'The largest concourse, in the history of Hankow, estimated at, 300, 000, attended a mass meeting"in the! native city yesterday at which Comrade Borodin, Mrs. Sun Yat-sen, Mr. Hau Chien, Mr. Eugene Chen,' Me. Sun Fo and General Tang Song-chi were among the notable persons Many speeches were made, Comrade Borodin haranguing the crowd at great length, The Russian minded his Chinese" that. the revolution was only halt finished and a "very great task is still before us—the unification of the whole country under one revolutionary Government." 'The greatest problems before the Nationalist Government at present, he said, were the placing of China's' finances on a sound basis, improving the. economic condition of the people and abolishing "unequal" treaties. Phe unequal treaties," the Russian went on, "which constitute a charter! of slavery, came down from a rupt and prostituted dynasty, We have inherited this charter. How will we destroy it? Comrades, there is arnly one way. The people must unite with the Nationalist Govornment, which will not allow itself to be deluded by the sweet words of the Imperialists. The. Nationalists were not fooled at Canton and wi fooled at Wu-Han.
'Therefore, comrades, I call upon. you to support the Government in the following projects: re-establishing. the country's finances, bringing ack Chinese capital from foreign banks and institutions, solving amicably and justly the' country's: Labour problems, and finally. com-yades, to support the Government, making Wu-Han's case a test case hich will show whether the revolution ra failure. Let us maintain discipline and unity and help to bring about the. abolition of the charter of China's poverty, namely, the unequal tre The Soviet advisor concluded by the revolutionary army for their "faithfulness and bravery" and the people of Wu-Han for "wonderful revolutionary spirit.
The situation in the conces remains very quiet—Reuter,
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