The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 28, 1927, Page 3

abi See Precast" ta o82 ‘She seenied weil THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 28, 1927 Mexican Government Yielding to American Pressure on PAN- OVER 4 MILLION CHINA PEASANTS IN FAMINE GRIP ' i Report Blames Raids | by Chang Tso-lin | | PEKING, China, Dec. 27.—More | than four million poor peasants are | in the grip of hunger in north China | as the result of famine and the heavy | taxation levied by northern officials, according to the report of competent | foreign observers made at the request of the Chinese International Famine Relief Commission for more exact in- forination: Altho the Chinese committee which | is dominated by adherents of Chang Tso-lin, blamed the drought and| locusts for the famine, the interna- | tional committee charged that “ban- ditry and exorbitant taxation” were equally to blame. Live on Grass. Thousands of peasants in Chihli and Shantung, are kept alive by the bark of trees and grass. The ap-| proach of winter, the observers state, will result in the death of thousands of peasants, The confiscation of crops by the soldiers of Chang Tso-lin and his | allies is one of the principal reasons | for the poverty of the pedsants, one | of the observers intimated. The new | fainine wave will be as intense and as | disastrous as that of 1921, it was also | stated, | U.S. Imperialism | sympathetic - Hit at Brussels. BRUSSELS, Dec. 12 (By Mail). — After describing the policy of inter- vention pursued by the United States in Central and South America, Sal- vador de la Plaza told the General Council of the League Against Impe- fialism which is in session here that the Latin American struggle against United States imperialism was steadi- | ly gaining in strength. The League is miaking considerable progress in Latin-America, he said. The struggle of the Philipine Islands for independence was brought before the general council by. -Alminiano, while Emir Shek’) Arslan reported for the Arabian National Committee on the Syrian struggle for independ- ence against France. Herclet declared that French workers afforded their full support to the Syrian struggle for independence. The Indonesian representative de- clared that the struggle for freedom against Dutch impetialism was gain- ing strength. U.S. Troops in Panama May Mean Intervention Report Police Disarmed PANAMA, Dec. — The contin- ued manoeuvers of the United States troops in Panama territory are caus- ing general uneasiness in the Repub- lie, While the government papers are denying that the presence of the troops is a threat of the United States to interfere in support of the Chiari administration at the coming elec- tions, El Heraldo asserts that the American forces are the beginning of | intervention, The -umor that the Panaman police | have been disarmed in pursuance of | instructions from Washington is also | being zealously denied by the Chiari officials. | were twice as many jobseckefs as | “Butcher” Machado Saye | i { } Machado, puppet of American inter- | ests and maintained as President of Cuba by the National City Bank and the sugar trust, will probably preside INDIA WORKERS STRIKE; PROTEST TORY COMMITTEE Vote Money to Aid the. Chinese Revolution (Continued from Page One) money were provided for this pur- pose. It is hoped that the sending of ;the Ambulance Corps will counteract ‘the anti-Chinese moves of the British officials. Unity between the Hindus and the Mohammedans at the Congress was; }ensured by a préliminary unity con- vefition where the two warring | religious factions signed a peace pact jto arbitrate their differences and | present affunited ront to the British | imperialists. { at the Havana Conference. AUSTRALIA PLANS : Besides the delegates from India proper, which represent practically | Il the major politieal divisions, there | delegates from Ceylon and) Amotig the delegates are: are | Brahma, |Mahatma Gandni, Pandit Motilal 10 BAN STRIKES | Nehru, N. C. Kelkar, Shrinivas Tyen- | a | gar, Lala Lajput Rai, the Hindu dele- | 27. LONDON, Dee would outlaw § - A pill that kes has been intro- | duced in the Australian House of Rep- resentatives by the Attorney-General | in the guise of an amendment to the | Arbitration Act. | The ametidment also provides for a secret ballot where ten or more mem- bers of the union demand it. The in- troduction of the measure followed the Ses a tied up shipping. Coal miners threat- ened to join the dock workers in a valkout. Rush U.S. Gun’boat as Nicaraguan Liberals Under Sandino Gain MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Dec. 27. — The U. S. S. Tulsa will probably be despatched to Cape Gracias to aid in the attack against Nicaraguan liber- als commanded by General Sandino who are believed to have pushed their | way from Nueva Segovia to the Cape. Marines will probably also leave for Cape Gracias as the result of a re- quest from officials connected yen the Diaz government. Religion Doomed to Disappear in Near Future, Says Freud VIENNA, Dec. 27. — “We have reached a stage where the intellectual development of humanity is endan- gered by the superstitions of religion,” declares Sigmund Freud, founder of the psychoanalytic school in his latest hook “Die Zukunft der Ilusion” (The Future of an Illusion). Declaring that religion is an illu- sion Freud says, “They are ideas con- trary to'the ptactical world, cosmic idéas coming from madness which science in the last centuries has done much to dissipate French Boys and Girls Can’t Even Sell Selves For $100; Teo Few Jobs PARIS, Dec. 27. — Many boys and girls who attempted to auction them- selves off as farm laborers at the labor auction at St. Etienne returned to their homes jobless becatise there jobs. Factory girls hired themselves out for $100 a year. Most of the girls who were auctioned off were between 15 and 17 years old. Widow, 73, Wh Retire, Praises Soviet Uniion By CARL HAESSLER, ' BAKU, Caticasus, (FP) Dec. 18—| beyond ordinary working years as she joined the group | of western labor men and women in! she principal park of Baku, the big! Soviet Union oil town. She did not! understand the addresses mate in English over the common grave of} the 26 Soviet Commissars executed in 1918 through the efforts of British | imperialism. But she got the spirit | of the occasion and she soon found an. American delegate who spoke Ger- man. | Hardworking Men. | “I knew those Commissars well in the first days of the Revolution,” she related. “They were devoted, hard- working farseeing men. They were terribly tortured before they were finally shot in the desert. There have have been great éhanges since the czar’s days.” She was of German birth and had married a German steamboat captain who transported a steamer by rail from Riga to the Caspian sea atid navigated it there for 39 years until his death. The couple and their chil- dren had lived very comfortably in a 7-roorh house, well furfished and money in the bank. Like a flash the revolution had na- 0 Refuses me. tionalized their property. dren had piartied and gone back to Germany. The old couple were al- lowed one room to live in With the furniture in it. The rest was al- lotted for the use of other families, with the kitchen and bathroom to be used in common. Their batik account was aiso nationalized. ‘The captain still navigated his steamer, but it had! The chil- | Ikout of fifty thousand dockmen | » veral weeks ago which completely | gate to the International Labor Con- |¥erence at Geneva, Annie Besant, and | Sarojini Naidu. | wana sound By Congress. | Lite GecCiSIONS vE ue Cungress are duaiuadeory UN all Cue Gkicgales WNO InOSe UL Ue s€aucis Ind tne | couiury, atid luey Will be carried out | vy imunmense Nauwun-wide aluca organi- MaANnddua Gann DAs aireauy | “politica: con acuce 13 i ide KEePuig OL ene Von- afd vide ne will be bouna, by | maveVer Micdsures toe Congress ae- wuues LO TAKE, wiuxiin synai Khan, a Mohamme- vai aud rresidene Of the All-1adia Kougress, nas deciarea | cue Uileil & PuUdu taoie Conierenee in which indian statesmen are invited wy parucipare as piempotenuarnies 1s ealiva BY Lue briuisu, ur until a Com- suiSsi0N With & majurity of indwahs oh equai terms With tne British is sev up, the All-india Nanionalist Congress Wul not take any part in the work ot the Statutory Cvlmmission, british Kesist. The British officials aré reported to | be stupvoriiny vpposed vo coming Ww verms with une Ati-india ‘Nationatis. | vengress. il iS beleved tnat tne | sawn government, emboldened py jus success in defeating the ritisn | weneral Strike and countifig on the | support of thé reactionary leaders ot (wie ahaepehderit Labor Party are de- | vermmeéa to put up @ stuf resistance jvo tne Gemauus o1 the All-India wa- | uonalist Congress, BOMBAY, (By MAIL).—What In-| dians think ot tne Simon Commission | and the “Labor” members tnereotr| might be illustrated by a tnousand ex- tracts trom the Press here. ‘tne fol- jowing extracts are typical:— alcitiae | cauuns. uccared ule tis. elens AVALOS Lunacharsky May “Our Labor friends in Parliament rounaly condemn the exclusion oi .h-) dians trom the Commission, fbui vy tong experience we know that the La- | por warty is a broken reed for us iw tean upon; otherwise would it have | allowed two of its members to accept places on the Commission? “Once again let it be remembered that our salvation lies in our own nands.”—The Hindu. “The Solid phalanx of Tory gentle- | mien are in the delightful position of | tinding that their Liberal opponents are their friends along with a few Labour Imperialists in the gredt sport ef humiliating India.” “India is not so servile as to be con- tent with the right of making repre-! sentations to the Commission—the | Committee trick is nothing more. “India insists on a determining} voice, and not the voice to beg. Let| the Labor Party make no mistake about that.”—Bembay Chronicle. Bechterev Bequeaths Brain to Institute; | Scientists at Burial | MOSCOW, Dee. 27. — The body of | Dr, Vladimir R. Bechterev, famous psychiatrist and authority on brain) diseases, was cremated today with the | exception of the brain, which has been bequeathed to the Red Panthen- on, Five hundréd distinguished scien: | tists from all parts of the U. S. S. R. | and Europe, who are here attending | the Neuro-Pathological Congress, | followed the catafalque to the crema- | | become a war vessel in the Red navy, named aiter Lieut. Schmidt, the ring- leader of the Potemkin naval mutiny of 1905, Now the widow at the age of 73 is still working, putting to use her girl- hood German technical training as midwife, She is in private practise because of her age. She makes 150 roubles a month average ($75), wit! various extras. A far different lo! from the pre-revolutionary luxury. “But the workers have it far bet- ter, incredibly better than before,” she said with a little glow of en- thusiasm. “Their wages are double, their hours are 8 or less instead of 12, they live in admirable new homes, rent free. I could get a pension from the city and retire. But activity is better. It is all right in Baku if you are a worker, Loafers don’t have a very good time.” And she bade the delegates adieu. : tory, where orations were delivered. | According to Dr. Betcherev’s living , instructions, an autopsy was conduct- ed upon the body Sunday. A minute | examination was made of the brain, Dr. Betcherev, who was 69 years old, | died on Saturday after a brief illness. Frighter Hunt Fails PORT ARTHUR, Ont., Dec. 27. — Search for the missing freighter Kam- loops failed to yield the slightest clue to the whereabouts of the ship. The | ice-bréaking jug James Whalen re- turned to this port yesterday after- noon without any news. CAIRO, Dee. 27. —= Locusts ate te. turning to Egypt and destroying hun- dreds of thousands of dollars worth of free: Steps are being taken to com- t the pes ts. Dwight Morrow New American envoy to Mexico, and former partner in the House of | Morgan, who is believed to be con- nected with the introduction of the Calles meastire providing for changes in the oil land laws favorable to Amer- ican interests. MAY LIFT BAN ON MEXIGAN PLANES WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. | tion of the embargo on shipments of | Relaxa- |arms and munitions to Mexico was forecast at the state department to- day. Following an announcement President Coolidge that the entire em- bargo question will be considered this government, it was announced today that as a first step in the new) policy, the state department has ap-| proved the purchase by the Mexican, Government of the Ford airplane in PLANES FOR AMERICAN DRIVE IS HAVANA PLAN U. S. Companies to Gain by New Scheme Far reaching steps to link the States with Central and South J can countries by a network transport lines will be taken Pan-American conference at Havana; Cuba, which meets January 16 it was learned today. The first move, it is expected, will be the lifting by this government of \the embargo on airplanes and air equipment to Mexico. Secretary of State Kellogg has under consideration the recommendation by Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers, (R.) of achu- setts, that this be done. The entire aviation industry of the United States is behind the recommendation. “Good-Will” Hokum. It was believed that the order rais- ing the embargo will be timed for the opening of the Pan-American confer- ence. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh’s flight to Mexico and his “good will” tour of Central American countries has resulted in strong sup- port for lifting the airplane ban. Should the embargo be r ico is said to be ready to pl at once for American planes, both for commercial and military purposes. Re- ports from Mexico City state that the Mexican government is prepared to purchase at least one huge It was in such a plane that Mrs. Lind- bY! bergh made her flight to the Mexican | capital. Aviation officials pointed out that Lindbergh’s flight to Mexico and His Central American tour will result in a boom for aviation in the countries projected | Ford | 4 ( bY | transport tti-motored plane at once, | ble to meet payments due to interna- | public debt during 192 early this morning. The on was }made as the result of Mexico’s in- | ability to meet the payments due the | international bankers. * * * MEXICO CITY, Dee. 27 | Mexican railway question as well as | the general debt situation will be | placed before a group of international bankers, headed by Thomas W. La- | mont of J. P. Morgan and Co., when Fernando de la Fuente, chief of the |Mexican Department of Credit ar- jri ere. The Mexican Ministry of | Finance in a statement issued several ago declared that it would be un- | tional bankers, A new international agreement is expected to result from the Fuentes | mission in view of the friendly terms which have recently been established between the Mexican government and Wall Street. The new oil land law which Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh} cjuth of the border and that United | Which has been introduced in House flew from Detroit to Mexico City. The plane will be used in the Mexican| military service. Be Italian Envoy MOSCOW, Dec. 27—Important! diplomatic changes are imminent i the Soviet Government, according to/| reports current this afternoon. Educa- | | tion Commissar Lunacharsky probably will be appointed ambassador to Italy, succeeding Leo Kameney, while Chief Menzinsky of the “Ogpu” (political police) is slated to succeed Lunachar- sky. M. Mikoyan probably will become head of the seeret police. ft Former Finance Commissar Sokol- nikoy, will be appointed trade com- missar, it 4s understood. Soviet Union Extends Aid to Poor Peasants MOSCOW, (By _Mail)—In_ con- formity with the Manifesto of Ene Central Executive Committee, the So- viet of People’s Commissars in Kor-! alia has granted 35,000 roubles to the| aid fund for aged peasants. Already in the current year state aid will be given to a group of 500) aged peasants, chosen among the! poorest Koralian peasantry. Delegation of Italian Workers Reach Moscow i MOSCOW, Dec. 15 (By Mail).—An Italian workers’ delegation elected by the revolutionary workers of Italy has arrived in Moscow. Metal workers, printers and build- ling trades workers are included in| |the delegation. i New Italian Quakes? ROME, Dec. 27. — Apprehension } was aroused in some quarters today | over the earthquake tremor that) rocked this city and adjacent territory | for several minutes on Monday after- | noon. It was feared that additional quakes will follow for yesterday's tremors were the second within three months. WHAT TUNE DO YOU You will find hurdy-gurdys with monkeys, lunch cotinters, soda fountain and book stalls among innumerable attrac- tiois at the Nine-Day Fair of States indus advantage of th is prenating to take s stimulus. Argentine Police Seize 10 Worker BUENOS AYRES, Dec. 27.— U 8 a pretext the bombing of the ional City Bank on Saturday, the Buenos Ayres police are carrying on a terrorization of all workers and la- bor organizations in the city. At least 60 workers and several members of the former Saeco and Vanzetti committee have been seized and held by the police while others are being rounded up. The arrest of the Sacco and Van- zetti workers followed the statement by Robert Woods Bliss, the American ing | ambassador to the Argentine, that “he thought” the outrage was the work of Sacco and Vanzetti sympathizers. | The police have as yet been unable to find any evidence which could lead to the a t of the bomber. Many labor, progressive and fra- | ternal organizations have been invad- | ed by the authorities in their hunt | and headquarters have been closed and meetings prohibited. The only casualty to date is Manuel | Taboada, who was selling to the bank clerks at the time of the explosion. The bank resumed operations this morning. NEWS OF THE PROGRESS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT IN PARTS OF ALL THE WORLD Every Week in THE INPRECOR (International Press Correspondence) THE LATEST NUMBERS No. 67 3.2 if opposition fn the Russian Communist Party with special documents and discussion. features an article No. 68 by N. 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TWO YEARS The | CALLES MOVE TO AMEND LAWS FOR Wikiw bhi BENEFIT OF U.S. “eputies Pass Measure | ym First Reading XICO CITY will” diplomacy Mortow and sen the Calles rican oil and fi- pre the er f Government nancial interests, he Chambe¥ of De passed the first reading of bill sent by President Callés amend~- ticles XIV and XV of the ican oil regulations. bill, if ed, will permit more than fifty years and Ar ican claims perma- the Mexican St- » Petroleum Cormpany had al- akened the oil land articles abl amendment to the XIV Ar- s proposed by Calles follows: ext of Article. “Article XIV. T’ shall be ¢on- firmed without expense by means of concessions the following rightst “(1) Those derived from lands on which oi] exploitation works were commenced prior to May 1, 1927} “(2) Those derived from contracts | made prior to May 1, 1917, by owners lof the surface or persons under con- |tract for them for the purpose of oil | exploitations; “(3) To owners of oleoducts and re- fineries or authorizations issued by |the Department of Industry, Com- |merce and Labor, and in regard to | thos cessions or authorizations; onfirmation of these rights will be granted without limitation of time, when one behalf of surface owners land for the time mentioned in econ- |tracts reached by surface owners and other parties. consid: The ticle [USSR Co-ops. Aid India MOSCOW, Dee. 14 (By mail) —For the relief of the destitute Indian peas- ants in the flood-stricken area of the Gujarat, the Moscow Centrosoyus (¢o- operatives) have sent $: 0 to the Secretary of the Co-operative Insti- tute of Bombay. |The Chinese Revolution Continues as well these n | and the latest developments in the attractive cloth bound edition. Read and Give t CIVIL] WAR IN NATIONALIST CHINA—Earl. R. Browder.—An ac- count by an eye-witness who a member of the International Del- egation visiting China. 25e. CHINA AND AMERICAN IMPB- RIALIST POLICY—Harl R, Broy- der, ae. direct bearing on American workers. Order now. HE workers and peasants of China are in revolt against their own military op- pressors and against foreign imperialism . This tremendous uprising has @ In ew books you will find the history, the various forces involved and the exact meaning of all this to American Labor, The Latest Book on China Whither China? 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