Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXVI, Number 17, 20 August 1941 — Reds In China Vow All Out Aid To Chiang [ARTICLE]

Reds In China Vow All Out Aid To Chiang

CHUGKI3SG, — Germany's invaaion of Russia not only clarifies the. jnternational situatiO!i bv placing China's doscst friend> on an active anti-aggression l'ront, l>ut bi<is to ea»e ■ Chiua's internai political s&css and strain. Botl\ are Kuommiuiig and Com- ( munist purty kadtrs agree tliat thc ; new alignment shou!d t'acilitate the | elīminaūon of point of friction and i cncourage closer and more v>liokj hcarted cooperation. The support of Chinese Communists for their diinlj veiled hostility toward America anīi Britain, and the recent conclusioii ui tlie Japanese-Soviet pact lud some\vhat stunulated Uie long c.\i,-1 ing friction betweea tlic Communiit; and ilie Kuoniintong pm t\. Tliese sources of friciiim art lieved to liave bcui largii elinun ated by Germanj & m\ oi Russia, the pronipt uf.p<.rt offcmi | the U.S.-S.R, by Brttam and īlk | United States and the growing i Japanese doubts of tlie value of the [ JafMUiese-Soviet pact. ; Kuomintang leaders, who haw i aiways lield that the Chinese Cotui munists maintained considerahk I lovalt>- to Moscow, feel that a< a j resuit of the new international aiigttments that the loy;dty is bound to pr<»npt the Chinese to cooperate more, anīl more wīllingly. Ib othcr word, the> believc th u the accession of the U,S.S.R. to tho *'A.U.C. front" (Amorican Chma) is bound to bring . Chinese conrmunists. The Chinese Reds were dou!u fulst first due h) a rumor Oiai !>i ; ; «in m!ght Mn Ado!f Hitlor in antt-Hokfievist war. Thev apparvntlv reassurvd by'rnnv MinishT \Vinston Churchill Pre<idcnt Roosevelt when Uk haw ers pk>dped the ?upport of >.' mpect»ve msfttries to sfosrinA 1 In addition to these factor». :!u ' iias t»een a certain amount cf ui,; enee that both sides \verv wilh; ' u» let b\-gones be bvgoncs and mow to\vard a chvser understsndm.u An example \vas the rxxcni <.di torial b\ thc Ta Kut\g Vam ( ing gratiftcaUon at thc rvccipt oj, affidal nc«-s that t!i« KcdV IML !uj coojk<.... ' w •' '

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whioh evoryone must supp«rt. - j Communists r«vognizo nn<l M'pi' I this core nnd this ]eadershi]>." ' ri)ou sai(! the Communist< n;• ogui/.ed and applaudcd the prog re*s nnd development within !'v Kuumint.mg whkh lu U nnea sentifll to victQry. . He said the CommunistV opj>. sition to the Kuomintang \va? di-' rerted onlv against the "<lie-h; l rd< ~| i nnd denied charge? thnt the C\>m | munists vvished to set up their own "iw" and overthrow the Kuomin♦ang. • | Tn ;iddition to these favor;\l>h*! signs. there i? the general recognition that Britain and the United I States are most desirous that tio [-open bteak should occur between the two Chinese factions_ īn vit\v of the existing situation. there appears to be a growing tendenrv t agree oompletely with these <?e^īn-.