The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-01

days Of imperialist terror against the
Shanghai masses. Tens Of thousands
of others have been wounded, many
horribly wounded. over 100000 have
been made homeless and destitute.
An irnperialist dispatch from Shang-
hal declares
SAThe total of Chinese dead never
viii be known. Many corpses GER
tainIy we're incinerated in the
bombed buildings which burned"
Shoot Down Workers as They Flee
Burning Huts.
Another inperialist dispatch speaks
of ''the whitening terror Of fire and
bombs and bullets which for thirty
six hours made a shambles of horror
out OF the Chapel section of Shang-
hal" C- c.-f
While hontbs rained overhead
and the streets we're swept by Jan
anese machine guns, the japanese
set fire TO workers huts, The ter
rified people we're faced with d.
Iennta OF terror. They had the
choice Of staying m their huts and
being burned TO death or fleeing
into the open TO be shot or torn to
pieces by bursting bombs"
Supported by the rest of the i'm
perialists, the Japanese have carried
on their operations against the Chi,
r1ese masses Of Shanghai from the
International Settlement while the
lying irnpertalist governments Of the
United States and Great Britain
prated about maintaining neutrality
in the settlement. In the settlement
itself, Japanese forces have hunted
down Chinese workers, ss admitted
by imperialist dispatches from
Shanghai:
Through the northern portion OF
the International Settlement, still
clcuded by the smoke which swept
over the ruins Of Chapel, hundreds
of Japanese marines, plainclothes
reservists and rowdy elements
scOurged the settlement In an orgy
of lawlessness."
The cynical hypocrisy OF the United
States and British notes to Japan
is further exposed in an official state
ment by the Tokyo government
which declares that the Japanese are
acting at Shanghai sin concert with
the consular body, municipal authori-
ties and foreign commanders" The
British and United States imperial
lists permitted the Japanese TO move
troops through the International Set
Element to attack the Chinese work
ing class sections. British and United
States troops fired on Chinese work
ers and soldiers resisting the Jap
anese invaders.
Workers! Demand hands off Chi
nal Demand the withdrawal Of al
irnperlahst armed forces from China.
Defend the Chimes masses against
the inaperialist robbers and murder
ers! Defend the Chinese Revolution
and the Soviet Union. Make February
1, unemployment insurance day,
day OF tremendous mass demonstra-
tons against hunger and against
war Down with the mur-
derers of the Chinese nlassesl Down
with the Ialperialist hunger program
and looting of the colonial massesl
The United States Asiatic Fleet is
being rushed to the Yangtze Valley
in t1e with the request Of Rear Ad-
miral Yancy williams for reinforce
mefits to fight the advancing Chi
nese Red Army. These warships are
carrying food supplies for one year.
United States troops being rushed to
Chine are admittedly fully equipped
for landing operations in an overseas
expedition
The British are rushing wsrships
iron, HongSong and Batavia, sur,a-
ira. The socialist British, premier,
Mcdonald, while rushing verslairs
against the Chinese masses, declares:
y assign no hlar.e. : take no sides"
A French, force is reported advanc-
Ing from French, rndc-c hins.
This Japsnese government u pre-
pairing to send an expecitionsry army