The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-19

E1anifesto of the League Against Imperialism
YER since the millions of the peasant popu-
lation in China we're drawn into the anti
mperialst struggle and the movement for ma
,ional emancipation found its appropriate form,
provocation and intervention on the part of for
elgn Imperialism has become more and more fire.
quent and unconcealed. In the course Of this
period the League Against Imperialism has
more than once had occasion to denounce the
criminal actions of predatory Imperialism before
the toiling masses in the imperialist countries
and the colonies The League Against Imperial
ism, with the support of the anti-imperialist
masses everywhere, has undertaken effective &C.
ton in turn against the supply OF arms and
munitions to the counter Revolutionary armies,
against the financing of war and Chinese coun-
ter-revolution for the purpose Of annihilating
the Red Army and the Soviet Movement, and
against the bood-t thirsty acts of the white ter
ror in the imperalist concessions and else
where, etc.
Imperialism not only supports the counter
revolutionary war against the Chinese Soviet
Revolution but the mperialists directly use their
own arms and warships in an open counter
revolutionary war of intervention against the
Chinese workers and peasants" In these words
the resolution of the last session of the Inter-
national Executive Committee of the League
characterized the attitude of the imperialists in
regard to China. Today we have arrived at a.
still more serious phase of Chinese subsection to
the imperialist yoke With Japans robber &C
ton in Manchuria the imperalists have cynic-
ally trodden under foot the formal acknowledge
ment of the State independence of this country,
which they were content to Cypress through the
intermediary of their native agents, Chang Kai
Shek and the other executioners of the toiling
masses struggling for emancipation The SLOW
ness of the process of so-called specification"
and the growth Of the economic crisis have i'm
PEELED them to decide on the direct dismember-
ment Of this great human reservoir and on its
subsection to their military yoke.
If up to now the various imperialist powers
have hesitated to undertake this step it is solely
because they could not reach an agreement on
the subject of partition The Japanese govern
ment, specializing on the big difficulties of Eu-
rope and America~in the face of the enormous
economic and financial catastrophe of the recent
period, and under the pressure themselves of
the disturbing contraction of the outlets for
Japanese industry, has not hesitated to under
take the risks of military adventure in Man
churia. The fact that their army was able to
invade the whole OF the southern portion OF this
province without encountering the slightest re-
ply shows that the latter cast an approving eye
on the developments Of this bandit action They
intend to utilize this precedent in order to seize
profitable compensation for themselves by the
same methods of violence and plumber. 1t can
well be understood that once embarked on this
course, each one of the inperialist rivals will
desire to the biggest portion for ITSELF and
thus the antagonisms between them will under
go further intensificaton and bring about new
conflicts.
What Is 1t that induces the imperialists to
have recourse to this radical solution OF the
Chinese question? 1t is the failure of their policy
of maintaining China in its position of semi
colony and of exploiting at their ease the hun
dreds of millions of the starving population kept
subservient to the rule Of the feudalists and the
big national bourgeoise.
The Marking government, which is supposed
to represent officially the interests of China
and which in reslity is nothing but toy in the
hands of the imperiasts finds itself put in q
ridiculous situation. In agreement with the dis
sident national government Of Canton, which
on Shis point has made common cause with It.
1t has found no better course than to turn to
the League Of Nations. the League OF the i'm