The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-26

deeply interested In the question Of
American immigration. Newspapers
continued to discuss It. The general
tone was not lnflammatory.
Baron Shibusaw, one Of the fore
most political leaders, was confined
to his home by threatened break
down from worry over the immigra-
tion issue.
and, on his arrival in England in 1896
he was tracked day and night by
agents of the Chinese Legation. On
October IL, by order of the Chinese
Minister he was seized outside the
Legation premises and held under
the pTetext that he was dangerous
lunatic. He managed to get in touch
with DIR. Camille, who demanded his
release, but for IL days the Chinese
Minister managed to keep him pris-
had raised such an cutlery that the
Chinese authorities were forced to
desist in their plan for shipping Sun
to China, where his shrift would have
been extremely short, and at the end
of the twelfth day the Socialist lead
er was released. On his release he
continued his tour as a revolutionary
propagandist, travelling thru Europe,
America and the East.
President.
The outbreak of the Wuchang re-
bellion found Sun in England, but he
came to China at the end of 1911
and was elected Provisional President
Of the Republic by the Marking Coun-
Gil. On the abdication of the Man
chus, he resigned the Presidency,
with the understanding that Yuan Shi
Kai should be elected in his stead,
and toured South China, spreading
the doctrine Of Socialism as he went.
That tour is today bearing fruit, for
the South has produced crop of
sturdy rebels who have been the big
gest factor in preventing the reintro-
duction of Monarchy.
In 1912, he was invited by the
President to return to Picking, where
the populace gave him a splendid
welcome. He Immediately set about
effecting a number of much-needed
reforms, and defeated many of the
get-rich-quick schemes of American
and European financiers, whose dead
ly enmity he has ever since retained.
For a time his enemies, combined
with his restless rebel spirit kept him
on the move, but everywhere he gain
ed adherents to the doctrines of So
cialism.
His strong advocacy of genuine
republican form of Government caus-
ed the overthrow of the corrupt
Kwangsi officials at Canton in 1921,
at the hands of General Chen Ching
Ming, and Sun Vat Sen was invited to
the presidency of the Southern Re-
publican Government, being elected in
April of that year.
Socialistic Rule at Canton.
On my visit to Canton in February,
1922, was particularly struck with
the improvements in city planning
and sanitation which DR.. Sun had in
troduced. Workers were given bet
ter wages and shorter hours, and AN
innovation practically unknown in
China-public parks and recreation
grounds were provided for the mass
es. This policy had direct repercus-
sion on Labor in the adjoining Brit
ish Colony in Hongkong, where Chi
nese workers demanded some relief
from the awful conditions Of slavery
prevailing under their capitalistic
task-masters.
/ was also fortunate enough to OBJ
tain an interview with Mr.. Frank
Lee, at that time Director of Foreign
Affairs. The policy of Sun Vat Sen,
as outlined by Mr.. Lee, was one in
every way beneficial to the worker,
and was being courageously pursued
in the face of almost incredible diff
culties and opposition from foreign
financial interests, both American and
British.
An inspiring Strike.
In this policy DR.. Sun had the back
ing of the Kuomingtang. a powerful
Radical political party, and also the
support of organized Labor. Indeed,
he was largely instrumental in organ
izing the Chinese Seamen's Union,
which inflicted such salutary lesson
on British capitalists in the strike
which took place in January, 1922.
followed later by the general strike
and the complete capitulation Of the
employers.
That strike constitutes one OF the
most inspiring illustrations of the
value of organization in the history
Of the workers struggle for enamel
patton. The solidarity displayed by