In the North, they do not have problems like these. There is no question of Communist and anti-Communist. But there is also no union, although it must be admitted that the North is evolving something} which is beginning to resemble unity of purpose. Previous to the defeats which the North suffered at the hands of the Kuomintang, there was not even the appearance of unity' among. the numerous feudal commanders, each: of whom was doing exactly as he pleased. Tt must never be forgotten, in any appraisal of the political situation, that Marshal Sun Chuansfang let Marshal Wu Pei-fa 1S] go down to ignomi us defeat at a time when it would have been easy] to proven the Cantonese from ever reaching the Yangtze. He sat on the fence and waited and when Wu fell, he felt too, although it tool: millions of dollars and thousands of lives to convince him of it. Similarly, Wa Pictu and the Fengtien grwanization might have held the whole of the North together were they not jealous and mistrustful of each other, Similarly, Chang Chung-chang's po ple and Sun Chuan-fang's people Joekeyed each other out of Shanghai And let the Kuomintang in, The shock of defeat, the terri loss of prestige which came to the North as a result of these unnecessary beatings should have taught them the practical wisdom of unity.
may have taught some of the] Fengtien leaders that unity of command, unity of purpose was worth something, but the fact remains that to this day there are at least three groups in' the Fengtien Party, the Old Faction, the Young Faction and the Shantung-Chihli friction. Even! in the intter group, there is the temperimental division between Chang Chung-chang and Sun Chuan-fang, not as irritating and destructive heretofore, but it in stil there.
The Kuomintang and the North each hope to overcome these dis. interrating forces by military, vie-tories. If Nanking overpowers Tang Song-chi, they will be in a stronger position to dictate to Canton; Fengtien overcomes Shansi, the tie! of battle will have turned and there will be enenuragement. for further activity. The reverse of these re-nits can only bring further splits in either camp.
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