The Archive · 1926

Newspaper Hate Peking, Dee. 23

Though the British Memorandum:

has not yet been published, the Kuomintang organ, the "People's Tribune," without waiting to learn actual contents, shows a deter: ruinedly irreconcilable attitude—towards friendly overtures. The paper says: "We state categorically for the Nationalist movement that The Boycott Weapon "The only way to combat this is, first, a complete boycott of everything British, This must not only apply to the purchasing of goods Dut to all branches of industry. The British are dependent on Chinese tance in 90 per cent, of their ess, That assistance must be withdrawn, from the coolie who unloads their ships to the agent or compradore who purchases their export cargo. Secondly: the British /have, constantly perpetrated acts of ty and forced themselves on owing to our ancestors' fear of them, We, the Kuomintang, hay no such fear and we are resisters the proposals, though dubbed professional apologists for British Imperialism ax the most liberal hitherto proposed,' are utterly unacceptable. If this is the best Britain has to offer, we can underyerfeetly weill the necessity. its Foreign Office feels of rushing all the naval forces it can spare from its other fields of imperialistic exploitation to that which it seems any cost here "The net results of the new offer only be the intensifying of the already biteer attitude of our peopl towards their relentless imperialist foe."—Reuter. land proceed toward Honan, and preparations are being carried out to this end.

Liu Chen-hua, recording to the soldier who save us this report was wounded by a steel bullet in the head, He walked overland seven of eight days to the nearest hospital. The red cross facilities the army being inadequate to care! for the wounded, even though there was not any very severe fighting The Kuominchun are amply ssu plied with ammunition for the Present but it is doubtful if they fare sufficiently supplied to warrant a campaign all the way: into Honan province. Their clothing and iment otherwise is equal to winter campaign

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