The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-19
Some Problems of the United
Front in China

common aim of an anti-imperialist
struggle the various classes in China.
Within the, Koumintang the various
groups pursued their special aims.
The Communists, because of the fact
that they are the vanguard of the
proletariat, because they represented
an Independent force, special class,
always reserved the right of criticism
of the shortcomings and waverings
Of other elements within the Koumin-
tang. In fact it is only such condi-
tions that Communists can unite
with any other group because to
abandon the right of criticism Is to
abandon the revolutionary struggle,
to give up the struggle for the dom
nation by the working class Of the
revolutionary movement and turn it
over to the less stable elements who
would lead it to disaster.
1t is the special historical signifi-
canoe of the Koumintang, it's great
Importance as a political factor in the
country that made it imperative for
the Communists to fight against any
attempt to use it's name and tradi-
tons for nter-revolutionary pur-
poses. 1t is this fact also that made
ridiculous the demands of the opposi-
ton elements in the All-Union Com
munist Party (Trotsky, Radek & Coz
that the Communists in China leave
the Koumintang. To do so would have
played directly into the hands of the
agents of the imperialists.
WHEN Chang Kai-shek went over
" into the camp of the counter
revolution it was not difficult to per-
ceive the necessity for a decisive
break with him. Not only was he
denounced, but it was recognized by
every Communist that to even discuss
the healing of the breech with him
and the national bourgeoisie that he
represented would be betrayal of
the revolution. No compromise was
possible with these cut-throats.
But after the apostacy of Chang
the Communists within the Wuhan
(Hankow) government were so fear
full of further struggles within the
koumintang that the submerged their
revolutionary demands and permitted
the remaining agents of the bour-
geoisie within the government to try
to pave the way for delivering the
movement into the hands of it's ene-
mics. When the majority in the gov
eminent of Wuhan permitted Feng
Yu-hsiang, the so-called christian
general, to negotiate with Chang
Kai-shek they should have been
openly repudiated by the Communists
because to compromise in any way
with Chang and those of the former
right wing of the Koumintang who
had seceeded could result only in be-
trayal. The conference between the
feudal militaristic generals resulted
in the two of them uniting against
the revolution. This second betrayal
was followed by the detection of Gen
eral Tang Shen-yi who dispatched a
telegram to the Wuhan government
demanding that they drive out the
Communists, which was prelude to
an open attack upon the workers.
While these events were taking
place the Communist leaders were
beating time and completely neglect
ing to utilize their positions in the
government to take decisive action
against the wavering elements-the
spies and semi-spies of Chang Kali
shek and Feng Yu-hsiang.
The Communist Central Committee
should have used it's influence with
in the government to force it to en-