The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 30, 1929, Page 3

Czech Elections in Farm Strike A ™ DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK. THU DAY, MAY 30, tage ARABIAN TRIBES IN BIG BATTLE! Imperialists Seek the Control of Country JERUSALEM, May 29.—Hostil- ities on a major scale have broken out between the forces of King Ibn Saud, independent ruler of Arabia, and opposing tribes incited by the British agents, was the news re- ceived here today of a major battle southeast of Elsarar in Central Ara- bia, in which 1,000 tribesmen are reported to have been killed. The battle is one of the fiercest ever waged in the desert. The un- deylying cause was the long-stand- ing attempt of the British imperi: ists to subject Arabia to its domin- ation as it did with Iraq and Pales- tine, to assure control of the Red Sea, retention of its oil deposits in Iraq and a war base against the Soviet Union and the wave of rev- olution in the east. Reports from the desert received today via Beirut said that the Jela- wah tribe, loyal to Ibn Saud in his fight against imperialist penetra- tion and the enemy Ajmann tribe participated in the conflict. The British imperialists retain a} large military force on the te Arabian border, and under the guide | of retaliation for Wahabis raids, | often sending planes, armored cars, and troops into Arabia to war against the tribes, These same planes were used by the British to remove their nationals during the attack on Kabul, Afghanistan, by tribes incited by them. During the world war, Colonel Lawrence, disguised as a tribesman, incited the tribes into joining the British imperialists against Turkey. He was also reported to have been instrumental in the Afghan revolt. < * * Iraq “Sovereignty.” WASHINGTON, May 29.—The “sovereignty” of Iraq, controlled by the British imperialists who own one-half of the great Mosul oil de- posits, is to be recognized by the United States in a treaty with Great Britain and its puppet government tie ceremony “honoring” the war dea Use Aged Veterans to Mock ‘Wall Street Victims Photo shows civil war veterans being used to whip up a “patriotic” frenzy among the work th. Such ceremonies by jingoists only mock the victims of Wall Street who were sacrificed in the last world war. ‘Revolution Grows 4 Years Atter Shanghai Massac COMMUNISTS IN vea Resu ‘ is ‘SOVIET-U.S.TRADE’ , ore at one o'clock, in the) olutionary, now has become Chinese Theatre, 48 Bowery, the! party of counter-revolution and the All-American Anti-[mperialist| hangman of the Chinese masses. Its| \8 i ve tives respectively, and of the Amkino Corporation, distributors of Soviet the | League, together with Chinese, Jap-| power was built on sand and main- IN STEADY RISE DURING 5 YEARS Amtorg Reviews USSR| Growth to Present In connection with the fifth anni- versary of its organization, The Am- torg Trading Corporation, which was | |incorporated May 1924, an-| nounced yesterday Soviet-| that American trade for the past five| years amounted to $503,000,000. | |Purchases of machinery, raw materials and other products| amounted to $398,000,000, while} sales of Soviet products in this coun- try totaled $105,000,000. Purchases | \exceeded sales by $293,000,000. | The total Soviet-American turn- over includes not only the export and |import operations of the Amtorg,| which amounted to $188,000,000 for | the five years, but also the business | of the All-Russian Textile Syndicate, | |which purchased about $230,000,000 |worth of cotton for the needs of the | |Soviet textile industry during the} | period, of Centrosoyus and Selskoso- | his co-pilots on the contemplated boost fascism, good luck. regime of Mussolini. Fascist Wishes Fascist Flight Luck lt in Great Gains for Communist Bellanca, fascist plane magnate, wishing Roger Q. Williams and flight from Maine to Rome to The flight is planned to boost the terror jus, representing the Soviet con-| umers’ and agricultural coopera- moving picture films. Steady Growth. “Purchases of American products for shipment to the Soviet Union Soviet Scientists Reveal New Facts on Kara Desert janese, Indian and other organiza-| | tions of Far Eastern peoples suffe: |ing from imperialist domination, will observe the 4th anniversary of the |Shanghai massacre, May 30, 1925. Let all class conscious workers today spend their capitalist “Decoration| Day” holiday to come to Chinatown) to demonstrate their solidarity with Chinese as well as other oppressed |peoples of the East, in supporting the Chinese worker-peasant revolu- ‘tion and the oncoming great Indian Revolution! | The Shanghai massacre signified the most brutal imperialist oppres- sion on the one hand and the out- break of the internationally signif- jicant Chinese revolution of 1925-’27 jon the other. Simultaneously with |terror, but with fundamental antag- tained only by most brutal white onisms among themselves and divid- ed by the interests of rival U. S., British and Japanese imperialisms} The Kuomintang military cliques are | fighting one another, which furthers | the imperialist exploitation and the]The results of the parliamentary | 999.099 worth of flour, the only pur- the |¢lections, Sunday, are that the Com- | munists The first Chinese revolution ended Per cent increase. There was a ten |in the United States: with the temporary defeat of the|Pper cent increased participation Se 1923-24, $43,916,000; 192: further impoverishment of Chinese masses, Chinese proletariat but the funda- th mental problems have not been even| slightly solved. gave rise inevitably to a new tide of revolution. Despite Jacquemot Reelected in On the contkary, it, Votes and seven seats. the severe strengthen the liberal-clerical bloc. 9J00 VOTES NOW have been showing steady growth,” | stated Mr. Saul G. Bron, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Am- torg. “Omitting the Soviet fiscal! | year 1924-25, when purchases in this {country totaled $86,938,000, due |primarily to the purchase of $20,- Brussels (Wireless By “Inprecorr”) BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 29.— chase of its kind, we obtain the fol- gained 9,200 votes, or 24|iowing totals for Soviet purchases 26, $48,- 560,000; 1926-27, $71,689,000; 1927- 28, $91,232,000. ‘In the first half of the current iscal year, beginning October 1, |1928, orders for the U. S. S. R. to ¢ electorate. The social democrats lost 13,000 The results of the election white terror, even at the very feet|The Flemish party also won consid-| 4 total value of nearly $50,000,000 of Chiang Kai Shek’s Shanghai, the Chinese workers give territory, | ¢T able increases, 5 |were placed in this country, indica- Jacquemot was re-elected in Brus- | ting the strong possibility of another in Iraq, which will be signed soon | the partial and temporary stabiliza- in London. Negotiations for the treaty were begun a year and a half ago, but its a ratification was delayed by the resistance of the Iraq nationalists, causing a governmental crisis which tke British fixed by suspending the government, and putting its puppets into office. Yankee Oil Interests. Under the terms of this treaty the American imperialists oil interests are guaranteed, evidently on the provision that they do not infere with the government in Iraq. The American imperialists parti- cipatfon in the exploitation of Mosul oil was arranged several years ago by Colby, secretary of state in the Wilson administration, and conclud- ed successfully for the Yankee in- terests by secretary of state Hughes later. Under this arrangement the oil spoils are divided on the basis of one-half for the British Royal Dutch Shell and Persian Oil Com- pany, controlled by the British; one- quarter for the French and one- quarter for the Yankee interests. _ WALL ST.REPORTS DEBT AGREEMENT Lamont, Morgan Part- ner, Says Its Okay PARIS, May 29. — Thomas W. Lamont, partner to J. P. Morgan, announced to the press tonight that the reparations question had been settled subject to agreement on a few remaining conditions. A new schedule of annuities, which the German capitalists will be required to make the German workers pay to the former allied imperialist creditors, under the plan of Owen D. Young, of General El- ectric, to be effective next Septem- ber, was completed today by the international banks. Lamont said his announcement was made with the approval of all delegations at the conference. This statement said: “Both cred- itor and German experts have here- tofore declared themselves willing to’ accept the annuity figures of 20,060,000,000 marks (about $490,- /280,000 annual payments) as_ sug- gested by the chairman, although differences existed on the question of interpretation. “This difference has now been removed and a common basis of in- terpretation acceptable to both cred- itors and Gegmany has been found, subject, however, to agreement on the outstanding conditions which still remain for discussion and set- tlement.” The reference to a few remaining conditions probably refers to the demand of the German government that certain political concessions be granted to the Reich in the form of withdrawal of the troops from the Rhineland and the return of some of Germany’s colonies. | The payments would be made through an international bank, in which J. P. Morgan and other Yan- see bankers, would “old chief con- | tvol, making millions in the form of interest and fees from the prof- | ts taken from the German work- a | tion of post-war capitalism arose the| |stubborn struggle against imperial-| ism on the part of the oppressed) |peoples in the East, especially in| China which intensifies the contra- dictions of world capitalism and its | partial stabilization. | Inspired by October Revolution. | The Shanghai Massacre was the| result of the acuteness of antagon-| isms between the Chinese masses| |and the imperialists, due primarily} |to the increased militancy of the! | Chinese proletariat. The message of | |the victorious October revolution in Russia gave great inspiration to the! |Chinese masses. The labor move- |ment developed rapidly. The Hong es seamen’s strike in 1921, the | great Peking-Hankow railway men’s strike in 1924 and other strikes in large cities like Tientsin, Changsha, etc., took place. In the beginning of May, 1925, many economic conflicts took place in several Japanese tex- tile factories. Sympathetic strikes} were declared, and demonstrations | followed. On May 30, a big crowd of work- ers and students protested the ar- rest and shooting of the strikers at the police station where their com- rades were held. Officers of the British troops gave the order to fire. | About fifty persons were made vic-| tims of the bullets of British imper- ialism. Then followed a general] strike which involved more than 300,000 workers, of which 150,000! were textile workers. Strikes and| boycots occurred in every large city| throughout the country, resulting in| the Hankow massacre on June 11,| Shamien massacre on June 23 which | was followed by the great general) Canton-Hongkong strike which last-| ed for sixteen months and shook the! ‘foothold of British imperialism in the Far East. A national anti-im-| perialist united front was built out} |of the result of this movement and/| |further strengthened by the active participation of the Chinese workers who also drew their working broth- ers in the village to their common cause and ,thus the first Chinese} revolution of 1925-27 began.. | The development of the first) phase of the Chinese revolution was | very rapid and sharp. The success-| ful Northern expedition, the stub- born offensive of foreign imperial-| ism in the form of armed interven- tion, and finally the deepening and| the broadening of the class struggle both in the city and the village which was tied up with the anti- imperialist struggle, drove first the national bourgeoisie (after 1927) led by Chiang Kai Shek and the upper strata of the petty-bourgeoisie (June 1927) led by Wang Chin Wei to abandon the united front and go over to the counter-revolutionary camp of the imperialist, landlords, militarists, and the bourgeoisie. The heroic struggle of the Chinese pro- letariat to defend the victory of the} Revolution by armed insurrection| was ended in the final defeat of the Canton soviet which closed the old stage and opened a new phase of, the revolution— Soviet revolution and which is the first time in the history of colonial revolutions, point- ing the correct road for Chinese revolution and for the colonial rev- olution in general. Kuomintang Betrays, | By the corruption of foreign im-) Perialists, the Kuomintang, once rev- determined resistance. The total|sels. number of strikers within ten| months of last year, in Shanghia| alone, is about 250,000. The char- acter of strikes grew gradually from purely defensive to aggressive coun- ter-attack. Peasant Soviets still in about fifty districts around the bor- wails der of Hunan, Fukien, Kwangtung,| Kwangsi and Kiangsi provinces. Re-| Sp ee cent reports show that they gained} additional territories in Fukien and Kwangsi. Another revolutionary wave is coming in which the Chinese} [ENINGRAD, USSR, (By Mail). workers and peasants, led by the!_4 geological party has surveye experienced Communist Party of| the graphite deposits in the distric China, will give a final blow to im-|of Turukhan, Siberia, estimated to perialism and native reaction and contain 2,250,000 tons. In quality further the cause of world revolu-|the Turukhan graphite is equal to tion. that of Ceylon, and experiments have Indian Revolution. shown it to be fully suitable to the Today when we commemorate the| production of electrical appliances, Shanghai massacre, we should give} pencils, etc. specific attention to events not only, In addition to the Turukhan graph- in China, but in India also, where|ite the USSR has graphite deposits fresh signs show the oncoming|in the Buriato-Mongol Republic, gigantic anti-imperialist struggle.,known as alliber graphite which Great strikes are taking place in| may be used in unpurified form with Bombay, Calcutta and other cities.|a slight admixture of Ceylon graph- Peasant insurrections are develop-|ite. There are also three extensive ing. British imperialism uses ut-| graphite fields in Ukraine. This most power to crush the Indian rey- graphite is of low quality but thanks olution. The leaders of the labor to new purification methods devel- unions and revolutionary organiza-/ oped by the Institute of Applied Imports Are Now No Longer Necessary tions are in prison and many were Minerology and Colored Metallurgy deported. Mass raids and massacres|the Ukrainian grades have been are daily practiced, |made to yield 96 per cent of pure But, workers, history gives the graphite. character to the present colonial rev-| Heretofore graphite and graphite jolutions, not of purely bourgeois-| products have been imported. The democratic revolution, but a part of|discovery of the Turukhan graphite the proletarian world-Socialist rev-|and the successful experiments with olution. The interests of the Chinese| purifying the other grades of Sov- and Indian workers and peasants are|iet graphite make it possible to dis- the same as yours. Their victory is|continue the import of graphite. (record year. LENINGRAD, U.S.S.R. (By Mail). —Academician Fersman who headed an Academy of Science expedition to the Kara-Kumy Desert has just re- turned to Leningrad where, in an in- terview to the press, he made the following statement: The edition had the object of ascertaining the industrial possi- bilities of the Southern section of the Kara-Kumy Desert where there are extensive sulphur deposits, as well as of establishing the po: beginning with next spring, regular automobile trips between Ashkhabad and the sulphur plant which is the only big sulphur factory in the U. 8S. S. R. This factory has very bright prospects and has already de- veloped into a cultural centre in the desert. The Fersman expedi’‘on crossed the Kara-Kumy desert throughout its length and width, something that has not been done for the past 48 lyears. Half a century ago a military bilities of organizing automobile|expedition headed by lieutenant communications in that region. | Kalitin also crossed the whole of The expedition crossed the central|the desert, and the present expedi- part of the desert, visited the sul-|tion has found it necessary to in- phur plant which had been construc-|troduce considerable changes in its ted in ihe desert and then turned|maps of Kara-Kumy. Only the eastwards towards Khiva and Ur-|Northern section of what is known |gench, following the direction of the | as the Kara-Kumy desert constitutes Frank Chase, \ } | Amu-Daria River. This entire route | meehine: yumoceted. |which covered a distance of 1,300 “The growth of American exports ‘kilometers was covered in Reno- | |to the Soviet Union affected prac-|Fakhara automobiles. This type ot | a desert in the proper s ‘word, sogmuch so that neither wells e of the nor animals of any kind were found in it. The central part of the Kara- Pa vty LEAD ALL OTHER PARTIES, WINNING IN ALL 34 SEATS Workers in Strike Area | Solidly Behind C. P. css by Inprecorr.) Czechoslovakia, May ns to the urban coun- n the agricultural work- show the Commu- ywhere. At Yane- nists have 12 seats, at Berenci the Com- and the agra n Communist n people 1 demo Kere , the nd the soci Communis sea 3 and the socia ‘ats 1 | Workers for Communists. | The results show the workers in the strike districts are solidly be- hind the Communists A strike conference of the agri- cultural workers union has decided because of the fact that many work- Jers have been forced by the united terror of the authorities, the land- jowners. 1 the socialists, to return to work, that the strike should be ended in a disciplined fashion. Wage have been won in many increases districts. BLAST KILLS ONE: SEVERAL INJURED Ottawa Fire Damages | Workers Homes OTTAWA, Ont., May 29.—With } wooden hous in most of the work- ing class districts here especially menaced by a series of terrific sewer gas explosions at noon today, women and children rushed into the streets in a blind hunt for “safety,” shriek- ing in fear while spurting flames from exploded manholes added to the danger. At least one casualty known to |date. Mrs. Anna Hayden, 73, was |burned to death by one of the ex- tically all groups of commodities. By |car has proved to be entirely satis-|Kumy is inhabited by about 130,000 plosions, while many workmen on far the most rapid growth, however, | factory under desert conditions and|Turkomenians who lead a semi- was shown for exports of various it has now been decided to establish, | nomad life. | |types of machinery and apparatus, | including industrial machinery, agri- | lcultural implements, automotive) American Tourists | ‘equipment, transportation and elec- Leave for USSR. trical machinery. Purchases of in- Fifty-four American tourists left dustrial machinery alone by the Am- torg Trading Corporation, which) 1,-+ night at midnight on the S. S. amounted to $2,500,000 two years) SS* M8) ae lexceeded $11,000,000 last year andi acmtenia “bound om the pales ‘d. to’ $9,160,000 for the six |Union, according to Milton Good jamounted to $9,160,000 for the six) ran, ‘executive director of World EO RT Set Tourists, Inc., 175 Fifth Ave., under |, “The industrialization of the U-| whose auspices the tourists sailed. |S. S. R. on an extensive scale is only| The tourists were divided into lin its embryonic stage. The plan of /two groups and will arrive in Len- ;economic development for the next | ingrad about June 15th. The par-, five years, which is now occupying] ties will visit Moscow, Odessa, Yalta, the attention of Soviet authorities, ang will travel down the Volga. provides for total capital invest-| Members of the parties who have ments in the five years beginning | relatives or friends in the Soviet October 1, 1928 of 33 billion dollars, Union will be granted extension of | about 2% times the actual invest-|visas after they have completed the ments in the past five years. tour, | “An important development of the| Interest in tours to the U.S.S.R., past two years is the number of con-|is greatly increased this year. World tacts for technical assistance, largely Tourists has been compelled to in- in the construction of new industrial! crease the number of sailings this enterprises in the Soviet Union, con-| year due to the increased demands cluded with important American en-| for Russian tours. gineering and manufacturing com-/ Seo |panies such as the Radio Corporation FAKERS SUPPORT WILSON of America, International General! WASHINGTON (By Mail.) — A Electric Company, Dupont de Ne-/|group of A. F. of L. officials have mours, Nitrogen Engineering Com-| formed an organizaticn to support |pany, Hugh L. Cooper and Co.,| William B. Wilson, democrat, in his Stuart James and Cooke, Freyn En- | candidacy for U. S. Senator from gineering. Company, Albert Kahn and| Pennsylvania. Wilson has expressed himself as opposed to all strikes. also yours. But their victory can be} assured only with the support of the| international proletariat, especially of American workers, as U. S. im- perialism penetrates more and more | THE PROLETARIAN CO-OPERATIVE CAMP Nitgedaiget | & & 4 & -~~calls you to lay the corner stone for the NEW in the East and helps the native reaction in crushing the revolution.| Demonstraté Solidarity. | Workers, today is the parade of | U. S. imperialism. Today is also | the day of the general elections in Great Britain, whose three parties, | conservative, liberal and labor fight | for control of the empire, which ever | wins today, will continue imperial-| ist exploitation of India and China. Only the revolutionary workers | headed by the Communist Party of Great Britain raised the determined fight for the cause of the working class and the oppressed peoples. To- | day we also hear of the raid on the Soviet Russian consulate in Harbin which is a step for preparing the | imperialist armed attack against the U.S.S.R. and to crush the rising wave of the Chinese Revolution, Therefore, workers, today you must see that you and your fellow- workers should come to Chinatown to demonstrate your solidarity with the» Chinese, Hindu, Japanese and| Philippine workers, | Demonstrate your international solidarity! | Support the Chinese and Indian! Revolution! | ~Protest against the raid on the, Soviet consulate in Harbin! Attend the Shanghai Memorial Meeting! Forward to the International So- | cial Revolution! ‘172 a week VvvVvVv | OPEN Camp Address CAMP NITGED Beacon, New York Telephone: BEAcon 862 Massacre Long Live the Revolutionary Struggle of the Oppressed Colo- nial Peoples} | 60-ROOM HOTEL in the Decoration Day Week-End—A Special Program Is Arranged — Entertainment. THE ENTIRE YEAR | Physical and Mental Recreation — — — Proletarian Atmosphere New York Central Railroad to Beacon | By Boat 75c with the Hudson River Day Line — Twice a Day : aay New York Address: AIGET CAMP NITGEDAIGET 2800 Bronx Park East Telephone: ESTabrook 1400 Soviet Scientists to Explore Mongolia LENINGRAD, U. S. S. R., (By Mail) —A zoological expedition of the Academy of Sciences has left for Mongo!a in order to study the mountainous fauna in the region of the Hangai ridge and at the water- shed of the rivers of the Selenga basin. Simultaneously the Sciences has fitted out a botanical expedition to the Gobi desert for the purpose of exploring the regions noted for medicinal herbs and tan- ning plants. Academy of} their way home for the lunch hour were forced to stay of? work through, serious injuries. | Explosions were general through- out the city, but tonight city offic- ials had not yet ascertained the cause of the original blast which blew up a manhole outside a church. Twelve manholes were blown up in one street within a distance of 75 yards. The worst damage is be- lieved to have been done at the New Edinburgh district. | Apparently from gasoline in the exploded sewer gas, fires started in several homes. HALIFAX CARPENTERS GAIN HALIFAX, N. S., (By Mail).— Organized carpenters here have won a wage | hour. increase of nine cents an SEND the toaS position to send it Although we send thou- sands daily—it is insuf- ficient to cover the de- mand. Even these bund- les we will be compelled to discontinue unless aid is forthcoming. The DatLy WoRKER as in all previous strug- gles during the past few years must be the guide and directing force. In addition to re- lief send them the or- gan of class struggle. Daily Worker Q triker @ rv VVVVVVVUV WV HOUSANDS of workers on strike desire to receive the DAILY Worker, but we are not in a financial DAILY WoRKER 26 UNION SQUARE New York City Enclosed find §....... Name... Addr C8S eens nme Ae & & & 4 to be used ‘for the DAILY WORKER fund to supply bundles of Daily Workers to the strikers in various sections of the country. lt