The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-30
Chinese Peoples Council
Urges War Against Japan

against Japan. Even In the event
that America and the League of
Nations can nlaneuYre in one way
or another against Japan, it will
bring no relief to the Chinese
people, because that maneuvre is
tantamount to drive out the tiger
from the front door but lead in the
wolf from the back door,"
Salvation on the part of the
Chinese people lies in their own
hands. There is only one way to
salvation, to rise on masses to drive
out Japanese imperialism with all
available arms at the disposal of the
masses. That is to say, we must
have the whole nation armed in
self defense. That the Chinese
people must take the initiative in a
war against Japan is recognized by
the majority of the people as the
sole fitting means at the present
moment. Yes, it is the only way
out for national salvation. Such a
war is the war Of the Chinese
people against Japanese imperial
ism, war for Righteousness and prog
ress, war for the existence of the
Chinese nation, war for the indie
pendence and territorial integrity of
China, war for the salvation OF
400,000,000 people, in short, war
saving one-fourth of the population
of the world from the fate of
slaves without country"
But owing to the fact that such
a national war lacks a concrete
program in common, our action in
fighting Japanese imperialism has
been sporadic and ineffective.
Here we may take a little illustra-
ton by citing the examples of anti
japanese volunteers, Japanese
salvation army and the anti
Japanese partisans In Manchuria
and Jehol who have heroically
fought the japanese robbers. Like
wise our brothers and sisters have
waged many praiseworthy struggles
against Japanese imperialism such
as workers strikes, students strikes,
demonstrations and boycott. But
up to the present we have been
unable to hold at bay the Japanese
advance on us, to say nothing of
the recovery of the lost provinces.
Thus we make a few suggestions
deemed absolutely necessary for the
program of action of the Chinese
people in war against Japan.
Make Six Proposals
y Mobilization of all land, naval
and air forces in a war against
Japan. The standing army of China
is the largest in the whole world.
Apart from police and militia the
regulars amount to 100000 men
and officers in times of peace. The
air force, though weak, eats up a
large portion of the contributions of
the people. Especially in the few
years past appropriations for the
navy and air force have been on
the increase. The people who con-
tribute towards the support of the
army surely have the right to de-
mand the dispatch of all land,
naval and air forces to the front in
a war against Japan, to demand
discontinuance of the internecine
war at once. But as is known to
everybody, the troops alone will not
be able to prove commensurate to
the task. Hence:
Q Mobilization of the whole body
of people. At the very outset VOL
untary enlistment is preferable but
later on CONSUMPTION must be
adopted, drawing millions of people
into a series of volunteer armies,
(e. G., workers volunteer army, pea
SAINT volunteer army, student, mer-
chant, doctor, journalist, teacher
volunteer armies, etc.. These vol
unteers must be sent to the front
Immediately in fighting the jap
anese. Besides, there must be or
ganized supply, transport, nursing,
sabotage. propaganda corps, draw
ing in wide masses of people.
81 Aiming the whole body of
people. With this end in view the
Kuomintang government must be
demanded to turn over all weapons
from machine guns to native styled
| swords in the arsenals or depots to
anti-Japanese volunteers for train
Ing as well as fighting purposes.