The daily worker., 1926-04-10
BY TANG SHIN SHE.

by the proietsriat of the European
countries and by the young demoe-
raey Of the AslatIc countries, which
Is full Of faith In It's own powers
and Of confidence in the masses"
(Lenin.
A YEAR has passed since the death
"A Of Sun Vat Sen, who reused the
four hundred millions of the Chinese
people and led them to fight for free
dom. His spirit, which during his
lifetime developed in an ascending
scale, just at the present moment
dominates the Chinese people to an
enormous degree. His most imme-
diate wishes: the national revolution,
the fight against the imperialists, the
fight against internal enemies and, for
this purpose, the improvement and
disciplining Of the revolutionary ar
mics, the fulfIlment Of which he did
not live to see, are now well on the
way to being carried out. Let US look
at the situation today In China and
the Kuomintang party since the death
OF Sun Vat Sen.
The Canton government formed by
Sun Vat Sen, the headquarters Of the
national revolution, was seriously
threatened by General Tshen Shut
Ming, the tool Of the imperialists at
the time of our leaders death. Only
a month later, however, in April, 1925,
Tshen Shut Ming was defeated; but
he was not the only enemy. In Can
ton itself there were sO-called revo-
lutionary leaders of troops who we're
in reality the worst counter-revolu-
tionary elements who enjoyed the sup
port of the English imperialists. In
June they made an attack on the Can
ton government in cooperation with
the governor of Yunnan "a protege
of Japan and France). Nevertheless,
in quite short time, the party troops
with the help of the revolutionary
peasants and workers completely de-
feated this really strong opponent.
After these victories, Kuomin
(people's) government, closely resem-
bling the, soviet system. was formed
In Canton on July 1, 1925. In order
TO destroy this dangerous formation,
the imperialists, especially English
and Americans, organized their tools,
General Tshen Shut Ming, Tuan She
Sui and Chang Tso Lin, to make a
general attack on Canton by land and
by sea under the slogan: The fight
against the COMMUNISTS" By the
end of 1925 all the attacking forces
were driven back by the revolutionary
soldiers and the armed peasants and
workers, and the whole province of
Kwangtung, with a population of 4O,-
100000. is now in the hands of the
Kuomin government. The province Of
Kwangsi. which has for q long time
sympathized with the Canton govern
ment, allied itself quite closely with
the latter since that victory. Even
Sun Tchuan Fang, the military ruler
of the lower Yangtse district, whose
provinces border closely on Kwantung
and Kwangsi, has expressed his SYM
pathy with the Canton government,
impressed by its strength.
The leaders Of the revolutionary
troops Of Human, Kuishow and Yunan
send delegates to Canton to prepare
the way for cooperation. The gov
ernor of Human, who had up to then
been a bitter opponent Of the Canton
government and who marches under
the manner of federalism, ordered
that Sun Vat Sens teachings should
be laid before his soldiers. The only
government which the people, whether
in the south or the north, nay, even in
Peking itself, regard as theirs is the
Kuomin government in Canton. The
latter will send 20 divisions of sol
diers to the north in order to Hberate
the Chinese people from the imperial
fists and their tools. and viii arm the
peasants and workers so as TO pre-
serve peace and order in their dis
fricf