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Page Six wS.A “America’s Only Working Class Daily Newspaper” FOUNDED 1924 Published cai: excep! Washineto: d With and Be Mail € 26.0 & months, 3 00 Manhattan. Bronx @:snonths, $5.00; 3 By Carrier WEDNEx coe Rally At the Coliseum! Tonight the workers of New ¥ gather for thé first victory celebration on the re ition by the U. 8. of the v advancing Socialist Soviet Union! Every wi every sympathizer ent in the wor! farmers’ govern: Coliseum tonight to ple very moment, the whole c: preparing for war and intervention. American capital- ism, faced with deepening crisis, is part of these prep- arations. These intervention prove E jons, and preparations are increasing as the world capitalist crisis deepens. It is, therefore, not only to celebrate the latest victory of the Sovict Union, but, in a profound sense. to extend the hand of so! and the pledge to de- fend it against imperialist ervention, that every worker and supporter of the Soviet Unon must be at the Coliseum tonight By the thousands—all out to the first victory cele- bration tonight, and pledge defense of the Soviet Tnion! Rolph’s Lynch Program (Continued from Page 1} Journal and Mirror and Yesterday's News, other nch law which is ‘oes in the South in. subjection ald-Tribune says. in exten f the lynch sents to the ad- vanced com: nities the same sort of apparent soluble pr which racial or the simpler issues pre: to the backward communities. : Herald-Tribune f ching in Cali- for of the Scotts- boro b To the capitalist elass, “vacia ion of Negroes, with the weapon of lynch law he d of Rolph is not the stand of an in- dividua!. Ht is the Iynch platform of the capitalist class to keep down the growing struggle of the Negroes against eppressien and exploitation. Rolph is an im- portant figure in’ the McAdoo machine in the Demo- cratic Party of Califernia, which at the last conven- tion of that party fought for and assured the nomina- tion of Roosevelt for President, Rolph is carrying out the policy of the lynch party of the ruling class of the South and of the country, the Democratic Party. Rolph is the symbol and chief figure of the Cali- fornia end employer. keeping Tom Moone: for fourteen years in a California prison when is well established. Mooney is a militan Like the Republican Fuller of Massac Iph is the standard bearer of the capitali 2 the worker: IE United States Gov of California, is sevelt, in the to send federal tro Decatur. In the face of ing of these Negro w International Labo: well as the State ident Roo- has refused protect the Scotts s in he imminent danger of lynch- ers and their attorneys of the Defense, Roosevelt refused them Protection. Roosevelt refused the demand of the work- ers, led 17 the International Labor Defense, that he step in and prevent the legal lynching of Euel Lee in Maryland. Roosevelt’ refused to take ps for the afrest of the known lynchers of Arm The ruling class of the country, the boss class, and ‘Me ruling party, the Democratic Party, are conscivasly and solidly united behind Rolph’s lynch program, as a menacing threat to the Scottsbero boys, as a warnng te the Negro workers of the South. ‘The workers and toilers throughout the whole world must answer the openly proclaimed lynch pro- gram of the Governor of California, strikebreaker and | terrorist against strikers, jailor of Mooney and lyncher. Down with the bosses’ lynch law against the Ne- Foes and the workers. Demand the immediate impeachment of Governor Rolph. Demand of Roosevelt federal intervention to ar- Fest Iynchers, The Blarney of Coughlin and the Baloney of Smith , Father Coughlin who was imported from De- troit last night to perform before fhe workers of ‘New York is deadlier than a rattlesnake for the workers of America. He makes « show of being a fighter against the hated power of the Morgans and the whole Wall Street gang of capitalist financial masters who are grinding the whole toiling population of the country, who are bleeding white the vast millons of propertyless wage workers and mortgaged small farmers. But let every worker puncture the bubble of his talk and what do we find? We find a loyal supporter of capitalism, a loyal supporter of the whole gang of capitalist exploiters, a Joyal supporter of the Wall Street program. What this faker is deliberately trying to do, is to blind the workers of this country to the fact that the Roosevelt program is the exact program of Morgans, of the Wall Street rulers! % Banta sleek priestly faker talks against Wall Street, But he has on hundreds of occasions defended the institution of capitalist private property and the capi- talist system of wage slavery and exploitation upon which Wall Street rests! He tries to tell the workers that he is against | Morgan and Wall Street. But he defends the capitalist foundation from which these capitalist robbers get their | power to rob! Ask him if he is ready to smash the power of the | Morgans and the Wall Street banks by a revolutionary | expropriation of these gentiemen’s wealth. Ask him if he is ready to smash the institution of private property | that permits the Morgans to collect their tribute from the workers! Ask him if he is ready to clamp down on the Organs’ terrific income taxes and a capital levy! | « Ask him if he is ready to smash the Roosevelt $12,- f < A | the | | Street bank hr R. F.C. nping down a deep, i er in the ad the N. R. A.t ft Wall wage cut gh the infla- r, Coughlin rushes for- new in- Street is 0} part and parcel of t only a few program of of easy Federal into the hands of d big capitalist monopolies? ot the whole Roosevelt inflation played right ands of the Wall Strect speculators who are reaping hundreds of million evelt jacks prices up © not the huge Roosevelt inflationary subsidies e R. F. C. given over $12,000,000,000 to the Morgan Wall Street. banks? workers? It will send cies. It will melt their n intensified robbery HAT will inflation do to ih the price of focd to the dollars into pennies. It will m of the workers. But how about the ti-inflation” crowd, the Matthew Wolls, the Alfred E. Smiths, the Prof. Spragues? Do they fight for the workers? As for them, they are fighting for Wall Street Just as hard as the Coughlins. The only difference b n them is that one group represents one group in Wall St and the other rep- resents another part of the Wall Street crowd. The “anti-inflation” crowd is not putting up any Struggle against the Roosevelt-Wall Street program. Every single one of these “anti-inflationists” has been, and still is, a supporter of the Roosevelt N. R. A. and the New Deal. Every single one of this crowd has supported the immense Roosevelt R. F. C. grants to the Wall Street banks, railroads, and monopolies. And it is these huge grants to Wall Street that are sending Roosevelt toward the printing presses, toward inflation- ary robbery. The Smiths, the Wol the Spragues are merely having a little squabble with Roosevelt on the best way of robbing the workers, and the best way of getting out of the capitalist crisis that is steadily undermin- ing the credit of the Roosevelt government. Both the blarney of Coughlin and the baloney of Smith mean disaster and more starvation for the workers. What the workers and farmers need is the can- cellation of all debts to the Wail Street bankers. They need higher wages, shorter hours. They demand im- mense, heavy taxes on the Morgans, a huge capital levy, heavy income taxes, that will take a fat slice out of the Morgan’s hide. They demand that all interest payments to the Morgan bankers must stop at once, and the govern- ment turn these banks’ payments over to a workers’ committee for immediate relief and Unemployment Insurance. The Coughlins and the Smiths just gab. When these real demands against the Wall Street bankers are put before them, they show their true colors as Wall Street agents and tools sent to blind and confuse the workers. They run away. The Silk Strike Betrayed 'HE leaders of the Associated Silk Workers Union (United Textile) are tieing a rope around the necks of the silk strikers of Paterson. On the heels of a long line of betrayals and attempted betrayals by these | A. F. of L, leaders, headed by Frank Schweitzer and the Lovestonite Eli Keller, the final and classic betrayal of the militant silk strikers is now being carried through, The U. T. W. leaders give up the right to strike. They place the “impartial” arbitration board in the hands of the bosses by allowing the president of Prince- ton University to select the “impartial” chairman. They agree to give 60 days’ notice of any grievances. They agtee to give up all wage demands in return for “recog- nition of the union.” They agree with the manufac. turers that no other union will be recognized. Tt U, T. W. leaders haye not, and never had, any 5 m. those of the silk manufacturers ave supported the N. R. A. and om the siart. They have done their best to get the strikers back to work for many weeks through secret conferences and through signing sell-out agree- ments which the strikers refused to accept, They have from the beginning refused the demands of the rank and file that the call of the National Textile Workers’ Union for unity of all strikers in one united front strike committee be accepted. Now comes the final betrayal, the killing of the strike on the terms of the manufacturers, the giving up of all wage demands, and the strangling of the right of the workers to strike. The U. T, W. leaders have | the pretext of being against the large rayon manufac- turers, followed the policy of the Paterson manufac- | turers. x 03 . HAT is the perspective now for the Paterson silk strikers? Already the silk manufacturers have made clear their policy to the “insiders.” The acetate rayon mills of Paterson are going to close down for two weeks in December. The silk mills are going to work a few days and then put all the workers on part-time throughout the winter. The wage agreed to of $2 per 100,000 picks is not an increase but a defeat for the strikers. But the manufacturers, as all Paterson Knows, are going to hammer down the rate to the minimum rate of the cotton code (under which silk is | Working) of $13 a week. HAT is the answer of the silk workers of Paterson? ‘There is an effective means whereby the silk work- ers can ward off the attacks of the manufacturers: ORGANIZATION ON A UNIFIED BASIS INSIDE THE SHOP. The demand put forward by the rank and file of the U. 'T, W. and by the National Textile Work- | ers Union for unity applies today as much as during the course of the strike, | If, through exhaustion, the strikers are driven back | to work defeated, they must immediately organize in. side the shop, The job now is to set up shop commit- tees in all shops, of all the workers, regardless of union affiliation or whether unorganized, and this will lay the | basis for one united rank and file Industrial Union in the sfik industry. There is already an organized left wing inside the U. T. W. This rank and file left wing must now be broadened. The traitors, Eli Keller, Schweitzer, etc., | who sold the workers out, must go. The rank and file | inside of the U. T. *Y. must make the union their own, | The whole treacherous outfit should be kicked out and the rank and file take the situation into their own hands, All of these rank and file groups and committees— the rank and file opposition inside the A. F. of TL. | union; the shop committees elected by the workers in- side the shop, should be united at once into the Pater- | son Silk and Dye Workers? Shop Delegates Council, based on shop organization of the workers. The on- employed workers should be represented. ‘The organization inside the shop on @ united front basis is the means whereby the workers can guard against a sharp reduction in their wages and worsening in their working conditions. The organization inside the shop must immediately begin, through fighting for shop demands, to make the slayery Keller-Schweitzar agreement a scrap of paper Unemployed French Workers March on Capital for Relief |New Camille Chau- temps Gov't Faces Defeat Nov. 26. — Unemployed , marching on Paris from in id mining districts of the today foreed.the authorities mont, 35 miles-north of here, PARIS, work orth, of Cle to grant permission for the use of jthe Town Hall for-an anti-govern- |ment demonstration, - The marchers, | whose forces are being augmented hourly from towns along the march, | will press on tomorrow and should | be in the capital by Saturday. The | march follows on-the heels of a | mighty nation-wide-demonstration of | orkers and farmers last Sunday. ‘The new ministry of Camille Chau- temps took its place-in the Chamber | of Deputies today, but is faced with }an early defeat as a result of the | flerce resistance of the toilers and/ bourgeois masses against its | | Petty | attempts to put throigh new taxes and to reduce the Civil service allow- | ances and relief payitients. The So- | cialist Party, faced_with growing op- | position by its rank and file members | | against its collaboration with the | bourgeois government; ‘has been forced \to withhold support from the new | cabinet. | to need $203,200,000 to “avert disas- | ter,” and is seeking to raise this sum | | by a loan from Britain, extension of | the national lotteries, and drastic | salary reductions for the lower-paid categories of the Civil Service. mass protests, the> new ministry is facing severe complications in its in- ternational relations, with the British Government insisting on direct nego- tiations with Germany, in opposition to the French position that negotia- tions should only proceed through the machinery of the League of Na- | tions. The British Government yes- terday re-stated its position of con- cessions to the Nazi. demands for armed equality. This position is in line with the British attempts to arm the Nazis for their anti-Soviet ad- ventures, but is opposed by the French Government, which fears that the Nazis may turn their arms against France. a | Degeyter Orchestra |to Play at Soviet Recognition Affair NEW YORK.—The Pierre Degeyter Orchestra, consisting of 25 profes- sional musicians, -will.be the main feature of the elaborate program for the trade union celebration of recog- | nition of the Soviet Union, to be held Friday, 8 p.m., at Manhattan Lyceum, |66 E. 4th St. De Grunes will con- duct the orchestra, Other features on the program will be the Ukrainian Chorus of 60 singers, conducted by Lahn Adohmyan; Eugene Nigob, well | known pianist, and M. Dmitrishina, | famous Russian singer. The speakers for the evening will | be Clarence Hathaway, editor of the | Daily Worker; Ben Gold, secretary of | the Needle Trades Workers Industrial | Union; Juliet Stuart Poyntz, Dr. |Reuben Young, recently returned | from the Soviet Union, and K. Rad- | zie. Andrew Overgaard, secretary of | the Trade Union Unity Council, will act as chairman, Organizations are asked not to ar- range any other affairs for that even- ship for this celebration. The new government is said | In addition to. the rising wave of | DATLY WORKER, VEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 19338 lv. S. Anti-Imperialist Delegation Cheered in Cuba ~And Then Came the Helping the Daily Worker through bidding for fhe original drawings of Burck’s cartoons: | Women’s Council No, 38 wins yesterday’s drawing ae Dt aE a DAWN! bis: with a bid of $7. Crotona Park, E., $2.20. —By Burek om Jobs,tocay yt) rs Pe ete ae ss Other bids, Org. House, 14, 24 Total to date $322.22, | 25. Shirts,” U. Fascisti, Order of Black Shirts,” with will be here. organization’s platform if the main- tenance of “white supremacy” in America, The formal organization of the Fascist group was made in Orlando, | Florida, three years ago, it was said, | and the present is a reorganization combined with a drive for member- ship. Advertisements for organizers are appearing all over the country in leading newspapers, it Was an- nounced. The following announcement of the personnel of the “American Fas- cisti” has been published in local papers: “Other national officers in addi- tion to Norton are W. J. Weiland, Chicago publisher, a former army of- ficer, who is first vice-president; James R. Hicks, aiso located in Chi- cago, and who was a former Klan representative in the western part of the country, second vice-president; Hugh B. Cobb, Atlanta, former judge of the DeKalb municipal court, for- mer secretary of the Fulton County Democratic committee and former Klansman, located in Chicago; W. C. Brown, Atlanta, treasurer, formerly connected with the Southern Bell | Telegraph Company, who also is now in Chicago. “Norton himself is a former grand dragon of the Georgia klan; a for- mer Imperial Night Hawk of the im- | ATLANTA, Ga.—Announcement of the KKK Hewds Lead “Black German Jobless | | | | | Imperiali China tion Mingles ith Soldiers and Striking Workers Will Visit Interior; Sugar Mills Seized by Peasants ' By HARRY GANNES (Special to Daily Worker) HAVANA, Nov. 28.—Over two thou- {sand Cuba rkers crowded into the Central gh School here last night {and cheered the Anti-Imperialist | delegation headed by Harry Gannes, |of the Anti-Imperialist League and |the Daily Worker Staff. e size of |the meeting forced the press to give | it extended publicity. | _ The delegation fraternized with the | Cuban soldiers and sailors, and visited | factories where the trade unions are | carrying-on strikes: The delegation leaves today for the interior, for the sugar mills in the Oriente province, where the Cuban workers and peasants have seized the Wall Street owned mills and have formed Soviets in the factories. | These visits will be reported later in @ series of articles by Harry Gan- | nes « | The Anti-Imperialist Committes consists of the following: Henry Sheppard, of the Trade Union Unity Council; J. B. Matthews, chairman of the American League Against War and Fascism; Alfred ‘Deleg Wid, 1¥ Runge, a member of the Workers’ Ex-Servicemen’s League, and a Span- ish war vet, and Harry Gannes, chair- ;man of the delegation, of the Anti- League. in Financial Crisis as War Lords Speed New Civil War | by Nanking for Anti- S F ascis ts Face Starvation as New General Named organization of the “American | officiais largely drawn from the high | ranks of the Ku Klux Klan, has been made here by Henry J. Norton, who | said he was the organization's president, that it has members in 36 principal | forced levies by the Nazis on the cities, and that its national headquarters, liko those of the Ku Klux Klan, | Workers in the factories and the en- The main plank in theo— perial order, former king kleagle of | Georgia, and was cyclops of the | Nathan Bedford Forrest parent klan. | He held virtually all important Klan} | offices until he resigned when Im-} | perial Wizard Hiram Wesley Evans deposed Colonel William J. Simmons as head of the klan organization, Horton said. He quit following the trial of Phil Fox for the killing of William S. Coburn during the in- | ternal klan war over official plums. | Norton says he aided in the prose-/| | cution of Fox.” ‘Detroit Meet to Plan| Fight Against War and Fascism on Saturday | DETROIT.—A conzerence of repre-| | sentatives of workers’, liberal and | pacifist organizations will be held |here Saturday, Dec, 2, at 2 p.m. to organize a broad movement in this city against war and fascism. | | The conference, which has been} called by the Detroit Committee| Against War and Fascism, will be held in the Downtown Y.MC.A., Adams and Witherell Sts. All trade unions, unemployed organizations, shop groups, workers’ and fraternal | groups, etc., are urged to send dele- gates. Nazi ‘Relief’ Fails BERLIN, Nov. 28. — Despite the| forced one-dish Sunday meal, the Nazi “Winter Relief” for the unem- ployed is facing collapse with a threat | of increasing starvation for the un-| employed. Only about $113,260,00 is in sight, not all collected, for unem- ployed relief, while the unemployed army increased by 31,000 during the first 15 days of November. According to Nazi official figures there are 3,766,000 unemployed in Germany, but even this figure is a gross underesti- Red Drive SHANGHAI, Nov. 28—Open war- |fare between the Nanking government and the Fukien secessionists loomed nearer today as the Fukien “People’s Government” seized the custom houses at Foochow and Amoy, and Kiang Province, adjoining Fukien, against the 19th Route Army, the chief mainstay of the Fukien regime. The split between the militarists, coming on the heels of recent victo- ries of the Chinese Red Armies against Chiang’s Sixth Anti-Commu- nist Campaign, has precipitated a fi- nancial crisis in South and Central China. In Fukien, the banks ‘have re- fused to pay more than 10-per-eent of | mation designed to conceal the rapid| any deposit in oné month, Wealthy deepening of the crisis in Germany. Even the small. shopkeepers who constituted one of the main supports of the Nazis are in the most desperate plight, with many shops daily closing | down, | In an effort to combat the growing | disillusionment of the toilers and the | petty bourgeois masses, the Nazis are | frantically increasing their dema- gogy. The Nazi Labor Front held a congress last Sunday under the de- ceptive slogan of “Strength Through | Joy” and formed a new oranization, | the “Nach der Arbeit” (After Work), to regiment the recreation of the German masses, under Nazi auspices. A dark blue uniform and cap were ordered for all members. Tremendous pressure is being exerted to force workers to join the new group. = and to mobilize their member- | | | | | | | Bitter Class B | openly, throughout the whole course of the strike, on / Enormous Masses of | | Toilers Are in | Motion | By HAMADAN and SMOLJANIVOY oa unceasing fight between the ruling imperialist cliques in Japan has recently become exceedingly acute. This fight is-the reflection of the enormously complicated inner position of imperialist Japan, which is shaken to its very foundation by the crisis. The crisis has brought enormous masses of the working population into movement, This .is to be seen before all in the rural districts, as the village population are compelled to bear the double yoke of the land- owners and finance ‘capital. Of a total of 5,576,000 peasant farmers, 1,487,000 have no land what~ ever of their own and have to rent it from the big landowners; 2,500,000 peasant farmers possess less than half a hectare of land, and 1,240,000 from half to one hectare. Of this category of “landowners” 2,360,000 are compelled to rent land in ofder to maintain their existence. Starvation Rules In Villages ‘The high ground~rents and the heavy taxes depressed the standard of living of the dapanese peasants below that necessary for human ex- istence. In addition to exploitation by the landowners, the Japanese peasant 1s oppressed- by monopolist capital. The land in Japan is s6 poor that it can only be rendered fruitful by thorough- fertilization. The production of chemical fer- tilizers is in the handS of the gigan- tic Mitsui and Mitsubisi concerns. These concerns aré also the chief purchasers of the products of thé peasants, especially of silk cocoons and rice, ont At the present time, owing to the crisis and the fall in the price of rice and silk cocoons, staryation prevails in the Japanese villages. Peasants Loaded Down With Debts In the last few years the debts of the peasants have increased enor- mously, and in 1932 amounted to be- tween seven and eight million yen. The “Transpacific,” a paper published in Tokyo, wrote in its-issue of Aug. attles Raging in Japan; 17: “The peasants are tilling the soil to pay their debts; they work and live to pay off debts.” In such a situation the tenants and share croppers are, of course, unable to pay the rent to the land- owners. The class struggle between the tenants and landowners has as- sumed a fierce character. According to figures published in the Japanese press, in the first half of 1933 there were 2,200 conflicts, which means that their number had doubled com- pared with the previous year. Peasants Organize Against Land- lords and Fascists ‘The lower strata of the village population, before all the poor ten- ants, have organized themselves in semi-legal associations. The poor and middle peasants are organizing self-defense groups for the fight against the landowners, police and gendarmerie and in order to repel the fascist bands, There are at pres~ ent in Japan 4,208 tenants’ associa~ tions with a total membership of 302,000. ‘The landowners and kulaks on their part are combining in associa~ tions for the fight against the ten- ants; they are organizing fascist unions such as. “Airod Tzjuku” (School of Patriots), which took part in the attempted putsch of May 15, 1932. In all, there are 640 landown- ers’ organizations with 53,000 mem- bers. In addition, there exist 1,980 mixed associations, in which land~ owners and kulaks are organized, with a total membership of 308,000, Class Struggle Sharpens Along Entire Front ‘The big Japanese fascist organiza- tion “Dainichon Sai San-to” is actu- ally a federation of 30 fascist organ- izations, and is known by its active participation in the fight against the tenants, the murdering of their lead- ers, etc, Along with the intensification of the class struggle in the village there is an increase in the struggle of the urban proletariat, According to of- ficial, but incomplete, lent re~ turns, in the first half of 1932 there were 842 strikes, participated in by 53,247 workers, compared with 944 strikes participated in by 48,366 workers in the previous year. The number of strikes in connection with wage demands has increased. | The Communist Party of Japan, | under exceedingly hard conditions of terror and espionage, is carrying on a persistent struggle in order to rally | the ‘masses together, is openiy com- | bating the ruling classes and the fascist groups, exposing the imperial- ist nature of the latter and reveal- ing the true character of the war in China. In spite of wholesale ar- rests (in the year 1932-33 there were 7,000 people in prison accused of “Communist activity”) the C. P. is increasing its efforts to win the masses of the toilers. Fascists Increase Activities ‘There are special fascist organiza- tions in the towns which agitate among the factory workers (“Nichon Kokka, Sjakaito”), There are over 100 fascist and semi-fascist organiza~ tions in Japan, which together num- ber millions of members. The “Re- servists’ Association,” which has sev- eral million members, is being fas- cized. All these organizations are led by prominent representa- tives of Japanese im} » espe~ cially by officers, and tainly unite petty bourgeois elements in their ranks. ‘The fascist agency of the ruling class is taking advantage of the circumstances that the crisis has severely hit the petty bourgeoisie. ‘The real master of Japanese fas- cism is monopoly capital, The whole of Japan is dominated by seven or eight concerns, The well-known Japanese economist Takahasi has calculated that there are 38,516 com~ panies in Japan with a total capital companies with a capital of 1,300 million yen are dominated by the Mitsui concern; 66. companies with a total capital of 960 million yen fre dominated by the Mitsubisi concern; 66 companies with a capital of 690 million yen are subordinate to the ‘Yasuda concern; 30 companies with @ capital of 260 million are domin- ated by the Sumitomo concern. The Mitsui and Mitsubisi dominate all the cartels. Whole branches of industry are subordinated to these concerns, as for instance the pro~ duction of paver, the chemical in- dustry, the milling industry. Many Enterprises Facing Bankruy ‘The last few months witnessed a 1 of ye economic. Crisis of 12,634 million yen. Of these, 108! ang Grows Monopoly Capital Sets) Up Strong Fascist Groups | situation. In August the price of rice declined further and reached the low level of i7 yen per koku (one koku equals 180 kilograms) in wholesale trade, whilst the cost of production of.a koku of rice amounts on an av~ erage to 21 yen. The owners of large stocks of rice, the big landowners, wholesale dealers and banks are im- ploring the government for help. Production has remained stationary in spite of the big war orders and the prospect of still bigger orders. The Stock Exchange reacted with a sudden drop in share quotations. The budget deficit for the coming year is even greater than was the budget deficit this year, and it is in- tended to cover it by. loans. But there are limits to the possibilities of loans, and these are already reached. Militarists Push for War As “Way Out” ‘The general deterioration of the economic situation, which brings with it a decline in the profits of the big isis, a gro of the class adventure, The of the military fascist elements on the gov- ernment is . It is bourgeois groups. Since occupation of Manchuria the Japa- Chinese, fearing the complete col- lapse of the anti-Communist cam- paign, are in flight from the interior to the seaboard cities where imperial- ist warships and marines afford pro- tection to the Nanking regime. Capi- tal is also in flight to the seaboard. Chiang Kai-shek, Nanking dictator and “hero” of the campaign against the Soviet districts, has announced his intention of personally command- ing the attack on the Fukien regime. He has named General Liu"Tza, gov- ernor of Honan Province, to succeed him in command of the anti-Soviet campaign. Chiang has called a con- ference of warlords for Dec. 5 at Nanchang on the Kiangsi front. The Nanking regime is desperately attempting to raise new loans for the anti-Communist campaign and for the payment of bribes to wavering militarists. A Nanking spokesman to- day announced that the financial de- mands of Gen, Chen Chia-tung, Can- ton commander, and Gen, Han Fu- chu, governor of Shantung, had been | Satisfied, thus “assuring their loy- | alty.” Gen. Chen is still, however, se~ cretly sypporting the Fukien seces- sionists. Kwangsi Province war lords are bargaining with the two opposing camps, while Kwei-chau Province militarists have declared their “neu- regime, British to Revise the Convoy Systen. for the “Next War” LONDON, Nov. 28—, the convoy system in preparation for the “next war,” together with # rev- elation that the Italian Government had laid down two new cruisers sey- eral weeks ago, gave further emphasis today to the frantic-war preparations of the imperialist powers. ‘The two new Italian cruisers are to be of 7,500 tons each. They are the “Garibaldi” and “Duca degli Abruzzi.” ‘Two destroyers of a total tonnage of 1,250 tons, are also under construction, Work on two more cruisers is expect= ed to start soon. In addition to the “Garibaldi”. and Duca degli Abruzzi,” Italy has under construction four light cruisers and one heavy cruiser, while six light and six heavy cruisers are nearing completion, The British plans for revising the convoy system of naval escorts for merchant and troop ships calls for the construction of “cruisers suffi« cient in number to be always where they are wanted and strong: enough to fight an enemy when it appears," The plan calls for the immediate con« struction of more cruisers for the British navy. Meantime, both the British and Italian governments are vociferous {1 nese military has won decisive in- the crisis and prevent a olutionary outbreak at home. But crisis is steadily increasing, and occupation of juria has not antagonisms but raised i their professions of support for “dise armament” and “peace.” —_— MEXICAN TROOPS KILL NINE AGRARIAN LEADERS. GUADALAJARA, Mexico, Nov. 28. Nine agrarian leaders were killed yes- terday by police who fired into s © demonstration of im cultural workers and farmers in Yure- cuaro, Si of wounded. Nanking began rushing troops to Che- - trality,” thus favoring the Fukien - -Announcement of British Admiralty plans to revise © x

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