The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-28
in China.

new note of discord is struck, all
of a sudden, from the most unex-
pected quarter. On the eve of the
Party Congress, Kiangsu Provincial
organization, which has all along
been stronghold of Chang Kai-
shek, demands the return of his
rival, Wong Ching-wei, who was
forced by the counter-revolutionary
bourgeoisie to flee the country after
he had betrayed the national revo-
luton at their behest. The appar-
ent unity of the Party was estab-
lished by the elimination of Wong
from the leadership. Now, it ap-
pears that Wong and the petty
bourgeois Left wing, who are OPP
posed to the Marking clique of
Shanghai bankers, are not elimin-
ated.
The situation is so tense that all
river shipping on the middle
Yangtze has stopped. The atmos-
phere is charged with the possibility
of new war between Wuhan and
Marking.
Meeting of Militarists.
The meeting of the war-lords in
Marking was more important
phenomenon. 1t augured the bank
ruptcy of militarism, and was preg-
nant with more reaching conse-
quences than the armed truce among
the warning factions inside the
Kuomintang. The continuance of
militarism has been made untenable
from both sides. The revolutionary
ferment among the peasant masses
is positively dangerous for militar-
ism, which is constantly threatened
by peasant uprising, in the rear, on
the flank, indeed, on all sides.
On the other hand, imperialism
has decided to change the feudal
militarists for the bourgeoisie as its
social base in China. The United
States have to a great extent die
tated this new orientation in China
| Extension of trade and investment
of capital demand tolerably peace
full conditions in China. Militarism
has been the main disturbing fac
tor in this respect. 1t has outlived
its usefulness. 1t must now be set
aside as the weapon of the imper-
ialist domination of China.
Therefore, the imperialist powers
/ particularly America, extended their
benediction to the Marking govern
ment. Threatened from both sides
constant menace of peasant up
rising and the vanishing prospect OF
imperialist support awakened con-
stitutional scruples in the war-lords
who flocked to Marking wishing to
! participate in a joint control of the
entire country rather than carry or
their precarious efforts to gain alb
solute control of. certain regions
This agreement to subordinate them
selves to national high command
and to disband part of their respec-
tive forces was something unprece-
denied in the history of the Chinese
Republic, although this agreement
was largely on paper.
The achievement of the Marking
government in the sphere of mill.
tary concentration, after all, has moi
been more abiding than on the
question of party unity. The re
appearance Of the notorious Chang
Tsung-chang proves that the curse
Of militarism is not cured. 1t proves
that Imperialism, as a whole, cannot
dispense with it's tried and tradi
tional weapon in dominating China
even if it wants to.
There is little doubt that Japar
stands behind Chang Tsung-chang
and it is very likely that Japan VIC
lates the new imperialist orienta
ton in China under the instigatior
of Britain. Thus capitalist recon.
struction Of China under a central
lied bourgeois state, desired by i'm
perialism, meets serious obstacle.
before it is hardly undertaken
These obstacles are produced by
class contradictions in China anc
contradictions of imperialism.
The contradictions inside the coun
try grow out of the antagonistic in
! terests Of the two classes on which