The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-29
Con,n,unist Party or
 China Is Taking Lead
After Ten Years of Being Batted About, Leaders of
 That Group May Take Over All Military Affairs

year ago, decided to legallze the Chi. 1ese Communist party In order to obtain his own release from captivity ct sian-Tu, shensl province, where he was held hostage.
 Bold Pollcy-Maker
 Boldly taking tho role of policy. maker the Chinese Soviet spokes. men now assert that lat the pres. ont dangerous juncture the Chinese Communist party would like to Sug. gest that the ChineSe nation should perform as follows:
 "i--Mobiliza oil the national mil!- tary, material, financial and man. power resources of oil China.
 "2-Consolldate, unify and enlarge tho national revolutionary armies.
 "S-Strengthen the national gov. ernfnent.
 "l-organlse the masses to enable them to assist the Eesistanee cam. palgn. :.
 "5-Enlarge tho international propAganda work"
 The Chinese Communist party, which has assumed tho role of leader in China ct Q timo when Japanese arms have smashed the kuofnlntang government, is no upstart organ'Sa. ton.
 Government of Its Own
 For moro than 10 years It has had Q government of It's own In Chinese territory under its military control. Tn Nanchang, Kiangsi province, as long ago aS 1929 tho Chinese Soviet republic had It's own military ostab. i!shment, It's own government com- missars and It's own armies. It con. ducted propaganda through news. papers, radio stations and student lecturers. It printed It's own currcn- cy which was the only currency ac' ceptabio as Q medium of exchange in territory under It's control.
 Although driven from Nanchafg by 0eneralissimo Chiang Kai-shek's forces in 1881, the Chinese Soviet republic never was dispersed. It was driven into the distant marches Of ezechuan provinces and finally 70 shensi and Kansu provinces.
 Thousands of Followers
 But !n the areas in which it had been In temporary occupation and throughout the territory over which It's armies moved the Chinese Reds left thousands of followers.
 Throughout the last 10 years it has maintained its military establish f,,eY,t intact. Now Gnu Teh and Mao Tse. .Tung, the military brains of the Reds, command well organized ana well disciplined armies of 0o.OOV men. The soldiers are well clothed and well fed. They believe in their calise and constant fighting against the now shattered national armies or the forces of provincial governors have left them seasoned and experi- enced, especially in guerilla warfare.
 That the Chinese Reds adhere 70 the Moscow brand Of Commungtlc tenets is certain. Chou En-Lai, the civilian head of the Chinese Com' i,aunigt movement, and Wang Min, former Chinese Communist envoy 70 Moscow. are both understood 70 nave the high regard Of Dictator Josef etalin. Both now are in Aan. kow, to make certain that as last as the Kuomintang influence passes finder the pressure Of Japanese arrng. lust so fast will Chinese Eeos iafiuencc rise with the Reds taking the helm and proclaiming them seiyeg the potential saviorS or tne Chinese nation.
 Exile in Moscow
 Wang Min has been aa exile h Moscow for five years but his pres erce iii Hankow now indicates tne heIief of the Chinese Communists that they may expect no iurtner onposItion from the Kuomintang' Durlng the last six months or nos tiiities Japan has asserted that ner enemy In China was the huomn' tang and that it had to be smashed; Now the Japanese. having achieved their objective against the national- alists. will find themselves with q closeiy knit Red organization 70 challenge their presence on Cninese soil. .,.u Chinese leaders. once puiwarEs Oi inc old Kuomintang school. have swung to the left is indicated Tn re n0rks from Hankow that Sun Fo, former railways minister at Nankins and son of the late pr. Sun xat-Sen, founder of the Kuomintang and the so-called George Washington oi China" is under consideration for as Chinese minister to