CO129-499-5 Canton situation- governor's despatches 11-3-1927 - 11-3-1927 — Page 87

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of the victims in Shaki have not yet turned to dust.

It is surely no time to come to friendly terms with you. We have no resource but to increase our agitation against you. I can frankly say that the Chinese Kuomintang is the only body competent to overthrow the Communists. We will not leave it to the reactionaries or the Imperial-

lists to overthrow the Communists. We are striving to

overthrow the Communists in order to save our Kuomintang

and the Nation, to accomplish our Revolution, and to secure emancipation for all the masses of China, and equality and freedom before the world for our Chinese race. We are not working to overthrow the Communists as a counter-revolutionary measure. Our comrades should understand this point clearly. For the future we should not be content merely to congratulate ourselves but should also push on with the work actively and show no sign of flagging. We should never lose sight of our chief aim which is to support the peasants and workmen and overthrow Militarism and Imperialism. We must march forward unitedly and none of us must go astray a single step. We must consolidate our ranks and strive harder.