The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-12
The Communists Led in Canton Rising

tunities furnished by the strike sit
uation must be used for the estab-
hshmet1t of the Factory and Shop
Committees in embryo.
Rally Peasant Masses.
SO. The Workers and Peasant
Revolutionary Army in Hailufeng
should rally the peasant masses to
increase the number of volunteers to
the maximum extent. The oppor-
tunity of the. warfare between Chen
Chi-Tang and Huang Chi-Hsiang's
troops in the Eastern River or their
concentration in the Eastern River
region should be utilized to make
plans for attacking Huichow and
Canton. But during the carrying
out of this plan, the Peasant and
Workers Army, as they proceed
along, must rally the peasants for
the killing of the gentry, the dis
tribution of land. and thus to
broaden the agrarian revolution.
a. During the coup de 'etat Of
Chang Fa-Kuat and .Huang Chi
sHsiang. the workers of the three
railroads. in Kwangtung should be
called upon to annihilate the reaction
ary- leaders of the Machinist Union
and to take over the administration
of the railroads in response to the
strike movements of the Canton
workers.
IS. In conducting the peasant
movement in the different districts
in Kwangtung and the suburbs of
Canton, our comrades should pay at
tention to the concentration of our
forces in Canton, to the obstruction
Of communication on the land routes
as well as waterways, while at the
same time we must pay attention to
the spread of the revolutionary up
Frisings in the villages.
"6. The peasants in the southern
parts of Kwangtung and Hainan
Island have already risen in revolt.
Our immediate attention should be
paid to the task of drawing the
broad mass Of the peasantry to join
the revolt, to form a Workers and
peasants political power that would
control a considerable territory, and
thus destroy the unity Of the rule
OF reaction. At the same time, we
must alter all the class relationships
in the villages.
Destroy Militarist Power.
!. 81. In the northern and western
regions of Kwangtung, where the
warfare of the Kwangtung and
Kwangsi militarist cliques were
waged, the peasant movements
should try to destroy the main for
ces of the militarists, by refusing to
serve as coolies for the army, or to
sell provisions to the militarists, by
damaging railroad and river trans
port, by intercepting spies from both
sides by agitating among the
soldiers at both sides, by Selling
arms from the armies, and by per-
suading the soldiers to leave their
troops and join the workers and
peasants Revolutionary Army, and
thus to broaden and to consolidate
the victory of the peasant uprisings
in the region.
"S. The first division of the
Workers and Peasants Revolu-
tionary Army, which has retreated
to Hsinfeng in Kiangsi, should be
ordered to go Immediately to Lao
lung, ,Hsinnin and Wuhua region to
join the peasants and to develop the
peasant revolt in the Wuhua and
Chiking districts.
80. In leading che workers and
peasants uprising, we must take in
to consideration the working class
movements in the chief cities, and
the handicraft workers in the vari-
Gus districts. We must help them
to develop the struggle by them
selves and to proceed from economic
struggles or general political strikes
to armed uprising in the whole city.
Agitate Among Soldiers.
40. According to thesnew policy
Of our work in the army, the Kwang-
tung Committee should instruct all
military comrades to penetrate into
the rank and file Of the army, and
try to carry on agitation among the
soldiers, persuading them to revolt
and scatter into the villages and
join the Workers and Peasants
Army. During the defeat of mill
tary force, we should lead the pea
SAINTS to seize the arms of the re-
treating troops and to arm ourselves
with the arms thus seized.
al. In conclusion, the present
situation in Kwangtung furnishes
good chance for the advance of the
workers and peasants. The whole
Kwangtung Committee should be
mobilized for this work, and, in MAX
ing every decision, the committee
should rrv attrn4' on IN tho rreo,ii