I dare
Communism, and secondly our alliance with Russia.
not say that all of you will excuse me, for even some of
the members of our own Party have said things which show
that they have made us little allowance. But you must
examine us by what we have done. Kwong Tung has not yet
been restored to perfect peace, and we cannot be free from
blame for that. Meanwhile we must want you to know that
we are still men, and are revolutionists who are willing to
sacrifice themselves for China and for her people. When
you find anything wrong with us, you must give us your advice, but when we meet with any difficulties which we
cannot overcome, you should render us assistance.
what we hope for in earnest. Our present scheme is to
restore the order of Kwong Tung first, and then that of the whole Republic step by step. As to our policy for the
whole situation, we must overthrow militarism. Yesterday,
I received a telegram fran Tientsin that Li King Lem had
been defeated, the armies of Fung Yuk Tseung had entered
Peking and militarism in the North had broken down. In the
future the first thing we should take in hand is reconstruc-
tive work, and when all the questions of Kwong Tung have
been resolved, we shall then promote the co-operation of
the Army and the People.
This is
We shall endeavour to secure proper protection to the wealth and property of the people first, and then seek the development of industries. If we can improve the livelihood
of the people of Kwong Tung within one or two years, we
shall be able to flatter ourselves that we have not work ed
in vain.
I have something more to say to you, and this is the
movement of the Kwok Man Tong to uphold the farmers and
workmen. It has been maliciously reported against us that
in the presence of farmers and workmen, we would say that
we would safeguard their interests and would take no heed
of the merchants; when speaking to merchants, we would
promise