The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-01
J. BRUNO

THE English edition of the latest number of
the Anti Imperialist Review has just arrived,
1t is a special anti-war number, and, with
the exception of the latest number Of the Com
munist International Magazine which was con-
fscated and destroyed by the o. S. Custom
officials and which is reprinted now, it is the
only current periodical containing within its
covers series Of articles by some Of the fore
most leaders Of the revolutionary anti-imperial-
ist movement, dealing exclusively with the pre-
sent war situation in China and the immediate
danger of world war and an attack on the
Soviet Union.
"The Second World War Is Here" by Com
rade l.. Magyar, is most clear and thorough
analysis In analyzing the position Of imperial
ist Japan, Comrade Magyar shows all causes
bringing about Japans imperialist attack on
China.
Japan has five big trusts and forty thousand
landowners controlling most of its wealth. It
is faced today with two and a half million I'M
employed, with a fall in production of from
thirty to fifty per cent, devaluation of the
currency, budget deficit, increased prices and
cost Of living. contraction of the internal market
and drop Of foreign trade of fifty to sixty per
cent, wage reductions and increased strike strug
giles, with the peasants living under the ruth
tons. All these causes amidst the general world
capitalist crisis have shattered the foundations
of imperialist Japan, and after desperate efforts
to gain new markets and sources Of raw mate
rails in East Africa, Indonesa, Egypt and other
places, there followed the robber war in China.
Comrade Magyar points out that because the
basic contradiction of the present epoch is be-
tween the Soviet Union, and decaying capital
ism, we find the imperialist powers allying
themselves to strike a common blow at the
Soviet Union Comrade Magyar goes at length
into the significance of the Franco-Japanese
bloc, the support given to Poland and Rumana
and the other border states by the French
Government, the plan for the creation of the
Danubian Federation the attempts to draw in
Italy and the pressure brought on Germany to
enter into the alliance as an active participant
in the anti-Soviet front. Comrade Magyar
point out clearly the role played by the Second
International In preparing this second world
war
Comrade Clemens Dutt in his article, ''War
In the Far East" shows how Japan has pre-
pared for years this attack on China and the
Soviet Union He analyses the relationship be-
tween Japanese and British imperialism and
shows the role Of the League Of Nations as the
organizer for war.
Conlrade Yobe In his article Fourteen Years
Of Colonial Wars" presents a picture of the
"peace" that followed the last war, peace" Of
fourteen years Of colonial wars. This article
contains a list and review of most of the
colonial wars for the past fourteen years. The
comrades should secure this number of the Anti
Inperialist Review if only for the reference and
valuable information contained in Comrade
Yobes article.
Comrade B. Ferdi deals in his article with
1.-THE League Of Nations and the Second Inter
national in the Service of Imperialist War" with
the treacherous role played by the Second In
ternational, its sections like the Social Demo-
cratic Party Of Japan and its leaders, with Hen
derson, Macdonald, Mueller, Paul Boncour and
other leaders Of the socialist" and labor" par
ties Of the imperialst countries.
Comrades Sen Katayama and Ko-lin in their
articles Japanese Masses Fight Against Impe-
rialist War" and Soviet China" tell about the
mighty forces of the proletariat and colonial
masses that are fighting under the leadership
Of the Communist Parties in Japan and China
against imperialist war. The same number con
tains also appeals against war and for the de-
fense Of Soviet China and Soviet Union by
Madame sam Yat-sen. Maxim Gorky, Henry
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