Abstract:
KMT ; Chinese Nationalist League
Subjects:
KMT ; Chinese Nationalist League
Subjects Facet:
KMT;Chinese Nationalist League
Creator:
攻堅 ; Gong Jian (pen name)
Date:
November 5, 1918
Date searchable:
1918-11-05
Date searchable:
1918-11-05
Genre:
articles
Format:
image/jpeg
Identifier:
T-72 image 120
Source:
Library and Archives Canada/Hsin min kuo pao = The new republic/AMICUS 7821623/p.108-123
Language:
Chinese
Relation:
Article from: New Republic (新民國報）
Title-Alternative:
Editorial: The Real Revolutionary Party
Transcript:
論說：真正革命黨（攻堅）視利害爲迎拒，觀成敗以向背者，非真正之革命党也。朝變夕改，二三其德者，亦非真正之革命黨也。蓋革命功夫須鐵須血，須犧牲所有，自私自利之徒，貪生怕死之輩，無論其有何種權威智術貨利，均不足以言革命。必其人能持犧牲主義，於必要時不論權位貨利性命無一而不可犧牲，成敗利鈍更非其所欲問，勇往直前，必求達到目的而後已者，始足稱爲真正之革命黨。
吾國之有革命黨數十年矣。當革命秘密運動之日，士夫聞之炸舌，普通之人，以爲不智，無論國之內外，聞有革命運動家，至彼稍有勢力者即謀所以逐之。然而革命之團結則愈堅也。宗旨則愈定也。故當是時之革命党，可謂真正之革命黨。
及乎風氣愈開，革命黨愈眾，而份子亦愈複雜。於是遂有隨聲附和之徒，不知革命是何意義者，亦相率而入革命党, 而革命黨遂有真偽之分判矣。
無何清庭推倒，民國成立，革命事業告終，革命首領宣布改同盟會即革命党爲國民黨。國之內外，無老無幼，皆以革命黨既成大功，附之爲榮，於是携老扶幼，相率而入國民党者，絡繹不絕。至是國民党之份子複雜極矣。不知本黨宗旨爲何物者有之，保皇黨變面而加入者亦有之，不惟不能望其致力本黨，而本黨密要且爲之洩漏無遺。以故宋案發生，二次革命復起，平日之所謂國民黨者，大都束手旁觀，或更附逆自噬。而革命大功遂致掃地，至今言之, 不勝太息也。
因是故也，孫公中山遂感悟複雜之黨，斷不足以言大事。遂計劃組織中華革命黨而淘汰之。俾令前此真正革命黨，與夫後起之有志者，可以結合勇進，當是之時，彼隨聲附和於民國時代者，固羞與爲伍，去之惟恐不暇，不敢再問前事。而未光復前之同盟會不肖份子, 則出而爲難，囂囂然號於眾曰，予固老同盟會份子也，孫中山何能包辦革命？察其口氣一若其亦可爲革命首領。組織一種革命党, 或保全國民黨者，然而久而久之，袁氏之逆跡愈露，皇帝可任其做，而彼反對中華革命黨之老同盟會份子終無可如之何也。惟中華革命黨，雖云無何勢力，亦不敢自懈，或籌軍餉，或圖起事, 再接再厲，不遺餘力，至是惟中華革命黨始堪名爲中國革命党乃大白也。 （未完）English translation: Editorial: The real revolutionary party
Gong jian (conquer the hardship)
Those who welcome or object to things by considering the benefits, the costs and the possibility of success are not real revolutionaries. Those who keep changing their decisions are not real revolutionaries either. The revolution demands weapons, blood, and the courage to sacrifice everything. Those who are selfish and afraid to die, no matter how much authority, skill, and money they have, cannot be talked with about revolution. The real revolutionaries are only those who are willing to make the sacrifice of their authority, money and even their lives when needed and who continue onwards until they reach their targets, without asking about costs and benefits or success and failure.
The revolutionary party has existed in our country for more than ten years. When the revolution was underground, the gentlemen were unsettled upon learning and the public thought it unwise. The revolutionaries within the country or overseas were often exiled when the revolution became more powerful. However, this caused them to unite more tightly, and their will to fight became stronger. So, the revolutionaries at that time were real revolutionaries. When the political situation changed, more people became revolutionaries and the group became complex. People who just followed the others without knowing what the revolution meant gradually joined the revolutionary party. So, that is the difference between real and fake revolutionaries.
Soon the Qing dynasty was overthrown and the republic was established. That was the end of the revolution. Our leader declared that the Tongmenghui (the revolutionary party) would change into the Kuomingtang. People, from China or overseas, old or young, were proud to join the Kuomingtang because of its achievement. The Kuomingtang’s members had become extremely diverse. There were some members who did not know the purpose of the Kuomingtang; there were members who used to be royalists but joined the Kuomingtang. We could not depend on them to further the party’s goals. Furthermore, they leaked our confidential information.
When the case of Song Jiaoren happened and the second revolution broke out, the so-called Kuomingtang members were mostly bystanders. Some members even affiliated themselves with traitors and left. The result of the revolution was then diminished. When the people talk about this, they are sorrowful. It is for this reason that Sun Yat-sen believed that the revolution could not be carried out by such a complicated party. He planned to organize the Chinese Revolutionary Party to replace the Kuomingtang. This would help unite the original revolutionaries and the new followers. At the same time, unreliable followers could not wait to distance themselves from the party even though they were not ashamed to join.
Some Tongmenghui members who joined before the revolution came up to state in public that they were senior party members and asked how only Sun Yat-sen could represent the 1911 revolution. From the tone, it seemed that they were suggesting that they could be the leaders to organize a new party or maintain the status quo. However, Yuan Shikai gradually showed his ambition of becoming the Hongxian Emperor. The senior Tongmenghui members who were opposed to the Chinese Revolutionary Party were finally helpless. The Chinese Revolutionary Party, although not very powerful, would not give up, and persistently collected money for the army. They also organized uprisings. That made us realize that the Chinese Revolutionary Party is the real revolutionary party of China. (Cont’d.)