The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-24
On the
World Front
By HARRY CANNES
Australian "Convicts"
The Nays Science
Soviet Press Gains
By HARRY CANNES

ONE hundred years ago a
" convict ship was on tbr
high seas sailing from Eng
land to Australia with six
Dorchester laborers on board.
These six workers have been
since known as the Tolpuddls
Martyrs. They were TRANSPORTED IN
the penal colony of Australia IN
orders of Lord Melbourne because
they were pioneers in ORGANIZING
trade unions in the city of Tol-
Dorsetshire.
Now the ruling class of Australia
is celebrating the Centenary of the
Commonwealth, but convenientlv
forgets the Tolpuddle MARTYRS.
whose brilliant history is inspiring
the workers in the battle for the
final victory.
Two proposals are now offered for
the celebration of the Tolpuddla
heroes in England. Walter Citrine,
the William Green of England,
belches his enthusiasm for the Toi@
puddle Martyrs, proposing that the
workers of England today. in the
period of decaying capitalism, on
the eve of new imperialist war,
with mad fascism threatening
everywhere, go back to the days of
the Tolpuddle heroes. What these
labor heroes did in 1884 was exc
tremely revolutionary, the most ad=
step of their day. But to 90
no further now would be betrayinr
the spirit of their sacrifices. and
would be helping to entrench reac-
ton and fascism.
The Communist Party of AUS
tralia, on the other hand, calls on
all workers to join in united front
struggle against fascism in the
spirit of the Tolpuddle fighters
and to celebrate their memory 100
years after they landed as con
victs in Australia by more ener,
advancing the struggle fol
Soviet Power-the greatest monu-
ment that any working class car
erect to its heroes and martyrs in
the age-long struggle against capi-
talist reaction.
CCIENCE may be decaying in capi-
y talism generally, but not in the
navy. The United States navy has
suddenly developed an Unsuitable
hankering otter geodetic and
meteorological surveys. A most un-
usual scene has been picked out for
these scientific ventures, namely,
the Aleutian Islands and Alaska,
which oddly enough is the nearest
land to Japanese terri
tory
The scientific instruments utilized
by the navy for measuring the
water depths, the configuration of
the land, and the geological forna-
tons Of these islands that stray
over toward Northern Japan, are
navy air bombers, submarines and
gunboats.
The head professor of this scien-
tific jaunt is Admiral Cannon. The
object of the voyage of discovery is
to find out how air bases can be
on the Aleutian Islands
for the next imperialist slaughter;
just where the U. S. fleet can be
lodged; where the best hiding
places for submarines are located,
and in general how these islands
can best be used in the rapid prep
arations for a new imperialist con-
1t is not strange at all, under
these circumstances, that scien-
tifically equipped japanese fishing
boats seem to stray into these
waters, curiously observing the
Yankee scientists at their labors.
nIGNIFIED DR.. wellington Koo on
" May IS, as delegate to the League
of Nations, spared none of his elo-
ouence to herate the powers fol-
narcotics into China,
particularly from Manchukuo. As
he put it, the purpose was to "de-
bilitate the spirit and moral of the
Chinese people"
Opium (and now heroin and Coz
caine, as more modern contribu-
tions) is shot through in the his
tory of capitalist penetration in
China. That Japan forces Chinese
peasants to grow opium peoples is
undoubted, and that they are flood
ing China with the cheapest and
deadliest cocaines and heroins has
also been proved beyond the slight
est doubt.
But DR.. Koo is the last one to
speak about it. He comes into
court, not as one opposing the traf-
fic, but as a competitor, opposing
the other firms wares. One of the
greatest sources of income of DR.,
Koo's government, namely, the
Marking regime, ruled over by the
butcher Chang Kai Shek, is opium.
The Marking government itself
collects a dozen different taxes from
opium, in many instances forcing
the peasants to grow it and to
smoke it, in order to swell its war
chest for the fight against the So
Wet districts.
Only last year, DR.. Koo's govern
ment. with the support of Premier
Wang Ching Wei proposed an open,
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