The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-28

to be able on the one hand to
destroy the military, political and
economic development Of China,
and, on the other hand, to pre-
vent the permeatiOn of Russian
influence. This is the key to our
continental policy"
The browning infamy Of this
friend Of the darker peoples" is
its. feyerish preparation for an at
tack on the Soviet Union the
country which has become a beacon
light and an inspiration for the
oppressed millions in the colonial
countries and oppressed nations,
suffering under the yoke of imperi-
alism. The workers and poor farm
ers Of the Soviet Union, under the
leadership Of the Communist Party,
overthrow Czarist imperialism and
thereby liberated scores OF oppressed
nations and peoples within the
borders of Czarist Russia, that
"prison-house of nations" Here for
the first time the right of self deter
mination was made a basic principle
Of a country's life. Here for the
first time all people lived together
in complete harmony.
But Japanese imperialism is the
outspoken enemy Of the Soviet
Union, the spearhead Of the imperi-
alist world in its attack on the first
workers country. Yet the leaders of
the pro-Japanese movement would
have the Negro people believe that
by supporting a country which aims
to destroy the Soviet Union, they
are aiding the cause of Negro lib
erationl
BarbarOus Japanese Monarchy
Kuusinen, an outstanding leader
Of the Communist International,
has said:
ut is well known that for bar
barity the Japanese monarchy
comedies nothing to Czarism. II
represents 5000 miIliOnaires who,
like an octopus, have wound their
tentacles around a great nation.
1t represents 10000 landlords who,
like leeches, are sucking the blood
of the tormented toiling peasants
of Japan. 1t represents slave
owning textile concerns who buy
the daughters of the peasantry
and pay their workers the wages
of colonial coolies. 1t represents
a repulsive, arrogant militariSm,
which has converted Korea, For
moSa, Manchuria, and part of
Northern China into an arena Of
savage torment and mockery of
enslaved nations and has acquired
notoriety for unprecedented
brutality combining all the latest
inventions of technique with
purely Asiatic torture"
For what can the Negro masses !
of America hope from such pro-
tector as this?
1t is clear that Japanese imperi-
slism is using the slogan Of race
unity, unity of the darker peoples,
in order to cover up her own inn
perialist designs for expansion and
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, and for SUPPORT in
its conflict with imperialist rivals.
just as American imperialism raises
the slogan Unity Of the White
People against the Yellow Peril" to
cover her predatory designs in the
East, so japanese imperialists raise
the slogan of Unity Of the Darker
Races Against the White Peril" But |
this is no question of race! This
is struggle between imperialist |
groups for the fruits of oppression.
This is a fight between rival slave
dealers.
The slogan of "Unity of the |
Darker Races under the auspices of |
Japan" is fraught with grave
danger for the Negro masses. 1t
is another pitfall slyly set ano
cleverly baited by the imperialists,
to trap the Negro masses in their |
forward march towards freedom. 1t
is another device calculated to turn |
the minds of the Negro workers
from the fight for bread and free
dom in the United States, calcu-
lated to divide them still further
from their allies in this struggle,
the militant white working class.
Therefore, the real purpose of this
slogan Unity of darker races under
Japan" is to drive deeper wedge |
between the Negro people and their |
only reliable allies, the revolution !
airy white workers; it is to prevent
united front against the common
oppressor. What could more directly
play into the hands Of the jim
crow oppressors, whose policy is
divide and rule?" Thus in prac-
tice, this movement becomes the
agency for tightening the yoke of
the white imperialist oppressors
over the Negro masses. 1t is no &C
cident that the Pacific Movement
has become real obstacle in the
task of organizing Negro and white
workers for their most urgent needs.
A glaring example occurred in the
strike of the Negro and white nut
pickers in st. Louis last year. There
the representatives of the Pacific
Movement of the Eastern World
tried to split the splendid unity of
the workers by instilling distrust of
the white workers among the Ne
gro strikers. The leaders of the
Pacific group were among the best
lieutenants of the white bosses of
st. Louis, sweating Negro and white
girls for q few pennies an hour,
Nor is it accidental that the lead
ers of this movement are sabotag-
ing the great united front strug-
giles for the freedom of the Scotts-
boro boys and Angelo Herndon.
The Outworn "Back-to-Africa"