The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-18

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thousands of Japanese workers have
been arrested by the police. On
March 3, 1882, Tokyo police carried
out a general roundup of radical
workers, arresting $1,000 persons.
The Japanese jails are bullying with
imprisoned revolutionary fighters
and militant workers and peasants.
Strike in Aeroplane Factory.
In spite of the increasing white
terror, strikes have occurred in many
war industries The latest issue Of
the Communist International re-
ports, on the basis of news stories
in the Japanese press. that strikes
have occurred at a military aeroplane
factory near Tokyo, and that the
growth of the anti-imperialist move
ment in Japan is proceeding hand
in hand with the strike movement.
"On Nov. %, the striking workers
Of seven Tokyo factories organized.
under the leadership Of g. joint strike
committee, a united demonstration
under the slogans: Down with the
imperialist war Against dismissals,'
etc. On Dec. 18th, at a Conference
Of representatives of Twelve glass
factories and two unemployed organ
izations Of Tokyo, a resolution was
adopted against the impeFialist war
and in defense of China. and the
U. S. S. r." @
At the end of September, 1881,
shortly after the beginning of the jap
anese invasion of Manchuria, con-
ferences were held by the left-wing
mass organizations of the industrial
districts of Tokyo and Yokohama,
with the metal and chemical work.
ers' union at the head, for the pur-
pose Of directing the struggles in
these biggest centers of the Japan
csc war industry into the channels
of mass struggle against the new
imperialist war. On Oct. s., at dele
gate conferences in Tokyo the fol-
lowing slogans were sharply raised:
Down with the war in Manchuris
and Mongolia" Hands off Man
churia and China" Down with the
imperialist government of Japan!"
Relief for the unemployed to be met
from the war budget"
Wave of Anti-War Demonstrations.
On the occasion of the celebrations
of the october Revolution, a wave of \
demonstrations against the war and
in defense of hCina and the USSR.
swept the industrial centers Of Japan.
Armed clashes between the peas
antry and police agents of the land
owners are growing more frequent
and bitter "a peasants were arrested
in the village of Kanagana in jan
uary on riot charges. Peasants Of
six villages in the prefecture of Koti
have organized non-rent union. A
bloody battle occurred between the
peasants and police in the prefecture
of Magma. % peasants were arrested
and held on riot charges.
Growing Revolt in Armed Forces.
Most alarming to the Japanese
ruling class is the steady develop
ment Of revolutionary sentiment in
the armed forces. In the town of
Dagu. Korea, the authorities IN
esrthed a secret Communist organi-
zation in which several officers of
the Both regiment took an. active
part The Chinese newspaper "Tav-
anpao' reports that on January %
more than 200 japanese soldiers re-
fused to move to the front. On Feb,
II about 300 soldiers held a nesting
in Hongkew. Shanghai, and voted
condemnation of the robber war On
China, The Japanese paper "Nic'i-
Nichi Shimbun' later reported the
return of these soldiers to japan be-
cause they had become lhomesiek
and refused to fight" In February,
500 japanese soldiers in SHANGHAI
also refused to fight against their
Chinese fellow workers. The, Chin
ese newspaper "Tavan- Pao" reports
that more than 100 Of them were
shot and the rest sent back to
Japan"
Comrade Akhamatov in an article
"On the Front of the War Upon War
reports that a japanese detachment
Of 300 men in Menchuria refused to
go to the front. They then heroic
ely defended themselves against
whole brigade sent to arrest them,
The battle ragged all night until all 4
of the mutineers were wiped out.
Many meetings of Japanese workers
were held to commemorate the her
oism of these soldiers. who refused
to kill their Chinese fellow workers
but instead turned their arms against
their own imperialist oppressors.