The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 22, 1928, Page 3

| i | — THE DAILY }"'ORE W YORK, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1928 Page Three Indian Students Walk Out of Schools, Colleges, JOIN WORKERS WHILE PROTEST. STIRS COUNTRY Princes, Moderates for) New Overtures | DELHI, India, Nov. 21.—Several | hundred students in schools and col-| leges today began a strike in sym- pathy with all-national boycott of| the Simon Commission agreed upon} before the commission returned from England. The Simon Commission) is in India for the alleged purpose} of investigation to study the advis-| ibility of extending self-government | to the country. Ite is assumed that} this self-government will take the | form of the “dominion status” urged by the India industrialists and financiers. Nation-wide Protest. Reports reaching Delhi from numerous cities thruout the penin- sula state that action similar to that of the students here has been taken or is being contemplated in other centers. Calcutta, Madras and Bombay re- port intense feeling among the workers in cotton and jute mills and the railroad shops. * * Princes, Moderates to Confer. LONDON, (By Mail).—Efforts of the Indian princes thru their stand- ing committee here to strengthen relations with certain of the more moderate nationalist leaders were discussed at a conference of the} princes recently. The maharapahs of Patiala, Kashmir Nawanagar qnd Cutch were reported to have} * attended the meeting. | Increased discontent among the! masses of Indian workers and peas-| ants is alleged as the reason for the renewed approaches of the prin- ces to the moderate nationalists. Nation-wide boycott of the Simon Commission, which is again in In- dia, resistance to the British troops in Bardoli, and sporadic strikes and outbreaks in all parts of the coun- try are giving concern to the prin-| ces who fear that they will be swept away should the mass movement against the British and their na- tive adherents among the princes and the industrialists gain force. Dubious Nationalists. The willineness of such national- ists as Sir C. P. Ramaswami Aivar and Annie Besant to confer with the princes is strikingly shown in the following excerpt from a British paner: “While realizing their inability at this juncture to commit their col- the Standing Committee Seliove that the suepes- one that might when the} time ripe be profitably explored, that views anged and vod.? ‘ the renresentatives of the All-Parties Conference, and as soon as the Indian princes re-| turn to India a definite move in| that direction will be taken by the, Indian leaders. | “The negotiations were first pro-| posed in conversations between the Maharajah of Bikaner and two im- portant leaders of the All-Parties; Conference, Dr. Annie Besant, of} the National Home Rule League, and Sir C, P. Ramasawami Aiyar, former law member o fthe Madras governor's cabinet. “The suggestion is that it might be possible to work out a plan under which the Indian states would be associated with British India on a federal basis.” ai. Mt, Etna, Etna’s Fury Destroys Peasant Homes and Fields _ Above is a graphic picture of the lava strea m vapors and main flow as seen from the Castello a The recent eruption, the worst in 2 0 uears. spread destruction over a wide area, ruin- ing the homes and fields of thousands of Sicilia n peasants, in Protest Against Simo | FINNISH DOCK WORKERS STILL QUT ON STRIKE Shippers Get Little Aid | | From Strikebreakers | HELSINGFORS, Finland, Nov. |21.—The strike of the Finnish dock | workers is continuing here in spite of persistent repressive action on| |the part of the authorities, who have the entire support of the gov- ernment in their efforts to break the long struggle. Although they have now been on strike for five months, the harbor | workers show no signs of giving | way in their struggle for collective agreements. | There are no signs of settlement, | jand unless the employers are pre- | | pared to negotiate an agreement the | strikers are prepared to continue the struggle, says a statement is- | sued from the headquarters of the International Transport Workers’ Federation. The employers are attempting to give the impression that all is now ‘ADMITS ANGLO- FRENCH POLICY British Gov’t Still Holds | “No One Lost Except Seven Chinese,” Says Hongkong. Wreck Wire SHANGHAI, Nov. 21.—When the Dutch steamer arrived here carrying | four foreigners who were passengers on the steamer “Hsin-Chi” of the ‘Communist Deleeate longer noticeable. | 5 pie abd elena Oats |normal, but a very different story is told by the German shipping journal, Nansa, which states: “The Finnish authorities and or-| Accompany Hoover on Imperialist ‘Honeymoon’ Among those who are accompany spection trip of the colonies of Amer Fletcher, Wall S ssador to fasc Ackerson, Hoover's secretary, right, above; and George Barr Baker, New York financier, below, who will doubtless look over the financial pickings in Central and South America, : ng Herbert Hoover on his in- an imperialism are Henry P. st Italy, left, above; George RADIO WAP BILL JAPAN RESUMES vanizations connected with ship- jning are still dpreading reports that | the labor situation in Finnish ports {may be regarded as normal, and | |that the effects of the strike are no | IN REICHSTAG “As a. result of these reports |mitted in the house of commons to-|Chinese steamer went on the rocks to Naval Pact | |China Merchants’ Navigation Com- LONDON, Nov. 21.—It was ad-|Pany, it was revealed that the| day that the policy underlying the 0n the treacherous Chinese coast | Anglo-French naval pact was of- With 400 aboard, all except the four! ficially approved by the whole cab- foreigriers being Chinese. | inet, after representatives of the| Reflecting the attitude of racial war and®navy departments had been |superiority held by foreigners, the consulted. British news agency et Hongkong Godfrey Locker-Lampson, under-|sent out a dispatch saying that “No secretary of state for foreign af-|cne is missing except seven Chinese.” fairs, told this to the house of com- Coastal fishermen, always living in mons after he had denied that the |a state of semi-starvation, profited committee of imperial defense had |from the accident by taking every- fore negotiations were begun with the ship was deserted. the French government. | | Hits Imperial Policies | (Wireless to the Daily Worker) BERTIN, Nov. 21.—The debate on foreign policy continued in the German Reichstag ye: The national socialists moved a vote o mistrust against Foreign Minister Stresemann. This was rejected against the votes of all parties ex cept the Communi and socialists Willy Muenzenherg, Communist deputy, was the first speaker in to lay’s debate. Te demonstrated the \failure of German foreign policy |been presented with the policy be-|thing valuable from the hulk after| ith regard to the League of No |tions, showing that the German shin-owners often sien contracts for Finland without securing any guar- antee that their ships will be cleared in normal time. “Although it may be nossihte that some places the clearing of not give rise to anv diffien! it is also true that in other hins | does | ties, |hor UP IN ENGLAND NANKING PARLEY Labor Party in Gesture Chinese Businessmen of Onnosition Boyeott Rivals alleged Pitboke of settling outstand- no differences hetwoon the Nan- nese gov- LONDON off Nov. 21.—British La- als in their decision Das ling recime ond the I ornment, negotiations b sumed between S. V: to oppose the radio mercer bill now heen re- ananese vp in parliament avoided all men- ports conditions are nothing like normal.” | How poorly the industry is heing | served hy hy the following narticnlars from the port of Kotka: | The Aira loaded 276 standards of timber in nine days instead of the normal three; the Fro 216 standar strikebreakers is: shown tion of the fact that the proposal consul een at Sh a Sane is a distinct war maneuver for bet- mintang ter control of communications dur- in the pr tion against U period of S. imperialism : Ramsey McDonald, leader of the |, party moved the rejection of the bill today on technical and “econ- omic” grounds. Sha ea, perticular! tao-Tsinanfu ra‘lway end in Tsinan the capital of Shantung. An offi- slong the’ Tsing netune The under-secretary also said} that England would soon reply to} the United States’ note of Sept.) 28, which rejected the Anglo-| French pact as directed against the | naval needs of the United States | fovernment. The admission that the British cabinet and general staff were sol- idly in back of the policy of the val pact further strengthened the mtention that, while Baldwin had stated that in “fact” the pact was » longer in existence, the policy and spirit of the naval and military pact with France was still effective | end supported by both governments. | SILK WORKERS WIN VICTORY n Force Officials to Call Member Meet |delegation to the Geneva conference |simply imposed greater burdens on Germany in the matter of repara- tions and evacuation of the Ruhr. He went on to speak of the im- I, L. D, BAZAAR IN perialist policies of the present Ger- #1 1 jtman government, and of the failure lof all so-called efforts toward dis | armament, showing that Germany’s protests against foreign armamenjs were simply to cloak her own build- ing of armored cruisers, ete. Offensive Against Soviet Union. Stresemann’s speech niade mention of the Soviet Union. evidence of the fact that ian policy is becoming increasingly Preparations Continue at Rapid Pace | | CHICAGO, IIl., Nov. 21.—Prepar- ation for the annual Chicago Inter- national! Labor Defense bazaar, to|j bz held at Wicker Park Hall on Dec. | | 14, 15 and 16. is going on at a rapid} viet. German banks are wace. Donated articles are pouring! joining with the lish and czarist in fyom all quarters, it is reported.| Rus: creditor: mittee in: at The Central Cooperative Exchange|cffensive against th t Union. | F ' Superior, Wis., has notified the|The Gerthan governm headed by the socialist, Muelle n ,that it is sending a shipment of|rment with this anti-Soviet policy jall kinds of groceries, valued at $50.|The Communists, Muenzenberg con- lackaded will be the famous Soviet) tinued, will attempt to prevent an |Ret Star Brand of canned products.| imperialist war, or, failing that, local headauarters of the I. L. D. agree. in five days instead of two: Kot 200 standards in six days instead | ee ye ( of two; Liti Larsen 159 standards | Var Move Advances. in four days instead of 11%; Eman-| LONDON, Nov. 21 (UP).—A bill uel 140 standards in eight days in-|extending the vast projected mer- stead of 1%4; Tjornbury 300 stand-|ger of British wireless and cable ards in eight days instead of three: |facilities was moved to second read- Sierra Nevada 350 standards in|ing in the house of commons tiday seven davs instead of 3%, |by Arthur M. Samuel, financial Output is also far helow normal |secretary of the treasury * * * in other ports. Th 1 passed its first reading eu for the © of ad- Olds at Wor of the Forum in Chicago Pacific Cal f Indian CHICAGO. will of for Who erazy ac market and show what it means in the lives of the workers of Amer- for a today’ Nov. 21 (UP)—No new ROME. | The articles received so far are| will work to convert it into a civil | groceries, wearing apparel, kitchen| war. |utensils and pieces of furniture. The | | shieago needle trade workers, re- ica. He will also deal with the \auestion of what is happening to \the workers displaced by machinery in industry, whether they are being cardinals will he named to the con- sistory scheduled for the third week of December. it was said on good authority today. Therefore only cial statement declares that should all the troops not be withdrawn it would mean the end of negotiations. In the meanwhile Japanese busi- ness has suffered considerably, due to*the boycott carried out by Chi- se business men and chambers of commerce HOW W a RT q _ EGRO PROBLEMS by JOHN PEPPER Continued “om Page One membering the services rendered to floor to make an official statement them by the I. L. D., are busily en- in the name of the committee. The|geged in sewing garments which statement characterized the calling will be sold at the bazaar. Three of the membership: meeting. as a/| workers, Gischner, Sukut and Green- BOSTON WORKERS cbsorbed or left helpless. The Workers Forum is held every Sunday evening at 2021 W. Division St. Questions and discussion from lof the customary two. The ceremony will consist merely |in the delivery by the Pope of an problems confronting today. | Jone consistory will be held instead }) | i} The most thoro and clearest analysis of the victory for the membership, which stands behind th eleft wing; point- ed to the need for the meeting to REPORT JAPAN TROOPS MUTINY 29 Workers Killed by) Police Fire Continued from Page One twenty-nine labor demonstrators and two soldiers were killed and sixty demonstrators were wounded in Tokio in clashes with the nolice end Jenanese troops on November 11 and 12 during the enthronement ceremonies. The report said 200 demonstra- tors were arrested. The Kuomin agenev said censor- ship had prevented foreign corres- nondents from cabling reports of the incident and that likewise the Japanese press had been prevented from mentioning the clashes. The agen-y said that on Novem- her 11 eight demonstrators were killed, sixty wounded and ahont 200 decide on whether a strikebreaking act was committed when the Strike Committee was dissolved because the left wing had a majority on it; ing act by the Joint Board when they removed the heads of all the | vital committtes, who were mili- | tants. E j |. After announcing that since the |Strike Committee had forced the calling of a membership meeting, \the meeting called by them is de- clared off. The statement then charged that when the Joint Board thad called this Saturday member- \ship meeting they called it for all |three departments of the union in order to delay discussion on the real issues involved. The questions in- Broad Silk Department, while the meeting call includes the Ribbon and Hatband Department. It was charged that by holding a meeting of the striking members together |with those working, the officials hope to carry an endorsement of |their expulsion tactics. The statement, before concluding with a series of slogans calling the |workers to the meeting, calling on spoon are working particularly hard the audience follow every lecture | a}locntion, expected to comprise a and a musical program lends vari-/|reyiew of world events since the n Commission ARAB TRIBES IN REVOLT AGAINST PERSIAN GOV'T Report British Planes Help Troops BASRA, Iraq, Nov. 21.—Troops, supported by airplanes, believed to have been provided by the British, attacked native Arab tribes, who jare in revolt in the Kubistan prov- lince cf Persia, it was learned here | today. After a long battle, which was |going badly for the troops, air- planes were pressed into service, and bombarded the tribesmen, who then withdrew, Three Arab chief- tains were killed by the bombs. The. tribesmen are in revolt against the Persian government, which is understood to be supported by the British. The cause of the revolt is said to be oppression of the tribesmen by the existing regime. | Airplanes are now scouring the province in an attempt to extermin- ate the revolt, while the troops are reported to be attempting to dis- arm the tribesmen. Young Negro Jumps Into River to Escape White Thugs; Drowns NEW ORLEANS, La. (By Mail) —When he jumped into the river here on Monday, to escape a group of white thugs, who were attack- ing him, Manny Simpsen, a 23-year- old Negro, was drowned. Simpson was “stepping out for a good time” on the pleasure boat “American,” on which there was a dance and harbor trip, when a young shite gangster insulted his partner. When Simpson protested, he was e‘tacked by the group of white thucs, snd a free-for-all ensued. Simpson attempted to run away, but was nur- >| sued by his assailants. His pursners caught up with him at the rail, and he iumped overboard into the water. The steamer was immediately stopped, and lifeboats lowered, but not trace of his body was found. No arrests have been made, and no attempt made to apprehend the thugs. COTTON WAGES DOWN. WASHINGTON (By Mail).—Ear- nings for cotton workers are lower |this vear than in 1926. They aver- |are $2.4 cents an hour, compared |ewith $2.8 in 1926. | RUILDING WAGES LOWER. | DALLAS, Tex. (By Mail) —Build- | ers’ wages have : an hour this year. RA the American Negroes What the Workers (Communist’ Party means for the bazaar. * The bazaar is being held to pro: vide defense for the New Redford | textile militants. All Chicago friends of I. L. D. are requested to get |fice, 23 So. Lincoln St., where they jean get information on how best |to help in the work of the bazaar. |warpers did more than that. they ;passed a resolution condemning the Joint Board for dissolving the left |wine Strike Committee. and de- |manding that the resolution be brought before the membership lin touch with th i =| sihatleh ouinotstiaaiuarineticen:|fcrine et pate ee ROUSED AT FINES ‘Court Decision Orders} $60,000 Payment BOSTON, Nov. 21 (FP).—Not in| a years has Boston labor been so} SLATE KILLS MINER. tirred as by the $60,000 fine levied! TAYLORVILLE, Ill. (By Mail).— nm members of the Boston Milk Wa-| A fall of slate killed Nick Marco- on Drivers Local 380 by orders of|giese, coal miner, at Peabody Mine the superior and supreme courts, for | 7. | striking to defend their union. Dele- ety to the evening. MACHINISTS DEMAND RAISE. TORONTO (By Mail).—Machin- ists here are to present a demand for a wage raise. jlast consistory in December, 1927. MADISON, Wis., (By Mail).— Owners of pulp and paper mills in| Wisconsin are seeking a change in |the “one day of rest in seven” law. | | They seek to modify the stature so jas to permit Sunday work by em- |ployes whose duties include not |more than three hours of essential | 4) | work. | | to the most oppressed | working-class. i] Secure your copy from thi gates to the Central Labor Union voted to go down the line with the) union in any action it may take to test the decision. Hot criticism was levelled at in- WORKERS BOO 10 cents WORKERS LIBRARY PUBLISHERS, 43 East 125th Street, 4 New York. section of the American e K SHOP NEWS |volved concern only the striking) meeting for its consideration. \ternational union officials and at- | Despite official recognition of the torneys who advised the milk wagon |fact that the workers are behind! drivers to settle with the New Eng- the left wing, as the call for a|land Creamery Products Co, for $35,- | meeting indicates, followers of the | (10, Drivers delegates said the mem- late rumors so vile as to make the blood of those who hear them boil | mise on the threat that the com- with rage. One rumor circulated nany's offer would be withdrawn ond says that all those who follow the! that $20 a week would be taken left wing are well compensated with beau pay envelopes, instead of the a “good time” by the prostitute left $3 later agreed ‘on. _ wing girls. Another rumor, while} Delegates from other unions said ridiculous instead of sinister, has it the teamsters international officials that the National Textile Workers’) jad placed every union in Massa- Union is paying $50 a week to all chusetts at the mercy of the courts followers of the left wing. lly their acceptance of the compre- officialdom are beginning to circu-| bership of their union had been| forced into accepting the compro-| We Wish to Announce A LARGE SHIPMENT OF BOOKS at 75 Cents a copy oil— Upton Sincair Main Street— Sinclair Lewis Gadfly— E. L, Voynich Arrowsmith— = Sinclair Lewis Beggars of Life- Jim Tully Babbit— Sinclair Lewis at $1.00 a copy Age of Reason— Thomas Paine Dark Laughter— S. Anderson Elmer Gantry— Sinclair Lewis Tramping on Life— H. Kemp The TROTSKY OPPOSITION Its Significance for American Workers BY BERTRAM D. WOLFE arrested, and that the next dav two | them to prevent another recurrence soldiers pnd twenty-one laborers of “strike committee dissolutions,” were killed. ‘also makes the demand that the The Knomin eave as its source of Joint Board call a special member- information Chinese officials in To-| ship meeting of the Broad Silk De- kio and said that the advices were|partment in order that all strike reliable. the Guardian dispatch said. | issues may be taken up in detail The disnatch also said the Japa- nese government ascribed the trou- ble to Communists, but that actual- lv the demonstrators belonged to the Independent Labor and political opnosition parties. i These two forces clashed, the dis- natch added, and there were also fh between soldiers and the po- ica, The Kuomin Agency further al- levas, ‘the Guardian corresnondent. serious labor demonstra- rred in Oséka and Kioto. |by the membership. | An excellent example of the type of labor leader which the right wing counts as a supporter was offered yesterday by the pickets at a non- union shop. Organizer Powers of the Warpers, quit his post and, walking past the line of pickets at the shop, went in to go back to work. Yesterday a meeting of the Warpers unanimously elected Sam Blatt, a supporter of the left wing Strike Committee, to replace Pow- ers, who left the strike ranks. The N. T. W.°U. Statement. The National Textile Workers’ Union in a statement issued from to organize all unorganized workers. A great number of the largest mills are wholly open shop. The ‘union is therefor calling a meeting of unorganized workers this Friday night, 8 o’clock, in Lithuan- ian Hall, Lafayette St. All unor- ganized workers in Paterson and vicinity are called to the meeting. Wm. T. Murdoch, New Bedford, will be chairman. Albert Weisbord, secretary treasurer of the N. T. W., and Gus Deak, vice president, will be the chief speaker. Italian and |mise settlement. 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