The Archive · 1927

The Kuomintang Party

To the Editor of the "NontH-CHINA Dairy News."

Sim.—It has taken a good many years for the tautology of such expressions as the "Yangtzekiang River" and "Taishan Mountain" to become known, so that even to the fledgling griffin the use of such terms evokes a smile; but now we Ihave another such expression, "The Kuomintang Party," which occurs daily in the columns of our Shangand in casual absurdity. mintang" means, of cours tionalist Perty:" Kuo Min-nationals, tang-party. If we want a kind of mongrel equivalent we might speak of "The Kuomin Party," but the term, "Kuomintang Parts" isnot only a cross-breed, it is a monstrosity.

Perhaps a little pul point may help to Before it becomes a habit.

Tam, ¢te.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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