The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-24

NAleG5Sntn ROUTE Army, HQnlGGedlyS
having strong Communist elements
in its ranks and fighting In defiance
of the Marking Kuomintang govern
ment, pushed its advance with charge
after charge Of infantry against the
japanese lines,
The Chinese launched their ceun-
ter-offensiye in the Kiangwan-Mia-
shin sector, forcing the japanese to
rush reinforcements from other Sec
tors Of the battle front, The Chinese
then launched a terrific attack on
the weakened japanese sectors. The
Japanese were forced 10 use all their
reserves, even sending marines from
their warshlps into the line. The
Japanese commander has sent a fran
Tic appeal TO the Japanese govern
ment for achievements. Troops are
being rushed from Japan,
Unrest Evident In japanese Army
A Shanghai dispatch reports IAN
atmosphere of confusion about the
(Japanese) headquarters as a result
of yesterdays defeats" Another dis
patch indicates the growth of unrest
inthe Japanese Army. 1t says:
IAN the japanese soldiers seen
have lest their exhilaration and at
titude Of confidence met everywhere
Saturday, and now their faces arc
somber and anxious"
Gbonai,oi dis,1a tcl,as aI,a i,dioota
that the Japanese army would have
been completely wiped out yesterday
but for their mastery of the air and
their superior equipment. The Nam
king and Canton cliques of the Kuo-
mintang have large air fleets with
hundreds of trained pilots but have
traditionally refused to send these
planes against the Japanese invaders.
They have also withheld munitions
and military equipment from the de-
Tenders of Shanghai The Shanghai
dispatch quotes as follows the opinion
Of foreign military observers at
Shanghai:
"The end of the third day Of the
tneEl battle Of Shanghai demon
stFated clearly that the Japanese
would have been defeated except
for their mastery of the afr, their
possession OF tanks and their artii-
iery superiority. Except for these
mechanical advantages they have
been continually cutfought by the
Chinese"
Foreign military observers express
smazernent "at the strategic and tao
tical risks being run by General
Uyeda's commanders" They clearly
Indicate that the position of the Jap
anese Army would be extremely pre-
carious' but for the traitoreus refusal
Of the Kuomintang militarists to give
adequate support to the defense of
Shanghai by the Chinese Nineteenth
Route Army and the revolutionary
Shanghai workers. The Kuomintnag
leaders, having prepared the way for
the looting and partition of China by
the robber imperialists, are now ac-
lively supporting that looting as far
as they dare. The butcher Chang
Kai-shek Is in deadly fear that the
heroic resistance of the Chinese at
Shanghai will further develop the ma
tional revolutionary movement.
Chang Fearing Mass Fury, Sends
Troops
Up to two days ago, Chang Kali
Shek was attempting to put an end to
the resistance at Shanghai In face
Of the fury of the Chinese masses and
the anger of his own troops, Chang
has now been forced to permit some
Of his troops to joni in the defense
Of Shanghai. This is plainly an at
tempt to head the mass resistance
movement In Shanghai in order later
70 behead 1t and again betray the
Chinese masses into the bloody hands
Of the imperialists. Chang still re-
fuses to declare a state of war against
the Japanese imperialists. He still
maintains diplomatic connections with
The murderers Of defenseless Chinese
workers and peasants and their wonl-
en- and babies.
Chiangs present maneuver is aimed
at exploiting the heroic defense of
Shanghai towhichhewas openly OPP
posed. and which he time and again
attempted to disrupt. 1t is an answer
to similar attempts by the Canton
leaders who have had as little to do
with the defense of Shanghai as Chi
ang himself.
Rebuffed in every onslaught they
had made against the Chinese de-
Tense at Shanghai, the Japanese in
vaders have unleashed the bloodiest
terror against defenseless Chinese
behind the Kiangwan lines.
Imperialist press dispatches have
carried admissions during the past
few days of this deliberate campaign
of frightfulness against the Chinese
masses. A dispatch from Shanghai
yesterday quotes a report on the
wholesale slaughter of Chinese civil
ians, men, women and children by
the Japanese. The report is by T. o.
Thackrey, managing editor OF the
Aneritan-owned Shanghai Evening
Post Mercury. Thackrey reports
standing in the grandstand at the
Kiangwan International Race Club
and watching with several other AM
orleans the slaughter of Chinese
workers and neasar,ts bv t1e lam