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JAPAN, u. S.
IN ARMS RACE
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ington conference to the 10-1O-7
they ask today"
Reijiro Wakatsuki, former Pre-
mier of Japan, and Admiral TAX
rabe, minister of the navy, heading
the japanese delegation to the race
for ornaments conference, are in
Washington comforting with Slim
son, Morrow, Reed and Robinson,
American representatives to the
Five-Power Naval Conference in
London.
There is a sharp division and
struggle between the Japanese i'm
perialists and United States capital
ism over naval ornaments. In the
Washington naval meet in 1921
America was able to break up the
! Japanese-British naval alliance.
This was a singing blow to the ia
panese capitalists.
At that time the ratio of 5-5-3
was agreed upon. This meant that
United States and British imperial
ism would have the ratio of five
capital ships each to Japan's three.
The japanese are playing differ
ent turn today. They insist on a
higher ratio on all ships. They ask
for a ratio of 10-10-7.
The question of alliance between
Japan and Great Britain in the
Orient against the United States has
assumed a vastly different aspect.
United States imperialism is be-
coming a formidable competitor for
control of the Chinese markets. It's
support of Chang Kai-shek and the
war threat against the Soviet Union,
which was an attempt to get foot
hold in Manchuria and control of the
Manchurian railway, show that Wall
Street is pressing every effort to
expand in the Orient.
In this situation Japan is finding
it quite convenient to renew COW
ert alliance with Great Britain to
protect each others mutual inter-
ests in China as against United
States imperialism. While their am
billions conflict, their interests are
so Numerically opposed to the
United States that it brings them
into an alliance against United
States imperialism.
The visit of the English prince to
Japan last summer was a social ex-
preston of the coming closer to-
gether of Great Britain and Japan,
This new alliance knocks the ques-
ton of "parity" into cooked hat.
Harold Brayman, special CORES
Ipondent for the "New York Post"
(Dec. 16, 1920, says:
"The Japanese are interested
in maintaining naval supremacy
in Eastern waters for themselves.
They regard this as justly due to
Japan in any international agree
ment."
That the U. S. has the same am
bition which is equally shared by
Great Britain is obvious to any one.
Each power is seeking to arm against
the other for control of these mar
kets and colonies. There is scram-
BILE for new alliances. Japan has
moved closer to Great Britain
against the U. S.
While this new alliance has no
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trial union. This is assured by the
eight functioning headquarters, and
by having the correct policies of the
Trade Union Unity League, the
American section of the Red Inter
national of Labor Unions which
gives guidance and direction to the
workers struggles the world over.
"The following and other topics
will be discussed:
81. Report of the marine indus
try and the tasks confronting the
marine workers on the Gulf Coast
and the Latin Americans.
"2. Strengthening the M.W.L.
Building Ship and Dock Committees.
80. Struggle against war.
q. Building our national paper,
THE Marine Workers Voice.
"5. Election of members to the
National Organizing Committee.
6. The establishment of Interna
tional Seamens Clubs on the Gulf
Coast.
Forward to the Gulf Coast Con-
ference.
Organic Ship and Dock Commit
tees!
For a fighting Marine Workers
Industrial Union!
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General Silk Strike Up to Textile Convention

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Bedford and a similar number will
come from below the Mason and
Dixon Line in the South. Thirty
five delegates will represent Pater-
son; 10, Allentown; 10, the Anthra-
cite, and delegations will come from
many sections of New England, in
Guiding Providence, Pawtucket, Bos-
ton, Manchester, etc. Philadelphia
will also be we'll represented.
The national general strike in the
silk, centering chiefly in Paterson,
N. j., is a big item on the agenda.
This section of the industry has the
most speed-up, the longest hours,
and its dyeing process is easily con-
vertible to a war industry, to the
manufacture of poison gas and ex-
plosives.
Negro Workers Sent.
Negro delegates, from the cotton
mills of the South and the dye
houses of the North, will attend the
convention.
The seven Gastonia strikers who
have been sentenced to as high as
20 years Imprisonment, will all be
on hand as delegates.
Sub-conferences will be held as
follows; national youth conference
of the union; cotton, silk and rayon,
knit goods and hosiery, woolens and
worsteds.
Martin Russak, organizer of the
N. 7. w. u, reports that mass
meeting of mill workers from the
Amoskeag mills at Manchester,
New Hampshire, December 10,
formed a local of the N.T.W. An
other meeting is called for December
IS.
The Amoskeag mills are the
largest in the world, and now en-
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known treaty form, it is just as real
and formidable as ever, and secret
treaties are just as much in fashion
as they ever were between imper-
ialists.
Wakatsuki, the japanese delegate,
speaking on the Singapore base,
which was a fertilization construct
ed to strengthen British imperialism
in the Orient, exposes the fact that
there has been some agreement
reached between Japan and Great
Britain on this point. He said:
From the newspapers we gath
er that England postponed con-
struction at Singapore because of
the unfavorable attitude dected, in
Japanese minds. We cant say
tina Japan was glad to witness the
Notifications of Singapore, but
we will not bring up the matter at
London.
That England somewhat delayed
the fertilization in Singapore be-
cause of "the unfavorable attitude
detected in japanese minds is mere
poppycock. The essence of the re-
alliance is shown by the statement !:
ave will not bring up the matter
at London"
Macdonald has not stopped the
building of the Singapore base. This
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ploy 10000 workers. The textile
workers are eager and anxious to
struggle for better conditions, as is
evidenced by the fact that an UNI
organized and spontaneous strike
broke out last week in one depart
ment under the leadership of fill
ing boy, a young worker. This
leader has now joined the N.T.W.
and will go as one of the three dele
gates to be sent from Manchester
to the Paterson convention. The
workers here are so anxious to or
ganize that three shoe workers
came to this Manchester meeting
and asked TO join the N.T.W.
A good meeting of Nashua, N. H,
textile workers, held December 10,
with Fred Beal, Gastonia strike
leader sentenced to 20 years in the
Gastonia case, formed a mill local
Of the NEW, and is sending dele
gates to the convention.
Russak was in New Bedford, and
reports a series of fine mill local
meetings continuing all this week.
Twenty-Five of the 100 delegates to
the convention from New Bedford
will be young workers.
Wires were being received all day
yesterday at the NTW. national
office from the South, telling of
eager response of the textile work
ers to the convention and organize
ton call. Amy Schechter, one of
the defendants charged with murder
in the first Gastonia trial is in
Tennessee, and states that mill To-
Gals are formed in some of the
largest rayon plants. Every effort
is being made by the N.T.W. to
raise money to bring these South
ern delegates to the Paterson con-
vention.
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GERMAN SOCIAL
FASCISTS ART:
STRIPPED B A R {
Take Lead in Attack
on Working Class

BERLIN, Dec. 17.-As foreseen
with certainty, the socialist" party,
which is the dominant party in the
German coalition cabinet, yielded
also in the Reichstag to the demands
of American bankers and German
bourgeoisie for an attack on the
standards Of the German workers
in order to get new loan of $780,
100000 from the Dillon, Read bank
ers Of New York to cover a bank
rupt treasury.
By a vote of 222 to 1876, the cabi-
net, headed by the socialist" chan
cellor Mueller, got the Reichstag's
vote of confidence and approval of
its (or rather of the American bank
ers) la wfor financial REFORM
which includes tax reductionsa on
capitalists and corporations and in
creased taxes on the necessities of
life for the workers, with special
laws in prospect for cutting off I'M
employment relief for the jobless.
By trying to make their utter
surrender to and collaboration with
the capitalists appear as sort of
a victory" or compromise gained
after stubborn holding out" the
socialists" hope to disguise their
attack on the workers standards in
order not to lose prestige with work
ers. Hence the effort to paint their
full agreement with the capitalists
against the workers as a formula
of concord" term which gives the
impression that two hostile forces
retain an equilibrium as a result of
the conflict" when as a matter of
fact the amalgamation of the social
lists with the capitalists precludes
any such Conflict" and both are
fully agreed that the workers shall
bear the whole burden of PREPARATIONS
payments. The only friction was
upon method of time and method
of putting it over.
AS an example Of the way the
German capitalists pressed for i'm
mediate and decisive action, was the
attack on the Reichstag by the Fed
Grafton of German Industries, whose
president demanded tax cuts for
capital and tax increases for the
working class.
In the Federation's meeting,
George Mueller, a textile baron,
bluntly said, eff we are to have cap
italism, let US have it in it's entirety
without compromises" This in a
way of assault on the Socialists"
whose sole desire is to uphold cap
italism, but who wish to hoodwink
the working class with the claim
that they are leading to socialism
"step by step"
Hence the adoption by the $50
cialists" of the financial program of
the capital class, marks an end in
the ability of the Socialists" to
deceive the workers longer with
promises and paltry reforms. Now
they will have to lead in open at
tack on the workers.
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400 StauntOn Miners
Join Illinois Strike

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return to the job. Even though the
bulk of the miners were not pres
ent, the vote was only SO to 55 in
favor of returning. A few men are
working in Mine No. 9 today, with
whole company of the Illinois ma
tional guard standing guard along
the road to drive away the picket
lines. Some scabs have been Sc
cured for few of the other mines
in Christian County.
Another Arrest.
One picket was arrested today
before Mine No. s, Peabody Coal
Co., at Tovey.
]. Bentall, attorney for the In
ternational Labor Defense, is ac-
tive in the cases of the strikers
Jailed in Christian County. Many
have been released on bail of from
$500 to $500 apiece. Henry Cor
/ bishley, secretary-treasurer of Hi
lnois district of the N. M. u, was
\ still in jail at Benton, at las. ac-
counts.
60 Entombed.
McALESTER, Okla, Dec. IT,
The dangerous, gas filled Old Town
Coal Mine of the McAlester Fuel
Co. blew up today, and entombed
more than 60 miners a mile down
in the workings. Rescue crews were
able to penetrate today only to the
"a foot level, because of the stream
of gas and smoke pouring out.
Little hope is felt for the men in
the midst of the fumes, far down
in the earth. The mine is just
north of McAlester.
Sending of men into such death
traps as the Old Town Mine is pro-
hibited by law, but capitalist laws
were made for capitalist use, not
the other way around. Laws are
violated with impunity by the
. bosses when the men have,no strong
organization of their own to defend
themselves with. The new militant
, National Miners Union has never
ceased to struggle from the day of
it's birth for safer conditions I'M
foreground, and in the present ILL
nois strike, safety measures are
among the demands. But the Okla
homa mines are still outside of the
N. M. u.
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(By q Worker Correspondent

ALLEGHENY COUNTY JAIL,
Pa. (By MaiD.-They take every
thing except clothes away from you
when you enter the Allegheny
county jail. Writing paper is pro
hibited. A prisoner is handed a
worn-out blanket and tin cup and
bowl, and is assigned to a cell on
range"
A range is long narrow aisle
into which open 25 small nine by
seven iron cells. Ranges are placed
one above another all around the
large circular room where the pris-
oners are kept.
Prisoners are allowed to walk on
the long narrow aisle Of their respec-
tive range from 7 a. m. to Ais
p. m. After Ais p. m. in the after
noon each prisoner is locked in his
cell until the next morning. The
small lights several feet away from
the cells are not sufficient to light
up the cell. In their semi-darkened
cells the prisoners try to while
away the heavy hours by reading,
but, due to the bad light this is diff
ficult. The air in the prison is
very hot and dust-laden. Windows
are never opened. The food doled
out to the prisoners is barely SUI
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the American capitalist press shows
United States anger at British au-
dacity in disrobing Hoover's sancti-
monious neutrality" in such rude
fashion. One American paper hot
ly retorts that:
"No dictation freedom of the seas
bind the United States until it says
so, and America will not be swerved
from parity with England. Those
two facts would appear to interfere
largely with the practical effect of
the White Papers exposition of the
subject of freedom of the seas until
we agree with it."
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British u. S. Duel Over
F., Right of "Neutrals'
) Heralds of War
British Labor Government States There Can Neurals
Hoover Claim For "Foodships' Challenged Kellogg
Pact Exposed For What 1t U.s. a Pact For War
Hidden in Words of Peace

LONDON, Dec. 1.-THE state
..@2t of Senator Borah that "If
the British white Paper issued by
the Macdonald government holds
good, the Kellogg Pact is war
pact" is causing British diplomats
to laugh up their sleeves, since the
point of the "White Paper" was
precisely to deflate the American
claim for rights as neutral" to
send so-called Stood ships" to any
warning nation it chooses.
This claim, asserted by Hoover in
his Armistice Day speech, is one of
ahe TOUGHEST questions between
Britain and the United States. Mac
donald, after his return from the
fake "peace tour" was questioned in
the House of Commons about this
matter of whether he had "made
any commitments" as to freedom
of the seas" At the time Mac
Donald "shook his head"
1t was undoubtedly to assert this
claim of American imperialism pub
licly so that British imperialism
could not later say hat the Ameri-
can claim was unknown to it, that
Hoover made the attack on Armis-
tice Day and dribbled a few croco-
die tears for starving women and
children" in warning lands by way
of moral justification for neutral
so-called flood Ships" which so
often as not carry heavy artillery
buried in bins of wheat-as men,
Der of the British parliament re-
marked.
The assertion of Hoover to a
claim such as this, which in practice
could not avoid colliding with the
traditional Fright" claimed by Bri-
tain to search and seize an yship
carrying cargo to an enemy Of Bri-
tain, was brazenly put out by
Hoover as mot subject to discuss
at the coming Five-Power naval
conference" but as "solely policy
of the United States!" This put
England on the defensive, and it
zane back with the white Paper"
England blandly proposes that
since both the League of Nations
and the Kellogg Pact prevents
war" ian hypocrisy that America
cannot we'll afford to deny), and
since all nations have subscribed to
one or the other or both, and since
these "pacts" and covenants"
either by specific rule or moral
obligation make it necessary for all
nations to adopt hostile position
toward any nation violating them,
there "can be no neutral rights be-
cause there can be no neutrals in the
next war;" Thus exploding in a
neat fashion the Hoover claim OF
Americas right as neutral to
send "foodships" to any belligerent
it chooses.
This also is forcing American
imperialism to come off its "high
horse" from where it utters rights
of neutrals" in international affairs
awhile claiming that they are not
international affairs and are "sole-
Nv policies of the United States"
Senator Borahr's resentful remark
at having Uncle Sans hypocritical
fig leaf of the Kellogg Pact torn
off in public was the first response
to England's maneuver.
Additional comment cabled from
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Marine Conference
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machine, etc., has resulted in a ter
rifle speed-up and fass unemploy-
ment, throwing out thousands.
Corrupt !. S. U. OfficialdOr
"The so-called international Sea-
mems Union is nothing more than
strike breaking agency. The rank
and file of the LS.U., whatever is
left of it, for the most part stands
for organization, but the bureaucrats
in control are engaged in misleading
and crushing all militancy. AS 8
result of their tactics, since 1921
the I.S.U. has dwindled from mem
bership of $4,000 to its present
handful,
"The I.S.U. with its absolute craft
lines is no more an international or
ganization than any of the other
"Internationals,' affiliated with the
treacherous ALL. officialdom, who
have recently betrayed together with
the New Orleans street car owners,
just as they sold out the textile
workers of Marion, Elizabeth and
Tennessee.
"The recent raids of the M.W.L.
headquarters in San Pedro and in
New Orleans clearly indicate the
united front of Andy Foruseth,
agent of the A. F. of L. with the
city officials and American Legion,
who are the tools of the shipowners.
/. L. A. Also Corrupt.
"The same picture is presented by
the corrupt International Longshore-
mems Association headed by Ryan
and Co., which is nothing but dues
collecting agency, especially on the
Gulf Coast, where the Negro long
shoremen constitute the bulk of the
workers and are viciously exploited.
Many ports on the Gulf have Jim
Crow company unions. In Mobile,
Alabama, there is no union in ex-
istance and where the Inland Water
ways Corporation government in
stitution), exploits the Negroes at
80 cents per hour, in loading cotton,
resulting in many accidents and
maimings.
In the port of New Orleans, which
has ten thousand longshoremen, of
which a small handful are organized
into Negro and white locals, most
of whose work is confined to Ship
ping Board ships, and in many cases
get paid below the scale.
Latin Americans.
'In the Latin American countries,
the same bosses who are exploiting
us, also own the means of produc-
ton. They slaughter the workers
in the Columbia fruit strike and in
Mexico, Panama and Cuba. The
United States Government sends
marines to Haiti to shoot down the
workers who are struggling for bet
ter conditions. The Latin workers
have just organized their Latin
American Confederation of Labor
and ask US for a united front. We
must be organized to take our place
in the ranks for this big struggle.
Preparing For War.
Commercial rivalry betgeen Great
Britain and America has been been
at more intense stage. Because
of the sharpening struggle for world
markets, fields of investments and
raw materials, they are making
frantic war preparations under the
cover of disarmament schemes and
peace pacts. At the same time, the
imperialists, in spite of their diff
ferences, are forming united front
to attack Soviet Russia, the First
Workers Republic where the work
-
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ficient to keep them alive, For
breakfast, black, unsweetened chic
DRY a poor imitation of Coffee and
three slices of soggy, white bread.
Dinner, a bowl of soup and three
slices of the same bread. Supper,
a cup of black chicory, three slices
of the inevitable bread and small,
foul-smelling piece of hamburger.
With such food the men lose rap
idly in weight. 1t is doubtful
whether the food for the day costs
Is cents.
For the slightest offense a pris-
oner is put in double-lock-in soil
tary confinement for Is days.
This is the Allegheny county jail
where Salvatore Accorsi was incar-
cerated. Here, too, the five mem
bers of the Communist Party and
the Young Communist League are
serving 80 days for participating in
the August first demonstration.
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FeudaI Conditions
for Coal Miners in
JOhnstOwn, Pa.
(Bv a Worker CONSEQUENTLY

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (By MaiD.-
The miners here are treated worse
even than that of the steel workers,
as there has been no union in this
district since 1922. There never has
been union in Johnstown. The
miners load three tons of coal and
get paid for a ton and half. They
live under worse conditions, espe-
cially housing, than the days of
feudalism.
The National Miners Union has
got to come out here as soon as pos
sible and organize the coal miners
in this section for the United Mine
Workers takers never care about
doing any such thing, and, there
fore, it's up to the militant union.
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two and then work one week. Men
working there 35 years are denoted
in their jobs so the company could
gyp them of their pensions lat
present the more they make the more
the pension).
Many men getting Is to 35 cents
an hour. So that's the system in
Bethlehem Steel Co. in Jamestown.
Shop COMMITTEES in the steel
plants, led by the Communist Party,
that's the thing we need.
-JOHNSTOWN WORKER.
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Brutality Towards
Workers in Allegheny
County Prison, Pa,

Editors Note-The letter below
is written on paper torn from books
and sent out of prison through
secret channels by one of the five
workers imprisoned in Allegheny
county Jail for participation in the
Pittsburgh, Pa, August First anti
imperialist war demonstration.
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Workers. This Is Your Paper.
Write for 1t. Distribute 1t
Among Your Fellow Workers!
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(By u Worker Correspondent

(By Worker COTTeSpondent)
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (By MaiD.-
Conditions for the workers in Johns
town and surrounding towns are
rotten bad, VIII give an example
from Bethlehem Steel.
They are increasing the working
hours in the Franklin open hearth.
The men there used to work three
shifts of 8 hours, and now the plant
put on two shifts and laid off 90
men.
The same happened in other de-
partments. Men working there for
years steady are laid off a week or
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Our own nge, the bourgeois age,
is distinguished by this-that IL
has simpIifi>d class antagOnisms.
More and more, society is splitting
mp into two great hostile camps,
into two great and directly contra
posed classesI bOurgeOisie and pro-
Ietariat.-Marx.