The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-07

RATIFICATION
A new TRICK
UPON CHINA
Ancient Pacts Signed
to Check Liberation

WASHINGTON, .. c., August s.
Another step in the compromises by
which the lmperlalist powers hope to
"pacify" China and defeat the rising
liberation movement, as we'll as a
new step in the establishment Of
America as an lmperiallst competitor
with the other great bandit nations,
occurred today when formal exchange
Of ratification by the powers to two
treaties.
The crafty open door" policy ini-
tiated by Secretary of State. Hay, be-
came formal treaty policy acknow-
lodged and accepted with fingers eros
sed by the other imperialist powers.
So, also, did the plan for revising to
a slight degree upward, China's Gus
toms revenue.
Keep chlna's Government Weak
For decades, the foreign powers
have starved China's government by
decreeing that 1t could collector
rather that Great Britain would col
lect, since English officers supervise
Chinese custom houses--only Ave per
cent customs duties. Where other ma
tons have charged 40 to 100 per cent
duties, and despite the additionally
devotion to protective tariff" Of the
ruling parties In America, China has
been permitted to get only five per
cent, and, the indemnities and "loans"
forced upon her are collected from
this means by foreign powers.
Naturally, the imperialist powers
who depended on exporting goods to
China, wished to have no hindrance
placed on marketing them there. so
China had to agree to being starved
governmentally by a reduction OF gov
ernmental income to an absurd mini
mum. She had to agree because she
was powerless to face the guns of
imperialist aggression.
Not a Free Nation
Even now one should not think
China is going to be freed" The
notifications concerning customs re-
vision today merely allows for China
within three months to set a later
date for customs conference and
outline the means of giving China, in
stead of one crumb-a crumb and a
half or even two crumbs. That is to
say, the imperialists are going to
allow an increase from ave per cent,
to between seven and hasff and ten
per cent, on customs revenue.
The nation which is so hedged
about and subjected to the wishes of
other nations that she has to get
eight other nations to agree on mo-
dification of such sovereign right,
is scarcely sovereign nation in fact.
A New Yarn on Tap
Secretary Kellogg again States that
the diplomatic body in Picking is
drafting a note to China setting forth
the attitude of the imperialist powers
on IAN early conference to settle
the question of extraordinarily
If this is true, which it may not be,
judging from the rapidity with which
Kellogg has made such announce
ments before and Immediately denied
them, American imperialism is in
way to get another forced concession
from Great Britain's interests, as
abolition of extra-territoriality or
even hint of it, will cripple British
standing while forwarding American
interests.
Open Door-for Burglars
The ratification of the "open door,
policy today is one gain for American
Imperialism. Now 1t seeks to push
further. None of these maneuvers,
Of course, is done for China, though
deal Of talk about the helping
hand" and so on is given. China is to
be tricked into passive attitude and
left to hold the sack If she expects
any aid in real national liberation
from Anarfca