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

THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 192s Page Three Scores of Hungarian Workers Are Arrested in New White Terrorist Raids ARREST AUTHOR FOR PROPAGANDA IN COAL FIELDS Communists Face Life | Imprisonment BUDAPEST, Feb. 27.—Militaty police have organized a hew cam- paign against Communist in Hun- gary. More than a score of workers were arrested over the week-end. It is alleged that the leaders of the Communist movement are trying to “create unrest” among the ‘workers. Pa # & A recent decree of the Hungatian| government provides life imprison- | ment for alt members of the Hun- garian Communist Party. Hundr of workers are being tortured in jails} on the sole charge of membership in the Party. MISKOLCZ, Hungary, Feb. 27. 2a As the Izvestia cartoonist views the recent visit of the Rumanian Foreign Minister Titulescu to Mussolini. win Rumania away from French influence and almost succeeded in ! preventing Rumania from joining the protest of the Little Entente | against the Italian shipment of arms to Hungary. Mussolini Breaks in a New Dog Mussolini is attemptng to | The internationally-known author, | Andor Simon, has been arrested here H § HELP FOR Wa i on the charge of distributing Com- munist literature among the coal min- * teen workers have been arrested on| = 2 = the charge of belonging to the illegal | Permit Gunrunner will be taken to Budapest immediately j Communist Party of Hungary. ‘They | to SEIPEL MOVE TO “HELP FASGISTI Tries to Halt Protest, LABOR IN COSTA RIGA ORGANIZES Pledge to Fight U. Imperialism S. (Special to The Daily Worker) SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, (By Mail). —The workers of Costa Rica have re- cently organized the Confederacion General de Trabajadores de Costa Rica: (The General Confederation of Costa Rican Workers.) The statutes of the organization state that it is based upon the class struggle and will use revolutionary tactics in the fight against capital- ism which can be displaced only *by a revolution; that Costa Rica being a victim of U. S. imperialism, the confederation wil partake in all anti- imperialist activities; that it will ab- stain from participation in any re- ligious questions. The confederation sets itself the tasks of building industrial unions throughout the country. The national convention will be the supreme body of the confederation and will meet twice a year. Each lo- cal section—comprising all the unions of that se¢tion—will have only one vote in the convention. In the periods between convention the executive cc1..riittee of the con- federation will afv2 7.11 power to act, REVOLUTIONARY | |_ The textile employe BRITISH TEXTILE CRISIS|MACHADO REGIME Militant Labor Fights Reformist Leaders \PPROVES FAKE By LOUIS ZOOBOCK {Continued from Last Issue). s are n¢ jlowing in the coal owners’ foo |Faced with overproduction jtrade, the employers in the mining] Ti. sas | Terror Against Labor industry sought salvation by reduc-| [ig * | Pr aree ing wages and increasing the hours} } Continues = jof work. | | ———— The conerete proposal of the em-| | (Special to The Daily Worker) ployers is: a 124% reduction in HAV. A pre- wages and the e ion of the 48-| | tended al and in {hour week to 52 hours. } s voted by the and approved by on December 28. nullified, ho r Such demands, as admitted by even| a part of the capitalist press, will not | help to solve the problem of indus-| try. The “Times” of Janu: 17, in| }a leader on the cotton er » writes: | |“There is no reason to suppose that the proposed remedies would be ef-| fective in rescuing the industry from } its present unhappy plight. The re-| cent experience of the coal trade| to re- ms of against the remain ir ed amnes' “Buteher” Machado, ntained in power by United States financial Hare inet Weer Leer | and sugar interests, whose govern- | ‘ h ae J be pro- cure for the particular malady of| decree. No class war prisoners have | were men unconnected with the labor which both coal and cotton are the| been freed under the amnesty. | movement. Count of work- victims.” Pate ROARS oA ENE “ oo |e . ° . RUMANIAN SPIE 590 Miners Killed inYear | rae | ; | 27.—A ers and worki leaders hate {been rejected by the amnesty com- | mission. Insist On Demands. The textile employers, neverthele: insist upon their demands. The jo conference between the employers and the representatives of the textile workers’ unions, which took place on January 17, brought no definite re- sults. The operatives’ spol ODESSA, Feb. 2 stated plainly that under no circum-| revolutionists have been convicted of | West Vi stances could they agree to the em-| nage on behalf of the Rumanian WHEELING, W. V jtotal of 590 miners , Feb. cidents in nia, according to a recent ers of northern Hungary. : Clear at Manila for trial. ;report of the state department of | Against Tyrol Terror sera? 2c ondations. h dad? Wit be ployers’, recommendations. Both | PEGS, Hungary, Feb. 27. — Eigh- | Franz Papp, who is charged with} MANILA, Philippine Islands, Feb. feading the Communist movement |} 27. — Presaging what may develop king JAPANESE LABOR Meeting: Lauds Gains in General Elections communication their Shanghai headtuarters with 150 tons of j dynamite in her | Chang Tso-lii, hold, it became known today. OE iad The Aker is at More than 250 Japanese workers of | i resent in Manila Bay, apparently this city pledgéd their suppor: of the | hhgesis th ebtinus. tiakieta are: Workers and Peasants Movement in peweltne ee P | ina. The Nanking agents Japan at a mass meeting held under ceed to China. ng ag ‘ here believe chat her cargo of explo- the auspices of the New York Japan- | cives ig meant for Chang ‘’so Lin, the ese Workers Association last Satur- 3 ; Manchurian war lord. They have a night at Shudo-Kai, 453 W. 148rd protested against the clearance at Manila. heré; will algo be taken to Budapest. | into an engagement at sea, agents of j he Chinese Nan- government here have sent a to re- questing that steps be taken to inter- cept the Norweg- jan S.éaiier, Aker The meeting was called at this time in order to analyze the recent général election of Japan in which five prole- tarian parties participated, and also } to show the Japanese workers in New York the recent political and econom- ic development of Japan. According to the election returns announced by Ishigaki, the chairman of the evening, eight candidates of the} proletarian parties were elected to Parliament: Social Democrats, 4; Workers and Peasant Party (left wing) 2, Japanese Workers & Peas- an: Party (centralist) 1; Yawata La- bor Party (local, not affiliated with any national proletarian parties) 1; and Japanese Peasant Party (extreme right wing) none. “These eight candidates were elect- ed in spite of the repressive measures of the government police who broke up proletarian party meetings, making wholesale arrests of the audience and jailing speakers and active campaign workers. This was especially true with out left wing Workers & Peas- ant Party,” declared the chairman in commencing on the eléction returns, “We must fight more. than ever for the right of assémbly, association, coalition, ete., freedom of speech and! of the press.” The Japanese imperialism in China, Korea was bitterly denounced by vari- ous speakers, and the audience cheer- ed when the demand was made for ab- solute’ independence of Korea and other Japanese colonies, and for the support of the Chinese Workers and Peasants Movement. DODGE FASCIST ARMS SHIPMENT GENEVA, Feb. 27. — It is regard- ed as certain that Italy Will oppose any attempt on the part of the Leagué of Nations to, inves- tiga.e the shipments of arms from Italy to Hungary when the League Council meets on March 5th. That the Italian po- 8 of other large pow- ers is regarded as of ; likely. Chamberlain, -, , The refusal Fascist Ally — gunt Bethlen to place thé nlatter before the League, altho the arms shipments are flag- vant violations of the Treaty of Tri- anon, has brought the matter squarely before chancelleries of Europe. Austen Chamberlain, it is believed will do everything he can to white- ; \ when it artses the ll secure the The Aker red ouf of Hamburg, Germany. NEARING TOUR T0 “AID INTL. RELIEF Seott Nearing, famous economist, educator and lecturer, who has just returned from China and the Soviet Union, where he spent six months studying conditions in those coun- tries, will soon start a lecture tour of | various cities, where he will speak on “What Is Happening in Soviet Russia and Revolutionary China To- day.” The tour will be under the auspices of the Workers’ International Relief, 1 Union Square, New York City, and \the proceeds will be devoted to the work of the organization. The Work- ers’ International Relief is now con- ducting an active campaign to pro- | vide relief for striking miners and |their families in Pennsylvania, Ohio | and Colorado. Nearing’s itinerary will be: March 7, Akron, 0.; March 8, Canton, 0,: March 9, Youngstown, 0,; April 5, New Haven, Conn.; April.6, Hartford, Conn.; April 8, Boston, Mass.; April 15,’ Pittsburgh, Pa.; April 23, Syra- euse, N. Y.; April 24, Utica, N. Y.: April 25, Schenectady, N. Y.; Apvril 26, Albany, N. Y., April 27, Roches- ter, N. Y. Uruguay Seamen to Be At»Red Labor Congress MONTIVIDEO, (By Mail)—At a general membership meeting of the Federacion Obrera Maritima (Marine Labor Federation—under Communist and Syndicalist control) it was voted to send a delegate to thé fourth con- gress of the Red International of La- bor. Unions. Eugenio Gomez was chosen to go. No Haiti Investigation WASHINGTON, (FP) Feb. 272° Nothing. to investigate in Haiti, was the oral rejoinder of State Depart- ment officials to a resolution calling for an investigation of the American occupation of Haiti. The work of the American forces in Haiti are fully known, they are an open book, and have been known since President Wilton signed the treaty in 1915, the officials declared, MILWAUKEE GARAGE UNION. MILWAUKEE, (FP) Feb. 27.-- |About 20 garages in Milwaukee have VIENNA, Feb. Austria has} adopted a ‘conciliatory attitude to- | wards Italy in the quarrel which ‘as) arisen over charges against Fa: | ‘error in Tyrol made in parlian 4 | Austrian officials are waiting anxiously for the speech upon the ustro-Italian situation which Pre- aier Mussolini is scheduled to make} n the Italian chamber tomorrow. An anti-Italian mass meeting was to have been held at Innsbruck this ufternoon to protest against italian treatment of German speaking resi- dents of South Tyrol, but Chancellor Seipel urged that it be called off in 27 27 | i | | view of the “delicate diplomatic situation.” The méeting was can- celled. ee ee ROME, Feb. 27.—Future status of Italian-Austrian diplomatic relations will depend upon conversations be- gun here today between Signor Giacinto Auriti, Italian minister to Vienna, and Premier Mussolini. Sig- nor Auriti was recalled to Rome from Vienna to make a detailed report upon the outbreaks in the Austrian arliament. There are indications that the fair will be adjusted without is averse to interference by is averse to imirference by the League, holding that affairs in the upper adige constitute an Italian domestic issue. DEMAND RELEASE OF RADOWITSKY BUENOS AYRES, (By Mail). — The International Red Aid, and the} left wing trade union movement in| the leading South American countries have started a campaign for the lib- eration of Simon Radowitsky. af- re-| the | Radowitsky has served 18 years on a life sentence for hurling a bomb at the chief of police in Buenos Ayres “avenging” the massacre of workers | ordered during a strike in 1908. The campaign condemns individual terror as a futile weapon in the class struggle. The left wing press states that Radowitsky has suffered long enough and demands a pardon for Radowitsky from President Alvear before the expiration of his term. Endorse Unity Pact of Norwegian and U.S.S.R.. Agricultural Laborers | MOSCOW, (By Mail)—The Cen- tral Committee of the Agricultural Laborers and Foresters Union has re- ceived the following telegram from the Norwegian Agricultural Union: | “The agreement regarding the Fin- nish-Norwegian-Soviet Committec of unity and friendship has been un- animously endorsed a8 a result of the referendum. We send you our fraternal greeting.” Arrest Greek Soldiers For Anti-Govt. Protest ATHENS, Feb. 27. — Charged with conducting Communist activi.y in the Greek navy a number of persons have | been placed under arrest; according to cf | virtual revolt against conditions in the a police announcement made today. eome ise. of two dele- gates from each section. FRENCH WORKERS FIGHT FASCIST Communist Organ Bares Army Conditions PARIS, Feb. 27.—Several persons were under arrest today as the re- sult of a clash between Communists and French Fascists late Sunday. Several others suffered minor in- juries. The clash grew out of a series of articles published by the Com- munist newspaper L’Humanite, ex- posing conditions in the army. French Fascist organs have urged “direct action” against the Commu- nists. sides agreed to. resume negotiations on February 8rd. ficial leadership of the textile w ers’ unions is the most reactio While the employers are talking wa Ben Turner, the leader of the textile workers, is conducting a campaign for peace in industry. The leadership of the textile workers is doing its jutmost to avoid a conflict and it is only the pressure of the minority movement that prevents it from sub- mitting to the demands of the em ployers. The minority movemen' from the very beginning of the con- flict began to mobilize the forces of the workers for- a counter-attack against the employers. It urged the workers to carry out the following: | | | Minority Demands. 1. Mass meetings of all workers to explain to them the meaning and significance of the employers’ pro- posals. It must be mentioned that the of-| More than 150 persons partici- pated in the clash Sunday. SPREADS POISON AGAINST U.S.8.8, ZURICH, Feb, 27.—Arthur Hen- derson, British Labor Party leader, i promised at yes- a 5 div’ i made. ta ketene ie 8. Demand that the T. U. C. Gen- ternational Execu-| eral Council abandon “Peace in In- tive to do every-| dustry” talks, and summon a special thing in his power as | support for textile workers. to brgadeast a. re-| port submitted. by | Postpone Hearing of German Ship Claims the Georgian. so-| cial-democrat. Tser- telly attacking the | Soviet Union. Fen- WASHINGTON, Feb, 27. — Hear-| ing in 12 cases involving claims of | German ship owners against the} United States government for ships 2. From such meetings local coun- cils of action to be formed. 3. 4, A campaign for a 100 per cent trade unionism. 5. Unification of all the resources of the multiplicity of trade unions existing in the cotton trade. 6. United resistance to any at- tempt to break the existing agree- ments. Form mill committees. A. Henderson, reformist ner Brokway, rep- resentative of the British Independ- ent Labor Party advised the execu-| seized during the world war today tive to reject the | were postponed from March 5 to April report of Tsertelly. |80 by ihe Supreme Court. _A resolution adopted by the execu- | Attorneys for the ship owners said tive urges social-democrats thruout) that the expected passage of the alien Europe to support the League of Na-| property bill would bring dismissal of tions in its “disarmament” efforts. | the cases. | & RUNS IN THE FAMILY. LONDON, Feb. 27.—Prince Henry, younger brother of the Prince of Wales, was thrown from his horse and injured while hunting to the Queen Hounds in Leicestershire to- day. FOR YOUR HEALTH Strictly Pure FLORIDA _ HONEY Guaranteed by the BEE-FARMER, Special Prices During Run of This “Ad” 5 Lbs. $1.25 6 ‘Lbs. $1.40 10% Goes to “Daily Worker” ORDER BY MAIL. 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Foundations of Imperialist Policy By Michael Pavlovitch i——— | ___} ARREST SAMOANS FOR BOYCOTTING APIA, Samoa, Feb. 27. — Four hundred and fifty members of the Samoan nationalist league (Mau) were arrested by marines landed from the cruisers Diomede and Dunedin. | 'The warships were dispatched by the New Zealand Government when the Sarhoan protest against the Govern- }ment took the form of a boycott. ' | The arrested Samoans were mem- bers of che police force established by the natives in an effort to supplant the present regime. The natives after having been held in custody for a number of hours were finally re- | leased. | | An analysis of the va- rious theories on Im- | perialism from Seyere | to Lenin, and its his- | torical development | 5 from the end of the | European national | wars to the World | War. | Indispensable for an understanding of modern imperialism. st 20 FITCHBURG, M 7—Mayor Lowe of jeut city employes wages 10 per cent.! |The teachers alone lose $45,000 a lyear. 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