The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-09

cation of ''The Negro Work.
err" now issued at Post Box
154, Brussels, Belgium. We
learn the reason for it in the
September number Of the magazine
which has just arrived here.
THE Negro Workers" exposure
of the slave rule Of British impe-
rialiSm in the African colonies, not
only has driven Sir P. Cunliffe.
Lister, British Colonial Secretary
into a frenzy, but made him lose
his diplomatic equilibrium.
A Gold Coast delegation, headed
by Mana Sir Ofori Alta, journeyed
to England to join the growing pro-
test against the fascist Sedition Bill
adopted in that colony. The deleea-
ton was interviewed by Sir Cum
liffe-Lister, the Governor of the
Gold Coast colony, and Sir Shelton
Thomas.
The delegation demanded tha
withdrawal of the bill on the ground
it tended further to shackle the
Negro masses to the slavery of the
British overlordS. They pointed out
1t prevented the circulation of revo-
lubionary literature, muzzled the
native press, and allowed only the
propaganda of the shareholders to
be read.
Sir Cunliffe angrily stated his re-
fusal to withdraw the bill. He stood
up at his desk, his face red with
rage. He drew out copy of THE
Negro Worker" his hands trembling
with anger He read extracts from
1t, exposing the role of British inn
perlalism. Thousands of copies of
this foul and obnoxious tract are
being circulated among the ma
tives," he shouted. Then he flung
the magazine to the floor, and ush-
cred the delegation out.
pEPLYING to the ruf7ed Secre-
~ tary, THE Negro Worker"
writes:
I'VE take pride in the fact that
despite all obstacles, its message
is penetrating the slave pens OF
British imperialism and is cans
ing discomfort to the expIoiters.
We can assure the gallant and
noble Colonial Secretary and his
ilk that we shall leave no stone
unturned to break through the
barrier erected, and carry to the
native toiIers the message of reyo-
luhonaTy struggle as the only way
out of the barbarOus slave ex-
ploitatiOn and national oppression
to which they are subjected by
the British ruling Glass;
PECENTLY, in preparation for
AZ bloody street struggles against
the united front, the Paris bourgeois
press carried lying stories of the
arming of the workers. We quote
from a recent article in ''L'Human-
1te," central organ of the Com
munist Party of France, written by
Marcel Cachin on this subject.
Referring to the failure of the
Radical Socialists to fight for the
disarmament and disarmament Of
the Fascist gangs, Comrade Cachin
says:
They admit that the fascists
are armed, but they also say that
the workers of the united front are
armed, and that, therefore, Justice
would demand the dissolution Of
both. We cannot permit them to
distort the truth.
NOBODY can deny today that the
~ Fascist leagues are armed. Their
chiefs brag about it cynically. The
leaders of the fascist Solidarite
Franchise affirm this fact in their
newspapers. We have already
quoted a number of extracts from
them. They conduct daily revolver
practice in their training camps,
whose addresses are known to the
police. The Croix de Ecu march in
military formation between Paris
and Chantilly. The gentlemen of
the Action Franchise boast that thew
have already designated their VIC
tins for assassination. These provo
cations to murder have been made
time and again in their press with
out the slightest protest of the
authorities. Seventy-hve groups of
fascists have prepared to raid the
homes of Socialist and Communist
leaders.
Who can dare compare this at
titude of the putschists and assas-
sins with the organization of the
united front?"
cATURDAY will be critical day
= in France, as the cabinet crisis
Will have advanced pretty far by
that time, and the Doumergue
forces have already modified their
armed bands to take to the streets
in a provocative demonstration
against the united front. The
National Union of War Vets, off,
cered by outstanding fascists, will
demonstrate then, and at a signal
from the Doumergue government
will attempt to make the demon
stration bloody lever to force over
the fascist amendments to the
constitution.
Both the Socialist and Communist.
Parties are mobilizing the workers
to be ready to mass their forces for
action. "Populaire," Socialist paper,
and 'Humanite," Communist pa
per, have both issued the following
appeal: "All workers of the Paris
region must be vigilant, and hold
themselves ready to respond to the
appeal of their organizations
SNAP INTO IT!