Aug. 6.
Yesterday we wrote editorial-cly at some length upon what we) believe to be the inevitable fate of the Kuomintang's experi me: in "Government by Revelation, the revelation in question being] Dr, Sun Yat-sen's now famous book on the Three Principles. We have frequently had occa-yn to make reference, to this work and we have published in the past several short extracts: in translation and a catechism) based upon it and circulated widely as Kuomintang propagand da. Our comments have never' been favourable, which may seem somewhat unfair when no) English translation is yet available and when a very few foreigners are able to read the book in Chinese and pass judgement upon it for themselves. 'For this reason, in part, we have contemplated for many' months the publication in serial form of a complete translation. This we thought was also justified by the curiosity expressed in conversation in all foreign cir cles about the character and contents of the book.
'When one realizes, nforeover, that it is the' political script by' which the "Nationalists" at-campaign which " has brought!
Dr. Sun's conclusions are some-[times founded, would be very. misleading, because an argument deduced from false premises is only unsound to those who know that the promises are false. We Ihave, therefore, felt that brief notes are essential to an ap-[preciation of the text. The con-Jdensed series of sixteen lectures is now all but prepared, and publication will commence within a week or ten days. We do not promise our subscribers that they will find these lectures flight or diverting reading, but we strongly recommend that they be carefully and thoughtfully read, no matter how tedious they may seem, since they are really essential to an understanding of what is going lon around us.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.