The Archive · 1928

On Which Side?

The notices. that the incoming generals have put out are delightfully vague. sons of the Revolution and enemies of Communism have entered Hunan to suppress the rebellious 'Five Generals' in the interests of the Nationalist Government." The Mankow payers assure us that they fare fighting for Chiang Kai-shek, but so were the according to their published declarations. Both sides are probably. waiting to declare their hand, These affairs make a welcome diversion from the reign of White Terror that has gone on since the attempted Communist rising on December 10. Before that date Communist propaganda had been very active, and the organizers of the attack had evidently relied disaffection among the troops. Two days before the attempt, pamphlets were circulating on the streets urging soldiers to rise age oppressors. when doors are shut, people glance uneasily round and whisper, "This is worse than the horror of Inst April; then only the rich suffered but now no man knows when his turn will come.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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