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The Communists have fomented class warfare among
the workmen and masters in China. Masters and men have
fought like two dogs on a plank bridge, contending for a bone, which in the end dropped into the water and disappeared while both dogs were wounded in the head and died. The President of our Kuomintang, Dr. Sun, was convinced that class warfare could never do China any good. His cardinal principle for the improvement of the standard of living lays it down that capital must be restricted in amount so that the people
will live in the mean between riches and poverty. Big
undertakings like railways and mines will be managed by the Government, and any excess profits accruing from the products of the people's industry will be devoted in turn to promoting the general public welfare, and thus the growth of capitalism will be destroyed root and branch in China. Good laws will be made in the interests of the workmen entitling them to a re-
duction of working hours and a better standard of living. Banking facilities will be given them in connection with loans and investments, and steps will be taken to enable them to insure their lives against sickness or accident. Many other projects in the interests of labour are contemplated and will
have to be carried out in the future. But the interests of
the workmen constitute only a part of the interests of the community. All peasants, workmen, merchants, students and soldiers should work in co-operation to secure the economic
development of China and discover new ways of making their
living. Thus I should suggest as my fifteenth slogan,
and
"Let all peasants, workmen, merchants, students/soldiers unite to foster the economic development of China, and find
new ways of gaining their livelihood".
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