Borodin M., Volin M., Yolk E. The peasant Movement in Kwantung: Materials on the Agrarian Problem in China. Part II

Canton, China: The Canton Gazette Publishing Co., 1927. — 648 p.Part Two represents a collection of special materials, translated from the Chinese, referring to the peasant movement and covering the past several years (chiefly 19’25 and 1926). The main source of those materials was the archives of the Kwangtung Provincial Peasant Union as well as the current periodicals of Canton (Chinese dailies, viz: the “Kuo Min Hsin Wen,” “Min Kuo Jih Pao,” and others). All the materials selected are systemised and classified by the compilers according to ten respective chapters. The first six chapters (I to VI) deal with the problem of the Peasant Movement and National Revolution. The remaining four chapters (VII to X) are devoted to the issue of the social struggle within the village. Each piece of the said materials ends with a reference as to its source and date. In most cases the materials of the present collection constitute the finished translations of the respective Chinese materials. In some cases, according to the character of some or other chapter, it was necessary to put in only the corresponding extracts from same. The main task of the compilers of the present “Collection of Materials” was to give as much as possible a detailed and finished illumination of the principal features of the Peasant Movement in Kwangtung exclusively by documents and official materials.Imperialism and the Kwangtung PeasantryImperialistic oppression in KwangtungBritish Imperialism in Kwangtung
French Imperialism in Kwangtung
Portuguese Imperialism in KwangtungThe peasants’ fight against imperialism
The cultural aggression of imperialismThe Civil War in Kwangtung and the PeasantryThe civil war in the East River region
The civil war in the southern districts
The civil war in various places in KwangtungThe Kuomintang and the PeasantryResolutions and declarations of the Kuomintang party
Peasant department of Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang and its activity
The Kuomintang and the peasantryNationalist Government and the PeasantryOfficial declarations and notifications of the Government and peasant organisationsThe Government’s Manifestoes and Declaration
Notifications and Declarations of the Peasant Organisations:
MiscellaneousRelation between Government and peasantsThe Applications of the Peasants to the Government
The Government and Peasants of Various Places
MiscellaneousThe Government and the class struggle in the villagesThe Massacre of Peasants at Kao Yao
The Conflict in Pao An District and the Attitude of the GovernmentThe Army and the Peasantry in KwanytungThe cooperation of army and peasants
Various military troops oppress the peasants
Gentry and other oppressors of the peasants use military force in their struggle with the peasantsThe Working Class and PeasantsDeclarations, resolutions, open letters and other documents regarding the union of peasants and labourersWorkers’ Attitude Towards the Peasants
Peasant’s Attitude Towards Workers
Joint Activities of Peasant and WorkersPeasants support the Hongkong strikers
Relations of peasants and workers in various places
Peasants and various social classes are allied with labourThe Peasants and the Controlling ClassesGeneral.The controlling classes in rural districtsThe oppression of the peasants by the controlling classesLandlords
Gentry, Bullies and Rowdies
The Local OfficialsThe struggle against oppressionPeasant Unions and Glass Struggle in VillagesThe organisation of the Peasant UnionRegulations of the Peasant Union
Decisions Regarding the General Affairs of the Peasant UnionThe peasant movement in various places and the struggle for the existence of the Peasant UnionPeasant Self-Defence CorpsRegulations
How the Peasants Arm Themselves
Peasant Self-Defence Corps’ ActivitiesThe Militia and the PeasantryThe organisation of the militia
The Militia and the Peasant Self-Defence Corps
The Militia and the peasantsBanditry and the PeasantsGeneral
The bandits oppress the peasantsThe Government suppresses banditsThe Measures of the Government Regarding the Suppression of Bandits
Troops of the National Revolutionary Army Suppressing BanditsAppendixNotes
Chronological Table