The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-18

THE white terror raging under the blood
/ thirsty NIikado's regime is unable to stop the
heroic forward march Of the Communist Party
of Japan in its struggle against war, in defense
Of the Soviet Union, on behalf of the Chinese
Soviets Despite the betrayals of social fascists
OF all shades, the masses are fighting more Wig
orously themselves under the Party banner.
The fact that the government only recently
decided to increase by 100000 dollars, the Sc
called Special Police Expenditure, which with
an annual allowance Of 100000 dollars was es-
tablshed for the express purpose Of suppressing
the revolutionary movement a few years ago,
is clear evidence of the ever growing activities
OF the Party. Already 1000 Communists are IN
Jail. and countless revolutionary workers and
peasants are being arrested daily. They are sub
jected to barbarous fortunes and are being tried
under the infamous law by which Communists
may be condemned to death.
DESPITE The police terror which led to the
rest of over 1 200 workers, the Party succeeded
in carrying through strikes and demonstrations,
on August /. Again on September 10, when Jap
anese imperialism commenced its attack on
Mukden. the Party issued a Manifesto to the
Workers Peasants. and Soldiers" calling upon
them to tight against the war and to enforce
their demands. by organizing strikes and mass
demonstrations and to refuse to take up arms
against the Chinese masses.
Militant Strikes and Demonstrations.
The bourgeois and social-fascist press either
say nothing or distort the news regarding the
growing anti-war activities among the toiling
Japanese masses But the fact that, at this very
moment, when war is in progress, the number
of strikes and peasant outbreaks has increased
and continues to increase and to assume ever
sharper forms usually ending in hand-to-hand
battles with the police is of great significance.
knowledge of the strike that occurred in an
airplane factory has leaked out
The strike. declared on March 20, among the
Toxic Municipal Transport Workers, ended in
a victory for the workers, as reported in PRAY
da" OF March 25. This strike during which the
workers erected barbados at the entrances and
exits of the subways, is an example Of the mill
tant mood Of the japanese workers.
Both legal and illegal organs OF the Party,
which continue publication under the heaviest
Odds report successful anti-war demonstrations
and anti-war activities all over the country in
shops, barracks, villages and schools The No
vember IS issue of the NTusansha Shimbun, the
legal organ of the Party. carries the following
item: Under the slogans Long Live the 14th
Anniversary of the october Revolution, Down
with the mperialists' war, and Protect the So
Wet UnionP several demonstrations took place
in Toxic Although arrests Of more than 200
comrades were made before the demonstrations
started there were altogether over $500 partici-
pants.
I'm Kudan, 400 workers unemployed, railway
workers and printers) took part in the demon
strations. More than 500 workers demonstrated
at the Toxic Railway Station, of whom over 100
were arrested In Imperial and Waseda Uni
versities over 1000 students participated in
demonstrations. Over 400 workers held a strike
meeting in a textile mill Unemployed and en-
ployed workers demonstrated in three labor ex-
changes
The NIusansha Shimbun goes on to report
similar anti-War demonstrations held that same
day in Osaka, Yokohama and other cities Every
issue is filled with fresh news of heroic anti-war
activities Of the masses many, significantly
enough initiated from below.
Treachery of the Reformist Leaders.
The fighting spirit of the workers. and the