The General then spoke of "self sufficiency" which constituted the aim of numerous nations to-day and said that self-sumMciency as he understood {t. would not, even supposing it were realized, hormetigaily close the countries which adopted that ideal, to the outer world.
Gen, Tsiang refuted the assertion that lost year's events in Sianfu when Gen, Chiang Kal-shek was temporarily made a prisoner, were cou nected with the Communist mov ment and appealed to his own testi-many as a personal witness of the events in question as he had himself accompanied the Generalissimo in Sianfu.
The speaker recalled that it was reading Gen. Chiang Kai-st.ck's diary which had been alone responsible for Gen. Chang Hsueh-liang's conversion and asked his hearers if a comparison with other nations showed whether China adhered to a moral conception of life or was moving towards Communism, He concluded by saying that from what he knew of the moral principles of the German people he was convinced that the German and Chinese nations could well understand each other.
Despite all misrepresentations. said the General, he believed that the foundation had been laid for a solid friendship between the two nations and hoped that German trade with China would continue.
This afternoon a tea was given by the Chinese Consul-General in Hamburg in honour of the distinguished visitors who left Hamburg this eve-
Inyed the Increase in the boldness of the military leaders in Tokyo, and the declarations of the same officials fare not reassuring for the future of the foreign concessions at Shanghai. Tt willie Understood that by the place which she occupies in that great ity in the Orient and by the nearness Jot her colony. in Indo-China, France must be particularly vigilant before the enterprises of Japan."—Havas.
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