Thus continues the cycle of oppression, distress, despair, which the public must suffer. Cash cycle apparently woe than tae former, and all the result of suspicion and jealousy, greed and eelfishness, and the lack of patric ce-operation 01 the part of public officials. A" combined military' leadership and civil administration closely ce-operating for the public welfare rather than for personal gain and self-emolument could! make, within a few weeks, the Tanger pars of this province as sate as the atrects of Shanghai. Doring the last few years communications with the interior have been wonder fally improved by means of newly built automobile roads, which made possible the shifting of troops quick. ly. Few people know that a person is able to travel all the more than 200 miles, Toads connected with hundreds miles of interesting highways lea ing to other important places, South Fukien alone approximately 500 miles of such roads have. already been completed, and others fare in rapid. progress of construc tion," However, dae, to roving bands of pandita and brigands who wander over. the country at will, and who kidnap and. plunder at their pleasure unmolested, but fow of these highways are safe for eneral public use. These condi tions will not be improved until there is closer ce-operation, more honesty, greater. integrity, "and higher type of patriotism among mest of the leading public officials all parts of the Province.
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