The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-28
By NJ. n. ROY.

/ THE recognition OF Jne NanKlnS
government by the great imper-
ialist powers and the agreement on
the long-debated question of China's
right to levy higher customs duties
were read in the bourgeois world
as the signs of a new era in China.
1t was believed that under the
leadership of the nationalist bour-
geoisie, who had so ruthlessly dealt
with the revolutionary workers and
peasants, China was entering the
paradise of capitalist law and order.
Not only the bourgeoisie, but their
allies of the international social
democracy also welcomed the birth
of capitalist China.
Socialists Jubilant.
For example, the Arbeiter Zeitung
of Vienna (Dec. 81, 1929 welcomed
China's entry into the whirlpool of
capitalist economy" with the wise
observation that "the lesson of the
defeat of Moscow in China is that
no stage in the history of social
evolution can be jumped over"
! According to the organ of Austro-
Marxism, "barbarous Asiatic Boil
shevism" could be defeated by Bri-
fish imperialism son the banks of
the Yangtze," because the former
sought to change the course of his
tory.
Even among the Communists
there were a few who anticipated a
period of capitalist sterilization of
China. They thought that the tenn
porary defeat of the revolution
would lead to concentration of the
forces of the bourgeoisie in a capt.
talist state.
Unstable From Start.
However, from the very day of
its Inauguration, the Marking gov
eminent stood revealed in its
instability. Today it is more evil
dent than ever that the nationalist
bourgeoisie are not capable of solv-
ing the problems that face 'China.'
1t has signally failed to accom-
plish the tasks it set to itself. These
tasks were: to centralize the coun-
try under a supreme political pow
er; to reduce military expenditure
through the Capitalization and limi.
tation of the armies; and to re.
construct the country economically
on the basis of centralized finance
None of these tasks has been sc
much as touched.
The cause of this signal failure
of the attempt to reconstruct China
is simple. 1t is that the bourgeois
democratic revolution has not yet
been complete in China. The crea-
ton Of centralized bourgeois state
is conditional upon the accomplish.
ment of the bourgeois democratic
revolution.
The Chinese bourgeoisie seek tt
build capitalist state without hav,
ing created the conditions for the
existence of such a state. They
aspire to taste the sweet fruits o.
revolution that they have shame
lessly betrayed. Therefore, no
sweet fruits, but bitter disappoint
ment is their share.
Counter-Revolution.
The signs Of a concentration o.
the forces Of counter-revolutior
were read in two facts. The frs
of these was the composition of the
discords and disagreements inside
the Kuomintang consolidating The
position of the so-called middl,
group around Chang Kai-shek; an,
the second was the meeting of al
the war-lords in Marking to discuss
the thorny question of the central
ization and limitation of military
forces.
The first was a more apparent
success than the latter. It was no
peace, but armed truce among thu
antagonistic counter revolutionar,
factions to deal with the revolution
The vital issue concerning the aboli
ton of the Branch Political Coun.
ellis, whose continued existence
meant that the Party was split w
into a number of independent ant
warning groups, could not be settled
1t was postponed till the Third Par.
ty Congress. This is due to meet
in the middle of March.
Every precaution has been taker
by the ruling clique to make it g
packed assembly. Nevertheless, 9