The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-26
ImperiaIsm's Blood Bath.
on Thursday at Marking
Should Arouse All Labor
BY ]. LOUIS ENGDAHL.

THURSDAY, March a. 1927, should stand big as
date in the annals of history recording the develop
ing relations between the workers Of the United State
and China.
1t was on this day that Wall Street Imperialism re
vealed itself as a blood ally of its British counterpart
the warships of the United States and Great Britain
alike visiting death by wholesale upon the Chinese a
Marking while American and English assassins in uni
form cooperated Shanghai causing the foreign offc
at London to announce with delight that;
Admiral Williams (head of the naval forces OF tn
United States) and the British authorities working
in closest cooperation. The initiative taken by tn
American forces is characterized most gratifying
Workers of this country have been fed full for year
of the poisoned propaganda that the United States ha
only atrustic motives in the Orient. The open door
urged a way of making the East safe TO
democracy" before Woodrow Wilson faxed an
hawked the same phrase to make the American entT.
into the world palatabe to those workers and farm
ers who could be blinded by this lying slogan
1t pointed out that the United States enjoyed
Internationally rights in China, that dollar dipo
macy" sought no concessions, only the open door"
trade. British Imperialism, that spawned the opium
war against China, held to be the real criminal
Liberal professors the land preach themselve
hoarse that what China needs is the American form o
democracy that brought forth upon this contnen
with the revolutionary war of 1776
Revolutions, however, are different today than the
$50 years ago. They carry with them the deman
for the abolition of profits, the shaking off of the gr
of alien imperialism, well political independents
from the homeland In fact the three outstanding srug
giles against Imperialism today in Mexico, Nicaragu
and China, waged not to political independ
ence but against the ravages of the imperiast monse
that recognizes boundary lines laid down by geogra
pliers, but, claims the whole world as its domain
Thus Frederick Moore, the Shanghai correspondent
the New York Times in his dispatch dated March q
proudly leads off follows:
american marines entered the first line entrench
ments early this morning. assuming position protect
inpf ha tsh left aft Markham
overlooking Soochow Creek"
The New York Times itself ioyousy procaims in head
lines, "Our Marines in Front Line"
In the front line for what? Not to protect America
lives! The revolution in China has been on for
years All those who have stomach for it, have ha
ample time to get out. Even the New York Herald
Tribune partially admits this when Friday, Marc
25th, that
"Of those (Americans)-for the most part missonarie
who have remained at isolated points, it is possbl
that only few in real danger. BUT THESE Hal
AMPLE WARNING AND HAVE ACCEPTED TIL
DANGERS VOLUNTARILY AS A PART OF THEIl
MISSION"
The same applies with equal if not additional fore
the agents of big business in China. American work
have but bit of advice to them all and tina
is to, "Get out!"
The imperialist government at Washington, however
gives heed to the demands of labor for Hands Of
China" to the insistent cry, Withdraw the warship
from the Orient!"
Instead Wall Street Imperialism crawls closer Brit
ish imperialism in their danger, revealing tn
character of both. The British brand of robbery ha
been openly accepted the foreign foe of tn
Chinese people, The Wall Street bandits openly striv
for that envable position. The government at Wash
ington rushes additional warships the Pacific
Troops that have helped hold the Fipnos in slavery
American greed these past three decades since 1889
ordered the continent of Asia The state and
departments at Washington announce that Admire
Williams, at Shanghai, like Admiral Latimer at Mica
ragua has the fullest authority to act he fit
the emergency"
Then came Bloody Thursday, March Gath, inevtabl
as result of the authority given to Williams whe
American destroyers true to the given these ship
of war; raned death Marking, numbering its inhab
tants wholesale and setting fire to sections of the city
This is the way that American warships protect live
and property"
This is being written on Friday afternoon, Marc
25th The latest dispatches coming in con
flictng to whether any American lives reall
lost or Thursday. At 2:15 this dispatch arrive
over the wires of the International News Service;
London March 25.-The work of evacuatng the for
eigners from Marking is proceeding smoothly, Shang
hal dispatch to the Central News tonight ondon time
reported All foreign girls in the city accounte
for and all aboard the Emerald the dispatch added
Then at 2:25 o'clock came this dispatch:
Shanghai, March 26. Il A. M)-One hundred an
twenty Americans whose fate in Marking has been un
known for "a hours safe and have arrived at tn
Marking Bund for evacuation"
But in the early morning London dispatch of tn
international News Service had declared:
London, March 25.-A considerable portion of Nan
king is burning the fires having been started by tn
bombardment of British and American warships."
Shanghai today
Thus Imperialism, led by the alliance of United State
with Great Britain, is putting its torch of destructo
Chinese Cities and snuffng out the lives of peopl
who have chosen to follow the pathway to the compet
victory of the Chinese republic its oppressors
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velopments that "he only possible policy is to proec
life with every available force while the Times join