The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 26, 1927, Page 5

THe New MaGAZINE Section of THE DAILY WORKER Second Section: This Magazine Section Appears Every Saturday in The DAILY WORKER. MARCH 26, 1927. EDITOR’S NOTES “@HANGHAI FALLS: U. S. MARINES LAND.” This is a typical headline of the many that appeared in the capitalist press of this country early in the week upon the receipt of the news that the Nationalist revolutionary army was about to take control of Shanghai. ‘Our so-called open door policy in China is working out very nicely. .for the American imperialists. It is a door made open for further penetration, conquest and exploitation of China by American imperialists instead of by the older exploiters of Britain, France, Japan, ete. The ‘American government is apparently reluct- ant to join hands ‘with the discredited government of Great Britain for common military action against the Chinese revolution. But—and this is the im- portant thing to remember—not for a single in- stance is the American government taking its hands off the Chinese situation. It is continually strength- ening its military forces and defiantly demonstrat- ing its power before the Chinese. It is ceaselessly maneuvering for a split in the revolutionary People’s Party of China—the Kuomintang—which is lead- ing the war of independence. It, our own imverialist government, is skillfully conspiring against the Chinese revolution with the view of makine A-~er- ican capitalists the chief beneficiaries of such ac- tion as against the imperialists of Britain, Japan, France, ete. * a: * CCORDINGsto “popular” capitalist propaganda in this country, American capitalism is supposed to be less interested in maintaining the rule of foreign imperialism in China than is Great Britain. This is not true, of course. American capitalism, being comparatively a newcomer in the field, is unwilling to accept as final the old arrangements whereby Britain and Japan are enjoying the posi- tion of dominancy. American imperialism wants elbow room and more power for itself, and is pre- paring to fight for it by sacrificing the lives of thousands of American workers. American dip- lomacy in China is dedicated to nothing else but this “noble” end. | * * * LREADY the investments of American capitalists in China are of considerable proportions. In the city of Shanghai American imperialism is in- terested chiefly in industrial enterprises, such as, tanneries, chemical factories, automobile and to- bacco concerns, ete. American capitalists in Shang- hai are large employers of native labor and are therefore the main enemies of the awakening of the Chinese workers and of the growth of trade union- ism in China. American diplomacy in China is quite consciously devoted towards breaking the influence of the Chinese trade unions and the toiling masses generally upon the Nationalist revolution, the aim being to bring about a central capitalist govern- ment in China which would agree to sell the country for joint exploitation by American and Chinese capitalists, It is for this reason that the capitalist press in this country treats us so generously to the so-called Communist “menace” in China. * x” * Fagen sympathies of the working class thruout the world have become so actively in favor of the Chinese revolution that even the Second Interna- tional, the sworn flunkey of world capitalism, felt compelled to issue a manifesto calling for the sup- port of the Chinese revolution. The pressure of the masses seems to have become too strong for the champions of. so-called class peace and class collaboratjon. But in issuing this manifesto the Second Inter- national makes sure that it does not fall out of touch with the imperialist policies of its masters. Hence, it already attempts to limit the scope, contents and nature of the Chinese revolution by confining it to the establishment of a “decent” honest-to-goodness bourgeois democratic government in China. Says the manifesto: , : Give your support as much as is possible, to the Nationalist and Democratic liberation move- ment of the Chinese people which constitutes the basic condition for the liberation of the proletariat. In other words, according to the decree of the Second International, the Chinese revolution must not go beyond the establishment of a nationalistic democratic bourgeois. government. But suppose the exploited masses of China are of a mind and have the power to make a few revolutionary economic . 7 and social changes in the life cf China? What then? Well, then the Second International will. consider it its duty to oppose the tdiling masses of China and to.support their exploiters, the same as the Second International is doing in the case’ of the Russian revolution. If the Chinese working class, in alliance with the peasantry, attempt to expand the bounds of the revolution by giving it basic social content the Second International will play the role of reaction and eounter-revolution. This is the meaning of the sentence quoted above. * ™ Cg TELEGRAM from Geneva, Switzerland, the other day reads like this: Tension in the Baikans today caused a stir in league of nation circles as the league’s pre- paratory commission assembled to discuss pre- liminary plans for an international disarma- ment conference. This stir, we understand, was caused by Mus- solini’s protest to the European capitalist govern- ments against alleged warlike preparations of Jugo- Slavia on the Albania border. The truth of the matter is that by this protest - Mussolini is attempting to cover up a nasty little conspifacy of his own against Jugo-Slavia and ceuene ALEX BITTELMAN, Editor By ALEX BITTELMAN against the peace of the Balkans generally, in which conspiracy he is being ably assisted by Cham- berlain acting for British imperialism. It is quite generally known that Mussolini is preparing to seize control of Albania thus thrusting a knife into the heart of Jugo-Slavia. It is also quite generally understood that the recent action of Mussolini re- cognizing Bessarabia as part of Roumania consti- tuted a hostile move against Jugo-Slavia as well as against the Soviet Union, all this being a part of the British-Italian imperialist game. Now, -when Jugo-Slavia begins to manifest some uneasiness over these hostile and aggressive moves of Italian imperialism, Mussolini raises the cry of danger coming from Jugo-Slavia. The Italian fas- cist’ press professes to feel anxiety over the situa- tion on the Jugo-Slav-Albanian .frontier charging the Jugo-Slav government with stirring up revolt in Albania. All of which is a new variety of the ‘ld burglar trick raising the cry of “Hold the thief” in order to escape punishment himself. * * * west is Lewis doing with the coal miners’ union? This question must immediately be raised by every labor union in the United States. For the (Continued on Page Two)