The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-19
On the
World Front
New Deal in Philippines
Revolt in IndO- China
China Red Army Reports
By BARRY CANNES
HINDER the reign of Gov
- ernor-General Frank

I II
- ernor-General Frank
Murphy Of the Philippines,
formerly of the General Mo-
tors and Ford Empire of De-
troit, the spirit of the New
Deal moved into Manila with
a vengeance. -,
Three cigar strikers were shdt
dead. Twenty-Five were wounded.
And scores are being arrested unl-
der direct orders Of Governor
Murphy.
According to the capitalist press,
this is the first time in the history
Of the Philippines strikers were shot
dead. Peasants have been slaugh-
tered wholesale. Communists have
been murdered. But 1t was left to
the regime of Governor General
Murphy, under whose reign In De-
troit, the Ford Motor Co. gunner
shot and slaughtered four workers
in the Ford hunger march, to kin
strikers also.
MURPHY, whom the American
capitalist press calls friend of
labor" called a special session of
the Cabinet to deal with the strike.
The proletariat Of Manila are CALI
Ing for a general protest strike.
Murphy's answer is to order m
tensive efforts be made to arrest
radical leaders believed to be In
citing the strikers"
What were these strikers guilty.
Off They used the same tactics the
textile workers did in their flying
squadrons to close down mills.
Earning about % cents day or
less in American money the Filipino
cigar makers went out on strike,
demanding increased pay, lower
hours. and unoin recognition - Just
what the majority Of their American
brothers are fighting for against
the NRA.
THIS is the vaunted "inde-
l pendence" the Roosevelt regime
is granting the Philippines. Every
worker every -imperialist,
should Immediately protest. Send
your wires to President Roosevelt
against the slaughter of Filipino
strikers. Send your cable protests
to Governor General Frank Muir
ply, Manila, P. l., demanding a
stop to the arrest of the strike
leaders; halt to the shooting down
Of workers fighting for bread against
feudal -imperialist slave conditions.
Detroit workers especially, who
know Murphy of old, should let him
hear from their home town-with
the bitterest and sharpest protests.
YOU wouldn't expect an exposure
of imperialist oppression and
savagery from one of the chief
organs Of the Japanese trusts. But
here we have one. The Japanese
press which is silent on the slaugh-
ter of Manchurian workers and
peasants, and on the oppression of
the Korean masses because all that
goes on under the flag of the rising
sun is above suspicion) does not
hesitate to print an exposure of
conditions in Indo China. The
reason for this little indiscretion Of
the deeds Of its fellow imperialist
bandit arises from the French gov
ernment's supporting the security
pact with the Soviet government.
HENCE we get the following from
Noburu Ogata, staff correspon-
dent of the Osaka Mainichi In Indo-
China:
Ever since two companies Of
native soldiers, with rifles In hand,
rebelled against the French IN
Northern AMMAN In February,
1880, anti-French movements on
the part Of the natives IN that
district have never completely
ceased.
with the government employ
ing the army to quell these In
surrections, several thousand ca
sualties have already occurred to
date. However, with the situation
giving birth to further turmoil,
the government has had to dis
patch foreign soldiers to the
scenes of disturbance.
Extremely cold bIooded are
some Of the methods used tn sub
jugating the insurgents, their
ranks being swept by machine
gun fire or bombs dropped on the
populace from airpIanes, leaving
a record whereby, in spite of the
many killed and injured among
the insurgents, there is not a
single casualty on the part of the
government forces"
THE flood of news from China,
from Chang Kai-Shek sources,
about the imminent destruction of
the Central Soviet Government in
China, seems to have dried up re-
Gently The reason is that the glow
ing promises of Chang Kai-Shek
| were elecJlVeIy smashed by Jne Reu
Armies of China
The Chinese Soviet Government
recently mailed to the Shanghai
press release which stated that
the Red Army is in a position to
occupy both Foochow and Annoy at
any time. the leading cities in Fu-
ken provinces. But this step is not
taken for strategical reasons at this
time. Furthermore, the Red Army
has armed forces, numbering TO-
900 in that province.
A list of six Red Army victories
over the Chang Kai-Shek armies
was given.
Reuter-, British controlled news
service, reported from Canton that
a Communist army of over 5000,
| led by the woman commander, Ho