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The International Of E-SerUcemen and Its Fight
Against lmperalist War

the Comintern. True, to our Geneva
programme, we have waged our anti
militarist fight in the proletarian and
revolutionary spirit. Thus it came
to pass that we were often acting
hand in hand with the Communist
parties, merely because we had com
mon aims and employed common
means to attain them. On the other
hand, Social Democratic organiza-
lions frequently refused to act in con-
cert with US.
The LAC, moreover, was often
obliged to oppose certain acts and
measures of the Social Democrats
most emphatically Had it not done
so, it would have been denying its
most sacred principles. Or was it
perhaps not within the scope of our
most serious tasks to oppose the war
credits which were championed on
various occasions by Social Demo
cratic deputies, or to protest most
energetically against certain military
laws, such as the mobilization law of
Paul Boncour, even though they were
cloaked by the Social Democratic
fraction in Parliament? Was and is
it not our duty to pit our whole in
fluence against colonial expeditions
and against intervention in China,
irrespective Of the fact that Social
Democratic leaders have on occasion
advocated such campaigns?
r.
The Social Democratic parties have
in part viewed our actions with great
displeasure. They encourage certain
unions Of ex-combatants, on which
they exercise a decisive influence, in
their opposition to the leaders of the
LAC. Thus it came about that at the
Brussels conference the reformist
Workers and Peasants Union Of
Mutilated War Victims in France (F.
OPP seeded from our movement.
| CThe A.R.A.C. naturally remained
within the limits of the I.A.C.) In
spite of the numerical loss thus suf-
fered, the LAC. has in a sense been
strengthened by the desertion in ques-
ton, since the F.O.P. was at all times
not so much a help as hindrance
| (Jhe Austrian association likewise
left the LAC. some time ago. The
F.O.P. attempted to carry with it the
Belgian section of he LAC, but the
congress of Belgian ex-combatants on
July 10th will, it is to be hoped, have
frustrated this treacherous act.
At the same time we may observe
all the world over, in America as well
as in Europe, that there is tendency
to strengthen the International of
Ex-Servicemen in the face of the re-
newed menace of war. Furthermore,
the Russian union of ex-Servicemen
has joined US, fact of no small i'm
portance.
Thus the International of Ex-
Servicenen both can and will set it.
self with renewed force to fulfil the
great tasks with which it is faced
under the present highly fateful
situation.
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bodied similar principles to those OF
the A.R.A,C., were to be united in ar
international organization. The ap-
peal of the A.R.A.C. met with gen
eral approval In 1920 our first in
ternational congress was convoked at
Geneva, and in the course of time we
were joined by a number of associa-
tions in Germany, England, Italy
Austria, Belgium, and so forth,
The Geneva congress of the LAC
resolved on 'charta," or constitutory
programme, which established that
the fight against war is inseparable
from the fight against capitalism
Since then, all the announcements of
the LAC. have been inspired by the
same spirit of the class war
The associations which had joined
the LAC. comprised members of vari-
Gus political parties, Communists, So
cialists, Anarchists, etc. We were of
opinion that in spite Of differences of
standpoint it would be possible to or
ganize a united anti-militarist action
and to wage war against war at all
costs in the sense already outlined
1t was our desire to rouse the lamen-
tably forgetful masses by means OF
systematic agitation, to show them
the economic consequences of war anC
the sanguinary fraud which the i'm.
perialistic policy of industrial anc
banking capitalism represents, tC
bring them to an understanding OF
the danger of new wars such. as are
being fomented by the bourgeois au.
thorities all the world over, and tt
persuade them to resist any such at.
tempt
In this connection, however, we haC
no intention to take the place of any
political organization alre Y il
existence, for it was, and is, our sole
desire-parallel with such organiza
tions as oppose the bourgeois systems
of oppression to make our reputation
and influence practically known anc
felt among the victims of and com
batants in the imperiaistic war Of
1914-18 and all subsequent wars.
On various occasions, the LAC. has
already performed an effective anc
rousing work Of agitation; it has beer
the moving force in various opposi.
tional movements and revolts against
the existing order.
Despite, or perhaps rather just or
account of, our militant attitude, we
have naturally from the very start
been exposed within our own interna
tional organization to the more or less
tacit opposition of various nationa
associations. They accuse the exec.
utive committee of the LAC. of be-
ing in tow of the Communist Party
and the Communist International. VIZ
have not allowed ourselves to be de
TERED at all in our activity by these
cheap accusations" for it is we'll
known that there is no organisatory
conjunction between the LAC. anc
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Continuation


AS a matter of fact, the inaugura
ton of the Provincial Peasant Union
is really the result of our struggle
for the organization of our own class
Fortunately, at this same time, ii
happens that the Third All-China
Labor Congress is also held at Can
ton. This enables us to gather the
advanced revolutionary alliance, the
working class, to form the national
movement Of a class nature and to
enlarge our fighting front to a joint
fighting front Of the working class
and to acclaim Jointly the following
slogans:
"Great federation and coopera-
ton Of workers and peasants.
"OverthroW imperialists and their
hunting-dogs, the militarists.
"Plan for the preliminary emanci-
gstion of the working and
peasant classes.
"In our conference, we resolved
that the whole body of peasants
should join into the Kuomintang to
struggle jointly. As the anti-revolu-
tionary members of the party hinder
ed our struggle in the village, we set
forth to request the Central Kuo-
mintang to clean up all the bad men,
bers within the party We have al
ready recognized and understood the
necessity of the woker and peasant
classes participation in the national
revolution. We begin to lead the ma
tional revolution to advance forward
Peasants Revolt.
~After the Kwantung Provincial
Peasant Union was inaugurated il
bore the mission of the Conference
First step, on the 18th of June it par.
ticipated in the movement for clean.
up all the anti-revolutionary militar.
lists, called the peasants of the whole
''v"-a~>a 20 rise up, gathered the
workers of the three railways
namely, the Yueh-Han, the Canton.
kowloon, to strike, and to drive away
Yang Chimin and Liu Chan-wan
Peasants of various places were able
to rise up with force of arms to fol-
low the revolutionary troops to help
them. The Kwong Ming peasants
corps despatched to Kon Tun to at
tack the troops of Yang Chi-min and
Liu Chan-wan but the landlords en-
countered with them and eight pea
SAINT comrades were killed. The Ching
sYuen peasants rendered transporta-
zion for the revolutionary armies and
a chairman Of the Executive Com
mittee of the Village Peasant Union
died because Of overwork. However
the militarists in Canton were finally
overthrown. Second step, on the 23rd
Of June, it supported the demonstra-
ton Of protest against the May Both
massacre, and the Canton Hongkong
strikers, and participated in the parade
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-05
By WILLIAM PICKENS.

The Associated Press on Aug. 81,
1927, says: Warren T. McCray, for
mer governor of Indiana, having COM
pleted one-third of a ten-year term
in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary,
is expected to be released on parole
from the prison late today" 1t is
further stated that the Parole Board
recommended his release and that At
torney General Sargent approved it.
McCray Is Now a Free Man.
American Negroes, take notice:
here is big American white man
who was a sure-enough criminal, and
no doubt anywhere about it. He used
the mails to defraud, not out of ig-
norance of the law but to cheat the
law, deliberately, knowing all about
what he was doing. He sought his
own personal profit in the deed.
Marcus Garvey, in truth, was not
criminal, but misinformed vision
airy. His organization abused the use
of the mails in much smaller way
than did McCray. Garvey was not
seeking profits in a personal bust
ness. He was, of course, seeking glory
in a visionary cause, and it is most
likely true that he hardly understood
the legal import of his stock-selling.
Garvey has served more than one
third of his term, for he not only
went to prison before McCray but his
term was only 5 years, while McCray's
was 10 years. McCray went in last
and comes out first-altho McCrays
term was twice as long as Garvey's!
Garvey was bigger man, better
known around the world than Nc
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WHEN THESE MEN ARE DEAD YOU AND | WILL
SLEEP BETTER FULLER

were browbeaten by Fuller and his
personal attorney, Joe Wiggin. And
in the last analysis Fuller-and his
advisory COMMISSIONERS just as
narrowly one-sided as Webster Thay-
err, the trial judge, who later boosted
to Prof. Richardson at Dartmouth,
"You see what l did to those anar-
chistic bastards!"
Fuller may get sleep now; he may
get satisfaction from doing the job.
He is, apparently, not sensitive,
conscious-ridden man. He may have
the satisfaction that comes from graz
tifying prejudice. But it is a pretty
sure bet that he has ruined himself
political, for any post outside of the
borders of Massachusetts. His re-
ported ambition to be an ambassador
can hardly be fulfilled now. No ma
ton in Europe or South America
will want him. And for the presi-
dency his party will hardly dare 70
put forward man on a Sacco-Van-
zetti platform. For no matter how
silent the party's and the candidates.
declarations might be Fuller would
stand before the nation as the execu-
toner of Sacco and Vanzetti.
U. S. In At The Death.
A United States Naval Intelligence
officer was present at the execution
of Sacco and Vanzetti and sent off a
Geographic flash with the news i'm
mediately after So the Federated
Press is informed from reliable
sources.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-05
BY ART SHIELDS.

In his gorgeous summer home, Rye
Beach, Alvan T. Fuller, perhaps the
wealthiest man in New England, is
resting after his job as executioner
of Sacco and Vanzetti, the two Italian
radicals. There the multi-million-
aire automobile manufacturer is try
ing to enjoy the sleep he promised
himself when the job should be done.
when these men are dead you and
/ will sleep BETTER" he told a rich
society woman who interceded with
him a few hours before the electric
current was switched. The woman
passed this on to the Federated
Press.
Broke Two Strikes.
AS one looks back it seems surpris-
ing that anyone could have expected
Fuller to free himself from his class
prejudices. Fuller is not a mere rich
man. He is worth twenty to forty
millions, according to an estimate by
Thomas Carens, star writer for the
Boston Herald. Fuller has broken at
least two strikes. After the second,
in 1923, he reduced the wages of his
Boston Packard mechanics by several
dollars week.
AS a class conscious capitalist Full
Ter detested radicals. This was known
by his intimates, even before an en-
terprising Washington newspaper
man looked up the Congressional Rec
ord for November 10, 1919, and saw
Fuller's speech lambasting all radi-
Gals from Bill Haywood to Victor
Berger, whose expulsion he support
ed, and calling for the execution of
the "Reds." Even this year Fuller
told one Of the attorneys for Sacco
and Vanzetti, that the men must have
depraved minds-they did not believe
in private property.
ViciOusly Prejudiced.
Approaching the review of the evil
dence with such a prejudiced mind,
Fuller could not, or would not, see
the defense side. So defense wit
nesses were insulted. The governor
was little interested in what they had
to say. Alone, without counsel, they
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come complete, powerful, supervis-
ing and directing organ.
(b) To make the organization of
speasant unions of various grades
better and better and their relation
ship between each other closer and
closer. Fix the time for Delegates
Conferences of peasant unions of
various grades. Train and educate
us; point out our mistakes and in
spect our present strength. Fix the
aim for further progress in future.
Co We must clean up all the re-
dictionary factors in our union and
prevent them from encroaching upon
our union. Strengthen our iron laws.
Make our union to be real organiza-
ton of the peasant class and a real
organ struggling for the peasants in
terests.
(d) After the First Conference on
May LIST, 1925, we have had our pres
ent good result. In the Second Con-
ference of this year, we must exert
our endeavors to make all our pea
SAINT comrades, who have not yet en-
rolled into our Union before, to join
into our Union and make all the
rural villages which have not yet or
ganized to do SO now so as to make
80 per cent of the total number of
peasants in Kwangtung to become
and to lift up their status.
(e) AS the First All-Kwantung
Peasant Delegates Conference jnau-
gurated the Provincial Peasant
Union, we hope that the Second Con-
ference will unity the peasants of
Kwantung and will prepare the First
Delegates Peasant Conference of ALL
China.
f) We must promote cooperative
societies in rural villages so as to i'm
prove peasants living conditions and
to increase the happiness of the pea
SAINTS.
(g) We must participate in the
activities of political organizations in
rural villages in order to obtain prac-
teal results for the peasants.
(h) We must establish more free
schools for peasants and their chill
dren so as to increase their knowledge
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-05
Musicians Union Have
Symphony Orchestra
BY CARL BRANNIN

SEATTLE, Sept a (FP)-The
Seattle Symphony Orchestra with the
help of citizens committee has just
presented the opera Aida at the Uni
versity of Washington. The at.
tendance for the four nights was
estimated at 10000 people.
The Musicians Association (trade
union) deserves full credit for this
triumph. Last fall it organized the
symphony orchestra from it's mem
bership and full program of con-
certs for the winter without any
financial guarantee of payment was
undertaken. The salary of the con-
ductor, Karl Kreuger of Vienna, was
raised by a citizens committee, but
the members of the orchestra agreed
to share comparatively whatever
funds might be available.
The past concert season was sue
cess from the standpoint of program
and popular support, but the must
clans made financial sacrifice with
little or no pay for rehearsals. Now
the Seattle Symphony is being incor-
porated and will sign. a satisfactory
agreement with the musicians union.
W. l.. Douglas, secretary Of the
union, is business manager of the
orchestra.
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The Peasant Revolution

on the day of the Shakee massacre.
The peasant corps helped the pickets
to detain the struggled undesirable
commodities and positively partici-
pated in the anti-imperialist move
ment. Third step, after the occur
ence of LAOS assassination, workers
and peasants united and cooperated
to cut off the communications be-
tween the iTnperialists and counter
revolutionists and to make the people
cooperate with the Government, and
unanimously rose up to clean up all
the counter-revolutionists - Leung
Hung-Kai, Ngai Pong ping, Hung
Hak-ma, Mok Hung, Chang Yun-ki,
etc. Comrade Muk of the Pc On pea
SAINTS corps was killed on account of
disarming the anti-revolutionary arm
les. However, the Canton revolution
airy f 0 un d a t ION was confirmed.
Fourth step, workers and peasants
united and helped the Nationalist
Government to despatch troops in the
eastern and southern expeditions. On
account of this, more than 500 pea
SAINTS We're killed in Ng Wa, Hal
Fung, Lux Fung, etc.
up to the present, abe pitiful con-
dition of the peasants has not yet re-
covered. However, Kwangtung was
then unified. Nowadays, in regard to
the places where we have peasant
unions, handicraftmen rose up to or
game labor unions, small merchants
organized merchants associations,
students organized student unions,
and women also organized women's
emancipation associations. We must
say that this is the appearance of
the joint fighting front of various
classes for overthrowing imperialism.
AS far as districts where we obtained
victory for reduction of rent and had
organized completely the peasant
self defense corps, such as Kwong
Ming, Pc On, etc. are concerned,
commerce is prosperous, communica-
ton is convenient, and education is
promoted, because the living condi-
ton Of the peasants has been i'm
proved and certain persons bore the
responsibility to maintain the order
of the place substantially.
Still In Danger.
Although Kwangtung is unified,
she is still in danger because the i'm
perialists are still watching for
chances to capture here and the
counter-revolutionaries are present in
various places of Canton. For in
stance, in rural villages the corrupt
officials, politicians, retired soldiers,
notorious rowdies, depraved CENTRES,
compradores, landlords, bandits, and
militia are the obstacles to the ex-
pansion of the workers and peasants
movements. In Ko Yiu, Kwong Ming
Of Sikiang, Fab Yuen, Ching Yuen Of
Peikiang, Chi Kin, Wal Yuen Of
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THE JUDGES

Do they stir uneasily at night
sometimes and see strange shapes
Do they sometimes stare
at their idle softened hands
and murmur in a trance,
"Out! out! damned spot!"
Does the red rich win they drink
sometimes sicken them
in a momentary illusion
of human blood?
Do they ever jump up in a sweat
from their leather padded chairs
in a nightmare of electrocution
-ZIVIA VIGDOR.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-05
By HENRI BARBISSE

The entire activity of the Interna-
tional of EX-Servicemen II. A. c.
focuses at present in the fight against
imperialist war, against the menace
of the Soviet Union by the rapacious
capitalist Powers, and against the in
Cervention OF the colonial Powers in
China. This was most clearly and
definitely expressed at the recent
Congress Of the LAC. in Brussels.
The m os important resolutions
passed on the occasion in question
outlined this struggle and the tasks it
involves. The LAC. was founded in
the first place for the purpose of
bringing together the eX-servicemen
in an association of international
scope, of opposing a repetition of an
imperialistic war, and Of preparing
preventative measures in this con-
nection.
The initiative for the foundation of
the LAC. was given by a number of
comrades Of the French association
Of eXservicemen, the AR.AC., among
them Raymond Lefevre and myself.
The A.R.A.C. itself had already been
in existence since the beginning of
1877. In contradistinction to other asso-
Citations Of eX-combatants then in the
process OF formation, it was based on
a programme which was not limited
to material demands Of the war-vic-
TINS, cripples, and ex-combatants but
rather set itself the task of organic
ing and conducting an opposition to
militarism. Nor was this opposition
envisaged in any vague pacific form,
but aimed at attacking not only the
results but primarily the causes and
roots Of war as such. These causes
are Of social character and are in
herent in the existing order Of things;
on the one side the ruling classes that
decide on and profit by war, and on
the other the suppressed classes that
have to bear the brunt Of the war and
pay for it with their lives and for
tunes.
We have, therefore, from the very
beginning been cf the opinion that
both in the ARA. and in the LAC,
our anti-militarism was a matter to
be fought ont on the basis of the
class war and in its entire political
significance. In France We were the
first association Of ex-serviccmen to
repudiate the formula of political
neutrality" adopted by other similar
organizations. For we were fully
aware that any such attitude would
involve complete submission to the
official policy of a maintenance of
the capitalist, nationalistic, and i'm
parialistic system.
The A.R.A.C. took occasion to de-
clare, at its congress at Lyon in 1919
'that the fight against militarism and
Imperialism must needs be carried on
on an international scale. To this end
the associations of ex-servicemen in
other countries, whose statutes en-
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and to lift up their status.
(D All members of peasant unions
must pay certain amount of fees
to the union to advance the unions
work.
Cd Note to the political training
of the peasant self-defense corps, SC
as to make them become convinced
supporters for the interests of the
workers and peasants classes and the
armed force of the revolutionary
masses of people.
(To be Continued)
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Tungkiang, and Chung Shan, Shun
Tax of southern regions, they gave
opportunities to the militarists to de-
velop new force again. On account of
this, on the 22nd of February 1926,
the Kwangtung Provincial Peasants
Union held the enlarged session of
the whole body of the Executive Com
mittee, various offices, and various
specially appointed deputies to inspect
our practical force, to hasten the new
development of the rural villages, and
to cut off the conspiration between
the imperialists and the counter-revo-
lutlonary forces in order to unity
kwangtung fundamentally and to en-
able the unified Kwangtung to
petition so as to unity All-China.
Workers Struggle Alone.
after the occurrence of the May
Both Massacre, the current of the Ma
tional Movement has flowed out over
the whole country. But anti-im-
perialist movements of the various
provinces in the central and northern
part of China are very quiet on ac-
count of the reaction of the militar-
lists, in other words, because the pea
SAINTS organizations there have not yet
we'll developed, the working class
struggled alone and could not get any
alliance so that they are finally sup
pressed, and captured by the mill
tarists whom the imperialists con-
spired with. From this point of view,
it is proved that we cannot be salts
fled to spread our movement only
thru the whole province but must ex-
tend 1t to other provinces so as to
hasten the peasants of various pro-
vinces to organize themselves, to
unite and to struggle jointly with the
working class. At present, the
Second Peasants Delegates Confer
ence Of All-Kwangtung is going to be
opened, and at the same time the
Third Workers Conference of All
China will be held in Canton. Thus,
at the second interview Of the work
ers and peasants, they have to or
ganize great federation of workers
and peasants.
Fight Continuously.
eve continuously fight for eco
nomic and political improvements.
Owing to the teachings and expert
ences from our struggle and sacri-
flee we have made about so districts
to have organizations of peasant
unions which have more than 100000
members altogether Such great
progress has proved the expansion Of
our organization. Thus the Second
Conference must pay attention to the
following points:
(a) Support our headquarters.
Direct the Kwangtung Provincial
Peasants Union and make it to be-
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Bricklayers and Masons
misunderstanding Feud

The agreement signed August II
by the Bricklayers, Masons and Plas-
terers International Union and the
Operative Plasterers and Cement
Finishers Association, in an effort to
end their g-standing jurisdictional
feud, became effective September 1,
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