The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-05
A Call from
the Workers
of Japan


class struggle against capitalist
terror and imperialist war. Work
ers' organizations are urged to
establish groups for adoption of
Japanese class-war prisoners and
their families, to help in the
struggle for freedom and assist
in taking care of their families.
Organizations should get in touch
with their LID. district offices
In this connection.
The I. L. ID. is organizing pro-
test demonstrations before Japy-
ncse c0nsulates in a nmbe of
stiles, to demand the release of
the working class leaders i'm
prisoned in Japan. These will
also be demonstrations against
tmperialist war and for defense
Of the Chinese masses.
TO the Workers in America:
Japan is the most reactionary
country in the Far East. Japan set
up a puppet government in Man
churia, purpose to attack the Soviet
Union and to destroy the Chinese
Revolution. 1t has sent big army
to Manchuria and NGrth China
and established an air-station in
Kabafuto and in the northern part
Of Japan.
There are 100000 unemployed
workers and more part-time work
erS in Japan. Farmers lost their
land and are almost starving in the
burden Of the heavy taxation and
penantages. The condition of the
workers and peasants is worse than
the time when they were forced to
come to America as immigrants.
losing their land and jobs in Japan.
The declaration Of a so-called EN-
Urgency Period" for war is used for
the purpose of concealing these
worsening conditions.
SEEK TO ESCAPE
THROUGH WAR, TERROR
The Japanese imperialists are
trying to escape from the "Emer-
gency Period" by means of the war
and terror. When the starving
peasants demand rice from the
government warehouses the police
arrest, beat and injure them.
When the construction workers,
who work IL hours a day for 4
cents a day, demanded more wages,
police and armed gangsters at
I tackled and killed several. In all
large cities of Japan, such as
Tokyo, the workers are stopped on
the street and searched for any
reading matter that might indicate
a revolutionary thought. All the
left wing organizations, including
the cultural organizations, are ille-
gal or senli-illegal. Revolutionary
struggles are entirely underground.
Since the wholesale arrest of the
Communists on March Is, 1928,
they have been arresting the revo-
lutionary workers continuously.
AVER three thousand Communists
v and revolutionary workers are
now in jail. Last summer, Com
rade Ueda, Central Committee of
the Communist Party, was muir
dered. On Nov. 2, Comrade Iwata,
q leader of the Party, was beaten
to death in the metropolitan police
station In Tokyou. Comrade Nose
was killed in struggle of the I'M
employed workers.
On Oct. 90, 181 Communists and
revolutionary workers who we're ar
rested in the several raids since
1928, were sentenced, in court in
which they were held under heavy
guard by the military police and
tn gangsters. -Four years had
passed since they were arrested
and the trial took year and a
half. During these years in Jail,
they were tortured, insulted and in
constant danger of death. Com
fade Sane, Comrade Nabe-
ma, Comrade Mitamura
and Comrade 1chikawa were
sentenced to life Imprisonment and
the other lit were given sentences
I'D TO Is years, a total Of TIC years
and 6 months.
In America, the l. l.. D., sister or
ganization of the Seki-shokukyue-
kai (Japanese section of the Red
Add, protested against the i'm
prisonment of the Communists in
Japan. Every left wing publica-
ton published the protest which
was sent to Japan and it was very
effective.
The Japanese masses are en-
gagged in determined struggle for
their immediate and unconditional
release. The association of demands
for immediate release" based on the
broad masses, has organized mass
protest meetings, open-air demon
strations and signature compaign
under the leadership of the Seki-
hoku-kyeunkai.
We hope all of you, the Japa-
nese workers In America, will help
out and support this system for
the further development of work.
ers' solidarity.
Demonstrate before Japanese
Embassy and consulates for the
immediate and unconditional re-
lease OF the 1871 Communists.
Send a protest to the Japanese
government.
Collect the funds for the relief
OF the class war victims.
Protest against the imprison-
fnent, torture and murder of the
revolutionary workers.
Fight for solidarity Of the Japa-
xiese workers in America and the
workers and peasants in Japan.