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present the Imperialists, militarists and reactionaries are
doing their utmost to oppress us. How hard should we work
for our Chinese National Revolution under the direction of
our Kuomintang? Alas! A study of all the circumstances will prove to you that victory for our Kuomintang is victory for you peasants, and any success of our National Revolution under our Kuomintang is also your success. Are you not
desirous of your own victory and success, but willing to endure hardship? Therefore when you have a clear conception. of your relations with the Kuomintang you will know your responsibilities. From what I have said above, we may say that the Kuomintang is your own Party and you should not fail to shoulder the responsibility of supporting it.
(5) The Chinese Communists and the Peasants.
As I have said above, the Chinese Kuomintang is a
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Party of your own which you should support. anyone who plans the destruction of our Kuomintang or its members is an enemy of you peasants. Considering what the Chinese Communists have done, they evidently have a desire to destroy our Chinese Kuomintang and thus they are your enemies. Alas! I hope you will not be misled by the two words Kung Chan (Common property) for in everything name must have the support of reality. At present in China there is only a distinction between the poor and the poorer class-
Let Communism be practiced, can there be much property for it? It will in reality be Kung Kung (Common poverty). Has not our Kuomintang, after all, advocated Communism? Has not our President said that in future China will not only have all property held in common, but will have every- thing shared in common this is called universalism? The reason why Communism is not now practised is because at
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