The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-25
i. S.-JAPANESE
RELATIONS TENSE
Japanese Threat to
u. S. Loot Grows
BULLETIN !.

BALTIMORE, Md, Feb, 24,-Un-
der orders of the U. S. War Depart
nept, the Glenn L. Martin Co.
barred representatives of two Jap
, anese aviation companies from its
plant near here Wedne5 5ay last.
The Martin Co. is hanGi',g a rush
order of 10 new bombing planes for
\ the us. Army Corps.
The new $315,419,000 Navy
appropriation bill was speeded
through Congress within five
hours of debate yesterday,
while president-elect Roosevelt
fastened the appointment of
his Cabinet members as part
of the plans of the imperialist
bosses Of this country for an armed
challenge to Japan's threat of pen
Grating the U. S. spheres of invest
nents in North China, as part of its
present invasion of Jehol Province.
George H. Dern, former governor of
Utah, was appointed to the key po-
sltion of Secretary Of War in the
new Cabinet.
WalkOut of League
Further drarnatizing the develop
Ing war situation, the Japanese del
egates to the League of Nations As
Sembly walked out on that body yes
terday following its adoption OF d
report on Manchuria in which WASH
ington's policy Of non-recognition of
the Japanese puppet state of Man
chukuo is embodied Yosuke Mat
suoka, head of the Japanese dele
cation, voiced the defiance of Jap
anese imperialism TO the attempts
OF the U. s. and the League to force
Japan to share its loot with its inn
periaiist rivals by placing Manchu-
kuo under international imperialist
control. Japan will oppose any at
tempt at international control of
Manchuria," he declared, adding "We
are not coming back" as he herded
the Japanese delegation out of the
assembly hall.
Anti-USSR Proyocations.
Their sntagonislns almost at the
breaking point, the U. S. and Japan
ese- iniperiaiists intensified their at
tempts to direct threatened war into
anu-Soviet channels while at the
same time rushing their preparations
for ANY eventuality,"
Several days before, on last Sun
DAY, Japanese agents. aided by white
guaFdist elements, attempted to de-
stroy the Soviet Civil Aviation Build
ing IN Kamchatka, Three persons,
including former clergyman, we're
arrested yesterday by the Soviet po-
lice, and confessed to setting fire to
the building. They implicated the
japanese agent Kaizawa as the i'm
stisator. Kaizawa was arrested and
has braeenly admitted his instigation
OF the plot to destroy the aviation
building as we'll as the earlier at
tempt, ON January 10, to destroy the
Soviet aviation base at Ust-Kam-
chatsk. The Soviet authorities are
investigating similar other recent at
tempts to cripple Soviet defensess
Begin Main Drive.
The Japanese threw additional
thousands OF troops into their at
tack on Jehol Province yesterday,
announcing the beginning of the
main Jehol drive. In every case, the
advance Of the troops was preceded
by nnurderous aerial bombardment
Of the civilian population back OF
the front, as we'll as OF the volunteer
and irregular troops resisting the
Japanese invasion.
The populations Of the North
China cities OF Tientsin and Peiping
sre reported in panic as the japanese
prepare to attack those cities while
the Marking Government follows its
customary policy of resistance
TO the imperialist partition of China.
Q