In Nationalist territory, there is rho reason to believe that there will be any, serious fighting. There differences of opinion, but these will mot lead to warfare," We shall find and are finding a basis for the complete consolidation of party end governmental authority throughout our territory. In my own depart ment, this is being achieved with greater rapidity than I had anticipated. It.dapends largely upon the decisiveness of the Government, the Justice of the regulations and' the surance that when ¢ tax is imposed, it is not a handicap to trade but that it promotes trade and by being uniformly and efficiently collected over a wide area, brings prosority to the people.
"Originally, we sought to apply our tax laws to five provinces, but now the laws can be applied throughout nine provinces, oven if the machinery of collection has not been perfected for this whole area. The fact that the law is coming into application in nine provines we regard as a tremendous stride towards consolidation "f govern mental authority.
"But we must be certain of our grounds. Wo are still in a period of civil warfare and ave only spproaching the era of reconstruction, Premature measures, carelessly conceived solutions will' throw us back if not years, in this process fof consolidation, My experience in Canton, Hankow and here, convinces me that whatever the step proposed and taken there must be ample pre-aration of the Kuomintang membership and of the government officials, so that they are ready to accept it not by a mere tacit affirm= ation but by an active participation in the processes which make the step an ultimate success and a benefit to China, Why We Must Fight On "There may be differences of opinion among your readers as to the Northern Expedition, But our policy is fixed and we are going ahead with it. To give up the Northern Expedition would be a be-tradal of our. cause, which is the unification of the country nder the leadership of the Kuomintang and for the achievement of the principles of Dr. Son Yat-sen.
"Foreigners often ask me why we do not consolidate our authority in the provinces we have and do nothing about Peking. That is exactly what Sun Chuan-fang did and
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