significance of Present Move: Result of Four Months' Negotia-.
tions Between Two Factions to Isolate Nanking A well informed. political correspondent thus comments on the opening of the conference of anti-Com-ananist leaders at Peking:
'The "Enlarged Conference" of the 'Kuomintang, which was formally opened to-day in Peking, is the result of a compromise reached after four months' negotiations, correspondenees and conferences _among the lenders of the two factions of the Party and the military magnates, Press reports suggested the Con-Jerence wil issue a joint statement of the Party leaders and a separate wiatement by each of the two fai tions. After that, it will proceed fo form the "Enlarged Central Committee" of the Party which will {nelude not only the leaders of the left and the Right, but also a few military leaders who azo ploying important reles in the preent revolt but who have no states the Party prior to the Third Panty Congress which is not reco nized by the anti nanking force: At seems to be the intention of the sponsors of the Enlarged Conference that the Enlarged Central Comnittee should verve as the central authority of the newly re-united Kuomintang, from which to derive the delegated; power of the future government, The diMculties of the four months? negotiations have their origins in historical disputes of the Party. After the death of Dr. Sun Yatsen in March, 1925, the anti-Communist} members of the First Central Com: mittee gradually lost their political power and were forced to leave Xanton, 'They called a Conference the winter of 1925 in the Western Hills of Peking, in the Temple: where the body' of Dr. Sun was. placed. Hence the name of the: Western Hills Conference Faction. Ju March, 1926, this group called:
secret Party Congress in Shang hai, elected their Second Cent Committee, and established its ead quarters at Route Vallon, This Committee is known as the "Shang hai Second Central," which was never recognized by the Lefts who claimed
otod by tke Party Congress in nton was the constitutional the Second (Central Committee authority of the Party After the anti-Comminiat. split im 1927, the Canton Second Centra! broke up into two hostile group: {hose who supported General {Chiany Kai-shek formed their government Nanking, while the Left Paetion romained in Wu-han, both elaining central authority. After July, 1027, ho Wu-han Government also took, stction to rid itself of the Communist When Gen. Chiang Kai-signed tis command, move made to reconcile the three fae tions (the Wu-han Central, the Nan-"ing Cental, and the 'Shanghai antral) into! one re-united Party' and Government. It was proposed _to form a Special Central Committee which would include all the. Gree factions. During the negotiations Shanghci, leaders of all factions Were present, But Mr, Wang Ching-wei, leader of the Wu-han Leftists, suddenly left the. Confer-fice and his followers withdrew him, So the Special Central no formed without the Leftists, Gen, Chiang Kai-shole was restor-to power by a coalition of the Wang Chingwei faction with his ovn supporters in the former Canton, Consral which held its dt: and 5th Konferences in Shanghai, But the 'Communist uprising in Canton early 1928 was used ty. the Nanking Government as justification to excommunicate a number of the Lefe caders from the Party. This made impossible for Br. Wang' Ching 'Wei and his followers to participate Sri -thie Nanking' regime, and they! have remained in opposition to Nanking ever since.
But the new Nanking Government Which replaced the short-lived regime under the Special Central, also ox-udod the Western Hills leaders inting Gen. Hsu Chung-<h Messrs. Chu Cheng, Chou Lu, and
Temained in opposition to Nanking So this group, too, has this day.
The anti-Kuangsi war of 1929 Troke up. the newly-united country, and once more threw the nation into internal warfare. "The ders had called. the gress wich elected the Third and formed the new Na-
1 Government. The Northera military chiefs were included in this new regime. "But peace and union thad become impossible. The Third Party Congress, of which 80 per cent. of the delegates were appoin:- Jed by the Nanking Central instead lof being elected by the panty meri-was, therefore, as the main issue of the anti-Nanking revolution, in addition to the numerous charges of misrule and corruption.
While the various military forces were fighting the war, the civilian ins became quite active, 8 of te various factions mentioned above flocked Peking, Taiyuan and Chengchow, pledging support end seeking tronage, Gen, Yen Hsi-shan hail Hurnished them with the formule: 'A united Party and a unified Na-ion." The military comrades are now seeking to "unify" the country by bloody, wars, and the "long-robed Jcomrades" have been, for four long! months trying to "reunite" the By the end of May, 1980 a conclu. sion was reached that, since no faction is in a position to form the Party Central alone because of the lack of @ quorum, it was desirable to "'enlarge" the Party Central. to Hinelude the Left and the West Hills Group together with some of the important military men of the var-fos anti-Chiang armies. But the negotiations broke down qn May' 80, because the Leftists insisted that the "enlargement" must come from tie authorization and_invitatien of the Canton Second Central. The [Conferences were ended and the leaders all left Peking.
\After_a long" interruption, the gotiations were resumed in June land a compromise thas apparently been reached which makes possible the formal opening of the "Enlarge. ment Conference" of to-day.
During the first days of June, a number of statements were issued the leaders of the different factions, including a formal declaration by each of the two factions Janda drafted joint declaration by) the two groups, In the absence of reliable report of the content of the Joint declaration of today's Conference, it may te of interest to summarize these official declarations! ies wed on May 31.
The declaration of the Canton! Second Central says that, to mee! the emergency of the situation the Central Executive Commitee should move its headquarters to Peking; land that, because of the large num. ber of expulsions of committee members due to Pro-Communist or Pro. (Chiang allegiance, it was decided to organize the Enlargement Conferlence of the Party Central, which should include, addition to the original members, "comrades who 1 Com bearing important res ponsibilitie The declaration of the Shanghai Second Central, after relating a brie!) story of its past activities, merely} says that, in view of the necessity for a "whole-pany organization," it was decided to form the Central] Enlargement Conference which, in addition to its original members, should include those comrades who fact served on the Central Co: nmittee and those who are now bearing important responsibil The Joint Declaration after enumorating the charges Chiang Kai-shek Goverament, pro-united Party to the comrades and a unified nation to the people," to call within the immediate future 9 Third Party] Congress and to summon the People's Convention in order that the Urgent demands of the people might fulfilled. To achieve these ends, it was found necessary immediate] to call together the Central Enlargoment Conference in order to establish make preparations for the calling of the Central Aathority, which shall the Congress and the Convention and shell direct the affairs of the Party. The Declaration: ends by calling upon all party members te bury their old hatetets and smooth lover Their differences in order that they may: consolidate themselves and fight in unison against their common enemy.
It is quite safe to predict thet the joint statement of today's Conference in Peking will probably similarly worded as this published six weeks ago, rast}
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