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while to throw sorne detailed light
upon 1t. The most powerful news ag-
encies Of the world form a single con-
Germ, known under the name Of the
associated telegpraphio agencies. The
following agencies are members Of
this organization:
Reuter- (England), Oficial News Of
fee (Austria), Agence Telegraphique
Beige (Belgium), Agence Telegraph
Que (Bulgaria), Rihaus Buros (Den-
mrak), Agenca Fabra SPAIN, Fin
isko Notirburo (Finland), Agence
d'Athene (Greece), NiederIande Tele-
graf Agnetschat (Holland), Agence
Telegraphique Hongrois (Hungary),
Agence Stefani Qtaly), Norsk Tele-
grammburo Norway, Agence Tele-
graphique Polonaise (Poland), Havas
(France), Havas (PortugaD, Orient
Radio (Roumania), Swedish Tele-
graph Agency (Sweden), Agence
Suisse Switzerland, Tscheteka,
(Czechoslovskia), Agence d'Antolie
turkey, Agence d'Avala (Yugoslav-
iaJ, Eta (Lithuania), Esta (Esthon-
ia), Latvian Telegraph Agency (Lat-
via), Associated Press North Amer
fca), Havas (South America), Reuter-
(China) Wolff Germany, Kokissai
(Japan).
THIS list is sufficient evidence that
4 this organization spreads its rami-
fications all over the world. All these
news agencies have contracts with
one another. On the terms Of these
agreements these agencies exchange"
news with one another, each agency
reserving the right in the first place
Of refusing to publish certain news,
and secondly Of having news whose
publication and dissemination appear
Of special Importance circulated, ac-
companied by special notice, at the
expense Of the agency. In actual
practice this agreement means that
the Wolff office, Reuter-, Havas, Ste
FAM, etc.. remit to Germany, England,
France, Italy, ETC., only such news of
Yugoslavia as the Yugoslavian gov
eminent wishes to be published, and
whose publication does not run coun-
ter to the interests Of the govern
ments Of the countries concerned The
formulation, standpoint, and journal
istic political treatment of events is
left to each individual agency Thus
we learn nothing about Japan except
what the Japanese government wishes
us to learn, and that in form and
! calculation which appears desirable
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The Problem of Getting the News

to the Japanese government. And
this does not apply to Japan only, but
to the whole world.
1t may of course be pointed out
that these are not the only agencies
in the world; there are a number of
other and independent agencies. In
the United States there is the United
Press, in England the Exchange COM
pany, in France the Radio" and San
Fill" in Germany the Telegraphic
Union, etc. But these agencies are
again associated in cartels; some of
them are even more reactionary than
the members Of the great concern,
and they are in any case one and
all bourgeois agencies.
COME feeble efforts have been made
~ towards founding agencies better
representing working class interests.
Thus the Federated Press" was
formed in America, but its lack of
capital scarcely permits it to compete
with the great agencies. And in Ger
many there is the social democratic
parliament service" which has of late
made the attempt to organize a for
eign service. But all these organiza-
lions are but weak, and the social
democratic parliament service" is nat
urally social democratic.
Up to now the Communist parties
have made no attempt at forming in
dapaudaut oOapoiaa for fba nauyo Sarv
ice. The German Communist Party
forms praiseworthy exception to this
rule, for 1t has founded the "Commun-
list Press Service" which at least re-
ports the events of the German labor
movement from their original sources.
The Geographic agency of the "Inpre7
corr" took up this work lately, but
has so far been obliged to confine
itself to reporting information on the
most important events in the labor
movement, on party life in Soviet
Russia, on the white terror, etc.
At the present time the Communist
press is thus dependent on the bour-
geois sources for information regard
ing the most important events taking
place in the labor movement Of the
West, and even for information on the
revolutionary movement in the East.
The fact that some few Communist or
gans here and there possess their
own reporters makes no difference to
this, or at least very little.
WHAT have we to do? 1t would be
w exceedingly simple to issue a
] slogan. We must have our own Com
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information referring to the Soviet
Union, and overcomes incredible diff
culties ip the determined effort to full
fiji it's task. But for news from all
other countries we are dependent on
the bourgeois telegraphic agencies.
These bourgeois news agencies
which represent as general rule the
most reactionary of capitalist groups,
are under the control of the govern
ments, or are frequently enuf more re-
dictionary in tendency than even the
governments. This is the case in
England, where the Reuter- agency is
completely in the hands of the South
African diamond fields and gold mines,
and of the groups of capitalists pos
sessing large interests in India. 1t
is again the case in France, where the
Havas agency works hand in hand
with the right wing of the bloc ma
tional.
INFORMATION from abroad is thus
furnished by news agencies under
the control Of either reactionary cap
italist groups or of their governments.
In both cases the news agencies are
Influenced and inspired by the gov
ernments in questions of foreign poll
cies. There is no need to point out
the effect this is bound to have on the
nature of the information impaired.
Facts are passed over in silence, mis-
represented, exaggerated, in accord
ance with the requirements and inter
ests of the governments and ruling
groups concerned. Even in Marks
lifetime this was so much the case
that he was able to write in letter
to Kugelmann that the capitalist press
of today is capable Of creating leg
ends and myths within a few weeks or
months. And the up-to-date legends
of the capitalist press are as well
adapted to supporting the interests OF
the up-to-date ruling class as the leg.
ends of the ancients and of the middle
ages were adapted to maintaining the
interests of the rulers of those days
Midges are represented as elephants
and elephants as midges, according to
requirements.
The most dangerous part of it is that
the news service Of the world is so or
ganized that the French, English, Ger
man, and other telegraphic agencies
not only serve the ends of the French
English, German and other govern
ments, but the interests of all the gov
ernments of the world. This fact is
but little recognized, and it is wortl
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from which the city was getting its
food supplies.
Up until the end of 1924 there was
no possibility of rebuilding these
bridges The Dnieper is the Missis-
sipppi of the Ukraine. There was no
money to spare for such an enormous
construction, and no machinery on
hand for such job Finally in No
yember, 1924 they began to work on
the reconstruction of the main bridge.
The work was divided among the diff
ferent mills and foundries of the city.
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THE weakest side of the Communist
L press is undoubtedly its informa-
tory side. We are not concerned with
the question Of whether our press
keeps its working class readers well
or badly informed in the journalistic
sense. We are not concerned with
the various journalistic methods of
dishing up information.
But the fact remains that in point
of actual information we are weak, ex-
traordinarily weak. Our press is
young, we have but few qualified col
laborators at our disposal, our press
is financially weak, depends solely
upon the penny of the workers, re-
fuses to share the wages of corrup-
ton which form the main source of
income of the bourgeois and social
democratic press.
But information, news,-in a capital
list state of society these are a COM
modify, they cost money, and money
is scarce in our press undertakings.
TT is thus easily comprehensive that
L our press is badly off with regard
to information, and that we cannot
compete with the great guns of the
bourgeois land social democratic)
press. We should be the victims of a
delusion if we were to assume our
selves capable Of competing.
1t is not the case, and will not be
the case for a long time to come.
With the exception of the press ofthe
Soviet Union, whose information
service, if not exactly brilliant, is at
least better organized than that Of the
press of our Western Ito say nothing
at all of our Eastern) parties, our
news service is not only in a very
sorry condition, but we have no Com
munist foreign news service whatever
And this is the pivot upon which the
whole matter depends. 1t is here that
we must apply the lever if we are &c
accomplish anything.
The position must be faced openly
and the fact recognized that we pos
sess no Communist news service.
THE bourgeoisie is thoroly vel
L aware Of the value of information
The information service. of the world
is organized at the present time In
such manner that even the Com
munist press is dependent for informa
ton on bourgeois sources. There II
aim v,1v NJ 0fbar oO,trca Of iv,for,,, n iov,
1t is true that the "Rosta" furnishe
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Ohio" author of "Christianism and
Communism. Bishop Brown is prob
ably the best known rebel churchman
in the world today because he has figur-
ed in several heresy trials for his be-
liefs, the last of them only recently
in Ohio. He has always supported
every working class defense cause and
will take part in this great unity
effort.
Another speaker is expected to be
Alexander Howatt, the fighting chief
Of the Kansas coal diggers, who him.
self went to jail time after time to
fight TO a FRAGILE Gov. Aliens notori.
GUS Industrial court law.
There will be other well-known
figures among the delegates who will
speak az the mass meeting. Among
them will be William Y. Foster, Scott
Nearing and Q. e. Ruthenberg. The
meeting will be held at Temple Hail.
the headquarters OF the Plasterers'
Union, at Marshheld Ave. and Van
Buren, street.
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They began to construct first the
needed machinery for the works, OBJ
tanning some of 1t from other Russian
cities.
1t was quite big job, but they did
it. They "Americanized Bolshevism"
as one of the workers expressed it.
They worker two shifts and in some
cases three shifts. About thousand
workers participated in all. 1t took
them about nine months to do it, but
finally, on May 10th of this year they
celebrated the official opening of the
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DOUKHABORS ARE !.
Prosecuted BY
BRITISH POLICE
Pacifst Sect Robbed of
Their Property

VICTORIA, B. &C., June 14.-Here is
story rivalling in cold-blooded cruel
ty the incident which the poet Long
fellow immortalized in Evangeline. It
did not happen nj Bulgaria but here
in British Columbia under the protec-
ton Of the Union Jack, the flag that is
reputed to stand for the liberties
which the pirate empire holds in trust
for all those who come under her jur-
isdiction.
The Doukabor. religious sect, OPP
posed to war, settled down in British
Columbia. Because they are con-
scious directors against bloodshed or
violence of any sort, they refused to
send their children to the government
schools where they would be taught
that killing in behalf of the ruling
class was highest form Of virtue.
In retaliation for their refusal to
send their children to the govern
ment schools, the police broke into
the Doukabor offices, took all their
books. papers, safe and other office
eqipment. They seized the mill where
the years supply Of wheat was stored.
They seized all the possessions of this
paciflst sect and put them up for
auction. A tractor that cost 100000
was sold for $780, An automobile
worth $4,000 was sold for $500. In
all $4,000 worth Of property went
under the hammer for $250.00
Police Without Pity
Here is an excerpt from a letter
written by a Doukabor to radical in
Victoria: when the police were
taking the -four and wheat a lot Of
men and women begged the police not
to take their last bread; to have pity
on the children and not to leave us
without bread, but the police did not
pay any attention to the entreaties Of
the women and children. Then all
knell and cried and prayed for the
police to pity them, but the crowd Of
200 men were bold to make them
act fearlessly.
"Our people asked them not to take
the seeds that we're set aside for
planting. The police replied by beat
ing them savagely, with whips and
sticks. One woman was hurt so bad
that she was taken to the house un-
conscious and she is still in bed. She
has four children. They beat the men
also very badly and many were bleed.
ing. And now good friends we write
you the exact truth and ask you to
come to our add
There is a valuable lesson IN the
treatment accorded to the Doukabor.
by the capitalists of British Columbia.
Those unfortunate people were into
Vancouver to break the latest long
shoremens' strike in that port. The
Doukabor did not know what 1t was
all about, so they scabbed. They
served the master class WELL And
what is their reward? The foregoing
story is the answer.
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New Laws won,t HeIp N.nro.s

Sc
TO the DAILY WORKER: II notice
IN today's paper James Weldon John
son Of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People
says, $50 long as the states fail to
put an end to this disgrace to our
country just so long will there be a
public demand for a federal law to
put the power of the federal govern
ment behind the suppression of lynch
ing"
From my own observation l fail to
notice that the federal government
cares any more about the Negroes
than the states. When l was in the
army at Camp Jackson, S. c., there
were some Negro soldiers in the pris-
on camp. These men we're charged
with mutiny. These men were kept
in prison about a year without trial.
Held in Prison Illegally.
One day l asked an officer whether
these men could be held that way and
whether it was not a violation of one
Of the articles of war which says, "If
man can not be tried in As days
he must be released but can be brot
to trial within a year"
The officer told me they could not
but that their council lilly white" had
never asked to have them tried.
This statement can be verified by
Capt. Fowler of Company c.. 4Sth In
fantry or most any of the men under
his command between July IL, 1919,
and Iulv II 1q2O-Annos = KIRK
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-16
DRAG OUT OLD
Law TO CONVICT
YOUNG COMRADES
Offense Is Literature
Distribution

NEW YORK, June 1.-THE two
young comrades, Brandt and Freid-
man, who were arrested before May
Day for distributing circulars of the
Young Workers League addressed to
students in the high schools have
been found guilty. The court dragged
out an old law, called the "dragnet
provision" This law covers every
thing that other laws do not. 1t holds
persons who act contrary to the
public peace, or seriously disturb the
public peace" guilty of heinous Of
Tense. It is a very flexible law, and
allows the Judge to act as he pleases
in interpreting it.
This law was called to the atten-
ton of the court b detective, who at
the behest of his masters, wished to
protect the high school students from
learning what the situation OF the
working class Is The leafet of the
Y. w. L. pointed out to the students
the shame Of the system that speaks
Of democracy and the multidunious
opportunities" offered to the people
Of this country to rise to lofty posi-
tons, and called on the students to
recognize their real position and to
join with the workers in demonstrate
ing on May Day.
Sentence on June 10.
For this serious crime" the two
young comrades have been found
guilty. The penalty is / year, or an
indeterminate sentence Of months to
years. Sentence will be passed on
June 19.
This decision is in line with the up.
holding Of the conviction of Comrade
Gitlow and the affirmation of hte Grim
inal anarchy law in this state and the
probable susctainment Of the criminal
syndicalism laws in all the states of
the country. 1t is apparent that the
government is making all prepare,
tons to wage another attack on the
entire working class Of the country
and is concentrating its attention first
on the Communists. This must be
met with united front on the part OF
all workers in this country. Reaction
is setting in and only the united ef
forts of the workers can combat it.
The time for such united front has
come, and all trade unions, workers
organizations, ETC., must prepare to
meet the new challenge.
The Labor Defense Council is fight
ing the cases and needs funds very
badly. Contributions should be sent
at once to the Labor Defense Council
New York Section, 1OS E. 14th St.
New York City.
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seek dino SAVING sehemea.

MOSCOW. June 14.-Leon Trotsky
has been appointed chairman Of the
commission for raising the pro-
ductivity Of labor. In addition he also
is a member Of the presidium, or SUI
preme economic council; chairman OF
the concessions committee and head
Of the scientific and technical branch
Of the supreme council.
His first step in his new position
today was to offer premiums to work.
ers fro labor and time-saving schemes.
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Other business taken up at this well
attended and enthusiastic meeting in
cluded raising Of local bail fund and
progress in the organizing of ex-
service men for a determined cam
paign for the freedom OF Crouch and
Trumbull. imprisoned u. S. soldiers
It was decided to meet every Friday
night until the national conference on
June rs. at Greek Workers Hall, 722
blue Island Ave.
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LABOR DEFENSE COUNCIL CALLS FOR
"RALLY AGAINST REACTION" JUNE e

principal
day
meeting
Montgomery Brown bishop
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-02
The Political Meaning of the
Letter of the E. c. c. |.
to the German Party

(Reprinted from Pravda.l
9 A LII those who hold dear the in
- terests of the world revolution
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-02
The French Debt

spokesman their heads off about the
% country" by European nations France in
particular settlement that indicated by the
aions progress between Caaux and Mellon fairly con-
fnancecapa going
the French ruling bankruptcy That ruling class is STILL
hostility British Imperialism valuable asset
dispose matter Of few billion dollars
imperialism prefers keep France under its thumb
allows therefore the rate of $4OOOOOO year
total debt of This is at the rate Of
debtor will adj
nit.
generous revised any time and they
Morgan will continue be the real ruler
economy will be forced to adjust
itself 0 the needs of Wall Street
The needs the opposite of those of the French working
peasantry Germany plan under
other will throw the whole burden their shoulders
Oveshadowng all the phrases the diplomats and nan
put public consumption the basic facthat
appendage imperialism the
of will have be repaid hundredfod
by still brutal suppression and exploitation of the French
masses.
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More GunbOqt Diplomacy in China

The American gunboat Paos rushed 00 miles
the Yngtze river following the alleged firing 200 shots by
What bloody possibilities there in Incidents such this
The gunmen of American diplomacy American writer has
called the naval detachmens recently responsible but
the department and the they have presented the American
with than wholesale buttheIy Of backward peoples
neither hushed justified in the face popular clamor
The Chinese people with pain struggle throwing
off the yoke of their reanary ruling class and that of the
foreign expoes Slowly they uniting their country, divided
again the military hefains and poroned among
the powers national labor the inabe sign of
the Advancement Of the rapidly arising In many
of them difficult for those who live in highly ndustriaized
the Chinese workers peasants with
organizations playing leading lifting
the ignorance poverty that western capitalism
is largely responsible for perpetrating
American shpowners have been regarded angels of
light it certain that the American
which into difficulty 400 miles the river from Shanghai
engaged in no altruistc mission.
plain words business there, yet
being upon enemy Chinese
than gunboat is dispatched terrorize the natives
OF late there has been etdown in the carried by the
iaist press the Chinese situation The popular opinion
that the crisis that pending the conference
the Chinese and the the question of
duties erroraly the aggession of the i'm
periaIists will
The dispatch of u gunboat to the interior of China
that this idea American and warshps still
China They the Chinese
any reaconay uprising that be utilized thwa the
Chinese liberation movement
of the Chinese developments that is carried by the
capitalist emphasizes the danger of the Boshev
If the mtarits choose slaughter Chinese
workers. and students will undoubtedly in the
holy of freeing hemnd American businessmen in China
from the menace of Boshevism."
Shanghai Japanese British Amer
lean mperaist interests could not work together tremendously
aho thieves they had things The other powers
hand if her activity threatens their
privileges mperiaist worldwide
character such adventures that of the gunboat Paos
the Workers Communist Party of America is
Just as forcible today it three months ago
Bring American warships and troops out of China!