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is offered by dignitaries Of the ruling
party. II there is a critical situation
facing the government-and there
nearly always is-an explanation OF
the attitude to be followed is made
and justified by quoting from the Sun
Min Chu I.
The mention of Suns name in con-
laection with measures projected by the
government assures their approval by
the people. If it can be established
that the late party leader" as Sun is
piously referred to, favored the de-
velopment Of this or that industry it
wins ready sponsors.
Few can be found who are willing to
so on record publicly as animadvertants
of the San Min Chu /, or of any opinion,
however illogical, ever voiced by the god
head of the Kuomintang Those who
are so foolish or fearless as to point out
the fallacieS of some of Suns unsound
economic ideas are promptly silenced.
Not few editors who have done so have
been given opportunity to repent their
recalcitrance in government jail. Less
fortunate ones have been dispatched to
what, let us hope, is more tolerant
world.
Radical Editors Published for "Sins."
At least q dozen editors in South
China, that hotbed of revolutionism,
have beenM punished for their sins
against the late leader" Recently four
Journalists in Wuchow, the principal
port Of Kwang-Si were put to death
for defying the central government and
ridiculing the mass hysteria that is
making a deity of Sun Yat-sen. Every
independent vernacular paper in North
China has been warned against 'sacri-
legious references" to any of the princi-
Piles Of "Sun Yat-sen-isn.' Eight jour-
mails in Peiping have been banned from
the mails Two editors there are known
to have been executed and 1t is re-
ported that others who ostensibly were
imprisoned have suffered like fates.
The guardians of Sun Yat-sen-ism"
at Marking have not confined their sup
preston Of heretical utterances TO the
Chinese. A number of foreign news
papers have been barred from the mails
under various preteXts. Prominent
among them was the case Of the North
China Daily News.
This British journal, which is branded
by the Kuomintang as an arch exponent
OF die.hardiSil. imperialism . foreign
aggression" and various other unSavory
synonyms, is. published in the Interna-
tional Settlement OF Shanghai, which is,
Of course, still. under foreign admins
tration. For long this paper has earned
diSapproving notice from the National
government Representing, as it does,
that sector of foreign opinion which has
large eapitalistic interests in China, 1t
is much opposed to the Kuomintangs'
aspirations for the abolition of extra
territoriality Consequently it has con-
sistently followed an editorial policy
aimed to diseredit the stability Of the
Chinese government and 1t twice has
been excluded from the mails outside
the settlement.
Charged Packed" Congress.
The first action resulted from the
papers publication Of series Of arti-
Giles alleging that the Kuomintang Con-
gress which elected Chang Kai-Shek
President had been packed" with dele
gates favoring him and that the OPPOSE
ton, said to be In the majority, had
been illegally stihed. This order was
enforced several weeks, after which the
Kuomintang, considering that the North
China had been allowed period sufi-
Gent for repentance, readnitted it to
postal circulation.
The cause of the second exclusion was
based on the appearance in the journal
of number Of articles by DR.. HUI Shih,
who questioned the SoundneSs of some
of Sun Yat-senis theories. DR.. Hu preSi-
dent Of the National Central University,
is China'S most noted philosopher and
educator, and scholar Of international
repute.
His articles expressed grave misgivings
as to the wisdom of blindly following the
will Of the deathless Sun. Without Bit
terneSs, and in a most logical manner,
he revealed certain obvious weaknesses
in the "ideal plan Of government" He
expressed doubts regarding the value
and the Justice Of the period OF political
tutelage" advocated by the founder of
Lar Kuomintang pointing out that only
through practice could people know how
to govern themselves.
The way to learn to administer is to
administer" declared DR.. HUI. This
period of political tutelage' advocated
by DR.. Sun Is fundamentally unsound,
Tor 1t does not provide for the selection
Of properly qualified tutors. Who are
these men that head the government
and would lead us through the gates Of
seh-government? Are they chosen by
the people? Are they themselves so ex-
perienced in government that We should
be guided by their example? Do Chang
Kai-shek, Feng Yu-hsiang. Yen Hsi-
shan and other militarists have any con-
ception of what democratic govern
ment is? I think not.
"Heresy" Aroused Storm Of Protest.
IAN obstinate scholar" this infidel
continued, undertakes the control of the
Examination Yuan, a fireman becomes
the provincial commissioner of finance,
mtlttariSt becomes President of the
country and We call this political tute-
lage.' repeat that do not believe poll
tical tutelage is possible without a con-
stitution; such q form Of government is
absolutism. believe that only a truly
constitutional government is qualified to
give the people the necessary prepara-
ton for an actual democracy"
Such was the depth Of DR.. Hu's
heresy!
The Kuomintang was furious. Mem
bers Of the various provincial and hsien
organizations wrote to the Central party
headquarters at Marking demanding
that the unbeliever be punished forth
with. Some suggested that he be exiled;
others, more bloodthirsty, cried for his
head! The Kiangsu Provincial Kuomin-
tang which controls the Shanghai area
in which DR. HUI resides, passed a resolu-
ton that an order Immediately be is
sued for his arrest. But the hierarchS
than their comrades-for DR.. HUI Is
man of wide influence and a national
favorite-dismissed the matter by de-
livering q warning" to him against fu-
ture deprecating comment on the aims
OF the Kuomintang and foolish quib-
bling, the dissemination of ambiguous,
erroneous and misleading appralsals OF
the doctrines of the late party leader
DR.. HUI apparently has been success
fully muzzled. He has not given utter
ance TO any more radical statements.
Recently talked with him at a fare
well tea given for Mel Lan-fang, the
noted Chinese dranatist, who was about