The daily worker., 1926-04-10
na and the Kuomintang Year After SunYatSens Death

diers. Not only are all of them well+
trained and equipped from the mill
tary point of view, but they also pos
sess political knowledge. They have
q clear conception Of both the ma
tional revolution and the world revo-
luton. In addition to these troops in
south China there are in north China
the revolutionary Kuomin armies,
about 100000 strong, under the lead
ership of Feng Yu Hsiang; at least
zoe, 900 of them are well organized and
armed. The revolutionary troops in
China are strong enough to play a
decisive part in the national revolu-
ton and in the annihilation of the
counter-revolutionary elements; what
is still lacking, however, is the con-
nection between the troops of north
and south China.
The fights in China caused by the
bloody Saturday on May 30, 1925
(when the imperialists fired at un-
armed demonstrators in Shanghai)
have shown us how deeply Sun Vat
Sens slogans: Fight against the i'm
perialists!" and "The abolition of the
unequal treaties!" have taken root
among the Chinese people. Not only
the students, workers and small shop
keepers but also the Chinese peasants.
who represent more than 80 per cent
of the population, have taken up
fighting attitude under the banner of
the Kuomintang.
In north China the population COM
PEELED the national armies to establish
close connections with the Canton gov
ernment and to take up a definite
attitude of opposition to the imperial
lists. In south China the Canton gov
ernment was chiefly supported by the
peasants and workers. Ever since
Chang Tso Lin's defeat in the Yangtse
district the population Of the whole of
China has been demanding, in meet
ings, demonstrations and resolutions,
the establishment of a central Kuomin
government in Peking. When, in 1924
Sun Vat Sen, at the first party ses-
sion Of the Kuomintang, spoke for the
first time Of a national revolution
many learned persons opposed the
idea, arguing that it was a distant
vision; today the whole people is al
ready concerning itself with the ma
Itional revolution. Tf 2iisf gsdt +
Before the China agreement in
Washington, that plan OF plundering
our people, the imperialists intended
to divide up China amongst them
selves, for which reason each of them
tried to gain influence in certain dis
Itricts; since the agreement was con-
cluded the policy of the "open door" |"
at which America has aimed since
1899, has been pursued, /. e., since that
time free competition has prevailed
in China. Not only the American, but
also all those who had established
their influence in certain districts in
China, tried everywhere to penetrate
further into the country. In order to
be able to realize their plans more
easily, they backed the military rul-
Iers and, thru their striving after
ipower, caused the wars of the gen.
erals in 1920, 1922 and 1924. England
land America quite openly used WI
Pei Flu and Tchen Shut Ming, and
Japan Tuan She Sui and Chang Tso
Lin for this purpose.
Since the beginning OF the revolu-
ltionary movement last year the fights
between the military rulers no longer
have the character of wars Of the
generals. The "Guide Weekly" (the
organ of the Communist Party) writes
as follows on the fight between Suan
Tchuan Fang and Chang Tso Lin in
October, 1925:
| Workers, peasants, students,
small shopkeepers and section Of
the bourgeoisie, /. e., the whole Chi
nese people, form one phalanx
against Chang Tso Lin; to these
must be reckoned in the south
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