"Granting that the disbandment of troops is feasible, I, for one, do not favour. turning loose the unwanted soldiers upon the country, for then the remedy will be worse than the malady which it secks to cure.
plan would appear to be!
the present—forees into three categories: (a) a real fighting unit who are under proper discipline, (b) & police force or gen-and (e)_ the greater majority to be employed in building roads and cultivating or reclaiming "The second category will take care of the ordinary police duties fof which cities and. populous destricts stand in direful need against bandits, while the third category! will aid in the development of the! country's frontiers and' communica tions. "Thus the employment of, say, 10 brigades of these men for the construction of roads will more than repay the money spent on them in the way of the resultant better communications, cheaper produce Jand greater general prosperity.
"Gentlemen: here is inn tabloid form a suggested programme for the reconstruction of China. The task of reconstruction is a big: one, tone which will require the best! efforts and endeavours of the Chinese people and leaders. I sincere our foreign friends not begrudge us- their sympathy and ce-operation in this tremendous task, becavee a happy and prosperous China will be the dest guarantee of international
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