Leaders Fall Out: Policy of Terrorism Chosen "New Life" Spirit Understood By Leaders Frost Cox Own Conusroxoor rout Oun Owst CommsroxoErr Nanchang, May 17, The kaleidoscopic conditions communist inner eirclesare due. large-Jy to the quarrel between Chow Eng-and Mao Tech-tung (two opposing leaders, returned students), the. ight {or predominance "and control by" miliary and politicd leaders, and. umber of minor complications that Fesult in various forms of internal Srife. "There are a variety of secons including moderates and extrem mists, pacifist and radicals, each Savocating a particular Dolley of te own at ly opposing the thers Being persistent ints own articular principle or policy, each ection is striving hard to oust the others hence a diversity of opinions {hat make things more complex and confused, "This chaotic situation may lead, s is generally believed, to. inter-heine war among the different sections themselves, In that event there will be a war, similar to that of about three. years ago when the extremists were subjugated by" the moderates and pacifiss, During the! Internal war thousands of the ex: {remist party. of the communists were massacred by the moderate side their own party. This time, Svar comes. again as i wil, judging {rom present conditions, it will be more serious, Twas reported recently that 98 a step to consolidate as far. a3 Dos Sible their military strength 3 well as their own position, the commun {sts had actually put! into "practice their new. policies (as resolved their all Soviet Conference at Jiukin the Soviet. capital in south. Kiang, uring. the latter. part' of January fsb, or Pal" Ping or conscription lurider a strict" compulsory" aystem, Pal in or compulsory collection food for. the. provisions for the Red armies, and. Pal Kung Chal oF sub+ Seriptions from the people.
Tndigrant over defeats at the hands Chengtu, May 14.
Chen Pei-ming, the delegate from the Nanking Government, recently suggested the propriety of commencing'a branch of Chiang Kal-shek's "New Life Movement" here. Marshal Liu Hsiang took the matier up and called a meeting of officials and Teaders at the YMCA. and the meeting was soon organized with the Marshal as chairman, He gave a most interesting address showing that he had caught the salient points the Generalissimo's new move. ment, and urged that It be preached fall over the province and that the OMicials themselves set a good example by practising its principles.
Marshal Liu has also taken a leading part in the organization of "Increasing Production Movement" He made a speech at the Spring Fair of more than three hours duration showing what could be accomplished {in this province along the many Unes of possible production. He stressed the poverty of this "once ich province due to the devasting effect of the many years of useless, civil war, and urged unity and economy. He said, "when we have fin-{shed the bandit extermination in his province, then I intend to reduce the army toa considerable degree taxes". Thi was greeted with much applause. hope it may be so, but we may be pardoned if we are a bit cynical after all the fair promises made in Speeches of this kind over many years. Nevertheless, Liu Hsiang teems to be a man of his word and has inspired considerable, ontiden his splendid year of work against the Reds.
Rev. G. W. Sheppard, of the Brilish and" Foreign' Bible Society in Shanghai, paid us a "flying visit" in very literal sense. He was only here two days visiting the local branch of the Bible Society and call-Ing at the University, and then flew of the Government, Chow Eng-lall and his associates stirred up a move> ment against Hsiao Ching-kwong, another communist leader, and his weak policy-and issued a lengthy pro: ouncement denouncing Hsiao and his followers and warmly advocating the revival of their policy of terror ism, which Chow and his men considered the "life" of communism.
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