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That is a question I am glad you have asked. replied General Chiang. Railways in China have been too long neglected. It will be our first and most important work to build railway systems which will link up the various provinces of our country. And the first step in this connection will be the improving of our present railway from Hankow south, and the completion of this line all the way from Hankow to Canton.
Will this connect with the Peking-Hankow Line?
Decidedly. We shall build a bridge across the Yangtze River which will carry our trains from the extreme north to the extreme south of China. This railway, and this bridge, are first on the pro- gramme on the plans for construction and reconstruction of our communications system.
Will your revolution be complete, I asked, when the militarists in China have been downed, when the Concessions are returned to Chinese jurisdiction and when extraterritoriality shall have been abolished in China? In other words, is it the object of this revolution to carry out its plans within the boundaries of China, or is it moulded on the principle of Soviet Russia, to extend its propaganda into other countries? Is this revolution in China the beginning of a world movement on your part, or will you be satisfied if you have removed "Imperialism" and "Militarism" from China?
This revolution is not the end, but merely the beginning, was the startling reply of General Chiang Kai-shek. There are other nations in the world to-day who are burdened under the yoke of "Imperial- ism. It is true that this revolution is now taking place in China, but there are other countries where it must take place as well. Such revolutions, the freedom of other oppressed peoples, will have to come about. China is but one country. There are many more in which "Imperialism" must be crushed before the world will be at peace.
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Ms. Kenb.
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