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gloomily sad for him. Our Comrades in Wuhan have stated
that the individual question concerning them is one of no
importance, and in our opinion it is more than being of no
importance. We have been rash, and have gone too far in
dealing with the Communists. But the persistence of the
Communists in their actions against us, has made us unable
to refrain from correcting and rectifying them. We are
filled with fear day and night, and are praying that our
friends will help us; how can it be that we enterta in any
wild ambition? Alas! Communism according to the books is
not entirely inconsistent with our principle, but the
doctrine of our late President embraces all branches of
principles, while Lenin has to make the world sacrifice
their principles to suit his. This slight difference will
lead to a great discrepancy in 1,000 miles. As we are
loyal to our Party, we have necessarily had to admit the
Communists, and as they are loyal to their own party it
is natural that they have planned against us. As the
arrow-maker and the armour-maker have selected different
professions, the result they look for must be different.
Moreover, the orange in the South of Yangtsze will become
a Chi (hawthorn) when shifted to Wai, so 80 or 90% of the
Chinese followers of the Communists have become cunning
and flattering scoundrels. When a father is a sheep-
stealer, his son will commit murder and arson this is
natural. Our admission of the Communists into our
Kuomintang is not at all unreasonable, but is inadvisable,
as has been proved by facts. We are simple and rash. A
gentleman who breaks off friendship with any man, will
never utter any foul language against him, nor will he be
wicked to him, though he keeps him away strictly. Indeed
we have not by far behaved so well as our Comrades in
Wuhan. While we feel ashamed of our rash rising against
the