The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-27
HANDS OFF CH|NAi
MEETING GETS A
fine RECEPTION
Chicago Workers and
Chinese Join Hands
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ence, and s. P. Wong giving in de-
tail the account of the present upris
ing and its beginning in the Shang
hal strike of cotton mill workers
against the Japanese imperialists.
These mill workers are driven al
top speed for IA hours or more a daH
for pay of about so cents day
The strike movement, so brutally ali
tackled by the British police troops
grew out Of this, and the speaker ap,
pealed to the American workers.
sense Of class justice that the strike
movement was fully justified. The
wanton murders of the student de-
monstrators which followed, were eu
planned in detail and the battle al
Canton given a different view than
that which is given in the capitalist
tpress of America.
Soviet RUSSIA Friend.
The only foreign government which
treated China as an equal and as 8
friend, was Soviet Russia, declared
S. P. Wong, and to the American
workers he wished to give the ap
peal Of the Chinese people, not to pen
NIT American collaboration with the
hated British and Japanese in the
present attacks on the Chinese liberal
ton movement and possible interveus
ton to prevent this great movement
of all the people of China to rule
their own land.
William F. Dunno, editor Of the
DAILY WORKER, gave comprehem
sive history Of imperialist oppressiorl
of China. Britain had forced the
opium trade upon China, and doped
and disarmed, the Chinese nation had
become the prey of foreign robbers
plundering its resources and enslavina
its population.
Comrade Dunno dwelt at length us
on the national liberation movement
headed by the Kuo Min Tang and ito
recently deceased founder, Dr.. Sun
Vat Sen. The liberation movement I'd
profoundly important to the proles
tartan movement Of class liberationl
The cutting on of western impes
rialism from its feeding grounds By
the success of a movement for nations
al liberation, would alone rock world
capitalism to its foundation.
Identity Of Interest
Asserting the identity Of interest
between the oppressed nationalltiea
of the Orient and the exploited pros
letariat Of the western nations, Cons
rade Dunno declared his belief that
the masses Of China and the far east
generally, would, shoulder to shouIdeT
with the revolutionary proletartAt IN.
der the banner of the Communist I'M
ternational, march together toward a
new society, the first outpost Of which
is the Union of Socialist Soviet Re
publics.
The third Chinese speaker, C.. T.
Chi, speaking for the Chinese st1l.
dent club of the University of Chi,
cago, brot the greetings and apprecia-
ton of his fellows to those American
workers who are striving to awaken
their class to the bond which should
unite them with the bitterly oppresa.
ed people of China. Only upon the
workers, and upon such friendly pow.
ers as Soviet Russia, the great nation
ruled by workers and peasants, could
China depend in its fight for liberia
ton, for self-determination.
Spirited Conclusion.
Brief addresses were made by Bar
ney Mass, secretary of the Young
Workers League and Manuel Gomez,
secretary Of the All-America Anti-Im-
perialist League. The meeting closed
with spirited singing Of the Inter-
rationale, after adopting a resolution
by unanimous vote demanding that
the United States government with
draw all armed forces from China,
abolish the hated extra-territorial laws
indemnify the families of the murder
ed students and workers already slain
by foreign troops, punishment OF
those guilty of their murder, abolish
the robber treaties of violence and
recognize the complete independence
of China as a sovereign nation.