The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-07


naval forces in which he informs me
that he has orders from Hong Kong
to the effect that in the event Of the
Chinese authorities bombarding Can
ton, he was to take measures against
them 1ka as
in view aof the diplomatic and
financials support which the British
government has constantly rendered
to the Chinese countersrevolutiOn
and in view also of the fact that my
government at the present time is
the only centre of resistance to this
counter-revolution, 1 am compelled
to conclude that the aim of this ulti-
matum is to overthrow my govern
ment. l most strongly protest
against this latest act of imperialist
Intervention in the internal affairs
of China.
ms e "SUN-YAT-SEN!'y
What principally caused the British
imperialists to reveal their role as in
itiators of counter-revolution in China,
was the consolidation of the Chinese
bourgeoisie side by side with the grow
ing revolutionary temper Of the masses
of the poor in the towns and the coun-
tryside Of southern China.
The congress of workers and art
isans of Canton, with it's two million
population, which has held almost
simultaneously with the congress of
Chinese militia shows that the Chinese
masses are rapidly acquiring class
consciousness and will force the de-
mocratic Kuomintang towards the left.
The Kwantung province is import
ant as revolutionary place d'armes
not only for China but also for the
islands on the coast of the Pacific, as
was shown by the conference Of Trans
port Workers of the Pacific, held in
Canton last June. This could not but
be taken account of by the imperialists
and particularly by the British i'm
perialists who are most interested in
this part of China, and who have the
most sensitive" colonizing apparatus.
On the other hand the recognition
by the central government of China in
Peking (Which has an Anglo-American
orientation vof the Soviet gov ernment
in spite of the efforts of the imperial
lists to prevent it was beginning to
have its effects thruout the whole of
China in increasing the anti-imperial-
list movement in literally every prov.
ince. The league to combat imperial
ism recently organized caused a rush
ing tide of sympathy in favor of the
decentralization movement in the
south of China, and a similar tide of
hatred was set in motion against all
the enslaving treaties of the imperial
lists which degraded and savagely ex-
plotted the Chinese people.
/ Apparently, the British government
decided by armed force to break the
movement for emancipation in China.
1t had nothing good for itself to expect
in China in the near future, and there
fore FASTENED to apply force, not
caring what methods were applied in
its haste.
What has been said represents only
one aspect of the question and refers
to south China, principally the Kwan-
tung province, with its population of
10000, 900.
Events in Central and North China
Simultaneously with the events in
south China a sanguinary struggle is
being fought out in central China, and
as is evident from latest telegraphic
communications, the. principal forces
of China are being drawn into it; from
the south central China and northern
China, including also the three north
ern provinces of Manchuria. The i'm
mediate cause for the quarrel between
the military governors of Kyangsu
Marshal Chi-Sun-Yang and the gov
ernor-general of the province of Chek-
yam, Lu-Yung-Siang, is the dispute
over the administration of Shanghai,
the most important commercial centre
in China, having a population of one
and half millions, and is the most
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