The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-13
THE NANKING COMMANDMENT
AND IT'S SIGNIFICANCE
By E. ETTLINGER


With the bombardment of Marking and the feverish
preparations of the mperalists in China, the Chi
revolutionary struggle enters a phase.
Hitherto the capitalist groups in China relied to a
great extent on the various lords to crush the
Chinese revolution, and literally supplied them with
money, and With the capture of Shanghai
and Marking and the collapse of the northern armies
the mperiasts have lost all faith in the power of the
the Cantonese army
Two Wrong Ideas.
In this connection must get rid of two
ideas The first is that the capitalist powers in China
have experienced a change of heart and after four
decades of the ruthless exploitation and oppression
chastened and will make concessions to the New
China This belief is held in pseudo socialist and liberal
circles and is sponsored by the Chamberlain memoran-
dunn China and the vague proposals of Secretary
Kellogg of his willingness enter into conference
with united China This theology sedulously cultivated
by the capitalist powers hides behind fair words their
real policy of aggression in China
The second mistake which must guard against is
that the capitalist powers beaten in China and
now ready to withdraw their military forces and to
abandon their system of economic exploitation in that
country
The real facts of the situation that the imperial
lists in China openly preparing fight by force
the further advance of the Chinese revolution That is
the meaning of the Marking bombardment of the
screaming headlines of war; Chinese atrocities of the
necessity of queling CHINESE MOBS by STEEL of the
ncessent antChinese propaganda filling the cap
alist press The basis of this campaign is to create
psychology develop the theological campaign for
foreign Intervention The sending of additional troops,
the barbed wired entangements the setting up of bar
rcades in the international settlements the provocative
tone of the mperaists in China all that the issue
between the Chinese revolution and Imperialism will be
settled by force.
Atrocity Stories.
In order hide the real significance of the struggle
in China that is to hold at all costs their economic and
political privileges to exploit ruthessly the Chinese
Masses the capitalist press is spreading the atrocy
headlines about the of and chill
dren, about the fear of foreign uprising etc. What
the mperalists aiming at is provoke an uprising
of the Chinese which will give them an excuse to con-
duct large scale.
In this development we must understand the part
being played by American imperialism. With the rush
ing of marines, sailors and warshps to China with the
American bombardment of Marking and the defense of
the international settlement at Shanghai, the United
States government has dropped its pretense of friend
ship for Chinese nationasm and has arrayed itself on
the side of British Imperialism with view to crush the
Chinese revolution. This in spite of the very sharp
economic differences between the interests of British
and American capitalism in China. These differences
have not been obterated They still remain but for the
moment have been submerged by the recent events
Two Tendencies.
There are two powerful tendencies at work in Amer
lea in regard to the policy to be adopted towards China.
One advocates the withdrawal of all Americans from
China and policy of friendship towards the
tive elements among the Chinese nationalist movement,
the second group advocates close cooperation with Brit
sh Imperialism and joint policy Of intervention The
policy of cooperation with British Imperialism has tri-
umphed and this is due primarily to the fact that the
American ruling class is beginning recognize the real
revolutionary character of the Chinese revolution
movement not only of national independence but one
directed against world Imperialism and in order to stem
this tide of revolution America has joined in united
front against China The policy of British Imperialism
the policy of the mailed fist of strong display force
has riumphed and Imperialism is endeavorng close
its ranks and srange the Chinese nationalist movement
before it becomes too powerful Can it do this? The
is "Not if the Working Class of the World pre-
vent it."
The Mass Front
The fate of the Chinese revolution will be decided not
only in China but also by the action the working class
take support the Nationalist movement. The thesis
Of Lenn that the fate of the World Revolution is nsep-
arably bound up with the struggles Of the exploited
colonial peoples for freedom is clearly born by the
Chinese events. More and the struggle becomes
one between Capitalism and the forces of World Revo
luton. In order to the of the Chinese
revolution the working class must mobilize against the
mperiast policy Of intervention.