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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-27
The Proletarian Will to Power

The height of Chartism had been
reached and from then on, despite the
sporadic outbursts, the movement
was doomed. The final blow was not
only the ridiculous failure of the sec
ond petition but also the repeal of
the vicious Corn Laws of '46, the pass
ing of the remedial Factory Acts, the
rise of the standard of living accom-
panied by the revival of stronger
trade union movement.
The fiery appeals and leadership Of
Feargus O'Connor, O'Brien and John
Frost were forgotten as the hungry
masses rushed to pick up the crumbs
that were falling from the table of
England's overstocked prosperity.
They were lulled to sleep by the
trade unions under the pacifist lead
ership of the predecessors of ]. H.
Thomas and Frank Hodges.
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to come to revolutionary france.
There he gathered the members of
the League of Communists and pro-
ceeded to the Rhineland to establish
the historic Nue. Rheinische zeitung.
His brilliant contributions to its col
umns remain the outstanding results
of the German revolution. In them
are, concentrated the history, the
lessons, the criticisms, and the com
mendations of the German and French
revolts
Revolutionary upheaval of the
French working class, general war
that is the index for the year 1849
And already in the east a revolution
airy army, comprised of warriors of
all nationalities stands confronting
the old Europe represented by and in
league with the Russian Army.
already from Paris looms the Red
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Nothing To 1t 3
IMPRESSIONS OF THE LaFoLLETTE MEETING IN NE,

supposedly has swept and swayed and
stirred up the well-advertised mass
es that are behind LaFollette. But
did not have to call upon my reserves
of hard Communist thinking. A primer
was more than sufficient. Not even a
primer Of Communism. but Of respect
able middle-of-the-road socialism, nay,
of intelligent, honest liberalism. 1t
requires great deal less than class
struggle tenets TO detect the ordinary
species of piffle. to examine 1t and
pronounce 1t piffle. And piffle II was
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the chairman. the preliminary
speakers, Fighting Bob" and all.
Perhaps can impart to you sense
of that gathering. its color, its spirit
ual timbre, its moral fabric. It was
dead from LaFollette down or from
the audience mp. The noise at the
candidates arrival was spiritless,
perfunctory merry making. Merry max.
ing is the word. looked at their
faces. I wanted to detect In them that
inspired glow. that irresistible faith,
that spirit Of crusade and sacrifice,
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Comrades, there is nothing to 1t.
/ mean that LaFollette hullabaloo.
The big meeting was a bust. It was
hollow, and the fine acoustics Of Madi-
son Square Garden gave full reson-
ance to this hollowness.
To confess, was all tense as / ap-
preached the Garden. | was ready to
summon up all the clear thinking that
Communism has taught me to with
stand the onrush OF that blind but
compelling enthusiasm, OF the revival
list progressivism (1924 brandt which
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-27
By Nathaniel Buchwald

which illumines Communist rallies OF
size, which was characteristic Of So
cialist gatherings of years ago. Not a
trace OF it, not CULVER Of inspira-
ton, Of splendid madness. 1t was all
sport, all fun. People applauded.
whisted, yelled in a light-hearted
manner, bantering as they did so.
laughing at their own childlishness of
joining In the noise. This still-born
ovation would have run its course in
two or three minutes, and If It lasted
Continued on page 81
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GLORIOUS WorklngmenS revolution
:. took undisputed sway of
Paris" The most mature and i'm
portant example of the proletarian
will to power of the nineteenth CEN
try was being exhibited in swift, dra-
matte scenes. The fall of the Little
Napoleon, the failure of THEIRS
treacherous attempt to seize the can
non of the National Guard, the frater-
nization of the troops of the Line, the
rise and proclamation of the Com
munes of Creusot, st. Etienne, Lyons,
Marseillies, Narbonne, and Paris
all followed in bewildering success
sion.
Paris, whence all but the revolu-
tionaries had fed, established the
workers dictatorship over all France.
Marx had advised against the revolt,
He had proposed, instead, the crea-
ton of strong proletarian fighting
organization, taking advantage of any
freedom they could squeeze out of the
code of republican liberties" and
with growing, disciplined army of
revolutionaries, await the propitious
moment to strike for victory.
But the Commune was nevertheless
established Revolutions have that
habit of not waiting on anyone!J 1t
was the first proletarian dictatorship
and it had its numerous shortcom.
ings, weaknesses. 1t failed to lay
hands on the Bank Of France; it did
not deal summarily with traitors in
its own ranks; it had the vain hope
of securing peace with Theirs; only at
the last hopeless moment, did it put
Delescluze in charge of the army in
place of the incompetent Cluseret, or
Rossel.
But then, it was composed of such
diverse elements as Blanquists and
members of the First International;
radicals and revolutionaries; serious
rebels and dabblers; honest men and
brave like Delescluze and scoundrels
like Blanchet or mouthers like Felix
Pyat.
Yet it was the working class in
power! The Commune Of the peo-
pies army, the demolisher of the
Vendome column, the seizer of aban-
doned factories, the tally in conflict
which can only end in the triumph of
the communal idea"
The Commune lasted a little over
two months. 1t was drowned in a
sea of its own blood, drawn by the
wretch Gallifet 1t will be forever
celebrated as the glorious harbinger
of new society,"" Marx wrote in the
valedictory which was also the fare
well to the First International
The workers of Europe were not
to rise again for half century, with
the interlude of the heroic Russian
revolution of 1905, when Lenin first
recognized the SoYiets as the form of
the proletarian dictatorship. But
when the proletarian will to power
again expressed itself, when the Rus
sian giant rose and felt it's huge
strength, it had behind it the lessons
of the revolutionary nineteenth cen.
fury. 1t had as its staff and sword
the teachings of the revolutionary
Marx; as its leader, the, iron-wilIed
Lenin. In the image of the First In
ternational it bore from its loins the
Communist International, carrying
the red torch to every corner of the
earth. giving inspiration, hope, and
belief in the coming of the new So
ciety in the proletarian will to
power!
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BY MAX sHAcHTMAN.


1 is also the history of their at
tempts to free themselves from op-
preston; it is the history Of struggle
against the ruling class.
The outstanding struggles of the
working class against the bourgeoisie
in the nineteenth century were the
Chartist movement in England, the
revolutions Of 1S48 in France and Ger
many, and, most important, the Paris
Commune of 1871. 1t is of these that
we shall treat here.
The chartist Movement.
The conditions of the British work
ing class at the middle of the last
century were indescribably horrible
The Reform Bill of 1892 had been OF
advantage to the middle class alone
and left the workers without the suf-
frage. Five years later, one of the
numerous radical societies that had
sprung up all over England, the Lon
don Workingmen's Association,
drafted a six points petition which
later became the Peoples Charter
1t called for equal electoral districts,
universal male suffrage, annual par
liaments, no property qualification
for M. P.'s, the payment of members
and vote by ballots.
To achieve this aim, no revolution
would be necessary. But attracted to
the Chartist movement were the
leaders of the miserable proletariat
of the North" the physical FORESTS
of the Bronterre OBrien type who
made it plain that the Charter was
the preliminary step to social equal.
ity.
Thus, j. j. Coombe, a Chartist jour
nalist, answered the question as to
the object of the Peoples Charter by
writing:
Social equality means that tho all
must work all must be happy. And
now having answered the inquirer as
to what | consider social and political
equality to mean, just let me ask
you, kind reader, one single question,
do you expect that such state of
things, will ever come to pass, by GO
ing down on your Bonded knees and
praying for it? Be not deceived, your
tyrants will never concede justice
till they are compelled; never will
they yield to your demands even till
they are overcome by fire and sword,
and driven or exterminated from the
face of the EARTH"
The Chartist agitation was given
tremendous impetus by the severe
crisis of 1888. The movement gained
thousands of adherents. A conven-
ton which met in February presented
the first petition, and, while awaiting
the result, considered what its policy
would be in the event of rejection.
The physical FORESTS were increasing
their influence to the detriment of
the moral FORESTS led by Lovett. The
situation, considerably aggravated by
the bloody riot in Birmingham, and
the arrest of Lovett, brot the conven-
ton to declare general strike. On
second thot the strike call was with
drawn. but it was too late. Welsh
miners appeared in armed bands
bearing down on Newport with the in
tention of capturing the town and
proceeding to Cardiff. At Newport
they were met with fusillade by the
hidden crown throops and retired IN
confusion.
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Republic!" wrote Marx.

Prophetic words.
The revolt of the Partisan prole-
tariat, lacking in consciousness and
disciplined leadership, falling to real
ize that there was only one means,
in the words of Marx, "of shorten
ing, simplifying, and concentrating
the torturing agonies Of society-only
one means-revolutionary terrorism, -
was butchered by the troops of Cav
aignac in the frightful days of June
The German uprising, a reflex
largely, Of the French attempt, rose
as easily as it was put down. The
revolutions were petty bourgeois, with
few proletarian elements. Order was
restored by the bourgeoisie, the prof.
etariat vigorously suppressed, so that
commerce and finance might continue
unhampered by turmoil!
But from Paris doomed the Red Re-
public!
The Glorious Commune.
On the 18th of March, 1871, the
Evening star., 1924-06-22
BY FRANK G. CARPENTER.

MANILA.
r FIND Manila a new city. The
ragged, dirty. scrambled mu-
nicipality of 1899, with its mud
4 roads. its ss-grown buildings
and its multitudinous shacks, has
largely disappeared, and in it's place
has risen a modern city in the midst
of the old. Some of the best of the
old still stands. but the new is as
conspicuous as a boil on your nose.
You see the change before you enter
Manila Bay, that magnificent body Of
water, almost one-tenth as large as
Massachusetts,. that forms the gate
way to the Philippine Islands.
Roughly, it is a great circle sur
rounded by low mountains. Its only
entrances are two straits, guarded by
forts on the mainland and on the
islands midway between.
The straits are so narrow that you
could shoot game were it visible from
the decks of the steamers, and there
is no chance for a ship to get by the
quarantine station, which is just off
Corregidor. 1t was there that our
steamer came to anchor, and we had
our first experience with the modern
efficiency of the Filipino regime.
Uncle Sam is bound to keep disease
out of the islands, and a report has
gone forth that there is smallpox in
Hongkong This made 1t necessary
for every one on board to be vacci-
mated and to show a certificate that
this had been done. But when the
Evening star., 1924-06-22

American doctor came he would not
trust the certificates and the passen-
gers were lined UP to show the sores
of their fresh vaccinations.
My second experience OF the eff
cheney of the government came with
the customs The inspectors were
brown, English-speaking Filipinos,
clad in spotless suits of white duck.
They were very polite, but their in
spection was rigid.
1t took us less than two hours to
cross the great bay to Mania. Here
a new harbor greeted my eyes. A
concrete breakwater several miles
long has been built in the shape of a
great white half moon around the
mouth of the Pasig River, shutting
out the storms of the bay. This half
moon is split in the center by mar
row passage through which the
steamers go in. Beyond it a space large
enough to accommodate all the ships
of our Navy has been deepened 30
that big ocean steamers car sail
right up to the wharves.
This necessitated an enormous
amount of dredging. The earth re-
moved was dropped along the Old
shore. building up some thousands of
acres. On this new land are ware
houses and other buildings and great
parks, one of which is known as the
New Luneta. The hotel where l am
writing this letter, huge four-story
concrete building covering perhaps
half an acre. is built or this made
land, and across the park are 10 be
seen the homes of the Army and Navy
Club, the Elks' Club and other con-
spicuous structures.
Farther down on the other side of
the Pasig are the great piers that
have risen to accommodate the i'm
mense commerce at this principal
gate to the Philippine Islands. The
piers compare in length with those of
New York, and a half dozen ocean
Evening star., 1924-06-22

INDIA are the land OF contrash; for
right around corner there sets a
awfully clean church owned by a re-
ligeous sex called Jains (Janes). This
temple resembles a fancy ice box
with walls all covered with pic
torial jelly made in Germany. Be-
cause these simpul people think my
shoes are bIacker than my sox they
wish me remove my bootware. When
see Hon. High Priest l say,
Dearest Sir. thanks for so much
cleanness." For that he report. US
Jains do not think it is respectable
to approach the Celestial One in filthy
condition"
For this reason the Jains is regard
ed with horror by all other East In
dians. l think ! shall join them when
/ get back, If ever.
From this we change cars for OAR
jeeling. the top side Of the Universe.
In factly, Mr.. Editor, persons don't
do anything but change cars and
change clothes on this up elm bing
trip. and when changing you usually
lose both.
Anglo-Indian RRs is just like
earthquakes in any other country. He
bounce you out of bed when he feel
Evening star., 1924-06-22
UP-TO-DATE FOOD SCIENCE
Tubh Achieved SbAere Of
Eager Search BIZ World for Perfect Breakfast D;h

Menu for Annual Luncheon Of an
Artists League.
Hors d'Osuvre-Air.
Soup-Nitrogen.
Ffsh-Gasoline
Piece de Resistance-100 Cal Spinach
Dessert-More Spinach.
T EFT US now ask-because we must
keep on asking something's it
possible to obtain any simple pre-
pared food which contains all the re-
quired ingredients in exactly the
right proportion, and has such a food
ever been discovered? We answer 1t
is and it has.
This marvellous achievement of sci
ence was consummated in the dis
covery of Humpo, the perfect break
fast food obtainable at all grocers.
I do not know whether our readers
have ever heard of Humpo. They
may have lived so far out of the
main current of modern thought that
they know nothing of 1t. But at
least they have read on the billboards
of various preparations similar yet
inferior. Readers should be eau
toned never to accept these inferior
preparations No matter what per
suasion or Establishment may be used,
they should answer. mo, / want
Humpo."
Students of this subject know how
long and how eagerly the world had
sought perfect breakfast food Ben
jamin Franklin Is said to have said
that if there had been q perfect
breakfast food there would have been
no Declaration Of Independence Ma.
poleon at St Helena often remarked
that with a perfect breakfast food
he would have won the battle Of
Waterloo, and Abraham Lincoln, in
his droll way, once said that if he
had a perfect breakfast food h
wouldn't take any breakfast.
But for years the greatest scien-
lists worked in vain. Sir Humphy
Davy, Charles Darwin and Thomas
Huxley were compelled to abandon
the problem II remained for DR.
Oscar P. kloonspotz TO solve ii. The
picture of DR.. kIoonspotz may be
seen far and wide.
1t was his task to prepare a food
product containing exactly the right
amount or starch. mud and phos-
phorus to supply the great life
giving elements with just enough
amygdaloid to make 1t palatAbIe- AS
soon as he had done this De Kloon-
spotz-rightly called the Wizard of
Food-gave his preparation to the
world. 1t may be now had any
where, put up in a sealed package
| merely in money.
(Copyrght, fS24)
Evening star., 1924-06-22

tempted to do so. We was bounced
out among Hindus at hour when
milkman can't wake up, and there
we was on a platform called Silly
Cure pronounced SilicurD & there
we got on boy-size train which are
so narra-gage & so crooked that you
could run II through a McAroni Fac
tory without knocking anything
down. Swack-swack! say whistle
horsely like sick hen, and neXtly we
knew we was splunging uply into
Himalayas.
HimaIayas, Mr.. Editor, looks just
like Rocky Mts would look If they
had no rocks & was covered with
tea Axually! Right up and down
crags & cliffs those tea farmers has
chopped the land into 10000s of dirt
stairways & planted tea bushes in
rows & rows that goes right uply to
the backdoor of heaven. When a
Dar5eeling farmer wish plow his
patch he do SO with a pick-axe. While
riding up that very high road you
can gaz down on miles of tea un-
til you feel dizzy in the stummick.
"In this location tea are STEPPED
pretty o. k" say Cousin Nogi for
slight practical ioke
Evening star., 1924-06-22

While uply & uply we sore like
airships 1 notice something else curio.
These hilly-people of India is so nice
& pleased to meet you that 1t al
most bursts the heart.
What make them seem so happy
all time?" I ask to know.
Because they are not Hindus," mar
rate Cousin Nogi. who grow almost
bright with high ATTITUDES.
And this are indeedly the cass.
These mountin-top folks is nothing
but Chinese wearing their clothes in
different places. Imagine any Yellow
Peril laundryman with turquoise ear
rings, fur caps. English army pants
& pair of Russian boots painted
like a Seattle totim pole. That are
how those natives looks to us when
they come down to station with hand
out expression peculiar to all wor-
shippers of Back-sheesh when Ameri-
cans are arriving.
x X X
NATIVES of this slightly savage
land are a Chinese extract who
walk into India from Thibet. which
are about same distance from Dar-
jeeling as 42d street from saith street.
(Continued on Seyenth Pare \
Evening star., 1924-06-22
River Mud.

A MoNG the multifarious duties Of
"A the United States geological sur
vey Is investigation sf the quality of
the water in rivers and streams
throughout the country. The Colo
rado River discharges into the Gulf
of California every year s5s, ,00o, ,0o0
tons of mud and silt as suspended
matter. In addition. the dissolved
substances in the water include A.
10000 tons Of Glauber's salt, 4.000,o 90
tons of nme, more than 2.oo0,ooo tons
OF gypsum and more than z-500,0
tons OF epson salt The discharge of
salt from the Colorado is equal to
twenty tons annually for each square
mile drained by the river. but. In pro-
portion to the size Of the area drain
ed. this amount is far less than that
contained in 1850 tons for each
square mile Of area drained
Evening star., 1924-06-22

To Editor The STAR who oftenly
leave home & play Kelly Pool SO
be can get change of scenery.
~ DEAREST SIR: Because we
seen so muchly of Hindu re-
lidgeon that our headache &
- we commence scratching just
tike all native patriots, me & Nogi
decide we should shove on into high
Himalayas where air and inhabitants
is more fresh than in fat countries
of India.
Therefore we go to Calcutta, which
are the jumpingup place for persons
wishing see Darjeeling, high spot of
India, right under eyebrow OF Mt.
Everest.
/ shall tell you all the history of
Calcutta. which we obtain right after
lunching.
Calcutta were dishcovered in 1890
by a Englishman who got there at 5
pm. therefore must stop for tea.
After that he bilt a tennis court and
felt at home. Since that date Eng
land have been working with cansid
erable fever to make d city which
resemble Springfield. Ill They even
copy the Springfield Capitol Bldg &
call him Victoria Memorial The CAL
cutters admire Americans & initiate
their grandness of style in several
things. For instancely. while | were
3ourneying through that splandid
town what did i dishcover in Hon.
Calcutta Statesman "a newspaper) ?
There were extremely comickIe
arctickle by Hashimura Togo, clipped
a hN.l a. u
d Cousins, publishers, Think how In
dia, SO distantly from Chicago, can
not get long very well without read
ing my immoral works:
Calucutta are famus for it's Eng
hshmen. When you see one % of
those walking through streets in his
sot stockings, sportaway coat. a
spit helmet a 1eft-handed eyeglass
you got no time to be astonished at
the Hfndus, who are merely boneless
& full of a cheap kind of maleria.
Calcutta have got another sacred
river with Irish name. 1t are called
the Hoogii. 1t are not so sacred as
Ganges, therefore leprosy are scarcer.
The outside edge of Calcutta are
famus for temples. priests & other
drawbacks. The English side OF
Calcutta look like it have been
dry-cleaned and ironed every morn
ing by a London tailor; the Hindu
side look like 1t have been massaged
in mud by Brahmin. To this later
place. we went & observe a Hindu
temple as long as our noses would
stand it while priests was cutting up
q sacred calf and sprinkling him all
over holy places to attract flies. l
were going TO say that this are the
dirtiest temple in India, but after
Benares I are willing to enter a pig
penn, think il are a good u. S. res
taurant.
Evening star., 1924-06-22

liners were lying at them as we came
in.
There are four Of these piers. The
first is reserved for the United States
Army. The second is 500 feet long,
and the shed behind covers more than
three-fourths of an acre. We could
see a huge steam crane working as
we came in. The third pier is longer,
and is also equipped with a steam
crane and elevators.
The fourth pier is not yet COM
pieted, but it is the largest pier of the
far east and it stands upon concrete
piles, two feet square and 110 feet
long. These piers are about a mile
from what was the shore of the ocean
when / was here in 1899. Uncle Sam
pressed the button, and our Filipino
cousins erected them almost as rap
idly as the slaves Of the lamp built
the Palace of Aladdin.
They are needed. The foreign trade
of the islands has grown by leaps and
bounds since they got free trade with
America, and it now amounts to
$15O,000,000 year. This, in round
numbers, is equal to SIS per annum
for every family that lives on the
island. Per capita, it is more than
that of any island group of the far
east 1t even surpasses that of
Japan. and Isl many times the per
capita trade of China or India. 1t is
twenty-five times as great as 1t was
when the American flag was first
raised.
y
THERE are motor trucks and auto
= mobiles everywhere, and this is
one df the best motor vehicle mar
kets of the far east. There are more
than 1900 automobiles on the is
lands, and several thousand right
here in Manila. Carabaos and ponies
are still in evidence, and you can hire
a rubber-ti calesa for about 5o