ENCLOSURE NO. 3.
Translation.
138
(Extract from Man Kwok Yat Po, Canton, 7th January 1927)
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Speech by Sun Fo at the Conference of the Fu-peh
Provincial Peasants, workmen, Merchants and Students'
Union.
(From the Kok Ng She News Agency)
A letter by express mail from Hankow reads as follows:-
Sun Fo, member of the Committee of the Nationalist
Government, on his arrival at Hu-peh, has proclaimed in
different leading associations the aims of the National
Revolution of the Kuomintang and the objects of its Northern
Expedition. He made a speech at the Hu-peh Provinsial
Peasants, workmen, Merchants & Students' Union, which is
now published below:-
"Gentlemen! All Representatives of Peasants, Workmen,
Merchants, and Students! During the revolution in the San
Hoi year which is 15 years ago, Wu-chang and Hankow were
the places where our righteous rising took place first
and were the centres of the revolutionists. But that
revolution failed after all. Now our revolutionary
influence has again been extended to Wu-chang and Hankow
after a period of 15 years, and these two places have
again become the centres of revolutionary influence.
I daresay that as we can now again make Wu-chang and
Hankow the centres of our revolution, we shall surely be
able to carry it through successfully. Why did we fail
in our revolution in the San Hoi year? There were
roughly 4 reasons, for which we were bound to fail.
"First, at that time our Party had not been carefully
organised and strictly disciplined, not had the members been properly trained. Many of them fought separately
and