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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 1937.
UNIFICATION IN SOUTH CHINA UNDER NANKING
REAL POLITICAL UNITY ACHIEVED
im-
“Evidence of real unification of all in putting into the hands of the pea-
Nanking China under the
Govern-sants the means of increasing their ment is visible in all spheres. in the harvests. That means improved Southwest," declared Mr. Percy Chen,plements, fertiliser and irrigation.
National Economic Adviser of the
"Instead of that, what happened? Council, upon his return to Shanghai Someone got the idea that Kwangtung. from a periodical four-week investiga-was good for the growing of sugar tion tour of Southwest.
Kwangtung
and the
"The unity is the basis of a new in- ternal situation in which national re- construction will be participated in by the entire Chinese people," he con- tinued.
"Real political unity having been achieved, it is natural that everyone is turning his attention to the most important task now, namely, economie progress in order to strengthen self- reliance."
to
cane.
Some of her best rice-growing lands were given over to a crop that can be grown on lands not needed for one of the staple products of the peo- ple.
"Result: a rice famine that will cost millions Kwangtung and her people more than they derived from the groW- ing and sale of sugar."
Mr. since
In regard to industralisation, Chen expressed the idea that
develop quicker light industry will than heavy industry, the Government should assist heavy industry in every way possible.
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News of many projects which have been launched recently in Kwangtung to achieve this end was brought
Mr. Chen is not afraid that Govern- Shanghai by Mr. Chen, who is the sonment-controlled or run industry will of Mr. Eugene Chen, former Foreign dominate private industry. The Minister of China.
Cantonese, he said, can compete with the Government if given a fair chance. Native sugar manufacturers, for in- stance, compete successfully with the Government sugar plants.
To Set Up Steel Plant
A steel plant will be established as soon as the technical plans are com- pleted by the Bureau of Reconstruc- tion of the Kwangtung Provincial Government.
POPULAR FRONT REJECTED
University Liberal Decision
A
contract $3,000,000
has been awarded to the Netherlands Harbour Work Company for the dredging and Har- construction of the Whampoa bour. The building of this harbour is one of the most important items of this development programme. With the
The Union of University Liberal enterprise is bour project, private
conference in making plans to launch an important Societies, at their development scheme for the harbour London rejected proposals for a region. It is expected that a new in- Popular Front. The delegates pass- dustrial city will rise at Whampoa ed an amended resolution expressing
THE MOST GLORIOUS FIGHTING ROMANCE OF THE YEAR! announcement of plans for this har-
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Harbour.
The Municipality of Canton has the opinion that "the best hope of also awarded contracts for a new trol-progress in the immediate future ley system and new waterworks for lies in the maintenance of a strong the city to British firms.
"British firms are adapting them-independent Liberal party." selves very quickly to changing con- ditions in China." Mr. Chen added.
To Visit Hainan
Cambridge proposed the Popular Front, and Oxford put forward the suggestion that a Popular Front on an electoral basis and by party
A group of Shanghai and Canton agreement was impracticable.
Mr. E. F. Allison (Oxford) said merchants left last week-end for Hai- nan Island, he reported, adding that that the need was for them to build he plans to visit the so-called "Para-up the Liberal organisation and at dise of China" on his next survey trip the same time agitate on matters
to South China.
The
of on which here was a direct need of transportation system Kwangtung has also been strengthen-reform. The original motion would ed recently. A 200-mile bus service have been a vote of a lack of con- between Canton and Pakhoi has been put into operation and а
Canton-fidence in the Liberal party itself, Swatow line is now being surveyed. which was going on in a remark-
The Southwestern Aviation Cor-able --MAIHIEF. poration of South China has also an- Mr. C. F. Byers (Oxford) thought nounced plans for an improved service and has ordered several new planes to that they were not in a position to make this possible.
bargain with the Labour party. If Delving into the principles of econo- they believed in a Popular Front mie reconstruction in South-western they did not still believe in a Liberal China, Mr. Chen continued:
"In the Southwest, the basic fea-party.
tures of economic reconstruction are Mr. Ramsay Muir said that the four in number. They are, first, only one of the political parties measure of security for this drea; that had ever been free from party second, convenient transport facilities;
third, the growth of industrialisation, caucus domination was the Liberal and fourthly the character of the peo-party. ple of the Southwest, particularly the Cantonese,
The election of Independent can- didates in the Universities had
"In these times the question of security is of prime importance. And shown that people were sick of can- in this respect Kwangtung, Kwangsi, didates who deposited their cons- Kweichow and Yunnan being far re-ciences in the Whip's office as one moved from the prospective storm would deposit a bag in a hotel. centres will look forward to compara- tive quiet.'
Cites Rice Famine
MK Muir added that a Popular Front would mean they would have to withdraw candidates in 400 con- stituencies. The result of an or
In answer to the question of what ganise Popular Front on an elec sort of planning should be done in toral basis would be that tens of Kwangtung, Mr. Chen brought for
ward the rice famine as an illustra- thousands of people who wanted to tion, saying
vote against the Government would "For centuries Kwangtung has been not vote for a party which was able to supply its population foodstuffs, principally rice. The only
tied to the chariot wheels of the
trouble has been that harvests have Labour party.
not been sufficient, That means that
the farming methods of the peasantry The Oxford Union Society carried. by are not good enough to satisfy re-182 votes to 119 a motion that "this. quirements. In Kwangtung then we house would welcome the return of a find the task of the Government to lay Socialist Government.”