The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-12
By A. MARKOY.

By A. MARKOV.
World reformsm has of late years been following with
keener and keener alarm the of the left trade
union movement in the Far East The fears and alarms
of the reformiss perfectly comprehensive they have
been evoked by the steady growth of the revolutionary
class trade union movement in China covering it al
lied Chinese workers. by the successful struggle going
Japan in the Hiogai he left trade union centre)
for the winning of the Masses and, finally, by the
progress made by the class trade union movement in
Indonesa, where than half of the trade unions
under left influence.
Unions Red.
The reformist position is particularly weak in China,
where the trade union movement from the beginning
assumed definitely revolutionary character The work
be tempted into the yellow trade unions
in China despite Chang Kaisheks jealous endeavors
naturaze the latter.
Neither do prospects smile upon the reformists in
Indonesa where the trade union has already
begun to definitely revolutionary tinge Their
affairs in Japan also far from brilliant despite the
existence in that country of many big reforis organza
tons for the left and centrst elements in the latter
becoming and more pronounced The reformist
Japanese Federation of Labor-the blatantly right
Sodomehas been forced to put up with the loss of
than half of its members to preserve appearances
hundred per cent trade union centre.
In India alone, where the trade union movement is
chiefly under the influence of right nationalist bourgeois
clement has reforism been able to get the upper hand
But here tendency to form left wing in the
trade union movement is noticeable
The Reformist Trick
In their search for ways of impeding the steady
lutonzation of the trade union movement in the Far
East the reformist leedersalways the service of
Imperialism the question at the International
Conference of Labor held two years in Geneva of
calling Pan-Asiatc Labor Conference They hoped thus
be able to link up the activities of the reformsts in
Japan and India and above all to involve the Chinese
trade union organizations in the reformst net The
vocation of the conference entrusted to the we'll
known reactionary and Sodome leader, Sudzuki. The
revolutionary Chinese trade union movement, however
by refusing to take part in it, cramped the reformist
STYLE Instead of seeing the realization of their plans
they forced be the witnesses of Pacific Ocean
Left Trades Union Conference, planned several years
ago, held the Goth of May in Hankow. The reform
ists however decided not to give up without struggle
Chang Kai-sheks counter revolutionary coup d6tat
opened them prospects The question of the
ton of single Reformst bloc in the Far East again
brought forward ambitious scale. The reformiss
consider it important than before to get
the upper hand of the Chinese and ndonesan trade union
movements, to destroy the influence of the Higoka the
left trade union centre Japan and to the tide
the left trade union movement in India Judging by
statements the Japanese opportuniss together with the
right yellow Kuomintang unions in China, again
working up towards the famous PanAsatic Conference
This time the international Labor Office and Sudzuki
and Co.. working under its Instructions may be able to
bring it off, having at last found traitors their service
in the Chinese trade union movement
Sudzui Plots.
AS early April last directly after the Chang Kai-
sheks coup detat Sudzuk ION his way the Interna-
tional Labor Conference being held in Geneva
NAMED in Shanghai for the special purpose of arranging
with the right Kuomintang leaders and yellow unions
about the calling of the Pan-Asiatic Conference.
Soon after this the right Kuomintangites and the
called Party entered into close rea-
tons They contracted mutual agreement to struggle
with Communism and decided to support Sudzud's idea
of calling Pan-Asatic Conference by every at
their disposal Finally according to the Japanese paper