The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-14

pTIVeQ OF Gile pOSSlD1llGy OF lSaIn-
ing the real situation in the
country and the real position Of
their families whom they have
left in the villages or the towns.
1.-THE bourgeois papers like
'Asahi' or 'Nitsi Nitsi' are not
friends of the soldiers and sail
ors They try. to describe life in
the barracks Or on the Warships
as heaven. The soldiers and sail
ors well know how false these
statements are.
The bourgeois papers do not
give any reply to the questions
of the soldiers and sailors. For
example, the soldiers are forcibly
sent to the war in Manchuria.
The authorities state In the news
papers that certain sums Of
money have been collected to
assist the families Of the con-
scripts. But the papers do not
say why the wives and children
of the conscript soldiers are
hungry, as can be seen from the
letters which the soldiers receive
from home.
The soldiers often ask the Of
flcers what are we fighting for?"
Shall we live better If we VIM"
The officers usually reply: "Of
course, if we can occupy Man
chuIis.p But my mother, wife
and children are starving now.
Is it impossible to arrange for
them to live better now and not
in the future?" SILENCE" Is the
answer. you must fight in the
interests OF the whole country
and it is not your business to ar
que"
The bourgeois papers do not
give a single word about such
conversations which frequently
take place in Manchuria.
In the barracks. the soldiers are
subjected to humiliation and SUI
fering. Why are the soldiers
trained under such conditions?
No paper gives an answer to this
question.
When a soldier has finished his
time Of service, he returns home.
He is told that lin view Of the
depression he cannot be given his
old job. But the soldier has
suffered for two years in the bar
racks Sin the interests Of the
state" and has the right TO de-
nnand work. The papers say
nothing about this.
FACTS BARRED BY BOSS PRES
The papers tell nothing OF the
tremendous difference between
the Red Army and the japanese
army. Why can the workers and
peasants of the US.SR. become
commanders, while in Japan Of
ficers can only be taken from
among those who have money
and who have been to school.
Why are the. Red Army men and
the Red commanders comrades
and brothers?
In the japanese army, the SOL
diers are taught that the army
is needed to defend the interests
of the state. In this case, how
can you explain why the soldiers
were compelled to shoot at peas
ants in the Gifu prefecture when
they refused to repair the dam
on the River Sal, which flooded
the peasants fields after it had
been repaired?
Why were the soldiers forced
TO kill the leaders OF. the revolu-
tionary workers movement dur
ing the 1923 earthquake? Not a
single paper writes about this.
When the workers are on
strike or when the tenant peas
ants refuse to carry out the de-
rlands OF the landlords who are
driving them from the land, the
officers Of the reserve compel the
reservists to become strikebreak-
ers and defenders Of the land
lords. None OF the bourgeois
papers tell us that these officers
are the blood brothers Of the
factory owners and landlords,
and Cypress the masses together
with them s1
Under such conditions continues
the newspaper, the front in Man
churia is being enlarged at the
present time. The officers now
openly state soon we shall start
a war against the Soviet Onion"