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'A few days ago we called attention editorially to the fact] that while our neighbours, the Nanking "Nationalists," "were their political di Wu-Han Communists, they continued to pursue tactics which warved to preserve and forward. what Borodin would consider his best work in China as effec tually as when they were in full alliance with the Red agents. complete repudiation of antiforeignism can scarcely be expected, because it would be difficult to account for it to the hundreds of thousand whose minds have been systematically saturated with xenophobic poison. Neither can a few choice Communistic doctrines and slogans, the use of which must continue to give Moscow satisfaction, be wholeheartedly denouncod when they have not only been shouted from platforms by General Chiang Kai-shek himself, but are even incorporated in Dr. Sun's lectures on the Three Principles. We have just read, however, a "Declaration to Kuomintang—Membei by General Chiang Kai-shek, published _by the Commercial Press in April, in which the pangs of parting with Communism are not 0 gracefully or skilfully conceal ed as they might have been. For instance, after Communism, has been denounced: in page after page of specific charges and has been condemned without reservation on every possible count, it occurs to the author that Dr. Sun's denunciation of the Marxian creed was not quite 40 sweeping, so the following rather lame compromise is _made:—"In his lecture, Dr. Sun said that all nations differed in their conditions of economic development, so that: problems concerning the people's livelihood must be solved in a different way and that the method of Communism is good] for the future but not for the Present. Such a clear statement, should not be interpreted otherwise."
In short, Communism, which Nanking so heartily opposes even to the point of wholesale executions, is not suited to the needs of the moment, but is so far from being intrinsically wrong that it is endorsed as the system of the future. We think that it would have been more tactful, while the Communists were being so mercilessly hounded out of Nanking's territory, if this discussion of the future had deep omitted altogether. The ied campaign would not have Jooked so much like a measure dictated by political expedi jency. The following strikes' jus also asa very awkward re-{treat from the alliance with the [Soviet in the task of world revol lution which Chiang Kai-shek' announced so boldly from Nanlehangfu last November:—"..1 strongly believe that the people. of China should decide their lown destiny without foreign i terference. For the last three years my experience shows: felearly that outside help! is after all unnecessary. The revolution in China is a part of the world revolutionary movement. Upon its conclusion, cherish the hope of liberal: jing others. We should partieipate independently and voluntarily in the world movement! land not be dragged into i The idea of world revolution is such an exclusively Bolshevist concept, shared by no polit-tical element but the Communists in any country on earth, that refer to it at all, even for the purpose of explaining that [China is no longer guided in-the movement by Soviet Russia, is to confess that " ism" has by no means shaken off the spell Jof Red influence, but continues cherish and propagate one of Moscow's most distinctively Red doctrines. The choicest bit of all in this declaration of Gener-jai Chiang's, serving as a back-Jground and throwing into relief Jas it does his recent proclamations against anti-foreignism, is ithe following naive confession of policy: "With regard to foreign relations, the National-government policy is to deal! with one nation at a time.
JAltbough all imperialistic Powers lave hateful, yet we should not give them a chaute to take con-eerred action against ws. We: jate not the tool of foreign Pow-Jers and we must not let China entirely surrounded with enemies. The violence and dit turbances conducted by the Communists are liable to draw the powers concerned into a united front against us and, as a natural consequence,, China " would have to come under the power lof a special foreign organiza tion. It is the Communists who are to blame for the violation of the government policy, in foreign affairs."
This confession of adherence to the distinctively Red game of concentrating anti-foreignism in [China upon one Power at a time, stressed by Moscow over and lover again before there was any! Jelose ce-operation between the Kuomintang and Red Russia, at least praiseworthy for its honesty, Also we are relieved lof the necessity from this time forth forever more of proving to doubters abroad that Britain iwas not singled out by either Russia or China as the butt for Janti-foreign assaults because of her transcendent guilt, but because the Powers were to Jdisarmed and broken one al time and because Great Bri stood at the head of Russi list. General Chiang now makes it clear that he still en-
Jdorses Russia's system and would wish the Kuomintang to carry jon with it and he finds fault' with the Communists for having departed from this programme and for having diverted Kuomintang attention from to other victims. If we wanted te the space on it, we think we could show that' the highest Red authorities have adhered more religiously to theft system than the Chinese, and! have frequently taken very! strenuous steps to keep Chinese Jattention focussed upon Great Britain instead of dissipating itself in the pursuit of other victims such, for instance, as the Japanese. To labour this point is, however, to dissipate jour own energies when all that set out to illustrate was that Nanking's "Nationalism," as expounded by General Chiang, is still by nemeans out of the Jaeep and attractive ruts wor by Soviet propaganda.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.