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6.
The Pact will not try to upset the present
Its work will be in the
regime by force of arms.
direction of bringing home to the people a true
realisation of the evil of government of the country
by one single Party, and of the fallacy of some of
the doctrines of the Kuomintang. There was a
report in the newspapers not long ago that I would
command an army against the Nationalists. The
whole thing was a fabrication. As I have informed you, I have no political ambition; all that I desire
is lasting peace to the long-suffering people.
7.
It is my belief that Tang Seng-chi, although
he is now siding with Chiang Kai-shek, is at heart by no means in sympathy with Chiang's policy and
methods. I think that he is making use of Chiang
Kai-shek just as much as Chiang is making use of him.
I would not guarantee that he would throw his whole weight on Chiang's side when he has regained his old
political and military position. Tang Seng-chi
is a good general, and a sound and shrewd man,
though possessing little political experience.
did not believe that he would "come out" at this
juncture, but he, of course, knows his own business
best.
I
8. Wu Pei-fu, as practically everyone knows,
is an honest man, though very obstinate and holding
rather narrow views in political matters. I
understand from his representativex that he has seen
the folly of his former policy of unifying the
whole country by force of arms, and he has now come round to my policy (on which my friendship with him once wrecked) namely, autonomous government of the provinces, under a Central Government, instead of
unifying the country by force,
9.