It_is not for us t travel the Jsame path The fact that jwe do not at present possess ade-Jquate equipment for' resistance Jcannot be hidden. But with the Jcountry as big as it is, and with a population of four hundred millions, it is sheer cowardice to insist that cannot attain to the material strength necessary" for.
led by a spiritual inspiration to, successful resistance.
Our problem is fundamentally not. the Inck of product the common people, it is purely a ease of protection "and assistance, in fact, occasionally. our people fail in "_preductive enterprises through misgovernment. If we can Pay. attention to protecting and assisting our people to produce, and then "apply their productivity "to matters of military preparedness, We can hope for a lengthy period of resistance, During' my illness in Europe 1 jearefully studied the various tesolutions of the Third Plenary' Session fof the Party pointing out the needs lof the times and laying down the teneral principle for the "Patty follow. But what we need to-day is action, not words—immediate ac~ tion, Our ancient sages said, "The ind the bad ave enough to ruin By this it is meant we cannot make use of the 00d and discard the bad, the coun try will head for destruction. Merely having a mixture of Dad ly ike 30 na makin fod and avoiding. the bad means definite action. "When Jone dwells upon this point, one can= not help feel remorseful, Why have we not teen able to jeshance the productive power of cur people?" Why have we not been ble to apply cur people's "produc: tive power io military" strength? It is enrively doe to the Tact that the bad ones among us have been engaged "in destructive acti hands, the problem japan, cannot give the attention to make' their destruc activities impossible. The Central
mined to see that these desiruchowever, are put an end to their les. For it is only ping. their destructive. activities exposing: their crimes and stop-
that those who believe in ce-cpera= tion can effect solidarity among themselves and be able to face the jeisis. As for the bad elements, they can only be treated as outcastr. wish to make use of the good and discard the bad ix a question of choice. If we are" determined in Jour choice of action, then it is not {dificult to "see action; otherwise only empty words will be the result China's oad to national salvation thus lies fundamentally "in. the strengthening and fostering of the necrotic and other tive forces of the count the blind, superficial imitation of countries, not in the whole-contains a great de: my convictions have only been strengthened by what I. recently, saw and observed in Europe.
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