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Evening star., 1927-09-25

The KAY Jewelry Organi-
zation, with its 20 stores in prin-
cipal cities, always takes the
lead in offering S u P E R
VALUES to its patrons-and
now, once more, demonstrates
unquestionably its supremacy
i'll the field of jewelers., by offer
ing FOR THE FIRST TIME
Standard Watches which have
been thoroughly tested, accord
ing to the rigid requirements of
the National Bureau of Stand
ards, u. S. Department of
Commerce!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25
~ B O O K S W

CIRCUS PARADE Tuy Gropper
and Charles Boni New York City. $3.50
STORY of Jim Tuys experience
hoboes drawing
Of liberal high society speak lightly his hoboism
fully Artists speak other particularly
hungry The competition is keen
its sake he be trombone by with his
beans and maintain his artistic soul its pristine purity
The great majority of the popu that news the meals
ventnat his mugan
by catering the demand Tuy book contains collection
rasca would not like to meet in front of
voluntarily with be
romantic appetite Of the animals
The boss of the while fellow,
and quicker the cleaned
with his Just like the big the legitimate business
world!
The interesting
much of the author of
body is aboouy trying to picture the emotional reactions of couple
engaged in struggling with each other in the holy bonds of wed In
letting of the lions kill his elephant collie
roll the Most of those alike
that heard them from mother when
performing in Ireland But what to lion elephant from
doing thing the particularly
But whether things happen or not they recorded interestingly and
pausbly what's the difference o he
Tuly impression of being of
ne publicly admitted his admiration for Po Neg and anybody who
admire that Volcano
taken for graveyard dsere He too intelligent to hug bourgeois
et whole but is pleasant guratvey hug them
in their chosen haun than be obliged paon Dan oBen Tub
on Bowery.
Tuys father either bclaye something
building FULLY life and
naturally followed circus His further
Of ouses palms warts under skull necessarily
diploma
amount to much except a wage slave.
Circus Parade dedicated to- "H L. Mncken; Nathan;
Donald Freeman James and Palmer civilized
the circus life This looks like bit
Of those cvzed comrades" big literary and others the
moving picture
Those fellows substantially
working the who
nveghed
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them how to fleece the eece than merely sitting back and describing
the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25

Figures of Russian oil industry
recently given to the press by Sir
Henri Deterding of the Royal Dutch
Shell Group, in order to back up his
statement that there is a shortage of
oil products in Russia, are declared
incorrect and entirely misleading in
a statement by Saul G. Bron, Chair
man of the Board of Directors of the
Amtorg Trading Corporation.
According to Mr.. Bron, the quantity
of kerosene and lamp oil made avail
able for internal consumption last
year was so per cent larger than the
average for the last three pre-war
years. Sir Defending, in his esti-
mates, is said to have failed to make
important corrections necessitated by
the secession of large territories from
Russia Mr.. Bron's statement fol-
lows:
"Sir Henri Deterding, in a new
statement, attempts to present some
statistical data to prove his previous
declarations that Soviet oil export
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25
The Chinese Peasant Union

the main burden Of village exploitation rents taxes
ETC. Their conditions the most miserable of all who
still have any place economic life For them the revo
luton in the village (overthrowng the landlord admin
istrations reducing abolishng rents establishing
their armed forces) is necessity for their con-
tinued life. 1t is from them that the organizers
the fighting forces of the Chinese peasantry.
Then there the "lumpen proletarians of the VIII
age These people who have been squeezed off the
land unable to migrate to the alreadyovercrowded
Cities and who starve and in ideness and crime.
They the soldiers, bandits, thieves, beggars, and
prostitutes They number about 20 millions. 1t is
mainly from this degenerated that the landlords
recruit their fighting forces, which they to crush
the revolution.
Peasant Unions.
If this classification is approximately correct and 1t
borne by other studies which have read then
can say that less than twothrds about 220 mlion
of the peasantry definite material interest in the
success of the peasant union movement About 60 mil
lions wavering elements, and certainly not more
than 40 millions (ncludng the criminal and idle classes)
are actual potential reactionary forces.
When left China in June ten million of the revolu-
tionary peasants already enrolled in the peasant
unions Since that time the province of Hupeh has
ported an increase of two millions, and Human of
other million The movement for organization is sweep
ing like wldfire China. For the first time in his
tory the of China exercising little prac-
teal democracy Through their peasant unions they
taste for the first time, the joys OF havng something
to say" about their life
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25


is maintained at the expense of cur
failing the requirements of the popu-
lation of Russia The figures Of
Sir Henri Deterding are not only
faulty in themselves, but are compiled
in such manner as to prevent a
decidedly perverted picture of the oil
situation in the Soviet Union. Sir
Henri Deterding's statistical method
consists of comparing the yearly
average for three pre-war years,
when production was stable, with the
average for the years 1924, 1924-5,
and 1886, during which oil produc-
ton in the Soviet Union grew by
leaps and bounds. This method OBJ
viously gives wrong picture of the
position of the oil industry during the
last of these years. AS matter OF
fact, the quantity of kerosene and
lamp oil made available for internal
consumption of 1885 was 1,421 ,499
metric tons, large increase, and not
decline, as compared with Deter
ding's pre-war figures.
production and exports for 1911,
1912, and 1913 were as follows, In
tons:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25
BY EARL BROWDER.
ARTICLE ",

The tremendous growth of the Peasant Union IN
China has attracted attention of the entire world and
shown the peasantry the chief force of the Revolu
ton The land problem is the chief problem. But the
entire peasant population not of course revolutionary
Therefore to form judgment of the future of the revo
luton it is necessary to know how strong those
sections of the peasantry who revolutionary, who
make up the Peasant Unions The following classified
ton is made by Mo Chektung leading Chinese agra
rian scholar ("Chinese Peasant" JAN, 1920:
The landlord class numbering over two million per-
sons the main reactionary force in the villages 1t
is led and organized principally by the big landlords,
numbering about 100000, and by the village gentry
and officials.
The main body of the peasantry number about 800
millions Of these, the most conservative the
yeomanry working farmers owning their own farms)
100 millions strong. But not than 1880 II mil
lions, have economic surplus, and only this number
have hopes of becoming landlords and therefore tend to
support the reaction. About half, 60 Million are
just holding their and making living; these are
timd, trying to avoid struggles and help neither side
much. The remaining 1910, AS million, of the yeo-
nanry farmers who losing each year, and rap
idly going into bankruptcy These latter although IN
reliable, definitely tend to support the revolutionary
struggle.
The Revolutionary Poor.
The main force of the revolutionary peasantry
siss Of the semyeomanry the tenants and the village
poor. These total than ITO millions They
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25
On War and Danger Of War

Continued From Last lssue)
This is the third installment of the
Theses on the war danger adopted
at the Plenum of the Executive Com
mite of the Communist International
on May 20, 1927. 1t gives the official
Communist viewpoint on this impor-
tant question.
6. The Chinese revolution is of
enormous significance for the world
proletariat. The victory of the work
ers and peasants in the Chinese revo-
luton would serve as mighty slim
illus in revolutionizing the world la
Dor movement and especially the
working class of Great Britain. 1t
would, as a result lead to the move
ment rising to as yet unknown
heights in the chief capitalist coun-
tries. The objective, revolutionary
conditions would be. created for pro-
found mass movements through the
world. At the same time if the pro-
letariat proves powerless to extricate
revolutionary China from the imper-
ialist moose, then the victory Of i'm
perialism in China would imply; first
ly, a fresh temporary consolidation
Of the capitalist system throughout
the world, secondly, extreme reaction
against the working class in the i'm
perialist countries, thirdly, and fin
ally, the onslaught of the imperialist
bloc upon the Soviet Union. The-fight
against imperialist suppression Of the
Chinese revolution is therefore at the
same time war Of self-defense of the
European, American and Japanese
working class against the capitalist
offensive and fight against war in
Europe and for the victory of social
revolution in these countries.
7. The new phase of imperialist
policy is characterized by the fact
that capitalism is about to pass over
from the stage of little" wars to that
of great wars. The war in China, al
though at the moment recalling in it's
form the intervention in Soviet Rus
STA of 1e18-19, opens up new period
Of great wars. In it's international
significance the intervention of the
imperialist forces in China Is already
a great war. 1t is great war be-
cause 1t is being conducted by the
great capitalist states under the lead
ership Of Britain against 400 million
toilers Of China. With 1t Is connected
the fate of four continents--Asia,
Europe, America and Australia. 1t
will inevitably develop into fresh wars,
unless it Is suppressed at the very
outset.
This war 10 already developing into
war against the Soviet Union. The
language employed by the British con-
sentative press against the Soviet
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25

Union recalls the language of coun-
try already at war. In international
capitalist relations such acts, like the
raid on the Soviet Embassy in Pek-
ing, the arrest of diplomatic couriers,
the raid on the Soviet Union Delega-
ton IN London, are met with repres-
slve measures pregnant with war. It
is only the peace policy of the Soviet
government consciously bent towards
this end, that has so far saved the
toiling masses of Great Britain and
the Soviet Union from this ants-Soviet
war, in spite of the systematic pro-
vocation of Great Britain.
s. But this war, like a patch of oil
on the water, threatens to spread to
the whole of Asia and the Pacific
coast:
(a).-It is quite evident that the
victory of the workers and peasants
in the Chinese revolution would give
rise to desperate attempts on the part
of the imperialists to crush the VIC
torious movement of the toiling mass
es of China, and those revolutionary
movements which would be called
forth in India, French Indo- China, In
donesia, in the Philippines and Korea.
This would be prolonged great war
of the combined bloc Of the imperial
lists Of the great capitalist countries
against the insurgent toiling masses
of Asia, under the leadership of re-
voutionary China.
(b).-On the other hand, a defeat
of the Chinese revolution would slim
ulate the antagonisms between Bri-
tain, Japan and the United States in
China and would inevitably lead to a
war between these imperialist powers
in the Pacific.
8. Closely connected with the war
in China are also the efforts to en-
circle the Soviet Union at other points
on the European and Asiatic contin-
ents. British diplomacy is necessarily
striving to create united anti-Soviet
Baltic front, stretching from Finland
through Poland to Roumania. 1t en-
deayors to draw In Lithuania by or.
ganizing fascist coup d'etat. Through
the medium Of fascist Italy it is striv-
ing to strengthen it's position in the
Balkans and to draw Hungary into the
anti-Soviet coalition. By this it cal
culates on establishing sufficiently
wide anti-Soviet front on the Danube.
One Of the most active roles in this
anti-Soviet front is to be played by
Poland, but it must, in the event of
war, secure its rear. Therefore Brit
ish imperialism is exerting every eff
fort to include Germany in It's sphere
Of influence and to regulate German
Polish relations for the purpose of
joint attack on the Soviet Union.
(To Be Continued.)
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ANOTHER MAGAZINE WITH A MISSION.

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25
Figures Destroy Oil Propaganda Put Out by Shell

"The above table shows the guam
titles of kerosene and lamp oil made
available for internal consumption
during 1924-5 and 1926 as CTS, 122
and 1,421,499 metric tons, re-
spectively.
Both figures exceed the pre-war
average, the latter by as much as
go per cent.
at must be stated that while dur
ing 1924-5 and 1885 total oil pro-
duction in the Soviet Union was still
below the pre-war level, during the
present year oil output it running
higher than before the war. There
fore, Sir Henri Deterding's concern
for the Russian consumer of oil at
the present time will be even less
appreciated than before.
Use Electricity Now.
"The statement that the Soviet
Union would need to import oil from
abroad in order to maintain it's pre-
war level of oil consumption, when
made in the face of production greater
than ever before, of lesser require
ments on account of decrease in
population and, incidentally, in the
face of gain of about $50 per cent
in the production of electric current,
is obviously misleading.
"Sir Henri Deterding takes great
pleasure in mentioning an official
Moscow newspaper in support of his
claim regarding a shortage of kero-
sene in the Soviet Union The item
in the Economic Life" is shown,
upon analysis, to refer principally to
the shortage of salt brought about
by certain difficulties in the distribu-
ton system. Regarding kerosene is
states that kerosene is not being
sold on the Moscow bazaars on ac-
count of the fire hazard. However,
in local stores it is being sold with
out any increase in price No special
committee to investigate the causes
of the shortage was created. What
actually took place was that the
Moscow Trade Department was urged
to make en- investigation of the guam
tity of kerosene on hand and of the
compliance with standard prices in
village stores.
1T is perfectly obvious from the
above that Sir Deterding's so-called
shortage Of kerosene refers to
certain local and temporary breaks
in the distribution of kerosene in viii
lage stores around Moscow, and not
to any permanent shortage of kero-
sene caused by excessive exports, as
Sir Henri Deterding is at pains to
show.
"In conclusion it is only proper to
state that, whatever Mr.. Deterding
may say, the Soviet Union is in q
position, in virtue Of its tremendous
oil resources and large investments in
the industry to continue increasing
both the exports and the internal
consumption Of oil products"
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25
Total

cent, since those territories were of
an industrial and urban character.
In order to make possible fair COM
parison with the present situation
in the Soviet Union, the pre-war
figures should therefore be reduced
by at least 20 per cent. The resultant
figure, showing the average quantity
of kerosene and lamp oil available
for home use in 1911, 1912, and 1913
is less than 100000 metric tons.
Production. exports, and the guam
tity Of oil products made available
for internal consumption for the
years 1924-5 and 1926-Ill are given
by the Chief Statistical Administra-
ton Of the Soviet Union as follows
lin tons).
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25

BOSTON, Aug. "a. - Colonel
Charles J. Glidden, former financier,
developer Of the telephone with pro-
lessor Alexander Graham Bell, or
ganizer Of the famous "Glidden Auto
mobile Tours" and pioneer in avia-
ton was critically i'll at his Fenway
home today He is seventy years old.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25

"The above official statistics are
different from those presented by
Sir Deterding. Not only are Deter
ding's figures inaccurate, but, what
is much more important, they do not
take into account the decrease in the
territory and population Of Russia
since the war. The pre-war figures
refer to the territory Of the former
Russian Empire. However, the
present Soviet Union population is
nearly 20 per cent smaller than the
population Of the Russian Empire in
1918. The share Of Russian kerosene
production consumed before the war
by the now seeded territories was
probably even larger than the 20 per
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25

BOSTON, Aug. 24.---Henry Ford
became road contractor today. He
receives S10o from the Common
wealth Of Massachusetts, for 840O feet
of highway costing $3,260,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
Jack Norworth $ Hands.

CONGSTERS who have made them
- selves famous on Broadway and
it's environs are many, but Jack Nor
worth stands out uniquely for his
manner of putting over a song" The
most effective results with the least
apparent effort seem to be the out
come of the method of this popular
singer and actor, who Is at present
making a tour of the Keith Albee
vaudeville circuit.
Jack NorWorth, when he sings, uses
practically no gestures. He does not
walk around the stage or leap into
the air. One gets the impression,
when he begins to sing. that If he
took his position on 50-cent piece
he would still be standing on the coin
at the conclusion of his number 1t
Is most effective method of working.
Asked to explain his psychology,
the singer smiled reminiscentIy.
ITO tell you the TRUTH" he said,
when / first did it the psychology
was simple. Before I went on the
stage / was a frequent theatergoer,
and ! knew the audience could always
tell novice by the way he used his
hands. So when l began. not know
ing how to use my hands, / used to
clasp them behind my back and keep
them there
well. you can't walk around the
stage with your hands clasped behind
your back, 1t would look too silly. SO
stood in one spot. That's how 1t
started. BY the time I had learned
how to use my hands, / had also ar
rived at the conclusion that economy
OF gesture was more effective than
anything else, so / kept right on sing
ing, with my hands behind my back.
Audiences seemed 10 like it, too. SO
why changer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
Flashes From the Screen
BY c. e. NELSON.

lar selection. 1t has always inter.
ested me to watch people come IN.
der its influence. Armies have used
music as well as churches. | can,
imagine doing without it while | an
acting before the camera. In nv
modern version of Camille | used
the Puccini score of La Boheme
and also had the orchestra plav for
the street scenes Madelon' and MANY
of the old French chansoms."
There you have the secret OF being
f, successful motion picture actress
The imagination of the actress-and
perhaps. that of the press agent-has
great deal to do with the whole
proposition.
ON Screen and in Studio-Robert
~ Vignola and Frank Capra are
two Hollywood directors who hail
from the sunny land of Italy.
1t is said that puttees have passed
out as fashionable apparel for direc-
tors i'll the Eastern studios.
Christy Cabame is credited with
discovering" Clara Bow, Norma
Shearer and Ruth Dwyer. Edwin
Carewe found Dolores Del Rio, and
d. w. Griffith's discoveries include
Richard BarthelmeSs and the two
Gishes.
The Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences was recently
formed at a dinner in Los Angeles.
The notableS of filmdom attending
the academy planned. among other
activities. to promote harmony and
solidarity, to protect the honor of
the industry and to encourage I'M
provement.
Clara Bow is TO dance the hula
III her next picture. directed by Vic
tor Fleming, who has just completed
The Way of All Flesh" starring
Emil Jannings. Miss Bows South
Seas picture will be titled Hula"
and her dance will, Of course, be a
feature.
Lew Cody and Aieen Pringle have
Just completed their initial vehicle.
Adam and Evil Their next pic
ture is BE Your Age from the
story OF Frederick and Fanny Hat
ton.
W. c. Fields and Chester ConkIin
are to form a comedy team. accord
ing to announcement from the Para
mount studios. Fields newest pic
ture is Running Wild" while Conk-
In was recently starred with George
Bancroft in Tell 1t to Sweeney"
Ignoring the report that she would
retire from photoplay work, Pola
Negrl is about ready to start work
IN "Barbed Wire" which is to be
directed by Rowland V. Lee. pro-
ducer of The Whirlwind of Y outh."
Bebe Daniels is to star in Swim,
Girl, Swim which will go into pro-
duction within the next few DAYS.
Ellis Island scenes are featured in
We Americans" Universal pro-
duction which is being directed bv
Edward Sloman. 1t is said that
Government officials have agreed to
allow the Shooting" of the immi-
grant station.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
RIALTO-"The Tender Hour"

Billie Dove and Ben Lyon are CO.
starred in George Fitzmaurice's THE
Tender Hour" which is the feature
picture at the Rialto this week.
The tragedy hidden behind the
marriages Of American girls to Eu-
ropean titles is the theme on which
the story is based. An American
financier who regards his daughter
merely as "A possession to be sold to
the highest bidder forces her into
marriage with an expatriated noble
man In order to further business in
terests.
Billie Dove portrays the American
girl who is married off to a rogue Of
a Russian duke. and Ben Lyon por-
trays the young lover from whom
she has been separated. MOntagu
Love is seen as the duke and others
in the cast are Alec b. Francis,
Lasky Winter. L. Roy Barnes,
Charles A. Post and George Kotso-
naros.
Orville Rennie, formerly featured
tenor with Blossom Time" who win
be heard in Il cycle of songs, with
Rox Rommell presiding at the piano,
is the stage presentation feature.
The overture by the Rialto Orches-
ira is entitled "A Tonally Told Tale"
arranged by Conductor Rommell.
| which, together with a comedy, New
| lyweds' Troubles" featuring the baby
star Snookums, and international
NeWsreel round out the bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
=. FILMOGRAMS =.

spective countries, are being brought
to Hollywood by Fox for American
screen work. Their names, probably,
will undergo some change later on.
Now it is reported that William
Boyd, 'the Volga boatman," will come
East to be starred in THE West
Pointer" with Donald Crisp directing
Fanny Brice has signed a contract
to appear in films to be released by
First National
John Barrymore, it is said. has
abandoned plans to make "Cellini' and
will make instead THE Tempest" an
original film play by Fred de Gresac,
with Frank Lloyd directing.
Conway Tearle is reported to be at
loggerheadS with the Motion Picture
Producers Association, which he
charges with attempting to freeze him
out of the movies. The counterclaim
is that Tearle is demanding more COM
pensation than is warranted by his
drawing power.
From Film Daily 1t is learned that
Crandalrs Metropolitan is discon-
tinuing Vitaphone presentations dur
ing the Summer.
If Nice and the British studio at
Ellstree have the proper facilities. it
is reported. Charles Chaplin will make
his next picture. 1.-THE Suicide Club"
abroad. This information comes
through copyrighted dispatch of
the New York Times.
Renee Adoree has been engaged for
the title role of Metro. Goodwin