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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-26
More Passaic Frightfulness

The police thugs the county officials the judges and
other emnences of the domain of the mill barOns known Passac
and vicinity constantly strive devise and ruthless
schemes o crush the strike Of textile workers.
violations of every socalled cons
right action of Judge Davidson who sentences
of Imprisonment for observation"
their sanity Excessive BAIL originally imposed in the hope of
keeping active strikers in JAIL easily and readily furnished
authorities had charges of the most absurd
character in order to keep workers in prison.
William Sroka arrested recently charge of assauting
soopgeon the mills thirty
during that time that
released bail.
fragrant disregard of every law the part of the
time the
committee senate whose hands
rests a resolution investigate Passaic, gets busy
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-26

I leaders Of the LIST Peoples Army re
an armistice and bloc. The Peoples
Army, however, was not taken in by
WI Pei Flu and 1t succeeded, without
fulfilling the hopes of the generals of
Chill, in escaping from the dangerous
situation.
The withdrawal of the Peoples
Armies behind the well-known tunnels
of Nankou, which represent an i'm
portant strategical point of defense
and are only few hours journey from
Paking, is far from representing the
destruction Of the Peoples Armies.
which are learning from the lessons OF
the past and are preparing for further
fights.
At the present moment the British
and Japanese imperialists are work.
ing at their plans for the formation of
lasting military bloc between the
most important reactionary forces in
China, between Chang Tso Lin and
WI Pei Flu. Their plan is to form
a government to be based on a mill
tary dictatorship which would fulfil
the wishes of British and Japanese i'm
perilaists. Their chief aim is to stifle
the freedom movement in the country
and to tear asunder the connection
between the Soviet Union and revo-
lutionary China, with the help of
Chinese militarism.
AS early as in 1923 when WI Pei
Flu was in power in Middle China,
the British and American imperialists
tried to establish a military dictator.
ship in China, to centralize 1t from
above and to stamp out the labor
movement and the movement for lib
Grafton in the country, which at that
time were comparatively weak. WI
Pei Flu reused public opinion in the
whole country against himself and
this contributed in no small measure
to his defeat in the autumn Of 1924.
The national revolutionary move
ment in the country is now much
stronger than it was in 1928. The
Kuomintang party has developed from
party which actually only repres-
ented South China into a national
party.
The working class of China has
made an enormous advance IN the last
three years. The famous strikes in
Shanghai, Hong Kong, Canton, Tient.
sin and in other towns, in the Summer
of 1925, have shown that a socially
self-determining and politically organ
lied working class is in the course of
formation and is appearing in the
arena of the political fight in the coun.
try. Furthermore, the working masses
showed last year that they are the
most advanced section in the reyolu-
tionary fight against the foreign yoke.
At the same time the peasant move
mentis beginning to join in the gener-
al revolutionary movement in the
country. In the districts Of South
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-26
Many Peasants Migrate
from Central Russia to
Far Eastern Provinces

MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., May PA
constant stream of settlers from CEN
trail Russia are reported by the Habo-
rovsk authorities to be emigrating to
the Far Eastern regions, $50 passing
every day thru the Central Settlement
Bureau. The settlers are from the
central provinces of Russia, where,
owing 10 the density of the popula-
ton, there is not sufficient land to sat
isfy the needs OF all the peasants.
The Far Eastern region authorities
have made arrangements to settle
1000 families this year. Fifteen trae-
tors and large quantity of agricultu-
raj implements have been allocated
for their use. The political-educa-
tional department has arranged for
travelling cinema outfit, accompanied
by Lecturer, to visit the new settle
ments to explain to the peasants the
features of the district and the posi-
bilities of developing agriculture and
auxiliary employments in It. QUAINT
ties OF literature on the subject have
also been supplied.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-26
The Plans of the InperiaIists in China

time, the garrison OF the Peoples
Army in Feking could not work for the
overthrow of the Picking government
At the same time, the British i'm
perialists, as is now known, were vain
ly attempting to provoke an insurrec-
tion in Canton and at the same time
trumpeting forth to the whole world
that the Canton government had al
ready fallen, that the right wing Of the
Kuomintang party had seized power
and formed government which had
agreed to a compromise with the Brit
fish and was arresting the partisans
Of the left Kuomintang as we'll as the
Communists. All this proved to be
an invention of the imperialists, aris-
ing out Of their passionate desire that
things should actually happen in this
way. Taken as a whole, however, all
this created the impression of defeat
Of the revolutionary movement in
China and of the commencement Of
an alarming era Of ceunter-revolution
The social-democratic leaders and
their press hastened TO identify them
selves with this estimate of the situa-
ton in China. In the Vienna Arbeiter-
zeitung, the events IN China are al
ready described asS the arrival of
"China's 1S49."
In reality however, things are very
different. In the first place, the Peo-
pies Army must not be identified with
the revolutionary movement in China
in such way that their military vic
tories or their temporary defeats, ap-
pear to be a decisive factor in the fur
Their development of the revolutionary
fight of the masses Of people in China
at the present time. On the other hand
the movement for freedom in China
is already in such an advanced stage
Of development that the transference
of territories from the hands of the
Peoples Armies into the hands of
counter-revolutionary generals, cannot
throw the movement back to its start
ing point, but that on the contrary
the occupied territories continue to be
a highly dangerous hlnterland Tor the
advancing counter-revolutionary gen.
erals.
An excellent example in this respect
is given by the latest communications,
that a serious peasant movement has
already started in WI Pei Fu's rear,
and has in some places developed into
revolts. More and more troops of
armed peasants Cred Lancers) are
beginning to organize themselves in
those districts; another similar ex-
ample is the movement directed
against Mukden, /. e. against Chang
Tso Lin, in the province of Shantung,
which has led to an insurrection in
Tsindao.
On the other hand, a process Of
enormous importance is no@ going on
in South China; the'fCanton govern
ment, which was overthrow" by the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-26
RY G. VoJTINsKY.

The events in China have been rep.
resented by the capitalist and social
democratic press in the last few weeks
as the beginning of the humiliation
of the revolutionary movement in
China. The defeat of the End and 3rd
Peoples Armies and the retreat of the
1st Peoples Army from Tientsin and
Picking served as the basis for this
campaign.
The wish is father to the thought.
The workers in the capitalist coun-
tries, who undoubtedly have taken the
keenest interest in the situation in
China during the last few years, ought
however to have a clear conception Of
the true state of affairs at the present
moment.
What has actually happened in
China during the last few weeks? I'm
der the pressure of General Chang
Tso Lin, who had linked his fate with
Japanese imperialism and who was
attacking from the North, and of Gen
eral WI Pei Flu, who had been sup
ported up to 1924 by the British and
American imperialists lin which year
he had been completely defeated by
Chang Tso Linz and who was attack
ing from the South West, the LIST
Peoples Army withdrew at first to
Picking and from there in a north
westerly direction, without engaging
in a serious fight.
The End and Srd Peoples Armies
small in numbers and badly equipped
with arms-also retreated almost
without any serious encounter with
the enemy into the interior of the
empire. In doing so, its best divisions
fused with the LIST Peoples Army,
thus increasing its strength by no less
than 20 per cent.
The central government in Picking,
at whose head was the reactionary
Tuan Isl Shut, the well-known mem
Der of the pro-Japanese Anfu Club,
began, after the Peoples Armies had
retreated, more and more openly to
take the side of Chang Tso Lin and
Japano-British imperialism. This gov
eminent, which yields to the wishes Of
the imperialsts and is hoping for
loan as the result of the tariff confer
ence which is now taking place, on
March 18th caused to be shot down
delegation of social organizations
which was proceeding to Tuan's castle
with a protest against the ultimatum
of the diplomatic corps. The central
government" whose power actually
only extends to Picking and even there
under very limited conditions, wanted
in this way, on the one hand to dem
onstrate its power to the imperialists,
and on the other hand to discredit the
1st Peoples Army in the eyes of the
masses Of the people. For Tuan Isl
Shut knew that, as things were at that
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-26

imperialist press, is now actually
stronger than ever and is being joined
by the neighboring provinces of Kwan-
gsi and Human. The question of the
formation of South Western federal
state with Canton as its center is OBJ
viously under discussion. The forma-
ton of such a federal state under the
leadership of the revolutionary democ.
ratio Canton government is being &C
CELEBRATED by recent events in North
China.
What has actually happened since
the telegraphic agencies of the i'm
perialists spread the news Of the com
plete defeat of the Peoples Armies ?
Even after that, the 1st Peoples Army
remained for more than a month in
Peking. More than that in spite of
the advantage of Chang Tso Lin from
the North and of WI Pei Flu from the
South, the Peoples Armies disarmed
the troops Of Tuan Tsi Shut, the head
of the state, and he himself only mar
rowly escaped arrest.
WI Pei Flu on his part, in spite of
his temporary understanding with
Chang Tso Lin with regard to the
question of attacking the Peoples
Armies, which had evidently been con
Guided as early as in January 1926,
entered into negotiations with the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-26
BY J. A. (Madrid).

A NYONE who has followed the i'm
"A perialist policies of the French
and Spanish governments and mining
interests knew that both were only
pretending in their peace negotiations
with the Ri1ians. From the first mo.
ment of his power Primo de Rivera
has been against any negotiations.
He consented to the recent fake nego
tiations only under pressure from
BRAND, who also was not sincere, but
who needed to justify continuation of
the war in the face of constant oppo-
sition by French Communists in and
out of parliament.
The Madrid papers. ia Nacion"
and Gel Debate" which express the
will of Primo de Rivera, have always
opposed negotiations with the Riff,
not even hiding that his desire is to
continue the war.
MOROCCO is nucleus Of all min
A'4 ing interests. Since 1909 the
mining companies have controlled
Spanish policy in the Riff. The "Com-
pania de Minas del Riff" in whose
executive board are the most powerful
Spanish capitalists is responsible for
the death of thousands of Spanish
workers and peasants since 1909
The Riff is rich in all kinds of min
erals, especially iron. The region of
Alhucemas, recently occupied by the
Spanish, is the richest of all in iron.
The firms who had developed mines
in that part Of the Riff had special
interest in driving the Spanish troops
into battle to recapture that area so
the mines could be reopened. These
mining capitalists are opposed to ne
gotiations with the Riffians.
.DUT the mining companies wish to
- disguise their real purposes
Their press is continuously saying
that the Riff is without economic
value. But the bulletin Of the arbtral
commission Of mines in Paris tells of
several requests for permission to de.
yelop RifIlan mines by French, Ger
man, English, Spanish and Dutch cap
italists. who have agents in Morocco
to carry out this work.
Robert w. Dunn, in his book
american Foreign Investments
points out that Spain is one OF the
few countries in which Wall Street
has no economic supervision. But 1t
Is also true that Wall Street is work
ing toward making Spain, also a
colony
Some months ago the Spanish gov
eminent granted the National City
Bank and the international Telephone
and Telegraph corporation the monop-
oily of all telephones in Spain. The
American firm did not offer as much
return to the government as did the
Swedish and Belgian firms, but the
international corporation MANAGED
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-26

hardly reach around herself. That's
hard, too, when you're that way,
stretching and reaching and standing
on your feet ten hours without even
stopping to eat your sandwiches. She
had a real good foreman at the last
and he used to pretend not to see if
she stayed a few minutes in the toilet
to rest. God knows she had to be
pretty tired to stay long in the toilets
at the Botany. Smells and water on
the floor and dirt! But the other fore
man-why, he'd yell at her not to
stop when she was tryin' to eat
Work Day and Night.
"And she did her homework too,
mind you. Come home and get him
up and something to eat and the kids
clean for school and feed the little
ones and make the beds and get the
dinner. Then maybe she'd lay down
bit in her clothes with the babies
on the bed back Of her till the big
girl got home from school. Olga was
eleven and could do pretty good, cook
the supper, you know; so my sister
could sleep till she had to go back to
the mill at seven. 1t amt right but
ask you what could she do? Her
husband, countin' slack time, couldn't
get more than $27 a week and you
know with shoes and rent and all, you
just can't get along with that. That's
what l say-here ladies have got to
work. / amt a striker myself-my
husband, he's a cook, but ! go on the
picket line every day. His people are
all in it and it amt right, so It amt
Some think 1t would be good to
go back If they wouldn't take off the
ten per cent but my sister says the
bosses would just take II next month
and they would be- starving for moth
ing now. No ma'am, when ladies have
got to work like they do here, nothing
can't be worse, even starving"
Excuse me minute. Angela, what
did you come out here for today? You
amt going to help the strike by get
ting pneumonia"
Angela, little and black-eyed, pro-
tested IL don't want to miss the
parade" a
For conversation said, Wont the
truant officer get you II you stay out
OF SCHOOL,"
The argumentative picketer and the
small girls exchanged grins at a
strangers Ignorance
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-26

I China, which are under the influence
of Canton, the peasants, under the
leadership of workers, Communists
and adherents of the Kuomintang
party have repeatedly repealed coun-
ter-revolutionary attacks Of Chinese
militarists.
If only for this reason, the estab
lishment of a military Dictatorship in
China will be extraordinarily difficult
Apart from this, the sphere Of the
activities of Chang Tso Lin and WI
Pei Flu embraces less than the half
of the Chinese empire. The other half
consists of number of districts with
military groups of their own which
do not submit either to Chang Tso
Lin or WI Pei Flu and are prepared
to defend their independence.
China will not be united by milf
tary dictatorship which is backed by
the imperialists. The tendencies to
unifcation, in China are strong. They
are dictated by the interests Of all
strata of the population. But this uni
fication will proceed from below, on
revolutionary lines and not thru the
force of the counter-revolution
The present stage is complicated
and difficult for the revolutionary
movement in China. Plans for the
suppression of the revolution in China
are being worked out by the general
stats of the imperialists and in their
foreign ministries. If the British and
Japanese imperialists do not succeed
in Undertaking. the idea of a bloc
between Chang Tso Lin and WI Pei
Flu, they will no doubt make new COM
binations, undertake new sanguinary
attempts to arm other militarists, but
they will never succeed in arresting
the mighty process of the revolution
izing of China. The Communist Party
of China and the Kuomintang party
will now organize the masses with re-
doubled energy and gather them to-
gether to fight for the democratization
of the country.
To the slogan of the imperialists "A
military dictatorship in China" they
will reply with the slogan "Revol,
tionary democratic power in the coun-
try, the summoning of a national as
sembly for the whole of China"
In this difficult period China needs
all the help that can possibly be givens
her for the revolutionary movement.
The workers of the imperiaEist coun-
tries, especially of Great Britain and
JanaY7 fnusf fuIfI Ahair d,fv fouyord. IL,
the workers and towards all the revo-
lutionary strata of the people of China.
they must, be protests and by their
sympathy for the revolutionary fight
in China, unmask the devilish plans
of the imperialists and compel the
latter to desist from meddling in
China by constantly contriving new
plots against the movement for free
dom.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-26
What For The Moroccan War?

to corrupt sources close to Primo de
Rivera.
THE negotiations Of American bust.
ness and mining men with the
Mannesmann concerning Riffian mines
and the recent trip of Kahn of Wall
Street to Morocco and the recent
visit of the American ambassador to
France are facts which show the in
tervention of American capitalists in
the mines of the Riff. The correspond
ent of the Chicago Tribune could, if
he wished give some interesting in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-26
Labor in the 1926 Elections

United the general
labor in the alphabetically developed
developed political party standing
interests of labor.
are course why
The fact that the United country
fixed democracy people
which have consciously by the ruling class the
proportion oregnborn among workers.
preventing development of such party in the past
for the creation of party representing labor
began developed with increasing
up the 1924 elections This sprung
the developments Of the class struggle in the United States
The appeared before the workers openly the
sentative of the capitalist employers during this period The
relationships sharpened The working
homogeneous result of the temporary cessation and later m
ton of immigration.
The labor party sidetracked by LaFol
ets effort create third capitalist party Many workers
in the LaFoette movement the coming labor party This illusion
dead 1t died with the collapse the progressive third party
The road clear for revival of the labor party movement
The objection conditions for this revival exist the continued
open the power against the workers Probably
previous administration has put into effect legislative pro
gram against the Coolidge administration The govern
mental power has continually openly fagany
the capitalist and against the workers
(Communs Party capitalization
party of workers in the form of labor party the
big step forward which the labor of this country
step direction it initiated campaign
place labor tickets the field the 1926 congressional
elections proposes that workers. alliance with the exploited
support the existing amerabo and labor parties and
build conferences delegates from trade unions labor political
organizations and other labor organizations united front
labor tickets those places where party has thus far been
ganized
This campaign has within the possibilities of modifying real
Of workers and farmers against the two old parties
elections this year half million for labor
ddates the basis of Independent political action would show
that there the for labor party united front labor
tickets be placed the field in the great eastern industrial
states support behind that which the existing
parties will should reach that mark
The campaign of the Workers COmmunist Party for united
front labor tickets be pushed enegecay The party has
initiative forward for labor the United
whole party help make this
Get a Workers Party and subscription
for IA
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-26
American Fur Buyers
Seek to Capture the
Soviet Union Market

MOSCOW. U. S. S. r. (Tass), May
24-England, buys over one-half OF the
total amount of furs obtained in Rus
STA, the. export of which last year
amounted to 64,3OO,OO0 rubles.. The
United States comes next on the list,
buying "a per cent of the total supply
and then comes Germany, purchasing
11.8 per cent
Keen competition is being exhibited
by American fur buyers, who claim
that a market exists in America for
the whole OF the output OF furs from
Russia. Mr. Veiner. large fur buyer,
who has just arrived In Moscow from
America, stated to our correspondent
that he was prepared TO take all the
furs the Soviet Fur Trading Organiza-
ton was prepared to sell him and that
his firm was prepared TO put up the
money for the stocking Of furs for the
next season.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-26
formation.

formation.
In 1909 some native workers for the
"Compania de Minas del RiA' were
.injured by an accident in the mines.
They asked for compensation but got
only bullets from the troops at the
command of Urquijo Romanones and
other Spanish capitalists.
The assault of Spanish troops in
1921, that caused the death Of 10000
soldiers was planned by the army staff
in agreement with man named Got
the agent Of the "Compania de Mnas
del Riff" To secure the Riff for
Spanish capitalists the government
spends 81 per cent Of the state budget
for military expenses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-26
Paterson Holds
Bazaar for the
Passaic Strikers

PATTERSON, N. j., May 24.-The
Paterson Conference for the Relief OF
the Passaic Textile Strikers will hold
a benefit bazaar at the Carpenters
Helvetia Hall, Sc Van Houton St.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May
~. 2s and 20. for the benefit Of the
Passaic textile strikers