The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 12, 1928, Page 3

ie | —m Saeko Spanish Fas REVOLT LOOMS — IN CATALONIA; MANY IN JAILS Allege “Plot” Aims to) End De Rivera Regime MADRID, Spain, Sept. 11.—The| interior department of the Spanish government admitted today that or- ders for the arrest of members of an alleged conspiracy to overthrow the de Rivera regime had been is- sued last midnight. It was added that the police spent the remainder of the night searching the homes of suspected persons and carrying them to the police stations in taxi-| cabs for further examination. | The police today refused to an- nounce the number of arrests that had been made but intimated that {t was in the neighborhood of 300. This statement was made today following the official: announcement that a new conspiracy to overthrow | Having succeeded in lending his name to the so-called “peace” pact under cover of whose terms the international imperialists have banded together to prepare war against the Soviet Union, Frank Kellogg, secretary of state of the United States, has returned to his country. He is shown landing at the Battery. CHOOSES Continued from Page One the existing government had been|speeches of Gorkitch and Chitarov unearthed. Officials of the government de- ship of Hrsel. was continued under the chairman- The following spoke: | clare that the conspiracy had rami-| Lippe, Norway; Miura, Japan; Jurr, | fications thruout the country and, Germany; charge that the participants in the | States; “plot” were enlisting the support of garia; Gross, Holland; Gregoriov, the soldiers in their cause and that|Soviet Union; Holmberg, Sweden; large sections of the army are ex-| Mitroyitch, Williamson, United} Achja, Esthonia; Boiko, Bul- | Yugoslavia; Williams, tremely discontented. Fear was ex-| Belgium; Young, Executive Com- political DAY 'Y WORKER, NEW YOR NESDAY, SEPT. 12, 1928 wage Three cists Arrest More Than 300i COMMUNIST INT'L __BOSSES,BATTY — EXECUTIVE cut self-criticism. The Fifth Youth Congress must introduce methods more adapted to the youth. Hostile organizations, particularly reform- ist youth organizations, must be fought and our supplementary or- | ganizations extended. Bourgeois organizations can be best fought in the colonial question. Young Com- munist Leagues must retain their character and _ introduce In New Attempt to ous i f praised connection with the war danger and | ; appeals PROPOSE LAWS TO SMASH INDIA LABOR UNIONS Try New. Method to Halt Strike Wave LONDON, (By Mail) —The ever- | |rising revolt of the ‘Indian workers, |the strikes on the railwavs. in the! |cetton and jute mills, in Tata’s iron and steel works have frightened the rulers of India. who are now going to add some “legal” repression to |their well-known methods of shoot- ing, imprisonment, ete. | ‘Two bills will be introdueed in the gpming session of the Legislative {Assembly which are both aimed |directly at the workers’ organiza- tions. One. a Trade Union Bill, on the same lines as our own Act, but designed to cripple and fetter the workers even more rigidly. The other, a “Public Safety Bill,” which empowers the government to “re- “move” Bolshevist agents from the country whenever they like. The special nurpose of this bill is to provide for the removal of British- born subjects of His Majesty from Continued from Page One the British territory of India! It “socialist” aides constantly! thus plays hell’ with all British con- these “progressive” mill|stitutional theories, “rights of the parons. It was to these that Coun-| subject,” etc. Our rulers do not mind “il officialdom always addressed its|bursting “constitutionalism” wide and ajopen when it pleases them. TRY NEW PLAN Break Strike for collaboration n Raid; Arm y Reporte PARIS, Sept. » Save Driver in Frequently referred to in the capitalist press as a ‘ don Verge Ceylon; Lipton nny } j ) } i } } British sport and good fellow”, Sir Thomas Lipton, who spends his considerable quantities of spare time racing British against American yachts, slave driver. His huge fortune better known to the Ceylonese workers as a was amassed from the labor of Tamili workers on his tea plantations. There, for pitiable wages which keep them just above starvation line, the serfs of thi “genial sportsman” cultivate and pick the tea—which brings him money to invest in yachts, Above, Sir Thomas Lipton, with Charles Levine, imperialist flier. PAINLEVE MAKES MILITARY PLANS To Build Armaments Across Europe 11.—While Briand was delivering his attack against pressed that disturbances among mittee of the Y. C. I, and Wagner, soldiers in many ‘regions of the Of Czeehoslovakia. country may be expected. A significant feature of today’ disclosures is the extent to whic the alleged conspiracy has spread | in Catalonia. A revolt in this pro- vince, where unrest has been brew-| ing for months, is foreseen as a not} remote possibility of the present} situation. Many arrests are reported from Barcelona. Reports of wholesale arrests came) from the provinces, principally Cata- | lonia, Valencia, Asturias’and Anda- | lusia. They included many radicais and soldiers. lin his speech: youth in the United States of Amer- ica among the young workers. |favorable conditions the American | League won neither politically nor | organizationally. ‘creased the masses of young un- qualified workers and increases the | supply of cheap labor power. Youth sections must be founded in the new Williamson, of the U. S. A., said “Rationalization and he increased exploitation of the leftward tendency Despite caused a in. Immigration unions. The influence of the bour- geois youth organizations is grow- | ing, but unfortunately an opposition new methods.” The Congress was then greeted by a delegation of Leningrad work- ing youth. NEW UNION IN | CALL TO MINERS Urge Organization in All Fields mutual agreement on an “efficient” plan of production. The tone adopted by the manu- facturers in their statement of de- mands issued after their } s meeting ast night and delivered to the head of the Citizens’ Mediation Commit- tee is the same one taken by the A. F. of L. union in their enthusiastic endorsements of the Frieder speed-| up plan. position that the speed-up plan is a concession to the strikers. position is the same. The employers took the Batty’s The mill owners therefore said: ‘It will be expensive to install and require special supervision to main- tain.” The reason for all this is that in the past it has not been difficult to prevent known “Reds” from landing in India; they are simply told they are not wanted. But to get them | ing the army maneuvers between, out legally was more difficult; thus | Metz and Strasburg, on his way for George Allison’s deportation form) an extended tour of the northeast was marked “Aliens” in large letters. . : : frontier where he is to make prac- Trade unionists who try to help. . |the workers to organize for fighting tical recommendations for the strong- |will now be treated as “Bolshevist °st line of fortifications Europe has lagents” and deported. In this the ¢ver seen. — | government will be helped by Right | Painleve will leave the maneuvers Wing leaders, such as Mr. Kirk, a to preside at the conference of mili- “leader” of the Southern Indian tary chiefs and experts, which is Railway Union, who has declared: to lay plans for the immediate start “Unfortunately it is true that the of work on the fortifications which the Soviet Union at Geneva and talking of “disarmament,” war min- ister Painleye of France was view- Assassin of Obregon Found to Be Sane; Will Be Tried Soon MEXICO CITY, Sept. 11 (UP).— Six blood tests ade of Jose De Leon Toral, n of President- elect Obvegon, showed him to be en- tirely normal, it was announced to- day. Further tests of Toral’s draw- ing, craftsmanship and other ph logical examinations will be next, The prosecution is ade prepared to |present its evidence against Toral and those accused with him of plot- ting the assassination, but the testi- mony is so voluminous that prepara- tions may delay the trial until Oc- tober. 22 KILLED IN ITALY MONZA, Italy., Sept. 11—Inves- tigators were unable to explain to- day the accident which claimed 22 lives during the Grand Prix auto races here Sunday. Emilio Mater- azzi’s machine suddenly leaped the ditch surrounding the track and of Outbreaks RUMANIAN TRIAL OF 144 WORKERS AIMED AT LABOR Banning of Unions Looming ss Service) Rumania (By 1 and forty-four 1 shortly appear court in Klauus. cused include the of the working any union fune The charge ‘action for re- accused v before th e real ground for the process different The actior e un labor unions hag quite 2 strongly The beginning of this s arrests that n place for the last few n Klausenburg, Oradea anc r. Then followed mass af. irected especially against the kers International Relief, whit was declared “dangerous for the state.” The names he acccused show best the real p ose of the govern- ment in this process. The president - of the united labor unions, Kalo- man Mueller, the representative Ey- gen Rosvan, the editor of the work- ers’ paper, Stefan Foris, well-known functionaries like Avramescu, Tor- dai, etc., are among them. id Tortures which drove one of the accused to suicide and the 40 day hunger strike of Stefan Foris were the introductions to this process. It is hoped that the public expres- sion of European workers will hin- der the ending of this process in the destruction of the workers’ organ- izations. crashed into the crowd behind a con- crete wall. The ditch was eight feet wide and was considered one of the safest in the world for spectators. strike is due to the influence of Will stretch from the North Sea to Communists.” the Mediterranean. He is accom-, The bills are likely to go through | panied by chief of the general staff, the Legislative Assembly, where Gneral Debeney, and General Fieil- most of the Swarajist “opposition” eneau, and by members of the senate ate capitalists. Even if they do not, and house of deputies army com- |year's budget has already assigned and redoubts. |Japan Favors British the gavernment will “certify” them. Missions. 200,000,000,000 francs for the build- Bishop and Mrs. Brown | Naval Pact as U. S. movement does not exist. The per- centage of young workers in the American League is falling, whereas the percentage of students is, grow- Continued from Page One |speak in the name of the coal min- ers,” the statement declares. “We Party: leadership. faile’ to ‘see call upon the miners to break com- ts id, ehoseaapapeaes a pletely with the Lewis machine and oe Bi i deers hh anguish AREA join the National Miners’ Union. | We welcome the Negro miners into AT RELIEF MEET Vy. S. A, and thinks the new line of the Communist International ap- | ccl danhey ca las A ae The unshakable determination of | the masses of the 28,000 strikers to fight both the employers and Batty in their plan to Lreak the strike by a sell-out, is being fortified as the members of Batty’s own union see thru this attempt of the boss-Batty alliance to make them think that) they would be making great gains by “winning” the Frieder speed-up | system. The great majority of the council leadership openly declare |their intention to join the T. M. C.| adherants in their struggle to win| the 22-week-old strike even if the| wage cut notices are withdrawn. ing. | Campaign Notice | PACKAGE of one hundred leaflets | will be sent you FREE OF CHARGE | by the National Election Campaign Com- | | | mittee. Just send in your name and address | on a post card or letter. This is' not an advertising campaign, and the Committee is not seeking a profit on the sale of cam- plies only to Europe. The reeult is | eZ : | i i ‘icy is the only basis for struggle | cen. Master Film. Will Beg factionalism. Increased at-|the equality of all’these ranks of Shown Saturday > |tention must be paid to revolution. | Workers. | An urgent appeal has just come} arv movement in Latin-America.” Right Collaboration. The seventh session was presided| The program is a pledge to fight from New Bedford strikers to send |over by Beniero and was devoted to shoes and clothing, particularly for|a continuation of the discussion. for the best possible working con- ditions for the coal diggers. Op- the children, who have gone bare- | The following spoke: Mamhud, In- foot all summer in any old kind of | dia; Anderson, Finland; Andrevski, Shs ReaD To start work on this line of the PARTY SECTIONS |most modern fortifications this ‘ing of forts, roads, railways, under- Alp Bie BAZAAR ground communications, batteries | | position to class collaboration is em- phatically stressed. Endorsement makeshift clothes. They cannot go | barefoot to school until they get clothes and shoes. ‘ The Workers’ International Tex- tile Relief Conference on Saturday, | § Poland: Tansel, Britain; Leibbrandt, Executive Committee of the Young Communist International; Vassiliev, Soviet Union;' Yakubovitz, Poland; egenthaler, Switzerland; Limanov- is made of the issue of a Labor Par- ty. Class solidarity with all other workers in their battles and a pro- gram looking to the complete eman- cipation of the workers is embodied | | | TEXTILE BARONS TRY FRARIE-UP Sending Articles Voices Disagreement LONDON, Sept. 11 (UP).—It was work necessary to make the bazaar|announced at a meeting of the a success. Japanese cabinet today that Japan Continued from Page One | paign leaflets. 500,000 leaflets will be given away. If you like the idea, you can keep it going by sending as tribute to the Free Campaign Leaflet Fund much as you can con- Many trade unions and sympa-|welcomed the Anglo-French naval to enable the Committee to renew the offer. \ thetic organizations are also active-|agreement, an exchange telegraph ly working for the bazaar, while in|dispatch from Tokio said. every section of the country work-| Japan considers the agreement a ers are collecting articles in order|step towards world disarmament, September 15, will be called on to} ski, Poland; Geminder, Executive | meet this emergency in addition to|Committee of the Young Commu-| organizing for continuous support} nist International, and Ilinski, So- for the strikers. | viet Union. Unions and fraternal organiza- | British League Gains. in the policy of the new union. Charles Fulp, a Negro delegate, who was beaten up by the Lewis |gangsters and later arrested, to- gether with Wray and Stanovich, | Mail this coupon NOW to the National New Bomb Blast in Kenosha Election Campaign Committee tions that have not yet sent in their | Tapsel declared: “The Boy Scouts delegates are requested to do so im-|are organizing an _ international mediately, according to a statement | meeting next year. Our task is two other delegates, were released this forenoon. All those arrested have now been released. to make this the greatest prole- the dispatch said. Premier Tanaka tarian bazaar ever held in this coun- aid Japan had unofficially notified 48 Hast 125th, St, New York ‘City. KENOSHA, Wis., Sept. 11—The| fourteenth in a series of bomb ex-| try. Among those who are busy|the powers she welcomed the naval | with bazaar work is Mrs. William| compromise, but had sent no rormal {issued by the secretary of Local | New York, Harriet Silverman, urg- ing organizations to make every ef- fort to be represented in this im- portant conference. An appeal for relief will be made by Moissaye J. Olgin and Fred Bie- denkapp at the conference. Olgin will also make an appeal at the mo- tion picture performances to pe held Saturday evening at the Labor Temple, 14th St. and Second Ave. Posters. have been made for dis- play by workers’ organizations and may be had by calling at the office | of Local New York, W. I. R., 1 Union Square, New York City, Room 604. Hassell Reaches | South Greenland COPENHAGEN, Sept. 11 (UP). —Bert Hassell and Parker D. Cra- mer, American aviators, and Prof. W. H. Hobbs, of the University of Michigan expedition to Greenland, have reached Godthaab, the sheriff of South Greenland advised the | Greenland administration depart- ment today. The fliers, with Hobbs and three other Americans, were rescued from the mouth of Simiutak Fjord, where they landed after their motorboat hit a rock and sank, the message eaid. work among the delegations. The British League is gaining members, but the number of factory groups is diminishing. The reasons are the terror of the employers and the trade union bureaucrats, mass un- | employment and lack of trained of- ficials, Youth sections are being or- ganized in the Labor League of Ex- Servicemen.” Gyptner was chairman of the eighth session. The discussion con- tinued, the following speaking: Longe, Italy; Christenson, Den- mark; Cnofrio, Argentine; Schuel- ler, Executive Committee of the Young (Communist International; Milano, Uruguay; Bohl, Austria, and Pereira, Brazil. Must Fight Reformists. Schueller said: “The slogan of self-criticism must be issued in the Leagues. The change in the tac- ties of the Communist International would have been impossible with- RECORD EARTHQUAKE. CHICAGO, Sept. 11 (UP). severe earthquake shock was re; tered on the University of Chicago seismograph today, the weather bureau reported. The first phase was registered at 6:41 a. m., lasting for 44 seconds, and the second phase five minutes later for the same du- ration. The bureau reported the shocks were 2,100 miles from Chi- cago and were continuing at 7 a. m. A HOUNDS SEEKING MEN Vile Conditions Are Cause of Jail Break “lto the convention who recognized BATON ROUGE, La., Sept. 11.— making a rush for sawed-off shot- Bloodhounds proceeded along the guns, thirteen prisoners were soon Mississippi River this morning as | returning the fire of a prison posse prison guards followed the trail of in pursuit. Aubrey Kinchen and two prisoners, the only ones of thir- | Jack Broom were killed before they teen to make good their escape after got free of the walls. When the a desperate break from the penal others reached the ferry they were Fulp was fined $10 by the judge, who has throughout shown his pre- judice against the coal miners. Fulp was beaten up by twelve gangsters who attacked the mine delegates be- fore Hotel Monongahela last Sun- day. Forty-seven stitches were tak- | en in Fulp’s head and body. Fagan Leads Gangsters. The gangsters were led by Pat Fagan, arch traitor and head of the Lewis District 5. Eight police watched the gangsters finish their job on Fulp. After they had de- parted, the cops pulled their guns| on Fulp and placed him under ar-| rest. He was held in jail for two days during which he received but one meal and two glasses of water. | Last night a thousand dollar bond offered for Fulp, Wray and Stano- vich was refused by the magistrate intent on keeping them in jail. To- day, however, they were released. The attack on Calamari was led} district board member. Delegates Buzzarilli saw him jump on and kick Calamari just before the un- the patrol wagon. te a Workers Protest Raids. SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 11.— Indignation and mass protest against the “suppressive measures of the Pittsburgh police and hire- lings of the Lewis machine for their attempt to disrupt the ccevention” for a new mine union was expressed in a meeting here at which several hundred workers attended. The meeting which was called fol- lowing the receipt of newspaper re- ports of the vicious raids of the Lewis gangsters and the police like- wise protested against the “cold- blooded murder of Frank Bonita one of the delegates to the convention of the National Miners’ Union,” who by John Buzzarilli, a Lewis sub-|]} conscious miner was dragged off to || farm at Angola. The bodies of six were recovered after a serious fignt. | Seven wounded men were treated in| overtaken. The four shot after they had was shot by Lewis hirelings several days before the opening of the con- vention. Al Schaap acted as chair- plosions occurred yesterday when a blast went off at the home of Al-! heretic bishop, who is sewing ar- Montgomery Brown, wife of the/reply, since the United States had not agreed to the agreement. fred Gemmell. Gemmell’s brother William, who lives with him is said] to be one of the strikebreakers in the local hosiery mill now on strike. The explosion like those previous- ly set off is believed to have been! set off by private operatives of the/zaar Committee, 30 Union Square mill bosses who are known to be/has emphasized the importance of, using this time-honored method in| this year’s event, since upon its suc- an attempt to discredit the strike. (cess depends the existence of the ‘two fighting working class dailies All workers are urged to bend their energies toward the goal of send- ing the bazaar over the top. ticles that will be among the choicest | numbers at the bazaar. Bishop Brown is also sending copies of his books which will be sold at the book sections of the bazaar. The Daily Worker-Freiheit Ba- A taxi driver would.anpreciate this copy of The DAILY WORKER. Irritable Bladder Catarrh Santal Midy Effective-Harmless Sold by All Druggist,’ Comrades: Send me a package of one hundred Com- munist Campaign leaflets. that there is no obligation on my part ex- cept to distribute these leaflets. 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