The producers news., 1927-03-04
CHINA

CHINA
The readers of this newspaper have been kept
well informed on things in China for the past
year. When the papers that are now spreading
the big events happening in the Orient all over
their front pages suppressed the important hap
penings in one of the Oldest civilizations in the
world, the Producers News gave the facts to the
public.
Editorially we backed the people of China in
their fight for freedom from foreign rule and ex-
ploitation
When the Cantonese Army was weakly strug-
Cling for the right we were with them as strong
ly as we are today when they have the allegiance
of 275,O0O,0OO people of their own country. We
always speak out for the right no matter how
weak the cause of those who are struggling for
the right may be, remembering that:
'They the slaves who fear to speak
For the fallen and the weak:
They are slaves who will not choose
Hatred scoffing and abuse,
Rather than in silence shrink
From the truth they needs must think!
They are slaves who dare not be
In the right with two or three"
What the imperialist powers thought was of
oAiAetAA
the hour. On this question our Wheeers and
Walshs silent because their masters desire
them to remain silent.
But China is a tremendous country. 1t is rich
In unexploted national resources, rich in fruitful
soil, rich in cheap labor power. 1t is rich in ev-
erything that promises golden fruits of profit to
investment of surplus capital which cannot find a
market in the homeland of the imperialist capi-
talists. No wonder that China was considered for
long time with cOvetus eyes by all capitalist
powers. No wonder, therefore, that all of these
powers attempted to get firm foothold in China.
FIRST England hoped to extend its conquest of In
dla over the territory Of all Asia. The infamous
opium war was one of the means applied to this
end. But young and vigorous imperialism of
America, of Germany, of France and of Russia
spoiled the plan of imperalist Great Britain. The
policy Of the open door was the sign that Great
Britain would have to share China with other i'm
perialist powers. At least for time, until the
final division of the world, when the contest fOl
world power will be settled and when one victori
Gus and all powerful group of imperalist capital
lists will have all the world under its heels
This would be the ordinary course of events. i
capitalism couG proceed ninterruptedly on it.
natural course. However, it can't do that. The
world which is subject to the exploitation of can
ltallsm Is not inaminate substance but consist!
OF classes of people and of nations And these
classes and nations, which are the objects of cap
italist exploitation, are tremendous forces which
lack nothing to become irresistible except a con
sciOusness of their social and political position az
objects of exploitation, and a consciousness O.
their power. 1t is the fate of capitalism that it,
oppressive exploitation produces this conscious
ness. And the result is resistance of the oppress
ed rebellions of exploited nations, revolution o
the exploited classes.
In China today international capital faces tn
rebellion OF an exploited nation. If victorious thi
rebellion will not merely spoil one of the plan
OF the involved imperialst nations but it will in
terfere with Imperialism as a whole
Only if we understand this can we Judge tn
meaning of all the statements and pronuncamen
tos of the different governments on the Chimes
situation.
Our own Secretary of State is flowing owe
with assurances of friendship for the Chinese pee
pie and with assertions of good will For Will
All public statements of Washington were outrigh
pacifist. But at the same time preparations wer
made to send armed forces to China America
capital, little as British capital, does not il
tend to loosen whatever grip it has on China.
intends to hold on and use the foothold it has fo
'iNA "SSAN991Oi' IL IL speaks a pac1lSt lar
guage, it is not because American imperialism ha
no designs on China. It's designs are to swallo,
it. But it is not yet decided on the methods
1t may swallow it by means of strategv-it ma
get it by means of conquest through mercenarie
la Chang Tso-lin-it may have to conquer it il
self by its own armed forces 1t will try a
methods to achieve its aim. To believe in tn
pacifist assurances of Mr.. Kellogg would be
BETRAYAL of the Chinese masses struUoliror oc,o;
foreign oppression.
PARASITES FLOURISH