DECLARATION ON THE NORTHERN MARCH OF ARMED FORCES FROM KWANGTUNG AND
KWANGSI TO COMBAT JAPANESE AGGRESSION

11 June 1936

[Text] Recently, Japanese imperialism's large troop reinforcement in
Hopeh and Chahar for the direct occupation of North China, its organizing
of nationwide smuggling to destroy China's customs system and national
economy, and its launching of the autonomy movement in Fukien all prove
that it is carrying out its plan to destroy all of China at an unprecedented speed. Not only failing to show the slightest resistance, but
Chiang Kai-shek's Nanking government assists Japanese imperialism in its
aggression everywhere, suppresses all the resist-Japan national salvation
movements of the Chinese people, blocks the eastward march of the Resist-Japan Vanguard Army of the Chinese People's Red Army, signs the "Sino-Japanese Anti-Communist Agreement," leads the wolf into the house,
rejects the dissident in order to create an individual dictatorship, and
enables Japanese imperialism to do as it pleases. At this time when the
Japanese bandits and the shameless traitors are creating havoc in China,
all the patriotic soldiers and compatriots with conscience and enthusiasm
are filled with righteous anger, and they swear to struggle to the bitter
end for the survival of the nation of China!

When Kwangtung and Kwangsi raise high the righteous banner to resist Japan
and send their troops north, and demand that the Nanking government
immediately send troops to resist Japan together, wherever their righteous
voice is heard, the people of the nation become stimulated. On behalf of
the resist-Japan people and resist-Japan Red Army, we wish to express our
respect and support to the patriotic soldiers and compatriots of Kwangtung
and Kwangsi and declare our desire to form a resist-Japan alliance to
their authorities and struggle together. We appeal to the patriotic
soldiers in the entire nation to rise up and respond to the patriotic
compatriots of the nation, expand the resist-Japan and national salvation
movement, and coordinate with the uprising of Kwangtung and Kwangsi. The
current military action against Japan must be expanded to a sacred national
revolutionary war of armed resistance of Japan by the people of the entire
country. Meanwhile, we demand that the Nanking government immediately

repent, accede to the demands of Kwangtung and Kwangsi, and mobilize the
army, navy, and air force of the whole China to march north and resist
Japan. The Chinese People's Red Army is willing to concentrate in Hopeh,
serve as the vanguard to resist Japan, and begin direct confrontation with
Japanese imperialism.

Nevertheless, since Kwangtung and Kwangsi expressed their intentions,
Chiang Kai-shek's Nanking government not only has not indicated any sincerity to accede to their demands, but has delayed time and again, and
openly accused the authorities of Kwangtung and Kwangsi for provoking a
civil war and destroying unity, while surreptitiously transferring large
troops to block the troops of Kwangtung and Kwangsi from marching North
and resisting Japan, provoking and alienating, and activating a civil war,
in order to sabotage the resist-Japan front. In regard to such criminal
acts of Chiang Kai-shek, the people of the entire nation absolutely refuse
to become stateless slaves. The patriotic soldiers must immediately sever
themselves from Chiang Kai-shek's policy to capitulate to Japan and march
North to resist Japan together with the troops of Kwangtung and Kwangsi
and the Red Army!

The matter is urgent! Patriotic soldiers and compatriots of the entire
nation must closely unite, concentrate their forces against Japanese
imperialism, and attack together! More than ever before, the Chinese
people urgently demand a firm resist-Japan united front. We must firmly
oppose the Second Kuomintang Central General Meeting called by Chiang
Kai-shek and his National Congress. We advocate the immediate holding
of a national resist-Japan congress. We ask all the resist-Japan and
anti-traitor political, social, and occupational organizations and armed
units in the nation to elect their own delegates to the congress and
immediately realize the following outlines:

(1) Announce the severance of relations with and declare war on Japan;
punish Manchukuo; recover the lost territory in the Northeast and North
China.

(2) Abolish all unequal treaties between China and Japan and cancel all
traitorous loans.

(3) Punish the spies and traitors who gave up power and territory and
brought calamity to the nation and the people.

(4) Mobilize the army, navy, and air force of the entire China for direct
contact with Japan.

(5) Confiscate all the assets of Japanese imperialism and the spies and
traitors for use as resist-Japan expenses.

(6) Guarantee the freedoms of speech, publication, meeting, and forming
associations to resist Japan and save the nation; release all political
prisoners.

(7) Organize a national defense government and a resist-Japan allied
army.

(8) Ally with all states and nations in the world treating us with
equality; ally with all oppressed people in Japan.

These are the outlines to resist Japan and save the nation demanded by
the people of the entire China, and they should be the outlines of
Kwangtung and Kwangsi in sending troops to resist Japan. We sincerely
hope that the patriotic leaders of the two provinces will courageously
activate and support the people's patriotic movement to resist Japan,
extensively arm and organize the resist-Japan people, cooperate with the
people of the entire nation, and struggle for the thorough realization of
these outlines. We believe that only when the resist-Japan armed forces
and the resist-Japan people become one, and only when the resist-Japan
armed forces become the armed forces of the resist-Japan people, will the
great cause of liberating the nation of China initiated by Kwangtung and
Kwangsi attain its final victory.

Support Kwangtung and Kwangsi in sending troops to march North against
Japan!

All patriotic soldiers of China unite with Kwangtung and Kwangsi and
hit Japan together!

Oppose Chiang Kai-shek's blocking of the righteous troops of Kwangtung
and Kwangsi from marching North against Japan!

Call a national resist-Japan and save-the-nation congress!

Oppose Chiang Kai-shek's Second Kuomintang Central General Meeting and
his National Congress!

Oppose Japanese imperialism's smuggling; confiscate all contrabands!

Down with Japanese imperialism!

Long live the resist-Japan united front of the people of the entire China!

Mao Tse-tung, Chairman of the Central Government of the
Soviet People's Republic of China

Chu Teh, Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Commission
of the Chinese People's Red Army

11 June 1936

"Struggle," No 104, 3 July 1936