However that may be, on March 11 he addressed a mass' meeting of 100,000 people at Nanchang and out lined the principles of what eventually became Known as. the "New Life Movement". Ofieially the Government supported the movement by meeting at Nanking on March 17 when Dr. Chu Chia-hua presided and other ministers, including Mr. Wang Ching-wel, were present. Advocating™ the eullivation of order, cleanliness, simplicity and frugality, the movement took for its motto the Confucian characters "Li, Yi, Lien, Chin" "Cgood manners, chivalry, hhoneatly and" consciousness"). The last-named quality was defined meaning thata person, should be conscious of his own disgrace and should by every means remove it Good support came from the Provinees and although some scepticism was felt, owing to the failure of past efforts on similar lines There were siges what it had gained ground in many places, especially in" Kiargsi, Where the Feconstruction efforts of the. Government had effected remarkable changes in the life of the people. Even foreigners who were Toast inclined to expect too much, testified to dednite achievements recorded by the "New Life Muvemeat".
The affairs of Sinkiang occupied spasmodic. attention during the year. Phe situation in that distant province was complicated as the result of the division of authority between three leaders. Mr. 'T. V. Soong paid a brief visit to Sinkiang by air in the late spring in order to make a per~ sonal report on the best way of is. Posing of the sum of $19,000,000 set aside" by the National, Economic Gouneat for developing the North Western Provinces, Mr. Soong left Shanghai on April 23 and arrived back on May 18. During his triys he Inspected the provinces. of Shensi, Kansu, Ninghai and Chinghai. Reports from Sinkiang late in Decem= Der indicated that conditions in that province were stil unsettled. Mr. Soong's tour was associated with the recently formed China Develop ment Finance Corporation which, for six years fad been the so-called with $10,000,000 capital, subscribed by - America. capital of the Chinese "Soviet Re-, certain Chinese banks, had been de-public. Only @ little less important,' signed to finance the reconstruction' Unfor- requirements of the North-West. ment nationalized silver at 50.01
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