The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-24
WHITE. TERROR
REDOUbLED B Y
.NANK|NC GOVT
Follows on Seizure of
Chinese Eastern

direct result of the attack on the
Soviet Union through the seizure of
the Chinese Eastern Railway, the
white terror has been redoubled by
the Marking government.
The white terror has increased
throughout the countries of the Far
East. This will be noticed from the
reading of our "news column-The
Reaction at Work"
Conditions in China show no i'm
yrovement. The province of Human
Is perhaps the worst, for here in the
great center of the peasant upris-
ing hundreds are still held in prison
in each district. Occasionally trials
are reported, the invariable result
Of which is the execution of most of
those tried. Torture is common and
prison conditions are deplorable.
In Kiangsi, Fukien and Kuang-
tung the political situation is very
obscure due to the complicated
shifting balances in the groupings
of the rival factions. In the section
where the boundaries of these three
provinces adjoin several Communist
armies are operating and some So
Wet governments have been estab-
lished. Their strength and degree
of permanence it is impossible to
Judge. A great difficulty is the
supplying of ammunition as these
forces operate in the most inacces-
sible places far from the seaports.
They have no arsenals and the main
tenance of communications is very
difficult. The great unrest among
the peasants is favorable factor
provided this can be crystallized and
organized into effective revolu-
tionary forms. Under present con-
ditions the industrial workers of
the cities are not in position to
give these armed forces assistance.
1t must also be realized that the in
dustrial centers are accessible to the
naval forces of the imperialists who
have shown time and again that
they will not hesitate to rush their
warships to the defense of the ma
tive bourgeoisie, the landlords and
the gentry whenever there is danger
of a proletarian revolt. Throughout
these provinces communications are
difficult to maintain but it is ap-
parent the suppression is still very
great. Incidents reported from
Hon9kong show the extreme meas
ures taken by the British imperial
lists to terrorize the Chinese masses.
Strikes Spreading in Shanghai.
In Shanghai, the industrial center
of China, repression has extended
to the complete prohibition of
strikes. Despite the severe penal
ties threatened there is distinctly
rising tide of strikes with the work.
ers in some instances displaying a
tendency to oppose the Kuomintang
and to hand out to the police little
of their own medicine in the way of
rough treatment. Thus in several
Of the big strikes the thousands of
strikers refused to return when the
Kuomintang ordered them to and
openly defied them. The throwing
Of police sergeant into the river
by strikers illustrates the second
aspect. The students have also
shown new militancy. During
July they staged several big open
demonstrations against the author
titles. They also handled a police in
spoetor pretty roughly. 1t will only
b when summer vacation is over,
however, that the mass feeling of
the students can become manifested.
There is every evidence, however,
that they are beginning to be in a
rebellious mood against the Koumin-
tang policy of suppressing all politi-
cal activities in the schools.
Labor Unrest in North.
In northern China and Manchuria
tho repression has increased. In
Tientsin there has been a prolonged
and spectacular strike on the Bel
gian-owned trans. The reactionary
Kuomintang arrested 35 of the
leaders. In Picking Is agitators
were thrown in Jail. All were
charged with being Communists.
At Tsingtao, Shantung Province, the
japanese millowners have called on
the Chinese police to suppress the
cotton mill strikers and this the new
"deliverers" Of the province from
japanese oppression have been only
too glad to do. In Manchuria the
militarists at the instigation of the
iinperialists have taken over the
Chinese Eastern Railway. Signifi-
cantly enough, one of their first
acts was to abolish all forms Of
labor organizations among the rail-
way employees, close up all union
Offices and clubs, and install White
Russians in positions of authority.