The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-13
Until Labor Office Sees
Britain, U. S., Japan
Rushing to War
FIERCE TRADE WAR
Japan Opens New War
Drive in China


NEW YORK.-Japan's rapid
trade penetration into the mar
kets Of its imperialist rivals
was interpreted as a direct war
threat in a report issued in
Geneva on Thursday by the In
ternationsl Labor Office, an affiI-
ate OF the League of Nations. The
report was printed Yesterday by the
New York Tribune, under the signiiy
cant head: JAPAN'S TRADE DRIVE
PICTURED AS WAR THREAT"
The report shows that japanese
trade is expanding at an unprece-
dented rate at the expense OF the
United States, Great Britain and
ether inperiaIst rivals. Japan IS
squeezing out U. S. and British trace
in India. the Philippines and other
Asistic countries, and in South Amer
lea as we'll
Japanese exports to South America
jumped 220 per cent in the first half
Of 1898, as compared to the same pc
Rod in 1881. Japan also increased
by 80 per cent its exports to the
United States and Europe by means
Of false labels and other dishonest
tactics, as charged by its imperialist
rivals.
Through the establishment of ex-
port companies in South America
and purchase Of raw materials for
its furnishing war industry, Japan
is pushing a fierce offensive in the
South American and Caribbean
American countries against the
United States and Britain. japanese
imperiaGsts are also competing with
their rivals for political domination,
copying their tactics of achieving
government overthrows and fighting
wars by proxy, as in the case Of the
Chaco war between Paraguay Brit
ish) and Bolivia ~. s..
Starvation Pay, Imitation
The Japanese trade offensive is
strengthened by means Of the de-
preciated yen, starvation wages las
low as 14la cents day for skilled
weayers working 10 hours a day),
and the fact that Japan. in it's pres
emit state Of war" is the only impe-
rialist country in a position to in
crease its exports from the South ar =
Caribbean American countries.
The Japanese inroadS on British
trade aroused great resentment from
the British inperialists, with the re-
suit that the labor imperialists In the
International Labor Office were con-
scHpted once again in the service
Of their own irnperialisms in struggle
against rival inperialists. The re-
port of these gentlemen leave no
doubt that they will, as in 1914, sup
port the war measures Of their i'm
perialists. 1t already characterizes
such measures as a defensive war;
declaring:
japanese competition might be-
come one of the causes of a new
world conflict when other powers I'M
dertook to defend their industries IN
the fight for markets abroad"
War on China
PEIPING, Jan. 12-Japanese trpoos
and warships we're moving against
China today In a scissors movement.
with japanese military forces con-
tinuing to penetrate into Inner Nom
golia and other North China areas
while two Japanese destroyers wera
rushing to Fulden Province Fort to
reinforce the Third Japanese SQUAD
ron at Foochow and Annoy.
Japanese plans for the Coronation
OF its puppet Manchuquo ruler.
Henry Pu-Yi, as emperor of a Mar
chuduo enlarged at the further ex-
penSe OF China, are continuing to ey-
cite attention in Chinese and foreign
political circles. The coronation i.
set for March Is, and in the mean
time, the Japanese are pushing their
orive in Chahar Province and 70
menting uprisings In North China ane
Sinkiang Province. Northwest China
on the Soviet borders.
japanese secret agents are at work
IN the Peoples State of Mongolia az
tempting to incite an Instruction bv
appropriated rich landlords and Other
reactionary elements in preparation
for pretext for armed interyentirn,
against the Mongolian Peoples nov.
ernnsens, which is friendly to TIA sp-
viaA EnazA :" '''E