The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-03-07
The Defenders of
"CiviliZation"

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First let us see what the J1,-,o-o officers are
doing to the unarmed, helpless peasanyg they run
across In the area outside Shanghai as told by
I. Q. Thackrey, editor Of the Shanghai POST
Mercury" of Feb %:
"A Japanese officer turned one Of group of
Chinese in peasant garb to face the sun, His
shining saber flashed up to the hiIt in its
human sheath. second figure took its place
and once again the Saber found its ruIsinR
Scabbard There were women and children
among the cOrpSeS. Women shot through, their
padded coats and through with Sabers
Children whose bodies were ridded With bull
let's"
Then let's see what the New York world
Telegram" the chief organ OF the so-caYed
liberal Scripps- Howard syndicalate OF papers
which boasts of Norman Thomas and other $50
clalstS, has to say about what a great blessing
the Japanese inperialiSts are-and how they can
be even bigger blessings by attacking the Soviet
Union:
The Chinese Japanese Squabble. even though
1t develops into war, may not be as detrimental
as it appears. 1t might even stimulate trade
bit, and IL Russia becomes involved in a
minor way, she may be forced to give up her
Five Year Plan, which has caused no little con-
Germ in this country"
j. Harris Associated Press correspondent, in. a
dispatch dated Feb %;
In the middle of the war-torn area saw an
old Chinese woman sitting in al open field
weeping and wringing her hands, ignorant of
all but the StarkeSt externalS of what was going
ON about hey and entirely helpless. Some dis
lance to the right Japanese soldier appeared,
followed by several more close behind The
leading soldier raised his rifle, aimed at the
woman and fired. He missed. The woman
continued to weep, her face buried in her
hands. The riflemen eisurely aimed again and
fired. This time he scored with deadly ac-
curacy. His bullet sent the helpless victim into
eternity His comrades pushed forward 10
continue looting and terrorizing."
We trust that you noticed that word footing ,
Anyhow, let's see what the nice, gentcel, NJ Y
Evening Post has to say as recommendation for
these looters and murderers of old women:
"The great Western nations. behind their
League masks and under their diplomatic
camouflage, secretly want Japan installed upon
the ASiatic mainland, dependable sector of a
protective ring around Soviet Russia"
So, workers, THAT is why Japan is getting
away with murder, literally!
PLEASE TAKE NOTE:
There are 100000 unemployed in Japan and
although every fool in America talks as if wal
Japan. In fact unemployment is getting worse
The big Osaka sugar mills have closed down COM
pletely. Silk weaving is all! shot to he'll And the
Japanese press runs headline that says: "ciov-
eminent Worried Over Educated Jobless" The
"uneducated jobless don't matter of course.
Also since "anti-deflation" is supposed to bring
back prosperity" to America, we might notice
that 1t has failed to do so in Great Britain and
also in Japan. where after the temporary but
slight" boom in speculation that followed going
off the gold standard, the Japanese press admits
that business is going from bad to worse
Indeed how can it do anything else so long as
the ability Of the masses to buy and consume
commodities is not increased but ON the con
trary is decreased by the higher prices resulting
from initiation
The price of rice has gone up tremendously in
Japan and rice is the staff of life for the masses
Just So the prices will rise here, with initiation
on whatever the workers buy-or want to buy
Not having any more money wages lin fact, less
than before, they buy less. That's going to
restore prosperity like hell Hard times are Just
beginning, boys and girls!
And that dear reader, Is the kind of rabbit
that the Reconstruction Finance Corporation OF
Mr. Dawes and Senator Glass magic bill for
producing s75O,OO0,00o in gold automatically"
is going to pull out Of the hat! Cut this out and
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say don't come true.
The Weeks Prize Piffle: 1T is high time
that the people awaken and that we send to
washington a man whose heart is with the toll
ing millions and who cannot be lulled to sleep
by the subtle perfume Of Wall Street John
Nance Garner is that manl"-Mayor Chambers
OF San Antonio, at Garner for President rally
on WaShington's Birthday
What's In Name: From Edinbtrg, TeAs
comes the Associated Press dispatch Uch 80
saying that 16 members Of the Good Govern
ment Party" are now residing in the local
hoosegow, charged with conspiring to hire some
body to murder all the office-holders OF the
"city" of Donna, Texas. The idea being to seize
the city government" also control OF some irri-
cation system. A typical bourgeois idea Of
SEEKING the government" and one which has
nothing IN common with Co,~--ainist policy Of
action by the masses.