CO129-499-3 Canton situation- governor's despatches 12-2-1927 - 10-3-1927 — Page 85

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is never affraid of enemies.

Anybody who dares to oppose

the Nationalist Army, will be passing a death sentence on himself. Why? Because the forces of the enemy have

never been in touch with the people but are indeed entirely

out of sympathy with them. Therefore they were defeated

in every battle. Our forces are composed of the people

and are therefore the people's own forces. It was for

this reason that we won wherever we fought. It has

now been resolved at the Military Conference that when the

South-eastern region has been tranquilized, we must

work hard to get the huomintang work carried out among

the troops, so as to convert them into proper ammies

of the people. After all, our war in Chekiang is not

a part of that we have just waged, but it is distinctly

another northern expedition that we have begun. The

difficulty and hardship we have experienced are not all

over for us, and we have also the present crisis to cope

with. I hope all our Comrades will exert themselves in

war as well as in propaganda, and we must make the masses

understand that the defeat of the Revolutionary Army will

mean their own destruction. If we make up our minds to

work together, we shall be able easily to overthrow militarism and Imperialism, and establish a strong Chinese

Republic. This is the sum of my military report.

But I have one more thing to tell you, and that

九点 has to do with the tragedies at Hankow and Kiu-kiang,

the details of which you must have all read in the Press.

The British Ambassador has now sent his Counsellor to

Hankow to negotiate with us. We have had a Committee

for the Administration of the Concession organised,

consisting of the Foreign Minister and the Ministers of

Finance and Communication. As to the result, we have

to

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