The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-10-25

Soviet Union has broken out Of
the bounds of diplomatic confer
enceS of foreign officials and APP
pears now in a number of concrete
hostile acts serving two purposes:
One, to weaken the Soviet Union
economically, to cut off trade rela-
tons and thus hamper the devel-
opmert Of the Second Five-Year
Plan and the expansion Of indus
try. Two, to speed up and strength
en- the military preparations direct
ed against the Soviet Union.
Both of these obsectives are Of
course interrelated, and acts which
on the surface affect only Soviet
trade have direct political con-
sequences.
Organization of the mass strug-
gle against imperialist war is a
vital necessity.
The most important of the recent
hostile measures is the breaking off
of trade relations with the Soviet
Union by the National government
of Great Britain headed by Mac
Donald. The trade agreement has
been terminated.
BASIS FOR ACTION
This is the first fruit of the OF
tawa inner-empire agreements. Tt
is made under pressure from Cana
da and the Bennett government in
insisting on this in return for con-
ceSsions from Great Britain is I'M
doubleday influenced by pressure
from the American state depart
ment, in spite of the fact that the
Mellon Aluminium, Inc, operating
in Canada, has entered into a mil
lion-dollar oil deal with the Soviet
Union. Great Britain has nothing
to gain economically from break
ing off trade relations with the So
Wet Union. Empire preference for
wheat, lumber, dairy products, oil,
etc., will raise the cost of living for
the entire British working popula-
ton, and add large numbers to the
three million unemployed.
THE high tariff and inner empire
L preference policy Of the Mac
Donald-Tory government has al
ready caused dissension in the cab
met. Three Liberal Party ministe-'-
have resigned, stating: whether
we shall be able to enter into any
more satisfactory agreement with
the Soviet Union) is necessarily I'M
certain. If not, further blow will
have been struck at our export
trade, with a further increase in
the number Of unemployed"
The termination of the trade ag-
reement by the Macdonald Tory
government is seen, therefore, to be
a definite political act motivated
by the desire to take more leading
part in the inperialist offensive
against the Soviet Union.
THE JAPAN U.S.s.R.
NEGOTIATIONS
simultaneously, the negotiations
between the Soviet government and
Japan for a non aggression pact
have come to a halt, according to
reports by American press cores
po11dents. The New York Herald
ITbune's Toxic correspondent,
quotes an editorial from the Japan
Times" which declares that re-
prominent with the Soviet Union
would facilitate the infiltration of
Communist propaganda into Japan,
while a mutual on-agression pact
would weaken Japan's defense while
permitting Russia to increase her
military strength. Once the pact
was signed, says the editorial, Japan
would pay less attention to her
military establishment, while the
Soviet would continue to press for
ward with the five-year plan and
would concentrate on military de-
velopment."
From this it is to be seen that
1t is the industrializatiOn of the
Soviet Union under Socialist con-
structiOn which Japan, like all
other capitalist nations, is opposed
TO- Its fears Of "infiltration of
Communist propaganda into Japan"
as a result Of non-agression pact
smack strangely of the anti-Soviet
utterances of Matthew VOL and his
fellow members of the executive
council of the American Federation
OF Labor.
Since 1928 more than 10000 Com
munists have been imprisoned in
Japan. One-hundred and nine-one
nave been sentence to death or life
imprisonment. 1t is obvious, there
fore, that Communist activity is not
dependent upon non-agression
pacts with the Soviet Union.
THE Toxic correspondent states
further that simultaneously
have come indications of a friend
her attitude here toward the Euro
pean powers and the United States
-. The Japanese newspapers which
until recently were attacking Amer
lea at every opportunity are adopt
ing a more friendly attitude"
This more friendly attitude" CO.
1ncideS with the official visit of
General Macarthur, chief of staff
OF the United States army, to Rum
ANA TO witness the army maneuv-
ers OF this outpost OF anti-Soviet
miltarism, and to inspect the armed
forces OF the rest OF the border
states.
MacARTHUR'S VISIT"
The Daily Worker on October IS.
published comment of Bohemia.
a daily paper in Prague, Czecho-
SloVakia, where munition factories
are working overtime on munitions
Tor Japan. 1t is worthwhile to
again quote part of this comment:
THE commander in chief of