other the revolutionary success of America when achieved, would prompt success in the revolutions in France. Things actually turned out as he hoped, for before long the
revolutionary movements in America affected France, where
great revolution also broke out all of a sudden. It is for the same reason that our Russian comrades, who have complet-
ed their revolution, have now come to help us in our revolutionary enterprises. Lafayette and the Russians both
had the same revolutionary spirit, except that Lafayette
helped the revolution of others while he had not yet succeed-
ed in his own, and the Russians have accomplished their own
revolution first before they proceed to help others. We
have no reason to blame the Russians, who after their
successful accomplishment of their revolution, have now come
to help China, in order to achieve success in the world
revolution in future.
To speak of the military activities of the Imperialists
in their invasion of China, we can refer you to the attack
of Centon by the English and French allied forces, their capture of Peking and their burning of the Yuen Ming Garden
there. In the war of the Kang Taz year (the Boxers trouble)
the 8 Powers entered Peking with their allied troops headed
by Marshal von Waldersce. As regard the economic victimisa-
tion, they had the Triple Consortium constituted of England(? Germany and France, the Quadruple Consortium with the addition of America, the Sextuple Consortium with the
further addition of Japan and Russia and the Quintuple
Consortium after the withdrawal of America. With such a
union and unanimity of policy, they succeeded in absorbing
from us Chinese our wealth and acquiring the land revenues
of the 4 provinces Shang Tung, Kiang-su, Chili and Ho-nan
and the salt gabelle and Customs of the whole Republic as
security. They took all these as nothing; why should they
be surprised at our alliance with a Revolutionist Government
merely