Evening star., 1927-04-17

selves compelled to take such meas
ures as they consider appropriate
A covering statement accompanying
terms Gdenticl like the latter, sets
forth in some detail the outrages al
legged. declaring that they We're ''sys-
tenatic, manifestly premeditated, per-
petrated by uniformed and organized
troops Of the Nationalist armies" and
concludes as follows:
These demands are not made in
derogation of the sovereignty or dig
nifty of the Chinese people, whom the
interested governments are glad To
believe friendly and with whom they
earnestly desire TO continue and inn
prove relationship Of good will and CO.
operation.
They are directed rather, toward
these influences, both foreign and
Chinese, which made themselves
responsible for the Marking outFages
by their activities in seeking to break
up the existing friendship and to in
fame the Chinese people to distrust,
hate and violence towards the peoples
Of the friendly powers.
The reference i'm the expression
| foreign influences" is, of course, to
Russia. Observe that no time limit
for compliance is set and sanctions
arc not specified, so that the note is
not strictly speaking, an ultimatum.
1t should be emphasized that the
| United States reserves complete
| liberty of Independent pursuant action.
1T has come to a definite showdown
as between Chang kai-Shek and the
moderates on the one hand and the
extremists at Hankow OH the other.
1T would seem that a very small Com
munist group Of the central executive
committee Of the Kuomntang, estab-
/ lished at Hankow, arrogated to them
selves the fun powers of the com
mittee Of which Chang kai-Shek is a
member. Jsurpation. Chang called 1t,
and took order TO end the same and
restore the ascendency of the Moder-
ates. The red usurpers did not dare
at once to remove him from command
or denounce him; instead, they re-
sorted to intrigue. If Chang's friends
are to be believed, the usurpers ar
ranged the Marking affair in order TO
| compromise him. He refused to be
compromised. They attempted whole.
sale corruption of his subordinates,
| but apparently without much sue
! cess. They dispatched their most ac-
conpiished agitators to Shanghai,
/ Hang Chow Nanking and Annoy to
arouse against him the armed workers
| of the red labor unions.
| Chang had a Roland for their Oil
! yer In those cities he had his men
raid the red strongholds; disarm the
/ red workers, suppress their unions.
) In the other cities named the task
| was accomplished without much diff
| ficulty but in Shanghai there was
/ fierce fighting-more than 100 reds
/ killed, 200 wounded. But at last the
/ reds, had a stomach full. The strike
/ of 100, 900 collapsed.
1 But hoping against hope, Chang
! still planned for reunion of the jaTling
/ factions He issued invitations, for
| a plenary meeting Of the central
| executive committee, to open at Nan
/ king on the fifteenth. There should
| be lovefeast, reconstruction, an
/ answer framed to the powers notes.
| But, as was generally foreseen, the
| red usurpers did not turn up at Ham
| kow. The Moderates who did dnclud-
/ ing Moderates from Hankow), passed
! a resolution denouncing the red
/ usurpers tnamely the ministers Of
| justice and agriculture. the head Of
! the Communist party, the chief of the
] political bureau, and Michael B0rodin,
| political adviserl as disturbers OF the
| public ORDER, and calling for their
arrest and Impeachment. AS / write,
the above is the sym Of the irforma