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Evening star., 1926-05-14

engine driver apologized for slight
miscalculation and hoped we were all
right. There have been many acct
dents like that and some fatalities. In
my club last night an engine driver
and stoker arrived very dirty ana very
happy. They were the Hon. Mowbray
Bellairs and the Hon. Lacy Barton,
who had brought their train back from
Plymouth with great success, ana,
after washing off their grease. had a
mighty good dinner with some good
wine.
Railroads Still ChOked.
Meanwhile our network Of railways
is choked with freight trains still IN
able to move. That means the 1000
supplies and all essential material OF
national life are still going by road.
ard that voluntary service must stu
he maintained. drove last night to
London from North England. Heavy
rain was falling and there were no
crowds in the streets jubtiating over
the end of the strike. Along Great
North road came steady traffic OF
Iorries loaded with foodstuffs and
driven by volunteer whose job Is not
vet done. though they are dead weary
of it, II was only when we saw Inc
lights of London and entered lnto the
great city that we heard cheers ana
passed small groups of people exciteo
because the dark menace had peeh
lifted from national life.
The coal strike still goes on during
renewed negotiation and as long as
coal is withheld from industry there
can be no complete return TO norma !
conditions or any quickeninG OF the
industrial. machine. In any case thefe
is bound to he lot Of Industrial trou'
BILE and unrest before conditions oue
10 the general strike have been reao,
iusted. EnSland's best nope anu
chance of renewed prosperity hes III
,esi.tinc the forces of reaction ana IN
tolerance which will endeavor to re,
duce the standards Of life among al
wage earners. and in strict justice ana
fair play 10 both masters ano men y;
E,thlessness toward the victims :"
,he strike would he as unwise as weak
ness toward those who called !" our.
Copyright ia"6.h
Evening star., 1926-05-14
STRIKE FOLLOWED
BY VIDE DISTRESS
People Cheer. But Face Bit.
ter Aftermath of Hardship
and idIeneSS.
IN SIR PHILIP GIRRS.

LONDON. Nav l4.-Now that the
nightmare Of the general strike is
over. or almost over. the English ma :
ton has awakened to calm consider
alton Of its gains and losses in this
social struggle. Certain things enor
nouSly important have been gained.
expressed in a popular way by songs
and cheers that disturbed my Sleep
when I came back dead beat from
A tour in the country. crowds of
volunteers who had been driving or
conducting omnibuses. trans and
trains. or had been patrollinG the
streets as special Constables. gath
cred in Piccadilly and West End and
sang Rule Britannia" and "Britons
Never VIII Be Slaves as though
after some great victory
II is indeed victory for English
common sense and the spirit of so
cial discipline and fair play against
an attack by political machinery
which denied any revolutionary aims
but which. if successful would have
oVerthrown constitutional govern
nent and dictated terms by an
executive committee of trade union
leaders. There could he no Goubt of
that. A. soon AS the general strike
started. all classes of middle-clasS
folk and 4 large number Of working
men and women enrolled themselves
instantly tn safeguard their "rr'i-
nary liberties and their right I" live
es free citizens.
People Are Unchanged.
This immense demonstra ilon ot
volunteer service aud social sanity
has proved IL the whole world the
the English people have MOI hos; theH
traditional character. free from pas
sion marvelously good -natured. hut
very ObStinate III courage and ELI
duranca / think We may claim that
as one Of our Sdin1.
1t has been proved also that in spite
OF political extremists among their
leaders, the rank and file of the strik
erS throughout the country were
steady. decent law-abidinG men who
were entirely lacking in revolutionary
instincts ami splendid in self-control
and self-respect. There have been
some ugly incidents "f criminal VIC
lence IN London and many other great
cities. but these were almost negli-i.
hle in comparison with peaceful or
DERBY behavior of millions Of men who
struck work out of loyalty. misguided
certainly. hut rather noble. to their
unions and their fellow workers.
Now that the general strike is called
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DRIVER IS HELD
| IN TRAFFIC DEATH
Man. 72, Was Fatally Injured
Saturday-BIind Man Found
Lying in Street.

John n. Pratt. colored. 80 years old.
1909 Morris road southeast, yesterday
was held for action of the grand jury.
by a coroner's jury. in connection
with the death of Edward Forrest,
colored. - years old. who was fatally
injured last Saturday when he was
struck by an automobile driven by
Pratt. An inquest was held vest er-
day at the morSue.
A verdict of accidental death was
given by the coroner's jury in the
case of Joseph Passanti 55 of 1880
Ninth street. who died a Providence
Hospital early this week of injuries
received when he was knocked down
by a taxicab al Rhode Island avenue
Evening star., 1926-05-14
Bus Trip Across u. S. Now.

II Is now possible to buy y through
ticket and travel all the way from
New York to san francisco on a
coach: or to travel from FL PaSo,
Ten, to Portlan Ore. says the
Capper's Weekly magazine More
than 10000 Of these motor hnSses and
coaches are nov ira aversinG America n
highways and the number IS con
stantlv increasing. In tho last twelve
months the increase has been 81 per
cent.
The American people like To ride ON
rubber. and the scenery of the c"un-
try Is so varieu that II affords con
slant panorama Of beautiful and in
terestine views.
Evening star., 1926-05-14
Harnessing the Jordan.

The Jordan. the waters OF whlch are
tn he utilized for the generation "'
o,oot,;c mower. is a, once the best
known river in the world, and one {"
the least known 10 topoGfapners'
Owing to its rapid current ana unna"-
rah,e nature. together with the pesu'
lential climate Of the country ""''" :" :"
ira verses. nobody has ever YET ""Ve'e"
tic entire length.
Evening star., 1926-05-14
RAIL MEN RETURN;
INDUSTRIAL CRISIS
CLEARS IN BRITAIN
CONTINUED from First Page.)

Continued from First Page)
are To he taken back as soon as traI-
fc conditions warrant and WORK can
he found for them.
The principle To be followed in re
iustatpment is seniority In each
grade.
The trade unions admit that In
calling the strike they committed
wrongful act against the companies
and It s agreed that the companies
do not by reinsta tement of the mer
surrender their legal rights claims
for damages arising from the strike
or from the strikers or others re-
sponSihle.
The unions undertake again tn In
struct their members not To strike
without previous negotiations witt
the companies and not TO encourage
The supervisory employees To par
ticipate in strikes.
The unions agree tn give no support
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at Tenth street. The taxi driver
James Littleton. was exonerated.
Henry Johnson. colored, sol Massa
chusets avenue. who Is blind. was
found lying on Pennysvania avenue
at Sixth street about IL O'Clock last
night with his right leg fractured. his
face badly cut and suffering from
shock He said he had been knocked
down by an automobile while trying
to make his way from street car
stop to the side walk
Evening star., 1926-05-14

off though many men have not yet
| returned to work. ii seems to me un-
generous not to acknowledge that
| masses of these men gave mp good
wages and accepted q miserable strike
pay of Is ShiilingS a week. not for
selfish motives. but in a mistaken he
| lief that they were helping comrades
in distress they were duped by their
leaders and by their own ignorance OF
economic facts. They, too. have
awakened to calculate their losses and
gains and they know this morning. as
some OF them have told me. that they
! have lost everything including. per
haps. their means of livelihood.
Their Seniority Lost
stood among groups OF railway
men outside Euston Station. They
had the look and speech of beaten
men. Railway companies have al
ready answered them that they have
broken their old contracts. and that
they can .sign for work only under
now contracts, which will involve re-
ductions in their earnings ana many
dismissals by the reduction oi StaHs'
These men spoke frankly to me
They acknowledged the fatal mistake
of their leaders in breaking contracts
without legal notice. But theN pro
hle after the strike than during It's
struggle. Some of our men, they
sa id. will get desperate IL they lose
emplovment and pensions or Set
driven to lower wages. We don't want
TO get victimiZed. and we look TO MI
Baldwin for fair play" 1t Is theif
price of defeat. but SO far they have
refused to go back on the new conoi-
tionS.
In many trades and industries en-
Movers have taken the same attitude
as the railway companies. Some EN-
plovers are determined to smash trade
unions and will refuse to employ union
labor Others are insisting on new
contracts based on lower wages. Many
will take this opportunity to dismiss
a large number Of workers during the
period of trade staGnation following
the general strike.
Aftermath of bitterness.
Tho trouble is not vet over. Tn
emplorment figures will mount M
AGAIN. The general strike is going 20
leave an aftermath OF bitterness ana
distress and national loss. proving IT'S
supreme folly and wickedness. Its in
i,ry To national life can he repa ired
only by immense good will and wise
leadership.
Normal life has not vet been re
Sumed. Railways are still conSeSted.
and il will take many days TO nnravel
the dreadful tanGle on All the lines,
even if the men return to work. our
amateur engine drivers were splendid
fellows but they could hardly cope
with the intricate system Of railway
transport. and they took deadly risks.
So did their passengers. When ! set
off to- Manchester two mornings ago
from Marylebone station the engine
was driven by charming young man
in blue overalls. assisted by well
dressed comrades of the university
tvpe We set off in fine style. hut 10
minutes ont of London we had the
misfortune to r';n off the rails. Pas
Sencers jumped from the carriages
and the train nearly turned over. The
rails were torn M. and our amateur
Evening star., 1926-05-14

Of any kind to their members who
undertake unauthorized action.
The railway companies intimate
that because of the strike II may be
necessary to remove certain persons
to other positions.
The settlement does not extend to
persons who have been guilty of
violence or intimidation.
The agreement was signed at 40
o'clock this afternoon.
Evening star., 1926-05-14
The First Sunday,

From the New York World
And is my child smart sa'" me
proud mother. He knows an a"oo'
the Bible Tell the man. ihnio,. no"
many days the earth was maue ~:
God made the heaven ana EARN III
civ d.vs" was the child's reply.
And what happened on the
seventh" inquired the mother.
"ue was arrested" came the
answer.
Evening star., 1926-05-14

Five mothers OF soldiers who
fought for the Union in the civil War
are still drawing pensions from the
Government
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-27

the strike settlement was incorrect.
One thing he fails to mention, how
ever, is that the news item in ques-
ton appeared in the notorious Berlin
Vorwarts, central organ OF the Ger.
man social-democratic party. II am
to be criticized in any respect, II Is
for believing anything whatever that
might appear In the Vorwarts.
.OUDEGEEST does not. OF course,
" refute the statements in my art.
icle. lie merely denounces the article
as sensational. Whether sensational
or not, II is only one per cent of the
truth OF the deplorable and dangerous
situation now prevailing among the
miners In America. To seek TO make
the conclusions of the article depend
upon the correctness OF the news
item IN question is worse than stupid.
My article Is an analysis OF the whole
situation of the miners.
Let ua see whether my charges Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-27

betrayal against Lewis and my warn
ings that the union is in danger are
true or not. Take, for example. the
immediate Issue Of the anthracite
strike itself. The strikers have been
out for almost FIVE months. More
than ever before, they are confronted
with sharp competition from substi.
tutes for the anthracite coal which
they produce, including a widely ex.
tended use Of oil, gasoline, water, etc.
And what does Lewis do to help the
situation? Nothing.
WHILE the masses of anthracite
w miners are hungering, trying to
defeat the coal trust Lewis keeps
10000 pumpmen and other mainten-
ance men at work in the mines 10
protect them for the employers. The
employers are using every possible
method to defeat the strike. but Lewis
is afraid TO take any militant measur.
Continued on page 80
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-27
Chang GIVES
IN TO Soviet
RUSSIAN fist
Orders the Imprisoned
Russians Freed
tspeeIaI 70 Ia oaIIy workerl


PEKlNG, Jan. 25-GeneraI Chang
Tso-Iin, who ignores the Chinese gov
eminent at Pekina has needed the
Soviet government, which threatened
to use the Red Army if Chang did not
within three days, release the Russian
general manager of the Chinese East.
ern railway, lVanov, and his fellow d.
rectors imprisoned by Chang, who
seized the road in violation of the
Sovet-chinese railway agreement.
Chang has ordered General Chang
Huan-hsiang to release Ivanov.
Red Army in offlng.
Chang issued the order. however,
only after getting a demand from Am
bassador Karakhan, accompanied by a
copy of Tchcherins unequivocal mote
to the Picking foreign office, which
plainly invited permission of China to
allow the Red Army to enforce the
railway agreement against Changes re-
dictionary soldiery. 1t was Chang him
self who signed the agreement in a
separate form from the one with Pek-
ing, Soviet Russia allowing him to
name the Chinese members Of the
joint directorate in charge Of the rail-
way.
The directorate insisted that ac-
cording to the agreement Changes
troops must pay half fare for trans
port. His generals answered this by
Selling the line.
Then Chang Huan-hsiang ordered
that white guard Russian, great
numbers of whom are in Changes
army, be made manager, of the road.
and ordered the Chinese president Of
the line to convene a meeting Of the
directors and dismiss Ivanov When
the directors met on Jan. %, the five
Russians refused to discuss anything
under the compulsion of the generals,
and were arrested.
Japanese Mix In.
Just prior to their arrest, the Jap
anese consul attempted to call a con-
ference of the consular body, but
Ivanovs refused to attend. The Jap
anese consul gave out a provocative
interview to the reactionary press,
saying that "the powers would GER
tainly adopt the necessary measures
to meet the situation"
In addition, officers of the Russian
unions were arrested and many meet
ings broken up by Changes white
guards, while the Hardin consulate
was surrounded by Changes reaction
airy troops.
Soviet Workers Resist Chang.
A dispatch from Vladivostock
Continued on page 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-27
Y. W. |. SPEAKER SHOWS
PATH YOUTH MUST TAKE
IN IMPERIALIST WARS

The representative Of the Young
Workers League at Sundays Lenin
memorial meeting, comrade Max
Shachtman, spoke briefly on the
lessons that Lenin had taught the
revolutionary youth movement and
the working class youth as whole.
The menace to the working class
youth in particular of new wars and
of an attack on the Soviet Union
gave added impetus to the slogan
which Lenin and the BoIsheviks Is
sued during the darkest days Of the
imperialist war Of 1914: Turn the
imperialist war into a civil war of
the exploited against their oppres-
sors.
In the swiftly approaching day Of
a new world war, this inspiring
revolutionary slogan Of Lenin must
be borne in mind by the entire work.
ing class. Instead of an imperisIist
slaughter of the flower of the work.
ing youth, the revolutionary prole-
tsriat must lead a real war to end
all wars, war of the working class
against the imperiaIists for the
overthrow Of capitalism and the
establishment of the dictatorship of
the workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-27
3, WILLIAM z. FOSTER

IN the November 7th Bulletin of the
L Red international of Labor Unions,
| wrote an article on the strike of the
$4,000 anthracite miners, wherein |
pointed out the extremely dangerous
position in which the the United Mine
Workers Of America finds itself |
stated that the union is actually men.
AGED with destruction unless a radical
change takes place in its policies.
The article was occasioned by a
notice appearing in the Berlin papers
to the effect that the strike had been
settled on the basis of a FIVE per cent
increase in wages for the strikers.
Now comes Oudegeest, all excited,
in the Press Service OF the Amsterdam
International for December 18th. and
denounces my article. He tries dema-
gogically to make something out OF
t3e fact that the news story about
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-27
CHICAGO Scene
OF MEMORABLE
COMMUNICATION
Thousands of Workers
Fill Coliseum

The most enthusiastic, largest, and
inspiring demonstration ever staged
by class conscious workers in Chicago
was the Lenin memorial meeting at
the Coliseum in Chicago, Sunday
night attended by 5000 workers.
This vast hall-the largest in Chi
cago-was filed with workers, many
of whom work in the yards" the
Western Electric, the International
Harvester plant, the large garment
shops, and every other industry thru
out the city.
In this great mass were many Ne
gro workers, who comprise an IN
creasing part of the industrial work
ers of the city and are coming to
realize the necessity of the white
worker and the Negro worker meeting
on common ground and battling for
better conditions.
Breath of Chinese Revolution.
Chinese students, who today see a
great struggle going on in their
native land against the imperialist
powers Of America, England and
Japan came to the meeting to pay
their respects to Lenin and to the
Communist Party, which is aiding the
Chinese in their struggle.
Filipino workers and students. who
see an active struggle in the Philip
pines against American Imperialism
came to this meeting as they realize
1t is the workers and not the bank
ers and the present ruling class in
America that viii aid the Filipinos TO
gain their independence.
American-born workers and workers
of many races and nationalities were
in this great mass commemorative
the anniversary of the death of their
leader, Vladimir Ilyitch Ulianov Lenin.
Early in the evening, when the
doors Of the Coliseum were first open
ed, many of the workers looked at
the wide expanse of seats and gasp
ed. All wished that they would be
filled. All doubted it could be done.
At eight o'clock, when the program
was scheduled to begin, this wide ex-
panse of seats was replaced by a vast
sea of faces. AS soon as the ground
floor was filed, the back of the hall
was jammed. 1t was then necessary
to open the balcony.
AS speaker after speaker mentioned
the name of Lenin and named his
accomplishments and the great work
done by the Russian workers and
Continued on page A.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-27
lime STRIKE
CONFERENCE
MEETS TODAY
Lewis Tries Shifting
Blame for Secrecy
tspeeIaI . La palIy Workerl

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 25-The an.
thracite strike conference will be con.
tinued here by reconvening again
Tuesday afternoon, to consider the
settlement plan proposed by E. J. Lyn.
net, the owner Of the Scranton Times
The operators, altho they finally re.
jected the Lynnet plan as basis for
discussion at first gave out state.
ment that their spokesman, Major w
w. Inglis, had accepted the plan
which in no way favors the miners
demands and is close to the disguised
arbitration plan of Pinchot.
Observers note with some cynicism
that Lewis left to the choice OF
the operators. whether they wished
the conference to be held in the an.
thracite region or elsewhere, and
whether they wished the conference
to be open or secret.
The operators, who want no march.
ing coal miners to disturb their dick.
erings with Lewis, chose to keep it
well outside the anthracite region, and
as for admitting press reporters
Lewis never expected and did not
want any publicity, but by suggest
ing it to the operators he seeks to
put the blame upon them which be-
longs to him for allowing the confer.
ence to be held secretly.
IF Lewis thinks the miners union
is strong enuf to win the strike said
one progressive miner from the an
thracite, then why in hell isn't il
strong enuf 9orce a door open SC
that the miners can hear what is be
ing done with their tri-district de
mands at the conference?"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-27
Rich Mans Tax Bill
May Not Reach Senate
Until After March Is

WASHINGTON. Jan. 25-Tax relief
by March Is, the date on which 1926
returns are due, appeared doubtful
with the senate in snarl, and the
house serving notice it will not swal-
low meekly the changes made by the
senate. Seven weeks from today re-
turns must be made and the senate
has not even started debating the bill
yet.
The tax bin faces an extended fight
in the senate over the elimination of
the estate taxes. the repeal of the pub
licity clause, and the repeal of the
capital stock tax following the dis
posal of the world court issue. The
measure is characterized as "a rich
mans" tax bill as It aids the big
corporations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-27
FAYETTE COUNTY
POLICE BREAK UP
LENIN MEETING
Draw Guns on Workers !;
Arrest Papcun
tspeeIaI to The oaIIy workerl

BROWNSVILLE, Pa, Jan. 25.-Fa-
yette County state police broke up the
Lenin Memorial Meeting at Republic,
Pa, which was being held in the Croa-
tian Hall with a wild flourish of pis-
tolls after arresting George Papcum,
member Young Workers League.
George Papcum was arrested by
the police and threatened with depor-
tation AS Comrade Papcum was born
in Scranton the workers in Republic
are wondering where they will de-
port him He was arrested while tell
ing the assembled miners to join the
United Mine Workers Of America and
other working-class organizations and
learn to use their power to overthrow
the present capitalist system and to
resist the oppressors OF the working
class.
The workers at the meeting showed
little fear when the police clustered
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