Nanking, Dec. 26, The assurance that with President Chiang Kai-shek personally direct ing the bandit-suppression cam-Paign, complete eradication of the Communist-banditry now infesting ti he provinces of Hunan, Hupeh and Kiamgsi would be effected within a short period, was.given by Mr. Liu Director of the Central Publicity Department, ata press interview yesterday.
Mr. Liv pointed out that marked progress the campaign had already been made in recent weeks, he Government forees under Con-manders Lo Lin, Cha Shao-liang, Kung Ping-having succeeded not only in ded ing severe blows to the lawless hordes but also recapturing Tungku, one of the most important strongholds of he bandits.
Apart from the overwhelming number of Government troops new massing in these affected regions, he Conmander-in-Chief, with lew to preventing the bandits from fleeing to such neighbouring vices as Fukien and Kuangtung, has 180 ordered other Government units to close in upon the Communist-bandits so that they may be stamped See Fo, Ministet of Balt ce og ne ena than mut completely. That the fate of..|can not be the slightest doubt, Mr. Dr. H. H. Kung, Minister of In|cam not of foreigners in China who always have urged their Government towards a "strong" policy.
Discussing China's international gstus Mr. Young mys. that what Nationalist China wants is the pass-the unequal treaty regime, but what is even more important ts the passing. of the fossil mentality, which augurs well for friendly velations between China and the Powe3, The reaction caused by for-ign powers dilly-dallying is vanish. ing, be says. "China is. not ar and banditry, she is getting.
ad, and sine "Manchuria has sided with the Central Government the outkok for pence and stabi of commerce is brightening. daily Manchester, Dec, 23, Addresing the Far Eastern section of the Manchester Chamber: of Commerce, the special commissioner of the Nanking Foreign Office to Europe and former acting chief of the Intelligence and Publicity Department of the Waichiaopu, Mr. Clarence Kwangson Young, dealt lengthily with the unprecedented opportunities for foreign traders in.
China bent on reconstruction, "China will and must buy abroad if she is supplied with the right goods at the right price and if political susceptibilities are considered with reference to questions of an international nature which is of Paramount—importance. Already China's foreign trade is increasing and this increase can be hastened, multiplied and steadied by courage, optimism, tact, farsightedness and above all sincerity and ce-operat between China and the two or thr Powers leading in her trade in bring. ing about a readjustment in their relationship, commercially a well politically, quickly, sensibly, peacefully and'safely,"
Mx. Young then reviewed the obstacles handicapping the Chinese National Government's policy of unification of the country but expressed the belief that the last rung of the civil war ladder has been Yeached. "In a peaceful and friendly China, Manchester and Great Britain as a whole have a field of trade Possibilities which cannot be overestiniated."—Trans-Ocean Kuo Min,
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