CO129-499-3 Canton situation- governor's despatches 12-2-1927 - 10-3-1927 — Page 76

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chaos (this clause is very important), the Powers will

certainly change their previous policies in China, but that

even before a strong and unified China is born, the Powers

should endeavour to reach a good understanding with her and

sympathise with her.

According to the Consul-General's notion apparently

two periods have been fixed in the Chinese movement for

emancipation: that, when a unified Chinese Government has

been established and when there will be no objection to the

Chinese movement to improve the international position of

China, and, previously to this, that, during which he can

only have a good understanding and a sympathetic attitude

with China. Before I give an explanation of the words, "Good understanding" and "Sympathetic attitude", I must make clear the points of dispute between Nationalism and Imperialism.

At the 1st All-China Representative Conference of the Kuomintang, it was clearly published that no rectification

and unification of China could be realized, unless

international equality could be secured for her, for all Chinese reactionary influence is closely related with Imperialism, and therefore any movement for the emancipation of the Chinese race must begin with the question of its international position. Many proofs of the correctness of

this view can be found in the propaganda of the Kuomintang. The Imperialists advocate strongly that China must be first unified before her international equality can be secured. From this explanation which the British Imperialists offer in their memorandum, we can now learn that they do not differ much from what they were, except in so far as they now give

a frank explanation, and are not so vague as before. We must know that the capture of Peking and the establishment

of a unified Government are matters of no difficulty, and

we