The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 6, 1927, Page 6

4 i H Vy _ that permeates the old parties of capitalism. ‘the campaign to carry into the next national elections the stand- Page Six ’ Zo TRAE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TCESDAY; DECEMBER 6, 1927 THE DAILY WORKER ™®21C\'s Biccus? crop “Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO, Daily, Except Sunday N , Orchard 1650 $3 First Street, New York, ~ SUBSCRIPTION RAT York only): By Mai ix months 6.00 : By Mail (in Address and m E DAILY WORKER, York, N. ¥ Mesh 21 Editor.. MINOR Assistant Editor. DUNNE S second-class m “The People’s Representatives’ Go Into The entieth congress cpens as signs of a de ndustry multiply, as coal barons backed by state sour re trying to destroy the most important unicn movement, as the capitalists are gathering their forces { sale onslaught cn the working class and its organizations with the courts drawing an injunction net around the unions, as unem- ployment is ir s are assuming sharper form with the menace of imperialist war becoming more mminent, as peasantization of the farmers progressively pauper- zes ever larger numbers of the rural ma in the labor a whale- ns the opening cf the presiden-, a is concerned the new The opening of al campaign and so far as national politi year is here. political for- and With their e tunes of the capitalist politicians and their parties, rongressmen, cabinet members and department hea retinue of fixers, will deal with those .cked. But the greater part of the time will be of a decisive political ver opc ators , the pr es which Jent and hi zan not be spent in evading a decision aature. TY ce in the republican and democrat parties, Th re Marty, the writer eresting story, was chief mechan- n on a French torpedo boat in the Sea in 1919 when France, as the allied powers was waging x on the Russian revolution. Sev- eral French ships went over to the the uit special economic interests of their mem- defs and 1 be responsible for clashes which to some extent ¥ n the utterances and actions of the leaders. ‘one moment will senators and congressmen for- See t ce is to capital and capitalism. Neither r task to confuse and demoralize the false issues, to maintain the fiction of the iden- lity. of int + of robbed and robber—the woxking cl s and the capitalist ss—here in “free and democratic America,” to pro- sect-the interests of the fingncial and industrial lords at all costs. will. they masses, to t i e “ I | Tevol itionists but did not actively lt is true that there may be certain concessions made to the | participate on the side of the Red official leadership of the labor movement—the Greens, Wolls and »s. Since then, Marty has been jalmost under constant surveillance Lewises—but these wil made only to avoid making the class : ses bn, Wiser wats te and served a long term of imprison- ‘Jeavage tco c.car and to enable these agents of the capitalists to sontinue their betraya!s ef the masses. 1 mutineers. Only recently he was indicted, convicted and jailed alleged seditious propaganda. It is possible also that “something will be done for the farm- | for but the motivé will be the same as that which may prompt | pq, making of a few gestures toward the yorkers—to hold out | * * «* false hopes of a sufficiently plausible characicr to keep the bank-| By ANDRE MARTY (Paris). rupt farmers in the two capitalist parties. . | (ONTRARY to the widely-held view, the “Black Sea Revolt’ was not merely an act of mutiny of the crew Wall Strect will be the determining factor in framing such “egislation as is passed or proposed and this congress, like its | oy ty sips. which hed’ “oredecessors, will strengthen the hold of finance-capital upon the | been Black Sea in 1919. ie t i hinery it was far more extensive in char- Beet ACRE acter, for it included the mutiny of |the French troops of occupation in |South Ukraine and in the Crimea | (February to h 1919), the revolts f the crew o French war-ships |in the Black Sea (April to July 1919), the revolt of the French sailors on |the ships outside the Black Sea and in the ports (June to August 1919). | As the revolts in the Black Sea how- ever were the most important ones, The speeches made. ihe bills introduced, the laws passed, the general trend of this congress, the role played by the leading fig- ures and the economic interests they represent must be closely watched—and understood. The struggle to build a labor party will take on greater driving foree as the meaning of the machinations ‘in Washington is made clear. Not a single senator or congressman represents or fights for the interests of the workers and exploited — Nota fe Weide eaves Gio ae to Eee TE gle congressman or senator will make an open cha enge to he | movement which was roused by program of Wall Street imperialism. There will be criticism of | French intervention in Russia. some of its methods but that is all. The Causes. causes of the revots are not to be looked for in the conditions of living of the troops and the crews lof the ships. As a matter of fact, and sailors in the Black Sea and in Russia were very badly |fed, very badly housed and insuf- : et * a . ye aie aw fieenty clothed in a cold climate, they This congress will furnish the most powerful arguments for alge cok faePaigl aad! earele ae ‘ c rar the organization of a labor party and the complete separation of | ceived letters; they were therefore the labor movement from the parties of its enemies. longing for demobilization. Neverthe- less their position was more favor- able than was that of their comrades in the trenches of the Vardar or in the submarin The miserable ma- _terial conditions in which they found ' themselves, were only favourable pre- liminary conditions for revolutionary ction and, above all, they were of ive significance in respect of the pirit of their demands. The two essential causes of the re- volts were the resumption of war and |the moral influence of the October revolution. n in the eyes of the most naive the armistice with Bulgaria, furkey and soon after that with Central Powers had one quite There: will be much said about corruption of the election ma- | chinery' and the expenditure of huge sums for the purpose of debauching the voters but no congressman or senator will say that the democrat and republican parties are the instruments of the class which plunders the workers and farmers. Philadelphia Wants the Republican Convention Albert M. Greenfield, president of the Philadelphia chamber ‘of commerce, journeyed to the White House at Washington to| interview President Coolidge in behalf of the campaign to make Philadelphia the convention city for the republican menagerie | in 1928. Whether Coolidge will aid the Philadelnhia boosters in their efforts to bring the convention to their city is not known. But that is of no particular consequence. As to the merits of Philadelphia’s ambitions, it seems only |, logical that the convention should be held somewhere in Penn- sylvania, the state of Andrew W. Mellon, billionaire trust mag-_ nate and banker and secretary of the treasury who is the real boss of the republican administration. Philadelphia, dominated by Vare’s hooligans, and one of the’ most openly and boastfully corrupt cities on earth, would furnish the simple and clear meaning: the ter- nation of war. But behold! hardly sport of the 156th division ica and been disembarked on December 18th, 1918, French troops were already the an ideal surrounding for the survivors of Teapot Dome, Elk Hills, | c ed in lively combats of the {he veterans’ bureau and department of justice scandals. inst ae a's troops. c Ne Saivos wi netly from the we ch were riding at anchor in the roads and cleared for action. War has then begun once more! F ; oy nifies 7 305 oy : ye skirmishes which fol- Philadelphia politics typifies on a small scale the corruption |The constant skirmis . meee B itd On the one nana is | lowed the landing of the troops simply ps A i. | made on them the impression that, ai- a rich and powerful ruling class. At the other extreme is that| tough war had come to an end in riff-raff of all the classes of society, constituting the slum prole-| france, it was here ‘once’ more re- _tariat—the bootleggers, the hijackers, the brothel keepers, the | sumed. These were the ee seeds ce -professional mendicants. These two classes meet upon common ee se which developed more an stted aa the ranks of the old parties to prey upon the ex- | On thesgenee Wath: tans aaleaattid masses. | jsailors wanted to know with whom _ It is eminently fitting that such an environment should start Adequate protection would be forthcoming in order to keep secret real machinery of the convention that directs the marion- ettes who make up the various state delegations. | they were actually at war. They suc- ceeded at Jast in getting into touch with Russian workers, They learnt from pamphlets and newspay ) ards of the Mellon-Coolidge-Hoover administration. « |ment for his leadership of the Black; pub- command in Odessa. lished in French what kind of persons these Bolsheviki are. At the same fime they are more or, less well in- formed about the action taken by the revolutionary minority in France. Soldiers returning from furlough and above all the lately recruited troops sent as reinforcements, them “The Wave,” issued by Brison, a “fighting newspaper” of the socialist minority which appeared weekly and every single number of which often passed through hundreds of hands. The socialist interventions in the Chamber on December 29th and 30th 1918 (Alexandre Blanc, Cachin, Brison), and chiefly that on March 24th 1919 (Lafont, Cachin, Mayeras) and in June 1919 (Cachin, Lafont) roused a powerful response. Almost all the soldiers of the army in the Orient belonged to regiments which had been recalled from the French front because of their “evil spirit.” Thanks to the afflux of reserves the sailors were extremely irritated Se their incapable and absurdly actionary officers. At first they found the Bolsheviki sympathetic, then they became their friends. Dis- eussions were held everywhere on Bolshevism and on revolution. The General Staff made every ef- fort to maintain the “morale” among the troops. They spread the most fantastical stories about the Bol- sheviki, stories about children who had been eaten up, prisoners who had been cut to pieces, etc. They were re- ceived with mockery. The General Staff went further; propagandists were shot and hanged. Jeanne La- bourbe and ten other comrades, five | of them women, were murdered by French officers in the night of March Ist. This cruel deed taught caution, but action developed more and more, The French’ “police” tortures pris-| oners, for instance Lastochin, Presi- dent of the Party Committee of the Bolsheviki, Satjai; ~ Real-Admira: Legay bombards Cherson and slaugh- ters more than 100 women and chil- dren. These events increase the indignation -which prevails. It was a’ frequent occurrence in Odessa that French soldiers toré off their medais and threw them to the ground in a fury when they witnessed Russian workers being taken to prison. : At the beginning of February, the disintegration of the army reached a serious: degree, towards the end of March it had developed so far that even non-commissioned officers were infected with it, Some of them, chieily those in charge ‘of training soldiers, sympathize with the Russian revolu- tion, others are full of indignation against the government which they hold responsible for the disintegration in the army. A single example: Cot- tin’s attempt on Clemenceau’s life was greeted with passionate enthu- siasm by the soldiers and sailors. In this way, hatred of warfare and the luminous example’ of the R an revolution disintegrated a victorious army in a few weeks, Tacts. Tebruary, the, territory of 1c In Ukraine under occupation extended | from Tiraspol on the Dniester to tre Black Sea, that is to the territory oi Cherson and Nikolaiey. The front forms approvimately a curve the centre of which is Odessa, The whole of the Crimea is oceugied; the troops are composed of French, Greeks, Poles, Serbs and volunteers. In Sebastopol there is an English division. Bertelot, the General in command, has his quarters in Bucharest and is endeavoring to ef- fect a general mobilization of Rou- mania. General d’Anselme holds the took with } e Revolt of the French Black Sea Fleet #33 £°s The revolt developed in three es- sential phases: 1. Refusal to March. A number of battalions refused to advance against the Red Army, the Red Guards and the Red partisans. A few examples: In January 30th one battalion of the 58th Infantry regiment and two bat- \talions of the Alpine regiment left Bender in Bessarabia in order to take possession of Tiraspol which was oc- cupied by the Red Guards. They marched off under vehement protests on the part of the infantry who re- proached the artillery with obeying orders. At the first rattling of the machine gun salvos, the 58th regiment refused to fight and withdrew, carrying the artillery with it. When, after Tiras- pol had been taken by other troops, they were again ordered to march into that town, they only did so un- der the condition that there would be no fighting and that the whole Gen- eral Staff should be in the firse caz- riage. The machine guns placed at the doors of the other carriages in order to prevent any treachery on the part of the officers. Later, the regi- ment was disarmed and sent to Morocco, Evehts of this kind occurred repeatedly in various places. The «French troops, which sometimes suc- ceeded in carrying with them Greek troops and others, refused to ad- vance against the “Reds” and, as for instance on the oceasion of the at- tack on Odessa on April 38rd to mount guns. But the time had already come when the soldiers were no longer | satisfied with refusing to obey orders. 1A corps of the 7th regiment of en- gineers received their officers with gunfire. It could only be persuaded with great difficulty to follow the | army which was retreating on Akker- man. On April 5th, Odessa was evacuated. Whole units of troops, surrounded by Greek troops, left the town, singing the “International.” The troops arrived in Okkerman in com- plete dissolution. Officers of high rank and generals left the town in great haste on ships or motor-cars. 2. The Black Sea Revolt. The sailors were witnesses of the complete disorder prevailing on the occasion of eipline ceased to exist. Complete dis- integration had taken place. On at- most all the ships, the non-com- missioned machine-gun. officers mzde zommon cause with the crew, many non-commissioned warrant officers yemained. neutral. é No longer did they stop at the re- fusal to march, open revolt took place, the General Staff was asked to direct the fleet back to France and this de- mand was supported by threats. This was the second stage. On April 16th, at midnight, I was arrested in Gelatz (Roumania) to- her with three other — saily: ongst them Badina, as I wa: sturning’ to the torpedo-boat “Pro tet” of ‘which I 3 the chief | mechanician. as coming back from. a see! meeting. We had come 1 Odessa a few days ago and had ‘med the plan of capturing the first ship standing in the offing and taking out there in what way it would be {possible to persuade a whole section of the Black Sea fleet to return ‘to | France, The conspiracy had just been betrayed “in’ time” by. three police agents. Three days later however, on the evening of April 19th, a revolt broke out on board the dreadnought “France,” which was riding at anchor in front of Sebastopol, where shots had been fired on two days (April ™, the evacuation ‘of Odessa on April! 5th. Even on board the warships dis- } jit back to Odessa. We wanted to fina | By Fred Ellis |; Red Rays IDENT Calles of Mexico should ind time hanging heavy on is, what with the company of W. Morrow, the American der, and Will Rogers the tore- |most American clown. Dota Kogers |and Calles participated ina bull fight : the entertainment of Morrow, the ican waving a crimson cloth be- animal’s eyes while the confined himself to throw-- ing his favorite brand of “bull.” | TJEARST’S “expose” »f Mexican in- trigue against American imperial- ii may increase the circulation of his sheets, but it is not proving ef- ive in arousing popular wrath jagainst the Mexican government. s an extreme individualist sa lone hand often to the discomtfiture of the dominant ruling ‘groups in this country. He has a | bone of his own to pick with Calles jand there is reason to believe that |this campaign is a blackmailing |proposition designed to force the | Mexican government to grant him some concessions. Hearst has large jland holdings in Mexico. | PWIGHT W. MORROW is looking |“ after the interests of American imperialism in Mexico, particularly the intercsts that now determine the foreign policy of the government. ; Hearst may blow his head off, but if all Street can get what it wants the use of molasses, why should it use vinegar? ‘WO THOUSAND Germans who had foreign property confiscated dyr- |ing the war and for which they have |not been reimbursed, paraded in a | funeral procession in Berlin last Sun- day. They were paying a last tribute . |to the memory of their property, -——|which was sacrificed on the altar of patriotism during the w The |paraders charged the government individuals were ignored. We are not acquainted with the facts.in the case, but it could be just as the demon- strators~say. To those that have a lot, more shall be given and those who have little, it shall be taken away from them. Not exactly what the bible said, but.just as good. ARRY F. SINCLAIR and William J. Burns, may be on the witness stand in Washington to defend them- selves against charges of jury- tampering as these lines are written. The profession of prophecy, tho still doing big business, is not what it used to be, so I will not predict what may happen to the oil king and the glorified stool-pigeon. Sinclair and Doheny are big fellows, but they.are not in the Standard Oil ring. What right had they to buy a cabinet? For this impudence, they will be made to pay thru their nostrils. Anyhow, even if it does please John D. we don’t care who licks Burns, Sinclair and Doheny. jae since Amie MacPherson’s fa- mous visit to Carmel-by-the-Sea and the scandalous consequences of that sojourn, has there been so much excitement in Los Angeles. The most recent cause for native turbulence and displeasure is the habit of city police- men to hang around the street cor- ners during the night and indulge in laughter that falls on the ears of the sleep-hungry inhabitants like a chop suey of sound composed of the bray- ing of mules, the bleating of goats and the guffaws of myriad hyenas. He natives complained to the police commission which called the mat- ter to the attention of the command- ing officer, who was of the opinion that his men. were performing naturally and giving a proper account of themselves. There are more cops who heard of the bibulous god Bac- chus than of Pan, the god of musta sweet and sour. WHEN raiding labor union head- _ quarters, they are not supposed to twitter like linnets or chirp like sparrows. And when the furniture ig smashed and a reasonable number of heads are broken, what is more na- tural for’a real cop than to emit a healthy hee haw? Still, the polica captain has made it known that. un. d less his men learn to laugh in a I zoo-like manner, he may compel to wear an apparatus which can form the most beastly growl ij sound resembling the tinkling o: bells or of ice in a pitcher of on a hot day. 16th and 17th) on the Red Army from armoured cruisers. A group of mutineers took possession of a steamer armed with-a 37 mm gun and tried to win over one armoured cruiser after the other for united action. On the next -day, April 20th—Easter Sunday—the crews of the men-of-war “france” and “Jean Bart” solemnly hoisted the red flag on the mast of the bowsprit, at 8 a. m., whilst they sung the “International.” There was great agitation on all the ships. Meetings of sailors. In the afternoon, at 3 p. m., an imposing demonstration of French sailors in common with Russian workers en- gaged in the general strike, took place in the main streets of the town. ‘nthusiasm beyond all description prevailed. Just at that time, at 3.30 p. m., the Greek sailors and some sailors of the “Jean Bart” opened fire on those taking part in the demon- stration in the Norskaja street, by order of the Army, Commander, Col+ onel Trousson. A large number of persons were killed and wounded; among the dead were give workers and a young girl. Almost at the same time, the red flag was hoisted on the mainmast of “France.” The effect was an extraordinary one. Un- precedented disorder prevailed every- where. The troops in the fortress left, the sailors threw the ammuni- tion-boxes and machine-guns into the ‘sea, singing the revolutionary song “Down with. war and with the tyr- ants.” ~ On the next day they demanded that the squadron should depart be- for April 28th. The warships left the Black Sea one after the other in order to return to France, “Jean Bart” alone remained for another month at the gates of Constantinople. Revolutionary demonstrations of the crew in the town were an almost daily occurrence, On April 28rd I was taken on board the “Waldeck-Rousseau”, which |was threatening Odessa, this town ‘being in the hands of the Soviets. 1 succeeded in getting into touch with the crew. On April 27th, at 12 o’clock ~—I had been taken away from the ship by surprise an hour ago in order to be transported into a prison in |Constantinople—the crew of the “Waldeck-Rosseau” mutinied and hoisted the red flag. The torpedo- destroyer “Fauconneau” joined in the movement, an ultimatium was put to the Admiral to the effect that they wanted either to return to France immediately or to enter the port of Odessa. The Admiral yielded. At about the same time the crew cows atet Roe oeDING to the Daily Bxpresa of the fire-ship threw their command- of London, important financiers er overboard. in the city, among them Reginald Me- Similar demonstrations and move-; enna, ex-chancellor of the exche- ments took place on all the warships |7uer, are ready to advance $50,000,- in the course of the months of April|%00 to the Soviet Government on to July. The last ship which mu-|%ome arrangement relating to debts, tinied on July 30th in view of Odessa|'t is also stated that the same fi- was the “Touarez.” ial interests guaranteed Soviet Towards insurrection. In spite ases of Egyptian cotton. Con. f strict censorship being exercised sble pressure is being brought vy the government, the warships|'? bear on the tory government with which returned to France one aft view to bringing about a resump- fhe other brought detailed news of|tion of diplomatic relations between the Russian revolution and of the|'he two, countries. i mutinies;;A new phase was then en-| ’ ered upon. It was no longer a case { ORE than one hundred Chicaga of revolts, attempts were made to| women have at least one ear each ring about qestcrectlnie Almdst for sale. This fact became known werywhere, sailors’ committees were | hen a wealthy New York society formed spontaneously which worked | Woman offered $2,500 for an ear in more or less secretly and were con-|g00d standing. There were more nected with revolutionary labour |22tS offered for the money than the croups. The first preparations for|‘tftic could bear, so the society lady insurrection were made. withdrew the offer. A Chicago gun. (To Be Continued.) man in good condition could shoot off ‘ enough ears in an afternoon’s work to supply the New York society ear market and we have no doubt but would be right, . is Further installments of Upton Sin- clair's latest book, “Money Writes,” will be run in The DAILY WORKER beginning the day after tom a