The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-22

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conditions. Agriculture being the
basic industry and the peasantry the
principal producing class it is the
object of all oitation-feudal, i'm
perialist and capitalist. Therefore as
soon as it became clear that the fur
Their development of the National re-
volution required an agrarian revolu-
ton and the revolutionary wing of the
Kuomintang recognized it's necessity,
the feudal-bourgeois elements inside
the Kuomintang felt their position
shaken. They endeavored to direct the
revolution in a different way which
inevitably led to compromise with re-
action and surrender to imperialism.
They would rather prostitute party
principles, defile the memory of DIR.
Sun Yat-sen, sell the entire nation
than injure their class interest. It
was this reactionary tendency of the
counter-revolutionary feudal bour-
gcois reaction he declared war upon
that Chang Kai-shek represented.
Ever since March 20 he had carried
the banner of these elements. When
he failed to make the entire Kuomin-
tang an instrument of feudal-bour-
goeis reaction he declared war upon
it. Should the Nationalist movement
not go in the way recommended by the
bourgeoisie which is linked up with
imperialism, they would not hesitate
to split it, to turn against it, to ally
with militarism and Imperialism in
order to crush it. And Chang Kali
shek did all these as the representa-
tive of the feudal bourgeois elements
outside the Kuomintang.
The resolution of the Kuomintang
depriving Chang Kai-shek of his
post, expelling him from the party
and ordering his arrest means that
the Kuomintang declares that the feu-
dal-bourgeois elements inside its ranks
have turned against the revolution,
and therefore should be looked upon
as enemies to be defeated for the
complete and final victory of the Ma
tional revolution. This resolution
marks stage of class differentiation
which goes on as the revolution de-
velops. The C. P. supports this reso-
luton because the proletariat should
not only strengthen revolutionary
democratic power, but is its back
bone.
When the consideration of feudal-
bourgeois interests made Chang Kali
shek declare war upon the Kuomin-
tang, he chose the working class as
the first object of attack. The wrath
of the counter-revolutionary bour-
geoisie was vented with ferocity upon
the workers and peasants of Kiangsi,
Chekiang and Shanghai. The C. P.
became the object of his bitterest ha-
tired. Chang Kai-shek understands
that the left power cannot be over
thrown, the Nationalist movement
cannot be a monopoly of the bour-
geoisie, unless the organized force of
the working class is destroyed. On
their part, the proletariat understand
that Chang Kai-shek is but the hang
man of the counter-revolutionary feu-
dal-bourgeoisie. Destruction of Chi
ang Kai-shek requires the defeat of
the feudal-bourgeois elements inside
and outside Kuomintang. As long as
the counter-revolutionary social
forces that he represents, are not
destroyed, Chang Kai-shek may be
overthrow only to be replaced by an
other more treacherous, more brutal,
more bloodthirsty.
Cleaning Kuomintang
Feudal-bourgeois elements, that I'M
til recently marched half-heartedly
with the Nationalist revolution, have
gone over to the camp of counter-re-
volution. The Neo-militarism of Chi
ang Kai-shek has become an addi-
tional instrument with which imper-
ialism attacks the Chinese people.
Failing to capture the leadership of
the Nationalist movement feudal-
( bourgeois elements sought to split the
Kuomintang and set up a party and
government which under the false
color Of Nationalism would betray the
nation, unite with reactionary mill
4 tarism and compromise with imperial
ism. The expulsion of Chang Kai-
shek from the Kuomintang does not
remove the danger. He will still try
to set up a rival Nationalist govern
ment."
Even after Chang Kai-shek is ex-
PEELED from the party, roots of Chang
Kai-shekism are to be found through
out the Nationalist territories. They
are the reactionary social classes
landlords, gentry, etc. In proportion
as national revolution destroys these
forces by means of radical agrarian
reform, Chang Kai-shekism gets
weakened. SO long as the feudal-
bourgeois elements marched with the
National revolution, it was tactically
necessary to develop class-struggle
by stages. Now, they have declared
class-war; no tactical consideration
any longer restraints the attack on the
reactionary class. This will be the
most effective and only way Of over