The daily worker., 1932-01-07

chow and the ultimate seizure of
that city by the japanese is clear
indication of the lengths to which
the Wall Street government is will
ing to go to maintain its leadership
in the Anti-Soviet front. Stimson's
diplomatic pressure" is aimed to
hold Japan to the above policy.
Only the powerful Chinese Red
Army and the Central Provisional
Soviet Government OF China, sup
ported and defended by the inter-
national. proletariat can stop the
1ooting of China by the imperialists
and the danger of imperiaist war
arising out of the sharpening con-
flict of interests among the looters
Workers everywhere must organize
anti-war meetings-in your organi-
cations, in your shops, in front OF
factory gates, etc. Demand the
withdrawal of all imperialist troops
and gunboats from China! Defend
the right to independence of the
Chinese nlassesi Defend the Soviet
Republic of China! Defend the revo-
lutionary struggles of the colonial
and Negro masses! Defend the So
Wet Union, the socialist fatherland
and citadel of the world revolution
against imperiaist oppression and
starvation! Demand all war funds
for the unemployed Demand the
payment of social insurance by the
bosses and their government Down
with imperialist war!
Japanese In Provocation Tactics In
Tientsin
The japanese invasion of Inner
China continues. A Tientsin dispatch
reports the Japanese in an "unoffi-
cisl' ultimatum demanding the with
drawal from the Tientsin of the
Chinese troops which we're previously
withdrawn from Chinchow at the
demand Of the Japanese. Japanese
troops In Tientsin, numbering over
2,4OO, have been holding daily de-
monStrations, marching through the
working-class sections in full war
time equipment The Japanese COM
mander has announced plans for a
grand military parade on Jan. 8.
Jaanese troops have been landed
at Foochow, midway between Stang-
hal and Canton, following an anti
Japanese demonstration in which
two Japanese were killed. A report
| by the American consulate in Foo.
chow admits that Japanese marines
provoked Chinese workers and stud
ents by appearing at a demonstra-
tion and tearing down anti-Japanese
posters. Kuomintang police protected
them from the fury of the masses
Later. on that day, a Japanese schoo
teacher and his wife were killed wher
they made remarks attacking the
anti-Japanese movement. What the
mass movement is directed not only
against the japanese but against al
impcrialists lis Shown. by the burning
of a British nlissino school on the
same day. All mission schools have
been forced to close down Among
the imperiaIst warships in the har-
Dor is an American destroyer, the
u. S. Stewart.
Red Partisan Troops Cut Railway
Admission of the heroic resistance
Of the Chinese masses in Manchuria
is contained in a Mukden dispatch
to the New York Times: The Jap
anese invaders are reported ;Hgreatly
troubled" by Tire rising tide of re-
sistance. Japanese troops have been
attacked within few miles Of Muk-
! den.
A sharp battle Is still proceeding
at Sinnnin between Japanese troops
and the Red partisan forces. Sim
min is only 35 miles from Mukden
where heavy Japanese forces are
concentrated.
Partisan troops disrupted traffic
yesterday on the Peiping- Mukder
Railway, near Sinmin. This railroad
supplies the Japanese forces operat.
ing in the Kuopangtze and ChinchoW
districts. The Japanese are search
ing homes of workers and peasants
for arms in the Sinmin district. The
Chinese landowners and the new
Chinese puppet governments in Man.
churia are aiding the Jaanese in their
attacks on the workers and peasants
The Japanese are reported to be
concentrating huge supplies OF arms
and munitions in the Tientsin dis
trict in preparation for a major Of
fensive in Inner China.
Marking Threatened BY New Splits
Ref1ecting the conflict of interests
between their imperialist masters
the Nanking and Canton militarists
in the new united" Marking govern
ment are again faced with n split
A Hongkons dispatch reports a move
nent in that city to split away from,
the new united" government. The
dispatch Indicates that the collapse
Of the new Marking government is
expected speedily.
Another split is threatened from
the north, with the Wall Street but
cher Chang Kai-shek reported to be
heading a nine-province alliance. 1t
is indicated that Wang Ching-wei,
leader Of the Canton faction, and
HUI Han-nin are in the alliance with
Chang.