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aaa = ee — & “HE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, NOV. 19, 1927 Page Three Foreign News --- By Cable and Mail from Special Correspondents A. A. JOFFE CONGRESS OF ALL UNION COMMUNIST PARTY HELD SOON : Expulsion of of Trotsky, Zinoviev Approved (Special Cable to DAILY WORKER) Moscow, Nov. 18. — The fifteenth | Congress of the All Union Communist Party will meet on the first Decem- ber in Moscow. Directions for the elaboration of the five year plan of national economy, for work in the villages and reports from the Central Committee, the Central Control Com- mission, Central Auditing Commis- sion and the Party delegation to the Communist International are among the questions which will be taken up at the Congress. The Congress of the Communist Parties of Uzbekistan, the Georgain Armenian and Moldavian Soviet Re- publics and local branches of the Com- munist Parties of numerous cities have unanimously approved the policy of the Central Committee and the ex- pulsion of Trotsky from the Party. Relieve Zinoviev of Post. The Council of People’s Commis- sars of the Soviet Union decided to relieve Zinoviev and Muralov of their posts as members of the State Plan- ning Commission. The Council also adopted a similar decision with re- gard to Vladimir Smirnoff, a member of the Collegium of fhe Central Statis- tical Board of the Soviet Union. Indian Nationalists Demand Anti-British Boycott; Hit at ‘Probe’ BOMBAY, Nov. 18.—Active Na- tionalists are demanding an anti- British boycott to protest against the Simon Commission appointed by the Baldwin government to India. Active Nationalists claim that | the commission is “packed.” The proposal to boycott Great | Britain, is however, opposed by na- tives with large commercial and in- dustrial interests who attacked it in| the legislative assembly. Fascists Demonstrate Against Jugoslavia ROME, Nov. 18.—A hostile demon- stration against Jugoslavia was con- ducted here today by 2,000 fascist university students. a The students, after cheering the fascist bulletin of Thursday criticis- ing the new Franco-Jugoslav treaty, pledged to “carry out the will of Mussolini no matter what it might be.” Intense feeling has been aroused in Italy over the Franco-Jugoslav treaty. investigate | ‘STATE FUNERAL FOR A A JOFE USSR DIPLOMAT | Fries Ambassador. to Germany and China MOSCOW, Nov. 18. — A large state |funeral is planned for Adolph A. | Joffe, well-known Soviet diplomat, | who committed suicide last night after |five years suffering from a malady | contracted during his service in China as ambassador from the Soviet Union. Joffe’s illness which was never ac- |curately diagnosed caused him intense | pain which recently became unbear- able. He had planned a trip abroad Ito take a cure next week. ® * * Joffe was chairman of the Soviet delegation at Brest-Litovsk during the jaune, of the treaty between the U. R. and the Central Powers. 8. bite served as Soviet ambassador to Berlin in 1921 and later served as jambassador to China. In China, Jo® |fe became seriously ill and arrived in Tokio for the Russo-Japanese econom- ie conference in 1923 on a stretcher. In April, 1924, he went to Vienna for treatment and left for Moscow a month later. * * * Studies in Berlin. Joffe was born Crimea in October 1883 and joined the revolutionary movement at the age of seventeen. Barred from a Russian university because of his radical tendencies, he went to Berlin where he studied medicine from 1903 to 1906. where he completed a law course and finally went to Vienna where he took postgraduate work in both law and medicine. Joffe took an active part in both the 1905 and 1917 revolutions and soon after November was elected to the Petrograd Workmen’s and Soldiers Council. His outstanding ability at Brest- Litovsk, as Ambassador to Germany and later to China marked him as one of the leading Soviet diplomats. Report Revolt of Peasants in Many Sections of China SHANGHAI, (By Mail). — The newspapers here bring reports con- cerning peasant insurrections in var- ious parts of China. On the island of Tchumin 3,000 | peasants have revolted on account of the introduction of new taxes and | excessive rents. The military authori- | ties have dispatched three warships from Shanghai and troops to crush the revolt. According to reports from Wuhan | (Hankow) an insurrectionary move- | ment has commenced in Dunchien. | The insurrectionary peasants have destroyed a part of the railway line Wuchang-Changchow. In the Ising district near Shanghai armed peas- ants protested against the new taxes and disarmed the police. Detach- ments of the river police crushed the revolt and killed 10 of the insurrec- tionaries. HAWAIL FLIGHT POSTPONED. MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, San Fran- cisco, Nov. 18.—The flight of Captain Frederick A. Giles, British aviator to Hawaii on an air journey to Aus- tralia, was again postponed here to- day. Weather conditions were not favorable. THREE INTERESTING PICTURES!! The Beauty and the # Bolshevik (Romance) RUSSIA A Rev Russia in Overalls (Scenes of Reconstruction) Under auspices Joint Defe Committee Cloakmakers ON THE SCREEN iew of Russian Films at IRVING PLAZA HALL Irving Place and 15th Street Miracle of Soldier Ivan (Comedy) nse t Relief ¢ Furriers | Tomorrow 41 Union Square, Room 714 Tickets in advance 50c. At the door 75 cents. from 2 P. M. till midnight For the Freeing of the Mineola Victims! in Simferopol, | In 1907 he went to Zurich | SMASHED MEXICAN COUNTER-REVOLUTION View in Mexico City as troops under General Escobar, on horseback and inset, march to presidential | palace, following their crushing of the Gomez-Serrano counter-revolution. New Developments in China BY EARL BROWDER. Associated Press dispatches from] Hongkong yesterday report a “labor party” uprising in Canton, headed by General Chang Fat-fui. The general | referred to is undoubtedly Chang Fa- | kwei who left Hankow in the month | of July. The various alignments of this general in the last few months illustrate the extreme confusion now { existing in the Chinese Kuomintang. Although it is not certain that the! Associated Press report is correct yet it is certainly within the range of | possibility that General Chang would be calling himself a “labor” repre- sentative, particularly if it mi help him win the battle of the mo- ment. * * * Chang Fa-kwei was one of the or- iginal staff of the northern expedi- tion that left Canton in July 1926. He was in tommand of the Fifth Army which rapidly gained the name of “Iron Battalion” because of its continuous victories. The Fifth Army was largely recruited from labor and Communist elements and Chang Fa- kwei had the name of being a Com- munist, although he was not a mem- ber of the Communist Party. At the time of Chiang Kai-shek’s rebellion in March, Chang Fa-kwei was one of the first to denounce the traitor. In July, however, when the Hankow gov- ernment turned to the right and the Communists and left wingers (Ma- dam Sun Yat Sen, Eugene Chen, etc.) left the government and began to or- ganize the struggle against it, Chang Fa-kwei joined in the denuncation of the Communists. In the July days when Hankow first turned against the revolution, they still considered it nece: keep a revolutionary mask bef masses. For this | purpese, promised thé people an military expedition Kai-shek, althongh they had just adopted his policies. Because Chang Fa-kwei had publicly supported their new turn of policy, the Hankow gov- ernment entrusted this expedition to him. With the Fifth Army he started against Nanking. But he did not get any farther down the Yangtse River than Kiuk- iang, for when he arrived there news had come of the Communist uprising in Nanchang a few hundred miles to the south. It is not definitely known whether Hankow ordered Chang Fa- kwei to change his course and march against the Communists or whether he did it on his own initiative. What is sure is that he turned south from Kiukiang instead of going on against Chiang Kai-shek. * they immediate against Chiang * * The left wing armies retreated from Nanchang over the border into eastern Kwangtung Province. Chang Fa-kwei was apparently pursuing them. But he turned on to a differ- ent route and went, to Canton in- stead of marching against Swatow |theories of government. |he suddenly decided that “civil gov- jernment” was a necessity. His need | July | Kai-shek group. which was held by the left wing. Can- ton was in the hands of General Li Chi-sum who seized power there in April simultaneously with Chiang Kai-shek’s coup d’etat. General Li Chi-sum welcomed Chang Fa-kwei and his army with a public recep- tion. They kissed one another and vowed eternal friendship and solidar- ity. Within three days, however, Chang Fa-kwei had taken possession of strategic points in the city and a state of armed truce existed be- tween his forces and those of General Li Chi-sum. In the meantime the left wing arm- ies left Swatow to march against Can- ton. It is now about six weeks since we have received in America any de- finite news about these armies. We do know, however, that they have been exerting considerable influence; their presence outside Canton and threatening that city explain the in- ternal changes that have been going on in the Canton government. * * * When Chang Fa-kwei’s army ap- proached Canton from the north! while the left wing armies threatened ‘ from the east, at that moment Gen- eral Li Chi-sum began te change his | Previous to} that time he had followed the line of Chiang Kai-shek quite closely al- |though carrying on a struggle for power for himself as against the | | Nanking center; that is, he was typ- | ical of the “new militarists.” Now} for “civil government” was supplied EARL BROWDER. by some refugees from Nanking, namely, Wang Ching-wei and Chen Kung-po. Wang Ching-wei is the great cen- trist leader of the Kuomintang. He| kas been on every side in the current struggles in the Kuomintang within a period of six months. In April he issued a joint manifesto with the sec- retary of the Chinese Communist Party. In June he denounced the Communists and declared they must be expelled from the Kuomintang. In he began negotiations with Nanking for unity with the Chiang In August he split from the unified Hankow-Nanking government. In September after) Teng Shen-tse had proclaimed Han- kow independent, Wang Ching-wei fled to Canton, together with Chen Kung-po, former head of the labor department of the Kuomintang. * * * Upon their arrival in Canton Wang Ching-wei and Chen Kung-po held a conference with General Li Chi-sum. From this conference was issued a manifesto declaring that the central Kuomintang government was re-es- tablished in Canton, and inviting all central committee members to come to Canton and again rally around “the three principles of Sun Yat Sen.” This was the situation at the time the last authentic reports had arrived in America, * * * In the meantime the “new militar- ists” of central China have been tear- ing to pieces the remaining frag- ments of the right wing Kuomintang. Teng Shen-tse started troops from Hankow towards Nanking, He was defeated and driven back upon Han- kow. The approach -of Nanking troops in the vicinity of Hankgw was the signal for General Ho Chien, sub- ordinate of Teng Shen-tse, to rise {forces of disintegration. against his chief and negotiate the NEWS FROM THE SOVIET UNION The last session of the Presidium of the Moscow Soviet was taken up with the question of how the sections of the Soviets carry out the instructions of the electors. Over 11,000 amend- ments to the instructions of the last elections have been carried out. It has become clear that the sec- tions and all institutions carry out the instructions fairly rapidly and ac- eurately. Thus, for instance, the Health Section opened up ten new dis- pensaries, instituted Sunday work in them and registration through the the telephone on request of the work- ers. The food in the hospital also has been improved in compliance with numerous requests of the workers. The education department has car- ried out 64 per cent of the workers’ , surrender of the Wuhan cities to Nanking. Teng Shen-tse is variously reported as on his way to Japan and | retreating into Hunan Province. | Within the Nanking government a | |dozen rivalries are brewing new splits and civil wars. The Western Hills group headed by C. C. Wu is for the time being in control. They have added to their combination Sun Fo, the right wing son of the late Dr. a former military governor of Hu- nan and the chairman of the Hankow government. Chiang Kai-shek is still | officially on the outside but seems to be actually exerting strong influ- ence through his Japanese connec- tions as well as bis own group of fol- lowers within. the Nanking govern- ment. * * * Co-operation between Feng Yu- hsiang, the Christian general so- called, and the Nanking government as been going from bad to worse. The generals are too jealous of one another to allow any one to win vic- tories over any length of time. The same condition exists between Feng and his ally, the governor of Shansi Province, who sent the expedition against Peking a few weeks ago. Within Chang Tso-lin’s combina- tion in Peking is also at work the way in which these have shown them- selves openly within the last few months has been the friction between | |Sun Chuang-fang and Cheng Tsung- | chang, the anti-Japanese movement in Manchuria and the strike move- ments that have broken out in sev- eral places in the north. It is known, however, that within the Chang Tso- lin combination various cliques and groups are struggling bitterly against one another for hegemony. * * * In this®situation it is within the realm of possibility that the latest news from Canton may be true, which would mean that General Fa-kwei having sensed the mood of the masses and fearing a clash with the left wing armies has himself turned left again fer the purposes of the mo- ment. This has happened time and again with the Chinese militarists of the south. It is not clear from the news whether he is acting in concert with the left wing against the center (Wang Ching-wei, etc.) and right (Li Chi-sum), or whether he is making an attempt with the center against the left with the temporary eclipse of Li Chi-sum on account of the unfay- orable military situation. While none of these leaders who play around with left phrases and slogans are to be depended upon at all in any serious struggle, yet the fact that they are again beginning to pose as lefts and “labor” is in itself a sign of the rising tide of revolutionary action among the masses in Kwangtung Province. In all likelihood the next few months will mark the revival of the revolu- tionary forces in China beginning again in the south as they have in all previous waves of revolutionary development. proposals fully. The others are be- ing carried out partially. These pro- posals are: the organization of cab- inets, warm breakfasts in the schools, supply of text books and necessary school supplies, etc. In accordance with requests of the electors six new dining rooms have been opened and 15 cooperative shops are about to be opened in the workers’ districts. Forms of Soviet Mass Work. One of the new forms of mass work of the Town Soviets is that of send- ing deputy groups to the enterprises. Such groups have been organized in Moscow, Rostov, Leningrad, Ivacevo- Voznessensk, and other towns. These groups consist of deputies elected in one or several enterprises of the given districts. The only | | ¢—________—_ 11U, 8. Gunboat Menaces Sun Yat Sen, and Teng Yen-kai, | “ | robbers,” “murderers and brigands' Chinese Workers Who Protested aaa stol, | aboard the U. S. S. , has arrived off Yung Kong-kwang, China, according to a dispateh to the navy department today. Reports received from Hong- kong yesterday declared that a large anti-imperialist demonstre- tion had been held at Yung Kong- kwang. SCANDALS OVER INDIAN PROPERTY READY TO BREAK Tribes Want to Know Who Gets Their Money, WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (FP). — Scandals in the Indian Burean, involv ing the hundreds of millions of dol- | ¢ ‘lars’ worth of properties held by the | government for the Indians now liv ing on reservations, are scheduled for Senate investigation in the next few | months, Preliminary work on this situation has been undertaken by counsel for the larger tribes in the Northwest |and Southwest, looking toward intro- | duction in Congress of a resolution | empowering either a Senate commit- | tee or a joint committee to probe the complaints made as to handling of funds aad of lands, timber, power re- sources, etc., together with an investi- | gation into charges of tyrannical | |treatment of Indians by various agents | whose ‘conduct has gone unpunished by Commissioner Burke. Burke’s right to hold office will be inquired into, since it is alleged Hee he cannot continue in office after the | senate has failed to confirm his ap- | pointment. Communist Party Membership Grows Rapidly in USSR (Special Cable to DAILY WORKER) MOSCOW, Nov. 18.—Thirty th®u- sand workers have applied for ad- mission to the All Union Communist Party in a very short time, Pravda |points out in an editorial. With the rapid development of the membership campaign, the Pravda} says, there is no doubt that by the| | time of the Fifteenth Party Congress| Very Po |the increase will be so large+as to | | clearly justify the proletarian line | |thetic meet taken by the Party. The enthusiasm of the November celebrations has spread to Communist Parties abroad, the editorial con- tinues. During the first few days of | the celebrations more than four thou- | sand workers joined the ranks of the | German Communist Party and} fifteen thousand additional workers | became . subscribers to Communist | British Tory Leader | In Fit of Hysteria _ Sees Bolshevik Bogey | “The Bolshevist mind,” says Lord | Birkenhead, tory secretary of state for India in his “Law Life and Let- ters” just off the press, “is a Jewish mind drenched in a low cosmopolitan | ° sink.” fe The leaders of the Soviet Union, Birkenhead says, are “assassins and | ” | immersed in bloodthirsty tyranny, filthy vices and economic failure.” | “Schools in the Soviet Union, he | says, “have vastly decreased in num- ber, the teachers have been driven out and killed. . .such schools as} exist are hot-beds of vice and im- morality.” Pass the Paper to a Fellow Worker! The system of putting the minutes of the Soviet sessions and sessiens of the various sections on the wall in factories has beén introduced. Every elector can in this manner always know what the Soviets are doing. One of the forms of mass work of Town Soviets is the organization of commissions to take care of sanitary living and working conditions. In Moscow 41,000 people have been drawn into those commissions. There are also commissions to assist the schools and 6,000 people are working in them in Moscow. There are other similar commissions. These new forms of work bring the still Town Soviets masses. closer to the | receive a wage of 2244 "PREDICT POLISH ATTACK AGAINST LITHUANIA SOON |Pravda Sees Danger to the Soviet Union Cable to DAILY WORKER) SOW, 7. 18.—The exposures made in connection with the confer- lence of Lithuanian political exiles at ‘Riga proves beyond a doubt that Po- Jland has d on Lithuania and |that she is active military | preparations that must cause anxiety to all friends of peace, according to an editorial in the Pravda, official organ of the All-Union Communist Party. The masses of Soviet Union are following the events on the nortig ern frontier with the greatest ap»rehensio: vda says. They the absorption and means a step ion of the chau- f Polish militarists, This slo- the end of to s t Halt » Imperialiea: s ,” the Pravda attempt to seize Polish imperialists de- time to cut off the m the w of Europe must per- halt the Polish im-" particularly true riat as the pro- British diplomats s is no longer a Soviet Un “The wor ceive the perialist: of the Bri vocator acti in the Baltic st secret to anybod Girls On Strike in Japanese Mills for Increase in Wages TOKYO, Japan, (By Mail)—500 |overworked and underpaid girls em- ployed by the Hayashi-Gumi silk {spinning mills at Okaya, a mill cen- |ter near here, have gone on strike. It is the first display of solidarity of in- dustrial women in that district. 4000 girls are employed at the plant. They cents a day. 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