The daily worker., 1930-11-24

/ Kung Dab Second Cotton Mill. Just when they
! arrived there all the workers in this second mill
| also came out to the street.
! At this time these workers of two mills about
5000 in all, most of them being female workers
were chatting and laughing as usual.
While was doubling whether the demonstra-
ton foretold in the leaflets previously distrib-
uted and in the posters on the walls would be
carried out or not two f1recrackers were unex-
pected broken out in a lane. AS soon as this
signal was given all, the mill workers were at
once converted into the brave demonstrators
unanimously shouting: support the Soviet Re-
gime": Prepare armed uprisings to overthrow
the Kuomintang"; Fight against the attacks on
the Red Armies by the imperialistS and the Kuo-
mintang' Support the National Soviet Con-
gress'; support the Red Flag Daily News" ETC.
At the same time tens of thousands of colored
leaflets were thrown to the crowded masses look
ing like butterflies flying in the sky. Then, they
marched eastward.
When they arrived at the Ewo Cotton Mill
over three thousand workers who were waiting
for them in the front of the mill at once Joined
them in shouting the slogans and in distributing
the handbills. Because every one of them took
active part in shouting the slogans, their unani-
nous shout was far louder than the lion roar
Ing making the police wonder what they should
do. They then marched northward for twenty
minutes as procession to end the demonstra-
ton, though there were three men arrested by
the police.
Though I personally watched the demonstra-
ton, yet I quite wondered under such severe
precaution of the police and detectives how
could these skillful Chinese workers outbreak the
firecracks as the signal of starting the demon
stration and how could they previously arrange
to bring so many handbills (not less than 100000
copies) to the spot for distributing them in time
When I was coming home through the inter-
section of the Marking Road and the Chekiang
Road (the most prosperous part in Shanghai
I met similar demonstration and all the roads
nearby were entirely covered with the colored
leaflets Afterwards I was told that on October
9th and 9th there had been some preparatory
demonstrations simultaneously waged at sections
of the French concession, southern Shanghai
Chapel, Pootung, etc.
Now let us see how the Kuomintang cele-
brated its National Day. On the eve of october
10th at Chapel (Chinese section) the followers of
the Kuomintang) actually carried out their long
prepared lantern procession But at the time
when they were most cheerful in proceeding to
prosperous road, signal firecrack was unex-
pectedly broken out and hundreds of workers
conVerged to this spot from all the directions
They at once gave severe blows to all the par
Elephants or faithful running dogs of the Kuo-
mintang and tore all the lanterns into pieces
the Kuomintang"; support the Soviets" etc.
were shouted and a great many leaflets were
distributed. All the police we're scared to death
and hid themselves in crooked lanes and all the
Kuomintang men tried their very best to save
their lives by escaping. Three of the Kuomin-
tang members were severely injured and four
slightly wounded
At 10 o'clock a. m. of the so-called National
Day the Kuomintang held its mass" meeting at
the Public Play Ground to celebrate the ami
versary. There were less than three hundred
persons participating in it who were officials
from the governmental organs, members of the
Kuomintang, Yellow Leaders of the bureau
cratic trade unions and a few students under
the oppression by the Educational Bureau
Among such masses" no single one of the
workers could be seen. Yet all the adjacent
places were full of the troops Sand police who
took great caution to prevent the workers from
making trouble" as last night
1t is reported that the Kuomintang are very
much worrying about the movement of the
workers as they have been so hot to support the
Soviet regime in their demonstrations