The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-17
Chinese Masses in Shanghai
Hail Victory of Chinese Red
Army with Demonstration
Storm Relief Headquarters, Demand Food for
Starving Masses In South China City
Soldiers at Shanghai Form Revolutionary
Council, Imperialists Alarmed;
Prepare New Blood Bath

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improbable at that, the New York
Times lies The American, japanese,
British and French imperiahsts are
all engaged at this very minute in
making war on the Red Army Of
the Chinese Revolution, on the revo-
lutionary Chinese masses. The Wall
Street irnperialists are, attempting to
hide their murderous role In the
bloody war on the Chinese Revolu
toni American workersl Demand
the immediate withdrawal of Amer
lean armed forces from China!
Workers. Prevent the transport Of
munitions to the Far East!
Soldiers At Shanghai Elect ReVoIu-
ticnAry Councils
An Inprecorr dispatch from Shang-
hal reports that the defense of the
working class sections of that city
against the Japanese itnperialist
murderers is shifting more and more
into the hands Of the revolutionary
workers;
THE recent struggles at the point
of the bayonet as the result OF
which the Japanese suffered &C.
we're losses and were driven back,
were conducted almost exclusively
by revolutionary workers and stu
dents. Revolutionary working wo-
men are also reported TO have taken
up the rifles dropped by the dead
and wounded, and TO have contin-
ued the struggle against the Jap
anese. The struggle against the
Japanese Is having the further re-
suit that the revolutionary elements
in the ranks of the Marking regi-
mentS are rapidly increasing their
strength. The soldiers of the 10th
Marking Division have elected
revolutionary Soldiers Council and
issued manifesto to the people of
China in which they promise to
fight to the death against the muir
derous Japanese invasion and call
upon the masses to proclaim revo-
IutiOnary general strike and to take
up a revolutionary guerilla struggle
in the rear Of the Japanese, blow
ing up bridges, attacking the jap
anese lines of communication and
in general doing the invaders as
much harm as possible in every
conceivable fashion.
Kuomintang Cliques Attempting
Betrayal.
Using the socalled neutral Interna-
tional Settlement as military base,
the Japanese are pouring troops into
Shanghai for a new and bloodier at
tack against the workers and soldiers
defending the city. Seven Japanese
transports arrived yesterday with ad-
ditional troops. The Japanese now
have more than 1900 troops In
Shanghai, in addition to the marine
forces of the Japanese fleet in the
Whangpoo River. The United States
and British forces have set up barri-
cadeS against the Chinese masses.
Pretending to be supporting the de-
tenders of Shanghai, both the Nam
king and Canton cliques Of the Kuo-
mintang are attempting to rehabili-
tate their influence with the masses.
At the same time, both cliques are
maneuvering with the imperialists for
the disruption of the defense Impe-
rialist press dispatches from Shang-
hal report "a Semi-officia1 Chinese
government spokesman" as predict
ing "a retreat of the Chinese forces
defending Shanghai because of lack
of munitions"
Imperialists In Sharp Clash Over
Spells.
A sharp clash between the impe-
rialists over the division of the loot
in China occurred yesterday at &C.
neva. The League Council decided to
address final appeal to Japan to
cease hostilities at Shanghai" The
Council is holding over the Japanese
the threat of special convocation of
the League Assembly to take up the