Charge She is Threatened by Foreign Aggressors N.cnx, SPECIAL service San Francisco, June 27.
John Burgess of Yenching University this evening told the National Conference on Social Work that China is rapidly ° digearding useless customs and ancient methods.
The Western world can learn much from the manner in which Chinese lenders are attacking and solving their problems, Mr. Burgess declared.
Whether China will be successful or unsuccessful in giving a distinetive contribution to the world, however, depends upon her being permitted to solve her own problems in her own way without fear for national safety and without being compelled to devote the national Yesources to preparations for self-defence, the speaker stressed, Mr. Burgess paid tribute to the Nationalists in China and praised their work in furthering progress in the country.—United Press, e**Without entering into con troversy on other points, will Mr. Burgess say what proportion of the money China spends on armaments che imagines is devoted to "self defence". Also defence against And who, will he tell us, threatens China's national. safety? Insinuations of this kind call for facts in support. If Mr. Burgess cannot give them, will he kindly apologize for his' slanderous me
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