CO129-505-4 Labour situation in Canton and effect on Hong Kong- Labour Advisory Board 27-1-1927 - 31-8-1927 — Page 48

ENCLOSURE NO.q...

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(Extract from Wah Tsz Yat Po, Hong Kong, 9th May, 1927)

Manifesto by Tsin Tai Kwan varning Chan Ka Yau and

other reactionary soldiers.

Since anarchy began at Hankow, a state of general

confusion has been manifest and all the underhand intrigues

of the reactionaries have stood revealed. This has put

a stop to our Northern Expedition, and given our enemies

an opportunity to develop their plans, Contention has

arisen among our members, and disastrous damage done

to our Party. Who is responsible for this and who is

the originator of it? Communism has been put to trial

in Soviet Russia with the sole result that innumerable

men perished, and Russia was only saved from destruction

by the introduction of the New Economic Policy. What is

the basic principle of the New Economic Policy? It is

identical with the policy of our late president expressed

in the principle of the advancement of the standard of

living the equal distribution of land and careful restriction of capital. Thus Communis has proved a

failure and the New Economic Policy shown itself to be

the system to be introduced. Our whole aim should be

directed at raising the standard of living. We have

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a most serviceable ferry boat of our own but we did not

make the crossing by it; on the contrary we have attempted to tide the situation over by a borrowed policy which

is no better than a decrepit shoe. Can this be surpassed

anywhere for stupidity? Moreover in the principles of our President no special emphasis has been placed on the

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