blames Himself for Failure to Foresee and Avert the Wuhan Rebellion: Further Ci il War Foreshadowed General Chiang issued a lengthy manifesto in Bani on April 9, declaring that as soon the situation is stabilized he will return to Nanki resign his offices, and go abroad to study and rest.
He says that the punitive expedition does not necessarily. end ith tke downfall of Li Chung-jen and Pei Chung-h: but that it must also be directed against other Counter-Revolutionary and reactionary elements, "Whether these malefactors can be exterminated or not depends upon the degree of security of the Central Government, for myself. I feel I am not equal to the task that has been entrusted to me, I have neglected to take effective precautionary measures against the recent wei dent and I feel ashamed (o return to my post."
The following are the main portions of the manifesto as given by Kuo Min:—
'At the beginning of the Pur tive Expedition against Wuhan, repeatedly declared it to be my duty' to exterminate the rebels and end degree of security of the Central Government, which in turn must rely on the' support of the people. The support of the people therefore the decisive factor in national unity. In supporting the Central Government, the people are in-all warfare in the country the shortest time possible, so that. the people could enjoy peace and recuperate from their suffer Against the departed spirit of Into leader and the principle of the Party the rebels immediately: collapsed and the cities once again have been restored to the control of the Central Government, Treach-Jory cannot be tolerated under the Kuomintang banner.
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