The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-08


VERY little news on what
' actually is happening in
China reaches the American
newspapers. There are many
reasons for this. One of the
chief reasons, recently, is the
increased censorship of Ciang
Kai Shek. The next main reason is
that since the most important news
in China is the revolutionary strug-
giles Of the workers and peasants,
particularly the struggle of the
Chinese Soviets, the American news
agencies do not feel like spending
heavy cable expenses on reports OF
the movements Of the Red Army.
The latest piece of news which is
being kept from American readers
is the tremendous victories of the
Red Army in SzechUan province,
the largest province of China to
the extreme west of that country.
We have at hand an article in
the China Weekly Review entitled:
will Szechuan Fall Into Conmu4
mist Hands?" The writer, Paul X.
Whang, very loyal to the Kuomin-
tang and a vicious enemy of the
Chinese Soyiets, became quite pam
icky over the repeated victories Of
the Red Army in this province, and
sees therein the possibility, despite
the reported gains of the Kuomin-
tang Armies (aided by U. S. im-
perialism) in Fukien and Kiangsi,
that when the balance sheet of the
Fifth anti-Communist war is writ
ten the Communists will be far in
the lead.
LIE points out that in szechuan
ii province the peasantry weighed
down by burdensome taxation, OPP
pressed by a horde of militarists
and landlords, facing starvation,
are flocking to the Communist ban
ner. The Red Army has decisively
defeated the armies of General Iiu
Hisang, and are rapidly moving
from their strategic position in the
Eastern half of the province along
the Yangtze river, towards the two
most important cities, Chungking
and Chentu. Whang tells of reports
that the landlord bourgeoisie are
already fleeing Chengtu fearing
that the Kuomintang troops will be
entirely incapable of defending the
capital city against the rapidly
growing Red Armies.
KaR. WIANG further feels that
wi Chang Kai ShekS victories" in
Fukien and Kiangsi are built on
rapidly moving sands.
"Once the Communists have
successfully consolidated their
position in this rich province, it
will be next to impossible for the
government forces TO dislocate
them. The Typographical advan-
tages alone viii make their posi-
ton impregnsble. Be it noted
that the Marking government
has spent five long years in at
tempting to eradicate the red
banditry in Kiangsi but has not
achieved its desired objective.
Then how long will il take to
purge Szechuan once ii has been
contaminated with this commu-
mist curse?
ut sounds really unbelievable
that in a province where the
largest provincial army has been
maintained at the expenses OF the
people, the ill-equipped maraud-
ers can move freely and capture
cities after cities from the hands
of the provincial forces.
Then what Mr.. Whang cannot
he very plainly writes
about: The long years of misgov-
eminent on the part of provincial
together with excessive tax
alton have bred public discomfort
and made the people susceptible Of
enforcement propaganda.
THE exploitation of the Chinese
landlords, of the foreign impe-
the heavy, backbreaking
taxes and oppression of the Kuo-
plus droughts and natural
have plunged the Chi
nese masses into a starvation which
is startling even for China. An
other Chinese writer in the same
G. Y. w. Meng, weeps
and walls over the misery of the
Chinese masses, and calls on the
greatest scourge of the masses, the
kuomintang, to remedy them. TN
every big city" he writes, I'VE fur
Their witness strings Of farming
refugees this follows a heartrend-
ing description Of wholesale SUD
cides-from the country districts.
On August "a one day alone, no
less than 1000 refugees were rushed
TO the capital. The robbing Of rice
shops "a sign OF nationwide fam
inc and economic crisis in China
has been increased by leaps and
oounuS everywhere.
Such is the plight of the Chi
nese farmers who constitute so
per cent of the Chinese total pop
uiation. 5. Here is the cause OF
all communist bandit trouble.
Here Is the root of the trouble
which must be first removed, IL
the so-called Communist bandit
campaign Is to be brought to an
early conclusion. We do not go
over to the communist camp, just
simply because we can draw high
salaries from the government,
and we live in the cities which
enable us to enjoy every facility
of civilization. If we were farm
ers, we would also join the COM
munists.' Such is the general
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