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Evening star., 1920-11-18
SILENT IN SHIP CASE.
Consul Haeberle Says Washington
Has All the Facts.

RIO JANEIRo. November 17.-Ar-
minus T. Haeberle. acting American
consul general here. said today that
he had no statement to make with
regard to tho testimony given Nom
day before the congressional commit
tee investigating the affairs OF tho
United States Shipping Board by
Capt. Chambless. former master Of
the steamer Lake Elkwood.
Mr. Haeberle said the State Depart
ment at Washington was in possess
sion OF all tho facts In the Lake Elk
wood case.
Evening star., 1920-11-18
HEALTH SERVICE HAS CAMP.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calit. November
iS.-camp Kearney. near San Diego.
Calf, one Of the largest wartime mob
ilization points. mas been turned over
to the United States public health serv-
ice, it was announced here today.
Evening star., 1920-11-18
OFFICER AWARDED D. S. C.

R0l&E. Co. November 1S.--Lieut.
Charles Fahy Of Rome has been award
ed the distinguished service cross with
scftatien for service as an aviator on the
Belgian front during the world war. it
IL learned here,
Evening star., 1920-11-18
AUTHOR BEoUEATHs slss, ,o23.

NEW YORK. November lS-The bulk
of the estate OF William Dean Howells,
the author. appraised yesterday at
$199. 023, was bequeathed to his son and
daughter, John Mead and Mildred How
ellis. Other relatives received small
| amounts. Future royalties on his books
are valued at $1o,500
Evening star., 1920-11-18

that fsolish ventures were made when
we ought to have known better.
There Is some need Of relocation OF
credit" he said, but simply more
credit will never help to cure our ills.'
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civized robbery 1t drew into its whirlpool the four ggan
tic rivals England Germany, America and Japan And the
being wagd to decide which Of these robber alliances
will be successful in forcing the world under its bloody iron
heel
This war everywhere aggravate the already hard lot oil
the working incredibly The workers have mbear
able burdens heaped upon them millions of the best workers.
simply slaughtered the battle fields hunger is the lott
of the remainder those who dare to protest. threatened
with the remainder those who dare protest. threatened
with the hardest punishment All the prisons overflow
ing; the authorities hold the macneguns in readiness forI
against the workers. The rights of the workers have
dsappered even in the "feest comres to strike is not
allowed strikes punishable treason The workers. press
gagged The best workers. the most devoted fighters for
the Revolution are forced to hide themselves and found
their organization in secret they did during the rule of the
Gar in Russia hiding from the host of spies and police Off
cas 1t is wonder that the workers not only groan under
such consequences OF the but begin to rise against
their oppressors.
But the bourgeois States themselves that start this fear
full slaughter begin to rot at their roots and to putrify
The sunk the bloody morass which they created by their
hunt for profit and there is way out for them To go
back with empty hands after such expenditure of money
objects and bood-canno be done To forward to another
horrible rsk-that too is almost impossible The war policy
leads into blind aley from which there is way out For
this reason the is prolonged endessy though there
decisive result For the reason the capastc sys
tenn begins to rot and later must make way for
system in which there place for the madness Of
worldwar for profit
The longer the lasts the do the warning powers
weaken The flower Of the working people either pershe
lies in the trenches eaten up by ce busy with the work Of
destruction Everything destroyed for the war; brass
doorhandes are conscated for material The most
essay things of life lacking for the has swallowed
up everything like Unsuitable wandering host of locuss
Nobody produces useful obecshey only used up For
the fourth year, the factories which formerly produced useful
objects turning out nothing but shrapne and grenades
Without men, without producing anything that is really
sary all countries reaching such state Of decay that the
people already beginning to howl like wolves account
Of hunger ood want misery and oppression In the German
villages which formerly used electricity the people burn
Il ing pine spntes for there is lack Of coal In proportion
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the misery of the people grows life is being exnguished In
such we'll governed cities Berlin and Vienna is not safe
the street ait night everywhere robbere being
committed The German bourgeois papers complaining
about the insufficient number Of police They do not wish to
that the growth of the number of criminals due to the
increase of misery desperation and rage The crppes come
back from the front and find universal hunger at home the
number of homeless and hungry grows in spite OF the excellent
organization for there is nothing to ea but the keeps
going and is constantly demanding fresh sacrifices
The difficult the situation of the warning states be-
comes the friction dssenSon and dSunon will arise
in all the strata of the bourgeose which formerly marched
together hand in hand in the interest of their goal
In Austria, the Czechs the Ukrainans the Germans, the
Poles tearing each others hair In Germany mostly be-
Of the conquerng of provinces, the same bo
geose he Esthonan the Lettish, the Ukrainan the Po
ish the bourgeoisie which invited the German troops n is
now forced into violent dispute with its berators In Eng
land the English bourgeose is engaged In death struggle
with the Irish bourgeoise, which has been held in subsection
by the English bourgeose And out of all this confusion,
the workngclass raises its voice ever LOUDER that working
class which, by the whole of its development is forced
to face the problem of crushing the and Of throwing off
the yoke of capitalism.
So the time of the decomposition Of capitalism and the
time of the Comunsc Revolution of the working class is
approaching.
The first breach was made by the Russian Revolution of
October Capitalism decomposed earlier In Russia than in any
other country because the burden OF the wordwar pressed
more heavily the young capitalist government OF that
country Russia did not have such organizations of
the bourgeosie England Germany and America For this
not equal 10 the uemanuS WHICH war
upon it. could cope with the mighty attack made upon it
by the Russian working class and the poorest peasants who
lifted the bourgeose out Of the saddle in October and trans
ferred the power into the hands of the party of the working
class the Communists Bolshevik.
Il Sooner or later the fate will overtake the West
European bourgeose The working OF Western Europe
is Joining the ranks of the Communists in increasing
numbers Everywhere the organizations Of their "Boshe
WIKI growing: in Austria and America, in Germany and
Norway in France and Italy The program Of the Communists
Party will be the program Of the Proletarian World Revou
8 ton.
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Predatory Wars, Oppression of the
Workers and the Beginning of
the Downfall of Capital
- BY N. BUCHARIN. -

Durnp the last few years. every capitalist country small
canta has almost vanished it has been swallowed up by he
big sharks Formerly many separate capitalists were tlgnm
for customers when there not many more ndlvdu
capitass (for almost all the small have been runed
those that remained have united organized and are IN control
every country you may menon Just as the ianded pro-
pretor controlled his estate formerly few American bankers
rue over all America Just sing manufacturer formerly
controlled his factory few French usurers hold the French
people in subcton five large banks control the destiny OF the
entire German people, 1t just the In the other capital
ist countries For this be said that the modern
capastc states the socaed Faherands have become
enormous factories which ruled by combination OF prop
erty holders just formerly every seperae capitalist ruled
in his own factory.
1t is not surprising therefore, that these trusts, the State
combinations of the different bourgeosies carry on that
same battle with each othe which formerly waged by
the separate capitalists the English bourgeois State battles
with the German bourgeois State just as formerly In England
or in Germany one manufacturer might battle with another
Only now the stake is thousand times higher and the battle
for the increase of profit is carried with the help OF human
lives and of human blood
In this struggle which takes in the entire world the first
ones be destroyed the small and weak conres frs
come the small colonial peoples weak occasionally wild races
who are destroyed pemea by the big predatory states
struggle then between these predatory states as to the
division of the free territory that is the territories which
have not yet been stolen by the civilized states IheI
begins the struggle for the redvson OF the territory whcl
has already been stolen IL is clear that this struggle for TN
redvson of the world must be booder and more bitter thai
ever before Monsrou giants the largest states OF the world
armed with the most thorough dealing machines batth
with each other.
The world-war which broke out in the summer OF 19l
and which has not yet ended is the first waged for tn
decisive redvision of the world between the monsters
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-07-02
FOUNDATIONS OF A REBEL
BY Tom Clifford.

bonds. To the politicians the former
is unthinkable because of the fear of
political reaction by the people that
would relegate these gentlemen to
private life, while the latter would
never be permitted by the big financial
interests. for they realize that the
bonds could not be marketed among
the workers, as were the Liberty is
sues, and consequently the burden
would have to be borne by themselves,
and they are now carrying, through
absorption of Liberty bonds, all the
governmental securities they can stand
Besides it would augment the currency
initiation to point that might pre-
cipitate the financial crisis they are
even now frantically trying to avert.
But now comes the Cincinnati Post
with a brand new scheme to solve
this vexing problem. The Post sug-
geste that the I. o. Us given to Uncle
Sam for the billions loaned the Allies
be exchanged for bonds to be issued
by the debtor nations, and that these
bonds be distributed as bonuses to the
soldiers. Here is high finance with a
yenpeance. Great head. that editor
As I pointed out recently, there is
not the remotest hope that these
"promises to pay" would be any
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of the
reuouto is

better asset than the bonds issued by
the Southern Confederacy during the
Rebellion, and no one knows that
better than the pencil pusher who
evolved this utterly preposterous pro-
position. And yet, when l remember
how the government swindled the
soldiers of the Civil War by paying
them off in deprecated greenbacks
worth but 33 cents on a dollar, l
shall not be surprised if the same
bunko game is played on the SOL
diers of the World War. 1t doesn't
matter much anyway. The workers
are used to being skinned.
Are there any persons excited over
the Republican National Convention,
If there are they are carefully abstain
ing from putting themselves in eviden-
ce. During ten days lounging in hotel
lobbies I have heard just one com
ment on the convention. The prevail
ing topics of conversation are base
ball, horse racing and high prices.
No one seems to care pickayune
who is nominated for the Presidency
by either the Democrats or Republic
ans. This apithetic attitude toward
"pohtics" is extremely alarming to
the politicians, for it makes hurrah 4"
campaign, which is their long suit,
practically impossible 1t is a porten-
tious sign. Out of the ferment of pres
ent day society will emerge sober
thinking, and then-something will
happen.
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An Exemple For Future Directors

American capitalism wants to show
every American that this is what will
happen to any man who dares think
for himself--who dares refuse to fight
in capitalistic wars-who dares TO
prize human life more than the gold
of millionaires, the epaulet Of a soldier
and the brutal mandate Of a degenerate
government. That's why American cap
italism has never ceased to try to get
the fugitives back from Mexico. That s
why it has resumed trading with the
terrible "Huns" that it was a little
while ago so savagerly denouncing and
centers all its venom and virulence
on the "slackers. :"
For the "slacker" is a menace tO
capitalism providing he uses his free
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The "'Spy' Story
Continued from page 1-st.)

Continued from page 1-st.)
City Of Chicago, attending the conven-
tion session in the morning and a
meeting of the Central Executive Com
mittee of the party in the afternoon. In
the evening no was at a restaurant in
the same city with a party of COM
rades. On November 18th, another date
definitely fixed, he attended a meeting
Of the Central Executive Committee of
the Communist Party in Chicago as
could be verified by twelve other men,
bers of the committee.
AS to the checks which the informer
claimed to have seen in the file sup
posed to contain Frainas IS reports, any
one familiar with modern accounting
methods would smile at the PROPOSE
tion that returned checks should be
filed in the individual file of the per.
son to whom they were issued.
When the investigation was CON-
pleted those present were asked to
state whether they were satisfied that
Fraina had been exonerated. and all
but two members of the Bureau agreed
that such was the case. The other two
persons still had some douts although
admitting that there was no clear case.
The stenographic report of the hear.
ing was later submitted to the Elk.
ecutive Council Of the Communist Party
and the Translator Secretaries repre-.
senting the Language Federations in
the National Office and it was their
Unanimous verdict that Fraina had been
exonerated.
The "Call" endeavors to base its in
situations upon the fact that Fraina
was not arrested last November, while
others were and that he was able to
leave the country. Those familiar with
the facts know that Fraina was in
hiding for a month before no left the
country and that he left secretly, as
many other persons have been able
to do.
Publicity is given to tho facts in
regard to the Fraina charges in order
: to show the reprehensible tactics which
the Socialist Party publications aro
ready to resort to in order TO dis.
, credit rival organizations. In this mat.
ter the "Call" and other Socialist
Party papers which have copied It's
, articles have Outdone the slimiest work
Of the capitalist kept press
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The Revolutionary Situation in Italy

by a protest strike in BOlonga and
the workers of Florence, Genoa, Rive,
Trizeso. Parma and Piacenza declared
"a hours general cessation of work
as a demonstration against the tact
les of the militarists.
The dissatisfied workers are demand
ing that the Socialist Party declare
revolution. This desire of the i'm
patient masses is shared by many trade
unionists. The Socialist party which is
thoroughly revolutionary is against a
revolution at the present time. "Avan-
ii" the organ of the party, says, "The
labor organizations must fight for
victory and they must not enter into
premature rovolts. We must be ready
for the right time"
The Executive Committee of the
party has declared the following:
'The Executive Committee Of the
Socialist Party is of the opinion that
the present difficulties and strikes in
dicate that the situation will cen
tinue TO become more critical and of
necessity revolutionary. We therefore
deem it necessary for the prolctariat
to prepare for united action in order
to crush the reaction and to over
throw the capitalist government"
"Avanti" explains in leading art
icle that the events in Sestri and
Turin where the workers were defeat
ed by armed forces shows that the
socialists have not yet sufficient
power. The bourgeois state is armed.
The socialists are not. The tendency of
the Socialist party is not against revol-
ution but it wants preparation, even
arming OF the workers, before it gives
the signal for revolution.
The soviets or councils form part
of the preparation. At the meeting of
the national council of the party which
took place in Milan April 1921 it
was decided to urge the forming of
workers councils in places where the
socialists are strong. This resolution
was adopted by 94,736 votes against
q $50. A resolution providing councils
all over Italy received 5000 votes.
The chief purpose of the Socialist
party in checking the revolutionary
activity of the masses is to organize
and discipline them so that when the
time is ripe for revolution, the party
will be in position to direct the
revolutionary movement from cent
raj point. The May Day proclamation
indicated this very clearly. The party
urged the workers to demonstrate for
revolution, for Soviet Russia and for
their own councils but above all for
discipline, revolutionary discipline, di-
scipline of human beings and masses.
The highest aim is victory for the
dictatorship of the prOletariat and for
the realization of communism.
Italy is on the verge of great social
upheaval-a social revolution.
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STILL THIRSTING FOR BLOOD OF
AMERICAN "SLACKERS"

dom on alien soil for the purpose of
propagating Communist teachings. Those
who simply came to Mexico to save
their skins, who had no conscientious
or class-eonscious objection to the war
except that they didn't want to get
hurt. who got jobs or opened stores
and began to make money here like
"good citizens, they are all right,
from the standpoint of capitalism. Wall
st. has no special enmity against them.
There are lots of men in the United
States who did the same thing in a
little different way-who escaped mill.
tary service by pull or bribery. While
the government didn't like such doings
as a rule for it wanted to have plenty
of men to do the fighting, it WASH u
much concerned about it. "Slackers"
who came to Mexico in such a quiet,
inoffensive way, have frequently gone
DdCh w tuclI uOnO tOWhb OCCu
unmolested or at the worst, spent
few months in Jail and then gone
scot-free.
But the "slacker" who was against
the war because he was Communist,
Socialist, an I. W. W., or a Pacifist.
is a danger to the dying system,
danger to the designs of Wall st. Such
"slackers" not only fled to foreign
soil but they commenced an active
and effective propaganda in favor of
Bolshevism. They tried to awaken
others to the criminality of system
under which wars are necessary. They
tried to imbue others with their own
spirit Of rebellion so that when the
next war comes, there will be still
more who will refuse to obey the
diets of the international murder trust.
And they were very successful. stirring
in thousands a spirit hitherto unknown
and filling them with that imperishable
zeal, for cause that armies and en-
pires cannot kill.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-07-02
By Linn A. E. Gale.

Nero, immortal in the annals of infamy
and watching the helpless people of an
cient Rome burn to death, never smacked
his lips in more hellish glee than would
the munitions-makers, profiteers and
imperialists of the United States if
they could imprison, torture and
butcher the American "slackers" who
are still in Mexico.
No clan of cannibals ever lusted
more furiously for the blood of their
victims than do the financial dictators
of the American government lust for
our blood.
They forgave the Germans long ago.
They never had any intention of hang
ing or furnishing the kaiser. Such talk
was bluff to kid the people. If the
German empror had been killed because
he lost this war, President Wilson g
turn or King Georges or Lloyd
Georges or Clemenceau g turn might
come later. They had nothing against
the Kaiser as an individual, despite
their lying assertions. They simply
wanted to dominate the markets Of
the world and to do so it was necessary
to trash Germany. Some other time
it will be necessary for them to clean
up England and japan in order to
maintain supremacy of trade. Altho
they were dead in earnest in seeking
commercial mastery. they have no de-
sire to be so harsh with the enemy
as TO affect the stability of the cap
italist system. Repeatedly they have
shown that they prefer kaiserism any
time to Communism and workers con.
troll of industry. But the men who own
the wealth of the United States have
never forgiven us slackers". They
never will. They hate us with all the
fury of fiends. They size US, torment
us, mangle us and finally slaughter uf
and make an example of us before the
world.
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THE MONEYLESS MAN

Is there no secret place OIL the face of the earth
Where charity dweleth where virture hath birth,
Where bOsoms in kindness and mercy will heave,
And the poor and the wretched shall ask and receiver
Is there place where a knock from the poor
Will bring kind angel to open the doorf
All: search the wide world and find if you can
Who will open the door to a moneyless man
Go to the halls where the chandeliers light
Drives off with its splendor the darkness of night
Where the rich hanging curtains in shadowy fold
Sweep peacefully down with their trimmings of gold
And the mirrors of silver take up and
In their long lighted vistas, the bewldering view
Go there in your patches and find if you
welcoming smile for moneyless man.
Go to your church; with its cloudreaching spire
Which gives back to the its light of fire;
Where the arches and columns are gorgeous within,
And the walls seem as pure as soul without sin;
Walk down the long aisles, the rich and the great
In the pride and the pomp of their worldly estate
Walk down in your patches and find if you
Who will open pew to a moneyess man.
Go to your Judge with his long flowing gown
Where, with scales in hand, weighth equity down;
Where he frowns the weak and smiles the strong
And Furnishes Right while he jusfes Wrong.
Where the Jurors, their lips the Bible have laid
To render a verdict they have already made
Go there in the court and find if you
Any law for the of moneyless man.
Then 60 to your hovel; has fed
The wife who has suffered too long for bread
Kneel down by her pallet and wipe the death frost
From the lips of the angel your poverty lost;
Then turn in your agony and look upward to God
And bless while he smtes You with Christening rod,
And you III find at the end of your life's little span
There's welcome in Heaven for moneyess m