Original sentence: Chen was forced to resign as secretary-general in 1927 due to his dissatisfaction with the Comintern order to disarm during the April 12 incident, which had led to the deaths of thousands of Communists, and his disagreement with the Comintern's new focus on peasant rebellions
Edited sentence: Chen was forced to resign as secretary-general in 1927 due to his refusal to support the peasant uprisings and his capitulation to Kuomintang violence towards the peasantry