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

port of the attempt of officers OF
Chang Kai shek to betray the de-
Tense of Shanghai during the battle
with the japanese invaders on We'd
nesday. It states:
81 have the story of the rout of
Chiang's bodyguard from both
Chinese and Japanese sources, and
can accordingly certify 1t to be
true,
"The first Chinese line (Chiang's
troops gave way, and il was not
long before the road to Tazand
and the Chinese Headquarters at
Chenju were full of gray figures
in retreat. But the 8Sth Division
(Chiang's) met Tsai's troops 1.-THE
Nineteenth Route Army moving
forward.
Tsai's division commander ordered
Chiangs troops to advance. An ar
gument ensued between the officers
Of both divisions. Chiang's com
mander insisted an advance was i'm
possible"
1t was then that the Nineteenth
Route Army troops opened fire on
Chiang's men and forced them to
advance against the enemy.
Japan Using Chinese Forced Labor
The Japanese are using Chinese
forced labor to carry ammunition to
their guns. A Shanghai dispatch
reports:
'In addition to their own armed
leNioEs the japanese are assisted
i'll their assaults upon the Chinese
10th Route Army by large groups
of half-clad Chinese who, under
force, carry the ammunition to the
big guns in the japanese forward
position, ammunition which is to
be used on the coolies own BROTH
ers and cousins across the lines.
'"These coolies are taken forward
each morning by the japanese in
trucks. They are searched for arms
and the ncarefully told off to
make certain none of them has
gone sniperSs
United States nationals arriving at
Seattle from Shanghai tell harrow
ing stories of the Japanese campaign
of frightfulness against the Chinese
masses. A Seattle dispatch to the
New York American reports the fol-
lowing description of the horror by
Miss Willie H. Kelly:
81 saw two mothers carrying
dead babies on their breasts. They
showed no signs of emotion, but
just walked back and forth through
the streets of the International
Settlement.
''The most horrible story that I
heard was of the bayonetting of
the wife of a Chinese Presbyterian
minister in their church by a squad
of japanese. knew members of
the congregation well and later
heard from members of the church
the details of the killing.
4hC S0PnuCSC TdppGU
on the door, which was locked, and
after entering they started to take
the minister TO the stree and when
his wife chung him the soldiers
cut her down with bayonets. I
never did hear what happened to
the minister"
The Japanese, checked in their
plans to seize Shanghai, are wreak-
ing their fury against the Chinese
masses. Thousands of unarmed, de-
fenseless men, women and children
are being slaughtered behind the
lines by the Japanese. Chinese work.
ers are made to do forced labor feed
ing the Japanese guns.
Workers. Demand a stop to the
robber war on China Demand the
withdrawal of American troops and
Warships from China! Demand the
expulsion Of the agents Of Japanese
imperialism, which supported by
Wall Street, is numbering the Chin
ese masses in a campaign of plan
ned frightfulness aimed at crushing
the resistance of the revolutionary
Chinese workers and soldiers. De-
fend the Chinese masses! Demand
hands off Soviet China! Hands off
the Soviet Unionl