"Preparciness" was the subject an address broadcast by General Feng Vu-hsiang at the Central Radio Broadcasting Station on Wednesda in his speech General Feng attributed the series of humiliations and defeats suffered by China be-beginning from the War of 1812 to the recent Tsinan affair to the country's unpreparedness to meet emergencies.
For 40 years, our late Party (Leader strove for the national independence of China," General Feng continued, "and what he aimed at was a general awakening of the people and a national self-consciousness. He was gravely apprehensive of the state of complacent! stagnation which the people had fallen into, and was convinced that unless they were brought to realize the necessity of helping themselves, the country would perish of inaction."
Concleding, General Feng stated! that lately' the intelligent classes of the people have been inclined to neglect national affairs, believing that they can be taken care of by the Party. Suck an attitude, said General Feng, is very dangerous. "The entire people must take an interest in political affairs, and become acquainted with the' machi lery of government so that they will be prepared for any emergency," declared General Feng—Kuo Min.
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