The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-20
New COnspiraCies at Shanghai.

The arrival in Shanghai from Picking of Sir Miles Lampson
British minister to China the departure from Hanow for Shang
hal of Basil Newton the arrival in Shanghai from Marking
of the mperiast hreng, Chang Kashe have but
meaning These conspator from the three alleged capitals of
the conflicting trying establish maintain governments
hold conferences order devise of dealing with
the situation confronting the imperialists.
Regardless of the official behind which these confer
will partly stands clearly
These maauders preparing attacks the nationalist
liberation movement Britain exerng itself to the utmost to
maintain the leading position IN the fight against the revolution
1t sorey disappointed because its ckey
Chang Kai-she able consolidate government The
failure that traitor and right wing elements the
tang counter-revoluonary puch disguised behind
revolutionary slogans imposes the mperats the necessity
of devisng new plans to achieve their aim The Marking gov
eminent" has remained nothing but military staff without
army The mercenares that still remain nsenty demand
ing for their Chang will probably demand from
his British and American paymasers that they place substantial
funds at his disposal His attempts to impose heavy taxes
the merchants have failed because therSt demand of the bo
goe face to face with the demands of the weer and
making up the overwhelming majority OF the kuommtang was
that Chang and his Marking stop making grandose
gestures about march toward Picking and make with
Chang Tso-in
Sir Miles Lampson officially, actually the
head of the British diplomatic forces in China He has been
watching events in Pekng His underlng Basil Newton
been spying upon the Kuomntang Hanow and
his departure for Shanghai accomplished by the
ment that Britain will deal with that government because
has failed make good its claim in accordance with
the standards of responsible modern In Shanghai
they will take inventory of the situation and concoct military
ventures.
This action the British was followed by an announcement
from inspired Washington that he department
will follow the OF Britain relations the
of the Central Yangtze valley ankow Neverhe
less the u S. government its nerventionst pol
icy and increases its armed forces in Chinese soil and Chinese
waters.
Failure to induce the other to plunge mady into Off
ca intervention place of the undetermined that
being waged against the nationalist movement imposes upon the
agents of that nation the necessity of trying what
out of the old of substituting military lords If Chang Ka
shek further support from Britain will have agree
terms with Chang Tson and participate concerted
drive against the nationas That much is perfectly clear
That this latest of Britain will result in another aco
indicated by the fact that while the conferences proceeding
at Shanghai the of Feng Yuang formerly known the
christian general command of nationalist forces drv
toward Honanu while the main force of the natonass
sweeping upward from the south toward the objective The
military strategy of the Hankow both
at Chengchow where the Pekng and Lungha railways
That point the key the entire northern military situation and
will place the revolutionary forces in the strongest position they
have occupied
Without the meddng of the imperia agents in China the
nationalist liberation forces would make mighty short of
their native enemies The thing that stands way
consolidation of centralized government in China inter
vention of British American Japanese and other agents
perialism.