The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-23
The Position of the Chinese Revolution

ticle by Bucharin written. the Wuhan gov
ernment has gone over completely to the counter
revolution and is following the anti-labor
tactics of Chang Ka-shek. China is today the
greatest laboratory of the class struggle in the
weird and the developments there cannot be
given too much attention Only by reading
analyses such as this the average worker
understand from the dsjOnted and misleading
news-most of it manufactured-that appears
in the capitalist press, what is actually taking
place in China.
THE Chinese revolution is in the most difficult
stage of its development The armed forces of
re national bourgeoisie are combining more and
mere, are carrying away with them sections Of the
Wuhan army and directing their spearhead
against the mass movement of the lower social
strata, against the workers and peasants, against
the "plebeians" who have been reused by the great
agrarlan. revolution and stormng against the
enlightened" intriguing politicians of the possess
ing classes in town and country Behind the chequer
ed curtain of political groupings, of personal con-
flcts Of combinations of generals behind the screen
of military and official diplomacy behind the con-
fusion of solemn declarations and equally solemn
execution parades, of insnuating gossip about the
three principles and the throttlng of revolution
aries. of Chinese ceremonies and orders of execu-
tIon behind the chequered and manifold mixture it
is easy to see how the sword of the widest classwar
is being drawn, behind all this desperate class
struggle can be clearly seen, about the elementary
forces OF winch some are not yet clear.
The block between Feng Yu Hsiang and Chang
kal-shek is giving expression to great differen-
tlatlon of the class forces in the country The sue
clal popularity of the situation is that the three
social class camps (roughly speakng) have three
organized national centres 1t is true that rash en-
qulrers OF the type of Comrade Radek ("All the
worse for the factsi") have denied the existence of
feudalsm in China. These comrades have indeed
built up their conclusions the basis of this "anav
SIS ana Radek's colleagues in the opposition have
not wasted any words on this error. (This is called
an honest Marxist investigation!") Nevertheless
facts remain facts The camp of the Northern army
with Chang Tso-lin at its head the camp of feudal
reaction This camp is entirely in the service of the
lmperlalsts and thinks of no reforms" but the one
mat OF founding new dynasty by browning the
marshall AT the present moment this camp is
obviously approaching its downfall
The second camp is the camp of the Liberal hour
geoIs unter-revolution.
IL is characteristic of the present moment that
this second camp, at the present stage of develop
ment OF Chinese events represents for the present
victorious force and holds very special place in
the class-war.
The class foundations of the revolutions of tho
generals against the people has been sufficiently
elucldated this class foundation is the going over
OF the Liberal bourgeoise into the counter-revolu
uonary camp. Here we must add however that the
agraran revolution of the Chinese peasantry with
Its tempestuous rise, which dealt destructive blow
at the Liberal bourgeoise and caused it to'flv into
furious rage, must also be apprehended in its spe
officially Chinese popularity Whereas in Russia the
seizure of the land at first united almost all the
strata of the peasantry against the landowners and
ranged the whole mass of this peasantry against
our Russian landlords" class between which and
the peasantry there is sharp dividing line in the
Cmnese village where the land is too limited. where
also there are but few large landed proprietors and
very many small landowners who are interviewer
with the Kulak elements, the class-war takes much
more desperate forms, The strata against which the
agraran revolution is fighting very much larger
and thus come into contact with the urban Liberal
bourgeoisle over a much wider surface
Inc class differentiation responsible for the
overthrow of Chang Ka-shek. Chang Kai-shek
was responsible for the treachery of Feng. Feng.
on his part will cause the treachery of other gen.
erals. Ihls is source of very serious danger to
Wuhan Chang Kai-shek plus Feng, plus other gen.
erals, plus POSSIBLY lefD "Mukdeners"- is the
military aspect of the bourgeois block This block
is at present the strongest among the camps which
are at war 1t forces will inevitably continue to
grow in the immediate future
We must weigh the situation quite without preju-