The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-25


y war against China and her drive
for armed intervention against the
Soviet Union by her dread of three
historical tendencies, declares Karl
Radek, Soviet journalist, in an ar
ticle in the latest issue of Foreign
Affairs" published in New York.
The three tendencies, says Com
rade Radek, are: "First, the in
evitable unification of China; sec
ond, the desire of the United States
to conquer China economically,
and, third, the socialistic indus
trialization of Soviet Russia not
only in Europe but also in Siberia"
Japan is already making war on
China and is ready to plunge the
whole world into war at this time
fearing to lose an opportune
moment which may still hold the
promise of victory" eSitsg
Attempt to Restore Economic
Balance.
Tile Japanese seizure of Manchu-
ria, besides being an effort to
prevent the unification of China
under the hegemony of the Chi
nese proletariat, is also move to
forestall the spread of American
economic power in China and is,
as well, reply to the industrial
ization of Siberia. Socialism is adj
vancing triurnphantly. The Japa-
nese seizure of Manchuria is rec
ognized by the imperialists as an
attempt to restore the economic
balance upset by the industrializa-
ton of Siberia Thus 'Magnito-
gorsk and Kuznetsk, while not yet
fully active economic factors on the
international stage, already produce
certain reactions in the relations of
the Great Powers in the Far East"
The policy of the Open Door in
China, advocated by American i'm
perialism, gives victory to those
who are economically stronger.
Japan cannot compete with Amer
lean capitalism. 1t is convinced
that American capitalism will at
tempt to penetrate China as part
of its desperate efforts to get out
of the crisis. Japan is determined
to forestall the United States by
snatching from China whatever
she can, and by establishing num-
Der of fortresses in Chinese terri
tory under the threat of japanese
guns.
Japan In Hurry.
BECAUSE of her desperate inter
~ nal situation, Japan is in
hurry. She has selected for action
transitional period in the develop
nlent of each of the three factors
on which her action is based. She
does not believe the United States
will dare to take action against
her, even to the extent of using
the Marking government as an in
strument. That government is
none too stable, it would require
considerable loans to wage war, and
under the present financial condi-
tons the United States cannot pro-
vide these loans. If the U. S.
shipped munitions to China on
credit, Japan would prevent their
unloading, or, in the last resort,
declare formal war on China, thus
facing the U. S. with definite
choice.
The U. S. is playing the game of
the Japanese by its hostile attitude
towards the Soviet Union and by
exerting its influence to prevent
the establishment of normal rela-
tons between China and the Soviet
Union.
League Helps Japan.
THE League of Nations is helping
Japan directly and indirectly.
Its endless discussions as to how
to apply the Covenant to the Sino-
Japanese war have obscured and
still obscure its historical signifi-
canoe. A state of war has ex-
listed in the Far East for more than