The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-29


openly admitted that it would not
interfere with the Japanese aggres-
sions in ManchtIria. The League
Council does not intend to hold an
other meeting before Jan. Is unless
the capture of Chinchow involves
such incidents as will make public
opinion, particularly in the United
States and Britain, demand stronger
measures" This is merely another
warning to the Japanese that the
other 1mperialist powers will with
draw their support Of Japan's seiz-
IRE of Manehuria unless Japan i'm
mediately concentrates on her role
of spear head in the armed attack
on the Soviet Union and refrain
from challenging the position of the
other imperialist bandits in China.
The diplomatic pressure exerted
upon the Japanese by the United
States, France and England within
the past wees was designated to
achieve this end. This was also the
intent of the plot organized by the
Czechc diplomat, Carl Wanek. to
procure the assassination of the
Japanese Ambassador to Moscow,
and thus afford Japan with the pre-
text for war on the Soviet Union.
Japanese In New Drive On Chinchow
The Japanese yesterday started
major offensive toward the Chin
chow gates to Inner China. A Wash
ington dispatch to the New York
Times reports that Stimson has been
informed Of the drive in e Every
friendly" note delivered to U. s. Am
bassador Forbes in Toxic. The jap
anese also assured the United States
that the trade debts due to American
firms by the former Marchurian
government would be paid by the
Japanese. Tokyo also promised to
pay indennification" for the delays
due to Japanese action"
Severe fighting between the jap
anese and Chinese partisan troops is
proceeding in Manchuria both in the
path Of the main Japanese army
which is advancing on ChinchoW and
in its rear. The heroic resistance of
the partisan troops OF workers, peas
ants and disbanded soldiers has con-
siderably slowed UP the Japanese adj
vance. A Tokyo dispatch reports
that large forces OF partisan troops
are active along the entire length
Of the Mukden- Antung Railroad,
which connects with the roads
through Korea.
Chinese Partisans Eeeapture Fort.
Sharp lighting has occurred along
the Kaopangtze- Yingkow branch Of
the PeipingS Mukden Railway. The
partisan troops are active within a
radius OF 80 miles from Mukden,
attacking the Japanese
and eluding superior forces. Par
tisan troops yesterday re-captlred
the citadel at Niuchung. A large
force OF partissns attacked a Japan
ese column near Penshan The re-
suits Of the fighting are still In doubt.
Other clashes occurred at the village
OF Hsintun, and near Sanchciatyu
an dMatac. Large numbers Of Chin
ese and Japanese have been killed
in these engagements.
In Darien, Korea, Japanese cav
airy patrol was attacked yesterday by
Chinese and Korean workers. pro-
testing against the Manchurian seiz-
ure.
In an interview yesterday with
Of American, business
interests who complained that Japan
was putting other irnperialists ii
Manchuria at a disadvantage, Prem
Ter Inukai OF Japan repeated his
cynical lie that Japan would not
accept Manchurta, even as q gift"
He assured the American yepresen-
tatives that Japan welcomed for
eign investments for the purpose OF
developing" Manchuria.
Following the repeated failures OF
the Canton and Marking cliques to
organize a new Marking government
on the basis Of "unity," Shanghai
dispatch reports that the situation
"suddenly crystallsed In tentative