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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-21
Article III.
BY WILLIAM F. dunno.

WHAT is it that American imperial
w ism demands from it's rivals and
the weak colonial and semi-colonial
countries from which most of the raw
materials Hoover mentions are OBJ
tanned?
Let Eoover answer:
"a believe the solution lies in the
willingness of statesmen turnout
the world to recognize the conse-
quences of government controlled
production and price, and to meet
the issue in the only way it can be
met, that is, BY ABANDONMENT
OF ALL SUCH GOVERNMENT Ac-
TON. Current History for Deem
ber.-Emphasis mlne.-W. F. D.
THE wealth and power of American
i industry, not damaged but given a
new impetus by the world war, makes
it possible for it to prosper without
direct government subsidies. (Only in
shipping where British competition is
still met does the subsidy question
arise.) No other great nation has an
industry capable of this.
American finance-capital holds mort.
cages on the other nations and they
must come to it for the needed loans
The American government does not
rsubsidise the American monopolies
but back of them stands the full pow.
er of the American imperialist gov
ernment-its departments of state and
commerce, and if economic pressure
fails-its army and navy.
If the abandonment of all such gov.
ernmental action" by other nations
l. e., the withdrawal of all subsidies
to industrial enterprises whose prod
ucts American Imperialism buys, can
be forced, then the American impe-
rialists have the whole capitalist
world at their mercy.
No such arrogant and sweeping Ill
timatum ever has been delivered be
fore. 1t is given now because Ameri
can imperialism feels itself strong
enough to demand entry, on nothing
less than an equal basis, to those col
onial regions controlled by rival i'm
perialists-Great Britain in particular
Let the other governments be forced
to withdraw their subsidies to the spe
cial industries whose commodities
Wall Street covets, and together with
the enslaved workers and colonials
who produce them, they will pass rap
idly into the clutches of American i'm
perialism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-21
By William F. Dunno

INCREASING activity in China un-
4 der the slogan of the open Door,"
the financial and military penetration
Of Mexico, Central and South Ameri-
ca, Cuba and Haiti, under the aegis
of the Monroe Doctrine, to the almost
complete exclusion of other nations,
and now the attempt to dictate the
economic policies of all other govern
ments expressed in Hoover's ultima
tum, together with the dominant po-
sition of American imperialism in the
field of international finance, show
that American Imperialism com
plies in all these respects to the me-
thods Of expansion as set forth by
Lenin.
"Great colonial possessions" said
Lenin, land monopollstic position on
the world market" are two typical
characteristics of imperialism, "lm-
perlalism," he said, "has a tendency
to create privileged ranks also among
the workers and of separating them
from the broad masses Of the prole-
tariat."
r ENIN quotes letter of Engels to.
IL Marx written during the time the
two great revoMtionists were study
ing the relation of opportunism in
the labor movement to the imperial
list characteristics of capitalism
n "The English proIetarlat is actual.
ly Becoming more and more bour-
geois, so that it appears that this
most bourgeois of all nations evil
IDENTIFY wants to bring things about
to the point, where It will have a
bourgeois aristooraey and a hour-
geois proIetariat alongside Of the
bourgeoise. Of course. this is tea
certain degree natural on the part
of nation exploiting the whole
world"
And again, quoting letter OF Eng
els to Kautsky, 1882:
"You ask me Swhat the English
workers think of the colonial policy.
They think the same of it as they
do of politics in general. There is
no labor party here, there are only
conservative and liberal radicals,
while the workers most calmly
share with them the benefits Of
England's colonial monopoly and its
monopoly on the world market"
The analogy between the British la
Dor movement of that period and the
present condition of the American la
Dor movement is obvious. Whole sec
tions of the American labor move
ment are sharing in the super-proflts
of American Imperialism.
ITO be continued.)
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organ. But events have them logic
even in so petty bourgeois a land as
Sweden. At first Hoglund only fought
against the "Cadaver obedience" of
the Comintern-then he supported the
social-democrats in the parliamentary
elections against the Communists. At
first he was only against the meth
DDS" of the Comintern, later he iden-
titled himself with Trammael, who
was preaching a. new revolution in
Soviet Russia against the present one
directed by BoIsheviks. At first he
was only against the dictatorship
of zinoviev, now however, he declares
himself also against the dictatorship
of the proletariat and, like a convert.
ed sinner, he confesses himself "for
democracy, the only method for the
liberation of the proletariat."
At first he founded a fraction with.
in the Comintern against the Comm.
tern; then he tried to build up a frac.
ton, international in extent, outside
the Comintern against the Comintern;
and now he issues the ceremonious de.
claration that he will refrain from all
fractional politics within the social-de.
mocracy.
Hoglund's disgraceful end proves
clearly the correctness of the Comm.
tern policy in Sweden, the inevitibility
of the split and the propriety of the
methods whish marshalled the entire
Communist Party for the Comintern
but against. Hoglund.
Hoglund now becomes an official
member of the social-democratfc party
OF Branting, but politically alive, is
now buried deeper and with more
finality than Branting dead.
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CALL FOR LABOR UNION CONGRESS
BYaAUSTRALIAN LEFT WING GIVES
REPLY TO LABOR PARTY REACTION

SYDNEY-(FP.)-In view of the
heresy hunt. by the Australian Labor
party against the militants in the part
ty, labor men, are demanding a con-
gress of all unions in Australia at the
earliest possible moment. A mani
festo issued to the unions reads, in
part:
There Is every indication. both
on the industrial as on the political
fields. that a reorganization of the
whole Of the labor movement, political
and industrial alike, would be in the
best interests OF the mass of the
workers. The labor movement of
Australia is entrenched firmly upon
an industrial basis. IT can have no
existence apart from that foundation,
and its success or otherwise depends
largely upon the organization of the
Industrial and political wings and
their effective and harmonious inter.
relations"
The political wing is trying to pre-
vent the congress. fearing that II will
be captured by the militants in the
industrial unions, IL is claiming that
Labor's defeat In the federal elections
was due To- the presence OF radicals
within the party and the fear that II
Labor was elected there would be a
revolutionary change OF government.
The militants say that Labor's de.
feat wasaduesto the failure of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-21
Danger Ahead for Labor

A MEXICAN imperialism drives for
"A world hegemony. 1t has much but
it wants it all. Lenin described this
process in his Imperialism;
"Not only are the already discov-
cred sources Of raw materials Of
Importance to finance capital, but
also the possible sources of such
materials, as technique is develop
ing very fast in our times, and the
lands which today are useless,
new methods happen to be dlscoV-
cred land in such cases the large
banks can send out special expedi-
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party to institute a live, radical policy.
Had this been done, they assert, Labor
would have had a sweeping victory
in Australia Nov. IA.
At Brisbane the Communists. have
been ordered to give up rooms in the
Brisbane Trades hall Messrs.. Rymer
and Moroney, chief officials of the
Queensland branch of the Australian
Railways union, have been expelled
from the Queensland executive of the
Australian Labor party. They were
the leaders in the recent successful
general strike of railway workers
throughout Queensland which com.
PEELED the Labor government to grant
an all-round increase in wages. They
are not members of the Communist
party
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-21
By SINBAD

ton, the commercial and political capt.
tai of South China, which contains
S0,00O,000 people who were forced to
depend on Hongkong for import and
export. Now Hongkong loses this
trade and as a result is becoming eco
nomically rotten. q have given ac-
tual statistics as to the effect the
strike has had on Hongkong shipping
in a previous articlel.
A LTHO Hongkong has kept poker
a face to the outside world she is
beaten and she knows it. Several
times meetings were held by leading
citizens in Hongkong and resolutions
were drafted to urge the home gov
eminent to take drastic action against
Canton but no favorable answer has
been received.
Her commerce tied up, no chance
for the settlement of the strike in
the near future visible, Hongkong is
certainly in sorry plight.
Many firms in Hongkong have de-
clared bankruptcy and there Is not
one firm, Chinese or foreign, in Hong
kong that is not in danger of passing
into the hands of a receiver. There
remains one outlet for Hongkong
and that is unconditional compliance
with the demands of the strikers.
A report has just been received
that Hongkong has selected four OF
the leading commercial figures in
Hongkone to proceed to Canton to
attempt the negotiation for settle
ment. ...
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Notes of an Internationalist
No. 3-HOgLund Again Social Democrat.

within the Communist Party. He could
never tolerate the discipline of the
Communist International and fought
against it with all the finesse and in
not evolve themselves. Hoglund ever
felt himself "Swede" in the narrow
est sense of the word and wanted to
impose his Swedish" policies upon
the Comintern. The crassest example
of his backward Philistine provincial
genuity of a typical intellectual. Of
course, this was no accident; the
Communist International represents
the great proletarian masses Of the
big industrial countries, the working
masses of these countries in which
the postwar crisis created a revolu-
tionary situation and revolutionary
tradition. Hoglund's rebellion against
the Communist International was in
the last analysis nothing other than
the revolt of the bourgeois
Swedish Idyll against the Comintern,
representing the revolutionary, great
industrial proletariat.
AS Hoglund, in Stockholm, hoisted
the Swedish flag of rebellion against
the Red flag of the Oomintern, he be-
came at one blow the national hero
of the Swedish bourgeoisie, and Mr.
Engberg, the leader of the so-called
left" social-democrats declared that
Hoglund was but a prodigal son and
that the old social-democratic home
stead would ever be open for him.
For sometime Zeth Hoglund was
coy, he did not want to return to the
social-democracy; he founded his own
Communist Party independent from
Moscow, he created his own central
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tions, composed Of engineers, aero-
nomists, etc. and large amounts
Of capital are applied. The same
applies to searches for new miner
al deposits, and researches for new
methods of working and utilizing
Of one or another kind of raw ma
terial, etc. Hence the unavoidable
tendency of finance capital toward
expansion of its economic territory
and even to the extension of terri.
tories in general. Just as the trusts
capitalize their property at two or
three times their value, counting
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-21

on the possible future (not pres
ent) profits and on the further re-
suits of monopoly, so also does
finance capital in general tend to-
ward the acquisition Of as much
land as possible, no matter Of what
kind, where, or how, counting on
the future sources Of raw materl-
ais, fearing lest 1t remain behind
in the frantic struggle for the un-
divided portions of the earth or the
redivisIon Of the already divided
portions"
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Hongkong Strike Strategy Wins

have special uniforms and for the
most part carry batonS One of their
important duties is 90 enforce the
blockade and boycott against British
goods. Those stationed at the more
deserted parts of the1eity and in the
suburbs have rifles. sms
TN China, as anywhere in the world
! no matter how inteuze the patriotic
feeling, there is always to be found
plenty of treachery and deceit. Here
this treachery is expressed by a GER
tain part of the population who at
tempt to smuggle provisions to Hong
kong or try to convey provisions into
Shameen, the foreign concession of
Canton which is also iinder strict boy
colt. This is for the most part pre-
vented by the strikers guard, who
keep strict watch Oh any would-be
smugglers.
WHEN thousands of people are idle
" and have nothing to do but eat
and wait, there is a danger of hOoli-
ganism arising. But this danger has
been effectively killed by the discip-
line instituted in the ranks Of the
strikers. In the morning and at night
the roll is called and those missing
are accounted for by their fellow
strikers. Strike pickets patrol the
streets and search any persons carry
ing suspicious parcels or bundles.
After the institution of shipping
regulations by the strike committee,
whereby no British ships or any other
craft carrying Britishpgoods is allow
ed to unload here, the strike pickets
got busy to enforceuthe regulations.
Every steamer cominseinto Canton is
searched by strike & pickets. The
blockade is being morally effected by
the patriotic spirit Of the people and
is technically being cayried out by the
strikers guard.
lllaQi
THE strikers are not entirely idle
4 during this periodowhen the whole
of China is looking atfahem with eyes
full OF hope. The strike committee,
consisting of men well-tried by the
battles of the past. have realized that
without the political training of the
strikers half of their strength is lost.
There is a great difference be-
tween a soldier whosfghts because
he is ordered to and soldier who
knows what he is fighting for. The
latter type Is what the strike COM
mittee has been striving to work
out. They want the strikers who
are struggling against Imperialism
to realize the full meaning Of this
struggle.
The strike committee has organized
a special school for the political train
ing of the strikers.
FOLLOWING. is a report on the
progress Of the school:
"u) Eight sections OF the strikers
guards have been sent to the outlying
districts to enforce the blockade
Each section is accompanied by a po
litical instructor.
"(2) The school has graduated five
sections Of FIVE students each. Every
day. at in the evening these stud
ents speak TO the strikers at their
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-21
Priest Gets Jail for
Fake Charity Forgery

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 19.-The Wiz.
ginia supreme court today upheld the
conviction and sentence to two years
in prison Of the Rev. Father Narcisse
+. Dennis, a catholic priest, formerly
OF Baltimore and Worcester. Mass.
Dennis was convicted of forgery and
Of victimizing local bank out OF a
large sum of money in connection
with an alleged charitable scheme.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-21

(Great revolutionary changes are
taking place in China. The present
period is one Of stirring, enthusiast
tic struggle and the greatest factor
in china's battle today is the Hong
kong strike, even the existence of
which has been concealed by the
capitalist press.)
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british Imperialism, the ogre that
Dhas lowered over the East for
many years is now receiving a blow
that promises to be serious in the
Hongkong strike. A strike of over
100000 oppressed workers was de.
clared six months ago, in sympathy
with the Shanghai strikers who pro-
tested against the brutal slaughter OF
defenseless, workers and students.
At the very beginning of the strike
Sir William Stubs, the governor of
Hongkong was supposed to have
gone on a long-delayed vacation, but
owing to the commencement of the
strike he was ordered not to leave
until he had effected a settlement
He was quite furious and issued a dec.
laration to the effect that as those
bloody strikers" kept him from his
vacation he would SHOW" them.
MOT long ago Sir william Stubs
~ left Hongkong, but not on his va
cation; he left for Jamaica to govern
Negroes. He had started out to show
the workers where "to get off, so to
speak, but, instead, it was he who
was shown were "to get off," He had
instituted several forms of punish
ment which are not even used on the
worst Of criminals, to punish" the
strikers. He revived the use of the
"cat" and of the solitary" He tor
tured the strikers to find out whether
tthey had any "Bolshevik" leanings
This went on for a time but in nc
way diminished the progress of the
strike. In fact the number of strik
ers increased two-fold =. Parlia
ment held several meetings to decide
whether the "cat" was the proper
method to use to break the spirit OF
the strikers. Speeches were made by
eminent tories and still more eminent
labor members and it must have
been decided that the removal OF
Stubs would save Britain's-face.
IN July, after most of the strikers
had come to Canton, new era II
the Chinese labor movement began
Thousands Of workers, for many years
under the IRON heel Of the Hongkonl
imperialists had at last gotten away
from under that heel and had come
to Canton where they we're welcomed
with open arms. Canton, itself {
chronic sufferer from British imperial
ism, embodied in Hongkong, coult
sympathize with the strikers
Almost Immediately the strikers
guard was formed. This guard con
sisted Of over 1000 men who keep tn,
masses Of strikers in perfect order
The guard consists of men. picked be
cause Of their mental and physical 1T
ness. who are trained by the officers
Of the revolutionary army. They
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sleeping quarters or in the open air"
FOLLOWING are regulations issued
4 by the strike committee regarding
political work:
"Q) The chief instructor must CO.
operate with the chief commander of
the strikers guard in designating the
movement of the guards, issuing no
tiees and orders and controlling the
educational work.
"(2) The instructors are RESPONSE
BILE for the education of the guard and
for propaganda among the rest Of the
strikers.
"(S) Each section must make a
weekly report concerning the political
education of the strikers during the
week.
"(4) The instructors must be fully
informed of the spirit of the guard
and must look out for any counter.
revolutionary elements arising in the
ranks of the strikers.
"(5) The instructors are RESPONSE
BILE for propaganda; verbal and other.
wise.
"(6) They must supply the strik-
ers with proletarian literature"
Nv
THE strike committee consists OF
4 ten members who we're elected by
the strikers representatives assem-
bly,. 1t is similar to a presidium, OF
the central executive committee of a
political party. All questions concern
ing the strike and its policy are de
cided by this committee. 1t holds
meetings daily.
The strikers Representatives as.
sembly consists of Representatives Of
the strikers and the proportion is ap
proximately one representative tc
every so strikers. They hold meet
ings three time a week. At every
meeting reports on the political situa
tion are given by the leading figures
of the Kuomintang A financial report
of the strike is given by the strike
committee. After these reports they
have discussions in regard to them
The assembly forms the regulations
Of the strike and hands them to the
committee for decision. Any member
of the assembly has the right to pro
pose any action concerning the strike
FINANCIAL support of the strike is
4 received from many sources. The
Canton merchants donate approx
mately $4,000 a week. The oversee
Chinese have also responded nobly.
The following sums were received
in one day taken at random:
Canton merchants ......................$10,0 900
Chinese colony In Cuba............. 20 600
Chinese colony in Canada ....... 5000
Chinese colony in Mexico......... 4,42I
Chinese colony In Vancouver. 1,16F
Chinese in United States cities $4,000
Shanghai Physical Train. Assn. 3,27l
Following are the expenses Of the
ast.-s Of the strikers for one day
:-h.r ~ ',ndom:
fVOu .,.....,......-...,. 4,Olv.Zt
To different organizations.... 1896
Tea, medicines ...................... 210.9s
Sundrles ....,'.".".."....,s..s.".".: b3.34
Allowances ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 7OSC
-.
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Total expenses...$6,4 Is
A glance at these figures shows that
while much money is being received
from many sources, the expenses are
large and funds are needed.
MANY thousands of strikers have
gone to the interior to their homes
and therefore do not receive financial
support from the, strike committee.
But as to moral and, political support,
propagandist sections are sent at fire.
quent intervals to the interior to talk
to the strikers and peaeants).
TINE effect produced on Hongkong
\ by the strike could not have been
foretold by the most extravagant of
prophets. The average daily financial
loss in the turnover of trade is con
8rvatively put at $4,OOO.OOO. The to-
tai loss since the beginning of the
strike is estimated at over 100000,
900. The economic pulse of Hong.
kong has stopped beating. The ire
mendous business done by Hongkong
in pre-strike days has now dwindled
to mere heap OF ashes. Hongkong
used to be the hkey to South China
trade. sgs 81
All goods had to pass thru Hong
kong before it could proceed to Can
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-21
Another Sample of Labor Politics

The dpicabe campaign of the labor takers support
t candidates having been launched by the officials the
building trades council lining support of Frank H. Smith
for United States have the degraded spectacle
representatives Of twelve labor unons Of them and
chaueurs organizations govelng before the strikebeang
abheng unionWrecng Grove Barrett republican organization
and asking this contemplate machine place their ticket
Municipal Judge William II. Fetzer for denomination
Such perfdy and rank treacery almost nconceivabe
derng the record States Attorney Grove who his aggrega
thugs attacked his 1922 raid
Offices and mprson union officials fake charges in effort
aid the open shoppers and the Lands gang the building
trades smash unionism in Chicago
The endes of leaders of labor to such creature Grove
should be sufficient them from official positions
the labor Such people the vest Of soopgeons
and should be kicked out of the labor movement
Small of Illinois unique respect
machine well organized that when he misusng
ordered to make good million dollars he simply proceeds
the of the gang bear the burden Perhaps they all
crooked they dare refuse tribute to make good the
shortage of the chief
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