The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-10
US. MOVES TO
GET MORE OF
The SPOlLS
Fighting On Large
/ Scale; Many Are
Killed
Put Up Native Puppets
Stimson Confers On
Wall Street Moves

NEW YORK.-War is reaching
great proportions in Manchuria, with
the Japanese airplancs repeatedly
bombarding cities. killing hundreds
Of soldiers and non-coinbatants. The
latest attack, far exceeding any q
the previous military actions of the
Japanese inperialists in their drive
to cut off Manchuria from China
and make it a complete japanese
colony, is the bombardment of Chen
chow, the temporary capital of Man
churia and the headquarters Of
Vive- Marshal Chang Hsueh- lang,
governor Of China.
After repeated promises about
withdrawing" troops, u Japanese
bombing planes flew from Newch-
wang, also in Japanese hands, and
bombarded Chinchow on Wednesday.
The entire city was virtually wiped
out, with hundreds of people killed.
The bombardment lasted for two
hours. There is a steady stream Of
workers and peasants fleeing the
war zone. Over 100000 have already
evacuated and hundreds of thou
sands more are leaving.
Marshal Chang Hseuh-liang, whose
headquarters were this time the OBJ
feet of the bombardment, is a former
puppet of Japanese imperialism In
line with its drive to take over Man
churia, the Japanese simperialists seek
to shatter the forces Of Chang Hseuh-
lang, once so faithful a butcher fol
the japanese bosses, baceuse lately
Chang Hsueh-liang has made alli-
ances with the Marking government
a tool of Wall Street. The japanese
imperialists, along with their military
drive, are setting up new native rul-
ers, even more pliable in the hands
of japanese imperialism than Chang
Hsueh-liang was.
The open war of the Japanese i'm
perialistS, sanctioned by the League
of Nations and its socialist support
ers, is become so clearly an irnperial-
ist onslaught on Manchuria that the
Tokyo correspondent of the New
York Times exclaiIns about the diff
ficulty Japan has in covering up its
robber aims. This correspondent,
Hugh Byas, cables:
at will be difficult TO reconcile
any extension of Japan's military
activities with teh governments
pledge to refrain from assrayatins
the situation
The sharper struggles for the mas
terry of Manchuria is exposing the
hand of American imperialism. Wall
Street has quietly been concentrat-
ing military forces in Chinese waters
to back up its fight for share OF
the colony that Japan is seeking to
take all for itself. The latest mill
tary maneuvers of japan is forcing
the hand of Wall Street. and Slim
sons quiet approach is breaking
down. The war danger is growing.
A conference was held Thursday be-
tween DR.. Ying Kwai, acting Chinese
ambassador, and Secretary of State
Stimson, on the latest military de-
velopments, showing Wall Street will
take more open hand from now
on as the conflicts sharpen. A Times
story from Washington states: Con
Germ is felt here over every new mill
tary clash In Manchuria, because the
situation is admittedly delicate"
1t is significant that no other
capitalist newspaper. outside of the
New York Graphic. carried the ex-
tremely important news that the
United States navy had concentrated
10 battleships in Chinese waters in
connection with the growing war
danger in Manchuria. All other cap
italist newspapers we're silent ana
government officials did not say q
word about II. x1
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