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appeal of the A. R. A. c. met with
general approval. In 1920 our first
international congress was convoked
at Geneva, and in the course Of time
we were joined by a number of as
sociations in Germany, England, Italy,
Austria, Belgium and so forth.
The Geneva congress of the I. A. c.
resolved on a "charta," or constitu-
tory program, which established that
the fight against war is inseparable
from the fight against capitalism.
Since then, all the announcements of
the I. A. c. have been inspired by the
same spirit of the class war.
Organized United Front.
The associations which had joined
the I. A. c. comprised members of
various political parties, Communists,
socialists, anarchists, etc. We were
of the opinion that in spite of diff
ferences of standpoint it would be
possible to organize a united anti
militarist action and to wager war
against war at all costs in the sense
already outlined 1t was our desire to
rouse the lamentably forgetful masses
by means of systematic agitation, to
show them the economic consequences
of war and the sanguinary fraud
which the imperialistic policy of in
dustrial and banking capitalism rep
resents, to bring them to an under
standing Of the danger of new wars
such as are being fomented by the
bourgeois authorities all the world
over, and to persuade them to resist
any such attempt.
In this connection, however, we had
no intention to take the place of any
political organization already in exist
ence, for it was, and is, our sole de-
sire-parallel with such organizations
as oppose the bourgeois systems Of
oppression-to make our reputation
and influence practically known and
felt among the victims of and COM
batants in the imperialistic war Of
1914-18 and all subsequent wars.
A Fighting Organization.
On various occasions, the l. A. C.
has already performed an effective
and rousing work of agitation; it has
been the moving force in various OPP
positional movements and revolts
against the existing order.
Despite, or perhaps rather just on
account of, our militant attitude, we
have naturally from the very start
been exposed within our own interna-
tional organization to the more OF
less tacit opposition of various ma
tional associations. They accuse the
executive committee Of the l. A. c.
of being in tow of the Communist
Party and the Communist Interna-
tional. We have not allowed ourselves
to be deferred at all in our activity
by these cheap accusations" for it is
well-known that there is no organiza-
tory connection between the l. A. C.
and the Comintern. True to our Gen
eva program, 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
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-02

Power Saw Mills.
In Vladimir the building of new
power saw mills has been begun. All
the latest technical improvements
will be installed.
New Spinning Factory.
Shortly in Vladimir the construction
of new spinning factory for 100000
spindles will be begun. Already a
supply of building materials has been
prepared.
Donetz Fuel.
In the coal centres in the Don
Basin, the output of the house coal
and anthracite mines for the first 9
months of the current year equals
1876 per cent of the annual plan. Dur
ing the same period 881.9 million
pools have been exported, lie. POI
million pools more than for the same
period last year and also more than
the export of Donetz fuel in pre-war
times.
Large-Scale Fish Enterprises.
At the hydro-station near Volk-
hovsky the erection of an elaborate
factory in connection with the fish
cries is in process.
Campaign For Reduction OF Prices.
Generally speaking, the State and
cooperative trading houses have COM
piled with instructions in connection
with reduction of prices by 10 per
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u. S. State Department
INTERVIEWED for Clerics

Continued from Page One)
and the oil men could seize what they
cannot legally exploit under the con-
stitution of Queretaro which gives
the subsoil products, oil, to the Mex
lean people.
1t is only by an armed revolt that
the church can hope to reestablish
her hold over the Mexican people and
seize again the lands which were con-
fiscated by the religious acts of the
Gales government. Catholic worship
is not forbidden in Mexico, but mass
can be celebrated only by permit of
the government in government build
ings, and the priests are required to
register with the local authorities.
y
PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. In line
with it's policy of agitation against
the existing Mexican government, the
catholic church will devote most of
the discussions of the convention of
the Knights of Columbus, which opens
here Tuesday, to propaganda discred-
iting the Gales administration and
favoring a return of the catholic die
tatorship to Mexico. At the conven-
ton of the X. of C. last year in Chi
cago, resolutions were passed calling
in yelled terms for American inter-
vention. Special Importance attaches
to the actions Of the catholics work
ing against Mexico in the United
States in the light of the forth-com-
ing elections where two catholic candi-
dates will make an effort to recall
the reactionaries
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-02
Against the War Danger
The international Of Ezsrvesmsn and Its Fight Against mpsrEs War

merely because we had common aims
and employed common means to at
tain them. On the other hand, social
democratic organizations frequently
refused to act in concert with US.
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Indiana Standard Paws.

CHICAGO, Aug. /. - Directors of
the Standard Oil Company (Indiana)
today declared a cash dividend of
S.621a and an extra cash dividend of
$25 payable September 18th to all
capital stockholders of August 16.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-02
(By ANISE, Federated Press)
Soviet China Only Friend.


HANKOW, China, (By MaiD Ut
is not without reason that Chinese
labor looks to the Soviet Union as to
its guide and friend In the first
place the Soviet Union is the only
country that pay any attention to
Chinese labor. | sat in the great con-
vention of the All-China Labor Fed
Grafton, delegates from 100000 or
ganized workers. No one looking in
to the faces of that group could doubt
that they represent power, intelli-
gence and genuine aspiration Of
workers. Seldom have I seen a group
as vital There were smiling faces,
serious faces, good-humored faces,
and stern faces, faces aglOw with
youthful illusions, and faces which
had faced all the troubles life offers
and were still struggling on. All
kinds of faces, but with one common
element, a glowing, relentless deter
nnination.
Yet what foreign organization sent
them greetings on this, the 4th an
nual congress, which many of these
delegates have taken chances of death
to attend? Was there any cable of
congratulation from the American
Federation of Labor? No. Yet they
might with profit have sent frater-
nal delegation. Did Amsterdam send
a representative? The Chinese told
me that years ago when they asked
FOR commission to give advice, AM
sterdam refused, "since there is no
labor movement in China"
Lozovsl1i Aids Chinese.
But the Russians had fraternaI
delegates. Very excellent ones, cho-
sen with great care to be of utmost
use in the present problems of Chi
nese labor. Russia sent Lozovski
head of the Red International of La
Dor Unions. She sent some of her
highest Representatives from the rail-
way workers, the metal workers, the
education workers,-the three unions
most adapted to give advice in China's
revolutionary situation, since trans
port, munitions and propaganda are
uldlOI pTOUlGlllS. huSSld S6HJ J0e
chief secretary Of the far eastern
regional conference of trade unions
who from his post in Vladivostok has
dealt successfully with organizing Of
Chinese, Korean and Japanese immi.
grants and knows oriental workers.
These Russians delegates, all able
trade union workers who rose to thei1
posts through the testing experience
of revolutionary days, came prepared
to spend several weeks in China.
saw the delegate from the meta
workers in action at the Hanyane
arsenal. He told the chairman anc
secretary of the Chinese union anC
one or two district heads everything
they wished to know about the ex
perience Of Soviet metal workers il
the revolution. Afterwards at meet
ing of metal-workers delegates from
all the unions in the district he gave
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-02
CHINESE WORKERS BRAVE DEATH TO ATTEND
HANKOW CONFERENCE; SOVIET SENDS AID

them talk on the metal workers Of
Russia.
Such is the work done by the Rus
sian delegates of labor. They are
not here as propagandists to influence
China; they are here for friendly in
terchange of knowledge. They have
the prestige of a successful revolu-
ton and dictatorship in which they
feel themselves dictators. The Chi
nese workers listen eagerly to their
most technical discussions Of tactics.
Yesterday I heard Andreichik Of
the Railway Workers of Russia eX-
planning carefully to the delegates
how they must regard their present
temporary united front with the petty
bourgeois, how they must "never be
taken in by middle class ideas, but
always remain the leaders with a
definite program, program in
which, due to the present backward
ness of China, certain specific con-
cessions must be made to the small
traders"
LOzovski On Revolution.
Lozovski gave the congress an
hours talk on the nature of revolu
ton, the classes involved, the point
at which counter-revolution is most
to be feared, the demands they must
make of their revolutionary govern
ment. It was not oratory, but care
full technical reasoning, a heavy
speech in the midst of hours of
other speeches. He even ventured to
criticize the revolutionary Hankow
government for INDIGESTION in putting
down the militarists of Human. |
looked for some dissent; / saw none.
Whether his diagnosis was correct or
not, it was clear that to these Chi
nese workers, engulfed in the seeth-
ing problems of revolution, he came
as an outside voice of experience and
authority, as world figure offering
them his comradeship and knowledge
IF other labor figures in the broad
world of labor have comradeship and
better technic to offer, why are
they utterly silent about it?
Russian Workers Send Aid.
| I saw also the spontaneous help Of
fered by the local Russians in the
drive for helping wounded soldiers
They collected swiftly among their
own small numbers over $4,000 as a
beginning. They canvassed their
! personnel and found 4 doctors, whom
they offered, to handle ward of
200 patients. Such offers were made
also by Americans and other foreign
ers; it has been splendid example
of sympathy.
But the Russians, instead of de-
manding the right to handle the work
in their own way and to spend then
own funds as they chose as we Amer
leans always do, offered the money
direct to the Chinese Relief Society
under Mrs. Sun Yat-Sen, and did not
even ask an accounting.
In political, economic, labor or med
ical planning, the Russians act a:
equal comrades, sharing an older ex
! perience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
PANIC ON PILGRIM SHIP
AT COMO FATAL TO TWO

COMO, Italy, February 19 P).-
Two persons were killed and few
are missing through the sinking of
a Pilgrim steamer on Lake Como,
with 700 passengers aboard, within
a few feet of the landing stage at
Como. The Pilgrims attribute their
escape to a miracle, owing to the
presence on the steamer of the head
of St Aloysius Gonzaga.
Just before the accident the ves-
sci skirted the shore of the lake
with the populace ashore marching
in procession and singing hymns.
AS the steamer approached the land
ing stage it was observed that she
was down by the stern. Shouts were
raised and when the danger was
realized there was a terrific scramble,
many jumping in the water and
swimming ashore.
The Bishop of Como, carrying the
relic, refused to move until all the
others had left. Then he carried the
relic ashore.
The sinking was due to the over
loading of the steamer and the cap
tain was arrested.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
CAPITAL WILL GET
MORE SNOW TODAY
Storm and Cold to Continue,
Followed by Clear and
Warmer Tomorrow.

More snow today, with continued
low temperature, is the official fore
cast of the United States Weather
Bureau, which promises no relief until
tomorrow from the storm that broke
on the Capital yesterday.
Once the snow stops a general
clearing of the weather is assured and
the forecast for tomorrow is fair, with
slowly rising temperature. There will
be no relief from the cold today. how
ever. and the mercury is expected to
reach its lowest point at about 26
degrees.
Fresh strong winds, north and
northwest, will make outdoors uneom.
Portable enough today, but gradually
these will diminish until moderate
weather prevails tomorrow.
AS soon as the snow began to settle
to an appreciable extent, the street
cleaning apparatus was put into oper.
alton by the District government, and
the street railway lines also put
sweepers and scrapers to work.
In consequence, no trouble was an
ticiDated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
GUN BATTLE ENDS
GEM SHOP HOLD-UP
Bandit Ignores Clerk and
Climbs in Window, But
FIeeS at Bullet.

Cnnoticed by the lone clerk waiting
on customer on, the first floor of
the jewelry store at 615 Fifteenth
o'clock. Roy Richard rutland, 35, 3435
Fourteenth street, calmly entered.
placed his umbrella in a corner and
started to climb into the show case
to the left of the door.
AS he put his foot on an empty
box the box fell. Archie Engei. the
clerk, rushed toward Rutland. who
drew. a revolves and started again to
climb into the show window.
Manager Opens Fire.
In the meantime, Charles +. Tribby,
jr., manager of the store, who had
been on the second floor with other
clerks, heard the sound of the box
overturning and started down tho
steps, drawing a revolver. He fired
at Rutland, the bullet passing through
the plate glass front door and across
Fifteenth street. rutland fired back
the shot going wild and burying itself
In the wall over the cashiers cage.
Rutland then ran out of the store,
leaving his umbrella. and walked
rapidly down Fifteenth street, turn
ing east on F. Harry Fisher, another
clerk, followed him. AS Rutland was
passing the Washington Hotel Fisher
called Policeman w. j. Lynn, of the
first precinct, and together they
caught up with Rutland. Fisher hit
the man a blow in the mouth. knock
ing out several of his teeth and cutting
his own hand. Then rutland was
taken to No. l.
Diamond Found OH Floor.
Charged with assault with intent
to kill. and robbery, he was relieved
of 38-calibre revolver and $50. AS
far as could be learned Rutland took
nothing from the show window, but
a diamond was found on the floor
near the door after he left. Tribby
said there was jewelry in the show
window and a show case nearby which
he valued at $150,000.
Police last night were questioning
Rutland. who was said to be a sales
man for an electric refrigerating
company, to find if he was connected
with any other robberies. A theory
was advanced by the police that he
may have been under the influence
of liquor yesterday
The jewelry store is near Keith's
theater and the shooting occurred a
little before the matinee crowds came
pouring out to join hundreds of curl
Gus spectators attracted by the
shooting and excitement. The crowds
interfered for time with automo-
bile and street car traffic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
SNOW SWEEPS NORTHEAST.

NEW YORK, February 19 R).-A
driving snow put an end to the
Springlike weather of the past few
days in the East. The storm was
ushc ed in last night with falling
temperature all along the north At
lantic seaboard and west into Penn
sylvania. Sleet in the morning turn
ed into a driving storm of fine snow
and soon settled down to steady
fall that in most cases was predicted
to last from "a to SO hours.
New York City augmented its
street cleaning department with
10000 additional workers mobilized
to keep the streets clear. Pennsyl
vania from New Jersey to Ohio was
covered in most places with 10 inches
of snow during the night and no i'm
mediate abatement of the storm was
forecast.
The Connecticut valley was
gripped in one of the worst storms of
the season with the thermometer
standing about IS above zero. The
storm was general throughout New
England. Upstate in New York.
heavy snowfall was reported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
BANDITRY PREVALENT
THROUGHOUT RUSSIA
One Group Stays to Get $50.
Nearly $50 Peasants Killed in
One Town During Past Year.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, February 19.--Although
the state Furnishes highway robbery
with death, banditry is so prevalent
throughout Russia that it has be-
come n national menace, and new
outrages are reported daily.
With the sole motive Of stealing an
amount equal to $50, bandits in the
town of RiaZan, near Moscow. mur-
dered Theodore Kunin, his wife and
five children. In Tangrog, a group
of professional criminals. operating
for more than a year, have robbed
and murdered nearly $50 peasants
1t was their habit to bind the arms
and legs of their victims and drag
them along the road by "a rope. The
bodies were allowed to remain in the
fields, q prey for vultures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
German Bankers
To Lend Runania
2OO,OOO,OOO Marks
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
BERLIN, February 19.-Nego-
tiations for a loan of 200, ,0O0, 900
marks by a syndicate of German
bankers to the Rumanian govern
ment are nearing completion. The
loan will probably be on a 5 per
cent basis. 40,000000 marks to be
paid in cash and the rest in in
stallments.
Bankers believe the easy money
market assures availability of the
proposed sum, which will be the
largest foreign loan floated in Ger
many since the war. The consent
OF the German government to the
transaction is yet to be given.
The negotiations are regarded as
an indication of Germany's finan-
cial rehabilitation, and are also in
teresting in view Of the fact that
Rumania was among Gern1anys
enemies in the World War.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
TOXIC ACCEPTANCE
Of ARMS BID URGES
0PEN-M|NDEDNESS
Reply to Coolidge StipuIates
Only That ParIey Be Held
After June |.

BY the Associated Press.
Japan's acceptance of the American
proposal for five-power supple
mental naval conference at Geneva
was made public early today by the
State Department.
Making only one stipulation out
side the language of the American
memorandum. it asked that the open
ing of the conference be set not
earlier than June l, so a delegation
from Toxic with adequate instruc-
tions can reach Geneva to partici-
pate.
AS expected, the Japanese govern
ment noted that the American sug-
gestion did not put forward rigid
proposals as regards ratios of naval
strength" to be maintained by each
power I'm classes of war vessels not
covered by the Washington treaty.
Open .Mindedness Urged.
To insure success of the negotia-
tions, the Japanese note said, 1t was
important that all parties to the
negotiations should approach the sub
tect with an open mind" being al
ways guided by the defensive re-
quirements Of each nation. The con-
fident hope was expressed that fair
and satisfactory" agreement could
be reached Conducive to the general
peace and security of the world.
The American memorandum, after
expressing hesitation "at this time to
put forward. rigid proposals as to
the ratios, added:
THE American Government, for its
part. is disposed to accept. in regard
to those classes of vessels not GOV.
cred by the Washington treaty, an
extension of the 5-5-3 ratio as regards
the United States, Great Britain and
Japan, and to leave to discussion at
Geneva the ratios of France and
Italy. taking into full account their
special conditions and requirements
in regard to the types of vessels ir
question"
Kellogg WithhOlds Comment.
That Japan would not be willing to
accept the $50 ratio extension to
other types OF war vessels than battle
ships and aircraft carriers has been
forecast in Toxic dispatches. nj
though nothing has been said as to
what changes in ratio she would seek
at Geneva.
Secretary Kellogg withheld com
ment on the Japanese note, but prob
ably will make a statement later, as
he did in connection with the French
rejection of the Geneva conferent G
proposal. AS yet the Washington
Government has received no official
word as to when the Italian and Brit
ish replies may be expected.
Following is the text Of the Japa
nese note:
''The Japanese government has
given careful consideration to the
memorandum of the American en-
bassy at Toxic, dated February TO-
defining the attitude of the United
States on the general problem of
disarmament and suggesting that the
representatives Of the five powers
signatories of the Washington naval
treaty about to participate in the
CONTINUED on Page 8, Column ~.
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By the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Ga, February ia
lanky mountaineer Of fanatical re-
ligious set living near Ellija in Gill
mer County, received a divine mes
sage" a few days ago that he should
take unto himself for wife the
spouse of a farmer living nearby.
So he went to their home and ac-
costed her, saying:
I've Just received a divine mes
sage which says you are to become
nv wife. ] have come for you
But" she demurred, what viii my
husband say?"
That was a poser.
Where is your husband" he
countered.
He's away just now, but he'll be
shack tomorrow" was the reply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
JAlLS AUTOMOBILES.
Justice Finds New Plan to Punish
Traffic ViolatorS.

BERKELEY, Calf. February 19
R).-Justice of the Peace oliver
Youngs, jr, has hit on a new scheme
for the punishment of traffic violators
The scheme is to Jail the automobile
rather than the driver,
The Justice ordered two machines
taken over by the police for 30-day
period after their drivers had been
found guilty of traffic violations. He
believes that this will work better
than the customary Jail sentence of a
few days imposed on erring drivers,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
House Democrats
Abandon Present
Plan for Tax Cut

BY the Associated Press.
House Democrats have aban-
doned their fight for tax reduction
at this session of Congress.
Representative Garner of Texas.
minority spokesman in the House
on revenue questions, said yester-
day there apparently remained no
parliamentary way of preventing
Republicans from carrying out
their plan to apply the Treasury
surplus to reduction of the public
debt.
He declared the Democrats
would attempt to bring about re-
ductions desired when the House
ways and means committee begins
drafting tax reduction bill IN the
Fall for early introduction in the
next Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
French Executioner Demands Raise
As Tender-Hearted Juries Cut His Work

another victim of Unemployment He
gets only a small retaining fee: so
he has to rely on the bonus per
head" allowed by the government.
But as French juries having
adopted the habit of acquitting all
who slay the man or woman they
love-crimes of passion are thes most
frequent kind of murder here-the
executioner has long intervals of un-
remunerative idleness and earns a
bare 500 a year. which evidently is
not living wage.
Besides, added Deibler. living is par
ticularly dear for him because he is
obliged to lead a secret existence in
order to avoid being recognized by
the public.
Poincare promised-not to give him
more workout to raise his pay.