The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 15, 1928, Page 3

) Kellogg, Wall Street Puppet, to Force ‘Supervision’ of Elections on Nicar REWARD MONCADA USSR-AMERIGAN | FOR SELLING OUT TO COL. STIMSON Chamorro Wants Job for Himself; Raises Row WASHINGTON, March 14-—The American government intends to pro- ceed with the sup- | ervising of this year’s Nicaraguan elections, despite the refusal of, the lower house of the Nicaraguan con- the McCoy plan. Jay with consid- erable emphasis. Cee ae MANAGUA, M Gen, Moncada, rewarded by considering the _ Wall Street “advisability” of calling a special session of congress to consider again the measure “em- powering” the United States to sup- ervise the general election in October, A tense political situation has fol- lowed the rejection of the bill by the house of deputies after it was en- acted by the senate. There has been no news of any contacts between U. S. marines and Sandino’s nationalists during the past few days. * MANAGUA, March 14.—The meas- ure authorizing the United States to “supervise” the Nicaraguan elections was rejected last night aftér a bitter struggle. Followers of the conserva- tive Chamorro, who is bidding for the presidency, openly charged that the United States is backing Genera’ Moncada for the post as a reward for his surrender to Col. Stimson year. * 2 las The most bitter, Chamorrist attacl on the United States policy came at the end of the morning session when Alexander Arcia declared: “The war was caused by the Amer- icans: Moncada told Genera] Feland: ‘You Americans told me to shoot, and I shot. Now you tell me not to shoot and I don’t .shoot.’ “I don’t know whether Coolidge is a faker or the cables lie to us when they quote Coolidge as saying he will not transgress the law of weak na- tions. Yet here Coolidge’s represen- tative is trying tv coerce congress to pass a law against our constitution.” United States marines guarded the session against demonstrations by na- tionalist workers, sympathetic with Sandino. gress to approve} This was an- unced at the! ate department THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1928 ‘Fascist Terror Victim | | | | | | | | } |; Gastone Soz i, left wing, Ital- police several weeks ago. The murder of Sozzi is chagacteristic of terrorist mule of te fascisti. PED LABOR MEET WILL OPEN TODAY ‘8-Hour Day (Special to The Daily Worker.) MOSCOW, March 14.- day by world capi- tdlism will be one of the problems at the Fourth World Con- gress Of the Red International of Labor Unions which opens here #4} tomorrow. m . 3 The Chinege and A. Losovsky, British questions R.I.L. U. head and the general position of the re- formist trade union leaders will also come up for discussion at the con- gress. A. Losovsky, secretary, will cpen the congress. Worker Serves Term Constantin Peliris, wij was ar- rested and beaten by the police and sentenced to 30 days in the w |house for participating in a demon- stration before the Greek Consulate |here in protest against the attempted crushing of the labor movement in Greece, has been ‘Teleased after serv- ing his term. Frame-Up Trial of More Than 300 Peasants Begins WARSAW, (By Mail).—On Thurs- day, February 23, the first batch ox prisoners, members of the “Hromada’ appeared before the Tribunal at Vilna. Only 56 of the total number of 189. prisoners -are to be dealt with in this trial. maining 143 be ll groups at of which the dates have not yet been fixed. ‘the same applies to 300 odd other political prisoners, —members of other —_ revolution- organizations. The obvious in ten ion, of Filsad skis Fascist dic- ‘Terrorist tatorship im trying these prisoners in small batches, is to muffle the clamor of protest, and to mask the extensive character of the prosecu~ tion of workers’ and peasan.s’ or- ganizations, for which it is respon- sible, Bribe to Landowners. » The “Hromada” was the legal party of the revolutionary peasants, and oi the national minority of White Russia in Poland. It organized the poor pea- sants in this region in their struggle with the powerful Polish landowners, and registered the oppression of Polish nationalism. It must be rememberéd that in Ruthenia, more than 60 per cent of the population is composed of White Russian peasants. The “Hrom- ada’s” activities were chiefly con- fined to co-operative and cultural work. In October 1926 Pilsudski formed a government with the help of Con- servative elements and representa- tives of the landowners. Their sup- port was the result of a pact in which Pilsudski promised various favors to: these reactionary elements in return for their aid in the furtherance of his Fascist and Nationalist policy. The White Terror. Pilsudski started promptly to fn’- The xé-| t will | ought up inj ce fil his part of the pact by the perse- cution of the Hromada. A furious press agitation and’ numerous acts | of provocation in November 1926 were ithe immediate manifestations of the terror. Arrests to the number of 500 ' were made in November and Decem- 6. Among these were many This ’ members of the: Diet. in January 1927 and raids on the premi and p ants’ organizatio The charges brought ag oners were diverse, and frequently. contradittory. They were accused of espionage, of receiving subsi s from |Soviet Russia, of supporting Ru- thenian separation, etc., ete. Parlia- mentary immunity was ignored in the case of the members of the Diet in} spite of the protest, on constitutional | grounds, of the president of the Diet. It. is now more than’a year ago that the majority of these arrests were made. For the whole of that pétiod these members of the “Hroma- |da” have been waiting trial in the deplorable conditions of the Polish} prisons. The extreme brutality oi the wardens and prison authoritie is well known, and suicides and at- tempted suicides, as well as insanity, too often are the results of insuffer- able condicions. The trial which commenced on Feb. | 23, at Vilna is the case of 56 persons, | comprising the leading officials of tne | “Hromada” and 4 members of tie Diet. 55 of this number are chargec with High Treason,—the penaity for | which is 15 years hard labor, and 1) for espionage. H The prosecution will produce about 12009 witnesses, and many thousands of “documents.” The chief of these witnesses is a notorious “agent-pro- voeateur”--Michael Gurin. As for the “documents,” Pilsudski’s govern- ment has been by no means the least of the customers of the forgery fac- tories, and with the large number of Russian Whites,—engineers of the To Discuss Attack on) The general | attack levelled against the eight-hour | principal | TRADE GROWING AT RAPID PACE Amtorg to Open Branch on Pacifie Coast Further expansion of trade be- tween the Soviet Union and the United States is indicated in the an- nouncement that the Amtorg Trad- ing Corporation, the principal firm in Soviet American Trade, placed in this country since January 1, 1928 orders amounting to $10,777,000 which is ; several times the total for the corre- |sponding period two years ago and | $3,000,000 larger than the purchases the preceding three months and for January to March, 1 An im- |portant feature in American-Soviet | trade activities has been also the ex- | tension of credit facilities. During the complete year 1927 the | Amtorg purchased American products \valued at $31,199,834 which does not ch 14—Presi-| tan labor leader, who was kid-|include purchases of cotton and some dent Diaz of Nica- napped from his home in Milan |o'her materials handled by special or- ragua today was and done to death by the Fascist |4nizations, the total purchases for |1927 amounting to $75,000,000, while |sales were $25,000,000. These are double the pre-war, figures. Open New Branch. “Since the beginning of this year the Amtorg Trading Corporation has shown a considerable gain in opera- |tions over the record established in 1927,” stated Mr. Saul G. Bron, chair- man of the Board of Directors of the Amtorg. “While last year we trebled our business as compared with 1926, is year bids fair to set a new In the last three months of 9 our purchases in the United States were $7,778,486. The total of placed since January 1, 1928 6,495 indicates the progress since the end of 1927. of the | | Amtorg mess is necessitating the o) x branch of the Amtorg, which will ocated on the Pacific Coast as the oviet Union is now in the market |for products of many Western manu- facturers. The development of Siberia jand the Far East also makes it ad- vantageous to have closer contact with the Pacific Coast. Purchase Equipment. | “The bulk of orders placed durmg the past six months has been for in- dustzial and electrical equipment, of which the purchases since October 1, 1927, the beginning of the new Soviet fiscal year, have totaled 7,849,987. Of this, gold mining equipment 2mounted to about $1,000,000, coal jmining $700,000; Drieprostroy power jplant equipment $800,000, railway jconstruction equipment $1,300,000, oil ‘well equipment $990,000 and re- frigerating equipment close to $400,- 000. Purchases of raw materials, largely metals, for the same period were $4,302,295, agricultural equip- ment $3,9: 24. Orders for auto- motive equipment aggregating $1,- 072,668 are the forerunners of large purchases of such equipment for Russia. The total of $18,524,681 for the last six months is nearly double the purchases for the corresponding period of the preceding year. “Among orders for $300,000 or over placed by us during this period may be mentioned those with the follow- ing firms: Guggenheim Bros., Ford Motor Co., Marion Steam Shovel Co., American Metal Co., General Rubber Co., Sullivan Machinery Company, and the International Harvester Co. . Greater Credits “An important development during mt period has been the ex- of credits, received by the from firms. Credits up to s have been granted to the are quite a number ch we enjoy credits s of a year or more. growth of So -American “The The Paris Commune Album A splendid pictorial record of the “eight bloody days of May.” Striking photos of the famous “Women’s Battalion,” the heroic street battles; the ruthless massacre by the bourgeois troops. REDUCED from 50 cents to 25 cents WORKERS LIBRARY PUBLISHERS 89 East 125TH STREET murder of Voikoff,—-in Poland taken into considera‘ion, we know what to ~eoet when th nblished. New York City Page Three gua Great Britain in her preparations for the coming imperialist war is constructing mon- ster airplane carriers. Photo above shows the H. M. S. Courageous, newest air carrier, leaving Devonport, England, on her first speed trials. Tory Britain Makes Air | FUNDS FOR WAR PREPARATIONS iCommunist Deputy Bares Fascist Scheme jern ~ n lost in bank- milit t prepara- 1 000,000 the oebus Ph Reichs ees | Budget | Schneller d |elared that t report, cor | taining | plans | supp LATIN AMERICAN HAVANA, March 14.—A proposal | that closer cultural ties be estabi hed | between Latin American countries | has been presénted to the various| commissions of the 7th Latin Amer- ican Press conference which “is in session here. Resolutions calling for a greater in-| s terchange of students and professors} among colleges of Latin American countries, a proposal that colleges in all countries create departments for the study of the development of his- tory, literature and art were among | those proposed. 5 GANADIAN RAIL WORKERS KILLED VANCOUVER, B. C., March 14.— | Three men are known to have been | killed, and several injured when aj tunnel caved in on a Canadian Nation- al Railway work train near Kamloops today, according to word received here. Relief crews are working frantical- ly to extricate ten workers entombed by the fall of rock. The roof of the tunnel collapsed while it was being relined. The dead are Andy Anders, George | Parkes and M. G. Usson, all of Kam- | loops. { eee trade reflected in the increasing busi- ness done by the Amtorg and other organizations dealing with the Soviet Union is due to a large extent to the favorable reports given to the Soviet industrial organizations by the num- erous Russian executives and techni- cians who have studied American in- dustries and markets during the past year. The number of Soviet in- dustrial and commercial delegations, which have placed considerable orders in this country, is without precedent in the history of Soviet-American trade.” 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. Circulation Dept., Daily Worker, 33 East 1st Street, New York City. Name of Newsdealer Address .. No. of Copies My Name and Address .:.. Buy an extra Daily Worker everyday and give it to your shop mate or friend. \Berlin Workers Honor ‘Red Army Anniversary Red Army. WAR P. | by the wo: rs in the Acqueduct | vealed. Lohmann co lish Foreign M at Stalybridge, to fight against | trol secret Reichswe i has accepted an increase in hours from 48 to 55%, | long period. ciliation” board vy has resulted in a capitulation by the| As a result of der the Bryan a: treaty be-|employers. The operators declared | BERLIN, (By Mail).—A huge mz UNITY THE URGED |Red Front Fighters League to cele-| brate the tenth anniversary of the| 2 wes | government. | | The Phoet | | Film Compa: | been established i | the hope of creat- WORKERS RETURN = <2 2 Otto Gessler, organized here by the he profits for se periments in orpedo tubes, accor to Schneller. Yesterday’s hearin, brought out the fact that “unusual authority” had } Win Fight Against 55’) Hundreds of people were turned) | been exercised over secret funds away from the hall which was over-| Hour Week {to Captain Lohmann of t packed. 3 ood jing the Ruhr occupation b Soot eat MANCHESTER, Eng., March 14,—|in 1922. Lohm GETS WALL STREET POST. walkout effected about a week|charge of the funds | The tween the Unite that they were ready to resume oper- | ister and will soc ted| ations on the 48-hour a week basis, | from hi States, it wz y. The post | Th announcement, however, shows | have ¢ the fascist was offered retary of State|that they have by no means given up | “Blac ’ which he helped Kellogg. hope of trying to lengthen the work- | organize. —— ing hours. yi ae aa ie GERMAN PLA} IN IRELAND | The workers, who manipulated the| Fascists Yelp for Gold | DUBLIN, March 14. — German/ stoppage despite the contrary advice BUCHAREST, Run March 14 shipping interests have opened|given to them by their conservative|—The Rumanian Gov egotiations with the State | union officials, declare that further| pected to lodge a cla Government for 1 njattempts at depressing union stand-| 000,000 gold which th |ards will be met with the most bitter opposition. coast, shipped to the United States weeks ago. ENTERTAINMENT NEW YORK EVER WITNESSED eee 107th St, TICKETS —— JIMMIE HIGGINS 106 uNIERSITY PLace & FREIHEIT 30 UNION SQUARE DAILY WORKER 108 £.142 STREET) BENEFIT THE DAILY WORKER