The Archive · 1927

Betrayals and Desertions

"A. period of reaction has set im, jin Chine. The united front of the!

is broken. There have! been betrayals and desertions and leomplete distortion of the Nationalist Movement, Million of organis-Jed peasants, in accordance with Kuomintang teachings, joined the strogizle for the roaHantion of the slogan Land to.the Peasants.' Without an agrarian revolution it is impossible to loverthvow feudalism. All further! progress in the revolution 4s impossible without a realization of the tarian revolution, Prom this 1 follows that all who act against the agrarian revolu against the economic emancipation" of tens of millions of peasants,-find themselves

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the ranks of the counter-revolu "To-day the great central Ya tze Valley, which a few months ago was the focal point of the struggle for freedom from world imperiaiiem, in' the grip of counter-revolution land the greatest blot upon China that this sharsefol coanter-revolution is being led by men who have been intimately associated inthe public mind with the Nationalist Movement, "Asa resalt there is.confasion in [Tokyo reports that a meeting, of over 6000 Japanese. discussed [suites to: protest against the govern-pay an Sitonld. not attempt to! ment's: action, anid resolved that the

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completion." fow Save eect sed Rolompeong given tmpesn the official desire to aster: Citina' rights to build: railways, with own money: Japan hits frequently protested against the construction of This: Tine as also against the completion of the litle from Tahustian (not Chuoyany as formerly -reported) to" Tunglino: She is, However, chiefly concerned: about the: former since it now operates to within a few milos of the: Kann - provincial border; and the earthwork is now being cartied to Kirin city.

'The South Manchurim Railway has autnounced that it will not trans+ port any supplies for tuis section. bat the earthwork' is proceeding Li undeterred.

Tu answer to all protests, Mukden refers Japan to the Tupan, stating that that part of the line is. his The other railways mentioned in the demands ate the stretch: from Tunghue to the Korean border, the The idea seems to be: to extend ths line from Changehun to Fuyu.to jady, the big bern collecting: eentze fon the Chinese Bastern Railway and fo construct another me fom PPaorianfuto Solyn and there to sie farther reported thut: Japan thus: subcsetied is securing a conces-[sion from the tupan'of Hellwagkiang to construct the Tsitsihar-Taihetho railway urfer the' old Russo-Asiatic Bunk'concession. Support is claim. Jed to be given to-this Zeport by the euncentration at Tsitsthar of Japanese railway constraction materials, The economic strategic advantages be secured by'contyol of these [lines is obvious, but the Chinese are apparently awake to the important part railways have to play in the development. of Matiotiirin and in-trend to atitk to whut: they call their jsovereigm: sights. Thiéy have mi aged to subordinate tite Ru ian interests on the Chinese Enstora me, ate asserting themselves in the management of the hgo and now '@lotate most of the decisions, The Sino-Fapanese Treaty negotiitions were resumed. this afternoon when the form of procedure was lay reed upon. Whether this will be affected. by: the battle for the Manchurlan'railways remains to be sec, [China, His death way hastened by] the severities of forty youre of rovolutionary straggle and by frequent breaches of revolutionary dis. cipline on the part of the very men who. are now' again betraying nim] while pretending to speak in name of hix principles: Before he Jdiedy he asked me to: visit Moscow. for him, And so I come, in hia} name and in the name of the revolutionary masses of China, to assure Soviet Russia of our appreciation for the ce-operation her people have @UEENSHORON

Riven us in the past and to express} Jour confidence that this ce-operation will continue in the years of struggle Agency. that are ahead:"—Nationalist News Tu Chinese papers state that Gen, Feng Vu-hsiang has cabled: to} the Nationalists that ho is despatch ing 60,000 troops against Heuchow fu, and 80,000 troops agains "amr rel bs Binaien tay WOR. oe, neve BED nie coot aaa CES arr, te, ote teas, SER, Ate harming LONDON COUNTRY HOTEL

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