The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-26
NOTES


~CHANGHAI FALLS; u. S. MARINES LAND"
This is a typical headline of the many that
appeared in the capitalist press of this country early
in the week upon the receipt of the news that the
Nationalist revolutionary army was about to take
control of Shanghai Our so-called open door policy
in China is working out very nicely for the
American imperialists 1t is a door made open for
further penetration, conquest and exploitation of
China by American imperialists instead of by the
older exploiters of Britain, France, Japan, ETC.
The American government is apparently reluct-
ant to Join hands with the discredited government
of Great Britain for common military action against
the Chinese revolution But-and this is the inn
portant thing to remember-not for a single in
stance is the American government taking its hands
off the Chinese situation 1t is continually strength
ening its military forces and defiantly demonstrate
ing it's power before the Chinese. 1t is ceaselessy
maneuverng for split in the revolutionary Peoples
Party of China-the Kuomintang-whch is lead
ing the war of independence. It. own imperialist
government, is skillfuly conspiring against the
Chinese revolution with the view of maxine Aver
lean capitalists the chief beneficiaries Of such
tion against the imperialists Of Britain, Japan,
France etc.
ACCORDING to popular capitalist propaganda
II in this country, American capitalism is supposed
to be less interested in maintaining the rule of
foreign Imperialism in China than is Great Britain.
being comparatively newcomer in the field, is
unwilling to accept as final the old arrangements
whereby Britain and Japan enjoying the posi-
tion of dominancy. American Imperialism wants
elbow room and power for itself, and is pre-
pairing to fight for it by sacrificing the lives of
thousands of American workers. American dip
Iomacy in China is dedicated to nothing else but this
"nobIe" end
ALREADY the investments of American capitalists
"A in China are Of considerable proportions In
the city of Shanghai American Imperialism is in
terested chiefly in industrial enterprises, such as,
tanneries, chemical factories, automobile and to-
bacco concerns etc. American capitalists in Shang
hal large employers of native labor and are
therefore the main enemies of the awakening of the
Chinese workers and of the growth of trade union
ism in China American diplomacy in China is quite
consciously devoted towards breaking the influence
of the Chinese trade unions and the toiling masses
generally upon the Nationalist revolution, the aim
being to bring about a central capitalist govern
nent in China which would agree to sell the country
for joint exploitation by American and Chinese
capitalists. 1t is for this that the capitalist
press in this country treats generously to the
so-caed Communist menace" in China.
THE sympathies of the working class thruout the
world have become so actively in favor Of the
Chinese revolution that the Second Interna-
tional, the sworn fIunkey of world capitalism felt
compelled to issue manifesto calling for the sup
port of the Chinese revolution The pressure Of
the masses seems to have become too strong for
the champions of so-called class peace and class
collaboration.
But in issuing this manifesto the Second Inter-
national makes that it does not fall out of touch
with the imperialist policies of its masters Hence,
it already attempts to limit the scope. contents and
nature of the Chinese revolution by confirming it to
the establishment of "decent" honest-to-goodness
bourgeois democratic government in China. Says
the manifesto
Give your support as much is possible, to
the Nationalist and Democratic liberation move
ment Of the Chinese people which constitutes
the basic condition for the liberation of the
proletariat.
In other words, according to the decree Of the
Second International the Chinese revolution must
not go beyond the establishment of nationalistc
democratic bourgeois government. But suppose the
exploited masses of China Of a mind and have
the power to make a few revolutionary economic