The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-28

dIlQ Italy dTG IbpOIDCO W IIdNc JOlIlcO
the Japanese in an attack on the
masses of Central China. The at
tack was begun on Thursday night
with murderous bombardment OF
the Chinese workers quarters Of
Tientsin by the japanese and Ital-
ians. Over 20 Chinese workers are
reported killed and many scores
wounded. United tSates, French and
British troops were reported under
arms in the foreign concessions. A
Paris dispatch yesterday reports that
the United States, France and Bri-
tain have since Joined the Japanese
and Italians in shooting down Chin
csc workers in Tientsin. The dis
patch says:
japanese official quarters in
Paris today reported receipt Of in
formation from Tientsin that there
were 'rumors' that American, Bril-
fish and French troops were en-
gagged with the Japanese and Chin
csc in severe fighting there yester-
day"
Yesterdays New York Post carried
Tientsin dispatch with the sub
head: ~. S., British, French Report
ed Joining Tientsin Clash"
Japan in Ultimatum TO China.
Japan has handed China an ulti-
natum, Tientsin dispatch to the
New York World Telegram reports:
Japan delivered an ultimatum to
Chinese authorities today after .
night of fighting In which Jap
anese troops bombarded Chinese
rioters with artillery and swept
streets with machine guns and
rifles"
A Peiping dispatch reports that
Chang has issued orders not to re-
sist the Japanese attack on the Chin
csc masses. The dispatch says:
Marshal Chang ordered the
Chinese authorities to avoid any
kind of conflict"
A Toxic dispatch to the New York
Evening Graphic reports the Japan
ese in new offensive towards Chin
chow. The dispatch says that Gen.
eral Hsueh-Liang is Withdrawing his
troops from Chinchow without offer
ing any resistance to the Japanese
invaders. This is another act of be-
trayal of the Chinese masses by the
Kuomintang traitors, who all along
have refused to lift finger in re-
sistance against the plot Of the i'm
perialists to complete the partition
of China and crush the powerful
revolutionary movement of the Chin
ese workers and peasants.
The special law passed by the Kuo-
mintang hangmen against anti-Jap-
anese agitation has completely failed
of its purpose. The anger OF the
masses continues to grow against the
imperialists and their Kuomintang
lackeys The efforts Of the Kuomin-
tang to crush the power of the Chin
ese Soviets and the Red Army also
resulted IN a smashing defeat for the
Marking armies.
Massacre Followed Demonstration.
The murderous attack on the
Tientsin workers followed an ahti-im-
perialist demonstration in the Chin
csc workers quarter. The Japanese,
in seeking a pretext to crush this
movement, resorted to their old trick
of hiring Chinese gunner to create a
disturbance. The japanese and Ital-
ians then claimed that several revolt
yer shots had been fired into their
concessions. The action Of the i'm
perialists In Tientsin Is further
provocation against the Chinese
masses. This action Is direct out
come Of the secret decisions OF the
United States and the League Coun-
Gil In Paris. These decisions are
aimed at furthering the rape OF
China, at destroying the Chinese
Soviets, which exercise control over
an area larger than France, with a
population Of over $4,000, 900 and Is
the only stable government in China.
The imperialists are starting another
and bloodier world war in their des-
perate attempts to save the decaying
capitalist system, at the expense of
the home and colonial masses, at the
expense Of the Soviet Union.
1t is a war Of desperation directed
against the struggles Of the hungry