The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 24, 1933, Page 6

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By Carrier: cents; monthly, 76 cente FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1933 = — Judge Callahan Confesses OWN at the Scottsboro trial at Decatur yesterday, | in a few hastily expressed words dropped in private | conversation, Judge Callahan confessed the grim lyneh | purpose that lies behind his careful phrases of judicial “impartiality.” Judge Callahan confessed in private that he hopes “to debunk the Scottsboro cases.” And in the sound of these words one can recall a similar wish expressed over six years ago by the New England Judge Thayer, who told his friends that he hoped “to get those Anarchist bastards, Sacco and Vanzeiti.” Not only does Judge Callahan hope to “debunk” the Scottsboro case, but he hopes to do it before Christmas, five weeks from now. Which, in plain words, means that Judge Calla- han confesses the hope of having the nine innocent | Scottsboro boys ready for execution by the end of next month! oe eet ee HAT ruling class oppressor’s wish lies behind that word—“debunki The presence of Negroes in the Decatur court, in | defiance of the gruesome menace of lynch terror; the | growing rebellion and militancy of the oppressed Ne- | gro people, inspired and encouraged by the world fight | of the International Labor Defense and the Commu- | nist Party around the Scottsboro case—all this has | caused the ruling class masters in the South to de- | termine to crush, once and for all, what they call the “uppityness” Of the rising Negro people. And Judge Callahan’s expressed desire to rush the execution of the Scottsboro boys and to “debunk” the ease is nothing but the avowed expression of a loyal supporter of the whole lynch Jim Crow system, one who is determined to fling the charred and burned | bodies of the Scottsboro boys into the faces fo the rising Negro people as a bloody warning that they must not attempt to break the bonds of their slavery. It means that Judge Callahan sets himself the task of destroying the fight for the right for Negroes to sit on juries in the South. It means that Judge Callahan sets himself the task | of protecting the whole lynch Jim Crow system of | ruling class oppression of the Negro people. To Judge Callahan, the proved innocence of the Scottsboro boys, the fight for the social equality of the Nezro people, the fight against lynching and Jim Crow oppression, is all “bunk.” And this is natural, for Judge Callahan is part of the whole official ma- chinery of ruling class landlord oppression in the | South. ts ig & 7 The fight for the safety and freedom of the Scotts- boro boys must not, cannot, relax for one single moment! dudge Callahan's desire to “debunk” the Scotts- boro case is a brutal challenge thrown to that whole | world opinion which has thus far prevented him and his ly associates from carrying their official lynch execution. This bloody vigilance! Ever Mass meeti challenge must be met! Renewed | mightier demonstrations of protest! | resolutions, telegrams, letters, must let the know that the eyes of the world are upon them! Safety and immediate release of the Scotts- | boro boys! Save the Scottsboro. boys! The Inflation Attack | two capitalist groups which are at present call- ing one another various kinds of names on the sub- ject of inflation, are firmly united on one thing— that the profits of Wall Street monopoly capital must be protected and maintained, that the exploitation of | wage slavery must continue. | What they differ on, is the best methods of doing that, at the present moment. That is all. From the very first day, the Roosevelt government | has proceeded to execute its main purpose, to protect the profits of the capitalist class in general, and Wall Street monopoly capital in particular, from the effects ‘of the deepening world crisis, to put the entire burden of the crisis on the backs of the toiling masses in the | form of wage cuts, share-work plans, etc., etc. | In addition to this, the Rooseveit government has | been pouring huge government subsidies into the lap of Wall Street monopoly capital, aiding it not only | to devour the commodity markets at home, but also | to drive aggressively outward in fierce offensive against foreign imperialist rivals. It is out of these efforts of the Roosevelt govern- ment to protect the profits of American monopoly capital that the present financial and credit crisis grows. It was to aid monopoly capital that Roosevelt segregated $2,000,000,000 of government funds for the re-financing of home mortgages held by Wall Street banks and trust companies. It was to aid monopoly capital that Roosevelt set | aside another $2,000,000,000 of government bonds for the “financing” of farm mortgages owned by Wall Street banks. It was to aid monopoly capital that Roosevelt, through the R.F.C., has poured billions into the bol- stering up of bankrupt banks and railroads. It was to aid the Wall Street monopoly holders of government. bonds that the Roosevelt slashed $900,000,- 000 from the salaries of Federal employees and vet- eran’s compensation. It was to protect Wall Street monopoly capital that elt turned the $3,300,000,000 Public Works fund into a war building program. The total subsidy of the Roosevelt “New Deal” to ‘Wall Street monopoly capital in the last six months has been officially estimated at being close to $15,- | 000,000,000. This has meant only one thing—that the govern- | ment must find ways of paying for these enormous | subsidies to monopoly capital. It is this enormous | subsidizing and protecting the profits of Wall Street | monopoly capital which is at the basis of the present | government budget crisis and which is leading to the | inflationary crisis. Se cies 1 hhuge expenditures of the Roosevelt government | and the futile efforts of the Roosevelt government | to solve the crisis through the N.R.A., now put before the capitalist class the question of how it shall con- tinue to place the burden of the subsidies to monopoly | capital and the protection of the Wall Street monopoly profits on the backs of the workers. | American capitalism, after all the previous efforts to stem the deépening of the crisis, is now faced with | the necessity of again launching another, intenser drive | against the American toiling masses, against the work- | troduce even more uncertainty, ers and impoverished farmers, if It is to continue reaping its huge profits. How make the working olaes pay for the Roose- ‘ , velt subsidies to Wall Street capital? to protect profits? These are the questions that Roose- velt and the capitalist class are discussing in their present dispute over inflation. Inflation will expropriate the workers through a masked WAGE CUT. It will the government more taxes. It will rob t 's of their savin; It will drive the small farm i petty bourgeoisie into the ranks of the proletariat. It will, in other , continue the p Roosevelt assistance and izing of Wall Street monopoly capital. eet te ee HE are thus in no sense averse to the Roosevelt in- flationary policy of granting huge subsidies to mono- “sound money” sections of monopoly capital poly capital. For it is precisely they who have been getting the fat fruits of this policy. It is they who have been protected against the ravages of the crisis by this Roosevelt policy of huge government expen- | ditures. It is certainly not that Roosevelt and monopoly capital are at odds. He is their tool and agent. It is that, for the moment, certain differences have arisen as the best method of making the workers pay for these huge subsidies to Wall Street capital. Roosevelt, crafty, hypocritical, demagogic, is eager to confuse and disorganize the workers, through vary- ing the capitalist attack on the workers, through adding to the direct, naked wage cut, the masked, in- direct, wage out of inflation. It is because the Roosevelt N.R.A. has failed to stop the growing radicalization of the masses, their eagerness to struggle, it is because the N.R.A, has failed to stop the growing strike wave, 2 wave which will soon inevitably break out with renewed in- tensity, that Roosevelt tries to resort to more subtle methods of capitalist inflationary attack, in addi- tion to the old direct attacks, But it will also aggravate the crisis, it will in- more chaos into the disequilibrium and unbalance of present capitalist rela- tions. And that is what the “sound money” group is afraid of. And Roosevelt takes advantage of this dispute to pose before the masses as a fighter against “Tories,” | against “powerful, intolerant interests,” etc. But all the time his policy is the policy of con- tinuing his subsidies to Wall Street monopoly capital, the policy of shifting the burdens of the crisis on the backs of the workers. At present Roosevelt is openly trying to support the value of the Government bonds, he is openly try- ing to maintain the credit of the Government through Federal Reserve purchases of these bonds in the open market. Even more than that, Roosevelt today an- nounced that he will use the funds of fhe Postal Savings banks, etc., to support the prices of the Gov- ernment bonds. But it is Wall Street which owns these billions of doliars of Government bonds! The Roosevelt measures to protect the Government credit, are nothing but disguised measures to protect Wall Street monopoly investment! But just as the Roosevelt inflation is a masked wage cut for the entire working class, it is an attempt to assist American imperialism in its struggle for for- eign markets, Roosevelt tramples harder on the workers at home in order to better attack imperialist rivals abroad! And this means that the Roosevelt inflation in- tensifies the danger of war. This means that the Roosevelt slashing of the workers wages is part of the larger preparation for | imperialist war. 6): Bo -ere * THE working class of America can meet the Roose- velt inflation attack. If Roosevelt tries to slice their dollars into pennies, they can organize to Mght for higher wages. The more Roosevelt tries to cheapen their dollars, the more must the toiling masses of America fight for more, higher wages. The Roosevelt inflation, the Wall Street monopoly program of wage cuts, rising prices have for their | purpose the driving down of the daily living standards of the masses to new degradation, new, gaunt misery. The fight for the most common necessities will become more bitter and desperate. Wages will melt, even more; the cost of living will soar even higher. The present rise of 20 per cent in food costs in six months | of the Roosevelt Government is only the beginning. The fight against the whole Roosevelt program, against the N.R.A. and the Roosevelt inflation must rise to greater heights. Powerful revolutionary unions, powerful revolutionary oppositions within the A. F. of L., must be established to organize the radicalized masses into new enormous strike struggles against the whole Roosevelt attempt to make the toiling masses of America shoulder the burden of protecting and main- taining the profits of Wall Street monopoly capital. A Heroic Victory 'HE heroic strike of the Gallup, New Mexico, coal miners, led by the National Miners Union, has achieved victory, even though every agency of the em- Ployers and the government, including a murderous terror, was brought to bear against them. The settlement, in which the strikers won eight of their eleven demands, includes the agreement of the coal operators for the release of all twenty-nine strike leaders who were imprisoned as a result of the brutal terror of the militia. The coal operators agree to the release of Herbert Benjamin, sentenced by a court martial after a farcical military “trial,” to a year in prison, because he addressed a-mass meeting while on a national tour for the Unemployed Councils. The settlement includes the recognition by the employers of the pit committees, and no discrimination against any striker. ‘The Gallup miners have carried on a historic fight against all attempts to terrorize and betray them into defeat. One of the most vicious regimes of martial Jaw in the history of the class struggle in the United States was carried through. All meetings and gather- ings were prohibited. Dozens were arrested, and mis- treated in the military stockade. Strikers and unem- ployed were clubbed, ridden down by the cavalry of the National Guard, bayonetted and sabred. Pil aiat tae UT the Gallup coal miners refused to have their strike clubbed and terrorized out of existence. The Roosevelt administration tried to break the strike by sending Major John Moore into Gallup as the N.R.A. representative to work with the militia and get the strikers back to work without any demands being won. Moore immediately aligned himself with Frank Hef- ferly, Lewis’ district agent in the U.M.W.A. Although the U.M.W.A. leaders were not in the field before the strike, and came into the fields as a herder of scabs, Moore declared that the U.M.W.A. must be reckoned with in settlement. Hefferly car- ried out the line of the employers and the N.R.A. by ordering miners to scab, and bringing non-miners into the struck mines as scab U.M.W.A. members. However, the strikers refused to go back to work either at the call of the N.R.A. or of the U.M.W.A. The Gallup strike was won because of the militant, fighting leadership of the National Miners Union and the splendid militancy shown by the strikers in the face of extreme terror, The strike ended victoriously because the rank and file of the strikers themselves, through their broad, elected committee, ran the strike and had confidence in the fighting capacity of their leaders. The unbreakable solidarity of the workers, men and women, employed and unemployed, was re- warded by the settlement. The miners, led by the National Miners Union, are now in @ position, through solid mine organization in every mine, to enforce the terms of the agreement, and win further demands by their struggle inside of the mines. The miners must be on guard against any form of discrimination and betrayal. Hail the victory of the heroic Gallup strikers! Forward to a mass National Miners Union! DAILY WORKER, How continue | ‘W YORK, Recognition as Workers’ Victory ‘Calls Celebrations of | Event in Many | Cities NEW YORK.—The National Com- mittee of the Friends of the Soviet | Union has announced that mass meet- ings are being planned by its mem- bers in all parts of the country cele- brating the victory of the Soviet Peace government. “Recognition is a victory for the |workers’ and farmers’ government of |the Soviet Union,” said a statement issued by the national office of the FSU. “It is unmistakable evidence jot the irresistible sweep of these workers and farmers on their march to @ classless society. It is necessary to point out, however, that Japanese |imperialism continues to carry on a |policy of provocation aginst the So- |viet Union. Fascist Germany calls jopenly for the right to annex Soviet |Ukraine. Press, radio and pulpit send out floods of lies and distortions against the workers’ republic. Pro- |fessional patriot |Guardist organizations are carrying |on organized campaigns to harass the |Soviet Union, interfere with its jpeaceful Socialist construction and join forces for an open, armed at- | | tack.” The Friends of the Soviet Union | will celebrate this new victory of the Soviet Union. The National Com- |mittee of the F.S.U. declares its de- termination to identify and broaden its work, It will continue to combat the lies and slanders against the So- viet Union, to spread the truth about Socialist construction, and organize all who are sympathetic to the aims of the Soviet Union to demand it, Calls National Convention In line with this program the Friends of the Soviet Union have to be held in New York City, Jan. for Haynes Holmes, Mary Van Kleek, Dr. |Harry F. Ward, Frank Borich, Jack Stachel, Lem Harris, Corliss Lamont, jand other prominent liberals, writers, |and trade unionists, of differing poli- |tical affilations, The Friends of the |Seviet Union is a united front organ- lization, It seeks to unite all those |who want the Soviet Union .to be |Policy in gaining recognition by this | Fascists and White | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1933 | eves Lee | anniversary of Maryland. SU. Hails Soviet The “Liberty” of Roosevelt and His Friend Ri tehie By Burek GEORGE ARMWOOO “We would do no less than our duty to Lord Baltimore if on such an anniversary we paid ne tribute te this, his greatest contribution to America, a free America.”—From the President’s speech on the 30¢th Helping the Daily Worker through bidding for the original drawings of Burck’s cartoons. Unit 10, Section 10, New York City, wins yesterday's drawing with a bid of $15. Other bids, Z. Glicksmans, $8; J. Richter, Atkins, Minn. $2; J. Schwartz, $1; N. Berman, Chicago, sending $2, writes, “Just received my ‘Burck’ Here are $2 more towards the $40,000 fund through Burck again.” Total to date, $275.47. called its first National Convention | |26, 27 and 28, Signers to the call| | this convention include John| | (Continued from Page 1) he was unfit, is sufficient evidence that the law is “fairly” enforced. Immediately after he had overruled the defense motion to quash the ven- ire, Judge Callahan took up the mo- tion to quash the Jackson County |allowed to build Socialism unmolested. | indictments against the Scottsboro |The F.S.U. calls upon all such sym- |pathizers to take part in its first Na- \tional Convention. ae | hie | Matthews to Speak in Cleveland | CLEVELAND.—‘“What Does Rec- will be discussed by J. B. Matthews, lof the Fellowship for Reconciliation at a meeting arranged by the Friends lof the Soviet Union on Friday, Nov. \24 at 7:30 p. m. at the Moose Hall, 1008 Walnut Ave. i . Paterson F.S.U. to Hold Banquet PATERSON.—A banquet and en- tertainment will be held at 145 Broad- way on Saturday, Nov. 25 to celebrate |the recognition of the Soviet Union. It will mark the organization of the F.S.U. in Paterson, whose future task will be to enlighten the workers of the silk city as to the meaning of recognition. Musical entertainment will be furnished by the Balilaika Or- \chestra. The principal speaker of-the jevening will be Sara Rice, member of the National Committee of the FP. S. U. Ps ee HAVERHILL, Mass., Nov. 23.—Dr. Anna Louise Strong, editor of the Moscow News, spoke here Sunday on “My Twelve Years in the Soviet \Union” in a tightly packed auditor- lium of the high school, When asked |by a member of the audience if she japproved of Communism, Strong an- |swered: “I most certainly do!” or ae. BEACON, N. Y., Nov. 23-—Camp Nitgedaiget celebrated the recognition of the U.S.S.R. Saturday by a lecture on National Minorities in the Soviet |Union by M. Katz. | Earthquake Felt Near Rome ROME, Nov. 23.—A severe earth- quake, lasting several seconds, shook a wide area in the Abruzzi province, on the Adriatic Sea. This zone was previously shaken on Sept. 25. ognition of the Soviet Union Mean?” | boys on the grounds that the Jackson County Grand Jury was composed wholly of whites and that Negroes were systematically excluded from Grand Jury service. |_ “Well, where are the new witnesses supoenaed by the defense?” The Court asked irritably. Not one of the | witnesses, which includes Judge Haw- kins, who presided over the original Scottsboro trials was in court. “If Ill issue attachments,” Judge Calla- han told the clerk irritably, Attach- ments are usually followed by cita- tions for contempt of Court and jail. Leibowitz Enters While the Court was irritably de- manding the whereabouts of the sub- poenaed witnesses, Samuel Leibowitz, defense counsel, quietly walked into the courtroom, flanked as before by the two men who seem to be his bodyguards, and two deputy sheriffs, who had been instructed to “stay with |him everywhere in Morgan County.” He had just arrived from New Or- leans, where he had been for the past two days. The moment Leibowitz entered the courtroom the whole atmos- phere changed. The score of yawn- ing spectators in the almost ae A room, sat up. Word spread throug! the town that Leibowitz was in court again, and singly and in pairs residents began to dribble in. In twenty minutes the courtroom was half filled, with the deputy on duty at the door “frisking” those who entered more thoroughly than yes- terday. Both Leibowitz and Judge Calla- han seemed to be “on edge.” This became evident when, with the calling of the first witnesses on the defense motion to quash the in- dictment, Jackson County Jury Com- missioner J. E. Moody, the judge kept turning from defense to prosecution or standing up with his hands deep in his pockets. The jury commissioner was being asked questions about how he chose his jurors, It was the old questions, by which the defense was Landlord - Bourgeoisie Unable to Unify China By HARRY GANNES NEW YORK.—China is on the eve of a new militarist war. The split of the Fukien regime from the Nan- king government is an accomplished fact, reports from Shanghai other leading cities in China declare. A government has been set up in Foochow, capital of Fukien Province, headed by war lords. General Li Chat Sum is chairman of the new govern- ment; General Chen Ming Shu is chairman of the political council; General Tsai Ting Kai, head of the lyth Route Army, is minister of war; Eugene Chen is minister of foreign affairs. This split, which grows out of the inability of the Chinese landlord- bourgeoisie to unify China, their fail- ure to stop the dismemberment of China, as well as expressing the growing deep mass discontent, will have the most important conse- quences for the revolutionary forces in China. Weakens Anti-Soviet Drive Already the split among the war lords is forcing a weakening of the Sixth Anti-Soviet campaign, cen- tered around Kiangsi Province. Chi- ang Kai Shek is forced to ship part lof his troops to the Chekiang border, |which is just north of Fukien. ‘ At the same time, the 19th Route Army, which has been defeated re- peatedly by the Red Army in Fu- kien Province, and thoroughly prop. agandized by the Red Army, is hors de combat so far as fighting against U they are not here on the next train, | in Decatur Judge Upholds Ban on Negro Jurymen seeking to prove that Negroes were being systematically discriminated against and in Morgan County, as throughout the South, it was a sub- ject filled with dynamite. It was when Leibowitz quizzed witnesses at the Patterson trial on this question, that most of the hate that seethed through Morgan County was aroused. Demands Answer Léibowitz persisted in pressing for an answer whether the Jackson County jurors kept minutes of their official acts. Moody repeated twice that he “could not remember.” “Who gave you authority to select the names?” Leibowitz asked. Attorney General Knight inter- rupted with an appeal to the court to prevent the witness from answer- ig. “The question, as put, is unsound and illegal,” the judge ruled. Then it became evident that Leibowitz, too was on -4~> “Did you say “illiterate?” he demanded. “No, illegal,” said the Court. Court Shields Official “Did you receive certain instruc- tions about how to select the jurors when you were appointed?” Leibowitz asked. “Yes.” “From whom?” A long silence fol- lowed, then, “I don’t remember. We got a pamphlet that tells all about it.” ‘Is there anything in the act that gave you authority to select the jur- ors?” The judge interrupted. needn’t answer that. The law speaks, for itself.” Moody finally said that he was not familiar with the manner in which jurors were chosen before his appoint- ment as jury commissioner. During Leibowitz’ persistent ques- tioning Moody admitted that he had never brought any person before him to inauire into their qualifications as jurors, ‘Do you know whether any of the persons on that jury roll are not white?” Leibowitz flange at him. “No.” “Then will you please fo throngh that jury roll and pick out the names of those persons whom you know and tell ns whether they are white or black.” Moody therevpon commenced goine through the bie “Domesday Rook” and reading off the names of those he knew. All were white. Gilley Brought to Decatnr Orville Gilley, a white boy, who was Minneapolis Nut Pickers on Strike Want Higher Wages; Led by Food Union MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Nov. 23.— Nut pickers employed by Baker Brothers, here at 2509 Riverside St., went on strike this week, after the | boss locked out 15 workers when they | demanded wage increases. The strike is being led by the Food Workers In- dustrial Union, Young workers employed here found it difficult to earn the highest wage paid of 60 cents a day. Many work- lers averaged only 35 cents a day. The strikers are demanding a min- imum wage of $1 e day and six cents per pound, reinstatement of all those locked out, no discrimnation against strikers, recognition of the shop com- mittee, an eight-hour day and a five- day week, and improvements in sani- tary conditions. The Young Communist League is active in aiding the strikers, and the | unemployed are supporting the strike |on the picket lines. ‘Commission Inquires Into Soviet Air Crash of the K-7, the world’s largest by Sukhomlin, Inspection, train at the time of the alleged rape of Victoria Price and Ruby Bates, was brought into Decatur this after- noon, by an investigator from the Attorney General's office. Gilley, ac- trial of Heywood Patterson, sched- uled to start Monday. feared his testimony might not be helpful to their case. MOSCOW, Nov. 23.—Investigation “You| of the causes for the crash trig id t air- plane, which resulted in the death of fourteen, was ordered yesterday Ukrainian Peoples’ Commissar of Workers and Peasants supposed to have been present on the cording to Knight, will testify in the According to statements made at the preceding trial this Spring, Gilley was in the hands of the prosecution both at the first trial in Scottsboro, and at the second trial this Spring, but was not used because the State Dimitroff, Others, ' Innocent of Arson, _ Vander Lubbe Says (Continued from Page 1) what he means by “attended cire cumstances.” He repeated that Dimi- |troff and the others are innocent. The presiding judge then resumed his tactics of putting leading ques tions, but Lubbe acted confused. Sack, appointed by Nazis to “de~ fend” the Bulgarian Communists, Suggested that Lubbe be allowed to speak unquestioned. Lubbe stated that he did not know that the peo- ple with whom he conversed at the Neukollen Welfare Office were Come munists. He said he hadn't consid- ered the consequences when planning the arson at the Welfare Office at the Town Hall Palace and at the Reichstag. Dimitroff declared it is probable that Lubbe met foes of Ger- man Communism: and collaborated with them on the Reichstag arson consciously or unconsciously. When the presiding judge then pressed for the names of Lubbe’s accomplices, the latter declared: “If others helped me, let them say so.” Judge Buenger then said that al« though the verdict is yet unpros nounced, he can state that the court does not believe Lubbe alone, Buen- ger apparently refers to Lubbe’s al- |leged former statement that the fire | was directed against the Nazi govern- ment because it oppressed the work~ ets for want of war. When Dimitroff asked Lubbe if he had read the in- dictment, the latter answered, that he had, but didn’t understand every- thing, especially why the indictment states that the fire was to be a signal for insurrection. Dimitroff informed Lubbe that the whole indictment is based on this al- leged statement of Lubbe’s. Lubbe thereupon stated that he never said the fire was a signal or beacon and never wanted to involve others. Dimi- troff declared that the monstrous agitation against German and world Communism is being built on Lubbe’s alleged statements. At this point the presiding judge ordered Dimitroff to keep silent, Questioned, Lubbe stated that he was never in the sub-passage or Bay~ ernhof and never saw Dimitroff and the other Bulgarians. Replying to Dimitroff, Lubbe declared that he never stated that he was @ Dutch Communist when arrested. “Why then,” pursued Dimitroff, “did you listen quietly when Goe- Ting said that I was an incendiary and belonged on the gallows.” Lubbe confined himself to mum- bling: “I want a real trial. Give me my sentence and make an end to it.” He further said that he had been amazed at the political consequences of his deed. Earlier in the day, there took place the examination of the Reich- stag official, Kohls, who asserted he had phoned Torgler’s room shortly after eight on the night of the fire and got no reply. All of his asser- tions are lies, intended to show that Torgler left his room to set the Reichstag fire. Trial Today of Six in Anti-White G’rd Meet NEW YORK, Nov. 23—The six workers arrested in Saturday’s coun- ter-demonstration against the White Guard parade will appear for trial Friday morning at 10 o'clock in the Essex Market Court, Second Ave. and Second St. Workers who saw the arrest are urged by the I.L.D. to tes- tify at the trial. Those arrested, two ex-servicemen, three youths and D. Mishne, a col- lege graduate, were brutally treated by the police, the latter receiving 2 blow on the forehead that resulted in the loss of almost two quarts of blood, Visit German Consul In Phila. to Protest Reichstag Fire Trial PHILADELPHIA.—A protest dele- gation from a number of working class organizations will go today at 1:30 to the German Consulate de- manding removal of the arson frame- up charges against the four working class leaders in Germany. } On Saturday, Noy. 25, Ernst Tor- gler's secretary, Anna Schultz, will speak here at 8 p.m., at the Labor Institute, 810 Locust St. Torgler was ties in the Reichstag. the Soviets is concerned, for the pres- ent time. ‘The Pukien regime has as its im- mediate object a militarist war against Canton, in order to force General Chen Chi Tang to make an alliance with the Fukien secession movement. Pandemonium reigns in Canton. Banks are collapsing, and business is at a virtual standstill. Police are arresting all “suspicious” and | persons, and especially workers sus- pected of being Communists. The anniversary of the Canton Commune will soon be celebrated throughout China. Chen Chi Tang’s regime, which is supported by British imperialism, and is opposed to Nanking, has been kept placated by huge contributions from Chiang Kai Shek. Red Army in Successful Drive From Szechuan Province comes the report that the Red Army is making @ successful drive towards Wanshien, on the Yangtze River. With the cap- ture of this important trading route, the Red Army will be in a position to make tremendous advances to- wards Ichang and Hankow, along the Yangtze River. Chiang Kai Shek has wired the war lords of Szechuan (who are fighting among themselves) that it will be impossible for him to send them reinforcements. There is little doubt that Chiang Kai Shek will make every effort to avert the impending militarist war by the use of the “silver bullet” (bribes), or by offering the Fukien secessionist greater posts or conces- sions in the Nanking regime. Failing in this, militarist war is inevitable. The Pukien regime, recognising the Chinese Red Leader CHU-TEH Chairman of the Military Coun- cil, Central Soviet District, im Kiangsi Province. deep.going revolutionary ferment among the masses is resorting to the most extreme left demagogy. Basic- ally, there is very little difference be- tween the objectives of the Fukien war lords and Nanking, though beth are backed by different imperialist powers. While pretending to fight against Japanese imperialism, the Fukien regime has very strong bonds with both Japanese and British im- perialism. A private letter written Militarist War Looms in China As Fukien Splits from Nanking the possession of the Daily Seine: (Rad Army Inflicted also shows that the Fukien clique is angling to win American support away from the Nanking regime. - The Fukien rulers are intimately connected with the rich landlords, native capitalists and compradores of China. Their left talk about land di- vision, freedom for workers’ organ- ization and the right to strike, is the bait they use to enlist the support of the masses behind them. They base themselves squarely on the reac- tionary principles of Sun Yat Sen, they will carry them through. An Associated Press dispatch from Foochow admits that the so.called “promises” of revolutionary reform are empty propaganda. “Some. per- turbation,” says this cable, dated Nov. 21, “among the peonle was reported from a junta manifesto promising equal distribution of land, which was interpreted to mean alliance with the Communists, but politically observers said they regarded the manifesto as an empty promise to win agrarian support.” It is more. It is an attempt to’stave off the agrarian anti-imperialist revolution, led by the Communist Party of China. Chnese Soviets Stand to Gain The immediate consequences of the split will be a tremendous strengthening of the position of the Chinese Soviets. The strong front of 400,000 Chiang Kai Shek attempting to break through e Northern borders of the Central So- last year by General Chen Ming Shu to General Tsai Ting Kai (now. in Repeated Setbacks on 19th Route Army war lords, and make advances on al sides. i Fearing the actions of the revolu- tionary proletariat in Shanghai, orders of Shek cart on @ reign terror petri Communist Party. The workers, the Comm Party, how- lord-capitalist bandits. In Sczachuan province, as well as in Anwhei, Hohnan, Hupeh, the po. sition of the Soviet districts is es- pecially favorable. the Soviet districts and the Chinese revolution, There should be no mistake about the attitude of the Fukien regime to- wards the Soviet territories. The ca- pitalist press tries to make it “vee as if there were an alliance. is no such alliance. The Red Army has fought the Fukien armies to a standstill and has defeated them. There is merely an armed truce, while the Soviets fight off the greater danger to the North from Nanchang. The Fukien leaders are as much anti-Soviet as the butchers of the Nanking regime, and hope to Soe ad nd ey can e