The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-09
After Marking


grGity Of the situation created bg the action of the
British government IN precpitdting rupture Nth
the government of the U.s. S. r. The main reason
for the action of Great B7Gs is her defeat in China
at the hands Of the Nationalist government which
enjoys the benevolent neutrality of the Soviet Union
and the octive support of citizens of the u s. S. r.
The following article by the editor Of The Comn1itr
ist International N. BtthGrirs the NGnking
sGcre and the strategy Of the ipperalist powers i
China should be read cGretaILy aOith Uieso to using
its analysis of the Chinese situation az key to
UnraUeL the that Is pVcyed IN the daily press
bU the capitalist liars stationed IN Shanghai and
Picking.
1t is nell to add that The DAILY WORKER has
correctly diagnosed the Chinese struggle and our
ability to do this is chiefly due to the correct itoma
ton and political direction supplied bg the UGrioNs
statements of the Communist international the
questjon.-Edjtor,
THE British censorship is doing everything in it's
power to prevent the masses from learning the
truth about the destruction Of Marking and it must
be admitted that SO far the censor has been very
successful. In Great Britain, during the first days
after the massacre of the defenceless population of
Marking, the general public was under the impress
sion that sad incidents had taken place, that
there victims on both sides, and that the
Americans and British suffered most. Evidently
however, the ruling class Of Great Britain are not
convinced that the versions which they have crcu-
lated to justify their brutal and unprecedented
crime will meet with the sympathy of the broad
masses of the population They are using the short
period at their disposal, before the secret becomes
generally known, in preparing the country to
ceive the about the breaking out of hostlites
a wide scale.
The moulding of public opinion along these lines
began the first day after the occupation Of Shanghai
by the national armies. The time that elapsed be-
tween the Shanghai victory and the Marking bonn
bardment was utilized to convince the country of
the need for decisive action and more violent
methods against the victorious Chinese Revolution
There is hardly any necessity to prove that
the Marking program carefully prepared. 1t
was not expected The most convincing document in
this connection is the appeal of the Shantung clique
circulated in Marking on the eve of the lombard
ment. The Shantung clique which is in permanent
contact with the mperiasts, wrote in their appeal
the following
'The Great Powers will not permit that Nan
king be captured by the Canton forces. The
occupation of Marking will signify its destruc-
tion The guns of the battleships are all turned
towards the town"
The Shantung predictions came true. The occu-
patton of Marking actually led to the destruction
of great masses of the population and Of some
thickly populated sections of the town. The guns
of which the Shantung clique spoke actually brought
death to Marking; this gunfre will be recorded in
history as the beginning of new great war
The military situation supplies the strategcal
PLANTATION for the destruction of Marking. But this
explanation is not sufficient alone The military aim
could have been achieved without the violent des-
truction of Chinese city. The character and
tent of this pogrom mark the Marking lombard
ment as a reprisal for the taking of Shanghai as
attempt at military hostilities on big scale in
order to stem the progress of the Chinese revolu-
ton.
The British press started the political prepare
ton for the military attack the Chinese Revolu-
ton during the first few hours after the Chinese
victory. This preparation was carried on brutaly,
cynically and IN organized manner. The British
press called things by their real names.
The Shanghai correspondent of the "Daily Tele-
graph" is the we-known Ashmead Bartlett. On
Monday, March 81 at 2S0 p. m, he sent cable
to this paper about the lootng and atrocities per-
petrated by the Canton forces He consoed his
compatrots however, with the information that an
emergency situation had been declared in the for
eign settlement, joyfully emphasizing that there
1900 American sailors among the foreign forces
who will help to restore order A few hours later
he sent another cable declaring that there no
civilians in the foreign settlement, as all have
donned military uniforms. He added that there are
10000 people of various nations in Shanghai
rounded by 100000 mad Cinnamon"
Ashmead Bartlett even described the sentiment of
those foreigners. Here is what he wrote:
"At night our immense front is patrolled by
small groups of soldiers behind barbed wire,
hoping against hope that someone will attack
them, for really the strain of keeping back these
armed hordes by peaceful persuasion is becom-
ing intoerabe. | cannot imagine that any other
troops would have shown the patience ours have
displayed"
The author adds to this work of art in describing
the hopes and despars of the British that:
ut is certain that there will be disagreeabe
incidents during the week"
WE have taken only few passages from these
" cables published in the "Daily Telegraph" of
March 22nd. Two days later we find more definite
communication in the Times" The correspondent
of that ponderous publication does not spare any
coloring in describing the chaos prevailing outside