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Surely not! As facts show it is because our military offi- cers have been slack and negligent. The officers all suppose that as South and East China has been conquered, they can enjoy themselves for a time, and in consequence they can enjoy themselves for a time, and in consequence they have been lazy in controlling and training the troops
and in all sorts of political work. Therefore the
discipline and morale of our troops have grown more corrupt
every day. The officers have often been absent from their
barracks at night, and even when they have to be on duty in
the day time, they have often failed to get out of bed.
Their spirit has grown worse daily, and the continuation of this will reduce the national revolutionary armies to great disorder. If urgent steps are not taken to rectify this,
our troops will surely be defeated. The staffs in various
departments are also in a gloomy and inert condition, and
look as if they are dying. Nobody can be found to answer
the telephone in any department at 7 in the morning. With
such corruption is not the career of our Revolution in a
very dangerous state? On enquiry I find that it is owing
to the inattention and carelessness of the officers that
such bad discipline, disorder and inactivity have arisen.
Then I was in Nanchang, I warned all military officers on
repeated occasions against sexual pleasure, gambling, and
luxury in food and clothing. But when I spoke to them on
one day, they forgot it on the next. In view of such
corruption, it is no wonder that people have alleged that
our Kuomintang has fallen into decay. Our Kuomintang
members have given people cause to look down on them. Our
Comrades! The power of our Party has now been raised and restored. We must brace up our spirits to develop and glorify our Party, and by no means should we allow the work
of our Kuomintang to get spoilt through our hands. This is
the