SPORTS INTERNATIONAL URGES WORKING YOUTH TO ORGANIZE ATHLELIC GROUPS
SPORTS' INTERNATIONAL URGES WORKING YOUTH TO ORGANIZE ATHLETIC GROUPS j^WjUNG able-bodied worker* the world over mri urged to ot> Y' Arrize labor athletic societies in connection withx their...
...L*bor Olympiad, held la j^-^^farfm-thP-Msln last July...
...j' ^gttfi**' ateeumj of the Lucerne'*—'----------aiyna JaWrnatlonal...
...Tbe Paris resolution placed a ban on...
...gam** with organisation* that had seceded from the Lucern International...
...They have dabased the currency to conform to the depreciating French franc Today a Syrian pound, which waa th* same in value as the Turkish pound, is worth only SO percent of the latter...
...Professing the loveliest sentiments France has almost ruined the country by taxes to pay th* Al, gerlan and...
...We know it is easier tor th* League to stop a Greco-Bulgarian war than to interfere In French affairs, but if It to powerless now it will sorely disappoint true friends of peace...
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...We wait with curiosity to see what the Permanent Mandate Commission o°rv the League will do about It...
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...Senegalese and French troops who oppress It...
...L^ap pspalarly called, waa attended j-ufjBlfB'r-elaht delegates from nine...
...The rnsrtdiurn of the Communist Sport International has welcomed the Paris resolution aa affording a chance tor "boring from ' within" and trying to convince the rank and ale of the Lucerne International of the seed for speedy unity...
...It is" emphasized that the aim oi SftT-sport societies should be to train the workers physically and zzffmj for participation, not only in games, but also for their part ^jBtTtaTtiggie against capitalism...
...Partisans of the League have assured Us that the mandate system, will cure Imperialism...
...The ¦Ssja efSjH.OSO mark* (147.800) lniasd «t Frankfort had already been '¦ffjmtjff ehen the Congress jnet, early ^ Ifistntfrr It was decided to bold swsast'/Sympiad In 1931, and In the ^ssatlaM te promote a series of InterattJosSl 'games every year, the hlg ssaats *w 1936 being scheduled for IgttjH'ThUand, and Austria In July j**S*ltssrland In August...
...Outside of Russia, where the labor athletic society j* said t* have considerable strength, the only country where the Communist Sporting groups amount to anything 1* Csechoslovakla, where th* split in th* regular Socialist organisation in 1931 gave them about 80,000 members...
...The next congress will be held in Helslngf ore...
...Syria never wanted French government at all...
...Th* Pari* congress voted for th* founding of an lnternaUenal labor sports Journal and a picture service...
...Edward Mead Sari*, an authority on th* Near Seat, tells us in the_ Nation that French government ha* been "arbitrary, unsympathetic'and brutal...
...Tet Turkey was down and out In 1918 and has had no mandatory power to help itAll these years of Syrian complaint the League ha* don* nothing—not even to make Syria'* wrong* public II the Leaguay rna/iniaps , this poJkjy.it will prove itself an lnstrumenfc>of Imperialism' In Asia whatever It may he in Europe...
...Tbe present insurrection which brought about th* wanton bombardment of Damascus by the French la the sixth slnoe French rule began...
...The resolu,Oea soncluded by noting that if event* stoats indicate th* possibility of an aTaoUve union with th* Communist fpsrt International th* matter would 9* put up to the next congress...
...step toward eventual unity of th* pBw rports organisation* of the world s*S lit up at the Congress when It waa nsaaimouslp decided that, although at si sunt if was not advisable to comply with the Communist Sport International^ pet* tor union, aa voiced in Paris 'ftp It* aVeretary, Frits Beuaaner, of Moscow', contests might be arranged with labor sport organisations in countries not affiliated witrr the Lucerne hsafaStlonal, provided that the athletes and their companions be selected kg the societies participating and that 9VSM guests be pledged to refrain ffojn btklnr part in political or sportiagdnaonstrations, except as permitted 9v *gra«nient between the national •^sanations concerned...
...Report* In gsoitiiif press of those countries 'skew active preparations under way ¦kejb* *«nies...
...SPORTS' INTERNATIONAL URGES WORKING YOUTH TO ORGANIZE ATHLETIC GROUPS j^WjUNG able-bodied worker* the world over mri urged to ot> Y' Arrize labor athletic societies in connection withx their Socialtm if fil ind nnion activities and form national federations, which L earn can be affiliated with the International Workers' Association t Sports and Physical Culture, in an appeal issued by the Paris \%jbp» of that International...
...Th* old oAoars ware re-elected and th* headquarters retained In Belgium...
...representing about 1,300,000 ll«aaa Secretary Jules Devllerer -f-fS*jjjSsent Brldoux rave enthusias-ajMerbl of th* progress of th* InBBSp*y and the treat success of asj> ttrst...
...Barle suggests some 'simple steps that might be taken to make It easier for the Syrians to tell their trouble* to the League and to set them forward on the road to independence...
...Let's see...
...Syria and * Sincerity France governa Syria nominally under a mandate from the League of NaUons...
Vol. 3 • February 1926 • No. 6
