The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-29


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WITHOUT%oubt the most exhaustive and accurate work
yet published the extremely complicated and
little understood subjects with which it deals this book
must be read by every worker who to think talk
or write ntegently and authoratively on the great
struggle waged by the Chinese for national lib
Grafton
Altho written before the last decisive deveopment-
the collapse and surrender of the Wuhan government tn
the counterrevoutonary Marking forces-had occurred
and consequently not containing any analysis of the sit
uaon since that time this book nevertheless outlines in
great detail the forces working for this betrayal.
1t gives also the minimum measures that had to be
carried out by the Wuhan government if 1t was not TO
become the enemy of the labor and peasant movement
But the middle class elements who dominated the Wuhan
government, alarmed by the rise of the labor movement
and the peasant organizations unable and unvillro RI
challenge imperialism and Chinese reaction on the basis
OF the interests of the Chinese Masses instead of carry
ing out theoretically the arming of the workers DIS
ARMED THEM. Instead Of extending the organization
work and the mobilization of armed detachments against
1g landlord ana mlarst elements of the countryside,
THEY MADE WAR ON THE PEASANTRY
Instead of strengthening the united front with the
Communist Party and left wing Kuomintang and labor
elements, the Wuhan government made united front
with reactionary generals and ARRESTED AND Elk
ECUTED COMMUNISTS AND TRADE UNIONISTS
Wuhan became front of Imperialism and black re-
action.
In this respect the author practically forecasts the
downfall OF Wuhan as revolutionary center
One of the invaluable contributions to the literature on
emma by the author is the exhaustive information given
as to the social composition of the Chinese rural popua
on Since the city population in China is only Is per
cent of the total 66000O00 against rural popua-
ton of 372000000) the class divisions of this section
and their relative numerical strength of overwhen-
ing Importance
The section dealing with the role Of the periaIist
powers is of tremendous value but in our opinion not
sufficient emphasis is placed upon the effect of the
world interests of American imperialism in determining
its policy in China and Asia generally.
Both on Page 81 and Page 90 the author states
categoricaly that the United States interests in China
are mainly commercial interests" Emphasis in the
Originally Further, speaking of the changes in Amer
lean policy in China, the author states "These vaca
tons in the policy of the United States promise to con-
tnue for they arise from the objective interests of
America in Eastern Asia"
In the first place. the policy of American imperialism
toward mass liberation movement making no COM
promises with Imperialism beyond those dictated by re-
volutonary expediency and expressing the interests of
the masses against those of the landlords capitalists
and militarsts is quite different from that toward
bourgeois nationalist movement
Toward the first, it adopted policy of iron which
differed little if any from that of Great Britain To-
'"' Tho second it adopts policy of Cancellation and
corruption.
second place. the world interests of American
Imperialism debating still frmer" policy in China
and the fear of American Imperialism of the tremendous
repercusson of successful Chinese revolution upon the
Philippine masses cannot be overlooked as a factor
making it assume definite, if not at all times an
openly hostile attitude.
The objective role of attacker the Pacific" said
Comrade Manuilsky speaking to the Enlarged Executive
Of the Communist international in November 1926" will
be played by the United States while the objective
role of defenders falls Great Britain Japan Amer
lean Imperialism is ntrcately bound up with the strug
gle for world hegemony."
Comrade Stain commented follows on this ques-
ton of the role of American Imperialism:
"It is said that the Japanese mperiasts show GER
tain amount of goodwill towards the Cantonese and
towards the Chinese revolution as whole 1t is said
that in this respect the American imperaists are in no
behind the Japanese. This is elfdeception COM
rades. We must know how to discern the true nature
Of the policy of the mperalsts including the Japanese
and American imperalists behind their mask Lenin
used to say that difficult to win over revolution
aries with stick with fists but that time it is very
easy to win them by kindness"
Tho "fr'ondlness" of American imperialism towards
the natonaliss, in the used by Comrade Staln
certainly not be interpreted weakness vacilla
tlon"
Furthermore since armed Intervention by imperialist
does not consist only of dispatch Of their
troops but far the Chinese liberation movement
concerned by the possibly dangerous method Of
substituting counterrevoutonary generals, it certainly
not be said that Americas policy in China has been
characterized by any decisive weakness toward the
liberation movement Intervention by using other peo
ple-that is the kernel of imperalis Intervention at
present. said Comrade Stain In this respect American
imperialism, because of its stability and immense 70
and its longer perspective coupled with its ira
ditiona reputation for "friendnessa heritage of the
Open Door periods the most dangerous enemy Of q
genuine mass Chinese liberation movement.
1t no longer can be argued that American educated
Chinese nteectuals the Rockefeller institutes the thou-
sands Of American missionaries American chambers Of
commerce,-the whole cult of American capitalist de-
mocracy and its hatred of Communists and the Soviet
Union, coupled with its immense economic influence,
not major factors in bringing the Wuhan govern
ment into the counter-revoutionary camp.