The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 7, 1928, Page 3

—~—’ AILITARISTS IN Manse on: ai ~_ ERREERUR : . THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1928 Page Three Chinese Workers, Peasants Take More Villages; Set Ub Own Governments © | | AANKOW EXECUTE ‘MORE MILITANTS Martial Law Continues In Shanghai HANKOW, Jan. 6.—The expropriz tion of landlords in the province « Hupeh is going on and peasants ani workers are setting up government: | in villages throughout the province | according to reports from various! sections of the province receive here. A number of large villages in the vicinity of the Wuhan cities ar still in the complete control of work- ers and peasants. | Wholesale arrests and exécution of workers suspected of Communis‘ sympathies are daily occurrences here The military authorities are ferret ing out the leaders of the recent tex tile strike and executing them witi little formality. Le In an effort to raise money fo their unruly troops, the authorities have announced a fifty per cent ad! yalorem wine and cigarette tax in Hupeh, s * . SHANGHAI, Jan. 6—Scores of workers have been arrested here by the Nanking authorities following a series of strikes in the native sections +f the city and clashes between, strik- ers and police. Martial law still pre- vails in the city. The militarist au- thorities fear a workers’ and peas- ants’ ‘outbreak similar to the onc which occurred at Canton last month. AIG BILL DOUBLE CROSSES NEGROES CHICAGO, IIL, Jan, 6.—The Ne- gro population of Chicago who actu- ally elected “Big Bill” Thompson, mayor of Chicago by giving him his plurali.y of 85,000 votes, are demand- ing from him that he make good on his election promises. Thomson had promised the Negroes that in the matter of appointments he would consider them on an equal foot- ing. with the whites... But the Negr: ieaders who had given “Big Bill” 90,- 000 of che 100,000 colored votes, be- came impatient when they saw that the only appointments available for them were as messengers and porters in the city hall. In a petition sent to the mayor the organized Negro physicians cive cases of segregation in the public schools; the refusal of admission to Negroes who have tuberculosis in the Muni- cipal Hospital, ete. They demand that a colored physician be appointed as assistant Health Commissioner, and also an appointment on the School Board, in addition .o other demands. Chinese Workers Open Own Club in Moscow MOSCOW, (By Mail).—A club for Chinese workers has been opened in Moscow. There are about 10,000 Chi- nese in Moscow. Most of them are home industry workers: Jaundry men, leather workers, dyers, knitters, ete. Nine hundred people applied immedi- ately for membership in the newly opened club. The following circles have been or- ganized in the club: reading and writ- ing (Russian), political education and musicel-dramatic. The club has also a library and reading room. It pro- poses to publish a newspaper. BUY THE DAILY WORKER AT THE NEWSSTAND Murderers’ Envoy Ip, Wu, vse vi ure leading members of the reactionary Nanking Dre. u. government, which is murdering workers and peasants in China, has been appointed special envoy to the United States. The Nanking govern- ment, which has broken off relations with the U. S. S. R., is seeking an even closer alliance with the imperi- alist powers. DELAY ELECTION OF ALL SOVIETS (Special Cable to DAILY WORKER) MOSCOW, Jan. 6.—By the decision of the Central Executive Committee of the U.S. S. R., the elections of So- viets which was scheduled to have taken place during the first quarter of this year have been deferred until che autumn. The reason for the postponement of the elections is the necessity for attending to immediate and important campaigns like the cooperative elec- tions, the country-wide revision of wage agreements and the State grain collection campaign. The action of the Central Commit- tee was taken at the request of a number of federal republics. Elections will be held thruout the Soviet Union this autumn, LITHUANIAN, POLE FRONTIER GUARDS EXCHANGE SHOTS Settlement Between Two Countries Far Off BERLIN, Jan. 6.— The danger of an open outbreak of hostilities be- tween Poland and Lithuania loomed today when shots were exchanged by frontier guards, according fo reports received here. One Lithuanian sol- dier was wounded, the despatches state. As a protest against the present boundary of Lithuania a number of Lithuanian guards cut down several posts marking the frontier near Krzaczyna, when the Polish troops opened fire. The Lithuanians return- ed the fire. In spite of the supposed settlement arranged be.ween the two countries by the League of Nations, friction be- tween the two countries remains as great as ever. Poland has announced its intention of retaining Vilna, while the Lithuanian Government has made it clear that ic will tolerate no per- manent settlement until it regains Vilna. 10 Reactionaries in Mexico Arrested for Plot Against Obregon MEXICO CITY, Jan. 6—The num- ber of counter-revolutionaries arrest- ed in Guadalajara on the charge of having plotted against the life of Gen- eral Obregon has reached the total of ten, according to reports received ere. Obregon’s change of route thru the Guadalajara district resulted from a railroad tie-up caused by counter-re- volutionary bandits who burned a number of bridges. EXPRESSION OF SYMPATHY CHELSEA, Mass., Jan. 6.—Section 6 of the Workers (Communist) Party has just passed a resolution extend- ing its sympathy to W. Gontar whose wife died recently. “Save The Union By Spreading The Strike,” Says Mine Conference (Continued from Page One) tively pushed as legislative and polit- ieal program by the union. Each representative present ex- pressed strong determination to con- tinue the strike until the miners vic- tory is achieved, the union maintained and a crushing defeat administered to the coal companies, and were bitter in their denunciation of the policies and leadership of John L. Lewis, Philip Murray, etc, as leading in the wrong direction. “To save our union and the Jacksonville scale” said Powers Hapgood, striking miner from Cresson, and noted youthful fighter, “the strike must be spread. In order to create a shortage of coal not only must the strike-breakers be brought on strike, but also the unorganized fields struck as like in 1922. This, however, is impossible as long as Lewis is head of the Union, for after being betrayed by him in 1922 in the Somerset, Fayette counties, and West Virginia district, the non-union miners will not respond to his misleadership, having lost all confidence in Lewis.” Serious discussion regarding ways and means to win the strike was taken up by all present, The Lewis policies were examined and attacked as wrong policies. The conference emphasized that the strike must be won, but could only be won by correct policies and a fighting leadership. “The policy of local and district strikes; local and district agreements militates directly against the mine * MOSCOW, (By Mail).—The growth of the revolutionary spirit among the working class in the Pacifie countries is being vividly shown in an increase of sympathy for the Russian and Chi- nese revolutions. Thus a general meeting of mem- bers of the New Zealand Federated Seamen’s Union passed unanimously the following resolution with regard to the tenth anniversary of the No- vember Revolution in Russia: “. , .This meeting of members of the Federated Seamen’s Union of New Zealand thanks the Transport Work- ers’ Union for their invitation to at- tend the U. S. S. R. Trade Unions’ celebrations on the tenth anniversary of the October Revolution but regret that time does make. ‘it impossible for .our representative to be in at- tendance. We instruct our executive to send them fraternal greetings and A wish them the best of success in their struggle to build up a new social or- der against the united capitalist for- ces of the world.” These same seamen responded to the appeal for help of the Chinese Seamen’s Union in Canton, by pass- ing the following resolution: “Whereas the water transport in- New Zealand Seamen Back Chinese Workers’ Struggle dustry is truly international and con- sequently in a state of conflict with world imperialism, we highly, esteem the struggle of the Chinese Seamen’s Union against imperialist oppression and promise full support to the Chi- nese seamen and all organizations aiming at the unifications of the op- pressed peoples the world over.” The meeting also authorized the executive committee to afford the Chinese seamen material assistance. Laud Soviet Union. While informing the U. S. S. R. Water Transport Workers’ Union of the resolution passed by the general meeting of New Zealand seamen, the executive committee of the aforesaid Federation added on its own behalf: “Although not having the honor to send our representative for participa- tion in the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Dictatorship of the Working Class in Russia, we de- sire to express our heartfelt assur- ance to the workers of the U.S. S. R. that we are in complete accordance with them and wish them every suc- cess in their heroic struggle for the building up of a new social order in the face of the combined capitalists of all countries.” workers now striking and the union generally” said Pat Toohey, miner from Canonsburg. “To win the strike, we must extend to the unor- ganized fields and more important to the union fields now working, te. anthracite, Indiana, etc. The workers of all America must mébilized for re- lief, but the American Federation of Labor to date has sent $150,000, a mere drop in the bucket. Member- ship action is necessary, a special con- vention to consider the crisis, more relief, mass picketing, national strike is the course to follow. Lewis will not do this. Lewis must go.” Says Brophy Elected. Others present pointed out that it was Brophy, not Lewis, who was elected Président of the Union ‘last election, giving specific proof of wholesale vote stealing by the ad- ministration. Others expressed in- dignation and disgust of the adrminis- tration policy of obeying the many in- junctions and restraining the member- ship from mass picketing. The ques- tion of officers taking large salaries while the strikers starve was con- demned, and a demand will be made that the salaries be suspended and utilized for relief for the strikers. Plans were made to mobilize the labor movement for relief work to aid in saving the union and winning the strike. The recent conference called by Secretary of Labor Davis, and the} American Federation of Labor| Emergency Conference held in No- vember were characterized as blinds to keep the membership from revolt- ing and demanding more militant policies, more qualified and courage- ous leadership to win the strike. Lewis Must Go. The conference declared that the union must be saved, the strike must be won. Lewis cannot do this: Lewis must go. A National Strike of ali miners, fganizing the non-union fields, mass picketing and violating injunctions enmasse were emphasized. The conference decided to intensify relief work, and wage a fight for the resignation of John L. Lewis and his administration. The conference at- tacked dual unionism and misleading leaders, and declared for membership control, re-establishment of union democracy, and a fighting leadership leading to victory and sacrificing with the membership. A campaign will be waged for a special convention to be! held in Pittsburgh to consider the sit- uation. The conference emphasized that the lines must’ hold, picketing must continue and high morale ‘is a prerequisite for victory. URGES INTELLIGENCE TEST BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Jan. 6.— Instead of looking at it from the so- cial angle, Dr, William J. Hickson says that only when intelligence tests are the basis for granting the vote will crime be eradicated. He nf | before the Race Betterment Confer- ence last night. FIGHTING FOR NICARAGUAN INDEPENDENCE Soidiers in the army of Gen. Augusto C. Sandino, mine worker, who is leading the fight of the Nicaraguan liberals for the independence of their country from American financiers. Tho lacking in the elaborate equipment supplied to the marines by the U. S. war department, these workers are neverthe- less fighting bravely against terrific odds. ‘MEXICO TO OPEN | RURAL SCHOOLS MEXICO CITY, Jan. 6.—The de- | partment of education announces that | 1,000 more rural school teachers will | be employed at the beginning of the | school term on March 1 than were} employed in 1927. New schools to accommodate 100,- 000 pupils have been constructed dur- ing the year. The department also announced, that hereafter teachers will be classi-| fied as public benefactors, pensioned | upon reaching old age and buried) with public honors. Notwithstanding the fact that the country is facing an economic crisis appropriations for education for 1928 have been increased over 1927. U.S.S.R. Institute of Science in Turkey LENINGRAD, Jan. 6.—The Academy of Sciences has decided to inaugurate, in Constantinople, the So- viet Institute for Scientific Research Work. The statutes of the Institute, which is the first Soviet institution abroad for scientific research work, provide for the possibility for Tur- kish, Soviet and foreign savants to study there the history, archaeology, letters, ethnography and the mutual |- juridical relations between Russia and Byzantium at the end of the X Century. The new Institute will be on the} lines of the former Archaeological | Institute which existed in Constanti- nople before the war and whose in-| ventory and part of the library have | been preserved and will be utilized for the establishment of the present Institute. Jugoslavs Alarmed At Italian Treaty BELGRADE, Jan. 6.—The Jugoslav press expresses considerable alarm at the proposed treaty between Italy | and Greece, which is believed to be | military as well as commercial in its | nature. Greece is reported to have agreed | to relinquish temporary control of its | coast to Italy in case of a war be- tween Italy and Yugoslavia. Italy is stated to have offered to give Greece | the Dodocanese isiands in return. * | The control of Saloniki would be; of the greatest strategic importance | to Italy in event of a war with Yugo- slavia. The Greek Minister of Foreign Af- fairs is now in Italy for the ostensible purpose of negotiating a commercial treaty. CHIHUAHUA, Mexico, Jan. 6.'— A relief fund of 5,000 pesos has been raised here for the sufferers at the mining town of Batopilar, which was destroyed by a storm and the break- ing of & reservoir early in December. ' GET ONE NOW 14-Karat Gold Emblem (Actual Size and Design) + SCREW-CAP TYPE 106 University Place New York City In Lots of 6 or more $1.25 each. No Charge for Postag Wall Street Plans Big Loan to Keep Cuba Job For ‘Butcher’ Machado Wall Street bankers are conferr- ing with Cuban officials on the question of a $50,000,000 loan to the Machado regime, it was learn- od yesterday. Altho the proposed loan will go ostensibly for the construction of roads in Cuba, a large proportion of it, it is believed, will be de- voted to maintain Machado as president. Bratianu May Join Late Brother Soon BUDAPEST, Jan. 6.—Newspapers here today reported that Vintila Bra- tianu, present premier of Roumania, has suffered several strokes ascribed to advanced arterio scelerosis. Prince Stirgey Titelescu, it was re- ported, has been mentioned as pos- sible successor to Bratianu’s office. * Vintila Bratianu became fascist premier of Roumania last November immediately following the death of his fascist brother, Jon Bratianu, who held the job before him. * * BUY THE DAILY WORKER AT THE NEWSSTAND | BOMBAY WORKERS THREATEN STRIKE LONDON, (By Mail).—A one day strike to protest against the British India Commission has been voted by the Bombay Municipal Workers’ Union, according to the Indian News service. The strike will take place when the Commission arrives in In- dia. Municipal Commissioner Clayton warned President Jhabwalla of the union that municipal workers who “failed to perform their essential duties” would be liable to prosecution. The Commissioner threatened that he would dismiss any worker who par- ticipated in the strike. President Jhabwalla replied that the workers were perfectly free to strike. A number of other unions have al- ready voted to strike as a protest against the appointment of the Com- mission. Soviet Union Making Farming Agriculture MOSCOW, (By Mail)—In the cur- rent year 128 million roubles worth of agricultural machinery and imple- ments will be manufactured against 93 million roubles worth last year. By extending home production it is FEWER BRITISH UNIONISTS DUE TO LEADERSHIP | Labor Weakened by New | Reformist Tactics LONDON, Jan. | trade have suffered heavy | 6.—The | jlosses in membership and financial | | British unions strength in 1927, the official report |of the registrar of Friendly Societies revealed yesterday. The losses are | believed to have been the result of the heavy defeat suffered by labor in the |surrender of the general strike and |the rapidly diminishing ardor with |which British labor leaders have de- voted themselves to the task of om | ganizing workers. The report reveals that there is a decrease of 300,000 members and that trade union funds dropped from $63,- |'750,000 to $43,250,000, while contri- butions from members fell off a quax- ter of a million dollars. Leaders of the minority movement |partly attribute the drop in trade |union strength to the methods of the | present leadership of the Trade Union |Congress. Minority leaders pointed |to the proposed conference between the trade union leaders, headed by J. H. Thomas and Walter Citrine, and the most powerful British capitalists, as evidence of the swing of the “re- formist leadership toward open col~ laboration with capital.” Berlin Blast Kills 18 BERLIN, Jan. 6.—Eighteen dead, 7 missing and 16 severely injured was the official report today of the ex- plosion which yesterday wrecked a four-story house in North Berlin. 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