CO129-500-4 Canton situation- governor's despatches 15-9-1927 - 24-11-1927 — Page 46

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among our Revolutionists will create an opportunity for

the interests of Chang Tso-lin, and this is the first

reason for our disapproval.

Though the problems of our Kuomintang have grown in

complication, yet as the intrigues of the communists for

monopolizing our Party and stirring up dissension among us,

have all been discovered, we can easily take steps to

suppress them and keep them away. If the leaders of our

Party insist on having war on account of the dispute instigated by the Communists, the latter will worm them- selves among the troops and make the responsible talented

members of both parties kill one another and treat one

another with hostility. No matter which Party turns out

victorious or whether both parties are reduced to destruct-

ion, it will only help the growth of the poisonous Commun-

ism and annihilate the talent of our Party. Thus the

dispute in our Party will create an opportunity for the

interests of the Imperialists and the Communists. This is

the second reason for our disapproval.

Since our Northern Expedition last year, several

tens of thousands of our Military Comrades in the 1st and

2nd Army Corps have either been killed or wounded, and a

still greater number of the proletariat at the front was

injured. We expected that enduring our sufferings patiently, we could accomplish our National Revolution

in the shortest possible time, when the killed would find their martyrdom an unforgotten glory and the wounded would

have their reward. If before the accomplishment of our

great enterprise, we abandon our common enemies and resort

to war against one another in our own Party, the killed

and the wounded would have sacrificed in vain, and in case

such a war is prolonged, which will increase casualties

among

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