The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-23
]. P. Morgan, Du Points.
Supplying Munitions
To Japan
BY H. G.

~
n one with a first-hand acquaint-
ance with the situation in Manchu-
ria, General William s. Graves, re-
Gently wrote in Current History on
American support Of a japanese
imperialist war against the Soviet
Union, as follows:
For the prosecution Of a war
with first class power, Japan must
have financial assistance and sup
plies. I anticipate Japan will have
no difficulty in getting all the aid
she needs. There are many people
in the United States who would be
glad to assist in the destruction of
a Communist state, and similar
sentiments are to be found in Eng
land"
The leading expression Of Eng
lish capitalist sentiment on this
question, namely, Sir Henry Deter
ding, is already in the United
States comforting with the Rookie
Teller Standard Oil officials. De-
terdings rare visit to the United
States comedies with Japanese war
provooations against the Soviet
Union.
Recently the Daily Worker pub
lished the fact obtained from the
well-informed China Weekly Re-
view that japanese officials re-
Gently held conferences with j. P.
Morgan g. Co. partners in Wall
Street, particularly with Thomas
w. Lamont, in which Japan was
promised support for its special in
terests in Manchuris.
The China Weekly Review sees in
this alliance of Morgan g. Co. with
the Japanese imperialists a lever
for bringing the United States into
war against the Soviet Union, once
Japanese troops are modified at
the Soviet border.
There is an element in this sit
uation," writes the Review, which
is reminiscent of conditions prior
to Americas entrance into the
World War, when it was shown that
Morgan loans to Britain had much
to do with dragging America into
the conflict"
1HORGAN'S war industries, air.
iN planes, chemicals, ETC., have al
ready made millions supplying Jap
anese imperialism with war ma
terials.
The most outstanding instance Is
the construction of huge nitrate
plant by the E. I. Du Pont de Ne
mours & Co. for the manufacture
Of materials for explosives in ia
pan. The plant was built for the
Mitsui Mining Co.. war NUM-
tions concern heavily subsidized by
the Japanese government. U. S. war
patents, which are not supposed to
be given to any foreign power. were
handed over to Japan by the du
Pont Co., to speed the war prepars-
tions against the Soviet Union At
first the U. S. government objected
but later it withdrew its objections.
The excuse given was that If the
du Pont Co. did not supply the nj
trate explosive patents, they could
be obtained from Fascist Germany.
Du Pont engineers at first in
quired why so large nitrate unit
was being built in Japan, and the
Japanese officials answered "for the
manufacture Of fertilizer" The fer
tilizer. of course. in the spirit of
the Tribune cartoon reproduced
here, is to be the workers and peas
ants of the Soviet Union. The Nit
sui officials told the du Pont en-
gineers to spare no expense in max
ing the plant the most efficient of
it's kind-and to complete the job in
a hurry. The job is about done.
During the last world war, the
du Pont firm made hundreds of
millions of dollars supplying ammu-
milton to the C2arist government,
receiving at one time the largest
single check on record, 10000, 900.
Aided by Mr.. William Green,
Mathew VOL, Ralph Easley, and
such other strikebreaking gentry,
the Tribune now is propagandizing
the American people in favor of
war to destroy the Soviet Union. In
the cartoon they show how easy the
job is; merely topple the proleta-
rian dictatorship over into its grave.
The Chicago Tribune has made
itself the spokesman and chief or
ganizer of war propaganda against
the Soviet Union, and in support of