The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-29

supreme arbiter of the ebb
and flow of tides" the
brother of the MOON" be-
sides being the possessor Of
"a umbrellas would have to
submit to a political upsurge and
the conflict between various inn
perialist powers and abdicate the
throne of Siam.
But that's exactly what King
Prajadhipok OF Siam, who has all
of these titles, and a few more, had
to DO.
Just what we're the forces
in Siam that forced the
King to take this move while
he was sojourning in London
have not been made clear. He
claims it's a quarrel over criminal
law, whether he or the courts
should have the last word as to
whether peasant should be tor
tured to death. Among the feudal
lords of Siam, this is not really an
important matter.
For some time now, the king has
been sitting on a wobbly throne.
A furious struggle has been going
on between Franch and British inn
perialism for domination of Siam,
The king came to the United States
several years ago, flirting with Wall
Street, and the U. S. ambassador
is more than persona grata. But
that didn't help much. Both the
French and British utilized the
growing discomfort of the ruling
cliques, which, in turn, was en-
phasized by the upsurge from be-
low. The falling price of rice, the
increased resistance of the peas
ants to the feudal landowners, had
more to do with the kings abdica-
ton than the fine points of whose
word should accompany the peasant
to the torture wrack.
Prajadhipok quit while he was in
London preparing to make trip to
the United States. Since British
imperialism prefers to rule through
native puppet kings and princes,
the king must have done something
or said something to indicate that
his allegiance rested with some
other power. The kings leaving
will not solve whatever conflict is
going on. but will intensity it. The
masses, observing that the supreme
arbiter of the ebb and flow of tides"
can be gotten rid of, will try to rid
themselves of the supreme arbiters
of the soil and their labor"
WE have just received the second
W number November, 1884 of
the magazine China Today, which
even surpasses the first issue. Space
does not permit of an adequate re-
view, but we quote the following
from the London Daily Worker"
on the first issue of this splendid
magazine, China Today"
A highly interesting develop
ment is the appearance of an
American monthly China Today
Interesting because it marks the
growth of a public which wants
to know the facts about events in
China.
81 believe it true to say that
this is the only periodical in the
English language reporting the
progress of Soviet China. But 1t
ought not to remain for long the
only one. There's room for a
China Today in England, too"
We are sure, when this magazine
reaches Soviet China, or the reYo-
lutionary workers and peasants in
Kuomintang China, its praise will
ring throughout the vast reaches Of
that country. 1t is one OF the
greatest accomplishments ever made
in. this country to mobilize the
American workers for support Of
the Chinese revolution, the Chinese
Soviets.
The last issue sold out rapidly.
We urge our readers to write today
to the Friends of the Chinese Peo~
pie, 1853 West 23rd Street, New York
City, enclosing Is cents for one
copy, or $3.50 for yearly subscrip-
ton.
ITALY.-The fascist newspaper III
i Cantiere," writing on the situa-
ton in the sulphur mines of Sicily,
is forced to admit that in the IL
years of the fascist regime the con-
ditions under which the sulphur
miners work have not improved,
but worsened. The number OF
workers employed in the sulphug
mines has fallen off from 10000 to
about 1000, and many of these have
not even regular work. Wages,
which were Is lire per day in 1923,
had sunk to about u by 1929. In
this year the first working agree
ment was concluded between the
sulphur miners and the owners.
The aforementioned paper is, how
ever, obliged to admit that. To-day
the wages are even lower, as the
agreement has never been COM
pletely adhered to. !" This Is
the reason of the repeated demon
STATIONS by the sulphur miners for
work and adequate wages A re-
cent demonstration was in Catani-
setta.
A correspondent OF the "Voce
Operaia" (Workers' Voice. has re-
ceived the following details from, q
woman who has just returned from
visi. to her family at Serravezza
near Carrara, in Italy. This woman
stated: At one time SerrayezZa was
q place where the population lived
fairly well. Most of the workers
we're employed in the marble quar-
rics or in working up the marble;
some were employed in a metal
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