The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-31
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Chinese masses while brazeE1y help
ing the inperialists In their plans 10
partition China and crush the Chin
csc Revolution, Chang explained
that the Withdrawal was ordered $50
the invading Japanese military forces
would have no pretext FOR extending
their warfare in Manchuria into
North China, especially into. the
Tientsin-P eiping area
A Washington dispatch to the New
York Times yesterday declared the
Wall Street government has informa-
ton that the Japanese will continue
their advance towards the ChinehoW
gates to Inner China, The dispatch
states:
|. "Official advices received earlier
from the American officials in the
Far East were that if Chang with
drew his forces the Japanese would
continue their advance to stamp
out banditry."
William Philip Sirnnls. Foreign Edi-
tor Of the Scripps- Howard news
paper chain declared yesterday he is
reliably informed that Japan will
not stop the war until China is
completely crushed"
Chang Holding Chinchow fer
Japanese Against Partisans
While eyscuating Chinchow, Chang
is leaving a small garrison to hold
the city aeainst the Chinese partisan
troops until the Japanese take pos
session. The partisan troops, sup
ported by the workers and peasants,
have made the only resistance to the
Japanese invaders.
These troops are putting up q
heroic resistance. A dispatch to the
New York Times from its Tokyo cor
resonpdent reports;
"Chinese irreguIars, cavalry and
infantry with machine guns, APP
parently under able military lead
ers, yesterday showed signs of OBJ
structing the Japanese advance on
Panshan but their resistance was
half -hearted."
Partisans Attack Japanese Rear
Guard
Sharp clashes occurred yesterday at
Panstan. Tatierchiawan and other
points in South Manchuria. At Ia
tienchianaWan a regular battle oc-
Cured, when partisan troops cut In
behind the Japanese advance and
threatened It's rear-guard. Both the
partisans and the Japanese troops
suffered heavy casualties. At Chang
chiatu, $50 partisan troops held out
for hours against superior numbers
and arms, holding up the Japanese
advance, They were four times
driven from their positions, but each
time returned to the attack.
The growing unrest of the jap
anese masses Is finding reflection IN
the japanese army, according TO a
dispatch which reports the mutiny of
a detachment Of 300 Japanese soldiers
in Shangtung Province, North China.
Picked japanese troops are said to
have been dispatched to suppress the
mutiny.
In the town of Fushun, Mancnuriis>:,
ten Japanese soldiers are reported to
have been executed on charges OF
membership in the Japanese Com
munist Party and of carrying on
propaganda calling for solidarity of
the workers and peasants in the
Japanese army with the Chinese
masses.
Japanese Financial Crisis Sharpens
A Washington dispatch reports q
tremendous sharpening in the econo-
mic and financial crisis in Japan.
General commodity prices, partic-
ularly of food stuffs, showed marked
advance during the past week, with a
consequent increase in the robbery
and misery Of the teiling masses. The
dispatch says further:
''The immediate outlook indicates
that yen exchange will weaken.
The Department of Finance has
issued exchequer notes to the amount
Of 100000 ven at 6.s per cent on
Jan. 49,"
The outward flow Of gold continues
In spite OF the embargo placed on
gold shipments by the new Japanese
government. The Yokohama specie
bank shipped 20,o6o.ooo yen in gold to
the United States on Dec. "a, making
the total gold shipments since the
gold embargo of 100000 yen. The
extent to which initiation of the cur
rency is proceeding is shown by the
fact on Dec. % the Bank of Japan's
note issue was l,184 1921 900 yen and
its specie reserve was 489, 495 900 yen.
Japanese Enterprises in China Face
Ruin
Japanese enterprises in Inner China
are facing ruin as q result of the
boycott Of Japanese goods by the
masses. William Phillip Sim m s,
Scripps- Howard Foreign Editor, re-
ports that "the Kso Maru, a Japanese
vessel, entered Shanghai with only
$50 tons Of Japanese goods. and these
were consigned to Japanese ner-
chants whose business has been shot
to pieces by the boycott. This, 1t Is
said, is typical.
HALF the Japanese shops IN
Shanghai, II is stated, are unable