The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-21
BY MIN TIN
Letter from Peiping)

THE veil over the mechanism Of the bandit"
movement, which Japanese imperialism
makes generous use Of in order to increase
the number of its troops in Manchuria and to
concentrate them in definite directions is being
more and more drawn aside. This mechanism"
is exceedingly simple and consists in the follow
ing: this or that Manchurian general, as the
japanese determine, begins at the necessary
moment to play the role Of enemy; he stages
a rebellion" and is then pursued by the jap
anese troops. The General quickly retreats in
the agreed direction. Having arrived at the
place agreed upon cit is rule that all rebels"
no matter in what direction they may have to
move, in most cases retreat in the direction of
the Soviet frontier) the "rebel general ceases
resistance" and declares his submission to the
'Manchurian government, i.e., to the japanese
command. Here in most cases, the japanese
cease their pursuit" Che point they are aiming
at has been reached) and begin to bring up
further reinforcements Gin case bandits should
appear again" The advance Of the japanese
on the track Of the rebels" is accompanied by
a real drive with the employment OF all cate
gories Of troops, against the working population
Of Manchuria who incidentally" submit to the
new "Nanchurian government" in other words,
to the Japanese conquerors. The least resistance
on the part Of the outraged population is crushed
with the most indescribable cruelty by the &C.
cupation troops
At the same time, the Japanese threaten to
increase their forces. Thus, for instance, num-
erous sensational reports have appeared in the
japanese prss recently regarding a partisan
movement in the Nunan region. The Japanese
are beginning to fling their troops into this dis
trict, and Japanese papers have already reported
that numerous partisans are holding possession
OF Nunan AS has now transpired, however,
the Japanese command is using the situation in
this district in order to convert Human into an
important military base where great bodies of
troops are to be concentrated. Nunan is very
important point for Japanese Imperialism, lying
north Of Chanchun on the new railway line
planned to be built by the Japanese from Chan
chun to Dalai and running parallel with the
ChineSe-Eastern railway. When the japanese
troops began to advance north of Hardin, the
japanese press gave as a reason for this the
outbreak of "revolts," and excuses on the part
OF the so-called Binsjan troops (Chinese). There
were continual reports Of alleged fights between
the Japanese and tn Bins1an troops 1t was also
reported that the latter were retreating and that
the japanese were in pursuit. Now, after the
japanese troops have taken possession of Tunbin
and Fandcheng (northeast of Harbin) and are
advancing still further towards San-Sing (nearer
to the Chinese-Soviet frontier, the commander
Of the military mission in Hardin, Doichara,
has declared in an interview to representatives
OF the press that there have been no actual COLI
sions between the Japanese and insjan troops;
that 1t was only bandits detachments", who had
no knowledge Of the negotiations and the conclu-
sion OF this agreement between the commander
OF the japanese and the Binsjan troops, which
opposed the Japanese and that "in the near
future this district will be purged Of all unreli-
able elements" In plain language this means
that the generals, who have been bought by the
japanese, have fulfilled their task they have
enabled the Japanese troops to reach the desired
points. 1t is now question of fortifying the
district and concentrating troops for the further
advance in the desired direction
The cause" has already been ascertained
beforehand Doichara pointed out at his inter-
view that with the coming of spring the move
ment of the bandits will increase" Reports
from Hardin confirm that the Binsjan generals
have already declared their submission to the
new Manchurian government From we'll
informed American and English sources we
learn particularly interesting details regarding
the recent bargaining between the Japanese and
tn commanders of the Binsjan troops Din and
Ii Du The Japanese command agreed with
them that the rebellion should cease for the