The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-12

policy of equal treatment with the
policy of colonial enslavement of all
the other powers which up to the
present day, insist upon preserving
and strengthening the regime of I'M
equal treaties in China, claim spe-
cial economic and political privileges
for their citizens Capitalists and
their enterprises), and maintain
army units on Chinese territory and
naval fleets in Chinese waters, any
fair-minded person can see that, by
its own deeds, the Soviet Union en-
phatically put up a challenge to all
imperialist powers to give up their
special privileges in China. Thus the
position of the Soviet Union on the
Chinese Eastern Railway is the d.
rect antithesis of imperialism! 1t is
not an imperialist position, but an
anti-imperialist position. The I'M
usually enthusiastic reception which
the Sino-Russian Agreement of 1924
received from the Chinese masses
throughout the country and the re-
peated protest by Chinese workers
and peasants organizations against
the provocative acts of the Marking
government, especially the forced
seizure of the Chinese Eastern Rail
way, are strong evidences which
prove that the Chinese people truly
and Enthusiastically understand the
anti-imperialist content and revolu-
tionary significance of the Sino-
Russian Agreement of 1924.
The imperialists also understand
the true significance of this agree
ment. Ever since the beginning of
Sino-Soviet negotiations in 1924,
various imperialist powers lodged
protests against the independent set
Element of the Chinese Eastern Rail
way case without their interference.
From the very day of the signing of
the agreement, the imperialists have
! been intriguing against its smooth
operation. The notorious dispute in
1925 over the removal of white guar
dists on the railway is still fresh
in the memory of any one who fol-
lows the events connected with the
railway. However, the rising tide of
the Chinese Revolution from 1925 to
1927 during which period the opinion
of the mass Of the Chinese people
had greater influence in public af-
fairs than any previous period in
! Chinese history temporarily re-
strained the hands of the Chinese
militarists from any over provoca-
( tive act against the Soviet Union.
But with the temporary setback of
/ the Chinese Revolution and the de-
feat of the masses in the last up
heaval, the imperialists and the mill
tarists regained their courage. Or
gained under imperialist guidance,
the Marking government served as
willing tool for fresh provocations
against the Soviet Union. This more
or less favorable situation for the
imperialists in the Far East coin
cides with the astonishing success
of socialist construction in the So
Wet Union, the growing instability
of world capitalism and the conse-
quent increasing intensity of the
contradictions between the capitalist
world and the Soviet Union. There
fore, it is not surprising the i'm
perialist powers should seize this
opportunity to make the best use
of the reactionary Marking govern
ment 20 provoke the Soviet Union
to the utmost limit of its patience,
with the specific intention Of further
consolidating the capitalist anti-So-
Wet front and providing excuses for
both direct and indirect attacks
against the only workers state in
the world.
! The protracted deadlock between