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the conclusions expressed in his "Three Aspects of Democracy".
He devoted himself to the promotion of these all his life,
and they are the proper ways for the salvation of our Nation.
The alliance with Russia and the admission of the Communists
into our Kuomintang was only a policy of our late President
to meet the then circumstances. In his testament he advised
us that we should ally ourselves with all races in the
World who have treated us with equality in order to continue
our agitation vigorously. We shall ally with any race in the World which treats us with equality, treat them as our
fast friends, and fight hand in hand with them. Our late
President did neither foresee or expect when he resolved
upon his policy that any of them would make a sacrifice of
our fellow-countrymen or turn China into a field for their
experiments. Who are the originators of the trouble which has caused us endless regret? A principle is a formal
thing while a policy is a mode of employing it. A form is
rigid whereas usefulness implies adaptability. Therefore
policy is changeable but principle admits of no change. All our Comrades should believe the principles of the
"Three Aspects of Democracy" with all sincerity to the end, so that the early accomplishment of our National
Revolution may be secured.
I have been ordered to march to the North with
my troops and my duty is to support our principles and
to exterminate the reactionaries. Any of our comrades
who have either been driven into wrong courses by cir-
cumstances or the atmosphere that happened to surround
them should at once radically repent themselves of their
faults and declare their professions. I will treat all
as
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