A Work Report to the Whole Electorate
by the Provisional Government of the Chinese
Soviets on Its First Anniversary
(November 7, 1932)
Comrades of the Whole Electorate:
Today is the first anniversary of the establishment of the Provisional Central
Government of the Chinese Soviets. As prescribed by the First National Congress of Workers', Peasants', and Soldiers' Deputies, the Provisional Central
Government is making a brief report to the entire electorate on its work in the
past year and the execution of its policies. We also welcome opinions and suggestions of all voters regarding the past work and future political direction of
their own political power, namely, the Soviet power.
Before reporting on our work, we will first say a few words about the political
situation and its development during the past year. Then we will report on the
political orientation which the Central Government adopted in the light of these
circumstances and how these policies were carried out.
Comrades! The political changes and development in the past year have been
advancing more rapidly in all respects than in the previous year. The following
are the major characteristics:
1. In the world today, the socialist Soviet Union is even more consolidated
and prosperous, while the capitalist world is constantly declining. The opposition
between the two systems has never been so sharp.
2. The tide of the world revolution is rising daily. The proletariat in all
countries is daily placing itself under the leadership of the Communist Party,
while the fascist dictatorships in the imperialist countries are spreading daily,
forming the phenomenon of two polar extremes.
3. The danger of an imperialist war, and especially of a war directed against
the Soviet Union, is becoming very acute.
Because the international situation is developing dramatically, imperialism
is ever more eager to divide up China, the Soviet Central Government has
been established, and the situation in China is becoming ever more acute. Therefore, in the course of the present year:
1. With the continuing and victorious development of the Soviet Government, the Guomindang government is weakening and disintegrating. The opposition between these two hostile régimes has reached an extremely fierce stage.
2. The national economy of the whole country is on the verge of total collapse. The White areas under the reign of the imperialist Guomindang have
suffered great floods, droughts, and plagues. The armed massacres of the Japan-ese imperialists have inflicted unprecedented disasters and sacrifices on tens of
thousands of worker and peasant masses.
3. The revolutionary crises throughout the country are growing daily and
becoming more acute. The high tide of the anti-imperialist movement has developed into a national-revolutionary war against Japan. The volunteer armies in the
Three Northeastern Provinces alone boast a total of 500,000 men. The soviet
movement in particular, under the correct leadership of the Chinese Communist
Party, has achieved unprecedented new development in the past year and has
become the banner of national liberation for the workers and peasants of all
China.
4. Therefore, in attacking the Chinese revolution, the imperialists have turned
from covertly assisting the Guomindang warlords to overt armed repression.
Japan has occupied the Three Northeastern Provinces and attacked Shanghai,
and most recently has made an active assault on Rehe. Imperialists of all nations
are actively carving up China. They organize and direct the Guomindang warlords to attack the Chinese soviets and Red Army. The danger of direct imperialist assaults on the Chinese revolution is increasing day by day.
5. The Guomindang and the warlords have openly capitulated to imperialism.
In addition to selling out the Three Northeastern Provinces and signing an agreement to sell out Shanghai, they are just now engaged in betraying Rehe and the
whole of China. Accepting completely the directives of the imperialists, they
have concentrated all their forces to wage four large-scale "Encirclement At-
tacks" against the soviets and the Red Army. They are now actively engaged in
preparations for another massive offensive against the Central [Soviet] Area.
As for the political situation during the past year, because of the victorious
unfolding of the revolution, the balance of class forces has undergone a dramatic
change. That is to say, revolutionary power has been increasing and strengthening daily, while the reactionary forces have been weakening and disintegrating.
We have reached a most critical historical moment in which revolution is waging
a life-or-death struggle with counterrevolution.
In the midst of these political changes and developments, the Central Government has grasped these changes and developments to lead and organize the
worker and peasant masses of the whole country, to develop the revolutionary
war, to win new victories for the soviet revolution, and to fight for the national
liberation of the workers and peasants of the whole country.


At the beginning of this year, we adopted an overall policy of taking key
cities and achieving initial victory in Jiangxi, in order to lead the national-revolutionary war against the Japanese and the Guomindang in the country as a whole.
In February, the Red Army launched active offensives in Jiangxi and occupied
Shanghang, Wuping, and Ninghua. Moreover, on April 5, we formally declared
war on Japan. Leading and organizing the worker-peasant masses of the whole
country, we will wage a national-revolutionary war to expel all imperialists from
China, guarantee China's territorial integrity, and fight for the genuine independence and liberation of the Chinese nation. At the same time, to achieve this
goal, we must first of all overthrow the tool of imperialist domination, the
Guomindang régime. We must also expand outward actively and seize key cities,
as prerequisites for engaging the Japanese. Therefore we led the Red Army in
occupying Zhangzhou and Nanjing, and eliminated the armies of warlord Zhang
Zhen. When the Guomindang signed the agreement to sell out Shanghai, the
Central Soviet [Government] made a public declaration opposing and negating
this agreement, and called on the worker-peasant masses all over the country to
arm themselves and wage a national-revolutionary war against the imperialist
Guomindang.

At this time, after the Red Army of Hubei-Henan-Anhui occupied Huang'an
xian, it seized Huangchuan in southeastern Henan, and Liuan and Huoshan in
western Anhui, and the West Hubei-Hunan Red Army occupied the whole of
central Hubei, greatly expanding the size of the soviet areas. A new soviet area
was set up in Shanxi and Gansu. Thus, because of the victories and development
of the Soviet Red Army, the imperialist Guomindang quickly signed an agreement to sell out Shanghai, concentrated the reactionary forces all over the country, and maneuvered over eighty divisions of warlord troops to attack the
[Chinese] Soviet Red Army throughout the country. They first attacked the soviet areas in West Hunan-Hubei and on the Hubei-Henan-Anhui border. At that
time the Central Government was leading the Red Army and the worker-peasant
masses all over the country to attack actively and on all fronts, in order to smash
the four "Encirclement Attacks" by the imperialist Guomindang. Under the leadership of the Central Government, the soviet areas and the Red Army all over the
country won ten unprecedented victories one after the other in Hubei-Henan-
Anhui. They eradicated the attacking Sichuan army in West Hunan-Hubei and
won great victories in Northeast Jiangxi, the Hunan-Hubei border, and the
Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi border. On its way back from Zhangzhou, the Red Army
of the Central Area routed the long-renowned tough Seventeenth and Eighteenth
regiments of the Guangdong warlords. This dealt a heavy blow to the enemies from
Guangdong who were invading the Soviet Area. The Red Army wiped out a total of
ten divisions of the White army, routed more than twenty divisions, and captured
some 50,000 guns and countless other army supplies. This was really an unprecedented great victory. Later, the Central Base Area Red Army turned north, wiped out
the whole of Gao Shuxun's division, and occupied the three towns of Yi[huang],

Le['an], and Nan[feng]. It advanced close to Fuzhou and threatened Nanchang.
The consecutive Red Army victories in the north sent the Guomindang into a
desperate struggle to save itself from destruction, and presently they are going all
out trying to launch a general offensive against the Central Area and the two
flanks-Northeast Jiangxi and the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi (area).
Comrades! Because of the victories of the revolution, the counterrevolutionaries are trying to rescue their moribund rule by concentrating their
strength in launching increasingly large attacks on the revolution.
Comrades! This is the crucial moment when revolution and counterrevolution
are engaged with one another in a life-and-death class struggle.
At present, the Provisional Central Government is resolutely leading the
worker and peasant masses of the whole country to smash the massive offensive
by the imperialist Guomindang. We have issued emergency mobilization orders
to soviet areas and to the Red Army throughout the country, mobilizing all the
worker and peasant masses in the soviet areas and all the Red Army soldiers to
carry out a better-coordinated offensive strategy. We will break through one
enemy flank first, actively develop soviet areas all around, and win over the
broad masses of workers and peasants who live there. We will vigorously expand
the Red Army, and expand and strengthen the armed forces of the worker-peasant masses, the Red Guard armies. We will consolidate and go deeply into the
present soviet territory, store up sufficient money and food, mobilize all possible
forces, prepare all economic resources and provisions, eliminate more enemies
through victorious attacks, thoroughly smash the massive offensive of the
enemy, and achieve initial victory in Jiangxi. This is the urgent task before us.
This is what all our worker-peasant masses should strive and struggle for, in
order to win a complete class victory.
Now we turn to a report on the action of the Central Government in carrying
out all laws and decrees in the past year. Both the promulgation and implementation
of these laws and decrees are intended to provide substantial guarantees for the class
interests of the workers and peasants and to win victory for the soviets all over
China, in order to achieve the total liberation of the worker and peasant classes.
A. By thoroughly carrying out the Land Law, investigating the redistribution
of land everywhere, strictly overseeing and advising governments at all levels on
how to apply the land laws, and sending people directly from the Center on
several occasions to make actual investigations, the Central Government has
ensured that the benefits of the agrarian revolution are being enjoyed by poor
and middle peasants and farm laborers, not usurped by rich peasants. In most
places land has indeed been confiscated from the despotic landlords and the evil
gentry and their families, and rich peasants have had their land confiscated and
been given pieces of poor land, so that the poor and middle peasants and farm
laborers have received actual benefits. In some places, however, because of
deficiencies in the local governments, the land law has not yet been swiftly,
thoroughly, and completely applied. This is a serious shortcoming.

B. As regards the application of the Labor Law, the first point to discuss is
that governments at all levels demonstrate a tendency to slow down the work in
carrying out this law. The Central Government has engaged in many resolute
struggles against these tendencies, but even though an investigation system has
been established, the work done has not been very realistic or thorough. At
present, in the cities a substantial part of the Labor Law has been carried out-the eight-hour day, the break system, collective bargaining, and so on. There is
still, however, a lot that has not been carried out. Especially in the countryside,
the Labor Law has not yet been concretely applied. This is detrimental to the
safeguarding of the workers' interests. We should openly recognize that this is a
mistake, which should be corrected immediately.
C. There have been considerable achievements in carrying out economic policies during the past year. The resumption of commerce has, in particular, enabled importation of the daily necessities of the worker-peasant masses to
continue uninterrupted in spite of the enemy's embargo. In order to increase
production, industry and trade investment regulations have been issued, but the
soviets still do not export as many products as they import, mainly because of the
enemy blockade and the flight of the capitalists. In carrying out economic policies, however, governments at all levels have made another sort of mistake,
which is that in some places undue concessions have been made to the capitalists, thereby harming the interests of the masses of workers.
In addition, a National Bank has been founded to issue paper currency and
coins, forming the basis of a unified monetary system to coordinate financial
activities. At the same time, loan regulations have also been issued for the
convenience of the worker-peasant masses who need temporary loans.
Tax regulations have been issued and all the numerous heavy taxes of the
Guomindang and warlords have been completely abolished. Progressive taxation
has been put into practice, to place the heavier tax burden on the capitalists, the
rich peasants, and the wealthy. Red Army soldiers, workers, farm laborers, and
coolies are exempt from taxation. The impoverished masses are either exempt
from taxation or enjoy a reduction in taxes.
D. Carrying out the Regulations on Preferential Treatment of Red Army Soldiers:
the Central Government has decided on concrete measures for putting into effect
preferential treatment as stipulated in the regulations. In the vast majority of cases
land has been set aside for Red Army soldiers who are from outside areas, and the
masses have been led to organize cultivation teams to help the Red Army families
till their land. The post office has put into practice the policy of delivering free of
charge Red Army soldiers' letters to their families. A Red Army pension policy
has been promulgated, and pension committees have been organized. In addition,
to encourage and give preferential treatment to worker-peasant masses and government employees who lead or participate in the war effort, pension regulations
on war casualties for Red Guards and government employees have also been
promulgated. It has, however, been discovered on investigation that many ad-

Administrative bodies have not carried the policies through and have slowed down
the process. Especially lacking is their ability to lead the masses very well in
helping Red Army soldiers' families, which is an extremely serious problem. In
some places (Changting in Fujian, for example) it has even happened that government employees not only fail to carry out the regulations on preferential
treatment for Red Army soldiers, but actually turn around and demand that the
masses give preferential treatment to them. This action is completely illegal.
Besides severely punishing these elements who go slow or violate the law, the
Central Government calls on all worker-peasant comrades to fight these selfish
elements and to supervise vigilantly local governments in resolutely carrying out
this action.
E. Establishing a correct line toward and a legal process for the elimination
of counterrevolutionaries: There have been great achievements in the past year.
The past errors of ignoring class distinctions and priorities have been rectified,
corporal punishment has been completely abolished, and a structure for the State
Security Bureau has been established to carry out the work of eliminating counterrevolutionaries. The Central Committee has established a Provisional Supreme
Court and various levels of judicial departments, and formulated principles on
the execution of counterrevolutionaries and on how to handle counterrevolutionary cases. In this process, however, cases have been discovered in which counterrevolutionaries were pardoned or released. Although the Central Committee
has since tried hard to correct it, this sort of mistake still exists to some extent at
all levels of government. Now that the enemy is launching massive attacks,
counterrevolutionaries are bound to use this opportunity to become more active.
Especially in the face of the Guomindang effort to unite all reactionary forces in
their offensive, the problem of eliminating counterrevolutionaries has become
increasingly important to safeguarding our victory. All voter comrades should
unite as one to help the government eliminate all counterrevolutionary factions-the AB Corps, the Social Democratic Party, the Trotskyite-Chen Duxiu
Liquidationists, the Third Party, the Reorganization Clique, and so on and their
activities, and eliminate all feudal and superstitious organizations and activities
used by the counterrevolutionaries the Big Sword Society, the One Heart Soci-ety, the Idlers' Society, the Boy Scouts, the Red Spear Society, and so on.
F. To protect the rights of women, the Central Government first issued the
Marriage Law to eliminate totally the old feudal marriage system, carry out
freedom of marriage, and guarantee all the rights of women in divorce and
marriage. In carrying out this law, in practice many government leaders have
completely violated the law and instead have upheld the feudal marriage system.
Many worker and peasant comrades still do not understand that instituting the
freedom of marriage means eliminating feudal remnants totally, and protecting
the rights of women, and therefore much squabbling has occurred. In order to
protect the rights of women, the Central Government will severely punish all
governments and their officials who violate the Marriage Law. But it hopes that


all worker-peasant comrades will necessarily come to realize that the old practices of husbands beating wives, mercenary marriages, and maltreatment of child
brides are part of the feudal system. Our revolution can succeed only if the
feudal forces are totally eliminated and imperialism is overthrown, so everyone
should unite in supporting the execution of this law. In order to carry out concretely the protection of women's rights, the Central Committee has declared and
established various levels of Committees for the Improvement of Women's
Lives to take charge of this task.
G. To consolidate and strengthen the mainstay of the revolutionary war-the
Workers' and Peasants' Red Army-a political commissar system has been set
up and a set of regulations for political work has been issued. A large-scale Red
Army Academy has been founded, which has trained quite a number of new
cadres and enhanced the military techniques of the Red Army. The Red Army is
being expanded and methods for expansion of the army have been decided upon
(Directive No. 15). In the past, however, governments at all levels have not
considered the expansion of the Red Army an important item on their agendas,
and have not used political propaganda and agitation to rouse the masses to join
the army actively and voluntarily, but have rather used coercion and giving
orders. Some administrative bodies in particular have lacked thoroughness in
carrying out the regulations on preferential treatment. All of this is tantamount to
impeding the work of expanding the Red Army. The Central Government has
recently been making forceful efforts to rectify these mistakes. At present, expanding the Red Army is an essential condition for guaranteeing complete victory in war. Especially in order to eliminate more of the attacking enemies,
greater efforts must be made to expand the Red Army.
Comrades! To gain complete victory in the war, everyone must enthusiastically join the Red Army!
In order to arm all the masses of workers and peasants, the Central Government has specially issued the organizational principles, training methods, and
tasks of the Red Guard Army. The Red Guard Army and Young Pioneers have
been established, with several hundred thousand members. Only by arming the
whole of the worker-peasant masses can we form the greatest class military
force, which will be able to destroy any enemy completely.
H. In accordance with our economic policies, we have decided on a financial
system and policy orientation. Financial regulations have been formally issued,
and finances are to be unified, in order to root out strictly the old phenomenon of
independent accounting systems. As regards deciding on a fiscal year and establishing a system for budget proposal and approval, some xian in the Central Area
have already had success in this work, and some have not yet eliminated [bad
practices). As regards punishing corruption and waste in particular, some governments are still unable to carry this out. The greatest achievements are having
rectified the old financial policy of just robbing the local bullies, the rectification
of tax collection, and establishing a financial basis, especially in terms of supply-

ing the Red Army, thereby greatly reducing the Red Army's fund-raising burden,
enabling the Red Army to concentrate all its resources on developing and waging
the revolutionary war.
The primary use for funds is to develop the war front and to supplement
expenditure on the revolutionary war. The first issue of 600,000 [yuan] of revolutionary war bonds was quickly sold, with the support of the broad masses of
workers and peasants. This was truly a great help in advancing the war effort.
Recently, the second round of bonds has been put on sale, for the purpose of
thoroughly smashing the enemy's massive assault. Comrades! To purchase
bonds eagerly is to participate actively in the war effort!
I. In establishing an educational administrative system, formalizing the primary school system, founding primary schools in each township, actively training primary school teachers, and founding the Lenin Teachers' College, there
have been considerable achievements. As far as adult education and a literacy
campaign are concerned, however, substantial forces have not yet been gathered
to carry them out, and they have not been developed widely. This is a very great
shortcoming.
J. As for the establishment and reorganization of transportation and communications, regulations on road and bridge repairs have been issued and various
levels of government have been supervised in carrying them out. Considerable
achievements have been recorded in this respect, especially in terms of military
transportation. In addition, the postal system in the Central Area has been unified
and a standardized postal system has been established, which is a great help to
military and worker-peasant communications.
In addition, in order to develop the economy of the soviet areas and support
the interests of the worker and peasant masses, regulations on cooperatives have
been promulgated to aid and lead the cooperative movement everywhere. At the
same time, we have directed this year's spring plowing and increased production
in the countryside. We have led governments at all levels in helping to solve
various problems involved in spring plowing, such as the problem of draft cattle,
seeds, and farm tools. It has been decided that a tree-planting movement will
take place every spring. To guarantee the health of the workers and peasants,
regulations on inoculations have been issued and anti-epidemic campaigns have
been launched in various locations. Where the enemy inflicted extensive damage
during the three campaigns last year,¹ the Central Committee has made use of
some funds for relief to the local masses, and at the same time led the Red Army
and governments at all levels in rescue campaigns to donate draft cattle, funds,
and clothes.
Comrades! This is a general account of what the Central Government has
done over the past year in its administrative role. The main shortcoming is that
not all tasks could be thoroughly carried out, and that not all work was done

1. I.e., during the first three "Encirclement and Suppression" campaigns.

thoroughly. We hope that all comrade voters will criticize and make suggestions
regarding our past administrative work, that they will enthusiastically participate
in all the government's administrative functions, and that they will supervise and
assist governments at all levels to carry out thoroughly all programs and laws!
This year, the Central Government has put a lot of effort and attention into
building the soviets.
1. It has issued regulations governing the division of administrative areas,
in order to facilitate leadership of the present struggle.
2. It has established a system of urban and township soviet deputies' conferences, and laid the basis for worker-peasant soviets at the lower levels.
3. Based on the principle of the workers' and peasants' dictatorship, it has
laid down principles and methods for soviet elections, correcting the previous
erroneous election process in which class origin was disregarded.
4. It has prescribed organization and work methods for local soviets.
5. In order to establish strong and capable soviets and to formulate the
basic principles of soviet organization and its tasks, the Central Government
proclaimed soon after its founding that a reelection and reformation of the local
soviets should be carried out, from the bottom to the top. A significant number of
worker-peasant masses were mobilized to participate in the soviet elections, and
the broad masses of workers and peasants were called in to participate in government affairs and in urban and township deputies' conferences. Class-alien elements hiding within the government were expelled, and elements who engaged
in slowdowns and corruption were expelled from the soviets. But because mobilization at all levels of government was insufficient, we have not fully achieved
our purpose. Recently it has been further proclaimed that we will continue to
reform the local governments, the criterion being to make them better in leading
the war and in carrying out policies.
6. It has established an inspection system and a system to check on work
progress, to carry out the inspection of the work of the local soviets. In actuality,
however, to date they have not yet been fully established.
7. In order to supervise government employees and to prevent bureaucratic corruption, and to strengthen the inspection work of the workers and
peasants, prosecution bureaus have been established at all levels and the organization and work of the task forces has been determined. This job and these
organizations have not, however, been able to attract the participation of various
mass organizations and worker-peasant activists, and therefore they have not had
any real influence.
8. It has established urban people's police stations to check on registered
household members, but this work has just begun in a few cities and most of
them have not actually been established.
9. It has proclaimed and carried out the organization of labor reform
camps.
10. It has issued guidelines for the organization and tasks of various departments and established an administrative system and work [assignments] for the
various departments.
11. It has held soviet staff training courses to train soviet cadres.
12. Because the organization is as yet incomplete, the various commissariats of the Central Government are not yet able to carry out fully the tasks
of each commissariat and the work of the administrative system at all levels.
Of course there has been much progress to date in the organization and work
of the soviets, but there remain as well many shortcomings and imperfections. In
the current efforts to smash the massive enemy assault, we must build strong and
capable soviets to lead the worker-peasant masses in expanding the war and
defeating the enemy attacks. This requires that all voter comrades participate
actively in reforming the soviets and perfecting the organization and work of the
soviets.
The last point to discuss is the Central Government's direction of and relationship with the local soviet governments in localities throughout the country.
Because at present the various soviet areas in the country are not all connected with one another, and there are communications difficulties plus barriers
formed by White regions, all this adds to the difficulty of the conditions in which
the Central Government carries out its work of directing the soviet areas all over
the country. Consequently the presence of the Central Government is felt only in
Jiangxi and Fujian provinces and in Ruijin xian, which is under the direct jurisdiction of the Central Government. As for other places such as the Hunan-
Jiangxi border area and the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi border area, even though they
are relatively close, traffic blockades sometimes make it impossible to communicate by mail. As for the Hubei-Henan-Anhui border area, Northeast Jiangxi,
Qiongya in Guangdong, the East River, and the Left and Right Rivers in
Guangxi, they are of course even further away, making direct communication
often impossible, so that aside from exerting political leadership, giving guidance about the work is difficult. The Central Government is making every effort
to lead the soviet areas all over the country to expand actively and to seize the
key cities that stand in the way of linking up the soviet areas—Ganzhou, Ji'an,
Nanchang, and Fuzhou—aiming at complete victory first in Jiangxi, and then merging the soviet areas all over the country into one enormous piece of territory!
The Central Government regularly leads and supervises work in Jiangxi, Fu-
jian, and Ruijin, but we do not feel that this is sufficient. Further efforts must be
made.
Comrade voters! Under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, this
year the primary political orientation established and carried out by the Central
Soviet [Government] has been to develop the revolutionary war, to safeguard
past victories with more soviet victories, and to fight for the national liberation
of the Chinese workers and peasants. Therefore, the main component in all our
work has been the war effort. At the same time, all the shortcomings and
weaknesses in the work are manifested in the inability of the work to adapt to the

developments and needs of the revolution. This is a tremendous inadequacy. It is
our hope that all comrade voters will examine these shortcomings and help the
Soviet Government overcome them. This will make the soviets stronger and
more capable of completing their great historic task.
Comrades! This year, the revolution has made great progress. In particular,
the soviet movement under the Central Government has attained unprecedented
growth nationwide. The Red Army has won unprecedented victories. In response, the counterrevolutionaries greatly stepped up their attacks on the revolution, pushing the class struggle to the stage of a life-and-death struggle.
Comrade voters! Seeing the victorious development of the worker-peasant
revolution, the counterrevolutionaries go all out to suppress and resist the revolution. The despotic gentry, landlords, and capitalists are attempting daily to seize
back their land, to go on collecting rent, to reduce wages, and to lengthen
working hours, all to restore their exploitation of the toiling masses of workers
and peasants. The Guomindang warlords are going all out to attack the soviets
and the Red Army, because the soviets constitute the political power of the
workers and peasants and because the Red Army is their army. Representing the
imperialists, the despotic gentry, the landlords, and the capitalists, the
Guomindang warlords constitute an enemy who is attacking the toiling masses of
workers and peasants. This is a class struggle to the death.
Comrades! The imperialists and the Guomindang are the deadly enemies of
our class! If we do not overthrow imperialism and the rule of the Guomindang,
we have no way to guarantee the victory of agrarian revolution or to win total
victory for our class.
Comrades! We will use war as a means to shatter the Fourth Encirclement
Attack by the imperialists and the Guomindang, to win victory first in Jiangxi,
and to send the Guomindang to its grave! Drive imperialism out of China!
Comrade voters! The Central Government has issued an emergency war mobilization order! The Red Army is actively attacking the enemy at the front, has
defeated the enemy on one flank, and has occupied the four towns of Lichuan,
Jianning, Taining, and Shaowu! Let all mobilize as one!
Rush to join the Red Army! Strengthen the Red Army forces to eliminate the
invading enemies!
All male and female comrades, worker and peasant comrades, join the Red
Guard armies and Young Pioneers! Take up arms and attack the enemy!
Actively expand outward, enlarge the soviet areas, and strengthen the forces
of revolutionary war!
Actively attack the enemy and do not allow the enemy to harass the soviet areas!
Buy bonds enthusiastically! Pay land taxes quickly! Store up grain! Solidify
the war economy!
Quickly destroy all city walls and former enemy fortresses!
Actively carry out the task of eliminating counterrevolutionaries! Eliminate
all activity of reactionary factions!

Tighten the Red martial law! Don't let a single enemy spy into the Soviet
Area!
Comrades! As we celebrate the first anniversary of the establishment of the
Central Government, the war is at a truly critical moment. Let victory in the war
serve to commemorate the glorious holiday of the October Revolution and to
support the Soviet Government!
Comrade voters! The present situation is most favorable to the development
of our revolution. Our soviet areas are expanding! The Workers' and Peasants'
Red Army is growing stronger! The masses of workers and peasants are increasing in number! The enemy's force is weakened! We have the prerequisites for
victory. Our slogan is, "Everything for war, away with all hesitation, concentrate
all our forces, prepare for any sacrifice, this time we will certainly win."

The Provisional Chinese Soviet Central Government
Chairman
Vice-Chairmen
Mao Zedong
Xiang Ying
Zhang Guotao
--- Notes

This document was first published in Hongse Zhonghua, no. 39, November 7, 1932. We
have translated it from Mao Zedong ji. Bujuan, Vol. 4, pp. 91-103, which has reproduced
the report from that source.