The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 17, 1928, Page 3

Japanese Police Seize More Than 1,000 in Ne FEAR SUCCESSES | OF PROLETARIAN ELECTION DRIVE Unrest Growing Among Tenant Farmers TOKIO, March 16.—More than 1,- 000 left wing workers and intellectu- als were arrested today in a new se- ries of raids. New police orders have been issued forbidding raiical or. ganizations from publishing literature attacking the Tanaka government, The raids are believed to be a direct result of the large gains made by yroletarian parties in the recent na- tional elections. Officials of the gov- ernment have expressed alarm at the growing influence of the left wing among workers in large industrial centers and aniong the tenant farm- ers. The reason given for the drrests end raids was the widespread distri- bution of handbills which are charged with involving “lese majesty.” In addition to a series of textile strikes in Osaka, the growth of un- rest among the poor peasantry is viewed with alarm by the Tanaka government. The recent voting show- ed that the protest against heavy rents and taxation has taken a defin- ite political. form among the tenant farmers and the government is em- ploying every method of checking the growth of left wing political parties in raral districts. Today’s arrests come on the heels of a series of raids on the headquar- ters of left wing parties and trade unions. The police took possession of the offices of the left wing paper, Musan Shimbun, yesterday. 4 Workers Killed In Railroad Wreck TITUSVILLE, Fla., March 16. — Four workers were killed today when passenger train No. 87 of the Florida Fast Coast was wrecked while round- ing a curve on the outskirts of the city. The dead are: J. W. Clarke, en- gineer;. L. T.. Williams, express man, both of Jacksonville; A. H. Howard, fireman, New Smyrna, Fla. and Jimmie Wilson, Negro, express help- ec, Miami, Fla. Seven coaches left the track and were wrecked. The engine rolled over into a ditch, killing the engineer and fireman. Clark’s body was badly crushed and the fireman was scalded from the escaping steam. None of the passengers were injured. | | | | | May Arrest Communist Deputies in Reichstag BERLIN, Mar. 16.—More than 10 Communist deputies at present in the Reichstag face arrest on charges of | “treason” when the Reichstag is dis- solved on March 31. With national election approaching the government is taking every op- portunity to halt the left wing. The recent successes of the Communist Party in the Hamburg elections are regarded as indicative of a general swing to the left on the part of the German working class. DAILY WORKER, Ten Years at Post is Record of Tchicherin MOSCOW, March 16. — George Tchicherin, Commissar of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union, completed his tenth year of service today. Altho Tchicherin is reported in poor health, he has re- fused to quit his post and will con- tinue his services as head of the For- eign Office. ~Dchi- cherin is probably the most brilliant diplomat in Eur- ope. Tchicherin served at one time as counsellor of state in the Minis- try of Foreign Af- fairs under the Tsarist regime. He went over to the revolutionary cause, however, and was arrested as a Bol- shevik in England during the World War. He returned to the Soviet Union in 1918 and took up his post as Commissar of Foreign Affairs on March 16th. TORIES STIFLE PRESS IN INDIA Keven Students for Aiding Boycott LONDON, (By Mail).—The govern- ment of India have embarked on a rolicy of ruthless terrorism by gag- ging the press and leaders in Madras and Calcutta, and placing a ban on meetings, even at Bombay. Tchicherin, Bolshevik Presidency College in Caleutta as Ladies’ College have been closed as the students who joined the strike on the occasion of the arrival of the Si- mon commission would not apologize for their action. Several students were marched to the police station at the point of the bayonet. < _ Reports throughout the country state that the boycott movement is progressing well. Sir John Simon failed to obtain evidence from anyone in Meerut, and the. president of the assembly has declined to interview the commission. FormBigWaterCombine GREENWICH, Conn., March 16.— A vast combination of water com- panies extending through much of Westchester courity, New York, and to the Stamford town line in Connec- ticut, was announced here today by E. F. Putnam, president of the Green- wich Water & Gas Company. The combination is effected by uniting the Greenwich corporation with the New Rochelie Water Company. The New Rochelle properties are estimated to be worth $9,000,000 while the Greenwich properties are estimated at $11,000,000. Amsterdam International Totters o n Its Last Legs By I. D. LEVIN. LONDON (By Mail).—At the last session of the International Labor Office held. February 1 and 4, the British government, contrary to its promise (which was given in 1919), refused to ratify the Washington convention on the eight-hour working day. This refusal is another nail in the coffin of the Amsterdam Inter- national, The International Labor Office, the altar of class collaboration, built by the joint efforts of the Amsterdam- ers and the imperialist powers, is falling asunder like a house of cards. There was good cause for the lam- ents and cries raised by the pillars of international reformism, who par- ticipated in the International Labor Office. Albert Thomas, director of the International Labor Office, stated that the I.L.O. is entering upon a critical stage of its existence, and Muller, leader of the German reform- ‘we, Literly regretted that the Eng- fish proposal (to. revise in 1921 the convention on the eight-hour working day, which js tantamount to a decline of the conven.iony brings to naught all the efforts made during the past years for the establishment of “peace- ful relations” between workers and employers. This blow at the I. L. O. by the world bourgeoisie signifies that it is no longer in need of its lackeys of the Amsterdam International. The moor has done his work, the moor can go. The Amsterdam lackeys were needed by the bourgeoisie dur- ing the revolutionary post-war years, when capitalism was threatened by revolution from all sides, The I. L. 0. was then set up for doping the work- ers. The Amsterdamers have been able to convince the workers they lead that through the International Labor Office they are alile to achieve mate- vial improvements peacefully without sacrifices and without struggle. The bourgeoisie new feels itself strong and has determined to attack. Eng- land proposes that the question be revised in 1929. After dallying with the question of the eight-hour work- ing day for nine years, the reform- ist workers once again find them- selves stranded. It is no mere chance happening that the blow at the I. L. O. emanates from England. The English bour- geoisic is now leading the world re- action. The defeat of the miners and the anti-trade union bill, which de- prived the English working class of all the rights won in a century’s struggle were the signal for an at- tack by capital all-over the world. It should be mentioned that in Eng- land as a rule no more than eight hours is worked per day. It would therefore been no sacrifice if England had ratified the convention. The re- fusal to ratify the convention, there- fore, indicates the direction in which the English bourgeoisie intends to develop its attack against the work- ing class. Evidently their intentions are to lengthen the working day. The mask has been thrown off ‘by world reaction. Its handmaidens and hirelings, the Amsterdam leaders, 1: exposed. Another illusion—the iiiu- sion regarding the Internations: at Office—is dispersed. | N. Prince, Denver, Colo. ...... USSR INDUSTRY GAINS RAPIDLY, FIGURES REVEAL Development in Water Power Conspicuous The monthly industrial output of the Soviet Union is at present 10 per cent greater than the average for 1913, according to the “Economic Statistics of the Soviet Union,” an} eighty-page handbook issued yeserda: by the Amtorg Trading Corporation. | The value of agricultural produc- tion for 1927, according to this source, was less than one per cent below that for 1913. Practically all industries show in- ereases over the pre-war level. Pro- duction of coal for 1927 was 20,930,- 500 metric tons as compared with 29,055,000 tons for 1918. Production of rubber shoes was 2,000,000 pairs ereater than in 1913 and oil produc- tion showed a gain of more than 1,000,000 tons. It is interesting +o note that production of cigarettes is now more than one and a half that of 1913. Development of new types of fuel is reflected in the figures for production of peat, which was 5,900,- 000 tons for 1927, four times the pre- war total. In the past five years the value of the output of large state industries has increased four-fold and in the past two years 64 ner cent. _ Produce Machinery. . Russia is shown in the Economic Statistics to be still deficient in the production of iron and steel and iron ore. On the other hand, production of machinery, and especially of. agri- cultural implements is much greater than ever before. A great variety of machinery, electrical apparatus and chemicals not manufactured in pre-war Russia is now being pro- duced on a large scale. Soviet statistics show #that the number of workers employed in large scale industries exceeds by a small margin the 1913 figure. While the length of the working day is now on the average only 7% hours, as compared with 10 in 1913, the num- ber of working days per year is greater than prior to the war, as many czarist holidays are no longer observed. The real monthly wages of workers are now about 15 per cent greater than in 1913, aside from the social insurance benefits which amount to 82 per cent of the payroll as against less than one per cent 14 years ago. <i 2 A total of 18,500 km. has been ad- ded to the Russian railway lines in operation since the pre-war days and the length of telegraph lines in- creased by 18,000 km. The tonnage carried is about 20 per cent greater than in 1913. The number of tele- phones in the Soviet Union is in- ereased by 87 per cent in the past two years. One of the most impressive dev- slopments in comparison with pre- war conditions is shown by power plant. operations. The public utility plants of the U. S. S. R. produced in 1927 three times the energy pro- duced in 1918, nine regional power stations have been constructed and over 20 large stations are at present under construction. Soviet-American trade for 1927 ‘ORK, SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1928 w Red ‘Raids’; Suppress Papers New Morgan Loan to Italy Seems Likely PARIS, March 16.—Reports that J. P. Morgan and Company may grant a new loan to the fascist gov- ernment in Italy were current today { with the arrival of i; Thomas W. La- ‘¢ | mont, partner in the House of Mor- gan. While in ; Rome, Lamont con- Pot s| ferred with Musso- + BESS EE! jini. T. W. Lamont, That Morgan & Morgan envoy (Co, may partici- pate in the proposed $30,000,000 loan to Austria was also rumored here. Negotiations regarding the loan are reported to have been begun in Lon- don, _ STAND ON INDIA LONDON, (By Mail).—The tele- gram sent by Mr. J. R. Macdonald to the labor representatives on the Simon Commission now in India is rejected by the executive of the Bri- tish section of the League Against Imperialism, of which James Max- ton, M. P., is chairman, as not being {representative of the views of the British working class movement. mands made by Britain which may constitute interference in the inter- nal affairs of Persia, the British exe- ment to make an official statement enabling parliament to form an opin- ion of the demands which it is mak- ing ‘on Persia. Protests Against U. S. Marines in Nicaragua Abraham Martinez, director of the bureau of information for the govern- ment of Columbia in New York, speaking before the Pan-American Society, protested against the pres- ence of United States marines in Nicaragua. “We, the Latin-Americans are firmly convinced,” he said, “that the soldiers of the United States are out of place in the territory of Latin- America, whatever pretext is invoked to justify their presence save on visits of courtesy.” —_—— amounted to $100,000,000, as com- pared with $48,000,000 prior to the | war. : Among the items on Soviet econ- omic conditions statistically treated in the Amtorg handbook, which con-/} tains the latest comprehensive sta- tistics on Russia in English, are agri- culture, industry, foreign and dom- estic trade, transportation, commun- ications, finance, labor, natural re- sources and patents. “Defen ders of” THE DAILY WORKER F. Sabud, Chicago, Ill. ........ $1.50 Epstein, Hartford, Conn. . 8.00 Lewis Fox, New York City ....5.00 Jack Samek, New York City .. Max Gerger, New York City . Abe Popkin, Bristol, Pa. ..... J. Crettee, New York City Feleurant, New York City . Abe Sepper, New York City...2. G. Rako, Cleveland, Ohio . Paul Kucinic, Cleveland, Ohio ..1. J. Mestroirich, Cleveland, Ohio ..1. Shop Nucléus No. 303, Cleveland, 0; G. Janas, Cleveland (Ohio: J. Dick, Denver, Colo. ......... 1.00 Wm. Mollard, Tartleford, Sask, Canada H. Wessels, San, Jose, Calif. D. Kowalyzyn, Chicago, ae C. Sotis, Chicago, Ill. .. C. H. Roy, Cleveland, O. . F. Broy, B’klyn, N. Y. . F. Solbing, Poughkeepsie, N. T Bradley, Cleveland, Ohio .... C. Brown, Seabright, Calif. ....5.00 Eff. Krehn, Santa Cruz, Calif. 5.00 Newmand & Appelstein, Santa Cruz, Calif. ......... at oe Missel, Santa Cruz, Cali meena 1.50 A Sympathizer, Cleveland, Ohio 1. Ohio .:... db gd ote Delp bisa 1.00 Nucleus No. 33, Los Angeles, MOR gira 3 si so vies § sie v aanuaine De Oliver & “Martha Boyea, Santa Cruz, Calif. ... - 3.00 E. Okerstaim, Por 3 ig. 1,00; +2.00 +2.09 -1.00 E, Taratuski, Phila. Pa. . Mrs. J. Nagy, Fords, N. J. F. Klick, Butte, Mont. .. J. Laurie, Seattle, Wash. -1,00 T. W. Linel, Seattle, Wash. 1.00. Nucleus No. 10, Cicero, Ill. .....7.00 S. Pinchenson, W. New Brighton, New? York. ios.-.5.5 2555 eee 5.00 L. S. Hay, San Francisco, Cal....1.00 G. Kunnap, Anacortes, Wash. ..1.00 N. Gustafson, B’klyn, N. Y. 2.00 W. A. Colich, Willard, O. ......2.00 Nucleus No. 28, Los Angeles, , RUE shins cpr sparpeones z Nucleus No. 25, Los Angeles, ROME oa ease bs 34 vem tb cle 5.00 W. P..O’Donnell, San Jose, Calif. 5.00 K. Malmstrom, South Bend, Ind. 3.00 Kings County Labor Lyceum, B’klyn, New York ....... 10.00 E. Williams, Poplar, Mont. .. H. Pollack, B’klyn, New Yorl A Worker, Detroit, Mich. ......1.00 Mrs. E. H. Sadie, Pittsburgh, Pa. 2.00 C. Cassell, Kalamazoo, Mich. ...1.00 A. Muhlberg, Elsinore, Calif. ..5.00 Dr. M. H. Mislig, New York City 5.00 Miss M Roman, Worcester, Mass. 1.00. - 1.00. » G. Vazekianos, Cleveland, Ohio . .1.00 }- Theo. Mitsos, Cleveland, Ohio 1.60 Are you a “DAILY WORKER” cutive calls upon the British govern- chemical NORWAY RAPIDLY BECOMING COLONY OF WALL STREET Rockefeller and Mellon Interests Huge By CARL HAESSLER CHICAGO, (FP) March 16.—*Nor- way isn’t much farther from New York than is Nicaragua,” piquantly declares the Norwegian Labor editor Jakob Friis who has been addressing bis former countrymen in American cities the past month. He edits the Arbeiderblad (Labor News) of Rju- can where the enoromus hydro- chemical works controlled by the (Rockefeller) National City Bank of New York is located. Norway is fast becoming a finan- cial colony of the United States, Friis poirits out. Not only are large gov- ernment loans floated in New York but the private industrial under- takings are also coming under Wall Street control. In view of this the recent 12-day Labor government of Norway is a phenomenon that may yet bring the marines to the old Vik- ing shores. Own 70 Per Cent of Income. “The Norsk-Hydro, as the chemical plant is named, is Norwegian only in its corporate designation,” Friis as- serts. “The works, the water rights, the estates and everything but the municipality itself in Rjukan are mortgaged to the National City Bank. As 70 per cent of the city’s income is paid by the corporation nothing can be done without its consent. It is Urging the withdrawal of any de-/ the biggest chemical plant in Norway and except for pulp and paper the biggest industry. Nominally it is now under the control of the German trust, but actually it is American.” Another important Norwegian in- dustry, aluminum production, is under French and American control, prin- cipally the Mellon interests, he re- ports. The railroads are government- owned but the country is so heavily in debt to American money lenders that their revenues go to pay in- terest. Half the state budget is de- voted to paying interest on loans, he reveals. “Many Norwegian communities are so deeply involved to their bond- holders that they are reaching the point where they must choose be- tween keeping the schools open or meeting their interest obligations. They will be unable to do both and may have to follow the precedent of the Canadian town that closed its school in order to pay the interest on its school bonds,” he adds. The “Liberal Party” has been ex- posed as the tool of the banking in- terests and the lines of the class struggle has been cleared up and strengthened, Friis shows. Norway has about 250,000 in- dustrial workers, of whom 140,000 are unionized. About 20 per cent of its workers are unemployed. Bare French Move Against Soviet Union MOSCOW, March 16.—The French claims to the $5,000,000 Soviet Union gold which is now deposited in banks of New York were declared to be with- out any basis by Sheinman, chairman of the U. S. S. R. State Bank. The gold, he declared, had nothing what- ever to do with the gold dep 1 by the Bank of France in the Russi. State Bank between 1915 and 191 said. from U. S. S. R. gold fields. That the French claim, which wa: accompanied by a note from the French ambassador, was an attempt to damage the trade relations between the Soviet State Bank banks, particularly those of United States, was also charged t Sheinman. WARSAW, March 16. — Premier Pilsudski made another attempt to in- crease his already dictatorial powers today when in a conference with the new Diet he declared that he wished to alter the new constitution in order to increase the powers of the presi- dent. Pilsudski declared that he was par- ticularly desirous of obtaining more powers in foreign affairs. This is generally believed to mark a new move in Polish relations with Lithuania, which remain strained. Davison May Continue Hop to Panama Canal TAMPICO, Mexico, Mar. 16.—F. Trubee Davison, secretary of war, in ¢harge of aviation, of the United Staces, and Major-General James M. Fechet, chief’of the U. S. army and corps, today were expected to con- tinue their flight by air from Wash- ington to the Panama Canal. The American officials arrived here in two planes yesterday at 5:12 p. m., after an uneventful flight from Galveston, Tex. Upon landing they were cordially greeted by local air and army officals. NO SCHOOLS FOR 255,740. NEW ORLEANS, La., March 16.— The school census just completed shows that there are 255,740 Negro children of schocl age in Louisiana. The report states ‘that Livingston, Catahoula, Terrebone, Lafourche and Iberville parishes spend very little money on education for Negroes. In a number of these parishes not a single school house is provided for Negro children. POINCARE GOVT. TO KEEP PARTY LEADERS JAILED Fears Communist Gan.. in Elections PARIS, March 16. — The Chamber of Deputies voted today against the res The bullion, he declared, had come | and foreign |} PILSUDSKI WANTS PREATER POWERS lease of the three Communist deputies; are now im! j for opposing the French war in the Riff. A large mber of Social- voted for the continued impris- onment of the dep+ uties, The three im- prisoned deputies are Cachin, Marty and Vaillant-Cout- urirer, Doriot and Duclos, who are al- soCommuniss members of the | Chamber of Depu- | ties, are being sought by the police, With the elections in sight the Poin-. care Government is making an at |tempt to halt the left wing campaign |b; keeping the Communist leaders im | jail. 38 Escape Chelsea Fire CHELSEA, Mass., March 16, — Trapped in a burning three-story house here, 30 children and 8 men |and women barely escaped with their, lives, here today. The fire, which’ started in a store-on the first floor,} was soon extinguished. | Jacques Dorrot, Party Leader 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. 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