The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-06

1eaJ Che plans OF the BRUSH unperlaIStS ana
avert the betrayal of the revolution by the Indian
bourgeoSie
The above lines had already been written when
news arrived pointing to further sharpening of
the revolutionary situation in India
At the Indian Conference in London veri-
table scramble began. Not only do the MoSlem
fake representatives disagree with the Hindu
fake Representatives" but also the Sikh dele
gates (Sikhs are a minority of about 100000
strong) demand specific safeguards in the future
so-called constitution" The British residents
in India, being the Self-ordained educators of
the Indian people in the art OF self government,
are naturally entitled to special privileges And
the handful of Anglo-IndianS (of mixed British
and Indian parentage). from amongst whom
scabs are mostly recruited, would not sur
render their monopoly of whte-collar and skilled
workers jobs in government service, Even the
faithful Christians are reported to have split
and to demand separate celebrates for the Pro-
testantS and the Catholics.
While this miserable bargaining. sponsored by
the imperialist master mind is going on in
London, the very nationalities (minoritieS or
communities, or whatever they are called who
are supposed to be represented at the Round
Table Conference, are hammering out their unity
in actual common fighting against British i'm
perialism. The Importance of the last days
developments lies in the fact that the Burman
peasants have voted with fists and arms against
the separation of Burma from the Indian strug-
gle for independence
National Minorties Strike Terror Into
Imperialists.
The mystery about the Burman rebellion is not
the master mind" which is sought behind it by
the British mperialiSts and by our home capt.
talst press, always eager for sensations. Mys-
FERROUS is the way 1000 savages in blue pa
jamas" surrounded by troops in the wild jungle.
have so managed to scare to death the well
armed valiant British warriors that whole cities
are being evacuated, and Rangoon, the actual
seat Of British power in Burma one of the
largest seaports in the East, is trembling for
fear of attack by these 1000 savages" The
solution of the puzzle will be found in the fol-
lowing quotation from an A. P. telegram: Most
of the villages in the Tharawaddy district are
deserted, the inhabitants having joined the
rebels"
Here it is. The flames of the peasant revolt
have at last reached Burma, and if one
wants to know how it augurs for British rule
in India, let him listen to what British Indian
officer says on the matter
1.-THE quiet and y-going Burman has at
last got fed up with methods learned in
Ireland-the tyranny OF our imported Sikh
police. He resents being treated with less con-
sideration than we give to our dogs and horses
(and, perhaps, resents our" taxation too, and
the skinning of him by our" plantation own
ers as well?-Ed), and is demanding Home
Rule for Burma Cor is it independence?-Ed)
1t will be nasty Ireland to tackle. Roads
are and in many parts the jungle is
thick" (Our emphasis.-Ed)
General Strike Is Prepared
OF even greater eventual Importance for the
Indian revolution is the decision of the execu-
tive committee of the All-Indian Trade Union
Congress to begin in the factories and workshops
immediate preparations for general strike dn-
Guiding the formation of workers defense corps),
which is to start first on the railways. The &C
tual date of the strike is to be set at later
session of The executive committee. The resou-
ton formulates the following demands for the
general strike:
Monthly wage minimum of As rupees; eight
hour day, as a transition to a six-hour day; one
day of rest with pay; equal pay for women and
juveniles; discharge and hiring of workers only
with the consent of shop committees; the aboli-
ton of anti-working class laws and the legal
izaton of strikes: full freedom of press and as
sembly; immediate and unconditional release of
all political prisoners; immediate introduction of
unemployment benefits of 30 rupees per month
social insurance against old age, Interpretation.
etc. the abolition of taxes OH peasant owned
lands and on primary necessities of life; the
withdrawal from India of all British armed
forces; complete independence and the establish
ment of Workers and Peasants Republic
The resolution further emphasizes the growing
class consciousness Of the Indian workers. ex-