The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-23


nese banditry in Manchuria 50 long
as the Japanese confined themselves
to looting Manchuria and converting
Manchuria into an armed base
against the Soviet Union. With the
Japanese threat to invade China
proper an extremely tense situation
is developing between the imperial
lists of the United States and Japan.
Admit Menace Of New World War.
The threat Of a new world war for
the spells Of China is admitted in a
statement issued by DR.. wellington
Koo, Marking foreign minister, and
appearing in yesterdays imperiahst
press. The statement is evidently in
spired by the United States. The
New DIRK Times interprets 1t as ian
appeal to the United States under
the Nine-Power treaty and the Kel-
logg- BRAND pact" In his statement
Koo refers to the former policy Of
the United States of curbing Japan
in Manchuria, stressing especially the
policy followed under the Roosevelt
administration, and declares:
while the Manchurian situation
appears on the surface TO be Chi
nese issue, it is essentially an in
ternationaI problem of the first
magnitude. Upon its solution de-
ponds TO a great extent the worlds
outlook for tho future. World peace
and security will be determined
largely by the nature of the settle
mcnt of this problem"
= Reveals Japanese Lootins
-95cog OF Manchuris,
A direct outcome of the present
sharp clash Of United States and
Japanese in1perialist interests in
China is the belated admission OF the
United States innperalists that the
japanese are engaged in the most
outrageous 1ooting OF Manchur1a.
This looting was openly and tacitly
supported by the Wall Street gov
eminent. The United States inn
perialists had no objections so long
as the Japanese plundering did not
menace their own plumber. These
are the same gentlemen who trothed
at the mouth when the workers and
peasants of the Soviet Union took
back from the capitalist thieves the
plundered resources Of the country.
Banks, Railways, Etc, Seized
BY Japan.
Admission that puppet govern
ments have been set UP all over Man
churla by the Japanese, that rail-
ways and public utilities have been
seized, that banks, coal mines, power
plants have been taken and given to
Japanese concerns, Is contained in a
dispatch to the New DIRK Times from
its Darien correspondent, Haliett
Abend. al =7-It 6fi
The dispatch sees the other i'm
perialist powers being squeezed out
by the Japanese. 1t admits that
even while the League OF Nations
and the United States we're INDUCING
in their sham peace" maneuvers in
Paris. "the Japanese had virtually
completed the seizng Of a tight grip
on Manchurian political, TRANSPORTS
ton, economic and financial organ
izations and now are in ,lndisputed
control" The present Chinese Off
Gals are all puppets Of the Japanese.
The governors, the mayors. the bu.
reaus, all have japanese advisers"
whose slightest word of advice is
tantamount to command"
As concretes examples OF the Japa-
nese looting OF Maachuria, the dis
patch cites the fact that while on
Sept. 10 the Japanese South Man
churia Railway owned SOL miles OF
track, today it controls and operates
1853. In addition there are two light
narrow guage railways constructed by
the Chinese which the Japanese have
also seized. One Of the methods OF
the Japanese was to close down
Ctinese-owned industries and later
reopen them under Japanese con-
troll. This happened in the case OF
several rich mines.
Express Hope Of Soviet Action.
The Washington government is do
ing its utmost to force Japan to carry
out the original Wall Street policy Of
pushing the Soviet Union into war
This policy aims both to crush the
Soviet Union and to weaken the posi-
ton Of Japan through war of ex-
haustion. Washington officials have
avidly picked up a rumor peddled by
lie Journal Of Paris to the effect that
Moscow had decided to propose that
the Monaghan (Soviet) Government
equip an army for action in the event
Of new conflict in Northern Man
churia."
The Washington imperialists read
into this rlmor the Interpretation
that Russia might soon attempt to
facHxate the organization of Chinese