The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 28, 1928, Page 3

» considered sure. THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1928 Page Three ———— European Kuomintang Dissolves Organization; to Support Communism MOSCOW PROTEST MEETING SCORES RUMANIA REGIME Point to Instigation by| British Tories {Special Cable To D MOSCOW, Jan. 7.—A pro.est meeting organized by the League of Bessarabians in connection with the tenth anniversary of the Rumanian secupation of Bessarabia unanimously adopted a resolution violently pro- testing against the seizure of Bessarabia. The meeting which was held at the Moscow Trade Union nouse also wired its greeting to the session of the Central Executive Com- mittee of the Moldavian Soviet Re- gublic. Lunacharsky, Dombal, Kabachiev, Smeral and representatives of the Rumanian Communist Party and .the {International Red Relief were among the speakers at the meeting. ee ater MOSCOW, Jan. 27.-The Pravda in surveying the results of the ten years oecupation of Bessarabia by Rumania says: “One hundreé and fifty-three in- surrections in the first four years, and over thirty thousand killed by Ru- manian troops and three hundred thousand driven from their homes are the figures which speak most elo- juently of the sufferings of the Bes- sarabian people under the iron heel of the usurpers.” The Pravda declared that the So- viet Union now as before, refuses to recognize the annexation of Bessar- abia and proposes a general plebiscite of the whole Rumanian people, which oly should determine the fate of the territory. “But the Rumanian Boyards are afraid of this solution,” the Pravda says. “Alarmed by the growing sympathies of the Bessarabian popu- ation to the Soviet Union, the Ru- manian Government under the in- spivation of British imperialism mani- fests growing tendencies against the Soviet Union. “But the proletarian revolution will sweep away forever the rotten sys- tem of European imperialism, making it impossible for it to bring up tragic problems similar to that of the Bes- sarabian people. DETROIT TO HOLD LIEBKNECHT MEET DETROIT, Jan. 27.—The Young Workers League of Detroit is busily making arrangements for the largest Liebknecht. Memorial Meeting yet seen in the city, to take place on Sun- day, February 19, 2:30 p. m. at the New Workers Hall, 1343 E. Ferry Avenue. An elaborate program is being pre gared. The principal speaker will be Sam Don of New York, ihe new District Organizer of the League. The Pioneers Orchestra will play interest- ing recitations and dialogues will also feature the meeting. The meeting will be utilized to start the Young Workers Liebknecht Sub- scription Campaign. The district has been alloted the quota of 300° subs and $200 in money. The entire League has been mobilized for actioz to make the Liebknecht sub cam- paign together with the Liebknecti. Memorial Meeting a huge success. All workers, and especially young workers, are invited to attend thi meeting. The admission will be 1: cents. Luther, Imperial Tool, Loses Essen Candidacy BERLIN, Jan. 27. — The former chancellor Luther, who twice headed the German government has been de- nied the candidacy of the Essen elec- torate altho his nomination there was The action taken by the local executive committee is re- ported to be due to Luther’s activity in the “revaluation” question. Luther recently joined the People’s Party and organized the Federation for the Re- construction of the Empire. He had the active backing of many big in- dustrialists. ¥ WORKER.) “People’s Hope is |the people,” the Ninth Congress of ® | the European section of the Kuomin- |tang has voted to liquidate the or- ganization. Z Tracing the history of the Kuomin- tang from its beginnings thru its be- trayal of the revolutionary National- ist movement the resotution says: “The imperialists are holding out their hand to the Chinese bourgeoisie, they are defending the same cause. the rights of privilege. Revolution- ists are hunted in the foreign conces- sions and are turned over to the exe- eutioners by the foreign police. “The two wings of the bourgeoisie will soon make a united front against Soon the left wing at Hankow will have nothing more to envy the rep- resentatives of the right at Nanking. Today the wreck of the party of Sun Yat Sen comprises nothing but mur- derers of the people, consecrating militarism, pursuing a bloody class war, searching for some formula for agreement which their greed and their lack of principles and their du- plicity prevent them from finding. “In so far as foreign policy is con- cerned, this means the abandonment of the anti-imperialist struggle. In order to maintain their power they are forced to take up again the old compromise policies of the northern generals and it is safe to assert that without the expeditionary forces of the great powers the Chinese bour- geoisie would have been crushed long ago.” Denouncing Chiang Kai-shek as a traitor, the resolution says: “At the present time the banner of the Kuomintang has become the ban- ner of betrayal. For the Chinese pro- letariat it has become the symbol of oppression by the bourgeoisie, to which we oppose the symbol of the power of the workers and peasants. Answer Is Communism. “Communism alone is capable of furnishing the oppressed masses a clear line of action in the present situation, a revolutionary experience. a tactic and an ideology, as well as the support of the class-conscious workers thruout the world, “Now that the Chinese bourgeoisie is itself practising the class struggle everything requires that we system- atize our action; and in order that we may be able to carry our banner for- ward it has become necessary that the hopes of the people which have been turned towards the Kuomintang center in Communism. “The Ninth Congress of the Euro- pean section of the Kuomintang, bas- ing its action upon the considerations which we have developed here, re- solves to liquidate our organization in Europe and invite the comrades to unite under a new banner.” COAL STRIKERS JOIN DEFENSE FREDERICK, Colo. Jan. 27.— Sixty-three striking coal miners in Frederick, Colorado, at a meeting held on January 10th, joined the already active branch of the International "abor Defense. There is great en- ‘husiasm for the work of I. L. D. in the striking regions. When at this meeting the workers were asked whether they wanted to join, all of them indicated their desire to ‘do so. George Saul,. organizer of the I. L. D. in Denver, also reports a large influx of members into the I. L. D. in Denver and other points. A large branch of I. L. D. was organized in Fort Lupton, Colo., a town in the coal strike region. LONDON, Jan. 27.—The discovery of a secret treasure hoard gathered by the Bolivian Jesuits thru the labor of their Indian serfs and hidden at the time of their expulsion from Bolivia, is the object of a new English company capitalized at $125,000. The hoard is valued at $60,000,000. Many wealthy Englishmen are reported to be investing in this latest gold brick. Big Biscuit Companies Fleece Wheat Farmers By LELAND OLDS (Federated Press). Record profits made by the Na- tional Biscuit Co. in 1927 help to ex- plain why so small a part of the con- sumer’s dollar reaches the grain farmer. National Biscuit has an un- broken record of expanding profits which suffered no interruption even during the depression years 1920-22. This giant biscuit trust has always paid its owners generous dividends. The 1927 disbursement of $6 a share represents a cash return of $42 on each $100 invested in the original stock. This has been established as , regular annual dividend. The profits of National Biscuit ap- |parently correspond in point of time with the darkest years of the farm- ers who produced the wheat from which the company’s hundreds of trade marked products are made. * * ae Exploit Farmer Too. Purity Bakeries Corp., although a much smaller branch of the industry, also belongs with the capitalist con- cerns which are fattening on the pro- ducts of the wheat farmer. On this basis Purity Bakeries like National Biscuit is handing its owners an an- nual profit of about 50 per cent on their investinent. the menace which the workers and} peasants mean to their domination. | RAP NANKING TRAITORS Communist Party” PARIS (By mail)—Declaring that the hopes of the people who once turned toward the Kuomintang are now centered in Communism and that the “wreck of the Party of Sun Yat-sen comprises nothing but the murderers of Condemn French Leader Jacques Doriot, French Communist Deputy, immunity the die- hards (with the aid of a large num- ber of socialists) violated by a vote whose in the Chamber of Deputies. A num- ber of Communist leaders are already in jail for having denounced the French imperialist Riff war. BOBBIES PLAN T0 LONDON, Jan. 27.—The fear of the workers that sits close to every Brit- erection of a new stone “pill-box” in Trafalgar Square, a customary place for outdoor labor meetings in Lon- don. The “pill-box” is in the form of a kiosk and is pierced with slits just wide enough to permit the firing of a gun. There are no other windows of any kind. The ODE is of solid iron, Inside the outpost is a policeman watching day and night and in direct telephone connection with headquar- ters. The watcher will command a squad of policemen on guard in the Square at all times. A huge arc lamp has been focussed to light every cor- ner of the Square and assist in the work of police terrorism. It is estimated that the “pill-box” is virtually impregnable. FASCIST TREATY GENEVA, Jan. 27.—The negotia- tions of a new offensive and defensive alliance between the Italian fascists and the Bratianu regime in Rumanian is forecast as the result of Rumanian Foreign Minister Titulescu’s visit to Rome, according to reports from the Italian capital. There are at present two treaties will” in which the delicate question of the recognition of Rumania’s claims to Bessarabia is not even men- tioned and one in which either coun- try promises not to join in a treaty inimical to the interests of the other. The Rumanian governntent, resting precariously on a ruthless oppression of workers, peasants and minority groups would welcome & binding al- liance with the blackshirts, particu- larly if the alliance recognizes Ru- mania’s claims to Bessarabia. Bessa- rabia was formerly a part of the old Russia and is seeking union with ihe U.S. S. R. Convicts Strike ROCKWOOD, Tenn., Jan. 27.—Th day shift of convicts consisting o about 200 men, went on strike today in the state mines at Petroc, near here, according to unconfirmed re- ports. The strike was called to pro- test against the quality of food served the convicts. The report said the convicts had barricaded themselves undereround, It was not known if they were armed. Train Hits Cars WHEELING, W. Va., Jan. 27.— Sixty passengers and the crew on the Cleveland Flier of the Wheeling and Lake Erie R. R. escaped death when the train collided with coal cars near tere. : / MOW DOWN LABOR ish bourgeois’ heart has led to the} RUMANIA SEEKING between the countries, one of “good | For Better Food | ‘DIL MAGNATE TO MEET GALLES AS MORROW ARRIVES \Seek New Changes in Laws to Aid U. S. MEXICO CITY, Jan. 27.—Presi- dent Robert W. Stewart of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, which has extensive interests in this country, will arrive in a few days to confer with President Calles upon the interpretation of the recent admend- ments to the petroleum laws. Dwight P. Morrow, the United States am- bassador, has arranged for the con- ference. Stewart has been in Havana for some time on business. Stewart’s presence has been desired as a witness by the senate committee in Washington investigating the Sin- | clair-Fall oil lease scandal. Dispatches from Havana Thursday night indicated that Stewart might cancel his Mexico City trip and re- turn to Washington immediately to testify regarding the profits of the Continental Trading Company, which was vitally concerned in the dealings between Harry Sinclair and Albert B. Fall, while the latter was secretary of interior. The oil official was quoted as saying he had a “gentle- man’s agreement” with the committee to return to Washington any time he was wanted. ee MERIDA, Yucatan, Mexico, Jan. 27.—Dwight Morrow, United States yesterday on his way to Mexico City from the Pan-American conference at Havana. He has left for Mexico City. NANKING SHUTS HONGKONG, Jan. 27.—The story of a fierce three-hour battle atysea between the Czecho-slovakian steamer Praga and the Nanking gunboat Fei- hu 600 miles off the Shantung coast was told today in a dispatch from Tsingtao. The Praga, carrying 90,000 rifles, millions of rounds of ammunition, and an armored car from Hamburg, Ger- many, purchased by General Chang Tsun-chang, met the gunboat on Wednesday. After the battle, the casualties of which are still unknown, the Praga escaped due to her superior speed. She arrived on Thursday. Nanking authorities ordered terri‘gry closed and sealed pending investigation. Oe Sas * In spite of protests by Chinese at Manila, that the United States was violating neutrality, customs officials gave the Praga clearance papers about a week ago. ambassador to Mexico, arrived here | As a result of the incident, the | the | branches of all German firms in their | attempting to settle. Chinese worker and peasant refugees driven from their homes by the northern militarists are herded into pens at Dairen, awaiting transportation to the interior of Manchuria which Chang Tso-lin is War Lords Pen fe Na sere With otal ire FASCIST FACTION HITS MUSSOLINI: REVOLT IMMINENT Threatens to I Dict: ator | Banish “Rebels” iecgs the threaten- p in Italy, A large party, headed > for mer secre- , and Ed- secretary-gen- ade unions,” are seems about to ime. ne two leaders is TORTURE WORKERS IN JUGOSLAVIA BELGRADE, (By Mail)—During the last two months arrests have taken place in Yugoslavia among the workers and especially among young workers. In Belgrade alone over 60 persons were arrested within two weeks. All the prisoners are accused of belonging to the Communist Party and to the Young Communist League. For the Communists there is in this prison a special “regime.” In general they are examined between the hours of 12 and 2 in the night. For such “examination” the prisoner is taken to a special room belonging to the chief of the Belgrade political police, | Fimitch, who conducts the examina- GERMAN FIRMS. tion personally. In this room the prisoner is awaited by three police officials, in addition to Fimitch, pro- vided with fetters, truncheons and thick blankets. First of all the pris- oner is requested to report on his work and on the work of his fellow prisoners. After he has refused to comply with this request, a regular inquisition begins. upon the prisoner; he is compelled to clasp his knee with his fettered hands, and below the knee and above the hands stout sticks are thrust, so that the prisoner is almost unable to move. His shoes and stockings are then re- moved, his head is wrapped round with the blankets to deaden his cries. Thereupon the soles of his feet are |heaten savagely until he loses con- sciousness. The blows are dealt on the soles of the feet, because this causes great pain and does not leave specially deep traces. When the prisoner again recovers consciousness, the “examination” is resumed. In the morning the “ex- amined” prisoners are taken to a special room, where they “rest” for a day or two, until the worst marks of the torture have disappeared. Such “examinations” are repeated several times in the week. The police fall! 1 many scattered vho have previ- to make headway r nacei and the restora- the fascist Former United States Ambassador Will Help Mussolini’s Biography :; ion “unions” to s ist wage ROME, Jan. 27. — Mussolini’s au-| cuts, demand a strict en- tobiography which is being translated | fc “labor laws.” inte English will be revised by former Mussolini ed to take United States ambassador Richard | strong me t. the opposi- Washburn Child before publication, it | tion grouy d, and is threat- was learned yes.erday. ening to banish the aders to the Child was instrumental in putting! Lipari Islands. It is openly ques- the fascisti into power. With J. P.| tioned, however, whether Mussolini is Morgan, who was in Italy at the time|in a position to do so. of the seizure of power by the Black} ‘The recent removal of three fascist Shirts, he backed Mussolini. generals in the province of Cremona, ae aT which is reported to be a Farinacci stronghold, is held indicative of the opposition’s strength. A melodrama of Farinacci’s, “Resurrec ,” has been forbidden in several Italian towns in an effort to prevent anti icst demonstrations. Japan and Canada to) Exchange Envoys Soon) TOKYO, Jan. 27.—Japan and Can- ada today agreed to exchange diplo- matic envoys with probable rankings as ministers. 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