The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-26
United States-- FTend' of China


The complicated play imperast politics and war strategy
in China leaves many about the relationships
between japanese Imperialism United States imperialism ana
the various socaed nationalist military leaders Conflicting
interests in the Pacific China leading towards between
the United States and Japan causing many TO assume a he
depredaons of Japanese Imperialism In emma VIII DE fssIeo
by the United States
It is true that sharp conflict of interests between the United
States capitalists those of Japan points toward future war;
found China effect of the Japanese declaration IN regard
to its predomnang interests Manchua and Keoggs reply
to the effect United States does not recognize the pre-
dominance of such japanese interests is to sharpen ne
the conflict between the two mperaist governments
But this taken too simple picture The exlstance
conflict of interests does not alter the fact that the united
States is now with arms aiding the Japanese deredations and
China The mperaist United States IS no less an
enemy of the Chinese than mpera Japan and the two
enemies have interests which coincide as
well other interests which conflict.
When Kellogg thaths Wall Street masters rec
ognze no of in Manchu the japanese
responded with the informal remark that this has
nothing to do her. she claimed such interests state
which, though untrue indicates present Collaboration De-
tween Japan and the United States against China
The predatory mperaist government at Washington has
not suddenly edeeme of oppressed peoples There
indications that Wall Street has even cooeroe SAT
isfaction in the present course OF Japan
Not only can the Wall find qualification
in the Japanese imperialism the Manchuran Dor
ders of Socialist Soviet Republics but 1t IS entirely
possible Wall Street government to be reconced to the
operations of japanese troops certain time provided these
nerons do not transcend certain limits fixed between the two
rival imperiasms For instance editorial in last Monday
N Y. Times declared:
evil effects of chnas civil By maintain
in andy the South Manchuran
efficiency Japanese have MADE
of this poriOnO of Chnaa
her nluence-and her troops II need
i'm of the Man.
this effect
the OF
would ultimate annexation
of Manchura.
Noone should forget that the soaed nationalist generals
Chang Kashek Feng Yu-hsang Yen Shshan and Ii Cha sum
have long ago their last threads of connection with the
cause of national independence of China and serving only
as adventurous traders blood with the foreign mperaist
powers
The capitalist correspondents will continue to write
Chang Kashe as nationalist leader and of the United
States as the but intelligent workers here
will understand the only which defend the Chinese
masses are the armies such meeting with
considerable success revvng the revolutionary in the
vicinity of Swallow
Only the movement of these under the hegemony OF
the Chinese working embody the Chinese revolution
Against these the United States forces will every III
strument of violence and trickery.
The ruling classes of the United States and of Japan will
some upon the of these countries slaughter
each other profit of the rival mperasms but they
now calling upon both countries support the end
less bloody both mperasms against the Chinese work
and peasants.
The enemy which the must fight in respect
to China is mperast of the United States not
less, but more, than that of Japan