Peking, Aug. 12, Invited as the head of the Central Government to sun up its foreign policy, the Generalissimo, Marshal Chang Tso-lin, in the course of an interview, declared that it was briefly this: China would play squarely with every nation that treated her squarely; she would liquidate her foreign obligations as quickly as possible, holding national honour above all else, but she was unable to do so as quickly as she would like to owing to the necessity of engaging in an expensive civil war for the purpose of eradicating the "red" blight threatening the nation, attitude towards foreign mi sionaries, the Generalissimo said: Foreign missionaries in territory under my jurisdiction have never had occasion to worry regarding my attitude towards them, I have ways protected them, Religion, in my opinion, is a matter of personal cent some cases and of tradition in others. A foreign missionary who comes to China can best help himself and those he seeks to convert by confining his activities to religion or conversion, or, best of all, humanitarian work, but if he meddles in Chinese polities and mixes religious work with Chinese politics he goes outside his sphere and if he meets with a dificult situation then he only has himself to blame."
Marshal Chang went on to vay that his attitude towards foreigners in general was friendly, "We ha no quarrel with foreigners, They do not quarrel with us. But my cliood-brothers are the Chinese people. My policy ix primarily "China for the Chinese', Foreigners who come here and engage in lawful occupations are welcome, but those who stray from the path may easily become nuisances. Friendly advice from foreigners is welcome, but when it becomes dictatorial we must, object, for the country after all belongs to the Chinese people. HImagine, what would: happen if we. sought to dictate to Britain, to Amerita or to'Japan, or to any foreign nation;~or-aought to tell them what they should aiid should. do."
As regards foreign trade, the policy of the Central Government, the Generalissimo declared, was to encourage it as much as was humanly possible, "I recognize that we all prosper together or we do not prosper at all. The foreign trader must recognize, however, that in China in many eases he enjoys, through treaty inequalities, special privileges which Chinese themselves donot enjoy. These Jdiseriminatioris must be eliminated, peacefully, so that we shall all stand on an equal footing. T bone soon to seo the day when foreign investors will be enger to enter the China markets, secure in the knows edge that their investments are justifiable and be. protected The day has passed, however, when the foreign investor could enter the China market and make an exorbit ant profit resulting from the ignorance of our people, He must be satisfied with a fair and reasonable profit, which would be all he would expect if he invested his money in his own county, Between the foreign trader, merchant and investor and the Chinese people must be mutual goodwill and understanding. When this comes, me dustry in China will flourish. 1 want to develop it, not by strikes but by ce-operation on all sides."
In conclusion, Marshal Chang defined the general aim of the Central Government as follows: to stop ternal strife, improve the lot of the people and establish conditions that would enable China to take her rightful place in the family of ions.
"I believe," the Generalissimo declared, "that the day is not far distant when our people will get from life everything to which they fare entitled. The day of racial superiority is over in China, and it is to be regretted that this is not more generally understood, I want to see taxes come down so that business will be encouraged, but there must be no.treaty inequality that would mean discrimination against our people in th own
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