The Archive · 1928

Principal Leaders Absent

Another serious problem which faces the Genro is the absence of jthe really important Kuomintang leaders from China, It is this which has given the militarists their opportunity to establish a new Tuchunate. Kuomintang leaders have been exiled because they. were either pro-Communist or anti-Communist. The Left Wing were forced to go pecu were suspected of organizing the Com munist plot in Canton against the Kuangsi faction, while the Right] Wing were sent a-travelling breause they supported the Kuangsi factions against the Communists in Canton. The" absence of these leaders, when ther it be Wang Ching-wel or Hu Han-min, leaves the present Kuomintang organization in Nanking ithout prestige among those Chinese whose support has made success possible. If the Kuomintang is to be re-established as People's rather than a Tuchun's party, these leaders should be ask-fed to return to China, But their presence would serve to minimize the importance of the Genro and the Tuchuns. Therefore, it is not be presumed that invitations to retarn will be issued with ind] This is another question which be raised at the Central Executive Committee conference,

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