The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 30, 1931, Page 10

Page Six DAILY WURKEK, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, MAY 380, 1931 A New Chapter In the Civil War In China R. DOONPING HE dollar throne of Chiang Kai- Shek, so painstakingly propped mp through various crises during the last four years by his patroniz- ing “Uncle Sam,” is tottering again. The Soviet movement, led by the Communist Party and with the Red Army as its spearhead, has been for a long time persistently undermining the authority of the semi-feudal and bourgeois Nanking Regime, and is giving strong im- petus to the anti-imperialist and anti-Kuomintang upsurge of the worker and peasant masses. Riding the wave of this rising tide, a new anti-Nanking military alignment has lately been formed under the tutelage of British and Japanese imperialism. This align- ment, embracing the right (Kwang- si) and the “left” (reorganization) wing of the Koumintang, as well as all shades of dissatisfied militar- ists, of course, does not even pre- tend to be anti-imperialist. How- ever, it is openly anti-Chiang Kai- shek, and as such it proposes to play the demagogic game of deceit, to turn the backward section of the anti-Chiang Kai-shek moyement against the anti-imperialist and anti-Koumintang movement, and to take Chiang Kai-shek’s place as the leader of the anti-red campaign in China. The New Bloc. As the symbol of imperialist op- pression and native militarist cor- ruption in China the name of Chi- ang Kai-shek has been much dis- credited and cannot even rally his own troops against the rising work- ers and peasants and the Red Armies. Subjectively, Chiang Kai- shek is intensifying the campaign of white terror and concentrating his best troops against the Soviet forces and exhausting the financial resources of the Nanking govern- ment in trying to keep these troops loyal. But objectively he is prac- tically impotent in the face of the reluctance of these troops to ad- vance against the Communists, mutinies and desertion, and the al- most insurmountable difficulties connected with the task of sup- pressing the enemy that has the support of the overwhelming ma- jority of the local population. Hence the anti-Red forces in China need a new banner, new deceptive Slogans. The new Canton align- ment, under the political leadership of Wang Chin-wei, thus emerges to supply this demand. Blaming Chi- ang Kai-shek for his despotism (dictatorship) and tyranny on the one hand, and “tolerance” (!) of Communists on the other hand, the new alignment came forward with its slogans of democracy and more intensive drive against the Com- munists! : The Last “National Convention” In the meantime, even before the new Canton bloc openly declared their hostility, Chiang Kai-shek has also been manoeuvering for a bet- ter position in the coming reaction- ary civil war, which he knows is inevitable. Answering the charge of despotism, he called a National Convention but he was careful enough to put the most powerful of his political opponents, Hu Han- Ming, the chairman of the legisla- tive Yuan and leader of the right wing Koumintang faction, under arrest. Thus crippling his oppo- nents temporarily, he had the Na- tional Convention packed with his own “appointees.” This convention, which met at Nanking the first half of May, enacted a regular bur- lesque show, the chorus singing songs of praise of Chiang Kai-shek to the tunes set by its floor leader. When the ecstasy of the singers reached its climax, they shimmied to the platform and signed their names to the prepared constitution which elevated Chiang Kai-shek from the humble position of merely a chairman of the Political Com- mittee of the Nanking Government with equal votes with the other members, to the exalted throne of @ real president (although still called chairman) with the right to appoint all other members of the Political Committee. Chiang Kai- shek was also careful enough to instruct his convention performers to utter a few feeble cries about the abolition of extra-territoriality and the abrogation of unequal treaties —‘for home consumption,” as the imperialist papers frankly report. Wall Street's Silver Lean. Through the instrument of the National Convention, Chiang Kai- shek secured the appearance of having the support of the nation. But this “support” is merely a legal fiction which must be substantiat- ed by real force. This force upon which Chiang Kai-shek has been dependent ever since he turne” against the revolution four years ago, comes from his ever obliging “Uncle Sam” and, this time, takes the form of a proposed silver lion. The aim of this loan, as clearly stated in the U. S. Senate Resolution of February 11, 1931, is “to give moral, intellectual aid to the Nanking Government of Chi- na.” Senator William H. King of Utah, now the official agent of the sponsors of the project in the Unit- ed States, exemplified this state- mept even more frankly. He said, “It (the rehabilitation of silver which he claimed would result from the silver loan) would fortify China against Communism and strength- en the hands of those who are seeking to bring stable government and economic development to Chi- na.” (New York Times, May 15, 1931). Although the silver loan is mainly intended to “fortify China against Communism,” it would of course also help Chiang Kai-shek to beat off his other enemies, thus strengthening the influence of Wall St. in China as against its impe- rialist rivals. Thus armed with the support of the National Convention and the prospect of a big silver loan from the United States, Chiang Kai-shek Sallies forth to meet his enemies. Soon a new reactionary civil war, the fourth one since Chiang Kai- shek’s betrayal of the revolution in 1927, will again be raging in war- ridden China. Who will eventually win? The answer is that both of them and those that may follow them will lose and die out in due time! The final victory belongs to a third force, the spectre of Com- munism! The Soviet Revolution will tak@ full advantage of the in- evitable dissentions and civil strife in the camp of its enemies. Anti-Imperialist Appeal Against Massacre of Chinese Workers and Peasants ROM the latest news from China it is evident that imperialism with the aid of its agent Chiang Kai-shek, is commencing a mon- strous and bloody mass terror sur- passing everything that has oc- curred hitherto in the way of crimes and acts of violence in sup- pressing the revolutionary move- ment for freedom. Chiang Kai-shek, on the orders of the imperialists and with the weapons and money supplied by them, has already for six months been waging a regular war against the territories ruled by the revo- lutionaries. But in spite of the su- periority of his military forces he has been fighting for six months without achieving any results. The territory of the victorious revolu- tion is expanding. The reason ot the impotency of the well-armed «ounter-revolutionary forces lies in the fact that the Chinese peasant— not only in the territories of the revolutionary government, but also behind the front of Chiang Kai- shek—is offering resistance te Chiang Kai-shek’s reign of violence and the intrigues of the tmperial- ists, which in turn has a revolu- tionary effect on Chiang Kai-shek’s peasant army. According to the latest reports Chiang Kai-shek is beginning to resort to the most frightful mass terror in order to drown in blood the tremendous and growing peas- ant movement. In the province of Hupeh, in the districts bordering on the territory of the revolution- ary government but which do not belong to it, he has had the popula- tion of all the villages arrested and caused 1800 peasants to be im- mediately executed without any trial whatever. It is highly probable that this crime of the counter-revolution in China represents only a beginning. In view of their failures, Chiang Kai-shek and the hangmen of the imperialist States who are backing him are capable of anything. Un- able to vanquish the revolutionary armies they are beginning to mas- sacre in thousands the unarmed peasants in the territory still ruled by them. The danger is great! There is not a@ minute to lose! The League Against Imperialism summons the anti-imperialists of the whole world to hold protest demonstrations and take action immediately in order to call a halt to the fury of the crimi- nals and hasten to the aid of the Chinese revolution, The League Against Imperialism and for National Independence. International Secretariat, Berlin, April 30, 1931, ~ American Cops Helping Chinese Bosses A United Front @« a A Chinese revolutionary cartoon, showing a united front of the Chinese soldiers, workers and peasants. Power to the Soviets!” The banner reads: “All The Anti-Imperialist . Struggles of the Chinese J. F. H UST as a protest, later as an or- ganized struggle against the be- trayal of the Chinese Revolution by the Kuomintang, the Chinese work- ers and farmers in America formed in January, 1928, the All-America Chinese Alliance for Support of the Workers and Peasants Revolution in China. A bitter struggle was carried on in uprooting the influence of the Kuomintang amongst the Chinese masses in this continent. It was due to the success of this struggle that the most revolutionary and _ best fighting elements were drawn into the Alliance. The Canton Soviet helped to draw a sharp line be- tween the two camps, the camp of reaction and the camp of revolu- tion. While the campaign of white terror was raging in China, the struggles between the two camps were tense in America, especially in San Francisco, Philadelphia, New York City, Havana, Cuba, and Tempico, Mexico, Thanks to the advice and assistance given by the Communist Party of the U. S. A, victory for the Alliance was regis- tered, particularly in Philadelphia. Thus, a definite line of march was permanently established by the class conscious and revolutionary Chinese masses in America. The slogan of the establishment of So- viets in China advanced by the Communist Party of China, was adopted by the Alliance in recogni- tion of the leadership of the Com- munist Party of China and the Communist International. Broader Activities. In 1928-29, the revival of the revolutionary wave in China had commenced. Simultaneously, the Alliance cooperated with the Amer- ican working class giving much ma- terial and moral aid to the revolu- tionary movement in China. Many were saved from destitution, tor- ture and death under the white terrorist regime of Chiang Kai- shek and other militarists, by this showing of international solidarity. It inspires in every one and all of us, faith in the international revo- lutionary movement! The Alliance did not confine its activities to the support of the Chinese Revolution. Its activities went beyond that. In 1929, when the Second World Congress of the Anti-imperialist League met in Frank-ford de Main, Germany, the Alliance sent, as its delegate, Com- rade T. H.Li who was then its gen- eral secretary. We may here men- tion the fact that now Comrade Li is detained by the Labor Depart- ment for deportation as a result of his activities in the anti-imperialist movement in the U.S. A, As a result of the revolutionary developments in India, the anti- imperialist movements in Java and other colonial and semi-colonial countries, the attempts of the im- perialists to intervene in the Soviet Union through the seizure of the {Chinese Eastern Railway by the Chinese militarists and upon the report of Comrade Li on the po- litical situation in this period brought from the World Congress, the Alliance recognized the neces- sity and its responsibility to extend its organisational form and activi- ties. The Alliance in the summer of 1930, adopted a new constitution and changed its name into the present The Alliance of the Chin- ese Anti-Imperialists’ in America, affiliated to the All-American Anti- Imperialist League. At the same time, the Alliance carried on an intensive campaign to mobilize the Chinese masses in the continent to help to realize the plan to enlarge the Chinese Van- guard, The campajgn was a great success. This marked a great step forward. The existence and con- tinuance of this only revolutionary paper in Chinese language in this continent owe much to the effort and sacrifice of the members of the Alliance and its sympathizers. In an attempt to suppress the In- creasing militancy of the Chinese in America the ruling class in the United States and Cuba, direct their reactionary attacks against them as they do to other foreign born work- ers. In Cuba, four Chinese work- ers, all active members of the Al- liance, were deported to China to quench the blood thirst of Chiang Kai-shek, Thanks to the aid of the marine workers, these comrades foiled the scheme of the imperial- ists and the Kuomintang to rail- road them to death, This ended in adding four militant fighters to the ranks of the revolutionary move- ment in China! Seeing that they cannot murder revolutionaries through the hands of Chiang Kai- shek, the Machado government of Cuba ~trangled to death Comrade Joe Wong, another active member of the Alliance last year. In order to cover this outrage, the beastly rulers of Cuba announced Wong's death as a “suicide.” They still can not wash Wong’s blood off their hands. The workers and peasants of Cuba will always remember Wong as the victim of the white terror of imperialism and its lack~ eys.° At this very moment, the United States government is trying to de- port three militant Chinese revo- lutionists, Li of New York, Sheh Chang and Sheh Choa of San Francisco to Chiang Kai-shek for torture and execution. They single out the most active and militant leaders for deportation and death in order to terrorize the Chinese masses in this continent, hoping thus to stifle the anti-imperialist movement. We' must save these leaders! We must answer their at- tacks with more militancy and greater organisational strength. Our success in this depends on the ef- fort we exert in their behalf! The outcome of this struggle can not be foretold, but the Chinese anti-imperialist movement in this continent has given its expression in this struggle. The movement is determined to stay. It has a his- tory of struggle in the past, it therefore has a future of struggle. No white terror ¢an check its ad- vance with the workers and pcas- ants of America in the fight against imperialism! ‘ «