interesting matter of diser dress on the ed by the members of the Central Rranch of the Kuomintang in Nankinye on. Dee, 19. A. translation of th follows: people's re depends entirely.
"The success or failure of the
upon the fon of the army and the Disarmament Conference, The World War lasted for four years. Millions of soldiers were mo-Vilized but, as soon as the Armistice was declared, all the troops were disbanded and only " few remained in army service.
In the Russian Revolution, 5,000). 000 suldiern were mobilized but, after the success of the revolution: aries, 4,000,000 were disbanded within al period of six months, None of the revolutionary generals maintained their respective armies without authority, Now the success or failure of our efforts to reorganize—03 army and dish und our superfluous troops depends on our ability. to Prove whether ur nob we are really anxious to disband our armies and on the desire of military werifiew their commands the sake of their country. Should is conference be a success, only 500,000 troops will remain in China after the next six months, "The income of our country' is Of this sum we have to meet our obligations and With of th's sum, we can, ita defsnees and ctandingg army of half million men and a sironge naval and air force and do other work for "should all the various military leaders abide by che decisions of the Disarmament Conference, Lam. confident that, within three years, China will rid herself of imperial: istic oppression and aggression and become a powerful tion.
my. ini all members "f the will seat? the principles of the cone ence marder that the troops will understand and ace aeconlingly, The foundations of the Kuoms tense veil] thus he strengthened and party will be in position to a Chins, adopted because no money is ay able. At the present time, the army is swallowing up a large percentage of the country's revenues s0, if the troops are not disbanded, the budget, cannot be arranged effectively and they ha Lest to fices in ord inform thatthe revolution ray be a
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