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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-01

(Which are the terms Of the said
pact)?
A. Yes, you might say that. But
think the word hesitation" is
somewhat an exaggeration, because
the time was so short that it did
not give us enough opportunity to
do SO. I can admit what YOU said
But want you to explain to the
people our difficulties at that time.
Refused to Fight Reds
Q. Do you think that the fight
against Chang Kai Shek is a part
OF the fight against Japanese i'm
perialism?
A. No doubt After I came to
Fukien, the Marking. Government
cut off all financial support to cur
army. Our soldiers were hungry.
In the latter part of 1893, Chang
Kai Shek ordered me to send two
divisions into Kiangsi to fight
against the Reds. I began to realize
that the Reds are all Chinese. they
are workers and peasants. I did
not comply with ChiangS order. My
idea is, regardless Of party affilia-
lions and political beliefs, united
front against Japan and the traitor
Chang Kai Shek must be estab-
lished, l am military man.
don't understand politics. But /
can fight. 1 am willing to work
for any government, which is really
fighting for the liberation of China.
Somebody told me that the Com
munists don't love their country.
That's untrue. Just think of it.
Can any imperialist send troops to
the Soviet Union and seize one inch
of its territory? The attack would
be Immediately repealed. I am not
necessarily in favor of Soviet China.
But do emphasize uncompromis-
ing struggle against Japanese I'M
perialism and Chang Kai Shek,
How bestial he is! He bombarded
the civilian population in Fukien
with the bombs and poisonous gas
which he bought from foreign coun-
tries, and he did not use them
against the Japanese invaders.
@. Will you accept any post from
Marking Government after you re-
turn to China?
A. fAngrilyl Never! I am not
going to be the running dog of the
traitor Chang Kai Shek.
@. Did you read Madame Sun
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-01
Would Rouse Support
for Wall Streets
Native Puppets
By HARRY HAYWOOD

II.
Will the american Plan,
fathered by William N, Jones and
George Padmore, save Liberia for
the Liberian naaSsesP We ended
our article yesterday by giving this
answer:
THE Liberian- American Plan Is
designed to bolster up a corrupt and
tottering native government, whose
interests are bound up with the in
terests of the foreign slave-drivers.
The Plan plays into the hands of
the American imperialists. The
Plan would tighten the chains of
slavery more cruelty upon the Lii
berian toilers. And by creating il
lusions about the possible solution
of the Negro question in America
through Utopian schemes of eco
nomic advancement on the African
continent, the Plan-in this respect
subtle edition of Garveyism-
tends to divert the masses of Amer
lean Negroes from revolutionary
struggle against their oppressors."
The Liberian American Plan
calls, not for support of the Lii
berian masses in their struggle
against the vicious system Of
colonial plumber, but for support of
the corrupt native government of
Liberia, which is the local watch
dog of foreign imperialism. In the
confidential prospectus of his plan,
sent out by Jones, this fact is made
very clear. The American Negroes
are to raise money ito assist the
Liberian government in it's present
financial difficulties The Amer
lean Negroes are also to exert pres
sure on the American government
to modify the terms of its loans
to Liberia. No question is raised of
the right of American imperialism
to force these plunderous loans
upon Liberia and to demand pay
ment of interest out of the blood
and sweat of the native toilers. No
question is raised of the right of
Harvey Firestone to take for him
self the tribal lands, or to turn into
serfs on his rubber plantations the
former owners of those lands. The
sponsors of the plan never for a
moment question the right of
American imperialism to be slave
holder-in- chief of the Liberian
masses.
The Native Government
In Jones' prospectus, Liberia is
characterized as the 'last strong
hold of Negro freedom" whose in
tegrity and freedom is being men
aced by England and France" The
League of Nations Plan of Assist
ance, according to Jones, if carried
through, would make Liberia vir-
tual mandate territory of British
and French imperialism.
What is the present status of Ii
IBERIA? What is the role of the
native Barclay government, for
which Jones seeks support?
Upon examination, we find that
this so-called Independent Repub
lie of Liberia" this last stronghold
OF Negro freedom is in reality a
virtual colony of U. S. imperialism
American imperialism, represented
by the Harvey Firestone interests
dominates the main economic anc
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-01


A. Yes. BY the way, just want
to tell you that have just received
few kilograms from other cities
urging me to endorse Nine. Suns
proposals.
O. Will you persuade the Chi
nese masses in America who ale
under your influence to cooperate
with us end to establish power
full united front against japanese
imperialism and for the salvation Of
China.
A. I will try my best to do it.
@. Can we publish today's inter
view in Chinese and American
papers2
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-01
U.S.. Imberialism's Slave Rule
by Jones' Liberia Plan

financial resources of the country.
The economic and political grip
upon the Liberian people by Amer
lean finance capital was cinched
in 1925, through the robber agree
ment concluded between the Lii
berian government and the Harvey
Firestone corporation. BY the terms
of this agreement, Liberia was def
initely reduced to the status of vas
sal state of Wall Street. The Harvey
Firestone corporation secured a
million acres of rubber producing
land. Land which would yield a
crop of 250,000 tons of rubber a
year, has been stolen from the ma
tives and leased for the ridiculous
price of six cents an acre.
S5,0OO,00O At I Per Cent
This outrageous robbery was car
ried through in the name of de
veloping the economic resources of
the country, civilizing the natives"
and all the rest of the humanitar-
ian claptrap is calculated to serve
as moral justification of imperialist
plumber.
But this Is not all. The Harvey
Firestone corporation, through its
agent, the American Finance Corp.
of New York City, with the help
of the native ruling clique, forced
loan of $5,000,000 upon Liberia
at 7 per cent interest! AS security
for this loan, Harvey Firestone de-
manded and received control of the
customs and internal revenue of
the country. According to the
terms of the agreement, half of
this sum was to be expended for
construction of railways, roads, i'm
provement of the harbor at Mon
rovia, and public works. These
Improvements" are obviously for
the purpose of facilitating imperial
list exploitation of the rubber mo-
nopoly by Harvey Firestone. The
other half of the loan was to be
used to pay off certain outstanding
debts" which are none other than
the international loan forced upon
Liberia by American and British
bankers at the instance of Wall
Street as early as 1912.
Natives Become Firestone's Slaves
The carrying through of this rob-
Der project has been necessarily &C
companied by the wholesale expro-
priation of native tribal lands,
which have been turned over to
Harvey Firestone. The natives have
been forcibly elected from their
lands, have been converted into
colonial wage slaves on the planta-
tions of Harvey Firestone at wages
of few cents a day.
In this imperialist banditry, the
Liberian governing classes, repre-
sented at present by the Barclay
government, have been the main
instrument of the Wall Street pi-
rates. A number of uprisings on
the part of the natives in resist
ance to this naked robbery, have
been brutally suppressed by the Lii
berian military constabulary. The
role of this native governing clique
AS we stated in our first article
has been that of local policeman,
slave-driver, land thief and re-
cruiter of forced labor for Amer
lean and other interests in Liberia
1t is in this manner that American
imperialism. operating through a
band of currupt native bourgeois
politicians, was able to secure a
.stranglehold over the resources OF
the country and reduce the vast
majority of its native population to
: downright colonial slavery.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-01

the country to defeat the terror now being pre-
pared against the textile strike.
For the broadest united front Of all textile work
ers TO defeat the fascist terror and the splitting
red scare"
For an aggressive fighting policy in the strike.
For mass picketing No settlement, and arbi-
tration. No end Of the strike until the demands
are won.
One united strike front of the entire working
class to win the strike and the textile workers
demands
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-01

them out of here"
1t gloatingly reports that dozen
workers in Britton, s. D., we're run
through a gauntlet" of a hundred
Legionnaires, who battered their
faces beyond recognition.
The paper further reports that
pitched battles occurred on the
streets of Britton, s. D., Saturday
between workers and Legionnaires,
indicating that indignant workers
had turned out in defense of their
leaders.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-01
Youth Day Rallies
Are Set for Today
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Knitgoods, Neckwear, Painters, ETC.,
will be followed by the Interna-
tional Labor Defense, and between
Fourth Ave. and Lexington Ave. the
National Student League, will be
followed by the F. S. u, the Lam
guage clubs, and the Office Work
ers Union.
On Goth St, between Madison and
Fourth, the T. U. U. L. unions will
line up in the order Of the Fur
Shipping Clerks, the Furriers Union.
Bathrobe Workers, Knitgoods and
Metal while between Fourth and
Lexington, the Marine, Laundry,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-01

Food Clerks, Cafeteria Workers,
Hotel and Restaurant Workers,
Furniture Workers, Painters, etc.,
will line up.
international Youth Day evening
will be marked by youth affair at
the Workers Center, so E. 18th St..
second floor. There will be en-
tertainment given by the Workers
Laboratory Theatre. and a feature
anti-war film "Sniper," shown, and
delegate at the recent Interna-
tional Women's Anti-War Congress.
Jennie Giacco. young needle trades
worker, will recount her experiences
at this Congress.
Communist Party Urges Support
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 31.-The
District Bureau of the Communist
Party issued call today to all Ne
gro and white workers urging them
to join in the International Youth
Day demonstration tomorrow after
noon at 2 o'clock at 22nd st. and
Ridge Ave. Another meeting will
be held at 8 o'clock the same eve
ming at Mcpherson Square, Ken
sington.
THE fact that thousands of Ken
sington workers will be involved in
the coming textile strike makes it
extremely important that the eve
ming demonstration in Mcpherson
Square be real mobilization in
which we can reach thousands of
workers with our program the call
read.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-01
Governor Instigated $. D. Terror

ABERDEEN, s. Oak, Aug. 81
Last Saturdays attack by drunken
Legionnaires on workers and farm
ers in Marshall County was directly
instigsted by Gov Tom Berry, ac-
cording to front page article in
the Aberdeen American-News.
The paper reports that Governor
Berry wired the Legionnaires per-
mission TO do anything to drive
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-01
Khan Active

Khan Active
GLOVERSVILLE, N. Y, Aug.
3l.-Workers should work harmo-
niously with their exploiters. the
Grand Kleagle of the Ku Klux
Khan declared at meeting in
Blocker Square, which was called
to fight Communism. He depre-
Gated any effort to gain their
demands by striking, declaring that
strikes will get them nowhere.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-01
Tsai Calls for Fight
on Traitor Chang

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100000 Votes Cast
For Leo Gallagher

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feared to bring him into court. He
Is still in a Glendale hospital, suf-
fering from his injuries.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-01
On the
World Front
BY HARRY CANNES

Anti-War Action in Italy
"a True Communist Leader
SOve GramsciI
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-01

THE reason that the t a / a n
bourgeoisie strives to murder
Comrade Gramsci was openly stated
by the General Prosecutor of the
Special Fascist Court of italy when
he said:
"Gramsci is the leader of the
Communist Party =. Gramsci is
the soul of the whole movement.
1T is he who outlines the path Of
the Party; he was the central fig
IRE during the occupation of the
factories and works. Gramscis
activity-is the activity of a true
Communist Party leader"
THE Communist Party of Italy is
making an appeal to militant
workers and anti-fascists every
where to raise their voice against
the deliberate murder of Conlrade
Gramsci, whom his bitterest enemies
recognize as a stalwart revolution
airy fighter and leader.
"We must snatch Gramsci-the
leader of the Italian proletariat-
from the clutches of the hangnan
Mussolinil" declares another appeal
from the International Red Aid.
1--WE must also win freedom for the
heroic Swiss revolutionary, Hoff-
meier, for the anarchist Luzetti, the
the reformist, Pertina, and the
thousands of other militants suffer-
ing in the italian jails.
"We must strengthen the inter-
national campaign for the liberation
Of Gramsci. Thaelnann. Rakosi end
the many thousands of other pris-
oners of capital.
The liberation of Dimitroff has
proved to us that by mass action we
can triumph over fascism! To
work."
The Washington times., 1934-11-21
S427,000 N. Y.
HAUL SOLVED

NEW YORK, Nov. 81 G.N.SJ.
The largest cash robbery in the
history of American crime has
been definitely solved, Inspector
John J. Ryan, of the New York
police department, announced to-
day.
The robbery is the $427, 900
holdup of an armored car in
Brooklyn in August.
Every one of the IL men who
took part in the robbery and
shared the loot is known to the
police, Inspector Ryan said, and
is being trailed today.
The "break" in the case came
when police arraigned Thomas
Quinn, 35, as a material witness.
He was held in $4,000 bail.
Quinn admitted that he owned
the speedboat used by the robbers
in making their getaway
The Washington times., 1934-11-21
JAPAN DEMANDS NAVY TO PROTECT OCEANT
$269,844 Chest
Need as Drive
Nears End

The poor, the needy and the
destitute of Washington mumbled
fervent prayers for success today
as their champions, the Commun-
ity Chest workers, made valiant
efforts to reach their goal of ST..
675,000 by 7:45 o'clock tonight.
The goal at noon today was
, short by $269, ,844, contributions to
date aggregating $1,405,155.
Chest solicitors were heartened
with the disclosure that on the
last day of the 1888 campaign only
78 per cent of the total had been
raised, while this year almost 81
per cent of the quota has been
raised.
Pershing Gables $1,000
Gen. John j. Pershing, COM
mander of the American Expe-
dictionary Forces, cabled $1,000
to the Chest headquarters at
noon today. No other reports of
pledges made within the past "a
hours were available.
The campaign will close Off.
cially tonight, with a mass meet
ing of all Chest workers and unit
chairmen in the ballroom of the
Willard Hotel.
H. L. Rust. jr., campaign chair
man. made "a final appeal to the
people of Washington who have
not contributed to this years
campaign to make their dona.
tions before nightfall.
Solicitors Have Hope
With only one day left in which
to secure pledges for the remain
ing $269,844 not yet contributed,
the hundreds of volunteer workers
were soliciting as they never So
licited before.
AS they went forth to canvass
today, filled with a determination
that every possible contributor
will be contacted, hopes were high
that the crusade will "go over the
top"
Total amounts secured yester.
day added to $163,273. This sum
brought the entire amount of
pledges so far obtained to $1,405,-
155.
The Washington times., 1934-11-21
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standard-a speech which it was
hoped General Butter would
deliver before the Chicago Amer
lean Legion convention.
Macarthur Named
That if General Butler re-
jected the offer to lead the
Fascist army the command would
be offered to Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur, army chief Of staff, or
to Hanford MacNider, former
national commander Of the Amer
lean Legion.
According to General Buffers
testimony as made public, it
was hoped that President Roose-
velt would "go along" as the
King of Italy did with Mussclini.
If he did not he and the Vice
President would be forced to
resign after appointing a new
Secretary of State, who would
succeed to the Presidency and be-
come dictator"
General Butler was also quoted
as saying that Mr.. MacGuire had
tossed $4,000 in 16 bills on the
bed of the Generals room in a
Newark Hotel to "pay his ex-
penses" in Chicago if he agreed
to make the gold standard
speech.
He also said that Mr.. Mac.
Guire showed him a handbook
with deposits of $4,000 to take
care Of expenses" in Chicago.
Mr.. MacGuire, denying all the
charges. said:
'Tt's q joke-a publicity stunt.
i know nothing about it. The
matter is made out Of whole
cloth. I deny the story com
pletely."
PARIS, Nov. 81 G.N.SJ-Rob.
ert Sterling Clark, New York
broker, candidly told Interna-
tional News Service today that he
had strongly urged" Mai. Gen,
Smedley D. Butler "to use his IN.
fluence in favor Of sound money
and against initiation" but he
flatly denied allegations that he
had sponsored an Am erica n
Fascist movement.
Threatening to take action
against General Butler "for any
libels which may have been COM
mitted," Mr.. Clark expressed com.
plete mystification concerning
the generals charges that a
Fascist coup was plotted.
The Washington times., 1934-11-21
London Conversations
At Virtual StandstiII

LONDON, Nov. 81 G.N.s).
With Japan's cards on the table
in the form of a flat declaration
by Rear Admiral Isoroku Yama-
moto that Tokyo will build up
her navy if other nations fail to
reduce theirs, the preliminary
naval conference discussions were
at a virtual standstill today.
Tsuneo Matsudaira, Japanese
Ambassador, was to see Foreign
Secretary Sir John Simon at
2:45 D. m. for a new and detailed
exposition of the Japanese stand.
A full meeting Of the British
and American delegations is ex-
pected to be arranged for Friday.
At that session, the future course
of the negotiations will be plotted,
with hopes of a definite limita-
ton agreement waning hourly.
The Washington times., 1934-11-21
LAVAL REVEALS
PLAN To FORM
SOVIET PACT
French Leader BareS Scheme
To Realize Barthou Dream
of eastern LoCarno"

GENEVA, Nov. 81 G.N.SO-
Hope for the late Foreign Min
lister Louis Barthou's dream of an
Eastern Locarno" pact took a
brighter turn today with the
French and Soviets drawing still
closer together, international
News Service was told in an ex
elusive interview with Pierre La
val, new French foreign minister
France and the U. S. S. R., M
Laval said:
"May be considered as per-
fectly in accord with the aim
of continuing M. Barthou'S ef-
forts directed towards a gen.
eral solution of the problems of
security and mutual assistance
in Eastern Europe"
2-HOUR FARLEY
His statement followed a two
hour conversation with Maxim
Litvinoff, astute foreign commits
sar for the Soviets. M. Laval con
tinued:
"We still have not given up
hope of bringing Germany
and Poland into such a multi
lateral pact"
He added that he had also
talked with the Turkish foreign
minister, DR.. Tewfik Rustu Bey
on the same general subject anc
also in connection with Mediter
ranean problems.
Risk Too Great
What is behind the French
foreign minister's statement il
the move to devise a system fol
making war, if not impossible
at least so paternity unprofitable
and so surely disastrous to an
aggressor, that no tral
European country will dare risk
it-not even with the benevolent
neutrality Of passive resistance
Of neighbor.
Russia in the east, and France
in the west, are now committed
to this task with all the might
of their combined forces. It
remains to be seen whether
Germany or Poland, which have
hitherto been skeptical, realize
this.
The Washington times., 1934-11-21
BRITISH CHEER
MARINA
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the station was in a hushed ST.
lence as few persons were able
to get near, but cheers broke out
as the royal party walked through
floral arch to the curb, where
their automobiles were waiting.
Heavily Guarded
Prince Nicholas of Greece and
his princess parents of the bride,
rode in the firts car of the pro
cession with King George and
Queen Mary, while the Duke Of
Kent and Princess Marina rode
in the second.
The King and Queen had left
the palace shortly before the
train was due. Thousands sur
rounded the palace and the sta"
ton and the route of the royal
procession, despite the fact dense
fog cloaked the streets and al"
most hid the limousines from
public view.
Hundreds of foot and mounted
police controlled the crowds and
lined the route from the station
to the palace. Scores more were
on duty in the drab, smoke-filled
station, where travellers rushing
to channel trains stopped for a
moment to glimpse the "Cinder-
ella" bride on her arrival in the
nation of her adoption.
Fog Cloaks Party
The duke had met Princess
Marina on her arrival at Dover
from Calais aboard the channel
steamer Canterbury. He kissed her
warmly as she descended the
gangplank and escorted her to the
special train which waited at a
nearby siding to take the couple
to London.
Representatives of the govern
ment as we'll as the royal family
were among the reception COM
mittee at Victoria Station, and
members of the Greek colony in
London also were on hand.
In addition to her mother and
father the Princess encourage
consisted of her two sisters,
Princess Paula and Princess
Elizabeth, of Greece, and the
latter's husband, Count Toerring-
Jerrerbach.
Princess Marina and her pa.
rents will remain as guests at
Buckingham Palace until the day
of the wedding.