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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-11
The Limit

Howard-How do you like your new
boarding house?
Clarke-Not very well.
Howard-Is the woman economical?
Clarke-Is she7 Say, that woman
can re-hash hashed hash.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-11

"For six years I
was q sick man, I"
said Mr.. Usherwood
recently. Good felt
like a lump in my
stomach. Igrewpep-
less and lost all in
terest in life around
me. Even the light
est food disagreed
with me, and restful
sleep was out of the
<ls
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-11
BatteryserviieeM Man
Tells Experience

John T. Usher,cood, 1ff3 9Th Ave-,
s. w., FaribauH, Mimi, had pain
full experience. No,o in tip-top shape;
gained 10 u.s., and tells hoaO Fanlac
helped him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-11
Just Wait

She-When we are married I'll
share all your troubles and sorrows.
He-But i have none.
Shell said when we are married.
London Answers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-11
Many Do

'Does your wife care for house
work.
"She likes nothing better"-Life
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-11


Ruth and Alexander, much
III he Of waswe on he way.
baseballs
to a and
boys were simply
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-11

The Truth
"Are you the defendant"
mo, I've got lawyer. I'm the
guy who stole the car"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-07

Another premiere scheduled for
this evening, will take place at the
Provincetown Playhouse, where "Ra-
pid Transit" will be shown. The
play is from the Hungarian Of Laios
Egri, and was adopted by Charles
Recht.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-07

asers to the other provinces of the empire and
such disasters"
Surely further basis for needed than to follow the
procedure outlined above 1t by carrying official
depreciation of this policy that American washp took part
the bombardment of Marking Nothing this needed
to send huge shells hurting from American bateshps into
Chinese cities and to have American army the field with
British butchers American Imperialism formal agree
ment with other enemy the Chinese
liberation movement.
Any note indicating pacific intentions the part Wall
Street toward China meaningless long
lean naval and military forces Chinese waters and on
Chinese SOIL
Neither should forget that the Philippines the outpost
Of American Imperialism in the Pacific that Chinese lib
GRAFTON movement thru its political expression Kuomntang
leads the struggle of all workers and Far
East against mperas domination American imperiasms
potential rubber plantation and strategic threat
ened.
There guarantee of nonnervention until the demand
the withdrawal of all China has been
piled with by Wall Street government.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-07

G ECRET treaties, Machiavellian
W diplomacy, bestial and mendacious
imperialist aggression against the
colonials and semi-colonials, the SER
les of new alignments growing out
of the brigands' Versailles pact, des-
perate efforts on the part of the self
sacrificing allies Of 1917 to create a
bloc against their Savior" of those
days, the malignant conspiracy of
Britain to encircle the Soviet Union,
the war against the Liberation move
ment in China, the crusade of Wall
Street against Mexico and Nicaragua,
the disarmament conferences which
are merely maneuvers to gain ad-
vantages in the race for more deadly
instruments of destruction are sub
jects of comment in every newspaper
in the world.
How naive are the comments even
of those liberal opponents in prin-
ciples of war! Mr. Oswald Garrison
Willard, editor of The Nation, still
believes that Wilson really had an
impelling desire to realize the aims
he put forth in his public utterances.
According to Willard "he. (Wilson)
died still blind to the fact that he
chose the worst method in the world
to achieve his purpose; the method
that made success impossible"
The inability to grasp fundamen-
tails, the sloppy mentality that takes
words for deeds, sophistry for politi-
cal honesty, characterizes liberalism
everywhere. What every real rev
olutionist in the left wing of the So
cialist Party in this country knew
and openly proclaimed ten years ago
the liberals have not learned TO this
very day.
WHEN the Princeton professor in
w the White House was issuing his
exhortations to "make the world safe
for democracy" we stigmatized him
as the agent Of the House Of Morgan.
One who thinks that Woodrow Will
son really believed he was Cham
pion of the rights of mankind" has
no conception of the role of political
lackeys Of Imperialism. Less than
four months before his declaration Of
war against the Central Powers, Will
son himself asserted that the strug-
gle in Europe involved mo moral is
sues and ought therefore be brought
to sensible close" That observa-
ton was made in December, before
the first 1917 revolution in Russia
removed that power from the s~nks
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-07
There is Danger in Believing in the Pacific Intentions
of Wall Street

The from China indicate that Great Britain
not meeting with brilliant lining America and Japan
for joint action with her against the Peoples Government
formal little when such incidents
king have occurred without any agreement
listing at the time.
For members of class is enough know that all
mpera enemies of the Chinese national liberation
movement and that actual invasion prevented only by
ft of interests and not by their lack of desire this method
for securing the degree of subgaon necessary for successful
and continued robbery of the Chinese masses
In addition to this there always the convenient
protecting lives and property of citizens subjects which
used to Justify colonial peoples by collection of powers
whether not agreement for joint action exists
American policy toward China has changed the
Boxer uprising aho the methods by which has been applied
varied due to the fact that Americas actions
been the result of desire to rob the Chinese while still
retaining their friendship Having territorial rights
China necessary for American Imperialism appear
different gue than that of the powers who
sons from the Chinese
Secretary of State Hay the author of the "Open
Door policy explained Americas attitude the time
Boxer rebellion Essentially rebellion of peas
ants) in the following words
affording all possible protection everywhere in China
American life and property guarding and protecting all eg
innate American interests aiding in preventing spread of dis
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-07
By H. M. WICKS.

A PRIL 6, 1917, President Woodrow
"A Wilson signed the declaration
that put this country into the WorlC
War. Four days before he had ap
peared before a joint session of tn,
two houses Of congress and pro
claimed that:
sour object is to vindicate the
principles of peace and justice in
the life of the world as against
selfish and autocratic power, and
to set up amongst the really free
and self-governing peoples of the
world such a concert of purpose
and action as will henceforth as
sure the observance of these prin-
ciples
"The world must be made safe
for democracy. It's peace must be
planted upon tested foundations Of
political liberty
eve are but one Of the champi-
ons of the rights of mankind. We
shall be satisfied when those rights
have been made as secure as the
faith and freedom of nations can
make them"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-07
ARTICLE "
BY WILLIAM f. DUNE

WITHOUT the disorganization
" created in the rear of the mill
tarists' forces and the organization
work carried on among the industrial
workers and peasants by the trade
unions, the Peoples Armies would
have been unable to secure the series
of sweeping victories which gave
them control of the Yangtze valley
and the port of Shanghai.
The three towns Of Hankow, WI
chang and Hanyang form the center
of Chinese heavy industry and it was
in this center that the unions showed
the greatest activity, The living
standard of the workers in this dis
trict is shown by the following table
in which the figures are approx
mate but with very narrow margin
of error in either direction.
Minimum monthly expenditures for
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-07

THE Ladder" Offers $500
Weekly for Best Essays

The group presenting "The Lad
der" at the Waldorf Theatre, an
nounce that they will award week
ly prize of $500 to the person writ
ing the best 200 word article on the
play. The rules of the contest are
simple. The contest is open to all.
The letter should be typewriter, on
one side of the paper. The contest
begins today and the first week ends
with Saturday nights performance.
Manuscripts should be sent to office
of the United Actors, room SOP, 226
West 47th St.
The management will reserve the
right to use the letter in advertising
the play. They also will reserve the
right to use any of the other manu-
scripts by the payment of $50 for
each one used. The award will be
announced as soon as possible.
Another innovation was announced
by the producers, which is rather
new on Broadway-the refunding of
the purchase price of ticket to any
seat holder who does not feel salts
fled with the play. The money will
be refunded at the conclusion of each
performance, if the patron applies at
the box office. No other for1nality
will be required.
"The Ladder" which deals with re-
incarnation, has undergone revision
since its opening Oct. %. The play
in its altered form was given Monday
night before special audience.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-07

of the Allies, and before it was evil
dent that unless new forces We're
thrown into the balance the invest
ments of the House of Morgan in
Europe would be wiped out to the
accompaniment of the roar of the
German big Berthas," even then
laundering at the gates of Paris.
Wilson could not come before the
American people with request to
rally to the defense of Morgan's mil
lions, so he coined the slogan make
the world safe for democracy" which
in reality meant make the world
safe for Morgan's investments in
England and France and Russia"
Wilson discovered that the War that
involved no moral issues in Decem-
Der, 1916, threatened the freedom of
the world in April of the next year.
THE 4,355,000 men who were mo-
l. bilized in the frenzied months of
this country's participation in the
war wore the uniforms of American
Imperialism. The 10000 American
lives that we're blasted into nothing
ness on the sanguinary fields of bat
tie were sacrificed on the alter of
Wall Street greed and avarice. The
100000 injured and manned suffered
that American imperialism might be-
come the mightiest predatory force
the world has ever seen.
Instead Of being the defender of
the rights of mankind and the liberia
tor of the oppressed the sum total of
the achievements Of Americas par
ticipation in the War was the bestial
suppression Of ever larger numbers
of peoples, the sitting of what little
liberty once existed in this country,
with the armed forces of the nation.
functioning exclusively as the hired
gunner engaged in defending the
foreign investments Of Uncle Shy
lock. "a.
T LIBERALISM, that whooped it up
II for Wilson during his two cam
paigns for President of the United
States, prefers to think Of it's for
mer idol as a misguided idealist,
rather than as an astute politician,
a master orator who, to the fullest
degree, used language to conceal
thought. Liberalism denies the class
strupgle. therefore 1t cannot he ex-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-07
I E N YE AIRS A F T E r
With Few Reflections the Liberal Supporters of Wilson

TODAY, ten years after, the Will
L sonian shibboleths are again re-
vived, as various shades of opinion
endeavor to take inventory of the
results realized. There is none so
stupid as to believe that the war
was fought for democracy. Not even
the most rabid apostle of Wisconsin
ventures the suggestion that greater
freedom is enjoyed today than when
these lofty principles were pro-
claimed.
The horde of liberals and yellow So
cialists who were in full cry with the
jackal pack of imperialism are now
compelled to confess that the hoped
for blessings have not materialized,
that black reaction today pervades
every crevice Of the capitalist world;
that instead Of the World War being
a formidable crusade by "the cham
pions of the rights of mankind" to
end war for all times, it was simply
a prelude to still more titanic and
sanguinary conflicts. None can view
the world today and doubt that the
gathering clouds of another World
War will soon burst forth and rock
the earth with their thunder and
lightning.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-07
The Chinese Liberation Movement Goes to the Left
The Unions in Chnas Ptsburgh-Their Advanced Demands
The

bring pressure on the Kuomintang
government by editorials calling on
General Chang Kai Shek to show
courage" and "firmness' in suppress
sing the labor movement and in re-
turn promised him the full support
of the foreign interests. The effect
of this upon the workers was not
what the British editors thought it
would be. 1t served merely to call
the attention of the labor movement
to the necessity of having a party in
control of workers representatives
who would exercise courage" and
''firmness" in their behalf.
RUT it was the organization Of
- the Union of Servants and the
demands which it put forward that
convinced the British that their world
was topping.
One needs to understand that one
of the great attractions in the orient
for imperialists and their hangers-on
is the low cost of personal service
the whiteman does nothing for him.
self. A superintendent or foreman
could have more servants in China
than his employer could afford in
Great Britain or America. The lords
of creation who carried the white
mans burden in China did not even
need to dress themselves. Flocks of
low paid menials and imperialism 90
together in oppressed nations.
WHAT a shock to discover that
" the servants whom the overlords
had booted around at will had or
ganized a powerful union and were
putting forward such demands as:
No discharge without proper
cause and no ill-treatment of SER
vants-all wage arrears to be paid
by the Chinese New Year-union in
spectors to be allowed the right to
visit all houses where members
of the union were employed-free
medical aid during sickness except
in cases of venereal disease acquir-
ed thru neglect or lack of caution
all workers to be hired thru the
union--three weeks annual holt
day or a months wages-no one
to be Disseminated against for pre-
senting the unions demands.
IT was by this process of organiza-
ton and struggle for daily needs
with the experience of the imperialist
elements as the most INSCRIPTIONS
foe, and the growth of the conviction
that without the support given
to native capitalist interests by the
still more powerful imperialsts, the
workers would be able to secure wide
control over working conditions and
government, that brought about the
movement against British control of
the foreign settlement in Hankow.
BI-itain's surrender of this valuable
concession to Chinese control was
forced by the labor unions. Strikes
and boycotts were the weapons used.
1t had consequences of tremendous
Importance for the whole national
liberation struggle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-07

THIS sum represents the minimum
amount on which family of four
could exist. 1t will be noticed that no
provision is made for amusement or
medical attention.
But the wages of the workers pre-
vious to the fall of this district to
the Peoples Armies did not provide
for this miserable budget. Miners for
instance averaged 30 cents per day
or $40 per month Textile workers
averaged about 81 cents per day.
These starvation wages prevailed
in both Chinese and foreign enter
prises. When the organization drive
and strike movement began it there
fore encountered the hostility of Chi
nese and foreign employers alike.
Chinese and foreign capitalists join
ed hands to oppose the workers. In
the foreign settlements this unity of
the capitalists was smashed only by
the threat of the unions to cut off
water and electric light and power
supply.
IN Hankow the merchants aided by
right wing of the Kuomintang or
gained the Association for Strugg-
ling Against the Strike Movement"
and threatened the Nationalist gov
eminent with shutdown of all in
dustry unless it checked the move
ment. This incident gives an insight
into the basic issue of the revolution
involved in the struggles between the
left and right wing in the Kuomin-
tang and the reactionary character of
the extreme right of the party.
The victories of the Peoples Armies
brought not only workers and peas
ants to the Kuomintang in great
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-07

pected to see in the diplomatic man
euvers of statesmen anything other
than conflict between great men,
each, in his own way, following the
light as he sees it.
The revolutionist alone is able to
look beyond the apparent movement
Of history and perceive the real
movement. The proclamations, man.
ifestoes and eXhortations of states
men are merely dramatizations of the
clash of economic interests on the
stage of world history. All are as
inadequate to reveal the real move
ment as were the Wilsonian war
crys of decade ago.
Today, when other servile flunkeys
Of imperialism at Washington are
trying TO conceal their policy of brig
andage beneath pleas for the defense
of Americans in China, in Nicara-
qua, and in Mexico, the workers
should refuse to heed their pleas. In
stead every working class organize
ton should in no uncertain terms de-
mand that the bloody butchers in the
service of Wall Street keep their
hands off China, Nicaragua, Mex !
leo and the Philippines. I
MANY lessons have been learned
lVI since the World War, but most
important Of all for this epoch is the
magnificent lesson of Leninisml that
has taught hundreds of thousands
and millions of workers throughout
the world that an insipid pacifism,
such as pervaded the ranks of the
liberals and the overwhelming major
ity Of the Socialist Party leaders dur
ing the last World War is utterly in
adequate at best to deal with the sit
uation and at the worst is merely
gesture Of despair-complete paral-
ysis Of revolutionary energy that
might otherwise be generated among
the masses of workers. Lenin and
the Bolsheviks alone knew how TO
meet the practical problems arising
out of the World War and the slogan
raised by Lenin at Zimmerwald and
Kienthal: Turn the imperialist war
between nations into a civil war
against capitalism" must be the re-
ply Of the vanguard Of the proletariat
to the wars and the threats Of war to-
day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-07

numbers but also many formerly neu-
trail or hostile sections of the Chinese
middle and capitalist class. These
elements came in with more or less
sympathy for national independence
divorced from the class aspect of
the liberation movement in order to
exercise their influence in the gov
erning party. Their readiness to
make peace with imperialism in order
to protect their class interests was
shown in their united front with for
eign capitalists against their work
ing class countrymen.
IT is not hard to understand that
= thru the two-sided struggle against
Imperialism and native exploiters the
Chinese labor movement developed at
express train speed duplicating in a
sense the experience of the Russian
working class.
This development took on a politi-
cal character in two ways first, it
clarified the struggle for national
liberation by including other enemies
than open imperialists and second, it
showed the workers the necessity for
control of industry thru the govern
ment and the trade unions.
THAT this latter lesson was learn
ed well is shown by list of de-
mands put forward by the Postal
Workers Union-demands similar in
their nature to those made by other
unions.
Discharge of two "favorites" of
the overseer who had injured other
wOrkers-payment of wages in
standard Chinese coin instead of
dollars-a maximum working day
of 8 hours-an annual bonus of
two months wages-payment of
wages instead Of the vacations
which the workers had not received
members of the executive board of
the union to be allowed to remain
at work in the district so they could
do their union work-local inspec-
tors to be appointed by the union
all notices of discharge to go
thru the union offices-paymen of
wages during sickness-wages to
be paid while workers are forced
to go on strike and the union to be
compensated for losses during
strike-general improvement in
working conditions.
IT will be noticed that most of the
above demands are designed to
strengthen the control of the union
and further that they are for the
most part far in advance of any de-
mands ever made by American trade
unions-proof that the Chinese labor
movement because of its anti-imper-
ialist character has leaped several de-
cades during the recent struggles.
Even the police were drawn into
the organization drive and policemen
from five separate concession dis
tricts held organization meetings.
The foreign press, especially the
British, was alarmed by this rapid
growth of unionism and the display
of class consciousness. 1t tried to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-07

Margaret Anglin will give spec
ial performance of Electra" of So
pholes at the Metropolitan Opera
House on Monday evening April 25th.
The production is being staged and
rehearsed under her personal super
vision. A special orchestra will ac-
company the action of the story.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-07
Broadway Briefs

Hearts Are Trumps," comedy
from the French of Felix Gandera,
will be presented by Henry Baron at
the Morosco Theatre tonight.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-07

"Abie's Irish Rose" will open at the
Apollo Theatre, London, next Monday
night, according to word received
from William de Lignomare, general
manager, who attended the premiere
in Manchester last week.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-08
CANTONESE ARMY AGAIN VICTORIOUS
Captures WuWu and Advance
 From North Again lmpends

Shanghai, China, March Lpi- Shanghai's northern defenders under General Chang Tsung- Chang today found themselves faced with q new menace.
 The Cantonese have strongly oc- oupied Wuhu, about 65 miles up the Nangtse from Ranking and roughly 200 miles west Of this city.
 The definite alignment Of Chen Tiao- Iung, governor of Anhwei province. with the Cantonese, taking with him the southern Anwei forces. has compelled General Chang. while standing off the Cantonese In Kiang- su. to wheel about and guard his rear against the new menace from toward Ranking,
 kuomintang tCantonese)--Flags are flying throughout Wuhu.
 Chen Tiao-Yunc Is concentrating his forces in connection with Can tonese from Chekianc, and adher- onts of the Kuomintanc claim that the combination holds Anhwei provinces as far north ss Luchow.
 Chang TsunC- Chang stili controls north eastern Anhwe!. through which runs the Ticntsin-PUkow railway the main communication with his homo base. Gnu Yu-Pu, military governor Of Chihli and one of the big five Of the Ankuochun fallied northern armios) has been entrusr ed with the defense of the railway. He has brought considerable forces down toward Hsuchow.
 Indications are multiplying that the problems of defending his Goo mile line Of communication from Shanghai 10 Tsinanfu against the Cantonese penetration tactics, propa- ganda and infiltration of unarmnd troops as well as military weapons. may be beyond the resources Of Chang Tsung- Chang.
 It is impossible to fornsee what may happen In view Of the manifold and confused factors involved. in cuding the possibilities. ever pres ont in Chinese warfare, that com promise or trcachory in one form or other may decide the issue.