The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-02
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By t. J. o'FLAHERTY.

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Nationalist Government-the legiti-
mate one with headquarters at
Hankow was reported several times
about to step up to the block, coil up
its pigtail and invite the executloner
to do the right thing by it. Only The
DAILY WORKER, of all the daily
papers published in the English
language in the United States gave
the facts of the situation in China
and interpreted them properly.
1T was quite evident to US that this
i mighty movement with the over
whelming majority of the masses be-
hind it. was in no danger of decisive
defeat tho it suffered setbacks. The
failure Of the traitor Chiang-kai-
Shek to deliver the goods to the i'm
perialists was proof sufficient that
he did not have any popular support.
Chang could not even find enough
Chinese nationalists Of ability to or
ganize a cabinet. AS for the northern
bandit generals their supporters con-
sist of conscript soldiers who are
loyal only as long as they are within
speaking distance Of an executioner's
sword.
THE capitalist correspondents in
China had general Feng about to
march to Hankow, tho few weeks
previously they had him on the pay
roll of the government of the Soviet
Union. Now that he has whipped the
northern bandits into cream he is
back again on the salary sheet. This
is the kind of news that is fit to
print.
WITH the recent victories of the
Nationalist armies the danger of
foreign intervention in China becomes
ever more likely 1t would be foolish
to assume that because the capitalist
powers have conflicts among them
selves they cannot come to terms for
a common policy in China, even
temporary unity. All of them fear the
revolutionizatson of China. Japan,
England, France and the United
States have their heels on the necks
of colonial and semi-colonial peoples.
With China unified under a national
anti-imperialist government the revo-
lutionary fever would go thru the OPP
pressed peoples of the Orient like
fire thru forest.
WHILE we hail the fresh victories
of the Chinese people and expose
the predatory aims of the foreign
imperialists aided by their harpies,
the capitalist press, we must not
cease to warn the workers of this
country that the words of sympathy
for the Chinese people expressed by
Coolidge are no guarantee against in
PREVENTION. We also take this op-
portunity to point out to some of our
liberal critics who accuse The DAILY
WORKER of "exaggeration" that
our "direlictions" in that respect are
always calculated to encourage the
exploited to fight on, while the CAPT
talist press deliberately lies to dis
courage the oppressed from battling
for their rights!
IN the whole the radical press is
" more accurate than the capitalist
press of any shade Of opinion. We
know that victories cannot be turned
into defeats and defeats into victories
by clicking a typewriter. Neverthe-
less a hostile press has an enervating
effect upon the minds Of the people
and it is therefore very important
that the workers should have a press
of their own that concerns itself
solely with their interests.
FROM collective troubles to individ-
y ual troubles: Recently letter
cafpe into this office from a sub
scriber, and a remarkable letter it
was. y He told us point blank that
he was about to commit suicide be-
cause he was old and could see moth
ing in life that was worth the effort
of living. He was a laborer and
worked for about 40 cents an hour.
His name is Franz Bostrom and he
hailed from Seattle. He was known
to many radicals from all over the
United States who visited Seattle. He
was a sympathizer with the radical
movement and man Of intelligence.
YESTERDAY, copy Of tho Seattle
Observation-Disclosures camc In with
the news that Bostrom took his own
life. Beside his body lay two notes;
one a message to the coroner con-
tanning the words: "A logical end Of
a workingman's life." The other was
addressed to the manager OF tho auto
company where no was employed ~
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