The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-27

have been court martialed. A short
time ago news leaked out in spite of
the strict Japanese military censor
ship OF an anti-war demonstration
of 300 students at q Toxic university.
The Marking Kuomintang govern
ment, in its traitorous attempts to
crush the national revolutionary
movement against the looting of Chi
ma by the imperiaIsts, has dispatched
troops to Kiangsi Province to attack
the revolutionary masses and their
Red Army in that province. The Can
ton Kuomintang leaders are cooper
ating in this new Communist sup
pressioa drive" which has been or
dered by the foreign imperialist mas
ters OF the Kuomintang. Units of
the Canton Kwantung army are re-
ported nearing the Kiangsi town of
KancfoW is besieged by Chinese Red
Army forces. A battle is reported to
have occurred on the Kiangsi- Honan
border between a force of the Chinese
Red Army and Marking troops COM
manded by Gen Chang Yin.
Throughout China the fury of the
masses is growing at the traitorous
role of the Kuonintang is made more
clear every day, with Chang Kali
shek and other Kuomintang leaders
attempting to betray the heroic re-
sistance Of revolutionary workers and
soldiers at Shanghai, and at the same
time attempting to drown in blood
the revolutionary struggles of the
masses against Japanese imperialism.
Mass uprisings are reported inn
minent in many Chinese cities, in
Guiding Hankow, Ichang and Nan
King. AT Marking the United States
Consul General has assessed the total
value of American property in that
CITY and called upon the Marking
government, whose headquarters are
now at Loyang, in Honan Province,
TO provide full protection for Amer
lean holdings"
Fears Of mass uprising in Shang-
hal are again expressed in dispatch
to the New York Daily News yes
terday from that South China city
besieged by the Japanese Army and
Navy and further threatened by the
concentration Of huge fleets and mil
ttary forces of the United States,
Great Britain, France and Italy. The
@ispatch clearly expresses the confid-
ence OF the imperiaIists that they
have nothing to fear from the Kuo-
mintang leaders and the troops they
concern, that the real threat against
the imperialists comes from the re-
volutionary Chinese masses,
The dispatch reports that the Kuo-
nnintang Gen. Chen Stunning has
ISSUED 8 decree threatening with
death any Chinese soldier or worker
who n1olests the i1nperialists and
their agents in Shanghai. The de-
cree Is directed against the revolu-
Nonary workers and the starving
refugees whose homes and belongings
were destroyed by the japanese when
they bombed and fired the densely
populated proletarian district of
Chapel. The decree was issued by
Chen from his mansion in Shanghai.
The dispatch describes his mansion
As follows:
"Chen's mansion--a Chinese re-
skdence In the most magnificent
manner-Iies within compounds
wall. An aide led me along thick
y carpeted Railways thanked by
carved teakwood panels and stain
cd glass windows, past many richly
furnished chambers, until we came
ut length 10 the Generals study"
The dispatch gives passing mention
to the destruction wrought by the
Japanese in Chapel, to the growing
unemployment caused by the des-
truction of factories and the closing
down OF many others and states:
".s the enforced idIeness of the
men and the wretched condition
Of their women and children pre-
sents a serious menace"
The dispatch reports that, "1n
Shanghai, there are 10000 organ
lied Communists, who are finding
fertile field for their propaganda
in the refugee population"
A Shanghai dispatch to the New
York Times reports a huge hunger
demonstration yesterday. 1t says
there is "the gravest concern in ad-
ministrative and defense headquar-
tiers Of the Settlement. 1t admits
that thousands are actually hungry
and heir number is growing rapidly.
Agitators are busy fomenting dis
content. among them"
American Imperialism is finding
the same difficulty in China, as here
in the United States, in convincing
the starving masses that they should
starve quietly and not disturb the
ears of the imperialist robbers with
their demands for relief. The dis
patch admits that 10000 tons of flour
are stored in Shanghai, but Is not
being used for the relief of the
starving workers and their children.
The Kuomintang leaders are con-
tinuing their efforts to deport the
starving refugees from the city. Some
weeks ago 10000 were given Chin
csc shilling and hustled out of the
city in the midst of a furious biz
xard 4.
A Shanghai dispatch TO the New