The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 14, 1928, Page 3

1 ¥ THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1928 Page Three FOREIGN NEWS --- BY CABLE AND MAIL FROM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS USSR FUNDS FOR BRITISH MINERS WENE NOT LOANS U.S.S.R. Trade Unions Nail Capitalist. Lies (Special Cable To DAILY WORKER.) MOSCOW, Jan. .18.—Referring to the lies’in the bourgeois press to the effect that U. S. S. R. trade unions expected the British miners to return the money given them during their strike in 1926, Melnichansky, in the name of the All-Union Central Coun- cil of Trade Unions made public a statement in which he declared that the bourgeois reports were fabricated as propaganda for the British miners against the trade unions of the U. S. S. R. Melnichansky declared that the Soviet trade unions had not collected the funds from.workers for the pur- pose of granting a repayable; loan, but for the relief, without repayment of class brothers engaged in a life and death struggle against a common class enemy, “There never was any question,” Melnichansky said, “of suggesting t the British miners that the money had been granted to them as a loan The Soviet trade unions always re- garded_the support of the British miners as an expression of class soli- darity, being sure that in event of a struggle of the working class of the Soviet Union against its enemy, the British miners won’t fail to come to its support, as a token of class soli- darity.” Trial of Viennese _Rekels Continues VIENNA, Jan. 13.—Several hun- dred workers are still on trial here for having participated in the Vienna uprising. Seven persons who have been accused of open revolt have al- teady been acquitted by juries of Viennese workmen, A total of 1,825 persons were charged with acts of revolt and their cases have been distributed among -a number of courts. Lighter ,cases have been given out to the district ‘eourts. The most “serious charges” ,are those of “revolt or inciting to re- volt.” Among the recent cases tried was that of a young worker named Erlinger who was sentenced to two months for wresting a sabre from the hand of a policeman who was about to strike him. Czar of Islands, Stimson, Demands Control of Money WASHINGTON, D. C., Jans 13.— Henry L. Stimson, new governor- general of the Philippines, testifying before a joint session of the house and senate committees on insular af- fairs, demanded more power for him- self and less for the Philippine legis- lature. Specifically, he asked that congress grant him, for his own dis- posal in the employment of. adminis- trative “experts,” the sum of $125,000 a year from the customs reyenues now at the disposal of the Philippine legis- lature. Stimson claimed that he had reached a cordial understanding with Senators Quezon and Osmena, who are now on. their way to the Philip- pines from their recent special mis- sion to Washington, Fascist Minister In Germany Resigns Job BERLIN, Jan:'°13.—Otto Gessler, reactionary minister in charge of the Reichwehr, or state police, has re- signed his, position.” Gessler, who was.notorious for his monarchist sympathies, is generally suspected 6 having organized the “Black Reichswehr.” He was one of the leaders of the German fascist movement and. notorious for his per- secution of radicals. Herders Fly Now VANCOUVER, B. C., Jan. 18.—Air- planes are being used for reindeer herding -on.the big Artic stock farms in Alaska; Ralph Lomen, a pioneer in this industry, reports. GET ONE NOW |.14-Karat Gold Emblem (Actual Size and Design) SCREW-CAP TYPE “$1.25 Sent by Insured Mail for $1.50 On Receipt of Money by Jimmie Higgins Book Shop 106 University Place New York City In Lots of 5 or more $1.25 each. No Charge for Postage, | Ready to guan independence. Carry Marines for Wall Street’s War in Nicaragua These two government vessels, the transport Henderson, right, and the ammunition ship, Nitro, are seen above, tied up at San Diego ready to carry troops to wage Wall Street’s battle against Nicara- Ammunition was removed from the Nitro to make room for marines. PARIS COMMUNIST DEPUTIES JAILED Socialists Rush to Aid Financiers in Ballot PARIS, Jan. 18.—“The capitalist laws of the country .1 which I was the international working class,” de- clared Marcel Cachin to the French Chamber of Deputies shortly before a majority of its members condemned him to a long term in the Santé Prison, for political activity. The vote was 310 to 227 for incarceration. Half an hour after it was taken Cachin and Paul Vaillant-Co turier were ar- rested as they stepied out of the door’ of the chamber. The decision of the chamber fol- lowed a long debate in which the so- cialists and radicals attacked each other and endeavored to cloak their hatred of the Communists under a pretended zeal for parliamentary im- munity. Fearing that the true nature of the money-ruled French chamber might be revealed before the masses on the eve of the élections, the so- cialists demanded immunity for the Communists on the grounds that they would appear as martyrs before the French working class. Socialists Vote for Arrest. Daladier, the leader of the radicals, declared that Poincare’s action mak- ing the vote against immunity at the same time a vote of confidence | in the government, was an attempt to i split the radical group. At least a _ third of radicals abstained from vot- ing. The rest voted against the Com- munists. Even the bolrgeois press is frank in admitting that Cachin’s speech was masterly. Rising quietly from his place and speaking slowly and dis- | tinctly in the face of the hostile ar- j ray of the’ financier’s deputies, Ca- chin used the rostrum of the French | chamber to carry his message of Communist steadfastness to the French working class. Declaring that he was bound by the laws of the Communist International not by the laws of financiers’ Third French ie- public, Cachin declared that he wduld |not be bound by the laws which were aimed against the workers, laws which he himself condemnedt “I will | fight as long as I live,” said Cachin quietly in closing, “obeying only the laws of our Party.” | Police seized Cachin and Vaillant- | Couturier, the editor of the French Communist daily, “L’Humanité,” as they were leaving the chamber. Neither resisted arrest. barn are less to me than the laws of | 70 Peasants Trapped By Blizzard Die of Cold In Turkestan MOSCOW, Jan. 13.—Seventy peas- ants in Eastern Turkestan were killed when overtaken by a terrific blizzard sweeping in from the Gobi Desert, dispatches reaching here said today. The peasants were traversing the steppes in the Jetisusky District from one village to another when they were trapped by the blizzard and frozen to death. 2580,000,000 TO KILL LATINS WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 13.— Curtis D. Wilbur, Secretary of the Navy, declared before the House Naval Committee that $2,580,000,000 would be needed to continue Coolidge’s peace program on the water. As part of the administration’s policy, a large number of vessels elaborately ecuipped with war machinery are either on their way to Nicaragua or already there. Jugo-Slavs Opposed to Pact That Gives Huge Advantage to Italians LONDON, Jan. 18.—Fascist Italy is attempting to club Jugo-Slavia into prolonging the existing pact until July, 1928, despatches from Belgrade state. The preliminary negotiations ard being carried on between the Jugo-Slav foreign minister and the Italian minister to Belgrade, General Bodrero. Mussolini’s agent, however, insists on the ratification of the conventions of Nettuno which give overwhelming advantages to Italians living in Dal- matia. The conventions age extremely unpopular in Jugo-Slavia and it is not believed that they can be carried thru the parliament. German 8 Hour Day Progress Reported BERLIN, Jan. 13 (FP).—Study of actual working time in factories in Germany from April to October, 1927, by the German Federation of Trade Unions, shows that the number of workers employed over 48 hours a week has fallen from 48 per cent to 42 per cent, while part-time employ- ment has fallen from 4.6 per cent to 1.7 per cent. The number of persons working normally less than 48 hours per week was about 174,000 in Octo- ber, as against 159,000 in April. This inquiry covered 2,904,849 persons em- ployed by 67,099 concerns. % a Camaraderie and DANCE GIVEN BY, YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE—Dist. 2 . \ Tonight, January 14th 7:30 P. M. At FREIHEIT GESANGS VEREIN HALL 188 SECOND AVENUE Features: BANQUET, JAZZ ORCHESTRA, MASS SINGING, CHINA PEASANT CARNIVAL SOON The Chinese Peasant Carnival to be held at Manhattan Lyceum on Friday evening, January 27th, will be one of the most gay and colorful affairs of the year according to reports received by The DAILY WORKER. This unique Oriental Fiesta, planned by Chinese residents of New York City for the “Hands Off China” Committee, will be as nearly as pos- sible like such an affair when given by the peasants in China. Fire eating, sword juggling, acrobatic stunts, music, and magic tricks, will be per- formed by Cantonese workers apd peasants now living in New York Chinatown. No Oriental entertainer of the commercialized’ American vaudeville stage has ever shown the real Chinese performances. The Chi- nese Peasant Carnival will give the non-Chinese residents of this city the, only opportunity to get a glimpse | of what a real Chinese entertainment means. A speech by a worker from Canton on the “Signifance of RecentiBvents} in China” which alone could be the feature of the evening for those who do not dance, will follow the enter- tainment. Then, the color-light cos- tume Ball will begin in an atmosphere of the Orient created by the Chinese decorators. Here you will find your friends dressed in the costumes of European peasants, or changed over- night into Orientals, Hindus, Indo- Chinese, Koreans, Filippinois, or Japanese. | Chop Suey and Chow Mein will be served in the restaurant (with chop sticks). Tickets are now on sale at book- shops and restaurants, thruout the jcity for 75 cents. Tickets at the door are 99 cents. YOUNG FASCIST ROWDIES WRECK SOVIET EXHIBIT Belgian Police Make No| Arrests as Youths Riot BRUSSELS, Jan. 13.—Belgian po- lice stood on one side today and re- fused to interfere when a band of more than fifty young fasc’ into the Soviet exhibition did not leave until the floors were| covered with a mass of broken debris. The attack began shortly after the opening here of the exhibit organized by the Belgio-Russian League for In- ternational Relations. More than fifty riotous young Belgians—armed with cudgels burst into the . The leader of the band blew a whistle and at that signal the youths fascists set about destroying the exhibits, while part prevented the attendants from interfering. Dashing the busts of Lenin and other Communist leaders to the floor the roughs swept the contents from all the other shelves. The fascists ran from room to room demolishing as they went. When the work of destruction was completed, the fascist rowdies march- ed out of the hall crying, “Down with Soviet Russia!” They quickly scat- tered thru the side streets while the police looked on and made no effort to arrest them. The youths announced that they belonged to the League of Nationalist Youth, a fascist organiza- tion. Reactionaries Loot Small Mexican Town MEXICO CITY, Jan. 13.—A band of reactionary outlaws looted the town of La Barca, Jalisco, on Thurs- day,, according to reports received here. Houses were sacked, the rail-| way station robbed and telegraphic lines destroyed. Federal troops arrived in the town just in time to frustrate the hold-up of a passenger train. The reaction- aries have terrorized small towns in Jalisco for several months and a de- termined drive has been launched by the federal troops to eliminate them. Mexican Rail Wreck MEXICO CITY, Jan. 13.—Two rail- road employes were killed and several passengers injured when a broken rail caused the wreck of a passenger train at Orozoco on the Guadelajara-Man- zanillo line, according to reports re- ceived here today. Devoes Paints and Mazda Lamps All kinds of Tools and B. Wankel & Son 1:73 Thita Ave. Electricians, Mechanics, and Carpenters, etc. (Bet. 88-89th) New York City. Wholesale and Retail Hardware Store OPEN DAILY from 8 A. M. to 8 P. M. SATURDAYS to 10 P. M. Supplies for Plumbers, Imperialist Watch-Dog Rear-Admiral Yates Stirling Jr. has been placed in command of the U, S. naval vessels patroll- ing Chinese waters. American gunboats have been rushed to the scene whenever Chinese workers and peasants have taken or threatened to take control of any city of considerable size. British Gain Huge Bolivia Concession British imperialists have just is- sued an appeal for British settlers to go to Bolivia. The men are wanted | to colonize the vast 50,000,000 acre concessions which have been granted bythe Bolivian government to Bo- livian Concessions, Ltd, a British concern headed by Lord Asquith and | Sir Martin Conway, M. P. The concessions contain natural wealth in the form of timber, agricultural, rubber, oil and other min- eral resources. The concessions com- prise a territory larger than England itself. While the imperialists intend to make a British colony out of the con- cession, the first available coloni are 250 white indigent Russians whom the British government does immense not want to have on its hands at home. BRITISH CLASS COLLABORATION Calls Employers Meet “Absolute Farce” < The meeting neral council of the Union C and most pow- LONDON, 13. ongress yesterday was A. J. Cook, he British Min- erful industrialist branded as ‘ rilitant secr » general coun- nce Cook a meeti Id be sclared that the rood-will and cooperation” al and labor was “abso- a1.” He pointed to the 112% per cent wage cut decreed by | the cotton employers’ association sev- | eral days ago. | The trade union leaders, who spon- jsored the conference, particularly |Ben Turner, secretary of the Trade | Union Congress, declared that they lappreciated the “spirit which dicta- ted the employers’ invitation.” The |trade union leaders who have pushed | the conference thru the general coun~ |cil in spite of the protests of the | minority labor movement, are decid- | edly “right” wing and were to a large extent responsible for the failure of the British general strike in May 1926. motion of a new Yesterday’s session of the confer- ence was held behind closed doors, in a room of the Royal Society in Burlington House. The employers’ conference commit- tee is headed by Sir Alfred Mond, the Marques of Londonderry, Lord Weir, Lord Ashfield, Sir David Milne-Wat- son, Sir Hugo Hirst, the Hon. Vernon Willey and Conway Davies, who among them almost completely con- trol the chemical, shipping, mining; iron and steel industries. Chinese CARNIVAL COSTUME BALL AND ENTERTAINMENT 75c in advance 89 Union Sq.—-Room 40. TICKETS ON SALE: Civie Club, 18 E. 10th St. Jimmie Higgins Book Shop, Daily Worker, 108 EB. 14th St., and 33 Ist St. Freiheit Office, 30 Union Square. Rational Vegetarian Restaurant, 1590 Madison Ave. Rapport « Kessler Book-Shop, 1310 Southern Blvd., Bronx. Chinese Workers’ Alliance, Hands Off China Committee, Washington Sq., Book Shop, ADMISSION Auspices: HANDS OFF CHINA COMMITTEE Peasant FRIDAY NIGHT JANUARY 27 8 P. M. MANHATTAN LYCEUM 66 E. 4th St., N. ¥. C at the door 99e Tel.: Algonquin 6789. 106 University Place. 27 W. Sth St. | Saturday - Doors open at 6 P. M. LENIN MEMORIAL MEETING ‘+ Jan.21 - at Madison Square Garden PAGEANT ON THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION—1,000 IN THE CAST LENIN SAID: “Tens of millions of corpses and maimed, who are the victims in the war... speed opening the eyes of the millions and tens of millions of people, stupified, oppressed, deceived and fooled by the bourgeoisie. In this way, upon the universal ruin caused by the war, the revolutionary crisis is growing. . . . TODAY: American marines are bombing men, women and children in Nicaragua. PROTEST AT THE LENIN MEMORIAL. TICKETS MAY BE OBTAINED AT: MANHATTAN Jimmie Higgins Bookshop, 106 University Place. Co-operative Restaurant, 30 Union Square, Selig's Restaurant, 76 Sec- ond Avenue, Unity Co-operative 1800 Seventh Ave. arg Dining Room, 216 B. 14th St. 81 Bast 110th St. 350 EB. 81 St. 101 W. 27 St. BRONX Co-operative House, Bronx Park Hast. Women's Council Cloakmak- ers, 1420 Boston Road. 2076 Clinton Avenue. House, 2700 BROOKLYN 764 — 40th Street. 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