The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-26
World Front
The Issue in the Navy Talks
Resulting Alliances
Doubtful Russian
Psychology"
By HARRY CANNES


EOR all practical purposes,
L the naval arms conference
between the three big navy
powers, is on at this present
moment. Though the formal
date is set for some time in
1885, if the present "prelimi-
nary talks do not settle the major
questions confronting the war-mad
powers, there will be no formal con-
ference.
Divested of all technical and dip
lcmatic language the question be-
ing debated by the admirals and
ambassadors in London today Of
England, Japan and the United
States is: Which of the powers will
have a navy best fitted to destroy
the navy of the other power and
sieze its colonies and markets?
Nor have any of them been watt
ing to meet in London in their gold
braided uniforms and medal-be-
sp9ngled chests to decide this ques-
ton. The race for naval arms has
been going on for over three years.
The bittere5t conflict, just now, Is
between American and japanese
imperialism Viewing the Roosevelt
two billion dollar war program, the
Vincent bill and the $50 warShips
authorized by Congress, the Japa-
nese war lords have decided to de-
mand naval parity with Britain and
the United States.
There is another factor in the
present armament race that you
will not find explained in the CAPT.
talist press, bitter as it is with it's
chauvinism against Japan That is,
the reshifting of war alliances in
the Far East. japanese imperialism
undoubtedly has some secret agree
ment with British imperialism, not
only with relation to the war pro-
gram against the Soviet Union, but
on the matter of the japanese arms
rivalry with the United States.
Since Wall Street is Britain's main
world competitor, the British adj
miralty is aiding japanese impe-
riali5m counterbalance the Wall
Street fleet and navy war plans in
the Far East.
IN THE Far East, American i'm
periaism is confronted with the
intricate web of present world an
tagonisms, 1t is confronted with its
chief antsgopism to the land Of
Socialism, and its growing conflict
with japanese imperialism DER
domination of the Chinese mar
kets. But all around, there are GER
tain fundamental points of agree
ment among the imperialiscs. First,
that the Soviet districts in China
must be destroyed. Second, that TIE
Soviet Unions victorious advance
to Socialism is ultimately certain
death to the whole colonial domina-
ton of all the imperialist powers.
The main point at issue is which Of
the powers shall profit most in bat
tie for Far Eastern colonies and
markets.
Japanese imperialism is follow
ing a policy Of involving all of the
chief capitalist powers first in war
against the Soviet Union. To
achieve this end it has already
siezed Manchuria, and established
gigantic war base there. 1t has
made war alliances with Fascist
Germany and Great Britain. 1t has
won the support of dominant capt.
talist forces in the United States
for this war against the Soviet
Union. Outstanding among these
forces are the House of Morgan
and the du Points. The directors Of
the Far Eastern policy in the
Roosevelt State Department favor
Japans plan for resolving the in
creasing imperialist antagonisms in
the Far East into a war against the
Soviet Union, and attempting to
solve the future question of who
shall get most of the spoils later on.
IN Japan the primacy of war
1 against the Soviet Union is very
clearly expressed. The recent off,
cial War Department pamphlet
makes it unmistakable that the
Japanese guns are being trained on
the workers fatherland.
I'm view of the doubtful psychol-
ogy of the Russians in dealing with
Japan and other Far Eastern coun-
tries" says the War Department.
at would be well for Japan to pre-
pare for the worst" The doubtful
psychology refers to Stains warn
ing: Keep your swinish imperial
ist SHOUTS out of our Soviet garden"
Arguing that Americans infuen-
tial in naval matters should see Ja-
pans navy construction program
and its desire for parity in its
proper light, Gumpei Sekine, in the
name of the Navy Department OF
Tokyo, addresses the readers OF
Current History" November, 1934,
as follows:
ct must not be overlooked that
there are active in the Orient at
present numerous baneful forces re-
tarding the advancement of civil
lization and detrimental to the
maintenance of order. 1t is easy
enough to talk of peace, but the
task of maintaining that peace is
beset with tremendous difficulties"
Where have we heard that talk
of civilization" and order" be-
fore? Sounds a little bit like Hit
Ter. Capitalist barbariSm, the
slaughter of hundreds of thousands
of Chinese in Manchuria and