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The International Workers' Delegation was composed of Tom Mann, Chairman of the National Minority Movement of England and one of the oldest leaders of British Trade Unions; Jacques Doriot, member of the French Parliament, elected by the workers of Paris; myself representing the Trade Union Educational League of America; and Sydor Stoler, who acted as secretary and translator to the Delegation.

The Delegation entered China from the extreme south, at Canton, on February 17, 1927. After spending three weeks there we proceeded northward on the southern stub of the Canton-Hankow railroad to Shiu Chow. From there we proceeded by boat up the North River to Namyung, where we walked across the mountains thru Meiling Pass into the province of Kiangsi. At the city of Nananfu we again took boats on the Chikiang to the city of Kanchow. From there we went by boat northward down the Kankiang traversing the entire province of Kiangsi to the Yangtsekiang; proceeding up that great river to the Wuhan cities. This trip through the interior of China covered a period of twenty-five days during which we visited one or two days in about a dozen towns and cities, including, besides those named, Kianfu, Changshuki, Nanchang, and Kiukiang. After three weeks in Wuhan we made a five-day trip on the railway, southwest to the center of Hunan province, stopping at 28 cities including the great cities of Yochow and Changsha. Thus it will be seen we came in direct contact with all sections of the Chinese people in more than 40 cities and towns in the Nationalist territory, including the former capital and birth place of Nationalism, Canton; the first base of Chiang Kai Shek in his open split with the Kuomintang, Nanchang; and the center of the peasant movement which caused the split in the Kuomintang, Changsha.