Such are the boasting reports of Communist organs. Whether the Japanese press commented on these {facts or not is beside the point, but it is impossible not to appreciate that they.indieate a serious situ It Seema in any case that Communists are very strong in Japan.
Of course Moscow is indignant that 36 Communist candidates instead of sitting in Parliament are sitting in prison, but Moscow Communists declare as follows:—"The Communist Party must fight against the Japanese bourgeoisie. Arrests of thousands are only proving that Japanese capital is afraid and that the moment is near at liliand when the workmen and peasants of Japan will raise their flag, the Reg Flag, of peasant and wor er, freed from the tier of Imperi ism."
"The Japanese Mikado," they write further, "wants to start a war not against Chiang Kai-shek—generals like whom are in close connection with Japanese and American Intelligence "services—but against the Chinese Revolution and the Chinese people. Thanks to Chiang Kaishek Japanese imperialism is successfully struggling against Chinese peasant and worker."
'That was written a month ago by the Japanese Communist, Sea Katayama. Meanwhile the' Comintern is sending from Moscow new instructions for Japanese Communists, These instructions are interesting in a high degree.
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