1935-03-15

NEWSPAPERMEN'S TOUR OF KIANGSI

International Journalists Visit War Areas

(By Our Own Correspondent) (Continued from March 12)

N. E. C's Welfare Centres

Shanghai, March 7. "

rupt rural population is one form 0: Communist activity against which military force is by RO Mr. C. S. Hsiao. Director of the

For National Economic

means an effective weapon.. Council's Klangsi branch next told us how Communism in China thrives best in poverty and ignorance. which rural reconstruction work is being

is the best soll" for sowing the planned and carried out under

Deeds of discontent and revolt. the aegis of the N. E. C. in the

The best means, therefore, of pre- province. Special attention 15

venting any possibility of its re- being devoted to constructive work in Kiangsi. he stated,

surgence, after its military defeat,

because the scourge of Commun-

is the physical, Intellectual and moral uplift of the peasantry ism during the preceding years had almost bankrupted the entire through the medium of education disseminated by the right type of population. The authorities have keenly realized that if the people are to be prevented from being

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1935.

CANTON NEWS IN INTERNATIONAL LOAN

BRIEF

(From Our Special Correspondent) |

Canton, March 13.

Lieut.-General Wu Fei resident representative here of the Second Route Anti-Red Forces in Kwei- chow, told foreign correspondents to-day that the Reds are being en- veloped in Sze Man on the Kunar- Kwelchow borders. A joint drive of Nanking and Kwelchow provin- clal troops is being made to round up the Communists in those border

regions.

TO CHINA

Press Comments On

Subject

[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily, economic revival. To use an in-

Press" (Copyright).)

ternational loan for the develop- Shanghai, Mar, 5. ment of industries is not quite The reported conversations be advisable; in such instances

the tween Sir Ronald Lindsay, British creditor countries often interfere The commanding officer of the

Ambassador to the United States by stipuinting for employment of Second Route Anti-Red forces is

and Mr. William Phillips, US. their nationals and the solo pri- General Hsieh Yoh, who, accord- Under-Secretary of State, regard-vilege of supplying materials to ing to the resident agent has ing the possibility of an interna- this country. It the Western eight Nanking divisions under his tional loan to China, has prompt Powers and Japan are really si command General Wu Fel salded several of the leading Chinese that an office is established in

newspapers to comment on Canton and another one in Wu-

subject. chow. These two offices are to

the

The 'Shun Pao points out that

cere to help China they should co-operate whole-heartedly with China in productive reconstruc- tion.

assist the transportation of milit-in order to be actually benefitted On the other hand, the 'sin ary supplies from Canton to Kwel-

China should adhere to the prin-Wen Fao observes that the Bri- yang.

ciples set down by the late Party | tish proposal for an international Leader, Dr. Sun, concerning the loan to Chiris has met with sp- development of China's Industries proval in the USA, but has been by international co-operation. On flatly rejected by Japan on the ground that it would imply joint

No Change of Mayor Mr. Hsiao Fu Chen, leading mem- men specially trained for the pur-ber of the south-west. Political. pose. The report of the Klangsi driven by sheer hunger into the Commissiorer of Education, Mr. Council, stated in an interview that many false rumours were recently

were

arms of the Communists, it is im- 'perative that they should be help- ed on their feet again with as little "delay as possible: There fore, the N, E. C. is throwing heart and soul into its task in Klangsi.

Experts in rural welfare work first sent to diagnose the condition of the former Red- occupied areas. As a result, they have prescribed treatment alorig four main linės-improvement of agricultural methods, establish- ment of various forms of co- operative unions to meet

the

needs of each locality and is people, diffusion of education, and provision of sanitation and health services in rural areas. Organs already exist, or have been esta- blished to take charge four kinds of work. But without some "sort or central controlling organ to so-

ess, and official circles. He refer- red to the reports of a business crash during the close of the lunar

the other hand the 'Sin Wen Pao

advocates that China should con-

that an international loan should be concluded only on the basis of non-interference.

Cheng Shih Tang, reveals at in-created to spread alarm in busin-trol remittances and exchange and teresting pedagogle experiment which seems likely to be the basis of future educational schernès in other parts of China, faced with the same problems as Kiangsi, The gist of this report is "Education versus Commurdsm"-the type of education herein referred to being

Schools."

was

the

New Year, and now the event has gone by without any untoward in- cident.

Cinema Troubles

The Provincial Government and the Canton Municipal Government are Yequested by the Canton Motion Picture Theatres Guild to negotiate with the American con- sular authorities with a view to asking the American distributors at Hong Kong to pay one-half of the business tax. The foreign flim compantes decline to pay share of the tax, which is payable at the rate of $10, mex, for every thousand dollars business.

their

There is no possibility of baycot- ting American picture owing to their popularity here...

'STATE' AND 'COURT' FUNCTIONS

Disregarding

the fact whether there is any control of China.

sincerity in the declaration, the Journal urges that a definite stand should be taken and effective pre- After briefly reviewing the re-paration should be made for any spective reactions of the United possible development.-- { States and Japan to the British China United Pres-(by mail).. proposal of an international loan to China, the 'Shun Pao' observes

SENTENCED

that in principle the matter, should MACEDONIAN TERRORISTS be very simple, but in view of the complications which have aris- en in the past in connection with similar transactions China' should beware of a possible ulterior mo-

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The spokesman next referred to the repeated announcement of ape that of the "Chung Shan Feople's pointing a new mayor in place of Mr Lu. Chị Wet. At a teeng This system, planned for areas

of the 'South-west Political Coun- Com- particularly susceptible to

cil, Mr. Hsiao asked whether there munist infection, such as former

was any suggestion to get a new Red-occupied areas, and their ad- mayor and received a negative re-

Soña, March 13. Jacent territories, was built up unply. The matter was discussed by ve on the part of those Powers Twenty atx Macedonian revolu- der plans for "Special Type Edu- General Chen Tsal Tong and Lin which pretend to help her econo- tionaries, accused of murders com- cation" promulgated by the Nan Yun Kal, Chairman of the Kwang-mically. In the opinion of the mitted in connection with feuds chang military headquarters early tung Provincial Government, bath in 1934. According to such plans, of whom

journal, basically politics and with political opponents were sen- ате pot aware of any economics are really two insepar- tenced on Wednesday by the milit an Institute of Teacher-Training

change.

able things.

ary tribunal in Gorna Dibinaya, of established the object

Several Hong Kong vernacular

Moreover, the Shun Pao' con- four being condemned to death, which is to found as many Chung papers stated last week that Mr.

tinues, the use of such 8 loan 8 to life long imprisonment and ordinate to multiple phases of Shan Schools as funds and cir-Huang Lun Shu, Provincial Com should be very carefully consider the femainder to terms of impri-

cumstances permit, and to train reconstructive activities, past, ex-

missioner of Education, or General

ed. Instead of applying it to sonment up to 15 years. Among perience of departmentalism in

teachers to staff such schools. Hsiang Han Ping, retired, is à China has abundantly shown that

Training of Teachers

candidate for the Canton Mayor political purposes as was the prac- those sentenced to death was Ivan not only would there be duplica- In the election and training alty. The papers also predicted tice in the past, the proceeds of Mikatlof leader of the notorious the loan should be expended on Imro, that famous Macedonian re- tion and triplication of personnel, of these workers in the special- other important changes. Appar reconstruction projects, readjust-volutionary organisation, who has frequent confict and over-lapping type education, certain principles ently, all such proposed changes mest of the monetary system and fled to Turkey and was tried "in of work, but it would be impossible are observed. They have to be were tentative.

other related enterprises in order absentia."-" to effect any economy of expendi- physically fit, in order to lead the

to lay a sound foundation for of ture. It is in fulfilling the need masses for the building up of such a controlling body that strong, healthy bodies, capable of the NEC has proved its enduring hardships. Mentally, especial worth it links up the they should be men with a talent existing provincial institutions, en-

for leadership, able to guide the "gaged in relief and constructive

masses toward right thinking; and work, and helps them by supplying able, not only to instruct, but also runas und 3 technical expert to assist agriculture and take the staff. The running of the welfare lead in organizing local self-de- centres to-day illustrates how fence. In outlook, these workers efficient the N. E. C. has turned

are taught to regard the "Three out to be for this particular type Principle of the People" as of work. The speaker then pro- only guide to national salvation, ceeded to describe the organiza- They are trained to enter whole- tion of such welfare centres, of heartedly into the life of the rural which on subsequent days we were communities. and to uplift the to see not a few. The Provincial masses by their precept. In short, Institute of Agriculture, which alongside of the cultivation of takes charge of agricultural im- Spartan simplicity and discipline, provement and extension work in emphasis is said on the "back-to- the entire province, nominates one

the-land" movement, on enthus- technical expert as its representa- lasm to get down to the masses.

(Special Air Mail Service), tive for each of these centres. and on the spirit of service and

London, Feb. 21. Likewise, do the Elangal Rural self-sacrifice. For the remunera-

The balls to be held at Bucking- Co-operative Committee, the De- tion is low and the work hard. partment of Education, and the "Nox is the training given these ham Palace in connection with the Silver Jubilee celebrations havE Sanitation and Health Bureau stúdents by the Institute of Sper-

often been spoken of as "State-† The N. E C then appoldts, an lal-Type Education confined to experienced director to head this practical leadership of the pea-Balls." But it will be noticed that group of experts sent from each sant population in thought, and this description is not used in the

official programme. body, to co-ordinate their activi- superstition. The presence of

The omission of the word "State" ties. They live among the pea- such a stout body of reliable and

is intentional. sants, and carry out their tasks willing workers has, indeed, In-

Thus, neither of the two balls to from a joint headquarter thereby duced the authorities to improve. saving considerably in running upon their original plans, making be held in the Palace on May 14 expenses. Thus, the Council takes them co-operate in the "various and June 13 is a State Ball. The a central phases of reconstructive endeavour dinners and other functions are, agency, effecting numerous sub coming within the spheres of the however. "State."

Much Less Formal stantlai economies in equipment, provincial Committee of Rural Co- The last State Ball was held in and assuring that the four phases operation, the Institute of Agricul- of reconstructive activity proceed ture and the Institute of Public 1924, in honour of the King and In complete unison. The villages Health. Thus, the Chung Shan Queen of Italy and the King and and surrounding districts are People's Schools are made thereby taught to look upon these nuclei of important constructive centres as centres in every sense work in ex-Communist areas, of the world. They look to them Instancing the type of men that for guidance in agricultural acti- run the Chung Shan Schools, vities: they seek recourse to the Commissioner Cheng mentioned co-operative societies for loans, or cases where they-discharge most for marketing their produce to the honourably their civic duties One

-A: Court' Ball is much less formal best advantage etc.. they come to of the schools, he declared, fought their schools to learn simple home no less than 36 times with minor than a State Ball. It is in keeping Occupations for supplying their roving groups of Reds within the with their Majesties" own needs; and they receive in- space of the preceding twelve simplicity in the Jubilee celebra struction in safeguarding public months. School principals have tons that they should have decided health The aim of these rural often taken charge of blockhouses to make the forthcoming balls 'Court,” instead of "State" fumic- welfare centres is to improve liv- | at-right, and local self-defence 28 ing conditions among the people, a whole has never been better tona "end by their example inspire organized at any time in the past.

imitation all over the province. Students of the Institute are are 243 Chung Shan Schools, to- Six of such centres have already mainly recruited from the once gether with a number of subsidiz- been established, and proven out-Red infested areas, so that after standing successes within three the required training they can months of their existence. Four back and work out their mission others will follow in the course of in the districts where they be the next few months.

long, and among their own folks, Education versus Communison?· Buch students being, of course, As General Chiang Kai Shek has very poor, are Anancia emphasised many a time, the Red through their studier problem is only 30 per cent. million, and repaymen tary, and 70 per cent, political deducting small bost and economical The authorities their modest

On the function of

have learnt from experience that become the insidious influence of Red the Chuas propaganda among a semi-bank-

Cople

the

Queen of Roumania. "This" ball opened with a State Quadrille, but it is learned that the quadrille will probably be omitted from the two Jubilee Balls.

Four years ago the King and" Queen gave a Court Ball for Lady May Cambridge,

desire for

ed schools run on similar lines, making a total of about 300, scat- tered over 11 of the 33 hislen in Klangst. There are 188 cinises, of which 380 are, for 121 – főz have been si

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