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The daily worker., 1927-05-31
HAITIANS PROTEST SCHEME OF U. S. CAPITALISTS
TO PUT THRU $5,OOO,OOO IRRIGATION PROJECT

secret; it is strictly a business propo-
sition."
He further declared that once the
irrigation workers were in operation
tropical fruits, sugar and various
tropical products "could be produced
to advantage"
Haiti is at present "protectorate"
of the United States. Beginning with
the entrance of the National City
Bank into Haiti the state department
the United States began a definite
policy of interference on behalf of
American capital. Beginning with
the scheme of making small loans to
the Haitian government by American
banking concerns finally led to their
obtaining mortgages on the railroads
of the country and liens on national
customs.
Thousands Killed By U. s. Marines
Following a series Of revolutions"
inspired by American capitalists, they
succeeded in having the United
States establish a military "protec-
torate" over the little country which
makes it a colony Of the American
empire.
This was effected, however, only
after a campaign of the most violent
brutality by u. S. marines, during the
occupation. According to the U. S.
Marine Corps report more than 5000
Haitians were killed,-most Of them
practically unarmed. In a protest
lodged by prominent Haitians with
the Senate Committee of Inquiry into
the occupation Of Haiti, it was de-
clared that the American occupation
is the ''most terrible regime of mill
tary autocracy which has ever been
carried on in the name of the great
American democracy. Tie Haitian
people, during these past five years,
have passed through such sacrifices,
tortures, distinctions, humiliations,
and misery as have never before been
known in the course of its history"
The daily worker., 1927-05-31

Don't waste your energy
in idle protest. When
reaction a t t a c k S The
DAILY. WORKER and
you want to fight =
strike your blows where
they will be most ef-
fective.
The daily worker., 1927-05-31
General Chang Kai-Shek,
Renegade

(FrOm Chinese Guide in America)
General Chang Kai-Shek has
turned its guns on the workers Of
Shanghai. He has made himself the
murderer of the workers who were
responsible for his victorious entry
into Shanghai. He has ordered the
disbanding of the trade unions and
attempted to take their arms from
them. He has declared war on the
"reds" in the Kuomintang. He has
split with the Civil Government of
Hankow and has set up military
government of his own in Marking.
General Chang Kai-shek has be-
trayed the principles of DR.. Sun Yat-
sen and joined the ranks Of the
counter-revolutionists.
We state emphatically that General
Chiang's split from the Hankow gov
ernment does NOT mean the disin-
tegration of the Kuomintang. On
the contrary it indicates a crystalliza-
tion of the deep-seated contradictions
within the Kuomintang growing out
Of the social composition Of its mem
bership. The Kuomintang is a mass
organization, as we have pointed out
in previous editions Of the CHINESE
GUIDE IN AMERICA, having within
its ranks big and little merchants,
workers, peasants, and students, etc.
These various groups do not all have
the same aims. Those elements who
are not so severely exploited by
foreign Imperialism, and who them
selves are engaged in the business Of
exploiting the Chinese masses fear
that the revolution may 20 too far.
These are the middle class elements,
who stand even now ready to com
promise with foreign Imperialism. II
is this group who follow the leader
ship of General Chang Kai-shek.
The daily worker., 1927-05-31

America not so much. Huge banners
carried numerous slogans appropriate
to the day. So the multitudes passed
late into the day.
Here among the workers frequently
marched units of the Red Army,
shoulder to shoulder with the work
ers. There were many workers dele
cations that, carried arms, the work
ers' militia. Thus the idea of an
armed working class was thoroly de-
yeloped. Communists from foreign
lands stood in the reviewing stands
with tears in their eyes, tears of joy
that at least in one land there was an
armed proletariat, workers with rifles
in their hands, prophecy Of the day
when labor in other lands would also
seize power. Multitudes of Pioneers
flowed past the Lenin Mausoleum
with the rest, saluting the Soviet lead
ers on its Tribune, proclaiming cal
ways Ready" to all the world. That
was the spirit Of massed labor in
Moscow's May Day Demonstration,
1927, always Ready" to advance the
cause Of the Social Revolution.
The daily worker., 1927-05-31
CURRENT EVENTS

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vigor became sapped and their po-
litical virtue got tarnished they rat
tied the coin within hearing distance
and watched their furrowing brows.
Those that preferred the flesh pots
of capitalism to the buggy cells be-
came patriotic and respectable; the
others were broken.
THE labor leaders that got tired Of
the fight joined the ranks of busi-
ness and since, in the broad sense,
ones class interests determine his
attitude toward questions that effect
his bank account these labor leaders
have degenerated into defenders of
capitalism and bitter enemies Of the
workingclass. Woll is one of those.
Having been recently of the working
class the very thot of being jerked
back into their ranks fills him with
dread. He has no ideals that even
second-story worker would confess to
without blushing. So he out-Herods his
masters in his vindictiveness against
the militant workers.
WoLL'S demand for an investiga-
" tion Of alleged Soviet activities
in the United States must not be re-
garded as representing the individual
wish of this labor faker He is speak
ing for the big capitalists who head
the National Civic Federation. Those
are the clements that make our capi-
talist government jump. All signs
point to new wave of terror in the
United States against the progress
sive wing Of the workingclass move
ment. From China to New York the
reactionary storm is raging or brew
ing. Never in the history of the class
struggle were the labor bureaucrats
more firmly lined up with the ruling
classes. 1t is our imperative duty to
draw out the latent insurgency in
the ranks of the organized workers
and TO develop a new leadership that
will supplant the corrupted and de-
bauched human hulks that are now
draped around the necks Of the labor
movement.
The daily worker., 1927-05-31
lNvINCIBLE RED
ARMY PREP AIRED
AGAINST ATTACKS
May Day Demonstra-
tion Inspiring Event
By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL.
pecial to The DAILY WORKER. J

NDpeCidl 10 lllc lJAlL1 NOhhEh.)
MOSCOW, u. S. S. r., May /. (By
Mail. Unity between the Red Army
and the working masses Of the Soviet
Union,-this was one of the big facts
revealed in Moscow's May Day Dem
onstration. Missing this was to fail
to realize an important part Of the
significance of this occasion.
This fact, that was also made ap-
parent in all the May Day gather
ings over the whole Soviet Union, is
of especial Importance in these days
of new threatening attacks on the
Workers Republic by the imperialist
foe, finding expression to some eX-
tent in the imperalist war waged
against the Chinese Revolution.
Nikolai Bucharin has just finished
speaking on the Tribune of the Lenin
Mausoleum The six different Red
Army bands, 500 pieces in all, have
converged in the center of the Red
Square. From 500 instruments comes
the music Of "The. International 4"
echoed back by the Kremlin Wall, a
mighty volume Of inspiring sound.
Aids to Red Army.
1t is the signal for the starting Of
the Red Army parade. But upon the
banners of these Red Army units
there is inscribed the fact that the
patron Of this or that particular unit
is some public body, factory, trade
union, political organization or other
body, that renders them material and
cultural aid.
Similarly the different regiments
assume the patronage of various viii
lagos, and in this manner cordial re-
lations are established between the
Red Army and the population at large,
based on their mutual interests and
any estrangement between the Army
and the people is avoided.
Red Commanders.
So they marched. Here come the
future generals. They are from the
higher military academy where they
undergo a course of three years in
tensive training,-Red Commanders
from the ranks of the proletariat.
The increasing number of these
trustworthy "Red Commander" has
made possible the introduction of the
system of the unitary command under
which all the military, administrative
and economic direction of each section
of the Red Army is concentrated in
the Commander. Political leaders have
supplanted the political commissars.
The plans for the future envisage the
political and military direction being
concentrated in the one personnel.
The various higher schools of mill
tary training all had their units.
There was unit from the aviation
The daily worker., 1927-05-31
Admiral Uses Fake
Documents to Smash
Union in Philippines

MANILA, May 30.-In order to
smash union of Philippine workers,
to discredit the Filipino Nationalist
movement, and to spread anti-Soviet
and anti-Chinese propaganda, Rear
Admiral Sumner f. Kittelle, Com
mandment of the Sixteenth Naval
District, has issued a statement al
leging that certain radicals" were
plotting to destroy the ammunition
dump at Cavite
Emissaries Of the Soviet Union have
been sent to Manila "to weaken the
sovereignty of the United States, .
said Admiral Kittelle, forgetting that
the independence movement in the
Philippines is as old as the American
occupation of the islands.
Fake Documents.
To support his case, Admiral Kit
telle referred to the documents al
legged to have been taken by Chang
Tso-lin in his raids on the Soviet en-
bassy compound in Peking. The
documents it has been proved, were
clumsy frauds perpetrated by Chang
Tso-lin and the imperiaist powers
for the purpose of discrediting the
Soviet Union and justifying interven-
tion in China.
The immediate purpose of this anti
Soviet propaganda, observers declare,
was the smashing of the union at the
Cavite. Admiral Kittelle fore d
workers at Cavite to leave the union
and to give "a personal pledge of
LOYALTY to the American Government" :"
Admiral Kittelle also notified workers
that he would tolerate no opposition
to Governor General Wood or SYM
pathy for the Filipino Nationalist
He urged workers to follow Aguin-
aldo. who has been a jealous sup
porter of the American dictatorship
in the islands.
The daily worker., 1927-05-31
Mongolia Earthquake
Breaks SeismOgraph
Needle in Leningrad

LENINGRAD, May 30.-Earth-
quakes, so violent that they broke
the seismograph, were registered
at the Academy of Science station
here today.
The earthquakes are believed to
have centered in Mongolia and
Tibet, and it is estimated that the
shocks were heavier that those Of
Japanese earthquake in 1923. The
shocks were registered for three
hours before the seismograph was
disabled.
The daily worker., 1927-05-31

WASHINGTON, May 3O.-Serious
opposition is being made to the
scheme of group of Chicago and
middle-western financiers to put
through a S5,000,O00 irrigation project
in Haiti. This became known today
when the New York Nation" received
cables Of protest from several news
papers and a large number of organi-
cations in the Caribbean republic.
The basis for the objections to the
development of the irrigation plan is
found in the treaty provisions which
were railroaded through with the
little country. Under these provisions
the government of the United States
places itself in position of financial
representative of capitalists who chose
to make investments.
Capital protected"
One of the treaty provisions reads:
"The government of the United States
will by its good offices aid the Haitian
government in the proper and eff
cient development of its agricultural,
mineral and commercial resources
and in the establishment of the fl
nances Of Haiti on firm and solid
basis"
Damper to the People
A still worse source Of damper to
the people Of Haiti is found in another
provision which declares that "the
government Of Haiti agrees not to
surrender any Of the territory of the
republic by sale, lease or otherwise
or jurisdiction over such territory to
any foreign government or power, and
not to enter into any treaty or con-
tract with any foreign power or
powers that will impair or tend to
impair the independence of Haiti"
Seek Further Control.
Former congressman William A.
Rodenberg, of Illinois, who is heavily
interested in the present financial
scheme for exploitation Of Haiti said
that the plan of his group "is no
The daily worker., 1927-05-31
German Socialists Make
Small Gains in Election

BERLIN, May 30.-Social-demo-
Gratis were victorious over the ma
tionalists in the elections of Mecklen-
burg State and the Danzig Free City
elections. An additional seat in the
legislature was won in Mecklenburg
which is a Junker stronghold.
At the convention of the socialists
now being held in Kiel, Otto Wells,
head of the national committee re-
pcated the Willingness of his party to
eollaborate with the bourgeois groups
in the government.
The daily worker., 1927-05-31
kick in With a SUB.

Every subscription is a
striking answer to the
enemies of Labor-every
sub is more strength to
the blows that are dealt
every day by The DAILY
WORKER.
Don't only kick.
Kick an!
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
Outside OF In New York
pv newv eaoo Per Yr. $500
six Mo. $50 Six Mo. 4.5O
Mo. =. 200 3 Mo. e.. ESQ
Evening star., 1927-12-03
Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

1t takes a lot of energy to be a
scold. And yet what a colossal amount
of energy is wasted by all the mothers
of the world. 1t is wasted, and every
mother knows it. No child was ever
made obedient through scolding. 1t is
a force which the mother eXpends for
no purpose at all.
In the street car sits a mother with
a 2-year-old child on her lap In front
of her is a woman with fox fur
piece, the tail of which fascinates the
child. The mother pulls her hand
away. She tells her to leave it alone.
She slaps at the child's hands. All to
no avail. Eventually she can stand it
no longer: 'Oh, you are the worst
child" says the mother to all who care
TO listen. II am not going to bring
you downtown any more. You just
can't have that nice ice cream l was
going to buy you. because you're such
a bad girl And if you don't mind me
and leave that fur alone | won't take
you over to see Grandma" All this
in loud, angry, raucous tone. In
fact. the aggrieVed mother turns to
the woman in the same seat: 'Oh,
aren't kids terrible? I'm just worn
out when / get mine home at night.
Meantime, the child has begun to
cry. The terrible prospect of not see
ing Grandma fills her with despair.
The world is all black. In order to
quiet her and avoid the embarrassment
of q whole car full of people looking
in her direction, the mother bushes
her voice and makes eYtravaSant
promises to her She even shows her
the fur again in an effort to distract
her attention. When last seen the
child had returned to the tail pulling.
Have YOU listened to mothers
haranguing their children? When they
get going they forget the immediate
cause that started the scolding. They
air their grievances against children
in general; against their naughtiness,
and against the mothers hard lot in
life in having to put up with them.
They talk about the children, their
husbands, their relatives--in fact, the
scold only needs n beginning and she
can go on endlessly or until she is
exhausted.
Does it do any good? Do the chill
dren mind any better? No. Are they
lovercome by their mothers poor opin-
ion Of them in order to try and be
| better? Not n bit. They look upon
| the whole thing philosophically, If they
are older: Just Ma letting off steam, y
| and if they are young and the TRADE
| is loud and vicious sounding, they
| take refuge in howls.
| OF all the useless expenditure OF
| energy we know of, scolding heads
| the list.
tCopyright. 1927
Evening star., 1927-12-03

sheer lack of caring for any one or
sense of charity in this girl awoke
again, and she could not, with this
object for her sympathy, keep her re-
naming wealth and love to herself.
She must give ay she had always
done,
Beaming with Kindness, superior in
her great self.saCritice, the girl
brought what remained of pennies in
her purse and what remained of love
in her heart and gave 1t all into the
hands of this young man. She even
stopped down and gave him a kiss.
Look" she said. these are my
last pennies, and this is the last bit
of human love | have in my heart"
Then she smiled at him in wan
beauty. and said partly in jest: Give
me the change, young sir"
The young man was aroused from
his apathy. lie looked into her eyes
and he saw the light that fickered
there prior to going out. AS he looked
the light fiickered Stronger, and came
back into a flame. He gave her the
change. He gave her love for love.
That same evening Cupid's Little
Blue Mantle sent the poor OF her
parish notice that she must suspend
her charity. The dear girl had only
enough left of her wealth and love.
she said, to live on in comfortable
security with the last famished soul
she had assisted. -.
Evening star., 1927-12-03
OUR CHILDREN By Angelo patri

No more of this boat business, now
remember"
Somebody does not know that many
many boys make boats during their
preadolescent years and that the boat
making is a step in the march of his
growth and leads to the next one
probably as far removed, apparently
from boats. as is day from night Yet
they are closely associated you no.
tice.
If all children were to be alike there
would be no need for a new genera
ton. The old one would be quite per-
feet. But inasmuch as natures plan
is different. inasmuch as she has inn
planted in each child a germ of life
that is different from any other ever
born to this world. he has a funda-
mental right to be different. A most
precious right.
All children must cat. sleep, play
work and grow. But the manner of
their doing these things makes them
individuals. Leave room for that diff
ference when you try 10 train the
child toward usefulness and full
growth Some lockstepping we all
must do. But watch out for the break
in the rhythm of the child in your
house. 1t may be very important. Even
10 the color of his tie it may be i'm
portant or to the wandering of her
fingers over an old fashioned organ.
Evening star., 1927-12-03
NEVER VARIES HIS
RISING HOUR

letter two months ago, how the gas
bill of one year ago compares with
last NoVember's and has positive
genius for choosing his wife's hats.
Moreover. the Mrs" knows where
he is every minute of the day and
night. He meets the boys twice a
month at the lodge. bowls every third
Tuesday of the month and arrives
home at 5:37 every evening. And yet
a friend of ours who stepped out with
new plates on his car December ]
may be expected home when he gets
there. But, then, exceptions do prove
the rule.
From a reader: Your article on
clocks in The Star the other evening
was read with interest, especially as
regards the clocks that don't run.
Have you ever noticed the number of
clocks in town and yet how few are
accurate"
As member of a famous vaude-
vile team says, "Oh, why did you have
to bring that up?" Moved by Whlm-
sical impulse. we actually did check
up on the suggestion. Using our own
watch as a key, we set out to record
the time TAKEN lIOHl lHC mo- IL
clocks that might appear to have au-
thority. At the end of the expedition
the watches of two friends were con-
suited in addition to the clocks. Four
out of IA timepieces registered similar
time. The rest were all out of step.
X X X
The only thing most of us have left
in our cars are special invitations TO
deposit collateral at the nearest sta
ton house. Then again. many have
things taken from a car by persons
unknown Seldom do the unknowns
leave anything in the car. However,
a young fellow had this experience
the other night in a Washington
street. He had parked his open car
and was visiting a young lady. About
II O'Clock he emerged from the house,
and. for no particular reason at all,
looked in the tonneau of his bus
What he saw startled him. There. be-
fore his astonished eyes, lay in con-
fused heap articles of pink silk lin
gerie. He could only surmise that
some one had stolen a suit case and
discarded the woman's apparel. His
deductions proved to be correct when
he drove pronto to the nearest police
precinct station with the attire.
Moreover, he saved himself from a
compromising situation and consider
Evening star., 1927-12-03
BEDTIME STORIES By y
BY THORNTON
". BURGESS

our s,eep that we never know any
thing about. 1t doesn't seem right to
me. l feel as if we were being
cheated
Without thinking he said this latter
aloud. and right away his mother said
in her deep rumbly voice:
What do YOU feel that you were
cheated out of"
"Of all the fun and all the things
that go on While were asleep" replied
Cubby
HUH" replied Mother Bear. YOU'D
better add to that all the storms and
all the hunger that the other people
suffer. You ought to be everlastinSly
thankful that you can sleep all Win
ter. A lot of your neishbors will be
hungry and cold and worried while
you are sleeping in comfort. Now /
don't want to hear anything more
from you. Goodnight
Goodnight" replied Cubby meekly.
Goodnight, piped up his twin
sister.
Goodnight" replied Cubby.
Then he heard two long-drawn
sighs and in a few moments his
mother and sister were asleep. 1t was
the last goodnight he would hear for
many weeks. He thought of this and
the thought gave nm queer feeling.
Il wonder if I'll grow while I'm
asleep" thought Cubby. Il wonder
what there'll be to eat when I awake.
wonder why Winter has to come
anyway. ] wonder if I'll be big enough
to sleep alone next Winter. / won
der -" Just then Cubby yawned He
had to yawn. 1t was a sleepy yawn.
BY the time he had finished that yawn
he had forgotten what it was he was
going to wonder about.
Cubby's eyes closed They opened
again. They closed for a longer time,
then opened once more. Looking past
his mother. out through the open door,
he could see one little star twinkling.
"Goodgo goodnight, little star" said
Cubby sleepily.
And that was the last good night
Mother Bear and the twins were fast
asleep, to remain so until the coming
of sweet Mistress Spring
tCopyright. 1922