The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-05
Trade Union Developments in the Asiatic
and Pacific Countries
BY A.FLozovsKY.

TINE fight for the unity ofsthe inter
i nationai& trade Union movement
and the erection of united Interna-
tional embracing the workers Of all
Continents, has up to recently encoun-
tered a great obstacle in the arrogance
of the European labor aristocracy.
Until the war Europe possessed the
financial, Industrial and political heg-
emony of the world-a fact which
found expression in the leading bodies
of the socialist and trade union move
ment, upon which the Internationals
were based and which were entirely
limited to Europe.
These remnants of pre-war psyche
logy dominate up to the present the
minds of the leaders of the reformist
labor movement who do not like going
beyond the confines of Europe. They
Intentionally refuse to understand that
enormous upheaval which has come
about as a result of the war, of the
October revolution and the rise of
real world Internationals, the Com
munist International and the Red In
ternationaI of Labor Unions. 1t is
only recently that, international refor-
mism has designed to cast glance al
the East, because the labor movement
of the East is assuming revolution,
airy character and disturbing the plans
.,of International reformism.
: I'm the meantime the labor move
ment is growing in every corner OF
the earth, and a number of interna-
tional tasks are arising, which can
only be solved by common interna-
tional action. In connection with this
a whole number of projects have re-
Gently arisen which are highly charac-
teristic of the attitude Of the labor
movement of the new countries on
the stage of international politics. OF
such projects there are at present
three:
1. The prominent Japanese refor-
mist Bundshi Susuki Ga Japanese
bourgeois paper describes him as "Our
japanese Gompers") spoke at the Con-
ference of the international Labor Of
the unions of India regarding the con
flee, which is affiliated to the League
of Nations, with representatives OF
vening of Pan-Asiatic Labor Confer
ence. According to the proposals OF
Susuki, this Labor Conference is to
be participated in by representatives
of the trade unions of Japan, China,
Persia, Siam, Afghanistan, BaIuchis
tan, the Philippines, India, Egypt, Pal
estIne, and Turkey.
2. The Trade Union Council of New
South Wales has taken up the initia
tive is calling conference Of the
trade unions Of the Pacific countries
for the list Of May 1926. AS the Aus
tralian "Daily Standard" reports, the
secretary OF the trade union council
Garden, Che took part in the II. Con
gress of the Red International OF La
Dor Unions) has sent an invitation to
the labor organizations Of China, ia
pan, Canada, the Philippines, the Ha-
wall Islands, Singapore, India, South
Africa and the United States, in which
invitation it is pointed out that this
conference is called to discuss the
questions of the Pacific
3. The same Australian newspaper,
the "Daily Standard, reports that the
Executive Committee Of the Austria
liam Labor Party has decided to ar
range a conference to be held in Hon
oIuIu In November 1926, Of the repre-
sentatlves Of the countries Of the Pa.
cific. To this conference there are
to be invited representatives Of those
trade union workers and kindred ~
organisations Of all countries Of the
Pacific who stand for the maintenance
of peace.