The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-05

America and Japan have been admin
istered strong dose of their own pa
tent medicine-a peace treaty be-
tween the government of China and
the Union of Socialist Soviet Repub-
lies (U S. S. R.) concluded and signed
In secret. DR.. Wellington Koo, foreign
minister of China, and Comrade Kar-
achan, special envoy Of the u. S. S.
r. in Picking, have gone secretly thru
the procedure of signing and exchang-
ing diplomatic notes by which both
countries agree to the resumption of
normal diplomatic relations and to a
settlement of the Chinese Eastern
Railway question satisfactory to both
sides.
Thus came to a successful conclu-
sion a process Of peace-negotiation
between Russia and China which last
ed for many months and which finally
paves the way for great future be-
tween the peoples of the Far East and
the workers and peasants of the Sow
let Union.
Why in Secret?
Altho openly negotiated and openly
arrived at, the actual signing and ex-
change of the treaty documents was
done in secret. Very much so. The
ceremony took place not in the official
Offices of the Chinese government, but
in the private residence of the Chi
nese Secretary for Foreign Affairs, DR.
Wellington Koo. Every humanity pos
sible precaution was taken to prevent
the leaking out of the news before the
signatures were affixed and the notes
exchanged.
Why? Because the great peace
loving" powers of our blessed earth
were bent on preventing, at all cost,
the consummation of peace between
Russia and China. Because the gov
ernments of France, England, and jap
an have been exerting upon China ter
rife pressure not to accept Russia's
offer of peace. Because our own
democratic, humanitarian, "open-
door government in Washington has
been doing all it possibly could to
brighten China away from Russia.
The entire diplomatic corps in Pc
king was busy at the thing. Every
single embassy in China was hatch
ing plots and conspiracies against the
peace-mission of the Russian enemy.
comrade Karachan. 1t was impossible
for him to move a single step ahead
without the representatives of the
great powers Immediately stepping in
to the affair and multiplying all his pre-
vious efforts.
Some three months ago March 14)
the Chinese government had already
been on the verge of accepting the
Russian offer and signing treaty of
peace. But then something happened.
Buttons have been pruned. Wires
pulled. And the Chinese government
found its hands, all of sudden, para
lyzed.
1t was after this experience, we
imagine, that Comrade Karachan sat
down quietly and decided ito pull the
trick" He must have reasoned this
way: have been trying to do it open
ly, frankly and above-board, before
the eyes of the entire world. But they
wouldn't let me. Alright. Then I'll
try their own methods and give them
a dose of their own medicine. Since
they want secret diplomacy, they shall
have it.
And so it happened. On the morn
ing of May 31st the diplomatic corps
in Picking were rubbing their eyes
and murmuring confusedly: Is that
so? They signed the treaty, did they?
Confound themi
Significance of the Event.
II is impossible to over-estimate the
world-importance of this event. China
has been for a long time, and still
is, the prize premium of European i'm
perialism. With it's over four hun
bred million population and immense
natural resources, it presents field
of limitless possibilities for exploita-
tion enrichment and mower IL is the