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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-15
N IN CHINA :

nBwofutfonary armtes in China are the most mpor-
ean* factor IN the fight Of the Chinese workers and
Deasants Cor their liberation. Is it then mere
incidence that until May June of this year the
situation In China regarded as the rule of the
Peaction which had set in after the defeat Of Feng
Tn HSiang's army but that in the summer Of this
yoar 1t only necessary for the victorious Can
con troops to advance northwards and occupy Hupe
In order to change the picture fundamentally in ia
wor of the revolution? No, 1t not coincidence;
Con the advance OF the Canton troops meant blow
aimed at Imperialism a blow aimed at its agents
th China, it meant the freedom of assembly free
DOM 70 strike freedom of the press freedom of
coalition for all the revolutionary elements in China
n general and for the workers in particular. In this
lies the popularity and the greatest importance of
the revolutionary army in China.
IN former times in the 18th and 10Th century rev.
~e1tors began in such way that usually the people
DSe, for the greater part unarmed or badly armed,
sed encountered the army of the old regime. They
ufade every effort break up this army at least
20 win it over as far as possible to their side This
the typical form of the revolutionary explosions
of the past. The same thing occurred with us in
Russia in 1905. In China things developed diff
feren lines. In China, it is not the unarmed people
against the troops of their government, but
the armed people in the form of its revolutionary
army. In China, armed revolution is fighting against
Mmed counterrevolution This is one of the pecu.
harities and of the advantages of the Chinese
revolution. This also explains the special signifi-
canoe of the revolutionary army in China.
It is therefore reprehensble defect of the theses
before that they underestimate the revolutionary
armies
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-15

In consequence Of this, however, the Chinese Com
lunists ought to devote special attention to work
the army.
First of all the Chinese Communists must use
very means in their power to intensity political
york in the army and must succeed in making the
rmy real and model support of the ideas of the
hinese revolution. This is particularly necessary at
he present moment because the Canton troops
eing joined by all kinds of generals who have
othing IN common with the Kuomintang who join
force which overthrows the enemies of the
hnese people and who, by joining the Canton
roops, introduce disntegration into the army 1t
only possible to neutralize such "allies" or to
them into genuine adherents of the Kuomintang
intensifyng the political work and by organizing
v7iutdonary control over them. Unless this is
the army may get into most difficult position.
!, -eondly, the Chinese revoluhonaries, including
Communists, must make special study Of
lings military, they must not regard military ques
something of secondary Importance, for mill
airy questions in China at present the most
npcrtant factor in the Chinese revolution. The
communists, must, with this object in view, study
lihtarism in order to advance gradually and 20 be
bic to occupy some leading post or other In the
evolutionary army. This will guarantee that the
evolutionary army of China will follow the right
ath will keep its eye steadily fixed on its aim.
Mess this is carried out it is inevitable that there
lould be vacillations in the army.
These are the tasks which the Chinese Communist
arty has to fulfill with regard to the question Of
ie revolutionary army.
4. The Character Of the Future Power In China.
VIE third remark concerns the fact that, in the
theses, the question as to the character Of the
ture Revolutionary power in China is hardly dealt
it'll at all altogether disregarded -Comrade Milf,
his credit, has closely approached this question in
thesis. But, when he the threshold of it,
failed to carry 1t out to the end as though he
Il tnao, fohf nd doro -f,,rt
,mrade Milf believes that the future revolutionary
wer in China will be power of the revolutionary
tty bourgeosie under the leadership of the prole-
riat. What does this mean? At the time of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-15

we ought at once to the slogan OF the forzns
ton of soviets, of peasant soviets in the open
country. / believe that this is a mistake. Comrade
Milf is in too great hurry. 1t is out OF the question
to soviets in the country and to leave out the
industrial centers in China. The question OF or
ganizing soviets in the Chinese Industrial centers
however has not yet been raised. Furthermore,
we must not forget that the soviets cannot be con
sidered Independently of their connection with the
whole situation. 1t would only be possible to or
ganze soviets, let say peasant soviets, II China
were passing through period of fourishing peas
ant movement which would break down the old
power and create a one, under the assumption
that the industrial centers Of China had already
broken down the barrier and entered on the phase
of forming soviet power. Can it be said that the
Chinese peasantry or the Chinese revolution as
whole has already entered on this phase? No. 1t
cannot be said. 1t is therefore trying to outpace
evolution to speak of soviets at the present time
At the present moment We must not raise the aues-
onsof soviets but of the formation of peasant com
mittees; l mean committees, elected by the peas
ants, which capable of formulating the funda-
mental demands of the peasantry and OF taking all
the necessary measures for realizing these demands
by revolutionary methods. These peasant commit
tees should form the axis round which the revolu-
ton in the village unfold.
know that there are people amongst the adher-
ents of the Kuomintang and even among the Chin
csc Communists who do not consider it possible to
let loose Ine reVOluCon IN the village lest the enSt-
of the peasantry in the revolution should dis
rupt the united front against Imperialism. This is
the greatest error The anti-imperialist front in
China will be all the stronger and more powerful
the more quickly and thoroughly the Chinese peas
antry is persuaded TO join in the revolution. The
authors of the theses especially Comrades Tan
Ping Shan and RATES. perfectly right when they
maintain that the immediate satisfaction of a
Der of the most urgent demands of the peasantry
is an essential preliminary for the victory Of the
Chinese revolution In my opinion, it is high tine
10 do away with the indifference and neutrality"
towards the peasantIy which is noticeable in the
activity Of certain elements OF the Kuomintang l
think that both the Communist Party Of China and
the Kuomintang, including the Canton government
ought, without delay, to pass from words to deeds
and Immediately to raise the question of satisfy
ting the most vital demands of the peasantry. Whek
CONTINUED on page g.
The Washington times., 1927-10-17
WITTY ANSWER
TO "A WOMAN
OF PARIS"

Adolphe Menjou and Shirley
o'Hara are playing in a delight.
full farce, "a Gentleman Of Paris"
at the Rialto this week. It is a
typical Menjou picture, depicting
the hero a suaVe, sophisticated
Partisan and his nocturnal esca.
pades with various lady friends.
Menjou, a master Of light comedy,
is never better than in this pic.
ture.
The story starts off with Men.
1ou, connoisseur of women and
fine liquor, returning from a hec.
tic evening just in time to greet
his fiancee, who. with her father,
has come to visit him. Menjou's
ever-faithful valet manages to de.
Jude the girl as to the cause of
his masters absence, but he fails
to fool the old man, a wise old
bird who has been through the
mill himself, at one time or an.
other.
Menjou promises to turn over q
new leaf and tread the narrow
path of virtue, lead where it may.
One OF the admirers Of Meniou
happens to be the wife of his
valet. The difficulties which en-.
sue as the result Of the husbands
discovery make up the main plot
of the picture, which abounds in
chuckles and at other times sus.
pense.
There is some dancing by Three
Little Maids" which make up
the stage feature. This should
be viewed cold sober as one OF
the dances, a skeleton dance,
would be none too reassuring after
you downed a couple Of drains.
international News Reel show
us glimpses of President and Mrs.
Coolidge at the home of Secretary
Melons brother at Pittsburgh,
eulogizing the memory Of Andrew
Carnegie; Ruth Elder, the female
LiRdbergh and her plane, Ameri.
can Girl, about to hop off for
her jaunt over the Atlantic; the
renovated battleship New York,
on which the United States spent
100000 and which an enemy
airship costing $4,000 could
possibly sink in one encounter.
Smart Uncle Sam! A delightful
overture by Rox Rommell and a
short comedy complete the BILL
D. ]. NJ.
The Washington times., 1927-10-17
TROUGH RIDERS"
A THRILLING
FILM

A masterfully done Paramount
special is exhibiting at the Metro.
politan this week under the title
OF 1.-THE Rough Riders" This
piece, new in these environs, is
based on historical facts made by
troops brought together by the
late Theodore Roosevelt for the
charge on the Spaniards at San
Juan and will no doubt take it's
place alongside "Old Ironsides,"
What Price Glory?" and the
like.
An eminently qualified. cast in.
GLIDING Charles Farrell, Mary
Aston, Charles Emmett Mack,
Noah Berry and George Bancroft
give the epic the tinge Of reality
most pictures lack in these days
of imaginative geniuses. It is a
story too often told to again relate
here in detail dealing with a girl
and two men during war-a war
that needed not conscripted men
and drafted trainees. Needless to
say the right man won out in the
end.
The Rooseveltlan atmosphere
and method Of doing things are
kept in the foreground through.
out the showing, the troop forma-
tions and the charge up San Juan
being vivid reminders of the de-
termined will behind the spectacles
that Roosevelt wore. For display
OF historical fact on celluIoid 1t is
hard to believe another film like
1t will be done for many, many
moons. To our mind 1t surpasses,
in this regard, anything else ever
done like 1t. Yet, to appreciate
the picture, one has to view it
personally.
The only added feature is the
news Fl. 4, even the likeable
Breeskin overture being missing
from the program due TO the
length of the. feature picture. But
what more does one want on such
a gala program featuring Roose.
welt and the most romantic
and venturesome troops ever
assembled under Old Glory
c. A. w,
The Washington times., 1927-10-17

Jakey Rabinowitz deserts the
rigid disciplines of his cantor
father, disappears for five years
and returns home only to be
evicted when his parent learns
he has defiled the name of
Rabinowitz by singing in thea
tiers.
He is now Jack Robin, prose-
, lyting to jazz the voice his
father helped cultivate in the
hope that he would be the sixth
in the Rabinowitz line to sing
in the synagogue.
The second act is laid in
Robins dressing room wherein
his grieving mother sits and
listens to her boy, clad in d
trick suit and black-face, sing
the friyolities dear to the Nor
die heart.
A stroke brushes the old cam
tor on the eve of Yom Kippur
ceremonies and he pleads from
his bed for his son to sing the
services. Jack sways between
his responsibility to the theater
and his love for his dying
father. In the end. he capitu-
lates to sentiment, quits the
stage, dons the praying robes
of his tribe and fulfills the
Rabinowitz tradition.
Jessel is a smart young actor,
with a nervously energetic style
and a voice that's made for
ballad-singing. Sam Jaffe
gives an unusually creditabIe
performance as Yudelson,. the
family friend. Also concerned
with good character acting are
Joseph Shoengold as the cantor,
Ann Lowenwirth, as the mother,
and Edward Arnold, as the
show producer. Lea Taiz seemed
to concentrate on being indif-
ferent to her part.
The Washington times., 1927-10-17
JAZZ BAND AND A
CIRCUS ACT AT
THE EARLE

The Earle presents a first-rate
entertainment this week with
everything from a poppy jazz
band to a marvellous circus act.
Jimmy Carr, Doctor OF Melody"
and his band furnish snappy
music galore. with a few wise
cracks mixed in. A speciality,
Bye, Bye, Baby" comes in for a
hit.
Clara Howard, possessor of
bodies Of pep and personality,
sings and talks and gets every.
one in the best Of hunor. Her
take-off Of q ventriloquist is a
scream.
Joyner and Foster, a black
face team. are we'll above the
average. Thair line is a little diff
ferent and quite top.notch and
their dancing good.
Kerr and Weston, in Beach
Nuts" assisted by Frank Davis,
Harold Clarke and Bert Weston,
do some nimble stepping and some
first-rate entertaining.
Mr.. Marinotf's Russian circus
act with canine performers is
meritorious. The dogs are per-
fectly trained. A travesty of an
alleged tri;, gle affair OF some
humans is cleverly initiated.
Dance \ g." the feature pic.
ture is taken from a magazine
serial Of tn; name, which deals
with the ambitions of a young
girl. Johala pauline Starke), t.
become Broadway favorite.
Backed BY jed Brophy louis
Bartelsl, ] ala Is to become
famous. but the price is to- high.
Her real lover, Leach Norcutt
ben Lyon, saves her from dis
grace and ruin, amidst an atmos-
phere of real melodrama, and all
eds well. The film is an espe-
cially elaborate and colorful one
with lots OF thrills thrown in.
Floyd Wheeler and his Earle
Orchestra play Sousa's Rifle
Regiment" as an overture. The
usual Louise attractions round out
the very good bill.-H. X.
The Washington times., 1927-10-17
HITS AT
LAST BEFORE
THE CAMERA

For a while 1t began. to look as
II w. c. Fields would never hit
his stride upon the screen. The
ex-Follies comedian was funny
enough on the stage, but he
simply didn't click in his first
cinema efforts. We are happy to
recommend Running Wild" the
picture at Loew's Palace this
week, as the opus in which Fields
bridges the gap between spoken
and silent comedy.
This latest picture finds Fields
in the role of a henpecked hus.
band. smiling philosophically in
his servitude but hoping for the
dawn of a new tomorrow. He
finds, his place in the sun.
through the chance medium of a
hypnotist. This is a comic char.
acter study, pure and simple
very simple-and highly dynamic.
If you've been holding off from
Fields since his first appearances
on the screen, by all means nav
him your respects at the Palace
this week, and give the little boy
a hand.
The stage fare Is up to the
The Washington times., 1927-10-17
ELTHNGE
AND JULIET
AT KEITH'S

Emile Boreo. of "Chauve
souris" fame; Miss Juliet, with
her lone girl revue" and Julian
Eltinge. back again to thrill
vaudeville enthusiasts with his
spectacular gowns.-what a trio
TO be offered on single evening.
Yet that is what folks saw last
night at B. F. Keith's and much
win be heard of them all week.
The volatile. Vivacious, electric
Emile Boreo attained the heights
with his French chansons. the
like OF which were never heard
before on land or sea. He is a
cricket for action, wild. maniacal
dancing dervish for perpetual
motion. He taps the piano. he
dances. he sings. he whistles, he
grins, he weeps. Above all he
moves, everlastingly moves. No
wonder he stopped the show.
Not far behind are the charm.
ing Miss Juliet and the gorgeously.
gowned Miss" Eltinge. Miss
Juliet was most generous with her
varied representations. Her lunch.
OOAl portrayal OL q department
store clerk was rich in it's smooth
satire.
Miss" Eltinger, without that
girlish figure that used to make
30 many envious ones in the rec.
ent past, succeeded in capturing
the audience by sheer poise and
beauty. Washington's dowagers
will do we'll not to miss seeing
those gowns Eltinge wears so
fetchingly.
The program started slowly
but finished like whirlwind.
Maxine and BODY, the latter a
clever little fox terrier. struck a
friendly note which was increased
when Irene Rubini and Terese
Rosa provided some tinkling
tunes.
ANY Family" a sketch of
home life, allowed Helen Beres.
ford to wag a loose tongue, bring.
ing laughter from all. Lew Hearn
and Ethel Gray continued the
hilarity with their songs and soph-
isticated patter. Miss Juliet came
through with the first of the
three big hits and from then on
everybody was happy.
A daring athletic act by the
Bellclair Brothers closes the show
just before the news reel.-B. ]. 4.
The Washington times., 1927-10-17
'''7he Jazz Singer" at
The National
By HAROLD PHILLIPS

Deny as its Importance contributor
erate drama The Jazz Singer with George ese that
type OF play which will appeal the
the tear ducts of the readily susceptible folk
night were tapped and uncanny alert caught
customers actually sobbng.
Don't however let aversion the altned emotions
courage you from looking 1t primarily comedy
the laughs outweigh the sombe shades by pounage
IN ne course the action Mr. Jessel sings several and
there coortul and fnelybended chorus synagogue
service toward the close of the last
THE Jazz Singer" which eked New
based on short story The Day Of Atonement written by
Samson Raphaeson with the intent of having
Raphaeson wrote the when the faculty University
OF Illinois It's long from Urbana to the Side but
aphaeson has managed to echo authentic life
The Washington times., 1927-10-17
ENGAGING FOLK
AT JARBOE'S
STRAND

Down at Harry Jarboe's Strand
Theater they have 1.-THE Naughty
Mites" for the current attraction
and We rise to remark that the
boys and girls in the company put
across a very engaging program in
which mirth and music prove the
strong features.
Buttons" Fares and Buster San.
born are the stars of the produc.
ton and they make good in widely
different ways. Buttons" il a
comedian, one Of those lazy drawl.
ing chaps, and his quaint methods
are good for many laughs. Miss
Sanborn floats along on waves Of
song for while and then shifts
to a few sensational dances that
pleased the crowds much better.
Dorothy Lee rang in a pair Of
songs on her own account and did
very well by them. Helen Morgan
has some jazz steps ct diverting
type while George Keystone, John.
ME Gilmore and Douglas Elem.
ming contributed numbers that EN-.
braced a bit of everything.
There's a fine bunch of chorus
girls this week and they keep
things humming every moment
they hold the stage. Blessed with
good looks and endowed with ex.
cellent voices and nimble feet, they
lend dash and action to the big
numbers.
This show is really a good one
and We find some ambition on the
part of the producers to give the
fans something better than the
average in both music and humor.
The costumes will never be an ex.
press cost burden. but what there
are of them are pretty and daring.
William Manville's jazz orches.
ira provides the house music
II. s.
The Washington times., 1927-10-17
BEAU GESTE" AT
COLUMBIA ONE
MORE WEEK

Critics have praised and the
public acclaimed Beau Geste,"
and rightly so. Few pictures
playing Washington have swayed
the followers of the screen as has
this fine story of brother love and
sacrifice. The plot has been told
and retold. The legions that have
seen 1t have detailed its every
splendid feature to those that
have not, and the latter you will
see flowing in to the Columbia this
week.
Just a few great moments in
Thu; the lonely fort in a world of
shifting sand, peopled by dead
men wko ,'ere not allowed to
die; the Viking funeral, when
Beau" goes West with a dog
The Washington times., 1927-10-17
WHO'S WHO ON
THE HOLLYWOOD
LOTS
o.-Who played opposite John
Gilbert in "Flesh and the DeViT"3
A-Greta Carlo.

A.-Greta Carlo.
Q.-Pleass tel me II Vera
Reynolds Is married. HoW old Is
sheF What 10 her. height, color of
hair and eyes and IChere could /
secure her photography
A.--She is divorced from Earl
T. Montgomery, is % years old,
five feet three and one.half inches
tall and has brown hair and hazel
eyes. Write to her care of Cecil
De Mile Studio. Culver City. Calf,
for her photograph.
Q.-PIedse ten me the age ana
height Of the Following: Esther
ReISt0R, EsteIle Taylor and PoId
NeOri9 Are LilIiOM and Dorothy
Gish Natural bloMdeS9
A.-Esther Ralston is rs years
old and Is five feet five inches
tall. Estelle Taylor is "a. and Is
five feet four and one.half inches.
Polo Negri IL 30 and Is five feet
four inches tall. Both Lillian and
Dorothy are blondes but Dorothy
usually wears dark wig on the
screen.
o.-WhO played the leading mart
IN Claiming WGters"9 Wds It
Lloyd Hughes! What 10 his adj
dress!
A.--Malcolm McGregor played in
FLAMING Waters" Write to LLOYD
Hughes care Of First National
Studio. Burbank, Calf.
(For replies by mail, enclose self.
Addressed, stamped envelope TO the
Film Editor.)
Copyright. 1927, Famous Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1927-10-17

Not to be outdone by Miss
Pickford, Mrs. Norris borrowed
an adding machine from the
business office and Immediately
proceeded to count her money.
How do I know but what
may be I've been cheated out Of
a dime" she remarked. as she
plunged into this mountain Of
money.
The Washington times., 1927-10-17
Play Makes Fortune

The first local offering of the
season from the House of John
Golden, the producer who has
made a fortune from clean Ameri.
can plays. will be 1.-TWO Girls
Wanted" the Gladys Unger COM
edy which had full seasons run
on Broadway last year. 1t was
staged by Winchell Smith, asso-
ciated with many of the Golden
hits. and comes to the National
Theater in November with the
original cast intact.
The Washington times., 1927-10-17

Palace standard. The DeMarcos
are presented in a music and
dance number, with o. stringed
orchestra of six. Rome and
Dunn, the popular song.pluggers,
are back again, to the delight of
all concerned.
The M.G.M News Reel shows
us Ruth Elders start for Eu.
rope. President Coolidge in Pitts.
burgh, the fire at Ocean City, and
some interesting animal studies,
The Palace orchestra blares out
the music of "The Chocolate
Soldier, and everybody's happy.
The Palace bill, on the whole. il
about as light as Larry Beatus
could wish, and should be one of
the most popular presented by the
big playhouse In many weeks
J. r.
The Washington times., 1927-10-17

at his feet; the mutiny in the
ranks of the Foreign Legion when
beast of a commander PLAYS
one faction against the other to
attain his rotten ends; the flight
across the desert; the four chums
lost and one Of tn. brothers creep
Ing off to die alone in the dunes
that the others might live.
These are a few, just a few,
big moments # a story rich in
dramatic action and at the same
time dominated by beautiful SCI
til ent Beau Geste" beautiful
gesture), the title tells the story.
and splendid story it is, directed
in a magnificent manner and pre-
ser d by cast of brilliant
players.-H. S,
The Washington times., 1927-10-17

Before leaving Los Angeles to
Calf, Mary handed Mrs. Norris
$4,000 worth of nickels and
dimes in payment for the story.
which Is built against a back.
ground of a 5-and-10-cent store.
The money was contained in coin
bags and weighed almost two
tons. There were $4,000 dimes
and 100000 nickels.
The Washington times., 1927-10-17
Vaudeville Gains

Speaking Of vaudeville, that
branch of stage entertainment
NV is breaking even its own
amazing annual record of open.
ing new perfect playhouses. no
less than 40 being announced for
eedscation this season,
The Washington times., 1927-10-17
Burlesque Wheels
Merged In One
Circuit

Following a joint meeting
Sunday between heads OF the
Columbia and Mutual burlesuue
circuits. it was announced that
the two wheels had merged.
Sam Scribner, /. H. Herk,
Emmett Callahan and Others
sat in on the conference which
will likely spell placement for
the Mutual circuit.
For the time being there will
be no policy changes and it is
understood that both houses
here, the Gayety and Strand.
will continue to be operated as
they are now,
The Washington times., 1927-10-17
Dull Days In Press
Agent Land

If there doubt in the mind Norris that
Mary Picrd has sense Of humor that doubt dspeed
to witness preview of the PckfOrd picture "Iy Girl"
Whic Mrs rris wrote -