The daily worker., 1924-09-24
Sun Attacks Britain.
from our own cOrrespOndent.l

MOSCOW. - tBy mall. - nave
been able to obtain one of the first
copies that has left China of the We
hement manifesto issued by DR.. Sun
Vat Sen, the enlightened President
of the South China Republic, against
what he calls the British gunboat di-
plomacy" in Canton. DR.. Sun says
From the moment when Chen Linn
PAX, in completely with the Hong
Kong and Shanghai Bank, began a
rebellion against my government, l
had reason to suspect that the move
ment was supported by British I'M
perialism.
Il was reluctant to believe this in
view of the British Labor Party's pro-
fessions of sympathy for exploited
peoples. was hopeful that the La
Dor government would replace the old
gunboat policy, which had hitherto
heaped disaster and humiliation on
China, by an era Of international
honesty.
The Consui's Letter.
1--WE now know the truth. On Au-
gust 29 the British Consul-General ad-
dressed a dispatch to my government
stating that the consular body pro
tested against the barbarity of firing
upon a defenseless city, concluding
with a menacing note declaring, 4
have now received a message from
Tho coni0r nrificI, naval 0Aioor ctof
ing that he has received orders from
the Commodore in Hong-Kong that,
should the Chinese authorities fire up
on the city, immediate action should
be taken against them by all British
naval forces available.
my government repudiates the sug-
gestion that it could be guilty of the
barbarity of firing upon defenseless
city, since the only section of Canton
against which the government could
be compelled to take action is the
suburb of Siakwan, which is the
armed stronghold of the Chen Linn
PAX rebels.
But this infamous suggestion, ema-
mating from body which includes the
authors of Singapore, of the massacre
of Amritsar, of the atrocities in Egypt
and Ireland, is typical of imperial
hypocrisy. In my country it is only
necessary to refer to the latest Brit
ish outrage at Wangsien, where the
bombardment of a defenseless city by
British naval forces was avoidable
only by the sacrifice of two of my
countrymen, who were summarily de-
capitated without any trial in order
to satisfy imperial frightfulness.
More Sinister Meaning.
But | see a more sinister mean
ing in the challenge of Imperialist
England. In the light of the diplomat
ic and moral support Of the millions
of reorganization and other loans
from Imperialist Powers for more
than IL years long granted to the
counter-revolution this act of i'm
perialism is not comprehensive but as
an attempt to destroy the Kuoming-
tang government whereof | am head.
THE kuomingtang is the only rul-
ing body in China striving to preserve
from extinction the spirit of revolu-
tion. 1t is the sole centre of resist
ance against counter revolution.
Therefore British guns trained on it,.
Once the order of the day was to
overthrow the Manchu dynasty. The
time has arrived when the order of
the day shall be to overthrow i'm
perialist Intervention in China, which
is the main obstacle to the completion
of the historic work of the revolu-
ton"
(Chen Linn PAX, at the head of the
Canton Merchants Volunteer Corps,
has been directing an insurrectionary
movement against DR.. Sun, whose
government is favorable to labor)