The daily worker., 1930-11-24
Shanghai Demonstration Support
ing Chinese Soviets

OCTOBER 10 is the anniversary of the birth
of the Republic of China and the National
Day of the Chinese landowners and bourgeosie
To certain extent the National Day this year
was observed by the Kuomintang Nationalists)
Government On the surface the ruling class
seemed quite happy on this occasion as the Red
troops have for the time being given up the re-
capture CT Changsha, the capital of Human pro-
vince bCt in reality they were ever so afraid of
the present situation. Many important strate-
gic points in Hupeh and Kiangsi provinces have
just been occupied by the Red Armies in these
days and Nanchang, the capital of Kiangsi, and
Riul.ang, an important port near to Nanchang
are already on the verge of falling into the
hands Of the Communist bandits" Though
Chang Kai-sllih boasts that the civil war was
ended" and that hereafter he will devote his
time to eXternlinate the Communist bandits, :"
yet the conflict between the Mukden warlord
Chang Hsueh-lang and the Nanking govern
naent is enlarging and none under Chang Hsueh-
lang cares the orders of the Nanking govern
ment
All the political circles here recognize that it
Is absolutely impossible to avoid a new civil
war. On the other hand there is no certainty
whether the loyal troops under the command
OF Chang Kai-shih can win the battle against
the Red forces. Further, the strikes and the
revolutionary movement, especially the present
by the la5oring class in Shanghai, are daily
radicalzed
1t is entirely new to Chinese that the masses
waged demonstrations on the National Day to
support the Chinese Soviets The laboring
masses at Shanghai or elsewhere in China con-
sfdered that to celebrate the National Day was
the business Of the ruling class and that the
affairs Of the masses themselves were to sup
port the Soviet Regime While all the govern
mental 6eir b,,r,y
aration Of all sorts of lanterns and with plan
ming how TO observe the anniversary, the Shang-
hal laboTlng class were very active to spread
their propaganda and agitation about the So
Wet movement and to hold meetings to oppose
the rule OF the Kuonintang and to support the
Soviet power
Prior to october 10, thousands of coIored leaf
lets were distributed in all streets of Shanghai
and revolutionary posters written on all the
walls with the Chinese pens and chalk sticks
Their contents were as radical as expected by
the people IN general e. g, Down with the
Kuonlint9ng for the support of the Soyiets!":
Down with imperialism, for the support of the
Soviets'; Participate in demonstrations for the
support Of the Soviet; Garry out strikes for
the support of the Soviets," ETC. There were
many passersby who carefully read the posters
on the walls and picked up the handbills from
the ground to bring home for themselves and
for their friends to read.
From the above mentioned we can see that
the sphere of the agitating work of the labor
ing class at Shanghai was really and extra
ordinarily broad
october 10 was the settled day of waging the
Soviet supporting demonstration by the Shang-
hal laboring masses. 1t was carried out in var
ious sections. AS the eastern section is the Sec
ton of workers, decided to go there to watch
them how they were going to do in order to
know some real condition of the demonstration
OF the Shanghai working class. At o'clock
p m. OF this day reached the Yangtzepu Road
by the tramcar where there is a factory called
the Shang Seng Seventh Cotton Mill When I
was coming down from the trar>9car there were
no workers at all in the road but groups of
armed police patrolling here and there to search
everyone who passed there, though I was not
searched because I am an European Europeans
Americans and Japanese in Shanghai or else
where in China have special privileges in travel
ing and in doing everything After half an
hour all the workers in the said mill came out
Just after the blow of the whistle for dismission
They marched to a neighboring mill named the