The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-07

MIR. VANDERVELDE, the president of the
IVA Second International (Social-Fascist), one
time minister of the King of Belgium most loyal
servant of the bourgeoisie and imperialism, most
bitter enemy and venemous hater of the First
Workers Republic Of the U.SSR. most cordial
friend of the Chinese counter revolution and of
the Kuomintang butchers-has at last arrived in
China and is being feted by the miltarist ban
dts OF the North, after which he will come down
to Shanghai and Marking, to be feted by the
n1ilitarist bandits of the Marking regime.
Welcome, Mr.. vandervelde. You have come
: sust at the right moment to enjoy the splendid
banquets which the butchers and hangmen of
the Chinese counter-revolution will give in your
honor. You have come at moment when the
streets OF Changsha are still wet and sticky
with the blood of 1000 Communists workers
and peasants murdered by the hirelings of
Nanking Every day is a red letter day in the
calendar of the Marking regime Every dav
Bees the execution of at least twenty workers
Gas Communists) in Hankow, Marking. Canton.
etc. Among them are many women and youth.
VINO ole with curse on their lips, curse upon
the oppressors of the Chinese workes and meas
ants, curse upon the imperialists. and trinle
curse upon the running dogs of the imperialists.
those OF your type-those of the counter-revolu-
honary Second International
j
minister in 1926 accused China before the Hague
Court OF Arbitration of "one-sided" dissolu-
ton of the Sino- Belgian Treaty. of 1927 and
protested most Indignantly against the violation
OF Belgian interests" represented bv the CON-
ceSsionalres and missionaries, the same M VAN
uerVeioe mas now come to China, as a private
person and scholar" having been invited bv the
FChlnese National Committee for Scientific Re.
search. But lest M Vandervelde's stay in
emma, and his scheduled lectures at a number
Oh universities on several Harmless subjects"
prove ZOO tedious and monotonous, we shall see
20 1t that His ExceIency, the Ex-Minister of the
belgian King, gets really rousing welcome and
1nat certain interesting questions are put to him,
making sure that he answers them. too
what does M Vandervelde think: Is the Chin
voc oouIlter-reVolutions technique of mass mur-
ger and execution of revolutionary workers and
peasants superior or inferior to the tacbpin,,a -
ms own colleagues, Noske and Scheidemann
trom the Second International? Or can MI
NahoerVeloe perhaps make some practical "a
uonahzng suggestions from the experience n,
us own Belgian inlperialist government in the
Belgian Congo? '-'0
another question: Why is il that until r,o,,
ene counter-revolutionary Kuomintang. who are
90 ioyai ana true defenders Of the Chinese bour
seoisle ana feudal lords and reaction as are the
heroes OF the Second International the servo,,to
ana defenders of the bourgeoisie and the ,n,rer-
iahsts OF their respective countries wbv is II tba+
.ne huomntang has not yet been officially af-
nnated to the Second International rhera .,
no visible olfference in the main princinIes ana
.actlcs' namely in the brutal suppression of tbe
revolutionary workers and peasants n,ove,,,e,,ts
on tne one hand, and in their readiness N ser,,o
eie inperlalsts as direct tools for preparino and
"aslng war against the Soviet Union To .t,ara
Aiiy GOOD reason why the Chinese srner- NosLes
ana Scheldemanns, the Chang Kai.shek Te,,u
ru-hSiang' Yen Hsi-shan, Chang Hsueh -Iiangs
wang Ching-weis & Co., should not ,o;, ,,o,, ..
ro.secretaries or vice-presidents of the second
International? "e SECOND
announcer question: In your manifesto rh,,,,
you nave recently published in the name of tha
IAecutve OF the Second International Won cali
upon all counrer-revolutionary elements In Rus-
sia ana outside OF Russia, to wage bolv war
ngaanst the USS.R. and to overthrow the First
workers and Peasants Republic What organ
.Aaeional steps do you intend to undertake d,,r-
ing your stay in China; what are your nlan.
IN regard to the monarchist and counter-reyoIu
nonary white guards who are in China, and
VINO are serving as strike breakers scabs. stool
pigeons, policemen and pimps to the Chinese
mlntar1sts and foreign imperialists? Is there