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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-10
LABOR nv THE FAR EAST

into touch with any movement. The
art of maneuvering such masses, of
making sharp turns, requires, in addi-
ton to a certain political maturity,
cleverness and tact on the part of the
leaders, and also, and particularly,
complete confidence in them on the
part of the masses.
THE main body of the strikers was
4 made up, as is known of the work
ers employed in British and Japanese
establishments. The latest dispatches
indicate that the strike in the Japan
ese factories has been settled in a
manner denoting serious, even if in
complete victory for the workers. The
workers of the. British establishments
still continue to strike. This again
bears witness to the strong contact
existing between the council and the
laboring masses. Only this contact
permits of such organized step by
step liquidation Of this grand strike,
when one section Of the front is be-
ing liquidated, while at the others the
struggle continues undated. The en-
tire weight and force of the struggle
will now be concentrated against
Britain, and this is the best guarantee
that on this front as well the Shang-
hal workers will be victorious.
The Hongkong strike, tho direct
continuation of that of Shanghai, has,
however, one distinct aspect. Its char
acter is purely political, it being a
clear expression of the national
emancipation struggle conducted by
the revolutionary means and methods
at the disposal of the working class.
In contra-distinction to Shanghai,
which is Chinese city with special
settlements and concessions for for
oigners the Hongkong island is a pure
ly British colony and Grown" colony
at that, that is, colony subject to
the crown" which appoints its gov.
eronr and vests him with the greatest
powers. However, the working popu-
latlon of this island, running up to
100000 people (as against 5000 Brit
ishers) is entirely Chinese.
IT is hardly possible to name another
place on the Pacific where British
Imperialism has been revealing itself
more markedly, more insolently, than
in Hongkong. A handful of big cap.
italists, backed by an adequate mill,
tary force under the command of the
governor, is having full and unlimited
sway on the island. There is one
trouble, however; within six hours
travel by steamer on the opposite
shore is Canton (the capital of the
Kwantung province. with a popula
ton of close to 4O,O0O,OOO), the fore
most revolutionary city in China
with its Kuomintang government
friendly to Soviet Russia; a city
where the labor government is de
veloping freely, and where a revolu
tionary army of workers and peasants
has been created. In short, a city that
is the very opposite of Hongkong
which essit with the deepest hatred
as hotbed Of the "Bolshevist germ
that is spreading thruout China por
tending nothing good to Britishers
The working population of Hongkong
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-10
.PRAVDA GREETS
CZECH WORKERS
ON ELECTIONS
Communist Party Polls
Million Votes
BY IMPREcoR

MOSCOW, u. S. S. R., Dec. S.-The
Pravada welcomes the election sue
cesses Of the Communist Party Of
Czecho-Slovakia which has received a
million votes and has become the
second strongest party in parliament.
Svery seventh elector in Czecho-
Slovakia has declared himself a con-
scious enemy of capitalism and a sup
porter of Communism. The success
is all the greater because the Czech
party recently experienced an inter-
nal crisis from which the social-demo-
Gratis had hoped much.
The so-called independent Commun-
list party with Bubnik at its head, en-
bracing the renegade elements, did
not receive a single seat. The victory
in the elections was the victory Of
the feminist policy over the oppor-
tunists.
The elections have proved beyond
doubt that the Communist Party is
the strongest political factor in the
Czecho-Slovakian working class move
ment. The success will naturally re-
suit in an increase Of the work carried
on by the party amongst the Masses
The recruiting strength of the party
must be increased and the existing
foothold among the peasantry and the
national minorites must be enlarged.
In the future it must be prevented
that German workers give their votes
to the social-democracy The Com
munist Party of Czecho-Slovakia has
accomplished excellent electoral work.
The revolutionary proletariat of the
whole world sends the brother party
in Czecho-Slovakia its warmest greet
ings
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-10
Keep Red Flag Flying

LONDON-FP)-All efforts to dis
place the Red Flag as the anthem of
British organized labor have failed, ac-
cording to the admission of The Daily
Herald, which has been running a
competition to discover whether a
better labor song than the Red Flag
could be written or composed. The
judges have decided that not one of
the songs sent in is worthy of the
prize and so no prize is to be awarded.
The competition was started after
a speech of Ramsay Macdonald in
which he criticized the Red Flag and
said, I'VE still want our great labor
song" MacDonald's criticism brought
a deluge OF protests from labor circles
all over the country. sl'his song has
so long been associated with every
labor struggle in Great Britain, that
remarkable emotional loyalty to it
has been developed among all sec.
lions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-10

practice along the shores of Lake
Michigan in Chicago, nor seen the
dupe clerks and other funkies doing
the hep, hep, hep" in the capitalist
arsenals in the cities of the entire
nation.
So far, brother farmer, you may
go alone with your cooperative socie-
ties and no further, than the big boys
want you to go, until they first stop
you with injunctions, as they did the
raisin growers, and if they cannot
stop you that way they will shootlyou
into submission as they do workers
who fight their battles alone in isolat-
ed unions.
Yoakum is but the agent of Hoover
and Hoover is the agent of big bust
ness and banking. Yoakum would
furnish you a leadership from the top
and the top is Wall STREET. In mat
tiers not, understand me, If every act
of Yokum is sincere and every dol
lar he spends is because of principle,
the results will be the same. AS
Bryan led you into the old democrat
party so Yoakum will lead you into
the Wall Street shearing pen.
Mr.. Yoakum carries in his paper
"The Farm Magazine, the very same
kind of cartoons that were carried in
populist papers, thirty-five years ago.
Those papers were usually edited and
controlled by men Of about the same
state of mind as Yoakum. | warn
you again, as they led you then so he
win lead you now, unless you give up
your independence" and come to the
full realization that all labor is inter
dependent and must form a united
front in a labor party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-10

apendages OF the old political parties.
For instance when the politicians
fused" the populists in 1896 with the
Bryan Democrats and later on with
the Roosevelt republicans.
In our contention that the farmers
movement, as well as the wage work
ers movement, needs a scientific nue.
leus, such as the Communist idea and
organization furnishes, we do not
wont it to appear as a mere egotisti-
cal assumption. We need cnly point
out how well our leaders Cs the past
understood the fate CT the American
farmers political efforts. 1t was Fred
erick Engels, co-workor with Karl
Marx, who wrote, in 1892 to his friend
Serge that "the American farmer as
class have not the strength for the
formation of an indepe ndent political
party. They can only fight the bour-
geoisie and its big parties under the
leadership Of mass party Of the
American workers, which In turn is
led by a Marxist party"
False Co-operatives.
The invasion Of men like Yoakum
of the Frisco railroad into the ranks
of the leaders of the American Farm
ers Cooperative movement shows the
same "decoy duck" tendencies as took
place in the political moven ents Of
twenty-five years ago. The American
farmer must soon learn that he can
not cooperate himself out Of bondage
without joining forces with the wage
workers organizations, and then going
much further, in establishing an &C.
onomic and political unity that
can withstand the combined financial
and industrial plunderbund II mat
ters not how much you farmer editors
talk of peaceful means, in bringing
about q change, all OF you acknowl-
edge to me in private that "The cap
italist will not surrender without a
struggle" We simply ask you and
your fellow farmers IL you are going
to wait until the day of the struggle
to prepare yourselves even theoret-
icnlly for the struggle? If so, you
have not seen the mounted gatling
guns on the top of skyscrapers, nor
witnessed the capitalist doing target
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-10
STATE BANK OF UNION
OF SOVIET REPUBLICS
ASSETS S2OO,OOO,OOO
BY WILLIAM r. KRUSE.
Especial to The Daily Worker)


MOSCOW, U. S. S. r., Dec. g.
The most recent financial statement
of the issue department Of the State
Bank of the Union of Socialist So
Wet Republics shows assets Of al
most 5000, 900 900, Of which $54,ooo,-
900 are covered by gold and pIstin-
UNI and 81, 100000 by foreign cur
rency. The assets are sufficient to
cover 100000 more than the total
issue of bank notes to date.
The total issue Of "chervonetz"
to date amounts to S75,6s5,676. The
chervonetz contains 119.4826 grains
of fine gold and Is equal to $5.14L2.
The chervonetz notes mostI'' in
circulation are in denominations of
one, three, five and ten. In addi-
ton there are one, three and five
rubIe notes, silver coins Of 10, IS, 20
and so kopeks and one rouble, and
copper coins for one, two, three and
five kopeks. The coins are all
beautifully designed and we'll mint
ed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-10
Raise Pay of Mayors
Aid But Down Firemen

ST. LOUIS-(FP)-The st. Louis
board OF estimates and apportion-
ment, under the new anti-labor may
or composed of the mayor as chair
man, the comptroller and the presi-
dent of the board of aldermen, dis
carded all traces of consistency by
approving a salary boost of $1,000 a
year for the mayors secretary, fixing
his pay at $4,000. The board, which
passes upon salary ordinances enact
ed by the aldermen, vetoed $25
monthly pay boost which was grant
ed the city firemen by a 3 to l refer
ground that the city was broke. The
firemen have asked the supreme court
to decide if three politicians can over
ride a mandate of the people.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-10
MOSCOW METAL TRADES
UNIONS invite GERMANS
TO SEND DELEGATION
Especial to The Daily wOrkerl

NOPGNldl 10 NNG 0aafJ ~ "Ctl
MOSCOW, U. S. S. R.,-(6y MaiD
The following telegram sent by
the presidium OF the fifth congress
of the Metal Workers Union of the
Moscow district calls upon the Ger
man Metal Workers Union to send
a delegation to Moscow where they
will be able to study the conditions
under which workers in the metal
trades in the Soviet Union work and
to establish closer relations between
the two unions:
"The fifth congress of the metal
workers, of the Moscow district
which has Just taken place sends
proIetarian greetings in the name of
hundreds of thousands of organized
metal workers in the Moscow dis
trict to the metal workers in Berlin.
II instructed the chairman of the
district committee, Striyeffsky, to
send an invitation to the Berlin me-
tai workers in the name of our con-
gress, to visit Moscow, and to study
the development Of the metal indus
try and the life of the workers and
the nature of their trade union or
CARNATIONS.
Long live the unity of the metal
workers Of all countriesl
Long live the international unity
Of the revolutionary working class
movement
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-10
PATRIOTS WOULD
CONTROL FOREIGN
LANGUAGE PRESS
Demand Constitution Be
Printed in Each Issue
BY SYLVAN A. PoLLAcK.
Especial to The Daily Worker)

NEW YORK CITY, Dec. S.--A move
to force all foreign language newspa-
pers in this country to print in each
issue in English half column on the
constitution or the history of the
United States, was launched by the
allied patriotic societies at their
meeting at the army and navy club,
80 West 44th St., New York City.
There are 1000 papers published in
this country in foreign languages" de-
clared Dwight G. Braman, president.
They attack our government under
cover. Their influence is insidious.
They are restricted by present laws
only from publishing their blasphem-
GUS statements on envelopes or mail
ing wrappers"
Frank H. Kininicutt of the Ameri-
can defense society read a bill that
had been drafted to be submitted to
congress. 1t provided that the COM
missioner of education furnish the
foreign language papers with suitable
material, that the paper publish both
English and foreign language versions
and that the publications failing so to
do be barred from the mails.
Want 1t Made "stronuer."
Following the objection of Hugh
Adams, also of the American defense
society, that the bill was mot strong
enuf, because a publication might
print the fact that the material was
contributed by the government" the
report of the bill was recommitted to
the committee, with the recommends
ton that Adams collaborate on it and
that the committee then confer with
the commissioner of education and
with such members of the house of
representatives and the senate as
show their interest"
A committee of three was appointed
ito investigate such societies as the
Civil Liberties Union, and American
Association for the Advancement of
Atheism" H. L. Bowlby. general
secretary of the national lords day
alliance, said that many intelligent
men have fallen unwillingly in the
trap of the Civil Liberties Union" The
committee was ordered to report so
that these societies may be exposed
to the authorities"
AT recent meeting of the allied
patriotic societies, which was then re-
ported in The DAILY WORKER, a
drive to prohibit the Workers Com
munist) Party, from appearing on the
ballot at next years election in New
. York City, was started, by electing a
committee which with the assistance
of President Voorhees,, of the board of
election, who is also member of the
allied patriotic societies, will plan the
necessary action to achieve its fulfill
ment.
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in turn, have nothing but the heartiest
hatred for their naughty oppressors
and look with hope to Canton, with
whom they maintain the liveliest con-
nections. No wonder that 1t was
precisely in Hongkong that the Shang-
hal events aroused not only sym
pathetic. but a much more effective
response. The proximity Of Canton
played decisive part.
The Hongkong strike was led by
the executive committee Of the All
China Federation of Trade Unions.
The latter is very young organiza,
ton, formed at the All-China Trade
Union Congress early last May. Back
ed by the active support of the Canton
masses and of the government, the
federation executive has been success
fully handling this extremely difficult
problem.
The Hongkong strickland this
must not be forgotten-is limited to
small island, dominated by true
despotism with the entire power, both
civil and military, concentrated in the
hands of an autocratic British govern
ment. Nor should it be forgotten that
the Hongkong strike hits the pockets
Of the British capitalists more pain
fully than that of Shanghai, where
the Japanese interests are more
directly affected. And finally, it
should also be remembered that the
Britishers wanted to make Of Hong
kong an example of the superiority Of
their methods of quelling disturbances.
There is much interference" in
Shanghai on the part of other coun-
tries and this leads to lot of red
tape and wavering; in Hongkong,
however, there is a purely" British
rule, which knows what it wants and
how to get it. Yet despite the fact
that the authorities really did not
stop at anything, including shooting,
corporal punishment and mass deport-
atoms; despite the fact that they
recruited scabs everywhere, in the
Philippines, in the adjacent Portugal
colony Makoa, etc.; in spite of the
LdNL bAcSI CfSh tnO AeuoSAoh WAAIS
guards were rallied to this glorious
business of strikebreaking, despite all
this the Hongkong strike, led by the
Canton federation, turned into a gen.
eral strike affecting every branch Of
employment
AS result, after two months of
"A struggle, Hongkong is ruined. I'm
able to crush the strike unaided, Hong
kong has been appealing to London,
demanding Intervention, military in.
reference, an occupation, or at least
a complete blockade of Canton. As
has already been stated there is every
ground to believe that these militant
outcries will hardly be heard in Lon
don. The conservative government, is
of course, Eat heart" with the Hong
kong reactionaries, but conditions at
home, and abroad, particularly in
China, are such that England will
hardly dare to decide upon an inter
vention in Canton. war with Can
ton would be a challenge to all OF
China. For the Chinese masses have
become a nation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-10
FRENCH MUNICIPAL
WORKERS WILL STUDY
CITIES IN RUSSIA

MOSCOW, U. S. S. r., (By MaiI)
The delegation Of French munich
pal workers, who are to take part in
the congress of Russian municipal
workers, spent a considerable part
Of their spare time studying the con-
dItions here. They were greatly i'm
pressed by the cleanliness and order
illness of the city.
Following their attendance of the
congress of municipal workers they
will tour number Of the cities in
the Soviet Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-10
Collecting for Virginia Miners.

ST. LoUIS-(FP)-The st. Louis
Mattresses union is utilizing its office
as collection headquarters for dona-
tions of clothing for the striking West
Virginia coal miners, in whose behalf
nationwide appeal has been issued
by the A. f. of l.. The woman's aux
Hilary of the machinists is cooperating
and a citywide canvass of the labor
movement is being made. The re-
Spouse has been generous.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-10

'surrenderS without even this
remnant.
Union Officials Surrende
The executive officials Of fifteen
standard railroad labor unions have
entered an agreement made with a
committee of the Association of Rail-
way Executives, to present bill in
congress as a substitute for the
Howard-Barkley rail labor bill, to
provide for boards of adjustment
opn which Representatives of the
unions and of the railroad companies
are to sit in sweet harmony"
This is the result of months of
secret negotiations and a recent three
day conference in Washington. The
scheme is so pleasing to the railroad
companies that even the hard-boiled
open shop Pennsylvania railroad is
willing to come in on it, and the only
question that seems to be agitating
the hearts of all concerned is whether
the chief train dispatchers should be
brought into the boards of adjust
ment" as labor representatives or as
company officials.
Don't Exclude Company Unions.
So far as can be ascertained, the
scheme does not even exclude COM
pany unions, thus giving the labor
unions entering the pact not even the
doubtful benefit of exclusive recogni-
ton. Nor is it clear what the at
titude will be in the boards of adj
justments" to the Federated Shop
Crafts whose 1922 strike is still be-
ing continued officially. The scheme
practically forbids strikes.
The bill to legalize this unprecedent-
ed surrender by the union bureaucrats
will be, so it is said, backed by both
republican and democrat leaders in
congress and given early hearings and
prompt report. What the judgment of
the rank and file of the unions will
be, once the scheme is put into oper-
alton, remains to be seen. But if it
turns out as predicted, wide revolt
of the membership is sure to ensue.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-10
Lithuanian Clergy
Must Resign Church
or Leave Politics

KOVNO, Lithuania, Dec. S.-Much
CONSERVATION has been caused In the
Roman clerical forces here by the let
ter sent by Pope Plus XII to the Bishop
Of Lithuania telling him that all cath
Ole priests active in politics must re
sign as clergymen, on the grounds
that their behavior in the government
is tending to compromise the church
and ALLEVIATE confidence of the peo.
pie"
This letter has caused a great stir
in clerical circles as it is the Roman
catholic clerical party that dominates
the political life Of Lithuania.
ClericaIs Arrest Workers
Mass arrests and prosecutions OF
workers by the clericals themselves
has been practiced to much an extent
that many workers have stopped at
tending church. The confessionals
were used by the priests as means OF
obtaining information on which ar
rests would be made.
Outlaw Trades Union
The trades unions of Lithuania were
crushed and in their place, clericals
trades unions were formed.
The clerical government, with the
able assistance of the Lithuanian so
cial-democracy, has arrested hundreds
of workers on suspicion, kept them il
Jail for years and then when the time
came for their hearings they would be
released and told that there were nc
charges against them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-10

Editors Note:-The seventh in
stalment of this valuable series of
articles describes how the working
population of British-ruled Hong
kong draws inspiration and en-
couragement from the revolutionary
government in Canton. Article six,
yesterdays instalment, told us Of
Britain's maneuver to grant conces-
sions to the rebellious Chinese
masses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-10
Brookhart Files Brief
Against Fraud" Charge
Especial to The Daily worker)

10 WASHINGTON, Dec. s. Counsel
for Senator Smith w. Brookhart (R),
Of Iowa, today filed brief with the
senate elections committee attacking
the charges of the republican state
central committee of Iowa that he was
elected thru fraud" The brief sup.
ported demurrer lodged with the
committee last week by JIG. Mitchell,
counsel for the senator. .tr
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-10
CREATE CLASS COLLABORATION
BY Law, RAILWAYS AND UNIONS
PLAN BOARDS OF ADJUSTMENT
tspeoIaI % rn. panx worker,

WASHINGTON D. c., Dec 6-Cass collaboration proceed
ing upon the basis Of harmony of interests the
ing class and the employing class has become almost the
of life for the hgpad Bureaucracy of the American
unions
Faced with depression upon
unions the bureaucracy, uniting
tant struggle seek avoid fight
nant of concessions But the bueaucras of the railway
unions have into pact be law
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-10
YOAKUM OF FRISCO RAILROAD is
TRYING TO FOOL THE FARMERS INTO
FRAUDULENT COOPERATIVE SCHEME
BY J. E. SNYDER.

OAHA Neb Dec SThe American farmer
emanpae himself during
capitalist groups that have during that
The Alliance
movement the early nnes bold polite
ally and enthusiastically by horde of
bankrupt
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-10
Sawmill Explosion
Kills Four In Fla.

PENSACOLA, Fla. Dec. s. Four
men were killed when a boiler in a
sawmill at Ponce de Leon exploded.
The victims were E. C. Creel, owner.
two workmen named Redman and
Jenkins, and an unidentified boy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-10
Tornado Kills Two.

YAzOO CITY, Miss, Dec. 8. - Two
Negro women were killed and two
white persons slightly hurt in a tor
nado that struck the residence sec
ton here.
About so houses were demolished
and it is estimated that the loss will
be S250,000.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-10
Sails for Dope Headquarters.

NEW YORK, Dec. s. Cardinal
Hayes will sail for Naples next We'd
nesday to attend the closing cere-
monies Of the holy year celebration
at Rome.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-10
British Rubber Trust
Raises Bar on Export

LONDON. Dec. SIT was announced
by the colonial Office tonight that
all restrictions upon the export OF rub
Der from Ceylon and Malaga have been
lifted.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-10

When that argument begins at
lunch time in your shop tomor.
row-show them what the DAILY
WORKER says about it.