for Reforms Fourth Plenary Session at Nanking has concluded session, and. at the final "meeting a manifesto to the nation was read of which the following is a resume, After announcing that the final obst: in the way'of complete unification of the country has been removed, the manifesto proceeds to declare the party's intention to proceed with the important task of completing the construction of the Republic in accordance with Dr. Sun Yat-sen's "Three People's Principles," and to call a national Convention next year, the date being fixed {for May 5, the anniversary of the inauguration at Canton of the late leader as President of the Republic, For the purpose of assisting Th national reconstruction a general amnesty is to be proclaimed for the purpose of enticing men of ability back to the service of the nation. The manifesto dwells on the proposed changes in the Governmental machinery, and insists on the immediate necessity of stamping out banditry and Communism, It emphasizes the interest of Nanking in the question of famine relief by the adoption of constructive schemes for the ultimate good of the country, and concludes by 'a reference to the stem of district autonomy and the splendid vision ahead of being able to carry to accomplishment the work of the late party leader, Nanking, Nov. 19.
Upon the conclusion of the mect-{ings of the 4th Plenary Session of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang yesterday afternoon, a Manifesto tothe nation, reviewing the work of the ossian and enunciating the policies adopted, was issued. Bollowing is a summary of the Manifest During: the past half year, all the various counter-revolutionary forces combined together with the on> jest of carrying out their subyerye designs. The most difficult and heavy task to the Party daving the: eried was therefore to suppress! the rebels in order that peace and tional unity might be restored.
After several months of strenueus struggle, the Party has finally uceteded in shattering' to pieces the most formidable and. recalcitrant combination of reactionaries whic has ever obstructed the unification the country.
The last obstacle in the way vf] national reconstruction on the basis the Three People's Principles Having thus been removed and the foundation of the State coa-solidated, it is now our. frm convie~ tion that the country will heveatter the permanently freed from the! devastations of refels and enemies the peopte—a conviction' whicn we believe, is. shared by the whois world and' acclaimed by the sation.
The Complete Republic On the birthday of the late Party Leader (Dr. Sun) and at thi auspicious tine of the success inclusion of the punitive eanigri, the Central Executive Com: mittee held its 4th Plenary Sessio On this occasion, we could not but it Ihe possessed by the thought that to the birth of the late Party Leades, the nation now owes its new unification in the 17th year of the Republic. (1928), never a day hus d but the Party has thought carrying out this bequeathed wish of the late Leader.
Apprehensive, however, that—a the moment when national unifcetion had just been attained" and Militarism not yet. eradicated ome of the militarists in the ovest of the Convention being' convene would use their" military force dominate over elections and mise>- Present the wishes of the people: the National Military Disbandment Conference was, therefore, firs called in order actually to effect the elimination of militarism, Contrary to expectations, this aroused—the revolts of pseudo-revolutionists and, militaria, with the result that the Central Government was constrain. ed to resort to the use of force for their suppression, With the successful conclusion of the recent punitive expedition, the country has practically been rid of all militarists. The" Session "ha therefore, resolved upon the con: oeation Of the Convention on Ma:
ext year, the anniversary of the inauguration at Canton' of the late Barry pan as President of the At the forthcoming Convention, all fundamental. problems relative to the reconstruction of the Stare Will be laid. before. that the tion may be centred upon the complishment of this important] task; the foundation of a govern: finally, the responsibility of Pa in the period during w the political powers, on behalf of the people defined and and that the complete success, with which our recent efforts to. elimi= nate and stamp out obstacles ational reconstruction have _been ¢rowned, constitutes. in itself a noteworthy victory of the Thee People's Principles—a victory hich will lead to an era of great: splendour for the country.
'Pally alive to their heavy responsibilities at this juncture when the entire nation is looking forward te Ihetter days, the Session have, on the one hand, made a searching' and tion will also be decided upon Convention so that the time for the reversion of the political powers ack to the people may be definite! fixed.
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