The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-22
On the
World Front
A Filipino Legislator
Pu vi Goes Visiting
Japan in Latin America
BY HARRY CANNES

DOMINATED by the Fill.
u Pine interchangeable,
the Tenth Legislature is in
session in the Philippines,
faced with the problem of a
new constitution, future rela-
lions to Wall Street, and the
impending war in the Far East.
Governor General Murphy, well
known to Detroit workers for his
services to General Motors and
Ford, for his brutal attacks on UNI
employed and strikers, delivered
message to the opening session, the
main thesis of which was that
Philippine economy must be gearee 4
to the needs of the American bank
ers and capitalists. X
AS an example of the type of leg i
n islators the motor trust Governor {
General is fortunate enough to have
for carrying out his policy, we refer
to the Philippine Herald, mid-week
magazine, of July 49, There a whole
page is devoted to IAN appraisal Of
Jose Cojuangco, the richest member
of the Lower House"
The Herald goes into raptures
over Mr.. Cajuangco, because he not
only has become the richest member
Of the Lower House through exploit.
ing 600 serfs on his great feudal
domain, but the Gentleman from
Tarlac thinks nothing of hobnobbing
with his slaves-in order to get their
votes.
more than a professional poll
tician," writes the Herald, "his
business position had brought him
to hobnob with all classes Of peo-
pie, especially the laboring zAass.
Something like our own dear
Francis Perkins.-H. GIL Stripped
of all the attendant aristOcracy
that his social standing carries, he
has worked, eaten, and associated
with his tenants. His mingling
with them showed him their
plights-and their ills and prob
lems-and he had learned to SYM
pathize with them. He felt what
they felt and did all that he
could do to assuage their terrible
misfortunes. Mr.. CojuangcO's Pc
cuIiar love for the poor has
brought to him, unrestricted,
numerous cases of suffering Of
farmers"
WEEPING crocodile tears, Mr..
W Cojuangco, continues to ride on
the backs of his serfs, becoming the
richest member of the Lower House.
In fact, Mr.. Cojuangco will do any
thing for his tenants (they are his
beloved children but get off their
necks.
1t is not for nothing that the
aristocratic Cojuangco hobnobs with
the "laboring mass" Che probably
likes horses also). For the Herald
informs us:
Having previously rubbed elbows
with the masses, Mr.. Cojuangco has
easily acquainted himself with the
essence of vote-getting."
HINDER the type of colonial DOM
y nation in the Philippines, it is
not only the task of the Filipino
native landlord bourgeois to MAIN
tain their feudal mastery over the
peasants, but to obtain the serfs
votes in favor of this relationship.
1t is these gentlemen, aided by
that crafty corporation lawyer, Gov
ernor- General Murphy, who pro-
claim their objective of writing a
constitution for a free Philippines"
lis Majesty, the Emperor of Man
IL chukuo Henry Pu vi to his older
acquaintances), will make a pill
grimage to Toxic in April. Henry
will board japanese battleship
whence he will be taken to kowtow
to the Son of Heaven, the Emperor
Hirohito.
This is not mere social visit,
but part of the Japanese plans of
openly making Manchuria Japanese
territory. The same thing was done
with Korea.
The first step was the visit Of
Prince Chichibu to Manchuria, as a
sort of demonstration of the jap
anese emperor sending his deputy
to observe the newly acquired ter
ritory
Pu vi, who is as far away from
the Manchurian people as President
Roosevelt, announces the purpose Of
his forthcoming visit is ito express
the friendship of the Emperor and
his people of Manchukuo for Japan
and also to return the courtesy of
H. I. H. Prince Chichibu shown to
the emperor and the people of the
new state on the occasion of his
recent visit"
JAPANESE imperialism is making
y new intensive drive for Latin
American markets. Foreign Minis
ter Koki Hirota has dispatched
Commercial Attache Yasundo Sudo
of the Japanese embassy at Wash
ington to Central and South
America.
| Although Japan's trade volume
with Latin America has almost
trebled during the past three years, :"
declares the Osaka Mainichi, "the
Foreign Minister believes there is
considerable room for further ex-
pansion there"
i The Mainichi also admits that
! this action will sharpen the rivalries
of the imperialists in Latin Amer
lea, saying:
4 In the event that Japan makes
an advance in that part of the