The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-02
BY n. DOONPING.
(Continued)
A. CONCLUSION--THE OUTCOME OF THE
CIVIL WAR AND PROSPECTS OF
THE REVOLUTION IN CHINA.

The New Government Following the Present
Civil War
WHAT will be the outcome Of the war? The
" military aspect of The question does not
concern US much we are not interested III spec
ulating about the possible victory of either
side. If, however, it is a question of the
nature of the government that is likely
to be organized after the war, it is not amiss
to say few words here 1t is obvious that
whether Chang Kai-shek wins or loses in the
war, the present government will not con-
tinue Should Chang Kai-shek be victorious.
which is not likely, he shall have to distribute
the spoils, not according to the shares which
the various groups in the present government
hold, but according to their services in this
war and the respective military strength which
each group or general is able to keep at the
end OF the war. Such a government though
necessarily different from the present govern
ment in composition, will undoubtedly follow
the old political line of counter-revolution If
the Anti Marking bloc comes out victorious in
the war, or if a compromise brings about
temporary peace without victory to either
side, the new government will certainly con-
tinue the reactionary policy of the present
Marking government, with possible alterations
as to the regional distribution of power and
the relative positions that various imperiast
powers will hold in the new division But
this government, should il come into being, is
very likely to be less stable than its .predeces-
sor. glance at the names composing the
Antl-Nanklng bloc is enough to convince the
most optimistic observer of the storms and
stress that lie ahead of its voyage Its wreck
age can fairly accurately be predicted If it
is not wrecked because of its own contradic-
lions soon enough, the storm of the revou-
ton will certainly blow it to pieces, and in its
place strong and sturdy ship of Soviet State
will surely arisei
Present Conditions in the Labor and Peasant
Movements in China.
But there is another aspect of the question
of the outcome of the civil war which IS of the
utmost Importance. l mean the effect of the
war upon the revolution. However, before
entering into discussion of this question: it
is necessary to examine the condition and the
tendency of development of the mass move
ment at the outbreak of the war
The depression in the labor movement which
Immediately followed the defeat of the Chinese
revolution in 1927 has long since passed away
The Japanese massacre at Tsnan in May,
1928, ushered in period of recovery and the
workers have shown growing spirit of Mill
fancy ever since the Postal Strike in October
1923. Comrade Dun Chn-shia, representative
of the All-China Labor Federation in the R.
l. l.. u, and the best authority on the Chinese
Trade Union movement, mas compiled statis-
tical table of the number of workers taking
part in economic strikes at Shanghai which
shows that in 1928, the year following the de-
feat of the revolution, there were 100000
strikers as compared with 100000 strikers in
1926 and 100000 in 1927. tSee the Pan-Pacific
Worker April, 1929 This means that the
number of workers taking part in economic
strikes at Shanghai has actually increased in
en- af sol 81, h. l-r-&
Shanghai being the indusir rial center of China,
the facts brought out by the statistics are
quite significant. In 1929 the strikes grew in
extent both as to and trades involved. In
the various industrial centers such as Shanghai,
Tientsin, and Hongkong, workers of such
with the reaegades and the opportunists grad
ually being weeded out, with an intensified
campaign against the right danger still being
waged within our Party. With one slogan, with
united efforts, into the factt ries Of the heavy
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