The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 6, 1928, Page 3

4 THE DAIL DAILY WORKER, N NEW. YORK, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1928 Communists, Despite Terror, , Make Huge Gains in Polish National Elections ARABIAN REVOLT THREAT TO TORY POWER IN EAST British Planes Bonib| Defenseless Towns LONDON, March 5. — The new Arabian revolt which threatens to » smash British in- fluence in the Middle East and cut off connections to northern India is probably the most serious prob- lem now facing the British -govern- ment. Tanks and air- planes are being mobilized for campaign agains the Wahabi tribe: who are reportec to be marching on Iraq and Kowe which is on the northwestern sho: of the British Gulf. Numerous Wahabi villages have 2 ready been bombed by the Royal A Force and Sultan Ibn Saud, of Hea jaz, has sent a note to the Iraq gov- ernment (maintained in power by Great Britain) protesting against the bombing of Arabian women and chil- dren, A battle be veen 20,000. Wahabi troops and the British forces looms at Koweit. British warships are con- centrating in Koweit Bay and a num- ber of bombing planes have been des- patched to the region. WORKERS FORCE EGYPTIAN MOVE Protest Against Pact With Tories CAIRO, Egypt, March 5.—King Fuad, whose sentiments are well known to be pro-British, has asked Sarwat Pasha to reconsider his resig- nation as premier. Sarwat’s resigna- tion was foreed by the widespread protest against the Anglo-Egyptian treaty which he concluded with Sir Austen Chamberlain, containing pro- visions for the maintenance of Brit- ish troops in Egypt, Numerous demonstrations have been held by workers and students against the treaty and the rejection of the treaty by the Cabinet was foreed by widespread nationalist sentiment against it. That Sarwat Pasha will reconsider his resignation in view of the hostil- ity to the treaty is regarded as un- likely. S. Baldwin, tory leader Pievure in the center shows dedication of the aks Heavth air station. The plane in the eckoronns ts the Tita Basanberoee Fokker in which the army flyers made the trip from Hawaii to San Francisco. The United States is attempting to build its air force with an eye to the coming imperialist war for Aviator on left Capt: George P. d’Oisy will attempt to fly the Atlantic as part of the scheme of the French Government to build its air Louis Bleriot ue right) is designing a government plane for the flight. power in the Pacific. ee, FASCIST ARMS BEFORE LEAGUE ’elieve Council Will Dodge Issue GENEVA, March 5. — Four issues of* grave international importance confronted the delegates when the forty-ninth session of the League of Nations council opened here today. While the council will probably at- tempt to sidetrack the issues, they affect most of the big powers repre- sented here. The problems facing the League are: 1.—The little entente’s demand for an investigation of the shipment of machine guns from Italy to Hungary; 2. The Austro-Italian dispute over the treatment of German speaking residents of South Tyrol (upper Adige district) by the Italians; States pact. 4.—The Polish-Lithuanian quarrel | over territory. for a multilateral “peace” 11 o’clock and discussed Portugal’s to rehabilitate Portuguese finances. The Hungarian machine gun incident will be taken. up tomorrow, The Austro-Italian situation has virtually been brought to a elimax by the speech of Premier Mussolini in the Italian chamber of deputies, in which he warned Austria that his next “‘re- ply to Austrian provocation would be deeds not words.” The whole trouble centers in South Tyrol, formerly Aus- trian territory, but now Italian soil. The Austrians allege that German 8.—The proposals of the United | The Council met in secret session at | demand for a League of Nations loan | Sentenced “to Life for Hold-up; Just Mistake ROCKFORD, IIl., March 5.—Henry T. Olsen, 26 year old auto mechani who was under a life sentence for murder in a hold-up, was yesterday freed, following the confession of two} youths that they had committed the murder. Olsen was arrested last September} on circumstantial evidence, for. the) killing of Floyd Stotler, an oil station attendant. He was urder $10,000 hail while awaiting an appeal de on. MORE MONEY IS URGED FOR NAVY ie} | Congress to Date Votes | $274,000,000 | | a | (By Federated Press.) | WASHINGTON, March 5.—An ap- peal for more airplane,carriers will | |be made to congress, it was indicated \today. Edward P. Warner, Secretary | Wilbur’s assistant in charge of acro- |nautics, in an address before the Har- vard Club last night declared that the safety of naval vessels on the high | | seas depends upon the construction of | these carriers. This recommendation, which Taay | be submitted to the naval affairs com- | mittee in the near future, would re- quire an appropriation in excess of the $274,000,000 just voted by the ap- propriation committee for naval con- struction work. Powerful Lobby Working. Anticipating the objection that would be made to the present appro- priations, and the criticism that the naval. program will meet with when it comes before the House, the Navy League of the United States, which \verely injured by a sword slash and HOSIERY STRIKERS speaking residents of that area are | jis in charge of the famous navy lobby, | being mistreated by the Italians. Del-|had addressed an appeal to congress- egates to the League’ meeting will|men to insist on the fifteen 10,000- watch the Austro-Italian situation keenly during the next few weeks. ton cruisers as the very minimum con- | sistent with the nation’s safety. WHOM DID THE RED ARMY FIGHT? Imperialists Support War of White Guard Russian Generals ton the basis of a few frame ups, | The shattered fragments of the White Guards, cast out beyond the boundaries of the country of the Sov- ‘iets, are still finding refuge in vari- ous corners of the earth. A good many volumes of reminiscences are | being published by the latter, It is interesting to read these documents in which the White Guards speak about themselves. Let us listen to them and endeavor, on the basis of their own statements, to answer the following fundamental questions: The Reactionary Forces. What did the White Guards repres- | ent? What did they fight for, and whence did they draw their forces? To the first question a brief answer may be given. Krasnov, Denikin, Kolchak, Wrangel, Yudenitch, and the rest of them represented the upper circles of the landlords and bourgeoi- | —. sie of Rvssia which had been hard-| hit by the October Revolution. “Army of the Doomed.” Their aim was to restore their lost prosperity, to avenge its loss. Many of them, thrown out by the revolu- tion from their habitual walks in life, had no aims ‘to pursue. “We are an army of the doomed . «+ We are people who sigh for the faintest recollection of a well- spread dinner table, choice wines and select perfumes . . .” Thus. the White Guards write in their rem- iniscences. Wholesale Murder. The generals in the counter-revo- lutionary armies sought to wreak! vengeance unon the toiling population; for the dashing of their hopes, The campaigns of the White Guards were | accompanied by unparalleled brutal-| ity and violence. Their path was strewn with scaifolds for the work- | ers and the peasants, And here comes the second ques- tion: Whence did the. counter-revolu- tion draw its forces and means, how were the thousands and tens of thou- sands of dispossessed landowners able to wage war in the course of, three years against the hundred mil- { lions of the toiling people? Puppets of Bankers. A clear answer to this question is furnished by the history of the civil war in Russia. Kolchak and Den- ikin, as well as Wrangel and the rest of the leaders of the counter-revolu- tion, were merely marionnettes, mis- erable puppets and pawns, wielded by ist powers. Organizing Counter-Revolution. A start in the offensive against lthe first country of the Soviet had been made by German imperialism. jis spite of the fact that the work- ers and peasants of Russia on taking power into their own hands had re- fused, beth in word and in deed, to Austrian Candidate Richard Wetistein, now pro- fessor of botany at Vienna Unix versity, may have the job of ate | tempting | to suppress @ new workers’ uprising, if he sueceeds in winning the presidency of Austria, He is one of the leading candidates for the job. the foreign bankers, under the com- | mand of the generals of the imperial- | participate any further in the im-| |perialist slaughter, and had offered | {peace-to all the countries that were taking part in the war, the troops of the Hehenzollerns were against the Ukraine in Febr 1918, occupying the Donetz B: moving on to the Don and North | | Caucasus and everywhere restoring} |the power of the landlords and the, bourgecisie. It was here, under the wing of the troops of the er, | | that the notorious General Krassnovy, | |the predecessor of Denikin and | Wrangel, had gethered his counter- revolutionary forces. It was during the same period that | the Roumanian troops occupied Bess- arabia and started a vampaign against Odessa. Imperialist Conspiracies. At the same time the organization of ‘the couriter-revolutionary forces from within was undertaken by the British and French Ambassadors in Russia. Taking advantage of their diplomatic immunity, they organized the’ counter-revolutionary officers, concentrating them at points previ- ously selected for mutinies, rendered every aid and assistance to any anti-; Soviet groups, and so on. Later on, as the power of the Sov- icts became. more. and more consol- idated, the fighting methods of allied | inperialism against the Soviets were constantly changed. There began the active, undisguised armed interven- tion. The first step in this direction was the revolt of the Czecho-Slovak troops which were being repatriated with the permission of the Soviet authorities, travelling via Vlodivostok to Czecho-Slovakia, retaining the ‘arms they had received in Russia. By | means ‘of provocation the Czecho- Slovak regiments were induced to oc- cupy a number of towns on the Volga, in the Urals and in Siberia, With the support of the Czech Generals acting upon orders from the “allicd” missions, there began to be organized in the whole of East Russia the local | nouncement that he will hold the lead- — jers of the strike responsible for “vio- oved ¢ 5 | Fede: “pay day jfor a new anti-Soviet front on the VIENNA WORKERS, BEAT UP POLICE Cops Attempt to Break Up Demonstration VIENNA, March 5.—A revolt, reminiscent of the July upri ing, ‘took place here last night when | police attempted to break up: a’dem- ogstration of left wing workers. The clash took place near the out- skirts of the city miniature when left wing | had | rator was se- where a large demonstration been held, One demon A number A number was taken to a hospital. of workers were a of policemen received minor injuries | when the workers pelted them with | sticks and stones. The trial of workers involved in the July uprisings are still going on. Juries composed of the workers have, | for the most part, acquitted the ac- cused, rested. MUST FACE POLICE Threats Made Despite , Absence of Violence KENOSHA, Wis., March 5. — The closing of the third week of the strike here of the locked out workers of the Allen-A Hosiery Company, brings on a new phase of the workers’ struggle against the open shop drive of the Allen-A mill owners. The local chief of police here has made the usual an- lence.” In spite of the fact that the com- pany-controlled town authorities here haven’t a shred of evidence to prove that any violence was committed, they made the threat against the strikers which the workers declare was engi- | neered by the mill owners. Several | windows in houses occupied by strike- | breakers were broken when “warning notes” attached to bricks were thrown | in. The strikers, nearly all of whom are native born Americans, declare \that they now see the strike-breaking role played by the petty town officials they helped to elect. ;in Greece and Mexico, the Depart- j}ment of Commerce reported today in ENGLISH TEXTILE {workers marched in from a suburb | ooo Protest Night! Waste Rubber Shoes For Mexico Workers WASHINGTON, March 5.—Old automobile tires are being used in commercial quantities for footwear a special bulletin of trade opportuni- ties, More than 50,000 cast-off tires en- tered Greece through Saloniki last ar, according to advices from Con- sul Robert F, Fernald. Mexico is also taking some of our chewed-up tires for the same purpose. STRIKE LOOMING Work in Mills | MANCHESTER, Eng., March 5.— The announcement of the owners of | the Livingstone Spinning Mills at Springhead and Oldham that begin- ning with tomorrow a night shift will be inaugurated, led to a declaration of the workers that they will go out on strike when the new system is to zo into effect. When the declaration of the com- pany wag made last Friday it was immediately apparent that the work- ers would fight the night shift ruling, | operating. since night work here has been en- tirely unknown except during the most critical periods of the war. At present the only ones permitted by law to work at night are adult males. It is believed that this move on the part of the employers is a prepara- tory step to getting permission from the government for allowing night work for women and children. WOOL MAGNATES BUSY. WASHINGTON, March 5, — With wool production in New Zealand, Aus- tralia and South Africa having re- duced the “saturation point,” there is opportunity for American wool grow- ers to place their industry “on the best financial basis in history,” J. F. Walker, consulting specialist of the | Department of Agriculture, said to- day. SANDINO CLASH WITH MARINES: Fight Over Election Law Looms | MANAGUA, March 5.—A nation- alist was killed near Biyagual when » a small U. S. marine patrol under / command of Lieut. Walraven clashed | | With a band of EC natives, said a re- |} [port received here today. | The nationalists who attacked a de- tachment of marines near Daraili a week ago today, killing five, are still | Lem Davis, the marine most seriously wounded in that en- counter, will recover. Congress meets this afternoon. Despite the opposition of Gen. Emili- ano Chamorro, President Diaz is hopeful that his legislative program | will be enacted within a fortnight. This includes a provision for super- vision of October’s general election by the United States, The conservative faction, headed by Chamorro is opposing the United States supervision of elections, since the state department is backing Gen- eral Moricada, the candidate of the Liberal Party. Moncada surrendered the Liberal troops last year to Col, Stimson, MACHADO SCHEME TO KEEP HIS JOB HAVANA, March 5.—The proposed changes in the Cuban constitution which would permit Machado to run for office again and permit him to suspend all laws in case of “disturb- ances” will be brought before the National Assembly today for final action, The next national election will be held in 1930 and the presidential term | will be extended from four to six | | } | [United States Prepares ‘Air Force for the Coming Imperialist War in Pacific POLL HUE VOTE DESPITE WHITE TERROR TACTICS Elect Many Deputies in Industrial Centers (Continued from Page One) centers, where the working class votes have shown a decided swing to- ward the Communist candidates. The elections were held to choose 424 deputies for the Sejm (parlia- ment). The Communist gains were made in spite of the arrest of Communist lead- ers and the persecution of left wing unions by the Pilsudski regime. Nu- | merous meetings of the “Workers and Peasants Unity” bloc, which was sup- ported by the Communist Party were dispersed by the police and thousands of workers were railroaded to prison. All Communists in Byalastok and a number of other towns were im- prisoned. At Vilna the entire election com- mittee of the White Russian Commu- nist Party was arrested and one of the leaders of the militant trade union movement was murdered. spread Daily Worker and get a new newsstand Sympathizers and readers we ask you to speak to your nearest newsdealer. He should order the DAILY WORKER. Fill out the coupon and send it to us. Cireulation Dept., Daily Worker, 83 East 1st Street, New York City. Name of Newsdealer Address No. of Copies ... My Name and Address .. 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