Wicked Communists and Feeble}
Minded Kuomintang Members Furoay, June 24.
We have received the following declaration by Gen. Chiang Kai shek to his officers and men from. the Political Council of the Nationalist Revolutionary Armies:—
Ie accordance with orders from the Central Government and with]
'a view to fulfilling the principles; Wald down by our late President, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, I assumed the responsibility of leading the Na-floralist Revolutionary forces northward. In spite of innumerable] hardships and desperate fight we have been able to reach Nan: king, the pre-fixed capital of the Nationalist Government. Consequently, it was my sincere hope
would soon end.
ithe, anti Northern "campaign To my great surprise, the Com-manists endeavoured to impede our progress and the success of oer farms by instigating the feeble-minded members of the Kuomintang to rob us of our munitions, creating, disturbances, involving foreigners as. well as Chinese, and endangering' our rea: guard.
Faced with such a state of affairs, it was impossible for us to continua ith the campaign. We have had to stop. Our work is unfinished. Militarists, therefore, will now have time to rest and the people will have to suffer more from ti despotism. The Communists con-
Originally it stood at $7,000,000 but having been raided in recent months to maintain payments various salt loans it had dwindled to about $4,500,000 on June 1. Now this Hukuang payment will drain it to the further extent of around $1,300,000 leaving about $8,000,000
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