The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-11
After The "Vlct0yy'>
OF Chang Kai-Shek
American Imperialism in China and What 1t
Means to Workers of China and the U. S.


controlled by British interests, tlE
significance of this announcement is
evident.
In view of the growing war dan
ger and the intensified conflicts
between the U. S. A. and the Anglo
Japanese bloc in China, its is not
surprising that the latter will loose
no time to GUST the American pup
pet, Chang Kai Shek and put their
own agent at the helm of the "cen-
trail" government. The British ard
Japanese imperialists have willing
tools in the Northern semi-fuedaI
landlords and trading-compradore-
capitalists, whose antagonism to
Marking remains unchanged, whose
leader, Yen Hsi Shan, now energies
in the most recent maneQyreS
against Chang Kai Shek.
Recent developments and tender
cies in Chinese reactionary circN
are rather correctly described by
Hallett Abend, the New York Times
correspondent in China in a dis
patch dated December 2S, 1929. He
says, in part:
Gradual reemergence of the
old sphere of influence admins
tered by semi-independent MILF
tary leaders characterizes China's
internal situation at the approach
of the years end. Today, Yen Hsi
Shan, while nominally supporting
the Central Government, is real
iy the independent ruler of
Shansi and Chilli Provinces and
has complete control of the vast
area of North China to the banks
of the Yellow River. Man
churia is today more independent
of Markings influence than at
any time for more than a year
......" The same correspondent
reports in the New York Times
Of January 8, 1880 that the re-
moval from Shansi to Chengchow
HOnan, of the staff headquar. ers
of General Yen Hsi Shan is be-
lieyed to be prelude of IMPOR-
TANT CIVIL WAR develop
ments" (My emphasis, r. D.. ?
Another militarist war in Calm
is coming. Together with the aggra
walton of the worldwide impeeialise
contradictions, the intervals between
the regularly recurring civil wars
in China have greatly shortened.
Some predict that the next militarist
war in China will come in March,
which does not seem to be bad
guess. fiesa
In the meantime, Chang Kai
Shek is trying his best to accom-
plish the impossible task of con-
solidating his shattered regime, He
is again using his timo-hon7red
tricks Of deceit, in order to fool
the masses. Extra territoriality was
supposed to have been abolished by
a declaration on January LIST, but
the Minister of foreign affairs, C.
T. Wang, in a statement says that
"the actual process of re-establishN
ing Chinese sovereignty by the abol}
ition of extra-tterritoriality begins
on January 1st." Emphasis mine,
R.D.).
No wonder that Secretary Slim
son of the U. S. State Department
triumphantly says that 'the latest
statement indicates that the Chinese
government is taking the view of
the United States, namely that yes
terday (Jan. LIST, 1930) marked the
beginning of a gradual process for
abandonment of -territoriality
privileges, rather than the end of
the process" New York Telegram,
Jan. 2, 1896 (My emphasis, R,Do.
When the end of the process will
be, god or devil knows!
But the Chinese masses cannot
be easily fooled now. Bloody ex-
periences long ago taught the
masses the truly counter-revolu-
tionary role of Chang Kai Shek
and all the other militarists. the
landlords, gentry and the bourgeo- 4
Isle. Even the counter-revolutiOn- !.
airy role of the national reform
lists, Wang Chin Wei and Co. is
becoming more and more clear to
the masses. The general crisis in
China is deepening and the mis-
cry of the toiling masses of the
Chinese people increases with
each new militarist war.
Each additional militarist war
also contributes to destroy more
the illusion of the masses in the Ku-
omintang semi-Iuedal bourgeois re-
gime and, with the destruction OF
such illusions, the revolutionary
mass movement among the workers
and peasants will certainly be accel-
Grated,
The workers in the cities as well
as the peasants in the villages are
growing increasingly militant and
on many occasions places have
already started the offensive ir|
their struggle against the forces
of reaction. During the last re-
dictionary civil war, the slogan #
"Turn the militarist war into a
revolutionary civil war" was al
ready raised by the Chinese Com
munist Party. In the coming mil