The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-30
Urges All Availa biz
Arms at Disposal
OF the Masses


NOTE:-On the OCCASION of the
arrival in New York of General
Tsai Ting Kai of the former 18th
Route Army of Fukien Province,
we print below a document en-
titled "The basic program Of the
Chinese people in war against
Japan" This document has been
signed by 5000 Chinese men and
women, including such Outstand
ing individuals as Chung Sin
lin MADAM Sun at SEM, General
Ii Tu commander of section of
Chinese forces against japanese
Imperialism in Manchuria) Chang
Lai-Ch manager Of the Chekiang
Industrial Bank at Shanghai,
ETC., and many others who have
figured prominently In shaping
and popularizing the program.
On Sept. 10, 1881, japanese I'M
perialism took Manchuria without
experiencing much trouble from
Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang and
Marking, which embarked on a
policy of on-resistance. Japanese
imperialism, however, failed in its
efforts to seize Chinese territory at
Shanghai (Chapei, Nantao, Woo
sung, etc. in the grand Japanese
offensive launched on Jan. %, 1882.
japanese planes bombed Chapel but
the workers in Shanghai together
with the soldiers to the Nineteenth
Routee Army, city-poor coolies, stu
dents and all patriotic Chinese we're
able to stem the Japanese advance.
Shanhaikwan fell into Japanese
hands of New Years Day, 1888, fol-
lowed by the Japanese occupation
of Jehol in February. In the fol-
lowing months Japanese impe-
rialism marched into Chahar, try
ing to lay it's hand on Suiyuan,
Inner Mongolia and North China.
Recently it presented an ultimatum
to Marking demanding the imme-
date opening of conversations to
accept all conditions that will con
firm Japan's hegemony in North
China as well as in the whole coun-
try. The northeastern troops (of
Chang Hsueh-liang) have already
been withdrawn from the north in
order to make room for the adj
vent of the Japanese army, which
is reported to be coming down as
far as the Yellow River. Tokyo
made a public statement placing
the whole of China under it's pro-
lection,
Obviously, Japanese imperialism
not only desires to force with the
aid Of troops the realization of the
81 demands presented on China in
1915, but actually enforces with
blood and iron the famous positive
policy of ex-Premier Tanaka
towards China; that is, to annex
the whole of China and convert
China into Japanese colony.
For this reason, the people of the
entire country. whether they are
Hans { pure Chinese) or Mongols
or Mohammedans or other minori-
ties, have come to face an extra
ordinary danger, a danger that
foreshadows death ahead. They
are liable to be bombarded, shot
beheaded, tortured insulted at the
hands of the Japanese. They are
liable to be hit much harder by
hunger, poverty and unemployment
ahead. They will meet with the
same fate has befallen the Koreans
Formosans, etc. They will suffer in
the same terrible manner as oul
40,000,000 brothers and sisters in
Manchuria, Jehol and North China
u. S. Cannot Help
Through their own bitter expert
ence the people of China have
learned that the Kuomintang gov
eminent can not be depended on tc
save the country from the bloody
hands of Japanese i Imperialism;
that reliance on the United States
or the League of Nations for heir
against Japan proves only a puerile
illusion. So far America and the
League of Nations have showr
nothing concrete in ths tighl