ABSTRACT
It is hereby proclaimed: Whereas Japanese imperialism is running rampant in North China, no one is putting a stop to it. Chiang Kaishek, Yan Xishan, and Song Zheyuan are subservient lackeys whose nature is to fawn on foreign powers. The death and destruction of the whole country is imminent. The Central Government of the Chinese Soviet People's Republic and the Military Commission of the Chinese People's Red Army has sent this army eastward to resist Japan. Our army wants to unite with all noble-minded patriots and public-spirited revolutionaries, whether new or old, of whatever party or faction, and regardless of social origins, so long as they are in sympathy with fighting against the Japanese imperialists, to carry forward together the great cause of national revolution. Wherever this army goes, it protects the patriotic movement, protects the revolutionary people, protects the interests of the workers and peasants, protects the intellectuals, and protects industry and commerce. This army advocates the cessation of all civil war, and the union of the Red Army and the White army to resist Japan together. This army is willing to enter into negotiations with and conclude agreements or understandings with all patriotic military personnel, whether they actively join with this army to resist Japan, or passively refrain from opposing resistance against Japan on the part of this army and the patriotic people. The greatest enemy of our Chinese nation is Japanese imperialism. All those who are supported by this piece of earth, 2 and are descended from Emperor Yan and the Yellow Emperor, 3 should rise up as one and unite for the sake of the
