The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-24

A FTER the retreat of the peoples
1 \ armies from Honana IN Central
China and from Tientsin and Picking
in North China the white terror will
spread even further than hitherto. I'm
less effectual means are found to
break its force, the movement for free
dom may even be paralyzed. It is
necessary to know how furiously the
white terror is already raging in China
and how much worse it threatens to
become.
On March IS, Tuan She Sui, the tool
of the imperialists, opened sharp fire
on unarmed demonstrators who were
protesting against the ultimatum of
the imperialistic powers with regard
to blockading the Chinese river Peiho;
more than 70 persons were killed and
hundreds wounded.
The magistrate of the international
quarter in Shanghai took unwarrant-
able liberties; he gave direct orders
to the local military ruler Sun Chuan
Fang to shoot down, according to mar
tial law, leader of the peasants and
the president of the Shanghai trades
council.
The murderers have a legal justifi-
cation for all such foul proceedings.
AS already reported, there Is in China
a law against robbers and law for
protection, which can of course be ap-
piled at any time against robbers.
Since 1914, thousands of revolutions
aries have fallen victims to these
laws. If the law for police protection
is strictly carried out, any organic
alton, any association, any meeting
can be prohibited and the participants
arrested, while according to the law
against robbery, any person who is
disapproved of can simply be shot.
Attitude of international ProIetariat.
NEEDLESS to say, the proIetariat
~ of the whole world and above all
of Japan and England must raise the
sharpest protest against the interven-
ton and the interference of the inter-
national imperialists in Chinese af-
fairs, against the blockade of Canton,
against the ultimatum demanding the
evacuation Of the Taku forts, and
against the employment of japanese
and Russian white guardist soldiers
in Chinese uniforms to fight against
the Chinese people. 1t is imperative
that they should try, under the slogan
of Hands off China" to rescue their
oppressed Chinese brothers from the
clutches of the imperiahst colonial pol
iticians.
1t is well known that the Chinese
peasants and workers, who comprise
more than 80 per cent of the popu-
lation of China are the chief forces
of the revolution. They have already
proved by heroic fighting how serious
ly they take the revolution. But how
is it possible, unprotected and unarm-
ed, threatened by inhuman laws, to
fight against the bayonets, machine
guns, big guns, and tanks Of the i'm
perialists? 1t is then the task and
the sacred duty of the international
proletariat to come to their aid and,
in united front with the pacifists,
to start vigorous action against the
white terror in China. They should
also support with all energy the de-
mand of the Chinese for a law for
protection of peasants and workers.
There is at the present moment a
good opportunity for the international
proletariat to intervene, now, when
the international imperialists are hold.
ing conference on extraordinarily
in Picking. Altho the imperialists are
guilty of further interference In Chi
nese affairs. in that they are under
taking Investigations into Chinese
laws and prisons on the strength of
the Washington China agreement OF
1929, the international proletariat
must make use of this opportunity and
above all demand the abolition of the
inhuman laws against robbers and for
police protection and the creation OF
law for the protection Of the work.