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DEAR MR. CLEMENTI,

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ENCLOSURE 2 IN NO. 4.

TRANSLATION.

1 have received your letter through Dr. To Ying Kwan, who came here, and I appreciate the great interest you have taken in the present state of affairs. During the past several days I have introduced Dr. To to the Committee of the National Government and to representatives of the Canton and Hongkong Strike Com- mittee, so that he may understand the real position here. As to your request of us to send some unofficial representatives to come to Hongkong to discuss with you, I shall consider the matter with the Committee of the Government and let you know later.

With regards.

WONG SHIU MING.

Dated 18th of December of the 14th year of the Chinese Republic (1925).

ENCLOSURE 3 IN No. 4.

TRANSLATION.

Extract from the Wa Tss Yat Po, Hongkong, 22nd December,

1925.

(Preface to the Register of Military Cadets of the 3rd Term.) (By Cheung Chung Ching, alias Cheung Kai Shek.)

Internal quarrel brings greater calamity than foreign invasion, and revolutionary success depends entirely on the union and mutual love of our members. My object in the establishment of this College under the direction of President Sun is to teach the reasons of revolution and to carry it out. In order to achieve success in our revolutionary enterprises, our members must first of all have a firm and sincere union, treating the College as their own home and their colleagues as brothers. During the past.. year the College was started with 500 students, and later 3,000 men were recruited and our army was formed. In the spring of this year we took Chiu Chow and Ka Ying Chow, and on our return to Canton in summer we expelled Yeung Hi Man and Lau Chan Wan. On our second expedition to the East River in the 10th moon, we succeeded in the capture of Wai Chow despite its many strategic advantages, and then drove our enemies out of Chiu Chow and Ka Ying Chow. All of us fought with all bravery, and about 600 of our men died. Indeed, they have died gloriously, but we cannot help weeping for our loss of them. We have shed our blood, but we have not yet done anything to relieve the pains of the people and to make our race powerful. militarists are as cruel as before, while the Powers are growing in violence. We have not yet revenged ourselves on X for the terrible massacre they committed, and have not yet got the

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shameful unequal treaties cancelled; neither the aspiration of our President has as yet been realised, nor his teaching put into practice. How can we have face to see the soul of our President in Heaven? and how can we appease the spirit of our heroes who have died? We have now only one thing with which we can please our President and our heroes, and that is the vitality which the President has left to those of the College which have still survived. This vitality is the very Kwok Man Tong handed down directly by our President, consisting of Communists and non- Communists. I repent having failed to ask our heroes who have died this question before their death" Are you going to die for Communism or for the Three Democratic Principles and not for Communism? Now let me answer this question for myself before I die, and I should say I shall gather all members, whether Communists or non-Communists, of the Kwok Man Tong under the flag of Blue Sky and White Sun, and die for the I would also dare revolutionary principles of our President." answer the question on behalf of our late heroes who were Com- munists as this- We are willing to die under the flag of Blue Sky and White Sun of the Kwok Man Tong for the cause of national revolution, and when we die for the Three Democratic We hope that Principles we are also dying for Communism. those who survive will allow no dissension to arise among them, but maintain union and complete their responsibility of national revolution, thus carrying out the Three Democratic Principles of our President directly and Communism indirectly. The Three Democratic Principles and Communis.n have to rely on each other, if success is desired and there is no inconsistency between them. We do not like any quarrel to arise among you, as it will break down the vitality we have left." Now, what should we who survive then do? We should exert ourselves with all sincerity to develop the Three Democratic Principles so as to accomplish our However, no national revolution can be national revolution. accomplished in present days if Communism is neglected. cannot be denied that the revolution in China is partly a world revolution, and the realisation of the Three Democratic Prin- ciples also means the success of Communism. Our late heroes knew that the Nation Revolution in China and International Revolution could not be viewed as two things. Thus we have no reason to allow any dispute to arise between the Three Demo- cratic Principles and Communism. If unity is maintained in this College, the Three Democratic Principles will be established and upheld for hundreds of generations, and no imperial power in the I have heard the Powers and the whole world can suppress it. militarists say:

Discussion has arisen among the Communists and non-Communists of the Kwok Man Tong, and sooner later the Party will break down." What do these words mean? Should not the members of our Party take warning by them? We should never forget any moment the teaching of sincerity in this College. Without sincerity we can never realise the Three Demo- cratic Principles, and without sincerity we can never succeed in Communism None who has no sincerity for the Three Demo- Nor will cratic Principles will have sincerity in Communism. any sincere Communists fail to have sincerity for the Three Democratic Principles. Lack of sincerity will breed dispute, and we can only accomplish revolution when we are sincere to one another. Not only the Communists of our Party should have

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