The daily worker., 1932-06-06
RESULTS OF THE SHANGHAI
"PEACE CONFERENCE"

China Times" of April g. reports from Tokyo
that the japanese Ministry of Finance has sent
a representative to London in order to negotiate
the taking up of loan of so million yen for the
Southern Manchurian railway. ..
The peace" treaty was signed on May S. but
it was actually completed already on March 21
at the conclusion of the preparatory conference,
a fact which was divulged by the Shanghai
paper "Shun Pao" of April Z. The "peace"
negotiations in Shanghai, which lasted for weeks
were nothing else but a comedy deliberately
staged for the purpose of deceiying the people
The Japanese have openly exposed this secret.
"Manchu Pao" which appears in Dairien, wrote
in its issue of April 27
"China suddenly turned with the details Of
the peace negotiations from Shanghai to the
League of Nations. The Nanking Government
knew quite well that Geneva would refer to
Shanghai the final solution of the details Of
the peace negotiations. They only wanted to
shift the responsibility on to Geneva in order
TO repeI the attacks of their political opponents
at home"
On April 29, the same newspaper published
the following telegram from Shanghai:
"The Nanking Foreign Ministry were quite
aware that the population would sharply at
tack the shanghai peace negotiations. On be-
newspapers: Foreigners regard Lampson's
draft treaty as exceedingly Just. 1t contains
no political conditions z1y violation OF
Chinese sovereignty. To postpone the signing
of this treaty would harm the interests Of
China"
In these lines there is revealed the true fea-
lures of the treacherous Kuomintang.
After the retreat of the defenders of Shanghai,
OF
pare for prolonged fight against Japan. What
preparations had it made by the 5th May?
1t had completely forbidden the boycott of
Japanese goods, and granted favorable condi-
tions to Japanese imports; it had recognized de
facto the independent Manchu-Kuo; it had
supported the Japanese provocations of the
Soviet Union, it had organized the fourth cam
paign against the Chinese Soviet Republic, and
had attempted to disarm and kill the revolu-
tionary soldiers of the 10Th Army and the armed
workers and peasants. The Japanese i'm
perialists have also recognized these endeavors
of the Kuomintang. On April 20, Manchu-Pao
published the following telegram from Shanghai:
"The staff of the Anti japanese Associa-
tion in Shanghai have each received from the
Shanghai government a months salary and
have been expelled from Shanghai. By this
severe measure a revival Of this organization
is made impossible"
The Chinese landowners and the bourgeoisie,
who cherish undying hatred towards the soldiers
of the 18th Army, describe the officers of the
same army as national heroes. What have
these national heroes" with Tsai Chin Kai at
their head, done in the meantime? They have
carried out the retreat of the defenders Of
Shanghai. They have taken part in the Shang-
hal negotiations and signed the secret agree
ment regarding Manchuria and Mongolia and
the peace treaty. CTwo generals Of the 18th army
we're delegates at the Shanghai negotiations0
Tsai Chin Kai has caused innumerable revolu-
tionary soldiers who agitated against Japanese
militarism to be executed. He has ruthlessly
dissolved the volunteer troops of workers and
peasants on the Wuchitchangchow front.
The act of the shameful treachery of the
Chinese militarists and politicians and of the
insolent action of the imperialSts only streng-
thens the fighting spirit of the Chinese working
masses; they will fight with still greater deter
mination for the development of the Soviet
movement, for the advance of the Red Army
against the imperialists The new victories Of
the Red Army on the Hankow Picking line, the
victory in South Fukien, the founding of the
26th Army in Kiangsi, are proofs Of this.