The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-20
The Struggle in China

me StTuggGe IN Emma
number of indications that the mercenary
of Chang Tson and WI Pe backed by Japan and Britain
respectively have fallen upon evil days. that their offensive against
the peoples armies long heraded capitalist press marking
the end of sovetsm" in China has entered period of decline
which technical victories such the occupation of Pen do not
prevent
Some of these indications are:
The advance troops necessita
ing the hurried departure Peifu protect
The terrific losses sustained by Chang Tsons army before
Nankow Pass from which the peoples army withdrew with slight
losses stronger positions after 112day siege "a fvemile
before Nankow Pass is Uttered with Manchuran dead cables
Charles E. Daley China correspondent Chicago
hruout the siege the Kuomnchun comparatively slight
because of their sheltered POSITIONS" says Daley.
The Chicago Daily NeUs correspondent cabling from Tokyo
serious difficulties between Chang and the
eminent due differences over financial matters He reports also
that the forces of WI Pu dmorazed and that the appoint
the white guard leader Semeno
Pefu that "he allied u Pefu-Chang
Tsoln) is hopeless"
The capitalist press services carrying detailed
stories of the boodcurdng atrocities committed by Chang
inns the occupied districstores that would
the light his army victorious gave promise
The continued unfcation of the Chinese nationalist
and the growth of the belief that only when military advntur
backed by foreign crushed China really begin to
solve its internal problems
This view finds increasingly expression in such articles
Interior appearing
Times by Peoples
Pekn nationalist daily and which have attracted wide
tenton turnout China
The writer the for unity against Imperialism He
says:
unity of country in Dubious internal dcord
ton IN France rGs consolidated By orsading policy abroad
the Boherk poer Russia By against foreign
supported tohte # Republic of going
to be dcheed 1T OH be By codleScence Of the provinces
facing outgrds from the interior. The propaganda raue of
the attack foreign treaty preges oH be of cardinal i'm
portance in making the coalition
The writer then deals with the struggles of the Kuominchm
evident military military by the
peoples armies earlier in the have shaken their prestige
leader the fight foreign domination We quote
the Ku0minchuR are the successful champions
of the first militant stage Of the grOh Of liberal insu
tons IN China. Not only they IN many the
efficient unified administration IN China the
hdt they and ho0 they do it, If their
supply Of politicians and administrators proportion
military strength they might By powcr
an metropolitan china permanently They mould be goUern
ing the aoay China could gorerned,
aoay governed Chinese
,0orGbe balance betOeen their old civilization
Peoples Tribune adds the following this
ticle:
We regard striking rndicron of the position Of the
militant nGti0nGsts 1t prores them to be element destruc
that 1bich is obsolete reactOndry, ObScWdnts and
haapering uHfcation liberation of country
constructive the It is striking
UiRdGoa of the rie1o held by the ndtOnaistS that the Ne0
china cannot be built until the fight for liberation Of the
try foreign domination is carried
ctusioR
consolidation of China is continuing only
interior" Canton
revolutionary Of China.
spread Of the national liberation the
tinua movement together the
rowing the base of the meenary armies which this
all indications mperiaist
renquh their hold this nation rich
kind and with population of 40000000