The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-03
War Notes in the Far East

THE unwritten meaning in the diplomatic
note of the Roosevelt government to
Japan is that Wall Street is ready at
any moment to plunge the American work
ers into war to preserve the American
bankers privilege of plundering and ravag
ing China.
Nor did Roosevelt leave the matter at
the diplomatic literary stage. Secret orders
we're given to speed up the vast and tremendous
war preparations that go under the name of the
New Deal In order to speed this war develop
ment, all relief measures of the government will
be cut; more money will go for war, less for wages
veterans and unemployed relief.
Recently the writer's of the syndicated daily
column, Washington Merry Go Round" gave an
inkling Of the huge war preparations Roosevelt is
speeding specifically for war in the Far East. They
said
Probably Franklin Roosevelt has got more
hard boiled about foreign pOlicy-except re Latin
American-than any man in the White House for
decades. a.. But this policy of apparent pacifism
is deceptive. Coupled with it, Roosevelt is prepar
ing quietly for any eventualities-if necessary for
war in the Orient. Roosevelt loves ballyhOo, but
there is no balIyhoO connected with his naval
program Every shipyard in the country is work
ing near capacity-but few people know it. The
Public Works budget provides for 20 warships-but
little is said about it."
Behind the barrage of diplomatic notes, Roose-
welt takes every step to drive the American workers
to war against Japan in order to decide that Yankee
imperialism is fit to enslave the Chinese
masses than japanese imperialism.
At the same time, the American capitalist press
begins its campaign of chauvinism against Japan,
stirring up the hatred of the American workers
against the japanese people In Japan, the Jap
anese militarists follow the game stirring up
the Japanese toilers against their American brothers
In Japan the war-lords at the same time, keep
on flooding Manchuria with troops and air bases
for war against the Soviet Union. They leave
stone unturned to defect the inter -imperalist
conflict to a united struggle against the Soviet
Union
The forces supported this action of Japan among
the American capitalists are increasing their bold
ness and have strong supporters among the Roose-
welt regime.
The Roosevelt government is spending millions
helping the butcher Chang Kai Shek in his efforts
to destroy the Chinese Soyets Roosevet's note
declared that there would be no let-up on Wall
Streets mtarlzation activities in China.
thick veil of secrecy surrounds the tremendous
" rapid moves of the Roosevelt government to wal
in the Far East That war may explode at any
moment No time can be lost now in arousing the
American masses against this war; against the Wall
Street mperialst policy in China, which is directed
against the Chinese Sovets, against the revolution
airy Chinese workers and peasants, against the vast
majority of the Chinese people, the exploited masses
We must fight energetcally against every chauvin-
list blast of the Roosevelt government and its CAPT.
talist press directed against the japanese people
showing its real purpose.
That can be done best by ralying the united
front of all workers against the immediate war pre-
parations program of Roosevelt, demanding that the
money go for unemployment insurance for the vets
bonus, for relief, We must arouse the whole work
ing class on the alarming danger of new imperial
ist slaughter and in every strike, in every economic
struggle raise the issue Of fight against imperialst
war.