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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-06
What Lies Behind the London COup

be made to change this position.
There are many indications of an
early general election. Not only
are the usual rumors current, but
other signs point in this direction.
Thus it is noticeable that the budget
was in every sense a makeshift bud
get, making no attempt to meet the
deficit or impose any important new
taxation, but postponing everything to
next year. a franchise extension is
announced to be hurried through-the
traditional British conservative device
in times of stress. But such rush"
general election will need to be car
ried through on some rousing "patri-
otto" slogan, to drown the discomfort
and work the old electoral machine Of
trickery and deceit. For this purpose
the war-cries, lies and agitation
against the Soviet Union will be used
to the full, and revelations of cred
plots and conspiracies." To carry this
out, war atmosphere is necessary.
During the last few months the agi-
tation of the capitalist press has been
working more and more necessarily
and violently to raise hostility to the
Soviet Union, in which task the re-
formist leaders have busily helped
(only two weeks before the coup, on
April 30th, Macdonald was writing
in the liberal capitalist DAILY News"
venomous attack on the Soviet
Union-"the pressure Of foreign gov
ernments should be close and insis-
tent. the internal conflict thus
kept up can be ended only in one
way. Russia as a menace, as an
influence present wherever there is
unsettlement, will cease to exist").
THE coup is the attempt to force
1 this situation to a head, to turn
off the growing discomfort into war
agitation against the Soviet Union,
to create the atmosphere-and the
document" -for a war policy and
war general election. For this reason
the coup was so sensation9lly and
melodramatically staged, with hordes
of armed police to descend at the
busiest time upon an ordinary COM
mercial offic. And. while no explain
ations Of the alleged purpose of the
violation have yet been made at the
time of writing, it may be taken for
granted that the discovery" of docu-
ments viii play principal part. It
NAV be noted that the English legal
system is devoid of the most elemen-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-06
Kellogg Plans to Place
Chang in Changes Job
(Continned from Paae Onel

Continued from Page One)
hospital facilities are inadequate.
Nine. Sun Yat-sen with the co-opera-
ton of many foreigners, including
American British and German doc
tors, is starting a Red Cross drive to
help the wounded of both sides.
Bishop Roots has pledged the coop
Grafton Of the London missions and
tn eAmerican church missions.
"This committee is, therefore, pre-
pared to cable any funds received i'm
mediately to Hankow either to Bishop
Roots or to the Chinese Red Cross as
may wish. This is an OPP
portunity not only to help suffering
humanity but also to influence Chin
ese public opinion in the direction Of
renewing the historic friendship with
the United States. II is an emer-
gency call. Our own plan for a nart-
time paid secretary has been at least
temporarily abandoned and this Plea
takes precedent over our previous re-
quest"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-06

tary checks or guarantees for the
finding" of documents by the police.
Workers Must Oppose War.
The propaganda character of the
aim is indicated by the suggestion
thrown out for popular consumption
in the millionaire press that "stolen
British naval and military documents"
are involved. Such a suggestion
stamps the character of the enter
prise; since it is obvious to anyone
in the least conversant with the facts
of the situation that a fantastic sug-
gestion of this sort is fit only for the
public of William lie Queux. The
forces of world liberation, against
which British Imperialism is trying
to strike in striking at the Soviet
Union, are forces whose weapons are
more serious than those Of military
espionage. Those weapons are the
enlightenment and organization of the
masses in Britain, in China, in India,
in the Empire and in the Soviet
Union. And the brutal aggressions,
lies, forgeries, and lawless violence
of the British ruling class in defence
Of their threatened domination will
only convince the working masses un-
der their yoke more and more wide
ly that their rulers are bandits with
out law or conscience. whose power
must be overthrow by united and
resolute struggle as the sole condi
ton Of liberation and advance along
the path of peaceful progress.
THE guilt of the London war-mak-
ers is by their actions made clear
to the whole world. 1t is for the
workers in every country to demon
strate their will against the threat
Of war and against the reckless Grim
inal attack and provocation on the
Soviet Union, whose existence and
peaceful progress is the most treas
ured possession and victory of the
International working class. Above
all, it is for the workers in Britain to
fight with all their power, to agitate,
protest and demonstrate, to awaken
resistance and to organize action,
against the tory government, the cen
ter of international reaction, in or.
dor to force them from the path on
which they have entered. and smash
the attack on the Soviet Union, on
the Chinese masses and on the Brit
ish workers own rights and organiza-
alton.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-06
Roger Baldwin Sees
Hungary Like U.S,A,
During RED Raids"

Roger Baldwin in a letter from
Europe, lists political prisoners as
follows; Germany, $50; Czecho-
slovakia, GO; Hungary, 200.
Hungary has So more awaiting SEN
tence.
In four interesting paragraphs the
American visitor summarizes his I'M
pressions of central Europe, country
by country:
Communism Growing.
an Germany" he finds, 'the re-
public is getting stronger; there is
an atmosphere Of what in American
eyes is progressive. Fascism is on
the decline; Communism is growing
and more active, and persecution of
it is letting up. Unemployment is
still acute and wages low, but the
trade unions continue strong.
Strongest c. r. Outside Russia.
"Czecho-slovakia on the other hand,
despite its republican pretences, is
much less free. Forty per cent Of
it's population belong to national
minorities, German and Hungarian,
who don't like the Czechs. 1t has
the strongest Communist Party in
the world outside Russia. 1t got a
million votes out Of Z million at the
last election.
"The Socialists, split into four par
ties, are equally numerous. These
active racial and workingclass forces
have aroused repressive measures,
and police control is strong. All
meetings are supervised and all
papers censored in advance Of issue.
Hungary Jail.
'But that repression is nothing
compared with what you feel at once
in entering Hungary. People who
are against the dictatorship speak to
you furtively in whispers. The at
mosphere is like that in the United
States during the war, minus hys-
terra. Hungary has settled down into
it's old feudal state, controlled by the
great landlords and police. Fascism
has declined as the landowners grew
stronger. Parliament is a dummy
body. Communism is illegal; Social
ism is cautious; the intellectuals are
either scared or in exile. | managed
to speak at meeting, but it had to
be a private affair behind closed
DOORS"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-06
Free SaccO and Vanzetti,
George Bernard Shaw Says
In Criticism Of Frame-up

LONDON, June 5.-Waiving
aside all questions of guilt or in
nocence, George Bernard Shaw, in
a statement today, declared that
Sacco and Vanzetti should be freed.
Il can only say" he declared,
that if the English courts hest
tated for five years to carry out
capital sentence, it would not be
carried out at all and it is i'm
possible for US on this side to feel
that the execution would have been
so long deferred if the case were
clear enough to justify is inflic-
ton"
Shaw sent his statement to an
Independent Labor Party meeting
called to hear II. w. L. Dana, Of
Boston, speak on the Sacco-Van-
zetti case.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-06
Chicago Workers in
Huge Demonstration
Picket a Consulate

CHICAGO, June 5.-The workers
Of Chicago demonstrated yesterday
that they are awake and aware Of
the dangers Of war involved in the
American imperialist policies in
China and the British tories breach
of relations with the Union of Social
list Soviet Republics initiated by their
gross violations Of diplomatic usage
the raids on ARGOS House and on
the storming Of the Soviet Union
legation in Peking.
Speech From Steps.
A great crowd surged into New
berry Square, and heard working
class speakers denounce the acts Of
mihtarists and of capitalist imper-
ialism. Among those who spoke were
Swabeck. Simons. Rothstein, John
stone. Biedenkapp. and Maurer. A
great parade marched down the ia
shionable Michigan Boulevard to the
offices Of the British consul, where
the consulate was picketed, banners
were banked in front Of it, and Man
uel Gomez, secretary of the Ameri-
can Section Of the Anti-Imperialist
League made a speech from the steps
Of the consulate building
Police Observers.
The banners carried by the parad-
ers demanded recognition Of the Sow
let Union, Hands off China, and pro-
tested against the breach of trade
relations by England, and the at
tempts at manufacturing a war with
the U. s. S. r.
The police were ont in force. and
had the patrol wagon with them, but
attempted no interference.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-06
BY GEORGE HARDY.
National Organising Secretary of the
National Minority Movement of
Great Britain.

NredJ britain.
Who is Mr.. Havelock Wilson. CHI,
CHE, this man of letters? He is
the man who claims Presidency to the
National Seamen's Union of Great
Britain. He has dominated the sea-
mems movement for more than 40
years. He was at one time regarded
a fighter by the old school of trade
union officials But, of course, even
in his most militant" days, his social
vision never extended beyond the
fight for increased wages, etc, in
deed, very narrow view Of the
workers struggle, in these days,
when in capitalist countries millions
of workers are permanently unem-
ployed; where capitalist industry has
really ceased to function in many
cases, and ceased to feed the whole
Of the workers; when the struggle for
power is the accepted objective of so
many organized workers in every
capitalist country, with one-sixth of
the globe, the U.S.S.R., controlled by
the workers and defended by the
workers revolutionary Red Army.
In 1911 the seamen Of Great Britain
struck against wages as low in soDae
cases as 60 per month. 1t was the
signal for a mass movement w ch
later involved The carriers, railway
men, lockers, tramwaymen, etc. Will
son was given credit for leading the
seame", sad no doubt was determined
enough, at that time, to win; but it
was Comrade Tom Mann who was
called TO Liverpool, the storm centre,
together with other militants, to help
prepare for action. The strike came
and all except the tramwaymen bene-
fitted greatly by this mass action.
Received Undeserved Credit.
Havelock Wilson like so many other
treacherous officials Of the Labor
Movement was given credit for OBJ
tanning the benefits accruing from
the struggle which were obtained not
from negotiations" as claimed bv
the treitors Of to-day: Tom Mann and
ans HiiAittAta Held " ilBnL Jd1leS CeX-
ton, Mp, who was Secretary of the
Dockers' Union at Liverpool, and who
was bitterly opposed to the strike.
and the Ri. Hon. J. II. Thomas. MP.
PC, arrived in Liverpool to stop the
railwaymen joining the strikers and
who stated there would be no strike
of railwaymen. Thanks to the keen
sense of solidarity of the workers
even prevailing in 1911, the more
elass-conscious workers were able to
defy both Sexton and Thomas and
under the influence of Comrade Mann
the lockers and railwaymen flung
themselves into the fight.
MiIitants Started Struggle.
To-day Wilson, Sexton and Thomas
are all claiming to have obtained
great achievements for the seamen.
lockers and railwaymen respectively,
when as a matter of fact the militants
OF 1911 started the struggle which
ultimately led to the general accent
ance of national agreements in Britain
and to benefits which were obtainable
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-06
HaveIOck Wilson, CHI, CBE.- Conscious Traitor

and misery, for a large section Of real
honest and honorable workers are con-
demned to live in slum dwellings.
This is how the conscious arbitrator
of The British Trade Union Move
ment maintains his position.
Before dealing with his role Of "de-
fender Of the British Empire" which
has led naturally to him concentrating
his efforts against the U.S.SR, the
Communist Party and the Minority
Movement, l intend to show how he
more completely played his treacher-
Gus role Of not only betraying the
seamen, but also the Trades Union
Congress, the Labor Party and the
International Movement.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-06
9TH Congress- Pledges to Keep USSR Safe

be distinguished by their headwear,
the Tartars, Bashkirs and Kirghiz
especially, to mention only a few.
Over all is the huge emblem of the
Soviet Union. the crossed Hammer
and Sickle. with the rising Sun Of the
New Social Order as the background,
the symbol Of their unity.
Suddenly new wave of spirited
applause sweeps this determined as
semblage that speaks for the peoples
who dwell on one-sixth of the earth's
land surface. Voroshiloff was declar-
ing:
"Lenin said that we must always
bear in mind that our revolution is
surrounded by the bourgeois capitalist
world. As long as we are surrounded
by this capitalist world, any peace
that we enjoy is only an armistice.
But if this capitalist world attacks us
we must always be ready"
The congress applauded the report
on the training of aviators. Voroshil
off pointed out that the Red Air Fleet,
which was at one time the most back
ward section Of the Unions defense,
was now considered very well devel
oped. The Red Air Fleet is "no longer
a contemplate little force" he said.
Applause also greeted the declara-
ton that, Gust as the development of
industry is developing its technic, so
the Red Army is also developing its
technic"
He concluded with, "The Red Army
is flesh of the flesh and bone of the
bone Of the workers and peasants"
Then another ovation as Voroshiloff
finished.
Worlds Workers Pledge Support.
Then the congress is presented by
the crew of the battleship "Avrora"
with a beautiful duplicate in a good
sized model of their ship that played
an important part in the revolutionary
days of 1917 revolution, coming up
the Neva, at Leningrsd, and shelling
the cars Winter Palace. Speakers
from various workers organizations
pledged their support to the Red
Army and the Soviet Union. Resolu-
tions from the Putilov Works, at Len
ingrad. were read. There was 2 speak
er from the railroad works, "Stalin,"
at Tiflis. There were hosts of speak
ers, with great multitudes listening
all over Moscow and its environs, be-
cause all the speeches were broad
casted in full.
The congress ended with the cleo
ton of Central Executive Commit
tee that chose a praesidum Of 27 mem
bers headed by six presidents, Michael
Kalinin, Gregory Petrovsky, Alexan-
der Tchervialoff, Gasamfara Masa-
bekoff. Netirbai Aytakoff and Fay
sulla Khodgaeff The committee APP
proved the composition of the Coun-
ell of Peoples Commissars as follows;
President, Alexis Rykoff; Foreign
Minister, George Tchitcherin; War,
Clement Voroshiloff; Communication
Jan Rudshutak; Posts and Telegraphs,
Ivan Smirnoff; Finance, Nicholas
Brukanoff; Commerce, A. /. Mkojan;
Labor, Basil Shmidt;s Workers and
Peasants, Gregory Ordjonikidse;
Chairman Economic Council, Valeria
Konibisheff, and Director Of Statis-
tics, Valerian Ossinski.
Another congress had passed and it
had witnessed the Soviet Union
stroogsr than ever.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-06
Yelns For Interyenfion.

SHANGHAI, April "a (by mail) -
A hysterical plea for American and
British Intervention in China was
made by Stirling Fessenden, Ameri-
can chahtnan Of the Shanghai NUM-
cipal Council, at the st. Georges Fes-
tival yesterday
According to the legend" he said.
est. George achieved fame by killing
dragon. If necessary, another
dragon will be slain here, the head Of
which is at Hankow and the tail at
Canton. The army and navy are
here, which means that the white"
race will not be ousted from China.
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of the theatre. Then it climbs, tier
or tier, until it reaches to the last
row of the sixth gallery. What en-
thusiasm for the Red Army! What
10Y in the knowledge that a great host
stands ready, under the Red Flag OF
the Revolution, to defend this outpost
Of labor's struggle for world victory.
voroshiloff enters at length into
the discussion of the strength of the
Red Army and one finds few fleet
ing moments to look around. Michael
Kalinin. the president of the Union of
Soviet Republics, is quite conspicuous
in the midst Of praesidium, also
Alexis Rykoff, the Soviet Premier.
There is Molatoy, secretary of the
Central Committee of the Communist
Party of the Soviet Union and near
him is Uglanov, secretary Of the Mos
COW Committee of the Party. Ordjon-
iikidze, chairman of the central con-
troll commission of the party, is also
pointed out, with Edyunekidze, secre-
tary of the Executive Committee Of
the All-Union Soviets. Lunacharsky,
the peoples commissar of education,
watches the proceedings intently, as
does Skrypnik, the peoples commissar
Of education for the Ukraine, from
the box that was once reserved for
the cars i'll fated premier, Stolypin.
But they are not more interested
than Ubarevitch, wearing three or
ders of the Red Flag, who cleared
Siberia of the white terror armies.
Veterans of the Revolution.
Age has caught some of the leaders
of the revolution like Midzachaya,
chairman of the Council of the Peo-
pies Commissars of the Georgian
Soviet Republic, and Felix Kon, the
Polish Revolutionist, chairman Of the
Society of Former Polish Prisoners
and Exiles, who followed in the wake
of the Red Army advance toward War
saw, in 1920, setting up revolutionary
committees in the new territory won.
Budenny, the famous Red Cavalry
leader is here, as is Peterson, Com
mandant of the Kremlin. In fact the
entire front row of the second gal
lery of this State Opera House is oc-
cupied by Red Army representatives.
There is Petrovsky, the president of
Soviet Ukraine, and Belenke, the Com
mandant Of the G.. P. u, the Political
Department of the State Department
Of Justice.
Among the delegates themselves
one can easily pick out the spokesman
of the various and numerous national
tiles that exist within the borders of
the Soviet Union. This is the Fourth
ALI Union congress following the 18th
All Russian Congress with the reor-
ganization of the Soviet State in 1923.
Seventy per cent of these delegates
are members of the Communist Par
ty. Thirty per cent are non-party
members. We had arrived at the
Bolshoy Theater while the party frac-
ton was holding its caucus. The non
party delegates were also meeting.
Mutual representatives from both
groups then meet together for com
mon agreement.
Headdress Colorful.
The women delegates are the most
noticeable. Most Of them wear head
cloths of va sious colors, white, black,
red or gray. Men delegates can also
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-06
Breaking Chains, Movie
Of Russia, in Newark

NEWARK, N. j., June 5.-"Brea's-
ing Chains" the motion picture that
portrays life in the Soviet Union,
will be shown here Saturday, June IS,
at Krueger's Auditorium.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-06
Feng Continue Driye.

HANKoW, June 5.-Reports from
north central Honan state that Gen
eral Feng's troops are sweeping out
the remnants Of the Fengtien troops
from territory below the Yellow
River. Nationalist troops are con
centrating near Chenchow in prepare
ton for the next step in their drive
~ peking.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-06

only by direct action whenever the
revolutionary leaders took advantage
of the objective conditions. Mass ac-
ton. and the fear Of it in some cases,
brought results in spite Of some re-
luctant officials, together with direct
treaehery on the part Of others. 1t
was therefore on the backs of such
men as Tom Mann that Wilson and
others rode into prominence, and who
afterwards climbed into the chariot
Of capitalism and have openly and
secretly betrayed the workers, by
working and conspiring with the en-
ployers and the Government against
the workers, both publicly and
privately, bringing about disastrous
results to the workers.
Havelock Wilson became a Super
patriot" during the war, Doctor
Johnston's statement that Patriotism
is the last refuge Of a scoundrep can
justly be applied to Wilson. During
the war his chief business was to
keep the seam IN from striking, as
the Government and shipowners re-
allied the strategic position they held
warranted greater remuneration,
--hich they could have easily obtained
lee by fighting leaders instead of
TESTERS.
Workers We're Fooled.
nstrayals became more obvious
az ~ the war, for even many seamen
we've prepared to sacrifice, thinking
Of a happier life of permanent en-
ployment" and "a land fit for heroes
to live in" which was the slogan Of
Lloyd George
In 1911 strike the seamen abol-
ished the Shipping Federation's black
list, the Federation Ticket" But
Wilson, conscious of his treachery,
through his conscious collaboration
and conspiracy with shipowners, felt
there would be a revolt against his
agreement to lower wages British
seamen have lost GO a month since
1920) so he obtained an agreement
with the shipowners to operate jointly
another form of blacklist, the P. c. ;
Port Consultant Ticket No 81 which
now operates more effectively than
any previous methods of black listing.
The up. C. 5" is an agreement by
which shipowners force seamen to be-
come members of the National Sea-
mems Union. Every seaman before
securing a position must obtain this
ticket from Wilson's Union before he
can even obtain a promise of employ
men on any vessel controlled by ship
owners who are parties to this nefari-
Gus agreement. A few shipowners de-
cline to operate the up. c. s."
Naturally seamen who are in revolt
against Wilson's treachery and this
company (shipowners) union are not
given a "P. c. 5" and are therefore
blacklisted, those who are in arrears
in their payment of "union" fees are
forced to give some guarantees of
payment, and if the seaman happens
to have no union book at all he must
pay as high as 81 entrance fee to the
N.S.U. to obtain the privilege Of OBJ
tanning irregular work for ~ hours
a day. at 60 month, no payment for
overtime, which is really starvation
wage in Britain resulting in poverty
Evening star., 1927-09-06
ADJUSTMENTS
NATIONAI-"Seventh Heaven"

The National Theater Players, last
evening began their swan song of
the season in Austin Strong's three-act
play. Seventh Heaven" whose
strength and charm have won it g
production in the movies.
1t is a story of Paris at the out
break of and during the World War,
which concerns chiefly two runaway
sisters from the provinces and the ro-
nance of the younger with Chico, a
philosopher of the sewers. which Cul-
inmates in a Paris attic marriage"
which both hail as their Seventh
Heaven"
The author has peopled it with
strong and picturesque characters, al
ternately making for tears and laugh
ter in their battle through sorrows
and tragedy to an ultimate faith in le
Bon Dieu. It is real drama that grips
the interest and deeply enlists the
sympathies of an audience through
out and. withal, a severe test of any
company undertaking to properly pre-
sent it
Last year, this play was one of the
outstanding successes of the National
Players. and in it John Warner. then
the leading man, won high praise for
his work as Chico. This years per
formance promises to be an even
greater success. for, in addition to
the ripening talents of Mr.. Warner, it