The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-19
World Front
Foreign Correspondents
Mr.. Sweetland Complains
Black Shirt COrtesi
By HARRY CANNES

HAAs OUNNbAnitu OOAtpldlltS
Black Shirt COrtesi
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER,
- trade organ of the Hearsts
and other newspaper dope
peddlers, bellyaches because
the Japanese government
cramps the style of American
correspondents in Japan. The
Feb. 2 issue Of this sheet has an
interview with Reginal Sweetland,
Chicago Daily News Toxic cores
pondent, just returned on a fur
Tough after six years in Japan.
Sweetland declares that the Jap
anese government doesn't allow for
eign correspondents to report start
ling events in vast districts five
provinces in alb where the peasants
are selling their daughters more than
their meagre crops, and where the
people are on the verge of starva-
ton" Strange, Mr., Hearst hasn't
made radio speech about that.
But we are sure that the New
York Times can have no complaint.
Their Toxic correspondent Hugh
Byas SHOULD be spelled B-i-a-s) has
learned how to outwit the Japanese
censors. He cables only such news
as the Japanese militarists would
desire to see printed in the Amer
lean capitalist press, deliberately
! Suppressing the more important
happenings. Thereby he saves him
self the annoying embarrassment
of having q military censor inartis-
tically slash his copy, as if with a
clumsy sword.
THE Times evidently makes 1t a
policy to pick correspondents who
are persona grata, that is, ex-
ceptionally pleasing, to the various
Fascist dictators and military cliques
ruling in the various countries.
For example, its Rome correspon-
dent, Arnoldo Cortesi, writes with
that passion for peace" so charac-
teristic Of Mussolini's war depart
ment Cortesi cabled (and the Times
printed it, the lie that Mussolini
called for only 10000 troops for
AbWsinia Every other capitalist
newspaper admitted $50 900 had been
modified, and even Cortesi himself
was forced later to admit that 10000
we're actually being sent to Abyssinia.
Cortesi wrote about peace and nego-
tiations when Mussolini was talk
ing about Abyssinia as the war
front.
But these minor details are not
brought to the attention of the read
ers of the capitalist press, The
Daily Worker has been the only
English language newspaper in the
United States printing the world
significant news that 5000 Man.
churian soldiers mutinied against
the Japanese army and its militarist
leaders. They fought furiously
around Chinchow and near Mukden.
This is at least as important as the
Duke Wedding, or what Hauptmann
ate for breakfast. But not a word
about it has been printed in the
capitalist press to date though every
newspaper in China is full of it.
And there is no censorship on this
news out of Shanghai.
IN FACT. there have been a whole
l series of mutinies and armed
struggles against Japanese imperial
ism in Manchuria that never merit
some of the precious space devoted
to the usual filth that fills most Of
the Hearst and other newspapers.
The latest issue of the China
Weekly Review Gan. 19) to arrive
here tells of the 48th drive of Jap-
anese imperialism against the Man.
churian insurgent forces and with
out success. "The imperial Kwan-
tung army" says this newspaper,
"has not been able, after three years
of strenuous effort, to put down re-
volts against their regime in Man
churia." And now when the revolt
reaches their own armed forces. as
500 Japanese soldiers joined the
mutineers. Mr. Bias of the Times,
and the rest of the gentlemen of the
American press, fail to utter a peep
about it.
FROM Shanghai we get the follow
ing cable: Noting activizatton Of
the japanese military policy, the
China Weekly Review Writes: Only
few weeks have passed since Gem
eral Minami became military die
tator of Manchuria, and events are
happening in this period which
show the existence of dangerous
tendencies. We mention the Cha
har offensive, and the new occupa-
ticn of over 1000 square miles or
Chinese territory. and the conrlr<~
with the population of the Mon
golian Peoples Republic near Lake
BUR Nor. Soon after Minamis ap-
pointment, the japanese Army of
Occupation opened an Office in
Shanghai under Col Kages. Kages
has a large sum of money at his
disposal He has sixteen assistants
spying. Dollar has arrived in China.
His name is SYNONYMOUS with all
Japans Far Eastern intrigues The
Manchurian Daily News published
an interview with Gen. Minanli
stating the Northern provinces in
China will proclaim their indepen-
dence' and join Manchukuo."