The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-31
Arrests, TOrtures,
Executions Fail to
Halt Shanghai Meet
Gathered Same Day as
u. S. Anti-Wa
Congress

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session, secretly and Illegally, early
in the morning Of Sept. 80, IN tas
basement of hotel in Shangh9s
according to report received hers
yesterday.
Hounded by the Chinese. tale
French, and the British authorities
since Aug. 10, when the European
delegation headed by Lord Marley
reached Shanghai, the Congress IN
ally met, although two Chinese weIe
executed and many imprisoned and
tortured for their part in the Con
gress preparations.
Among the delegates were a repre-
sentative from the 18th Route Army.
delegates from the Central Soviet
district of China, from the Szechwan-
Shensi Border Soviet district, trade
unionists, students, and university
professors, and five from Europe.
A delegate from the 18th Route
Army reported that 5000 soldiers
of that army had been buried
alive, and 1000 more thrown over
board from river transports, for ex-
pressing sympathy with the Chinese
Red troops.
The arrival of the European dele
CATION, including Lord Marley and
Gerald Hamilton from England, Paul
Valiant Couturier and q. Poppy
from France, and Jean Marteau, from
Belgium, was the signal for wave
of terror in which the British and
French settlement authorities Co
operated with the Marking butchers.
Writers Arrested and Shot
On the day before the delegation
reached Shanghai, Chang Yao-Hwa,
a young writer, editor Of the Chen
Lou magazine, Monthly" editor Of
the Eastern Miscellany" and other
magazines was arrested at his home
without warrant. He was rushed
to Marking, and Immediately shot to
death.
The only charge against him Was
that his name was listed among the
members of the Preparatory Com
mittee for the Congress.
Lin Wan Muk, student Of Kwong
Hwa university, was later shot for
the same "crime."
Liu Shih-Yi, a young writer Of
stories, poems, and articles, an &C
tive member Of the League Of Left
Writers, was kidnapped by British
secret police, and has not been seen
since. His "crime" was that he
helped to get out small newspaper,
"Anti-War."
British Help Chinese Butchers
Fifty Chinese, including several
girls, were arrested by the British set
tlement police when workers and
students demonstrated at the dock
in welcome to the European delega-
ton. Within three hours they were
handed over to the Chinese author
tiles, without even the formality Of
eXtradition.
Mayor WI Teh-chen Of Shanghai
assured Lord Marley that they had
been freed. Two weeks later, four
girls had been released. OF the
others, IS have been sent to Nam
king, and 20 more remain in prison
in Shanghai.
In Peiping, 10 students were ar
rested for holding meeting to elect
a delegate to the Congress. Five
others were arrested few days later,
for the same Crime"
5000 Welcome Delegates
The French consul-general and po-
lice chief jointly forbade the Con-
gress to be held in the French con-
cession. The Municipal Council Of
the International Settlement forbade
it to meet there. The Kuomintang
authorities did not ever answer Lord
Marley's request to meet In Chinese
territory.
Despite the terror, series OF pub
lie meetings of welcome to the dele
gates was held, eliminating in
mass meeting in the Yangzepoo
working class district, where 5000
Chinese workers gathered on Sept.
Is. Thunderous applause and the ex-
plosion of firecrackers greeted the
delegates and many other worker
speakers.
Congress Meets in Secret
The Congress finally met, in secret,
early on the morning Of Sept. 30.
Following is Lord Marley's report OF
the Congress-:
80 that the presence Of Europeans
should not attract attention, the for
eign delegates proceeded to the meet
ing place by dark the night befor
arriving one at time, myse
proceeding by circuitous route. III
an empty room we waited for earl
morning, when the conference
started.
Those present included traAs
llnionists, students. university pro
fessors, and an official delegate from
the 10Th Route Army. No applause
was allowed so as not to betray the
presence Of the assembly.
Anti Soviet Plans in China
"In q review of the situation I'M
China, Nine. Sun Yat-sen reported
that the National Government was
being aided by foreign loans and ar
maments on condition that Thea
were used in campaigns to crush So~
vietized regions.
"Spokesmen from Manchuria Their
described warlike preparations by the
Japanese on the border Of the Soviet
Union, where White Russians are en-
ployed in continuous raids on Soviet
territory. Two representatives from
Chinese Soviet regions also spoke,
after which the meeting adopted a
manifesto declaring that imperialist
powers were ranging their forces
around the Pacific for the disrnem-
berment Of China and for war
against the Soviet Union, and that
the Kuomintang government has be-
trayed the Chinese people.
5000 Soldiers Buried Alive
Resolutions were passed against
anti Communist terror, the granting
of loans and the sending of warships
to China for use to continue inter-