Swatow, Feb. 23
'The Government of this province] in recent times has paid much attention to the matter of encouraging overseas Cantonese to return' to Kuangtung for the purpose carrying on their business and investing their money locally. A serious at-_ tempt will be made in this direction by the establishment of a special bureau for the purpose of dissemi nating propaganda in reference the immense possibilities available in Kuangtung, now that conditions in, the province have settled down a good deal. For some years, Chinese! in the Stiaits Settlements have not been very keen to return to the province of their birth, on account of the warfare, banditry, and heavy taxation imposed upon the capita. list class, Moreover, the Communist activity of 1927 and part of 1928 caused Chinese abroad to be very sceptical of the advisability of returning, or even remitting money on a large scale. Now, however, the authorities have managed to keep down banditry and communism throughout Kuangtung, with the exception of one or two ext-l Ho far this propaganda is going to succeed remains t> be seen, but that the Government is making strong effort to bring back a large number of influential overseas Eh nese to this province there can question. Another thing the Provincial Government seems one xious to encourage a time is closer ce-operat een the Mongkons and Canton Chinese com= mercial interests, The other day, a number of influential Hongkong Chi nese merchants were invited to Canton to meet the leading lights. of the provincial capital. "Gen, Chen, Ming-chu delivered a. lengthy dress at a reception in honour of the Hongkong merchants, in the course of which he suid' that the government ix doing its utmost to bring aleut a wholesome co-opera tion between the capitalists and labourers. "He said that, while la-hour should be lifted out of the mud, felt the labourers should not overlook the fact that, without capi: tal, they can not operate. Capitalists, fon the other hand, in the past have of treated labourers very well, the desire of the government to both capital and labour protect. ced, but what the government ecru tainly will not permit is any ro-petition of labour agitation on any senseless scale.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.