The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-16
World Front
BY HARRY CANNES

Manchurian Map-making
Borders to Order
POrtugaI's A.A.A.
EVERY time Japanese car
- tographers make maps of
Manchuria and Mongolia, the
borders change. This is ex-
planned by the fact that the
extent of the new colonial
territory is limited only by
the military arrogance of the jap
snese war lords and the power of
resistance of the people whose ter
ritory is included in the new maps.
For example the Shanghai
newspaper, China Press" on Feb.
II published two maps of Manchu-
ria. These we're originally in
Guided as a supplement to the Re
port on Progress in Manch1Iria"
for 1882 and 1884. The Report" ia
published in English by the power
full Japanese South Manchurian
Railway administration.
On the 1892 edition of the man.
the boundary between JehoI and
Chahar and between Manchukuo
ana the Monaghan PEOPLES Re-
public near Lake BUR Nor, differs
considerably from the boundary
given in the 1884 edition.
III HER EAs the earlier man
W showed the northern part Of
Lake BUR Nor belonging to the
Monaghan Peoples Republic. the
later map indicates the boundary
touching only the southern part of
the lake.
In the earlier edition the boun-
diary of Jehol is identical with that
indicated in current Chinese maps.
In later editions the boundary is
indicated as moved all the way
down to the Great Wall.
Evidently" comments the China
Press" any act of unceremonious
aggression can deserve iustifica-
ton by presenting the necessary
map at the required moment to
prove that the territory belongs to
Japan. If such maps do not exist,
the J a panese can easily make
them"
TO protest the war against the
Chinese people in Chahar. Jehol,
and against the Mongolian Peoples
Republic, as well as to support the
growing mutinies in Manchuria and
anti-imperialist struggles in China,
huge mass meeting will be held in
New York Friday, Feb, 3D.
Earl Browder, secretary of the
Communist Party; Professor Aoy=
ang Hsin-Nun, formerly of Peking
University; Maxwell S. Stewart, As
sociate Editor of the Nation and
t. Y. Yang are among the speakers.
The meeting. under the auspices
OF the Friends of the Chinese
People, which is carrying on a
vigorous campaign against the new
war developments in the Far East,
will be held at Central Opera
House, 2o5 East 9th Street.
/ I ACK of information on Portugal
IL is now partly made up for this
column by an American student
now in that country This CORE
spondent writes us that it is almost
impossible for him to pursue his
study of foreign influence in Portu-
gal because the Fascist state does
not supply much information on
its allies.
This is the anniversary of
great Portuguese victory in Mo-
zambique (Feb. o." he writes. All
officials of the Carmona- Salazar
dictatorship celebrated by grandilo-
quent speeches the restoration of
Portugals imperial glory. They
Boosted of the new war vessels
under the Estado Novo New State)
10 in all.
They quoted the Minister of
4 Colonies speech made a few days
ago initiating a new Governor Gen-
eral Of Angola Even Winston
Churchill wouldn't have said dis
rectly as Arrnindo Montiero did,
that the chief function of the mis-
sionaries in Angola was to Greats
needs among the Negroes because
that reacts fayorably on Portuguese
industry.
"a AMONG the glories of the New
n State is its remarkably original
solution of the problem of over
production. Wine is Portugals chief
industry. The 1888 wines are
unsold, so it is forbidden to sell the
1884 product. On the A.A.A. plan,
the government ordered the de-
struction of direct producers
cheapest and most abundant vine)
with poor compensation, and of
fered bounties to those who would
deliberately reduce production Of
the better grapes. Flowing the
farmer under is universal
THE National Guard usually has
to be called out to put this scheme
into effect. There is absolutely no
provision for unemployed vine
workers without land
"Other workers. however, feel the
beneficent influence of the Estado
Novo. Witness the minimum salaries
fixed for workers Of the water com@
pany: Helpers 45 cents a dav.