The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-18
INCREASING STRIKES AND
DEMONSTRATIONS IN
Japan AGAINST WAR

treacherous role played by social fascist leaders
are revealed in the following: "At a workers
meeting in the textile mill Togo Muslin, called
by the refornist union, woman worker openly
declared, The war in Manchuria is an imperials
list war to enrich the capitalists az our expense;
we stand in constant danger of dismissal and
wage cuts; the leaders (refornists) do nothing
for us. We are absolutely opposed to the war.
The reforrnist leaders and the management
handed her over to the police At the mill :
campaign to collect workers signatures pro-
testing against her dismissal was highly SUCCESS
full" (Ndushin-Nov. 49,
Anti-war demonstrations also took place Oc-
tober T. the anniversary day Of the murder by
the police of Comrade Watanabe secretary OF
the Communist Party of Japan on the occasion
of the Canton Commune celebration on Febru~
airy H. the anniversary of the japanese En-
pire" when the rnonarchists and fascists staged
their demonstrations; and again in celebration
Of the 81 anniversary Qenin, LiebEnecht, Lux
emburg).
On 81 day the Tokyo Municipal street car
workers in the Hirowo and Knshiboro sections
called a strike that paralyzed tramway traffic
completely.
The Japanese Section Of the Anti-Imperialist
League. which is very active among the masses,
organizing meetings and demonstrations, and
publishing the Daily Anti-War News, issued
an appeal to the Chinese toiling masses calling
them to Join in a united struggle against Japan
ese intervention.
Peasant Demonstrations Against War.
The village masses are not tagging behind
the city workers Last fall, for example in one
of the villages in the Toyama Prefecture, over
500 peasants demonstrated against the war. At
tackled by the police, they shouted, when we
have a Soviet government we will make short
and
Fearing reprisals by the militant masses, the
police next day released the five peasants they
had arrested. This is only one Of the many
struggles that have been waged by starving
peasants in their fight against parasitic land
lordism.
The student masses too, are marching for
ward against the war. On February II, the an
niversary of the Japanese Empire, over 1000
students Of the Imperial University of Toxic,
factory well known for its output of intellectual
robots for the defense of the ruling class carried
red banners in demonstration against the war.
The movement is spreading in other schools,
too
Anti Militarism in Japanese Army
The anti-war feeling is spreading in the army,
the citadel of Japanese imperialism In Foo
shun, Manchuria, scores of soldiers we're ar
rested for their anti-war activities. In the Ma
kano Telephone Detachment, and also in a Mil
itary Academy, arrests were made. In Shanghai
over 900 japanese soldiers refusing to take up
arms against the Chinese toling masses, de-
nanded to be sent home
In a certain district in Japan, soldiers sabo-
tagged their drill and literally broke up a
maneuver declaring, 1--WE are against the war
preparations which intends to make us cannon
fodder for the bosses benefit"
The active elements are small in number, but
Sn+a of saYfS
soldiers, students, who are unafraid. With true
heroism, they demonstrate against the war, de-
nouncing the slaughter of the Chinese masses
though horrible torture and even death may be
the price of their opposition. Their heroic ex-
ample and the lead given by the Communist
Party in showing the revolutionary way out of
the crisis is fast encouraging the toilng masses
of Japan to struggle against their intolerable
conditions.