A fact to be borne in mind, though the degree of its relevancy, if any, has yet to be established, is the polley of the Comintern in encour aging, the formation of a "unite front." 'The Moscow correspondent the "Manchester Guardian" stated on October 24, "that a united China front {0 oppose the Japanese advance has for nearly a year been urged by' the Chinese section of the Communist International!" The chief opponent to this proposal, the writer added, Is the man who broke the Communist-Kuomintang alliance of 1927—Chiang Kat-shek.
Tu due course, no doubt, further ight will be thrown upon such rela ions og may have existed between Chang Hsueh-tiang's colleagues "and he Communists of the North-West.
Freed from captivity on December. 25, Gen, Chiang arrived in Nanking on the following day, accompanied Ey his captor, who stated in writing that he was "naturally rustle, surly and unpolished," and begged that he might be AUtingly punished for his crime. The problem of Communism in the North-West and elsewhere still remains. On February 22 the Government issued a manifesto declaring that no compromise will be made with the Communists.
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