The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-13
A LETTER FROM CANTON, CHINA
This Is the first Of a series of letters
received from Canton and written by
cur correspondent Sinbad.
CANTON, CHINA.
Dear Comrades:

ONCE again l come into your midst
~ Sinbad has come to Canton and
ia here to stay for some time. viii
try 10 get these letters to you as
often as possible and am sure they
will prove interesting not only t.
those who are themselves in a posi-
ton to understand the struggles Of
the 400000,000 of oppressed Chinese
but also to those who read thes,
lines in order to think up destructive
criticism.
In this letter / will endeav0r to DE-
pict the background of the extremely
interesting situation existant in Cal
ton.
Ever since the first unequal treat
was forced on China, Canton has ha
to suffer from the attacks and tn
continual encroachments of imperia
ism. One-sided diplomacy plus me
of-war and marines have kept Cantc
always on the verge of a fear of sw;
lowing, masticatiOn, and digestion
Canton by Imperialism, BIRTHS
French, American, etc.
Ever since the revolution in ~
China and Canton especially, ha
had to suffer both from foreign iml
riaHsm and the class of petty milit
lists and corrupt officials which cal
into existence after this outbreah
Time and again Canton has been hai
assed and overrun by these, but time
and again they have been repulsed
The history of Canton since 1911 Is
lengthy and time and space do not al
low a detailed account Let it suffice
to say that the struggle between the
revolutionary forces and the forces OF
open counter-revolution or forces OF
counter-reVolution under the banner
of revolution has been a lengthy and
sanguinary one.
During the last few months, after
the death of DR.. Sun Yat-sen several
generals and officials, men high IL
the government and who had beer
high in the estimation of DIR. Sun
began to show counter-revolutionary
tendencies. Chen Chiung-ming who
had once been co-worker of DR.. Sun
but who had become an open counter
revolutionary and despicable tool Of
British Imperialism was preparing an
= other onslaught on the Canton gov
eminent and when the government
had sent troops to the East River tC
defeat Chen Chiung-ming, Yunnanese
mereenaries under the leadership Of
Yang Shi-min and Liu Chen-wen, were
left to guard the city. Swatow had
been captured by the Revolutionary
forces and the whole East River dis
trict was restored to peace again
Then news came to the Eastern ex
peditionary forces at Swatow thai
their base, the heart Of Revolution
airy Kwangtung, Canton, was threat
ened with destruction by Shi-min ant
Lin Chen-wen who had by this time
received orders from HongkOng to re
bel and make Canton safe for tho
very real dragon of Imperialism.
The story of the heroic march thru
roadless country IS kilometers, which
was accomplished in Is hours, ant
how the counterrevolutionist were
surrounded with steel chain Of the
revolutionary troops, has been suns
and resung ever since June Of THU
year when the event occurred.
The strike of Hongkong ana Can
ton workers directed against British
Imperialism in general and Hongkoni
in particular, had by this time begun
to become stronger and daily was be
coming more stronger. Kwangtune
had the chance to express its hatred
of the imperialists and Responded
nobly to the demands Of the strikers
Never before has a strike in China
been effective. Never before has al
imperialist colony been so entirel,
helpless in face Of the mighty pro
test of 10000 organized laborers,
protest against the ruthless and un
BALLAD for. murder of Innocent student,