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our Kuomintang. Our eyes were not opened to all the se intrigues before March, and they were revealed only recently. In our Party Purification Movement we should see to it that the principles and policies of our President are realized. It was owing to the power of our military comrades that our Kuomintang was not overthrown. grave responsibility of our Kuomintang rests on the shoulders of our military comrades; so all our military

comrades must be united."

The

(8) Next Tang Yin Wa, member of the Special Council in reporting what had been done in the Party Purification

Movement said,

"Our Party Purification Movement was found necessary chiefly on the discovery of the intrigues the Communists had devised to destroy our Kuomintang. In their intrigues the Communists first wanted to stir up dissension among the members of our Kuomintang by a distinction into Leftists and Rightists, and secondly to mislead the two large classes of workmen and peasants into trusting them- selves to their management. When we were setting out on our Northern Expedition, they denied that the opportunity was ripe for the purpose, and when we had penetrated

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to Wuhan, they did everything within their power to stop our further advance. Later when we occupied Nanchang

and seeing and then Shanghai, they become very uneasy, that the organisations of the Communists could not keep pace with the development of our Northern Expedition, they created disturbances forthwith, realing the inmost nature of their arms. Thus our Party was compelled to deal with them by drastic measures. On the night of the 14th. April I sent out at once as directed armed police to stop all land communications and to have all telephone offices supervised; and at the same time all

communications