Colonel Max Bauer, whom we announced on Ovtober 25 as having been appointed military adviser to Nanking, has arrived in Shanghai, and was interviewed by a repre: sentative of the "North-China Daily Colonel Bauer is a big, open German of the military type, who is also interested in economic and industrial questions, in jurisprudence and philosophy. He greeted the reporter cheerfully, a copy of the "North-China Daily News," in his band.
"You got some of your facts very badly confused in your article about me, but some things are nite correct. However, I don't mind that. The spirit is quite friendly and then you could not know everything.
came to China last winter to look the situation over. Everybody has high hopes for this country and believes that a new era will come here. "During my visit, I met General Chiang Kai-shek' and we became friendly. He asked me to come to China to advise him with rogerd to the industrial devetopment of the country and I have come. I have no contract with the Nationali#t Government nor am I connected with the General Staff or with the Ministry of War. I fam a free man to come and go og I please. My duty will be to advise General Chiang Kai-shek personally, and who ever will take my aulvice, "During the Grest War, my task was to mobilize the economic and industrial resources of Germany in the interest of the German army. T came to know something about the management of big industrial enterprises at that ti That Knowledge is now available for General Chiang and his country. dustry, because without a national industry no army can be any good.
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