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Show Chinese Reds Take Helm To pur Nation in War j By H. R. EKINS (Copyright, 1937, for The Telegram) NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (UP) The Chinee communist party, after 10 years of wandering in the wilderness, seems to have come into its own as a guiding force in what remains of a government in China after six months of undeclared war with Japan. While Japanese are extending their control throughout rich Shan- . . ton. United Press THIRD S'Pt100", J,nT . . Hankow Indicate ARTICLE that the red lead-I.V lead-I.V SERIES rs are becoming 1 I the mouthpieces of China. "The central headquarters of the Chinese communist party wishes to announce to ths entire nation that it is strengthening intimate cooperation cooper-ation between the Kuomintang (nationalist (na-tionalist party) and the communist party," ths communist spokesman says. "The Chinese communist party has decided to cooperate with the Kuomintang, not only during the resistance campaign against the Japanese but also, after eventual victory. In the work of constructing aTTHW Ctitng." ' Objective Outlined This manifesto Is the most important im-portant the reds have issued since Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, a year ago. decided to legalize the Chinese communist party in order to obtain his own release from captivity cap-tivity at Sian Fu. Shensi province, where he was held hostage. Boldly taking the role of policymaker, policy-maker, the Chinese soviet spokesmen spokes-men now assert that "at the present dangerous juncture the Chinese communist party would like to suggest sug-gest that the Chinese nation ahouid: "1. Mobilize all the national military, material, financial and manpower resources of all China, "3. Consolidate, unify and enlarge en-large the national revolutionary armies. "3. Strengthen the national government. "4. Organize the masses to enable en-able them to assist the resistance campaign. "3. Enlarge the International propaganda work." Army Numbers 200,004 The Chinese communist party, which has assumed the role of leader lead-er in China at a time when Japanese Japa-nese arms havs amaahed th Kuomintang Kuo-mintang government, is no upstart organization. For mors than ten years it haa had a government of Its own in Chinese territory under its military control. In Nanchang, Kiansl province, prov-ince, as long ago aa 1929 the Chinese Chi-nese soviet republic had its own military establishment, its own government gov-ernment commissars and Us own armies. It hss maintained Its military establishment es-tablishment intact Now Chu Tsh and Mao Tze-tung, the military brains of the reds, command wall organized and well disciplined armies of 240,000 men. During the last six months of hostilities Japan haa asserted that her enemy in China was the Kuomintang Kuo-mintang and that It had to be smashed. Now the Japanese, having hav-ing achieved their objective against the nationalists, will find themselves them-selves with a closely knit red organisation or-ganisation to challenge their presence pres-ence on Chinese soil |