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rights for the workers and peasants.
All basic industry will be owned by
the state and a form of progressive
taxation developed which will make
the accumulation of big estates i'm
possible.
The manner in which the docks at
Whampoa-the new port of Canton.
which, when completed, will make the
British port OF Hongkong useless-are
being financed is very interesting.
The peoples government has appro-
priated $10,000,O0O and the people
have raised $10,0OO,OOO. As the gov.
eminent is a peoples government,
this arrangement typifies the close
bonds between 1t and the masses,
British interests have been dealt
severe blow by this scheme. The big.
gest American steamship line in the
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Pacifc--the Dollar line-is now using
.ne port OF Whampoa instead of Hong.
kong.
Good Wishes for DAILY WORKER.
SzE ToA CHAN conveyed his thanks
- to The DAILY WORKER and his
best wishes for the success Of the
struggle 1t wages against Imperialism
and for the Chinese liberation move.
ment.
The interview lasted two and one
half hours, but at no time did SEE
show any signs of WEAKNESS, altho an
immense pile OF documents on his
table were evidence Of the work
which had been interrupted and Of
the exhaustive investigation he a.
making OF the vocational education
Isystsm In America.
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mintang is conducted by the Commu-
nists.
Party Structure.
rT'HE Kuomintang is administered by
l. political bureau of 16 members
elected by the central committee,
which in turn is elected by a con-
vention.
The party is organized into sections,
to carry on work in their respective
flelds-trade union, peasant organiza.
ton, youth, women, military, etc. At
the head of the various sections is a
member of the political bureau and O
committee.
The Kuomintang has 10000 mem
bers in other countries, 10000 OF them
in America. Seventy per cent OF all
Chinese in Canada belong to the Kuo.
mintang.
Right and Left Wings.
THE right wing in the Kuomintang
is practically liquidated and has
lost all influence both in the party
and among the masses. It's only cen
ter is in Shanghai Hk
There was q struggle in the party
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ment which can take care Of the inter-
asts of the Chinese people against all
enemies-external and internal Our
government is anxious to get at the
work Of building the New China as
quickly as possible"
ITO you think there has been a
- change in American policy to.
wards China recently?" | asked.
II think not" said SEE. America
has been more friendly than the other
powers, and we hope she will follow
the example of Soviet Russia and
take the lead in abolishing the I'M
equal treaties"
A few more questions on foreign
policy and relations Of the peoples
government followed. Perhaps SEE
felt the interview was drifting to a
discussion Of matters too delicate for
him to be quoted upon, for he said.
Il am not diplomat and my knowl-
edge of foreign affairs IS limited. 1
am better informed on the educational
activities of the peoples govern
ment"
(From here on in this article the
Socratic method Of questions and an
swers will be abandoned and as the
interview covered a wide range OF sub
jects 1 will try to give the views of
See Toa Chan on them in my own
words and under specific headings.)
China and Foreigners.
NEITHER the peoples government
L Y nor the Chinese people who sup.
port it are against foreigners as such.
They have no anti-foreign prejudices
but are solidly united against the i'm
perialists.
The foreign press, including the
American papers, is absolutely false
in its stories of outrages against for
eigners. In Canton, even during the
height of the boycott of Hongkong,
when anti-British feeling was at fever
heat an Englishman was perfectly
safe on the streets. This attitude of
the Chinese population is to be COM
mended highly in view of the brutality
Of the foreign police forces and such
occurrences as the bombardment of
Wahsien by British gunboat and
the massacre of striking workers in
Shanghai by foreigners. There is per-
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military advisers attached to its units.
Chang KRi Shek is commander-in-
chief, appointed to this post by the
political bureau just before the begin
ming of the drive north and west from
Canton, which has brought the rich
Yangtxe valley under control OF tho
peoples government.
Chang Kai Shek, like many other
peoples government officials. is q
graduate OF Toxic Military Academy.
He is a member of the political bu-
reau and visited Russia in 1929.
Oddly enough, Chang is q school
mate Of Sun Chuang Fang, the ally OF
WI Ped-fu and Great Britain, whom
the peoples army is chasing out of
The Yangtze valley.
Women and the Peoples Government.
ONE Of the big achievements of the
~ party and the government has
been the political emancipation of
women. They are now on a basis OF
complete equality. There are women
members Of the central committee of
the Kuomintang and the work OF the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-12
BY WILLIAM F. DUNE.

"XETHEN will Shanghai be taken by
w the peoples armies?" I asked
SEE Ttoa Chan, member of the com.
mittee for education Of the Canton
city government and here as special
Investigator of education for the Kuo-
mintang, as we sat in his modest
room in the Metropole HOTEL
1T is difficult to say Just when
Shanghai viii fall to the peoples ar
miles," he replied, "but that 1t will
fall is certain, because the people of
China solidly support the peoples gov
eminent"
CZE spoke as quietly as if we were
~ discussing the flavor of tea in
stead of the struggle of 44GOOO,OOO
million people for freedoms struggle
which has shaken the whole structure
of world imperialism to its founda-
tons.
He is slender, Misunderstanding and
pleasant-voiced Cantonese with the
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as a special representative OF the Can
ton government to study educational
methods. In 1925 he was a member
of the committee on textbooks for
young men Of the education depart
ment of the central committee OF the
Chinese national party. He was also
secretary OF the second national con-
ference in 1925, held under the
auspices Of the Chinese national party,
and a member OF the committee Of
300 for provincial conferences. He is
a member OF the central committee of
700 Of the Teachers Association and
Of the central committee OF Q OF the
Chinese nationalist party.
GZE was a MEMBER OF the committee
~ which devised the present plan of
mass education now in effect in the
territories governed by the peoples
party (Kuomintang).
"Will the peoples party, since its
recent victories in central China, now
begin an energetic campaign for rec
ognition by the imperialist powers?"
/ asked.
Somewhat to my surprise, SEE said /:
"The peoples government is not
now greatly concerned over the ques-
ton OF recognition. It feels that its
main task now is the complete defeat
OF Imperialism and militarism and the
establishment Of powerful govern.
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feet order In Canton for the first time
in fifteen years.
The kuomintang Party and Govern
ment.
THE Kuomintang, organized by DR..
4 Sun Vat Sen is "the party of ma
tional liberation" This is not to be
construed in the narrow sense OF lib
Grafton from foreign rule alone, but
according to the meaning of the San
Min doctrine of Sun Vat Sen. Unto
English it can be translated as the
three-fold people theory.) The doc
trine consists Of: /. National free
dom and equality for all races. 2. Po-
litical rights for the people. .. Eco
nomic rights for the peasants and
workers. The Kuomintang Is there
fore a party Of national liberation in
the sense that it organizes the masses
for struggle against imperialist rule,
militarists and POLITICAL economic and
cultural obstacles.
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small. beautitully-kept hands Of the
Chinese intellectual. One finds It
hard to realize that These were the
kind Of hands that in the early days
Of the revolutionary movement under
Dr.. Sun Vat Sen welded sword, rife
and revolver with deadly effect against
the Manchu troops.
GZE is only 81 years old, but has
~ been active in the Chinese national
government for IA years. He attend
ed high school and the National Uni
versity of Pekin, 1909-12. He was sec
rotary of the Chinese national court
in 1914 and principal of the Continual
School in the city of Canton until
1919. In 1914 he was sent to Japan
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| between the left and center, in which
the question Of the relations with the
Communist Party as well as the rela-
tions with the Union OF Socialist So
Wet Republics figured prominently.
AS result Of this controversy Wan
chi Wei, leader Of the extreme left
Of the Kuomintang. and Ho An Min, a
very able and brilliant leader, were
defeated by Chang Kai Shek and with
drawn from the political work OF the
party.
TNIE breach has now been healed.
4 Chang KAT Shek has asked Wan
Chin Wei to return. The extraordi-
nary conference of the party held re-
Gently in Canton appointed a special
committee OF I'VE to ask Wan to re-
sumo his activity and also sent him a
telegram Of welcome. The party has
been strengthened greatly by this de-
velopment.
The Kuomintang is keenly inter-
ested in the struggles of all races and
nationalities oppressed by imperial
AaAAs anu AKA S&AJOh SuCAC oil OCn-
stantly q large number of colonial
leaders studying the Chinese reyolu-
ton.
The Peoples Government.
TNHE government in this period is
L government of the Kuomintang
party. The structure of the govern
ment follows very closely that Of the
party itself and there is little diff
terence between the two
The political bureau is the leading
organ of the government and is ap-
pointed by the party. When the coun-
try has been consolidated there will
be popular elections.
Opposition Parties.
There is no serious popular opposi-
ton to the Kuomintang. British
agents organized the Constitutional
purpose Of combating "sovietism, COM
purpose of combating "sovietism, COM
munism and bolshevism" and purging
China OF "the red menace" This
campaign, altho supported by WI Pei
fu, never gained any popular support.
The Army.
THE peoples army is the weapon
l. of the masses and is democratic
cally organized. There are Russian
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Industrial controversies which refuse
to yield to any other matters have
been satisfactorily settled in joint con-
ferences arranged and guided by i'm
partial government mediators." He
praises congress for accepting the
same principle" in establishing the
Watson-Parker railway labor board,
which has the same purpose.
Reports Child Labor Increase.
Child labor is on the increase in the
United States, the report says. Def
mite figures are not given. but the sec
rotary reports that in 20 out of rs
cities with a population Of 100000 or
more the number of children between
the ages of IA and 16 that have left
school go into industry, has increased
in the fiscal year over the correspond
ing period last year.
Sees Women's Problems.
The department is taking cogni-
zance of the fact that there are
great number of women now in indus
try in the United States. A large
part Of the report is devoted to this.
Census figures show that the num-
Der of wage-earning women is con.
stantly increasing" the report says,
"and that employment of women in
industrial enterprises is not a tenn
porary measure. II is now also real
lied that there is a great need for
recommendation in regard to stand.
ards Of women's employment, due 10
he fact that women have been in ,
weaker economic position than men
Therefore 1t is necessary to give OPP
portunity for the upbuilding OF safe.
guards to conserve alike an Industrial
efficiency and the health Of the
women, and to make IT impossible for
selfish interests to exploit them as I'M
willing competitors in lowering those
standards OF wages.
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THE Kuomintang has 100000 men,
4 bers. The great bulk of the mem
bership are workers and students.
Eighty per cent of the Chinese popu-
lation are workers and peasants and
the party bases itself on this section
Of the people.
II places the greatest emphasis on
education-not only on formal -educa-
ton, as do capitalist parties and gov
ernments, but on political education
Of the masses. 1t has reorganized the
whole educational system in southern
China and is carrying on this same
work in other sections as they pass
into its control.
A S part Of this work all old text
"A books are being rewritten and
new ones prepared. Sun Vat Sen
University is being reorganized and
an extensive network Of schools has
already been established. Hundreds
of teachers are being specially trained
for this work. Others--sare being
trained to give vocational education.
In Canton alone there have been
established 40 grade schools, IL high
schools and five middle schools.
All members of the Chinese Com
munist Party are also members of the
Kuomintang. The Communists are
the organizers OF the trade union
movement, which ia the advance guard
of the liberation movement, and most
Of the propaganda work of the Kuo-
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says, would be entitled to use the
facts contained in that record as a
basis for certificate OF arrival for use
in naturalization proceedings or is
suance of a form to re-enter should
such be required"
Not Espionage, He Says.
Il want to emphasize" he states,
mat / propose no police registration
or regulation. Objection has been
raised TO enrolment projects on the
assumption that it is an espionage
proposal. My object is far removed
from that, and in order that the mer-
its OF enrolment as l suggested may
be fairly tried l am willing that my
recommendation be put into effect on
a voluntary basis. =. / am con-
WINGED that even a voluntary enroll
ment of aliens would serve to benefit
those who take advantage of It, and
enable us to know those aliens among
as who have intentions Of becoming
citizens"
Glass Collaboration Propaganda.
A major part of Davis report is de-
voted TO propaganda to foster class
collaboration. In his conclusions, he
says: "The problems of the future
In America are more and more GER
tain 70 be not political, but Industrial
and economic problems. Every ef-
fort should be made TO maintain har-
mony and good will between worker
and employer, which so largely ac-
counts for our present prosperity.
Every man who employs others. every
man who devotes his skill to another
for hire, should never lose his pres.
ent realization OF the fact that both
are partners In single business. in
dispensable to the business and TO
each other. To the perpetuation OF
that spirit OF partnership in industry
the department Of labor should al
ways and intellectually be com
mitted.
Favors Strike-Breakinp.
Davis says he is convinced that his
method OF strike-breaking by means
Of government conciliators is sound.
IT has been demonstrated that grave
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women's department of the party is
considered as one Of the most impor-
ant tasks. In a country where women
have been held as chatteIs for centu-
lies the progress made so far is a ire
mendous achievement.
Organization of Industry.
THE peoples government plans to
L organize industry in the New
China in accord with the third point
in the San-Min doctrine, i. e., economic
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SECRETARY OF LABOR BACKING DOWN
FROM STAND ON ALIEN REGISTRATION;
'FWILLING TO MAKE 1T VOLUNTARY" NOW
fspeeIaI 70 rhe osiIx Workerl

WASHINGTON 1OTha the opposition of the
willing
good faith"
he o
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dll.sss4.lsslaLar1I[anRns>n
EDfLTIIl En-
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Favors ssrlke.BreakIno.

Davis says he is convinced that his
method Of strike-breaking by means
Of government conciliators is sound.
II has been demonstrated that grave
Evening star., 1926-11-24
PARENTS MEETINGS
TO INCLUDE CHILDREN
Room and Attendant Will Be Pro-
vided by Lyon Park Or.
ganization.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LYON PARK. Va, November ga
In order that parents may be un-
deferred by the handicap Of children
in attending meetings of the Parent
Teacher Association. arrangements
will he made by the association to
provide room and an attendant for
the children. so that they may be
brought along. \ special invitation
has been issued to all parents by the
new president. !. w. Palmer.
Following addresses by Mrs f. A.
Carver and Mesdames Briggs and
Semones of the State association, on
the advantages Of affiliation, the or
canization at y meeting last night
voted to become 4 part of the State
association. a proposal to change
the meeting night from the third Fri
day to the second Thursday Of each
month will he discussed at the next
executive committee meeting.
Standing committees were an
nounCed. as follows: Membership
Mrs. Bohrer. chairman: Mrs. McNee-
ley, Mrs. Folsom. Mrs. Mccarthy. Mrs.
George. Mrs. Ross and Miss Blossom.
Entertainment-Mr Billmyer. chair
man; Mrs. Stone. Mrs. Woodward and
Mrs. Dagger. Recreation and grounds
Mrs. Cary, chairman; Mr.. Folsom
Mr. Stone, Mrs. Moffatt and Miss
Petrinovich. Publicity-Mrs. Shaw
han, chairman; Mrs. Dewey and Mrs.
Tingstrum.
Evening star., 1926-11-24
DRUG RING FOUNDED
COLLEGE, IS CHARGE
Diplomas" Mailed for Use in Oh.
tanning Authority to Pre-.
scribe Narcotic.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch To The star
BALTIMORE. November 24-E:xist.
ence Of a nation wide narcotic ring,
which obtained charter for a col
lege to aid in the alleged illegal dis
pensing of drugs. is seen by Federal
narcotic agents in Baltimore, who are
looking for the incorporators of the
school.
Several doctors who obtained "di-
plOmas" from a Baltimore institution
are under arrest in Florida for viola
tion Of the drug laws, and other ar
rests are expected.
According to Narcotic Agent Joseph
Bramsky. in charge Of the Florida
investigation, the college, was in
corporated in 1914. Under the terms
Of it's charter it was to have been
erected on McCulloh street, but never
opened its doors.
Instead. Agent Bramsky said, 1t be-
gan mailing diplomas" to certain men
in Florida and other States. who Used
them to obtain doctors licenses and
the necessary authority to prescribe
narcotic drugs.
When agents in Florida learned that
many Of the supposed medical men
were graduates" Of the institution
they came here to investigate.
Evening star., 1926-11-24
ARLINGTON BUDGET
PLANS ARE APPROVED
Chamber of Commerce Directors
and Members Pledge Half of
Amount Sought.
Npecial Dispatch tn The Star.

CLARENDON. Va. November "a
At a dinner at the Washington Golf
and Country Club last night, arranged
by the budget committee of the Ar
lington County Chamber of Commerce.
35 of the directors and members of the
chamber gave hearty approval to the
Embarrassing plans Of the budget COM
mittee and pledged contributions of
half of the amount which the chamber
Is out to- raise.
Colvin 8. Brown of the United
Sta tes Chamber of Commerce. the
prin~tral speaker, paid tribute to the
great possibilities Of Arlington County
as an ideal residential and industrial
area He described his experiences
and impressions gained in making
contact with a great number of cham.
hers of commerce in every State in the
Union He enlarged upon the point
that business orga nizattOns should
know their communities intimately
and realize their advantages and weak
nesSeS.
With President G. Z. Ahalt presid-
ing the meeting then went into the
question of funding the budget, and
practically every man present pledged
himself TO a. substa ntial subscription,
over three-year period. The chair
man of the budget committee, X. A.
Prumhack, outlined plans for raising
the funds.
The chambers budget goal is $10.-
600 for the year. of which $4,000 was
pledged by those attending the dinner,
leaving only s. 900 more to be raised.
The plans of the budget committee
cover the payment of a substantial
salary to a permanent, experienced,
full.time secretary. an allotment for In
Cidental and overhead expenses and
SO 900 f6f an advertising fund with
which to advertise the county's ad-
vantageS.
Evening star., 1926-11-24
HOLIDAY ARRANGED
IN PRINCE GEORGES
County's Business Houses and
Schools to Suspend for Celebra.
tion Tomorrow.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

HYATTSVILLE. Md. November "a.
Thanksgiving day will be observed
in Prince Georges County by a gen.
eral suspension of business. Banks
will be closed, as will most stores, and
school children will begin a recess that
will continue until Monday. Many
family reunions are planned.
Congregations of the local Baptist,
Methodist Episcopal South, Memorial
NJ. E. and Presbyterian Churches will
hold union service at 10 am. at the
Presbyterian Church. The sermon will
be by DIR. p. P. Roberts son. pastor of
the Baptist Church. and the Rev. Her
man Mckay of Memorial NJ. E.
Church. Rev. c. H. Cannon of the NJ.
f. Church South and the Rev. Hobart
Evans of the Presbyterian Church
also will participate. The Offering will
go to the La Plata relief fund. Choirs
of the various churches will combine
for a special program.
At Pinkney Memorial Episcopal
Church a service will be held at 1890
am. At Pinkney Memorial Church
Parish Hall there will be a tea and
sale Of embroideries made by Armenian n
refugees from to o'clock in the aft
ernOon. Sophomores of Hyattsville
High School will hold party in the
evening in the new gymnasium at the
school. A sunrise service is to be held
at the Presbyterian Church at River
dale.
Services will be held at Trinity Epis-
copal Church at Upper Marlboro at
10 am, and at pm. the new parish
hall of the church will he formally
opened. In st. Paul's Episcopal par
ish there will he holy eucharist at st.
Mary's Church at Aquasco at am.
and holy eucharist and sermon at st.
Pauls Church. Baden. at 1890. The
annual turkey dinner of the guild of
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, near
Collington. will be served in the after
noon from to 4 o'clock. A Thanks
giving eve dance is to be given tonight
at Odd Fellows Hall. at Capitol
Heights, by the Volunteer Fire De-
pa rtment.
Evening star., 1926-11-24
CIVIC BODY OPPOSES
"L0NG-W -WINDED" TALKS
Lyon Village Association will
Ask Restrictions by Airing
ton County Federation.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LYON VILLAGE, Va. November
24.-An effort TO check 'Iong. .winded
oratory" in the Arlington County
Civic Federation will be made by the
Lyon Village Citizens Association as
a result of the action of it's executive
committee last night in instructing
it's delegates to propose a rule limiting
debate on questions in the federation
to five minutes.
The committee, meeting in the home
Of w. r. Swetnam. decided that the
sessions Of the county federation are
too long. due chiefly to the filibuster-
ing and oratory. The associations s
delegates will propose the limitation
on debate at the next meeting Of the
federation.
The executive committee voted not
to approve of the associations affilia-
ton at this time with the Arlington
District Council of Citizens Associa-
tions. Lyon Village was one of the
associations invited to join the council.