The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-21
CHINESE STATE
CHRISTIANS ARE
FOREIGN TOOLS
Declare Religions Dope
Is National Obstacle
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great impetus thru the action of the
executive committee of the anti
christian league at their recent SEES
sion here in organizing for a real
struggle against the influence Of the
missionaries. The committee met in
the assembly hall of Kwantung Uni
versity. A board of directors, secre-
tariat, organization director, investi-
gators, finance, publication, and propa-
ganda committees, were selected to
carry on the work. Resolutions were
passed demanding that all schools be
placed under Chinese government con-
troll and that the activities of mis-
sionary educational institutions be
strictly limited.
The close connection between the
"christianizing of China" and its i'm
perialistic oppression is indicated by
the declaration of the league.
Declaration of Anti-chrlstian League.
1.-THE present calamity and civil
wars Of our country is the result OF
imperialist aggression towards China.
Because we wish to emancipate our
selves from the imperialist yoke, we
therefore are organizing great anti
imperialist movement. Imperialist
schemes for invading China are very
aggressive and their ways of encroach-
ing upon China are many. The i'm.
perialists not only use military power,
protocols, goods and methods in col
fusion with the militarists in order
to seize the reins of our political and
economical power, but also they use
"serviIe education" and religion to
influence our minds so as to make
our Chinese, passive to the imperi-
alists.
1.-THE imperialist plans for attack
ing us are varied, and our ways for
defending ourselves are also different.
The aim of our anti-christian move
ment is to fight the imperialist or
gans, the churches. and their methods
of spreading "servile education" AS
the anti-christian movement is a
movement against Imperialism and
for Chinas emancipation, the princi-
pie of the founding of our Kwantung
anti-christian league is to help to ac-
complish the work of China's anti
imperialist movement.
Christianity and the other religions
are obstacles in the progress of our
ideals and minds. Then why should
we protest against christianity alone?
We won't protest against it if present
day christianity is Christ's christiani-
ty. We are against it simply because
present-day christianity is a tool of
the imperialists. The imperialists use
churches and missionary schools to
manufacture Chinese slaves whose
ideals and minds are naturally in
fiuenced by Imperialism. The result
of this is that they produce Chinese
who are pro-imperialists By effecting
this, the imperialist will use these
slaves so as to hinder our anti-im-
perialist movement.
For this reason, the aim and duty
Of our anti-christian league is to
Illustrate the secret plots of the i'm
perialists, who are destroying China's
national movement, and their impe-
realistic powers in China, in order
to strengthen the force of our masses.
Because Chinese christians are 10
huenced by the imperialists, are mere
tools-they support their interest and
work for the advantage of the impe-
rialists in China, so our league be-
cause it is anti-imperialist has to be
at the same time anti-christian.
But if the Chinese christians would
prove to US that they are real Chi
nese, supporting China and fighting
against imperialists, our league would
desist from protesting against them.
We should be very glad to cooperate
with them to carry out the aims of the
anti-imperialist movement.
Our league is an organization of
the Kwantung masses. We can no
longer suffer the oppression of the
imperialists and therefore we imme-
diately plan to free ourselves from
the imperialists bondage by holding
an anti-christian movement as we'll as
an anti-imperialist one. We masses
should first unite ourselves in order
to have stronger and greater force
and be ready to fight against christi
anity the tool of Imperialism. Let us
acclaim the following watchwords:
Down with the "servile education"
OF the imperialists.
Recover our educational rights.
Support the anti.imperlalist stu
dents OF the missionary schools.
Down with the churches which are
imperialistlc tools.
Down with Imperialism.
Long live the unincation OF China's
revolutionary movement.
Long live the emancipation OF
China.