IF THERE IS COMMON ASPIRATION FOR COMBATING COMMUNISM, THEN MY ENEMY'S
ENEMY IS MY GOOD FRIEND

5 December 1925

[Text] After enumeration the eight counts against the National Government,
Liu Chih-lu [0491 1807 7120] and others, in their telegram, add an "Alas!"
paragraph and continue by stating: "In sum, when sending troops to quell
rebellions, punish the criminal, and save the people, if there is common
aspiration for combating communism, then my enemy's enemy is my good friend.
An army is strong when its cause is just. No combat is required to determine
the outcome. Those with Heaven on their side will prosper, and the right
and wrong are not hard to distinguish." The titled addresses of Liu's
telegram, such as Executive Tuan [3008], the Ministers and Vice-Ministers
of the Ministries, Commissioners, Superintendents, and Governors Chang
[1728], Hsiao [5618], Chao [6392], Fang [2455], and Chou [0719], and Messrs
Ts'en [1478], Wu [0702], K'ang [1660], and Liang [2733], are naturally comrades with common aspirations to combat communism, but what about Governor
(Chin) of Hong Kong and Prime Minister Baldwin in London? Are they not also
comrades with common aspirations to combat communism? Yet their titles are
not listed. Furthermore, Governor Chin helped with such large amounts of
money and weapons and protected the commanding headquarters set up by Commander in Chief Ch'en [7115] in Hong Kong. His aspirations to combat communism are clear like the sun and the stars, and yet he was left out! One
truly cannot understand the intent! The sentences at the end of the telegram, "an army is strong when its cause is just," etc., are even more confusing. He is actually writing a eulogy to the National Government!

CHENG-CHIH CHOU-PAO, No 1, Canton Cheng-chih Chou-pao Press, 5 December