The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-19

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posal to the United States, British
and French imperialists for the
creation of an independent" State
of Shanghai under joint irnperialist
control. The Japanese proposal is
aimed at leSsening the tension be-
tween Japan and the other imperial
ist powers over hte division of the
Spoils in the proceeding partition Of
China among the inperialist brig
ands. This tension has increased
greatly in the past few days as a
result Of the huge mobilization Of
japanese armed forces at Shanghai
and the fear Of the other impedalists
that the Japanese intend to take
more than their share in the footing
Of China. The proposal seeks also to
establish permanent imperialist war
base at the mouth of the Yangtze
River for the attack on the Chinese
Soviet Republic In Central China
The proposal is supported by Am
erican and British interests in
Shanghai
The imperialiSt war base proposed
would include all Of the South China
city Of Shanghai and territory IS
miles west Of that city. 1t would
take in the other Chinese cities Of
Liuho, Paoshan and Woosung ON the
Yangt5e, Quinzan and Chanju on the
Shanghai-Nanking railway and ter
ritory as far as Sunl<iang on the
Shanghai Hangchow railway. From
this territory, which Is the gateway
to the rich Yangtze Valley, the i'm
perialists would carry out a Joint
armed Intervention against the Chin
ese Revolution and tbs Red Army.
Two Worlds at War Today
Armed intervention against the
Chinese Revolution is a prelude TO
the proposed armed attack against
the Soviet Union. 1t represents a
war between two worlds-a war of
desperation waged by dying capital
ism against the rising and flourishing
Soviet world. 1t is the most des-
perate attempt yet made by decaying
capitalism to get out of the crisis
which is engulfing world capitalism.
To-Day, It Is being waged in China
at the expense of the blood Of the
toiling masses. Today, armed in
tervention against the Soviet Union
Is being prepared at the expense
Of starvation and denial of relief
to the starving unemployed mil
lions in the imperialist countries
Only an awakened and alert
working class can prevent the new
world blood bath which the I'm
perialists are preparing against the
workingclass. Workers! Organize
for struggle against imperialist war.
Organize United Front Anti-War
committees In your shops, unions
and all organizations! Prevent the
export Of munition to Japan! De-
mand Hands off Soviet China!
Hands off the Soviet Union! De-
mand all war funds for the unem-
ploycd.
Japan Admit q. S.-British Support
An official Japanese spokesman
yesterday admitted that the United
States, British and French i'm
perialists have been supporting the
Japanese in their campaign of murder
! and terror against the Chinese
masses in Shanghai. The Daily
Worker has repeatedly pointed out
that this was the case, that the
other imperialists we're supporting the
Japanese ambitions conflicted with
the loot aims of the other powers. A
Shanghai dispatch to the New York
Sun reports the Japanese spokesman
as stating:
From the beginning of the pre-
sent Sino-J Japanese conflict In
Shanghai, a tacit understanding
has existed between the settlement
officials and the Japanese diplo-
mats that any new terrain, an
nexed as result Japanese mi
litiary operations carried out ad-
jaccnt to the present foreign con-
cessions must necessarily come
under the Joint administration cs
Chinese Jepancss and Oc>iden-
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