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raising of the standard of living alone but equal importance
has been attached to racialism and democracy. For without
the accomplishment of the racial revolution China cannot
attain equality and freedom, and without the completion
of our democratic revolution our people will not attain
to the path of real emancipation. Therefore our Kuo-
mintang has unanimously devoted itself to the important work of our National Revolution. Again, we have not
yet passed the stage of National Revolution, and our
indiscreet talk about World Revolution is very much
as if a man were to travel on land by ship and on sea
by carriage. Any child three feet tall will detect the absurdity of this. Our leaders are merely groping
for the path with their sticks and those who follow
are in not a whit better position than that of blind
men riding blind horses. A career of that kind is
fraught with gloom and danger. At night when we think
of it, it gives us a trembling that does not arise
from cold.
The Conference of the Executive Committee has
first of all resolved that the Party should be purified.
The purification of the Party will mean its improvement, and its improvement will mean the strengthening of its
foundations. This will solidify our front, and the
solidification of our front will enable us to work hard
for our Revolution and to accomplish our great task.
Therefore we can justifiably call our Party purification
movement a movement for the salvation of our country.
Our late President had made a careful study of the
..orld and the situation of our Nation before he reached
the