The daily worker., 1932-06-06
BY WASS MIN

NOBODY will be surprised that the Kuonn-
" tang Government, in spite of the furious
protests of the whole of the Chinese people, mas
signed the Shanghai Treaty by which emma Is
to be divided among the imperialists. Not only
the Nanking Government regards the domina-
ton Of China by the imperialists as the best
way out of the disastrous crisis, but the So
called OPPOSITION the old nilitarsts politicians,
landowners and the bourgeosie set all their
hopes on the actual rulers Of China the m
perialists themselves establishing Law and
order in the country, in order that they can
rerforn1 their devoted lackey service. The
working masses fully realize that the speeches.
and gestures Of the ruling class are nothing
else but denagogy and cynical attempts at de-
cspticn and are therefore striving Tor the
overthrow OF the rule of the landowners and
bourgeoise and the setting up of their own
power, the Workers and Peasants Soviets, in
order 10 do away with all the unequal treaties
The Shanghai Peace" Treaty, which is a
prologue to another Round-Table Conference
for the purpose of dividing up China, is not
military victory of the japanese military CANA
rjlla. or even a diplomatic victory Of YoshlzaVa,
Shigen1itsu and Sato but a successful piece cf
work by all the imperiahsts. There is no need
to prove the collaboration of France in this
"Peace" Treaty; and the British friends and
the American "Saviors' are obviously the cfllet
creators of the treaty Macdonald, Simon,
Hoover and Stirnson themselves, or their agents.
along with the Kuomintang, practice the most
monstrous chicanery and carry out the most
repressive measures against the Chinese people
The retreat of the victorious Chinese tghters
from the Shanghai front to Kunshan was the
result of the intrigues and threats OF Simon
and Lampson, Of the League of Nations resolu-
ton and the approval OF washington. Inc
shanghai Peace" Treaty is the result of the
endeavors of Lampson and of the mass" move
nent organized by the British agents, Generals
Macnaughten and Bell, (the former and present
vice-chairnan of the municipal council of the
shanghai International Settlement respectively,
as well as Of the active cooperation of the
Americyan Ambassador in China. Stinson's visit
to Geneva as a result of which the well-HnoWn
League of Nations resolution Of April 3O on the
Shanghai Peace" was adopted, plays an inn
portant role This resolution, in which it is
openly stated that the Chinese troops must not
advance one step east of Kunshan, that an
area comprising a twenty-mile circle round
Shanghai must be placed under international
administration, that the withdrawal Of the
japanese troops from Shanghai-formerly fixed
for six months time-is now postponed in
definitely, which silently approves of the COM
,plete dissolution of all anti-Japanese organi-
cations and the carrying out of the secret treaty
between China and Japan regarding Manchuria
and Mongolia, is further confirmed and ex-
tended by the peace" negotiations which for
months have been going on behind the scenes
in Shanghai The Kuomintang regime and its
,o-called opposition now demagogicaliy declare
that at the Shanghai peace" negotiations only
the armistice and the withdrawal Of the Japan
ese troops were discussed, and that not a single
political question was touched upon. Thus they
represent the "armistice" and the withdrawal
of japanese troops" as a purely technical prob
lem BY the solution of this technical problem,
however, Shanghai has been practically handed
over to the imperiaIists and the way cleared
for the partitioning of China.
The first delegate of the Marking government
at the Shanghai negotiations, Koo Tai Chi has
been appointed Chinese Ambassador to England
and will travel to London with Lampson. Here
ne will play the same role as played by Lii Hung
Chang (who signed the treaty between China
and Tsarst RUSSIA at the time of the latter's
visit to Moscow Also the japanese give tangible
expression of their thanks to England. The