During the year new quarantine regulations for, ships arriving China from foreign ports, have been pat into operation and new passport regulations have also been issued, the reasonable administration of these necessary" regulations the Chinese' authorities, will undoubted ly receive every ce-operation from those affected by peditions are necessary to oppose Though armies and punitive ex-the bandit and communist. forces, the only real cure for the communist lies in the improvement of Conditions, the maintenance of and the establishment of good Bovernment. The. mere: defeat, of bandit and" communist armies. will avail little if, the conditions which Jed to their formation are not re-
The seriousness of the problem mot only in its rect "on the and industry of the distri sub-committees of the Chamber] any At every Conference of Chambers, devoted much time and labour to at every annual meeting of this Chamber reference has been the preparation of comprehensive to the impediment caused reports dealing with the various coast trade duties, tie aspects of the trade of the port. mised 20 frequently by the National dition of which has. been several members came in personal Daring the visit of the Mission, its Jeontact with all those interested in been definitely abolished, the loss Government. axes have now trade and commerce and in. the of their Interviews and their sevenoe teng made, up by. Con: thorough investi tomar and iposiisn ud freeing rear aniount of data regarding [goods from delays and irregularities tribution or marketing, which which were amongst the worst feat-czars the aa, blet of shel are jures of a aystem which has for yet to be made, will be awaited affected at the present time but its demoralizing influence upon the trade and industry of the whole country.
'The Government is now, putting forth every effort to crush ban: find communism and itis hoped that their efforts will be successful, but, as has been said, unless good' gov: ernment is established at the same time, the results cannot be permanent.
'A. People's Conference has been called by the National Government to meet in May. To a large extent the future depends upon the outcome of this Conference and on the maintenance of the present. friendly relations between Nanking and Mukden.
'The need for the closest co-opera ion between all parties and the sinking of party differences in order that the country should have an opportunity of recovering from the Jong series of civil-wars, i ent to everyone. 'The People' ference will, it is hoped, show that the jealousies, antagonisms and personal ambitions which have been responsible for the unrest which has characterized the past twenty ill be subordinated to the country's need of real, definite constructive effort.
the whole world has been suffering During the past year practi from acute trade depression, China has been no exception, The con-Gitions. of unrest brought about by the civil war naturally affected both the import and the export trades but the heavy depreciation in the value of silver has had a far more disastrous effect on trade and commerce, preventing normal import ind stopping the development of industry on account of the high silver cost of the requisite plant. Exppris which should normally have profited by the low exchange also with very keen interest by all.
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