The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-06
BY BUICK

'In the prefecture of Toyama meeting was
organized which was attended by over 500
peasants, who were thereupon marched in
demonstration procession. At the collisions
with the police the demonstrators called out:
When we have Soviet government, you 1.-THE
police and nationalists) will get short shrift.
On the following day. the police, out Of fear Of
an attack by the masses, were compelled to
release the five persons they had arrested"
In the same number we find the following
communication from correspondent:
"At meeting of working men and women
Of the textile mill Tokyo Moss, which was
convened by the reSormist trade union a
working woman quite openly declared: The war
In Manchuria Is an imperialist war to enrich
the capitalists at our cost; our work becomes
harder every day; we are in constant danger Of
dismissal and wage reductions; the leaders
(reformists) do nothing for us. We abb
soIuteIy against the war; She was handed over
by the reformist leaders and the management
to the police At the mill, signatures of the
workers to a protest against her dismissal were
collected with great SUCCESS"
The issue of December 10 reports:
''The workers Of seven factories in Tokyo
who were on strike organized on November 2Sth
a Joint demonstration under the slogans: Down
with the imperialist war; down with the dis
IHlSSdIS. AT tNlS EXPERIMENTATION JOINT StrhC
committee was elected"
At a locality in the provinces a conference Of
the local council and Of the peasant organiza-
tions adopted a decision calling for the fight
against the imperialist war and the immediate
withdrawal Of the troops from Manchuria. At
this conference there were present IA delegates
elected by the members, as well as guests
What are the most outstanding facts in these
communications from worker correspondents on
the fight against war?
The anti-war movement is springing up from
below. The activity in developing and spreading
the anti-war movement.
Not only workers but also peasants are part
icipating in the movement. It is impossible to
overestimate this fact.
The anti-war movement already bears the
active character Of street demonstrations and
meetings, economic strikes, and actions Of the
peasants against the big landowners.
The continued anti-war demonstrations Of the
poor students bear witness to the anti-war feeling
Of the lower strata of the population. According
to the latest reports dated February l1tll fresh
students demonstration against the war has
taken place.
The anti-war feeling is finding its way into
the citadel Of Japanese imperialism, into its
army, where things have already gone so far
that the soldiers are refusing to fight and de-
Tnanding to be sent home. These actions Of the
soldiers against the war show that the ferment
among the soldiers is already widespread This
Is confirmed by an American paper, which refers
to the bad morale Of the Japanese army.
The number Of immediate fighters against war
does not, for the time being extend beyond a
few thousand. But there are workers, peasants
and students who demonstrate against the war
although they know that their fate may be the
torture chamber. There are soldiers, who refuse
TO fight although they know that they will be
court-martialIed FOR doing so. Each one OF these
workers and soldiers, peasants and students ex-
presses the inward hopes and strivings Of many
hundred Of thousands who have not yet reached
this height Of heroism, but soon WILL
The anti-war movement in Japan shows that
the war against China and the Soviet Union is
becoming more and more unpopular among the
great mass Of the working population Of Japan.
In Japan we have an extraordinary favorable
situation for the fight to convert the imperialist
war into civil war, for the peoples revolution
against the war and the bourgeois landowning
monarchy, for the fight for rice, for land and
liberty, Tor the workers and peasants govern
ment