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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-03
The Mexican Revolution FINDS"
By Vim. Chopper

alton similar to that in which more
experienced Parties have failed (cf.
Stambulinsky government indicates
the growing ripeness of the Mexican
Party. What is not yet clear is how
far it has succeeded in making this
clear to organizations actually or
nominally under its influence.
The events of the March 1929 up
rising seem likely to prove a turn
ing point in Mexican development.
On the one pole American imperial
ism comes out with it's hold on the
Mexican government and resources
strengthened. On the other, the
Communist Party and the mass or
CARNATIONS of the workers and peas
ants come stronger out of the strug-
gle. Simultaneous strengthening on
both ends is a sign of the growing
polarization, the growing class diff
ferentiation and sharpening of the
revolutionary situation in Mexico.
A decisive section of the new bour-
goisie and capitalist landowning
class created by the revolutionary
events of the last two decades in
Mexico (the Sonora group-"men of
the revolution") has gone over to
an alliance with the semi-feudal,
clerical landowning reaction. The
petty-bourgeois government remains
typically petty-bourgeois in it's zig
gag occasioned by steady surrender
to American imperialism and the
necessity of retaining as much mass
support as possible. More and more
will the Party's struggle be flight
on two fronts" against government
and anti-government forces at once,
as it already has been in the present
struggle.
Paths of Counter Revolution.
Today it is clear that there are
two paths open to counter-revolu-
tion-the path of the armed upris-
ing such as was attempted by the
recent rebellion, and the path of fur
tiiCl CNOiutiOH VI tiit pItStHb SUftIu-
ment along the line of its present
development, as more fitting tool
of American imperialism and inter
nal capitalist and agrarian reaction.
At the same time, the consciousness
of the masses grows, the Communist
Party ripens rapidly towards a mass
party equal to its complicated and
enormous tasks, the revolutionary
forces of the partially armed and
partially awakened workers and
peasants crystalline ever more indie
pendent of a government that began
by failing to carry out the tasks
of the revolution that swept it into
power and has ended by openly be-
traying these tasks. The masses
stand before the dilemma of the
victory of the counter-revolution or
the establishment of their own in
dependent revolutionary power, the
government of the workers and peas
ants. There can be no doubt how
the stirring masses will choose.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-03
By BERTRAM D. WOLFE.

NEWS dispatches from Mexico re-
Az port that the reactionary upris-
ing has been unsuccessful and is
drawing to a close. Of course guer-
rilla warfare will continue for long
time, and the rebels still have or
ganized armies of considerable size
in the field, but it seems clear that
the backbone of the latest counter
revolution is broken. Although in
formation, particularly as to the de-
gree and manner of participation of
the organizations of the masses is
still lacking, it is already possible
to draw a tentative balance sheet"
of the uprising and the perspectives
of future development in Mexico.
U. S. Imperialism Intervenes.
For the second time in the his
tory of the Calles-Obregon-Portes
Gil regime, American imperialism
interviewed on behalf of the Central
( government. This time the inter
vention was open, swift and of great
Importance in determining the out
come of the revolt. The first action
of the new Hoover government was
q decision to sell and deliver to the
Mexican army 10000 Enfield rifles,
100000 rounds of ammunition
and % airplanes. At the same time,
an embargo was placed on shipment
of arms, ammunition or planes to
the rebels, and the war department
announced that it was prepared to
deliver to the Mexican government
an additional supply of rifles and
bullets up to any desired quantity.
Ambassador Morrow and the Amer
lean consuls in Mexico acted as pub
licity agents for the victories of the
government. Washington announced
that it would give help in crushing
the rebellion because "the existing
government is disposed to observe
its international obligations and
therefore deserves assistance"
British Hopes.
British imperialism looked long
ingly on, while the rebellion on
which it had the right to set hopes,
was swiftly crushed. British news
papers openly deplored the defeat
of the rebellion and the interven-
ton of the United States, but Brit
ain did not venture to intervene
openly. 1t is likely that certain
British funds found their way into
the hands of the rebels. Certainly,
British hopes tended to rest upon
them.
The Mexican government, after a
"Left-ward" zigzag, on the eve of
the revolt distribution of lands and
arms and ammunition to peasants to
insure mass support in the face of
the uprising) hastily "righted" it's
course a moment later to assure
wholehearted support of American
Imperialism. When the revolt broke
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suing an independent program, and
calling upon the workers and peas
ants to fight the reaction independ-
emily of the government, organize
their own fighting squads against
the reaction" arm themselves, seize
the land, organize workers and peas
ants committees to carry out pro-
gram of elementary demands and
lay the basis for a workers and
and peasants government which
alone is capable of destroying the
forces of reaction, fighting imperial
ism and realizing the aims and in
terests of the masses. This declara-
ton, in spite of shortcomings of a
fairly serious character, represent a
big advance over previous declara-
tions of the Party in similar COM
plicated situations.
The workers and peasants bloc
although largely under Communist
Influence, appears to have differen-
tiated itself much less, and the Peas
ants League, also largely influenced
by Communists, seems to have pre-
served very little independence from
the government in fighting the re-
action. (However, this judgment is
based on very meager information
and may very well require modifica-
ton when all the facts are avail
able.)
Independent Mass Action.
The Importance of independent &C
ton of the masses under Communist
leadership for their own program,
is thus summed up in an editorial
in the Daily Worker of March 10:
"The toiling masses of Mexico.
are placed in such position that,
barring their own revolutionary
activity in the civil war, any out
come will mean their deeper en-
slavement. If the fascist uprising
were to win, it would certainly
mean no freedom for the workers
and peasants. If the present up
rising is suppressed by the Portes
Gil government with the help and
practical superintendent of the
United States government-and
without any intervening mass ac-
tivity of the workers and peasants
then Mexico will come out of
the civil war bound hand and foot
tighter than ever before by the
Wall Street government. The Mex
lean workers and peasants must
fight as a force independent of
the cowardly petty bourgeois gov
eminent of Portes Gil and the
'Governor-G General Morrow"
That the Mexican Communist
Party has understood this, in stu
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-03
(Continued)

In 1900, demonstrations were held
in Kharkov, Warsaw, Dombrovo,
Wilma, Kresslavka, and Minsk. Nu-
merous May Day leaflets were cir
culated and in many towns meetings
we're organized, some Of which as
for instance in Tiflis and LODI, were
attended by great multitudes. The
most conspicuous celebration was
that of Kharkov. In the morning Of
May 1 the railroad workers formu-
lated their demands, raised the red
banner, and embarked on process
sion toe meet the demonstration of
the machine construction workers.
The police endeavored to stop them,
but the demonstration took a diff
forent road and on its way it stopped
from work the workers in the Ber-
genheim factory. The cossacks ap-
reared and about 400 people were
arrested. Learning of the expert
cnces of the railroad workers, the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-03

most momentous events took place
in Saratov, Sormov, Nizhni-Nov-
gorod ard Wilma. The demonstra-
tons in Saratov ended by the beat
ing up of the demonstrators by the
Black Hundreds and the police
forces dressed in civil attire. Many
of the beaten up workers were. ar
TESTED. Some of the arrested, such
as for instance, A. E. Rykov, man.
aged to escape, while the others
were exiled.
The Nizhni- Novgorod police acted
in similar manner and most brutal
Of all were the police in Wilma.
When, in spite Of the most energetic
measures taken by the police and
the gendarmeries, under the leader
ship of Governor von- Wal, a demon
stration took place in Wilma, some
Of the most active demonstrators
we're beaten up and one was killed.
In the evening, proclamations were
circulated in the town theatre. The
next day, Won Wal ordered the ar
rested to be punished by the rod.
(To Be Continued) :,
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entire machine construction factory
struck. The railroad workers broke
through the lines of the cossacks
and joined the workers of the ma
chine factory and the others. In
that demonstration, about 10000
people participated. The workers
marched to the Jail and demanded
the liberation Of their comrades. The
next day they refused to go to work,
and they forced the governor to sat
isfy their demands and free the ar
rested comrades.
The May Day demonstrations and
strikes were still more widespread
in 1901. First of all, we should
mention the demonstration of 5000
workers in Tiflis. 1t ended by a
drawn sabres attack on the part of
the cossacks. Twenty-four people
were wounded and 40 were arrested.
In st. Petersburg Is per cent of the
Obukhov factory did not come to
work-about 1900 people. When
the director of the factory wanted
to discharge the most undesirable
ones for participating in that DEM
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-03
U. S. Imperialism Intervenes Again for Gales
ObregOn-Portes Gil Regime

out, Portes Gil issued a long declara-
ton ringing with radical phrases,
calling upon the masses to defend
mot the government but the gains
of the revolution"
At the same time the government
issued a brief declaration concern
ing the unusually large number of
oil concessions granted in recent
months, and its intentions and
achievements in payment of the
funded debt instruments to the in
ternational bankers. The petty bour-
geois government, fearing to lose
the mass support which once swept
it into power and which to consid-
cradle extent it still retains, flirted
with the idea of creating an armed
base among the masses, without for
moment trying to break up or
even weaken the professional mill
tary machine. At the same time it
threw itself more unreservedly than
ever into the hands of Yankee i'm
perialism.
So soon as it began to be clear
that the masses were in the main
against the counter-revolution and
that the counter-revolution would
not triumph, the government hastily
declared that it needed no more vol
unteers and would furnish no more
arms to peasant contingents.
Masses Active.
In spite of the reluctance of the
petty bourgeois government to I'M
chain forces which it cannot control,
it was forced by the nature of
things to seek mass support and to
promote the activity and political
development of the workers and
peasants. To what extent the masses
interviewed in the struggle between
the two sections of the army (rebel
and "loyal'') is not yet clear, but
from the meager information avail
able here it seems certain that they
did so to greater extent than ever
before. The uprising in the state of
Vera Cruz was defeated, judging
from reports, not so much by pro-
fessional troops as by armed bands
of peasants and workers. For the
first time, there was street fight
ing in the streets of the Port of
Vera Cruz. The rebels were har-
assed everywhere by rearguard ac-
tons of the hostile peasant popula-
ton.
c. P. Militant Program.
The Communist Party issued a
statement branding the uprising as
reactionary, sharply criticizing at
the same time the treacherous
conduct Of the government and is
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No Evidence of German Money at I. w. w.
Trial; Defense Tells of the Class
Struggle, Spectator, Bisbee

Haywood has told of his quarter century of revolutionary g
g during aohich he led the militant labor unions IN America
Federation Miners and the IY IN the chap
ter he told of the opening an the trial of himself h
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Their next witnesses were sheriffs and gunner
from the coal fields of Pennsylvania who testified to
the arrests of members and to the fact that they had
disrupted meetings of the LW.W. without authority
sometimes at the request of the United Mine Workers
of America and again a verbal order from the
court. There other sheriffs and gunner as wit
nesses from different parts of Arizona, Montana and
Washington. There were some farmers who told of
working their employees sixteen hours day. lumber
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-03
By WILLIAM ID. HAYWOOD.
PART 101.

THE first witnesses for the the stenographers filing
booeeper from the office of the General Headquarters
official of the who had Investigated
the finances and books and who testified that the accounts well
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-14
LARGE PLANE FOR SLIPPERS
 IS LAUNCHED
First of New Fokkers Takes Air Successfully-l3
 Persons Aboard

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N. J., Sept 14-The biggest land plane ever built and designed for whisk- ing sleeping passengers across the night at a speed of 150 miles an hour, was officially launched here late yesterday.
 The plane is the first of the Fox ker F-2s equipped to carry 32 passengers on daylight trips and l6 passengers at night.
 The plane is destined for early installation on the Transcontinen- tai plane and train system of the New York Central and Universal Airlines.
 Five more planes are under con- struction and when finished six more will be started.
 The planes will have wingspread of 99 feet and nearly 70 feet long.
 On the launching yesterday, the plane took off with 13 persons in 20 seconds and speeded up to 150 miles then lowered to less than 100 miles an hour, dipped, swooped and banked to demonstrate sta- bility and then returned to the earth.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-14
DISTRICT ATTY. IS SHOT FROM
 AMBUSH,KILLED
Authorities in Texas Local ity Unable to Assign Mo-
 time-Posse Searches

BROGER, Texas, Sept. 14.-Dis- trict Attorney John Holmes was shot and killed from ambush last night on the driveway of his home.
 Holmes had just put his car away and his wife and mother in-law had started for the home when they turned in time to see him fall from three pistol bull lets.
 The assailant had lain in wait at the rear of the yard of vacant house about 50 feet from the garage.
 Neighbors saw man run down an alley but they were unable to identify him.
 The authorities are unable to assign motive but have organ ized posse.
 The most important case Holmes had was the pending one to prose- cute William Walker, Ed Bailey and Hugh Walker, charged with murder of two peace officers several years ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-14
OUTRACES ARE NOW ALLEGED
 BY RUSSIANS
Serious Charges Are Made Against Chinese on
 Manchurian Border

MOSCOW, Sept. IA long list of alleged outrages committed by Chinese and Russian White Guards along the Manchurian border dur ing the past six weeks has been made public by the Soviet authori- ties who declared charges were corroborated by documents and testimony of witnesses.
 It was previously announced there were no major engagements on the Manchurian frontier and now the Russians said they have gone through every conceivable hardship and torture with many executions, wholesale imprisonments with cases of Russians driven to suicide or becoming insane.
 Scoreless headless bodies have been found in Harbin and along the Chinese Eastern Railway. Many Soviets are said to have vanished without a trace. Thousands of others are in insanitary Chinese prisons or concentration camps without food or attention and with diseases developing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-14
YOUNG SCHOOL BOY KILLS 13
 YEAR OLD GIRL
Tragedy Takes Place on Lonely Trail Revenge
 Is Given as Cause

PORT ANGELES, Wash, Sept. 14.-Jess Spurrior, aged 16, Joyce High School student, shot and kill ed Helen McClaine, aged 13, Joyce school girl, last Thursday night with a 30-30 rifle, from ambush when angered because the girl told a school bus driver on him for talk ing her school book and threaten ing to tear it.
 A sheriff's posse found the boy four hours later, shot through the heart with his own rifle, 200 yards from where 70 killed the girl
 As the bus was enroute rom Joyce to Tyre River where both at tended school, the boy yanked a book from the girl and threatened to tear it. The girl told the bus driver who made the boy return the book.
 Young Spurrior then said to the girl:
 &Ou II OC oOlly 4Ol OlloO.
 At 7:30 o'clock Thursday night, Helen and her sister Leona, aged 10, were returning from a ranch with milk. The boy had lain in wait for her along the lonely path. Leona said Spurrior appear ed in the ferns by the side of the trail and fired The bullet entered Helen's right shoulder and came out through the left shoulder.
 The girl was dead when her fath- CT reached her.
 Spurrior was shot through the head.
 Helen was the daughter of c. J. McClaines and the boy was the son of Warren Spurrior both ranch CTS.
 The youth was of Tone wolf sort of boy who did not mix with his schoolmates.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-14
EIGHT BOATS BRING 37,200 POUNDS OF
 HALIBUT TO JUNEAU

Eight boats of the local fishing fleet sold 37,200 pounds of halibut to local buyers at the Juneau Cold Storage Company yesterday after noon and this morning.
 The Alaska Fish Brokerage paid 13 and cents for 5000 pounds aboard the Fern Capt. John Lowell, and 5000 pounds aboard the Emma, Capt. Tom Ness.
 The Dagny, Capt. Ed Skaret, with 1000 pounds and the Thelma, Capt. Bernt Alstead, with 1000 pounds, sold to San Juan for the same prices. San Juan paid 13 and 9.25 cents for 7,50o pounds aboard the Louhelen, Capt. Knute Hildre.
 Yesterday the Alaska Fish Brok- craze purchased the catch of the Alpha, Capt Ingvald Sunderland, 4,700 pounds, at 1910 and cents. San Juan paid the same prices for 2,o0o pounds on the Mable, Capt. Ole Jackson, and 4,00o pounds brought in by the Margaret T., Capt. Peter Hildre.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-14
TROOPS PACKING READY TO BEGIN MOVING MONDAY
First of British Forces Are
 Leaving Long Occu- pied Territory
AGREEMENT IS MADE,
 HAGUE CONFERENCE
Marriages Present Problem Baby Carriages Pug
 gle More than Guns

KOENIGSTEIN, Germany, Sept 14-Today is packing day for the British troops in this mountain Spa which has fallen to the hap py lot to be the first Rhineland point to be evacuated by the Brit ish.
 The agreement was reached at The Hague Conference in August
 Bureaucratic difficulties has post poned actual moving, however, un- til next Monday when 400 officers and men stationed here will be transported in groups until Koenig- stein is completely freed by Sep tember %.
 Under tacit agreement, evacua- tion is to be a prosaic affair with out pomp or military display. Per- haps the staunchest supporters of the Anglo German reapproachment will prove to be the marriages be- tween soldiers and German frau leins, estimated to be about 100. The Gretchens have been studying English, ready to move to the country of their adoption.
 Officers said the marriages are the biggest problems than moving the equipment.
 Transportation of baby carriages is more of puzzle than moving big guns, the officers said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-14
UNALGA GOES WEST TO RELIEVE CHILEAN
 OF CRIPPLED SHIP

The Unalga, Commander E. S. Addison, sailed from Juneau at 530 o'clock this morning enroute to southwestern Alaska to relieve the Chelan of the tow of the crippled vessel Elder of the U. S.. Bureau of Fisheries
 How far the Unalga will go is not known, for she is to proceed westward until she meets the Che Ian and the Elder will be trans ferred at the most convenient place in that vicinity.
 The Elder lost her rudder and Skag on a reef of St. George Is- land early this week. She was lowed some distance by the Haida, latest advices from the westward say, and the Chelan later relieved the Haida when the latter was forced to go to the nearest port for medical treatment for one of the members of her crew.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-14

ture reels for the entertainment of the patrons of the Fair was made through the courtesy of the Coll scum Theatre. These reels have been very much enjoyed and have been shown every night during the days of the Fair.
 An advertising reel featuring Rice & Ahlers, G. E. Krause, the Nor ris Construction Co.,, George Bros, and the Juneau Motors, has been shown nightly and has proped a popular method by which to adver- tise It has also shown the pro- gressive tendency of the modern business man of Juneau.
 Chamber Booth Excellent
 The Chamber of Commerce has an exhibit which displays some very realistically colored pictures of Alaska. Two large mounted bear skins. loaned by Charles Goldstein, are effectively placed on the floor of the booth.
 A nursery containing twelve little cribs with blue and pink blankets has proved invaluable to a great many parents who have attended the Fair. The nursery is conduct ed by the American Red Cross and is in charge of Nurse Laina Aalto.
 New Exhibit, Livestock
 Two young goats have been add- ed to the livestock exhibit at the Fair and are occasioning as much interest among the older people IS among the children.
 During the showing of a locally made reel of motion pictures fea- turing the quick action of the Ju- neau Fire Department in extin- gushing fire, the audience burst into enthusiastic cheering and ap- plauded heartily last night. A touch of realism was added when the siren at the Juneau Fire De- partment's booth was blown as the picture showed the hook and lad der truck dashing down the snow covered streets of Juneau in answer to a general fire alarm. Hearty applause was also heard when the picture of the American Legion Dug-Out was flashed on the screen. And when the animal pie ture featuring MT. and Mrs. Ele- phant, their baby son, Shrimp, and MT. and Mrs Chimpanzee and their infant, came to close many sighs of regret were heard throughout the audience.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-14
lFERENCE ON
 WAL AFFAIRS LOW PROMISED
General Meeting Looms for Early During Month
 of Next December
AMERICA AND GREAT
 BRITAIN IN ACCORD
Japan, France and Italy Expected to Join Move
 ment for Reduction

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14-As a result of virtual agreement be- tween America and Great Britain upon the fundamental principles of equality in cruiser strength, a General Naval Conference is in prospect for early in December, so successfully have been negotiations with London.
 These negotiations began with the inception of thu Hoover and Macdonald regimes.
 That the General Naval Confer ence will be attended by Japan France and Italy, as well as Eng land and America, is definitely promised.
 The United States intends to ask that the present ten-year pro- gram of the construction of capital ships be extended from 1881 to 1886 and by then it is expected the way will be open for further curtailment in tonnage leading to the elimination of this type of ves- sel as a fighting unit.
 But one single difference of opin- ion is reported in the way of a complete Anglo American accord and that is the problem of cruiser parity. This concerns some 30-90O tons of cruiser strength, whether it is 10 be embodied in three larger vessels tE Eve smaller ores.