The Chiutsai Middle School in Wuchang, which undertook the campaign for defence funds before the Kuomintang otices became active has despatched three amounts running into hundreds of dollars, all gathered from Wuchang pedestrians. Such contributions cannot be made because of compulsion, or even the fear of being called unpatriotic, which es the reason why some organizations added their day's income. Despite official pressure, official pub-city and oMeial transfer of the funds (through the official newspapers and Danks), there is no question that the "one-day" campaign has roused great deal of genuine patriotic response.
The drive for aeroplanes as birtnday gifts to Gen, Chiang Kal-shek was proposed as early as June of this year, and in the closing days of the Publicity in October," revealed an amazing complexity of organization subtly directed by the government agencies. For example, school children manufactured. patriotic badges bearing his picture and sold, them fon the street, The various returned student clubs held dances and con-{tributed the proceeds. The. theatres. presented several days' receipts to the fund. Football games, dinners, mahjongg parties and numerous other forms of recreation wore organized to raise funds for the Generallssimo's birthday.
Anyone who had the misfortune to direct a programme such 'a5 this is not so naive as to believe that all these patriotic activities sprang. up "spontaneously Vike the Aowers in the spring.
Only rarely did the National Pubplicity Department show its hand. On, November 2 the Chinese press in Hankow reported, "A propagands Week for the celebration of Gen. Chiang Kal-shek's birthday will be hold by the Mass Education Institute. according to the Hankow Municipal Tangpu." Earlier, the same paper Te-ported that the Kuomintang ofoes of Hankow were giving special awards to the school children who had eon-tributed or solicited large amounts of money. The clearest evidence of government direction to the aeroplane fund was the complete list of donors. which Included armies, universities, chambers of commerce, trade unions and branches of the national andi provincial governments, all organiza ons easily motivated' by the Kuomintang offices, Tu the ease of Tang-pus at Wuhan and throughout the Yangtze Valley, definite quotas were set for the amount of money which each office was supposed to False.
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