In the Japanese statement as well las in Japan's reply to the Belgian Government's invitation, many ref~ Jerences were made tothe Chinese Communist Party and the question of Communism. It was contended that [Communism and the anti-Japanese policy of the Chinese Government were the two main obstacles to peaceful relations between China and Japan, "China's policy rests firmly on the: foundation of "the Three People's Principles enunciated by the late Dr. [Sun Yat-sen. During the last ten years, supreme efforts were made by the Kuomintang and the National Gov-jemment to prevent the spread of the Communist doctrine and to suppress the violence of Chinese Communists. [The long-drawn-out campaign against the Communists and the great cost it Involved are facts too well-known to the world to require any lengthy "More recently the Chinese Com: munist Party awakened to the acute [danger of foreign aggression realized that national salvation could be achieved only through whole-hearted enforcement of the Three People's, Principles. Consequently, on September 22, the Communist Party formally declared, first, its renunciation of the [theory and practice of violence, sec~ Jond, cessation of alt activities aimed Jat the Bolshevization of China, third, abolition of the Chinese Soviets and fourth, disbandment of the Chinese Red Army.
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