The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-04

Fl. The open door" policy is pre-
tended insistence upon equal rights
for all imperialist nations. 1t was
originally expressed in the Hay doc
trine on China, but has since been
expanded to take in MesopotamiA
Egypt, parts of Europe, ETC.; in fact
IL has become a general slogan of Am
erican foreign policy, when not ap.
piled to Latin-America. In the far
east, the policy means the playing Off
OF Great Britain against Japan, and
an attempt to dislodge BOTH Be-
cause of its hypocritical open door
policy bringing it into conflict with
the directly felt imperialist domina-
ton of Great Britain and Japan, the
United States has created the illu-
sion among sections, of the Chinese
people that her purposes are friendly.
This dangerous idea must be energe:.
ieally combatted Our party should
take the lead in educating the Chinese
as to the real meaning of the open
door" policy and the purposes OF AM
ericdn imperialism.
The Philippines
e. The bitterness of the Philip
pine people against American exploit
ation and tyranny increases daily.
Importance Of the Philippines as the
key to future struggles in the far easi
cannot be overemphasized The anti
independence movement insthe United
States and the dictatorial policy s,
Mood in the suppression of strikes,
numbering of natives, etc, make the
Philippine situation ever sharper and
more nationalist revolutionary in ten
dency.
~. Our party has already develop
ed some influence among the Filipinos
by its defense of their interests. The
American party should intensity and
increase its activities on behalf OF
Philippine independence, tie this up
N the minds of the American work
ers with the situation in China and
the possibilities of war with Japan.
The Filipinos should be made to real
ize that the liberal independence
movement in the United States is not
to be reckoned with as the basis for
spirited fight against American i'm.
perialism in the Philippines, but that
1t must look to the Communist move.
nents and the working class for such
a fight. u5ns
A real effort should be made to or.
ganize the Filipino workers 4 In the
United States as a step to Commun-
list organization on the islands. The
immediate recall of General Wood and
an investigation of his regime should
be called for. Every atrocity in the
Philippines should be the signal OF
protest meetings and resolutions in
the United States. The party should
explain in it's propaganda for indie
pendence that a 9Plattized1 independ
ence Is no independence at all
26. The campaign outlined in the
party's Filipino program is to be
prosecuted vigorously. sin,
n China z4felir
81. The United States continues To
present itself as the hypocritic cham.
pion of the open door" in China. II
has held it open" long enough to get
one foot in. 1t is now trying to get
the other in, and then kick Japan and
later Great Britain out, and close the
door in the faces of the other imperi
alist powers. The hypocrisy of The
"open door" campaign must he ex
posed, the danger of war with Japan
and the Soviet Union. the tyranny Of
the whole foreign intervention. policy
and its significance in making the east
storm center for a new world war
must be kept in the forefront. The
subservience of the American Fedora
American state department has caused
him to issue a announcement of the
same hypocritical tone in the name oil
the A. F. of L. The party and the
anti-imperialist yeague should hasten
TO address an appeal to the members
of the A. +. of l.. explaining TO them
the true state of affairs in China and
presenting a concrete plan Of action
on the part of the American working
class. (Similar use should be made
OF the Latin-American pronounce
men:s OF Green, the conferences call
ed, etc. Our party should intensity
Is work on the Chinese situation and
prepare for a long campaign as tho
far east situation will continue per
haps for years in an acute stage. The
party must demand the abolition oil
the four-power pact, the nine-power
pact, extra.territoriality rights, con
cessions, ETC., etc. 1t must seek fra
ternal relations with the Chinese
working class and especially inten
sify it's relations with the Kuomin
tang. 1t must propose fraternal re
lationships between the American anj
Chinese organized workers, and mobil
lie opinion among the American work
ers against further Intervention and
In favor of the Soviet policy in con
nectionr-with China.
s.hapssc., THE DAWES PLAN.