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to increase the strength of the revolution against imperialism and
the KMT. The oppressed minorities such as the Mongols, Tibetans,
Koreans, Annamites, Miaos, etc., are all oppressed by Chinese monarchs,
militerists, etc. General Geng Yu-hsiang massacred the Mohammedans
in Kansu, while General Pei Tsung-shi butchered the
Miaos in Kwangsi, to mention but two recent examples of the Kuomintang
in maltreating the minorities. On the other hand, the ruling
classes of the minorities, such as princes, living Buddas, Lamas, etc.,
have allied with the KMT in oppressing and exploiting the mass of
people, especially the toilers. In the case of Tibet, Sinkiang and
Inner Mongolia, the ruling classes have directly surrendered to imperialism
and accelerated the colonization of their country.
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The Soviets, on the other hand, are decisively against the ex-
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ploitation of the minorities by imperialism and the KMT. The constitution
of the Soviets, as passed by the First Soviet Congress in
November, 1931, is quite clear on this point (Article 14):
“Soviet China recognizes the complete self-determination of
the minorities who may go so far as to secede and form independent
free states. Soviet China shall see to it that the minorities
be freed from the misrule of imperialism and KMT and secure
complete emancipation from the misrule of their won princes and
NOT FOR
COMMERCIAL
Lamas. In this regard the Soviets will gladly aid the minorities
in carrying out this task. The Soviets will permit the development
of national culture and languages among these minorities.”
Article 15 of the same constitution provides that
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“Soviet China will give the right of asylum to the revolutionaries
either from the nationalities in China or from other countries
who should have been persecuted by the reactionary rule;
it will help them in securing complete victory for the revolutionary
movement sponsored by them.”
The fact that any Korean, Annam and Taiwan comrades attended
the First Soviet Congress and the Second Soviet Congress is a concrete
proof that the Soviet means what it says. The common revolutionary
interests will unite the toilers of China with those of the
minorities in a firm alliance. The free union of nationalities will
replace national oppression, an event that is possible only under the