a declaration outlining the policy of the Kuomintiing to the Japanese, British, American, French, German, Italian' and Belgian Consuls in Tientsin. The gist of it isi—
"The Kuomintang, which repre: sents the interests of the whole Chinese nation, ix the motive power the national movement and the director of the revolution. We desire that the various' friendly Powers shall render assistance to the national revolution with sympathy and not impede its progress. We draw your attention to the following, points In order to relieve the people of their heavy burdens, military. expenditure must be cut down, To cut down military expenses, many. of the soldiers must be sticbanded, It is the policy of the Government. to employ these disbanded soldiers for recon and productive purposes in accordance with thy army-labour policy ax willed to us by our Into Leader, Dr. Sun Yat sen,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.