The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-23
TO THE COMMUNIST PARTY
OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

20 the Communist Party OF the Philippine ISLANDS.
Dear Comrades:-As comrades in the fight
against a common foe American imperialism
and as the only leader of the toiling masses Of
the oppressed Filipino nation which is loyal to
those masses in their struggle for complete sep
aration from and independence of American
imperialst domination, the Communist Party OF
the United States of America by direction Of the
Thirteenth Plenary Session of its Central Com
mittee sends it warmest fraternal greetings to
the Communist Party of the Philippine IsanE3
and through you to the brave and unconquered
Filipino workers and peasants.
The birth of the Communist Party of the
Philippine Islands was a tremendous historical
event in the history of the Far East an event OF
deep Importance and great encouragement to the
revolutionary proletariat of the whole world and
to the fight for national liberation of all peoples
who are robbed and oppressed by imperialism.
The revolutionary workers and farmers of the
United States were overjoyed to learn, even
;hough inadequately because of the lamentable
lack of other means of information than the i'm
periaIist press, that the toiling masses of the
Philippines themselves recognized the Importance
and necessity of establishing their own Com
munist Party, and by repeated mass actions have
demonstrated their devotion to its program OF
national liberation and class emancipation.
With the same anger as that of the Filipino
masses, the revolutionary tci1ers of the U. S. A.
have seen the acts Of persecution and terror
against the heroic peasants Of Tayug and the
brave leaders of the Communist Party OF the
Philippine Islands, ordered and supervised by
American imperalist tyranny and carried out by
its vile servants, the Filipino bourgeoisie and
landlords.
Superior to all Obstacles
In spite of the brutal repreSSionS Of imper1allst
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in spite of the barbarous terms of Imprisonment
and exile given the leaders of the Communist
Party of the Philippine Islands, Ca czarist pro-
cedure that should dispel any remaining illusion
of the sort of "demagogy" insured by American
ruled in spite of the decetful demagogy OF such
bourgeois tricksters Roxas who insults the name
of the great proetarian Andreas Bonifacio IN
forming under the honorable name Of the Katl-
DlInan a fascist movement against the toiling
masses covered by false promises aimed at d.
verting the masses from following their own
leader and guide-the Communist Party; IN
spite of all this and many other dangers ana
difficulties, we are confident that the COM
uunist Party of the Philippine Islands, roofing
itself ever deeper in the hearts of the masses
by bold and wise leadership of their daily
struggles. will remain indestructiblel More, we
are sure that it will grow and develop as the
unifying and guiding force that will lead the
toers of the Philippines to the destruction OF
their enemies and the establishment OF their
own Worker and Peasant Soviet Government.
The role of the Communist Party Of the Phi
lippine Islands is of especially grave Importance
in view of the intense rivalres of the mper1allst
powers over the loot and division OF China,
rivalries which are even now on the point OF
breaking out into a new and terrible world war,
in view of the revolutionary rise Of the Chinese
masses under leadership of the Communist Party
of China, the establishment of Soviet rule IN
great areas of China, and the combined efforts
of all imperialisms mutually rivals though they
are to crush the Chinese Soyiets and to launch
a murderous attack against the Soviet Union in
the Far East land in Europe alsoD in an at
tempt to destroy the Union of Socialist Soviet
Republics, the inspiring example to all the OPP
pressed and exploited ..,...... ...,...-... ..-
Lessons of China
The experiences of China, especially the
treacherous role of the bourgeois Nationalist
the butcheries of workers and peasants by the
Kuomintang and the servility of its factions to
one or the other of the imperiahst bandits that
has opened the way for the present seizure OF
Manchuria and prepared the ground for COM
plete ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the nation, all have
lessons of vital Importance to the toiling masses
of the Philippines and their leader the Com
r1unist Party of the Philippine Islands