The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-08

AS WE SEE IT
BY T. J. o'FLAHERTY.

MOST people who know anything
lVl about China, and they are compar-
ativoly few, thOt China had q republic
an form OF government since the Man
chs dynasty was overthrow. And it
haA-after fashion. But q civil war
is q great scavenger and part of the
rubbish brought to light by the battl-
Ing generals, Chang and WI Pei Flu,
and their assistants, is the ''boy en-
perOr~ who was drawing the rather
generous allowance Of 100000 q
year In poverty-stricken country.
T took . christian general by the
name Of Feng to drop this monarch
ial specimen into the back yard and
cut his pay to the proportions Of that
Of "a American movie villain. Dur
ing those years that China was sup
posed to be enjoying the blessings Of
repubtcanism-we write this with a
sardcnio grin-the poor workers of the
celestial kingdom, were licking their
chop sticks. while the boy emperor
waa worrying his head off trying to
ma q way Of spending his yearly pay
check.
MlERAL FENG Is reported to be
~ christian. Let as hope there is
a Chinese brand. II there isn't and
Feng is akin to the tribe Of which Am.
erica boasts, the difference between
what the young ex-emperor will re-
ceive from now on and what he re-
ceiyed In the past will not tighten the
load on the backs Of the Chinese work.
ers, but it may give Feng q heavier
paunch.
N LII things considered, things are
"A moving in China The capitalist
papers tell US that the Chinese were
just az fond Of their little boy emper-
or with his e4.oOO,O 900 salary as when
the MAnchu dynasty reigned. Peculiar
how the masses are always supposed
70 adore their rulers. The Russian
masses loved their little fatheri But
today there is ton of granite on his
chest, OF where his chest used to be,
and the Russian masses that he form
erly tyrannized over are breathing
freely and going about with smiles on
their faces. The American workers
are supposed to revere the little min
compoop in the White House, while
the British slaves are praised for their
loyalty to the crowned specimen of
senility. who was born with a golden
crown in his royal cradle. Bunk with
out endl
THE boy emperor Of China is lucky,
| so far. But revolutions have a
queer way with them. You can never
tell what they are going to do next.
The Chinese revolution is not yet over
by any means. Foreign capitalist pow
ers prevented the revolutionists from
finishing the job But there are revo-
lutionists yet in China whose appetite
for the head of reaction is not whet
ted. Watch Sun Vat Sen. We cannot
vouoh for what he is going to de next
or whether he will always be true to
the principles for which he is fighting
But SO far he has done we'll and has
proved faithful to the trust reposed
IN him. If Sun Vat Sen is successful
in his plans. it is possible the hoy
emperor" may be chewing chopsticks
unless he loses his teeth.
GO John L. Lewis, president of the
- United Mine Workers Of Amer.
ica. is going to be rewarded for his
services to the G. o. p. by the post OF
secretary of labor in the Coolidge cab.
met James ]. Davis, the present in.
cumbent, will devote all his time to
his fraternal organizations. That is
his business. The canny Welshman
gets one iron man, or one dollar for
every sucker he ropes into the Loyal
Order Of Moose. 1t is said that Lewis
did not play a conspicuous part in the
election campaign owing to the fact
that he wanted to keep on the right
side OF the miners who supported La
Toilette, because the worthy John L.
intends 10 enter the lists against Sam
Gompers for the Office Of president OF
tho American Federation of Labor.
That is Lewis greatest ambition, as
he, in lucid moment, confided to a
friend OF mine.
John L. LEWIS gets his reward II
- the Washington gossip means any
thing and this gossip comes from au.
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