Dr, Sun Yat-sen pursued the same. plan, He first sent agente' to Great Britain and the United Statex and then he turned to Russia ant Germany. Perhaps in no country is there such an emphasis on foreign relations as in China, The whole structure of Government seems to be based on foreign relations; even political parties measure their acions by the possibilities of reactions in foreign countries. Dr. Suny then, when he turned to Russia for nce, agreed to permit Soviet through Comrade Borodin, to reorganize the Kuomintang ani Use Nationalist Government on a. Russian model.
The essential factor to Dr, Sun was not so much what kind of a government China had, as that hia revolutionary conceptions should conquer China; that his Nationalist Government should succeed in destroying its opponents and becoming master of the country even to the holding of the capital, Peking. In return, Soviet Russia was given a free hand to use China as a weapon in a war to destroy the British Empire by paralyzing British trade and industry, The Russians succeeded admirably in certain phases of their programme; the Nationalists reached, the Yangtze Valley and Shanghai; two foreign concessions, Hankow and Kiukiang, were returned to China inexpensively: labour was organized into a C.P. unit and a boycott against British goods was for two years effective.
The Russians, however, failed in one essential: "they believed that they were using the Chinese in their quarrel with Great Britain, while, as a matter of fact, the Nationalints were using them in their effort to reach Peking. When it appeared that the Russians were no longue indispensable, they were not only driven from the country, but those who were slow to leave wore arrested and made to suffer detention and humiliation, 'A Pro-British Orientation The dismissal of the Russians was, not merely the result of Chiang shek's engrossing fear of the Chinese C. P. opposition to him: self. Nationalist foreign policy hoped to substitute either Great Britain or Japan for Soviet Russia, Tt was hoped that the negotiations over the Nanking Outrage would provide the opportunity for conversations with Great Britain whick would make possible some und standing between the Nationalists and the British Government. In addition to the. Nanking Outrage negotiations, Nanking hoped purchase British support by making with regard to the Customs Service, which wore design ed to please the British Government. The negotiations over the Nanking Outrage failed and Sic Lampson returned to Peking without visiting Nanking, which hal Prepared a conqueror's reception The Customs questions Minister of Finance. us between Nankinr and Mr. MacMurray: were incidental to the British settlement. Nanking: never hoped to accomplish much in the United States. They were secking some secret arrangement, and the political system of the United States precluded that. They Believe that Senator Borah and ons or two members of Congress ara their friends, but they realize that they can accomplish nothing. But the MacMurray settlement had the immediate effect of making all dis us with regard to the Nanking Outrage tremendously popular with Chinese, for assumed that never get better terms than Me. MacMurray gave them and wers term are unthinkable to the Chinese And Next Japan Nanking: then turned t> Japan. The intrigue to win Japanes port isa fascinating study in out fal representatives. Were Sent to Japan who were assumed to able to handle Japanese poiticat soups, The Ministry of Poreign Aifairs went out of Its way Satisfy Tapanese wishes, Labote Ani other aubyersive. movements stere "suppressed ty eanvines the Japanese, that Nationalism had iumned over anew feat and that tras prepared to foster Sapaness Gconomicinteroats, particularly the Yangtze Valley, "Strikes, boys
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