The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-12
Celebrate the Birthday of
DR.. Sun Yat-sen Today


selves to carry on the three great
policies of Sun Vat Sen," namely: 1.
Cooperation with Soviet Russia. 2.
Cooperation with the Communists. 8.
Support the Workers and Peasants
Movement. Another poster read:
Support the recent declaration of
/ Nine. Sun Vat Sem"
Revolution in Himself.
CDR. Sun was a revolution in him
SELF" declared DR.. Lee. "Sun Vat
Sen couldn't utter three words with
out saying revolution
Living in South China where Britain
and France had fought wars for con-
cessions and special privilege from
the ruling Manhus, Sun realized that
China could never regain her territory
and independence until the reaction
airy and degenerate Manchus were
overthrown," declared DR.. Lee.
Long Revolutionary Career.
Secret societies were traditional or
gans for reform in China. According
to an old proverb, the officials have
the law, and the people have the
secret society. After China's defeat
by France in 1885, Sun began his
agitation and when he saw his coun-
try go down before the new Japanese
Imperialism in 1894, he intensified
his activity for the overthrow of Man
chus. In 1896 he was in San Francis
co forming new branches of the
China Reform Society,"" and in 1902
he was here in New York City organi-
zing the "Chinese Revolution AL
lance" at was at this time that
met DR.. Sun for the first time" COM
mented Mr.. Lee, 81 was one of the
first members of this secret revolu-
tionary organization and a friend of
mine was the only other member.
Now, however, there are almost a
thousand members of the present or
gan of the Chinese Revolution, the
Kuomintang, or Chinese Peoples
Party"
Yuan's Treachery.
when after more than ten I'M
successful attempts to overthrow
Manchus, the Revolution at last
burst forth on October 10, 1911, Sun
Vat Sen was in this country" Mr..
Lee stated. "He spoke in New York
City at the old Doyer Street Theatre
and then went to Europe before re-
turning to China to become its first
President. Giving up his office to
Yuan Shih Kai two months later with
the hope of uniting China, Sun Vat
Sen was soon refugee again in
foreign countries. After the death of
Yuan, Sun made his headquarters in
Canton, and organized the Nationalist
Government"
In 1924, year before his death,
DR.. Sun attended the first National
Convention of the Kuomintang in
China and issued the famous "Mani-
festo" denouncing foreign imperialism
and inviting the Communist to enter
the Kuomintang. 1t was in the fall
Of 1923, that Sun had asked Borodin
to come to Canton as his official ad-
visor and had invited Russian military
instructors to teach young Chinese in
the military tactics of Revolution. The
next year, while in Picking striving
again to unity his country, Sun Vat
Sen died.
With Workers, Peasants.
1--WE are proud of our Sun as Russia
is proud of her Lenin," concluded Mr..
Lee, "and we are determined to fol-
low his Three Great Policies and his
last will until the revolution is sue
cessful. 1t is shame that some of
our people, even many Kuomingtang
members who claim to understand the
principles of Sun Vat Sen, do not fol-
low the true ideas of SUM-, declared
Mr.. Lee. "Some still have hope in
the corrupted war lords and profess
sional politicians. But we members
of the Left Wing pledge ourselves to
march with the workers and peasants
of China until we overthrow these war
lords and imperialists and establish
the Peoples Government for the bene-
| fit Of the great masses of workers
and peasants which is the true idea