The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-10-22
ARMAMENT FIRMS.
HAIL WAR PLOTS
Agents Discuss Plans
in Secret Confab

The governments Of Peru and
Colombia are rushing thousands OF
troops into the disputed Leticia
area for the fourth undeclared war
arising out of the frantic attempts
of the capitalists to find a sway
OUT Of the crisis at the expense of
the life blood of the tOiIing masses,
and the crushing of their struggles
against starvation.
Yesterdays dispatches from South
America report that 5000 Colombia
troops are approaching the town
Of Leticia which was seized few
months ago by Peruvian irregulars.
Two Peruvian transports loaded
with soldiers were also reported on
the way to Leticia to reinforce the
Peruvian garrison there.
With four wars already raging in
widely separated parts of the capt.
tahst world, with the imperialist pow
ers arming to the teeth, the munition
makers are holding secret conferences
with view to further speeding up
Of war production in preparation for
the new world war towards which
the capitalists are driving as a cap
italist way out" of the crisis.
(The four wars now going on are:
ID the undeclared war by Japanese
imperialism in Manchuria; (2) the
Generals War in Szechuan Province,
China; go the undeclared war be-
tween Bolivia and Paraguay in the
disputed Gran Chaco region, and "a
the undeclared war reported in to-
days dispatches as already begun be-
tween Columbia and Peru)
During the past few days, repre-
sentatives of the British armament
firm of Vickers met with represent
tatiYeS of the French armament
firm of Schneider CreusOt and its
branch firm in Czecho- SIovaIxia,
Skoda. The meeting was held at
Marienbad, near Prague, Czecho-
SlaVakia. IL was shrouded with the
greatest secrecy, the representatives
of the armament firms gathering in
the guise of visitors "who sought
the sfficacies of the far-famed Spa
baths"
The staff correspondent Of the
Vancouver Sun, Vernon Mckenzie,
reports in a cable to his paper that
the meeting has stirred up great
hopes among the German munition
makers whose manufacture of NUM-
tons supposedly stopped by the YER
sailles Treaty but who have been
permitted to manufacture war sup
plies for shipment to Japan for use
in the murder of Chinese workers,
and in the preparation of armed in
tervention against the Soviet Union.
Use War Spy.
Mckenzie further reports that Col.
Lawrence, British secret spy who won
notoriety for his activities in Arabia
during the World War, is "active in
British interests on the Chinese side
OF the India nnorth-West frontier"
Lawrence's activities are connected
with the attempt of Tibetan troops to
carry out an attack against the Peo-
pie IS Government of Mongolia by a
military penetration of China. The
Peoples Government of Mongolia is
class ally of the Soviet Union. The
attack on Mongolia is intended to
further extend the imperia1ist ring
around the Soviet Union.
One of the purposes of the secret
meeting of the leading representa-
tiyes Of the British and French ar
mament firms is reported to be ito
arrange to apportion and to stimu-
late, the Chinese and Tibetan arms
import business, which has grown to
considerable proportions during the
past twelve months, and promises to
be greatly augmented within the near
future"
Marking Plans 3 ArsenaIs.
1t is also reported that the Nank-
ing Kuornintang Government is plan
ming the erection of three huge ar
senals for it's war of determination
against the emancipated worker
peasant masses in the Soviet districts
of China and their victorious Red
Armies. The arms furnished the
American, British and French i'm
perialists to the Marking Government
are also for this purpose, and not for
use against the japanese and other
irnperialists whose seizure of Chin
csc territory is not being resisted by
the Marking betrayers of China.