will ensure its downfall. Both in | Europe and in the colonial countries there are numerous symptoms of a mass revolt against capitalism, Stalin | declared. Sacco-Vanzetti Murder. The murder of Sacco and Vanzetti)| accelerated the struggl¢ of the work-| ers and peasants thruout the ‘orld, against capitalism, he continued. “Conditions are ripening for a new revolutionary struggle.“ The fact that the capitalists were able to stem the first revolutionary tide does not mean much because the revolution advances and recedes before attaining final victory. This was so in Russia and will be so in Europe. We are now on the eve of new revolutionary events.” | if | | | pace ce, Nene FIREMAN HURT IN FIRE. d Build the Party Membership | | U.S. Cavalry Equipped With Machine Guns for Greater Use in Strikes WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 14. —Plans of the general staff to transform the U. S. cavalry regi- ments into mobile batteries of ma- |chine guns, working in conjunction with airplanes and fast moving tanks were announced yesterday by Maj. General H. B. Crosby, Chief of Cavalry. Each cavalryman will be equip- | ped with a machine gun; his horse will carry the ammunition, and the resulting fire power will be ex- tremely useful where quick slaugh- ter of marching miners or the sud- | den destruction of a tent colony has been decided upon. aise ls ladles OP Plotters Against Life of Obregon Caught (Continued from Page One) sued and three of them caught, he continued on his way to a bullfight. Arrest Alleged Leader. Migui Alessio Robles, one of the best known attorneys in Mexico City, was taken into custody here today in con- nection with the attempted assassina- tion of former President Alvaro Ob- regon in Chapultepec Park yesterday. Robles is being held incommunicado. Te has been seen in conference with U. S. financial agents and oil men. Many other persons suspected of complicity in the affair were taken into custody last night, but their names are being withheld by the authorities. Preacher Owned Secret Safe to Hold His Loot BENTON HARBOR, Mich., Nov. 14.—Removal of Rev. Purnell from the leadership of his church here, “The House of David” because of his debauching the young women of the institution has caused a split between Ben and his wife, it is said. This has also caused Thomas Adkins, a con- tractor, to confess that he built for Rey. Purnell, some years ago, a se- cret safe six feet long in the ceiling of his mansion in which to keep the valuables members of Purnell’s church were forced by their religion |to donate to the preacher. All loose money is taken over by the court order, BUY THE DAILY WORKER Revolutionary POST CARDS — BUTTONS MEDALLIONS — PHOTOS OR your correspondence—why not use a revolutionary post- card? Send ‘them also to your friends for propaganda purposes! 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Weisharr, a fireman was injured and six women, a girl and a boy were fore us, with the smoke of the mas- sacre of Octotal still hanging in the air, one might think that no Amer- of the market with non-union coal. “The failure to proceed with a cam- paign to organize the unorganized your room or library $1.00 PHOTOGRAPHS—For framing. Pho- to of Lenin 51%x7% inches in sepia color The Beauty RUSSIA ON THE SCREEN A Review of Russian Films 4 at IRVING PLAZA HALL 9 Irving Place and 15th Street (Romance) Russia in Overalls (Scenes of Reconstruction) Under auspices Joint Defense & Relief Committee Cloakmakers (> Furriers 41 Union Square, Room 714 Tickets in advance 50c. At the door 75 cents. For the Freeing of the Mineola Victims! Miracle of Soldier Ivan (Comedy) Sunday Nov. 20 from 2 P. M. till midnight ican newspaper would dare to men- tion the name of Nicaragua, much less to make it a point of attack against Latin-American solidarity. “Support the Nicaraguan liberals against U. S. marine rule! “Stand by Mexico, the center of resistence to American imperialism in Latin-America! “On guard against the combination of American imperialists, Mexican land-owners and Catholic reaction- aries that is trying to create a new counter-revolution in Mexico! “ALL-AMERICA ANTI- IMPERIALIST LEAGUE, “Manuel Gomez, “Secretary, United States Section.” Paul Crouch in Boston, Noy. 19, TremontTemple BOSTON, Nov. 14.—Paul Crouch, the U. S. Army private sentenced to forty years for organizing a Commu- nist League in Hawaii, and released after serving three years because of the storm of protest, will speak on life in the army at Lorimer Hall, Tremont Temple, 82 Tremont St., Boston, Sat- urday, Nov. 19, 8 p. m. Admission, 25 cents, Work Daily fap the Daily Worker! coal fields up to this time was a big error made by the organization. 3. That immediate steps be taken by the A. F. of L. towards the forma- tion of a labor party in opposition to the old political parties, who are re- sponsible for the injunctions and for the abuses of the state and coal and iron police against the locked-out min- ers, 4. That the injunctions against the locked out miners be met with mass violations and that the conference of the A. F. of L. leaders as a body shall proceed to picket the mines of the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Company in violation of the injunction of Judge Schoonmaker. “And be it further resolved, that we elect a committee to appear before the November 14th conferefiée in Pitts- burgh to. present this resolution and to work for its adoption by the con- ference. ANOTHER AMERICAN TRAGEDY. MILWAUKEE, Nov. 14,—Alvin Greenwald and Arthur R. Paetzold were on their way to serve life terms in. the. Wisconsin state penitentiary at Waupun this afternoon. Paetzold confessed he had choked Mrs. Greenwald to death for $3. Greenwald admitted he had hired The Blacklist, George Saul, as a veteran of the World War also, and altho hg was about to lose his job as an employe of the post office, declared that he can become a coal miner and work with his comrades. The charges against Saul are that he had ypartici- pated in strike activities. He showed up the patriotism of the mass class as a mere subterfuge. Picheting Renewed. Thousands of miners in the north- ern coal fields came to/the mass meet- ing Sunday afternoon at Grace Church to protest against outrages in the southern fields. Northern miners are continuing to picket the Columbrine mine which was the only one operating to a small ex- tent in the north. Stop I. W. A. Film, “Breaking Chains,” a film of the I. W. A. which was to be shown in Pueblo (half of the pi eds going to miners’ relief and the ‘other half to the I, W. A.) was prohibited in Pueblo by the chief of police in spite of the fost that hundreds of tickets had been sold. Paetzold to do the killing to obtain his .wife’s. $25,000 life insurance. BUY THE DAILY WORKER GET A NEW READER! ( killed by fire here in the Graystone apartment hotel. The flames crept up the elevator shaft for several. hours without notice, and finally broke, out in the third floor, cutting off all ave- | nues of escape. | 10 LARGE PHOTO of Lenin for homes and club rooms, 16x22 inches ... 50 ——aeeeeleleeeeee Workers Library Publishers 39 E. 125th St., New York, N. ¥. \ | of Sacco The stor; the kind CASE OF SACCO AND VANZETT. ZETTI. Eugene Lyons. (CToth) ‘ANOTHER NEW BOOK. Sacco-Vanzetti—Labor’s Martyrs By MAX SHACHTMAN , This new book is a popular dra- matic presentation of the whole case 50 ZETTI and Vanzetti. Their early _ lives, their work in the Labor move- ‘ ment—the effort of world labor to free them from the electric chair. y is complete, and vivid— to inspire every worker. 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