The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-01
World Banditry Strives
For Unity of Its Forces
Against the Chinese People
BY ]. LOUIS ENGDAHL.

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develop 100 per cent imperialst unity in the war
China.
1t is recognized, especially in London snd Washing
ton that only thru combined action is there any hope
of defeating the growing military and political strength
Of the Nationalist government
The reply of the Chinese revolution is that the
combined Of the profit nations will not keep
China enslaved to the imperalists
Great Britain and the United States join in taking the
lead in this furious struggle that has developed into
of self defense for the international banditry.
Conditions are not the same today they when
"The Powers" gave the Chinese people blood bath
result of the so-called Boxer Rebellion
At that time the divisions within China, resulting in
the weakness of the nation whole under the Manchu
Dynasty, made possible for the capitalist nations to
indulge in the luxury of divisions among themselves
England and Japan developed their alliance against
the spread of the influence of Russian czarsm Japans
position strengthened thru her victory over czarst
Russia in 1904-5.
It was while her ally Great Britain, was engaged in
life and death struggle with Germany the Euro
pean continent that Japan presented her infamous "21
demands" upon China, the aim being to subject the
young Chinese republic completely to her will
That resulted in Japan leaning less than upon
Great Britain in seeking plumber the continent,
pecialy in Manchura and Korea.
Altho the so-called "open door, policy laid down
by Secretary of State John Hay for the United States
in 1885, resulted in raising this country somewhat in
the esteem of the Chinese people nevertheless, Hays
Omc interests Of the United States This appears very
plainly from the statement of W. W. Rockhl, former
United States minister to China.
After referring the grabbing of Chinese territory
and the extorton of spheres of influence" by the
European Powers and Japan, which marked the end
of the last century Rockhi explained the for
the "Open Door" policy as follows:
cit became apparent the United States that if it
did not take proper to check the movement
its trade would be wiped out, its religious and educa
tona interests restricted and its influence and pres
tige reduced to naught"
James H. Dolsen, in his book, "The Awakening of
China declares should not be lost sight of also that
this principle of the "Open Door, according to Over
ach recognized vested rights and special interests
within spheres of influence long certain
OF opportunity for others is preserved"
Dosen points out:
The ostensibe result of the acceptance of the "open
Door, policy was place the merchants and the in
dustriasts of all countries upon equal footing so
far plunderng the Chinese concerned"
I. " 0verlach says
"That the motive of the foreigners was money
msking land-steaing the Chinese have fully discov
cred from intercourse of 100 years They have
also discovered that under the regime of extraterr
toriaty, of international settlements leased territories
concessions, railway and control, Chinese
eighty and Chinese rights dsregarded at innumer
able times and they found that the interests OF the
Chinese consulted atho she had pay the
bills" C'FOreign Financial Control of China.)
But CHINA has awakened. Inc Nationalist govern
of China is rid the country of mperialist
robbery. This affects all the robbers, althO may af
feet them differently.
The United States and Great Britain the latest and
richest among the bandits hang together closer than the
rest. London and Washington consider plans for ECO
operation" stay in China, fearing that unless they
get together they may both be kicked out.
is pointed that France and Japan stand little
aloof French newspapers dcule the fraudulent propa
ganda Of lies being spewed forth by the capitalist press
of the United States and England They expose these
lies especially the repeated lies about the alleged
dangers" faced by foreigners" in China.
There Japanese warships to be before
Marking along with those from this country and Eng
land. But they did not join in the murderous lombard
ment that claimed 1000 lives.
Not that the profit takers of France and Japan are
any the less hungry than those of the AngloAmercan
alliance. But they employ different methods to reach
the goal and these methods create differences.
All workers easily that while the mperiaists
struggle to develop their unity, there is very little being
done by the labor offcaldoms in the different
tries to cement the solidarity of the working class in
support of the Chinese revolution.
The Communist International and the Red Interna-
tonal of Labor Unions sound the call for the employ
ment Of every available to give aid to the strug
gle of the Chinese people.
But the Amsterdam Trade Union International is
silent The Second (Sociast) International is not
heard from
j. Ramsay Macdonald away from Great Britain,
PLANNING tour of the United States during the crisis.
J. II. Thomas, another laborite who the yellow
stripes of reformsm, also remains loyal Ito king and
country"
In the United States the William Greens and Matthew
Wells spend their time wagng the left wing"
IN the trade union movement.