The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-18
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by v. CAI lOI ann n a.
THE fact that all cable lines be-
tween India and the outside
world are absolutely controlled by
British imperialist agencies is being
conspicuously brought home not
only to the labor press but even to
the bourgeois press of Europe and
America in connection with the
present revolutionary mass move
ment in India. The Macdonald gov
eminent is determined to isolate In
dia as far as possible, so that no
help or stimulus from outside should
be given to the great mass revolt
of the Indian people for their indie
pendence, and also that the world
proletariat should be kept ignorant
of the regime of terror with which
the revolt of the Indian masses is
being met. This deliberate isola-
ton was very clearly shown by the
suppression of all news regarding
the May Day celebrations in India.
There was just one telegram of IL
lines in the Times of May in which
the following was reported:
MAY Day passed quietly in Cal
cutta. By leaflet and street
propaganda efforts had been
made to promote complete har-
tai. Although shops and bazaars
in the native quarters closed their
doors and there was deficiency
of omnibuses and taXicabs, the
city was quiet, full service of
tramcars was run and the streets
were less crowded than usual.
Extra police were stationed in all
dangerous areas, and their pres
ence discouraged demonstra-
tions. :"
This telegram suppresses the
truth about the actual happenings
in Calcutta, while it does not even
mention the magnificent demon
strations in all industrial areas. We
are in position today to give a
few facts to show how the class
conscious proletariat of India gave
proof of its solidarity with the in
ternational proletariat on May Day.
In Calcutta the partial strikes and
street demonstrations took place in
the face of the terror initiated by
the government against the working
class and youth organizations. The
offices of the trade unions Cute
workers, textile workers, etc., of
the Workers and Peasants Party,
of the youth and students organ
izations were constantly raided by
the police and the officials and sew
eral workers arrested just few
days before May l. P. K. Mojum-
der, manager of the Jugabarta
Press, was arrested on April 80 be-
cause he had published an account
of the May Day celebration, and
Nipendranath Choudhuri was ar
rested on the same day as publisher
of the May Day Bulletin. The
Times reporter did not mention the
fact reported by the Nationalist
"Free Press" of India) that the ON
nibuses and taxis did not run in
spite, of the fact that the police had
threatened to cancel the licenses of
the drivers if they did not turn up
on duty as usual. Not only the
regular police but military pickets
were stationed at road crossings,
and special military and police
forces were concentrated in the
Bhowanipare quarter, where the re-
cent violent conflicts had taken
place between the masses of demon
strators and the police.
In Lahore, where British imper-
ialism had often succeeded in set
ting up religious riots between Hin
dus and Mohammedans, remarkable
solidarity and revolutionary enthusi-
asm was displayed by the workers.
According to the report in the Tri-
bune of Lahore, the mass meeting
convened on May Day by the Maui
jawan Bharat Sabha Revolutionary
Youth League) was particularly
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