The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-30

fled a concession not to the Chinese
people but to Japanese imperialism,
would have reinforced the position
of Japanese imperialism towards the
U.S.S.R. and towards China itself.
By retaining her economic rights in
the Chinese Eastern Railway, the So
Wet Government defended not only
Soviet territory but also the rights
and economic position and strategic
safety of China.
White Guard Stronghold.
Manchuria is now the stronghold
| of the Russian White Guards with a
very big concentration of former
Tsarist officers-almost 10000 mill
tarily organized and perhaps be-
tween eighty and hundred thou
sand who could be modified. To
give up the Chinese Eastern Railway
with all the other rights would in eff
feet be to transform Manchuria into
point of concentration of all White
forces for attacks on Soviet Russia,
and also to hand over to the White
bands this railway, that is, the pos
sibility of attacking Soviet Russia
all along front of 100000 miles, of
attacking Soviet Russia at any mo-
ment from three directions.
U. S. Backs Chinese Bandits.
What is the role of American i'm
perialism in this attack against the
Soviet Union? 1t is clear from the
world position of American imperial
ism that such an important step as
the attack by the agent of imperial
ism, Chang Kai-shek, could not have
been planned without the knowledge
and approval of the American Gov
eminent.
We do not know as yet the facts,
but it is very probable that this
latest understanding between Great
Britain and America is based on a
compromise as regards Russia-that
is, it is probable that certain con-
cessions of Great Britain to America
on navy questions, etc., were bought
at the price of agreement on an at
tack against Soviet Russia.
American imperialism has helped
and is now helping the Chinese gov
eminent. You know about the
financial advisers sent by Wall
Street to China; you know that
considerable loan was given to
China; and so on. Now the situa-
ton is such that an attack could not
be planned without the knowledge of
American Imperialism. The Ameri-
can government is highly respon-
sible, is one of the conspirators in
this war against Soviet Russia. This
is point of greatest Importance for
the American Communist Party, be-
cause it is the duty of Communists
in all countries, their first duty, to
denounce and expose the imperialist,
counter-revolutionary role of their
own government.
War Against All Workers
What is the general position of
Communists in the struggle against
imperialist war? Every imperialist
war is primarily a war against the
working class, against the toiling
masses. The war against Soviet
Russia is a special kind of i'm
perialist war. This war against So
Wet Russia will be directed against
the workers in all countries, against
Communism all over the world. The
war against Soviet Russia is i'm
perialist war par excellence. This
lmperlalist war against Soviet
Russia will be a clear class war
against not only the Russian work
ers and peasants but against the
workers in all countries. This clearly
expressed class character of this war
is the main feature in the character
ization of the coming war. What is
the general position of Communists
toward such a war? Our slogan is
war against war, war against
counter-revolutionary war, war
against the class war of world i'm
perialism against Soviet Russia!
The task of Communists at this
given time is to fight, first of all,
against their own bourgeoisie. The
struggle against war is a continual
ton of the class struggle against the
bourgeoisie in a sharper form. In
this war the American Communist
Party must take position and call
upon the masses to take an attitude
of active defense of the Soviet
Union. We are for the defeat of the
Chinese militarists and their i'm
perialist bosses, their imperialist CO.
conspirators and helpers, the Amer
lean capitalists; for the defeat of ahe
American capitalists in China, for
the defeat of Wall Street in the war
planned by American imperialism!
Fight on Soviet Side.
Next, we must actually fight for
the victory of Soviet Russia, for
the victory of the Red Army. At
this moment we do not know wheth-
er the war has actually begun or
not, but, if so, the Red Army is
fighting not only for the workers
and peasants of Soviet Russia but
is fighting against world imperial
ism, against a, class war directed