The Japanese military could have done better if they followed their original policy of localizing war, the Governor said. "As it was, they' had brought all China to hor feet to ght the enemy, he emphasized, In Kwangtung,' ike in other provinces, indignation' and hatred f the people had "been aroused to feverish point. The Cantonese were all ready to fight, the invaders, he said.
"The reconstruction programme of Kwangtung had been suspended by the war, Gen. Wu said. "But we are still assisting the farmers." Usually farmers were given $50 each for each of the two crops in the year, he said. The plans of establishing factories to manufacture tools and fertilizers had to be suspended.
Life in villages in Kwangtung has not been seriously affected by. the hostilities, according to Gen. Ww. Referring to loans to farmers, Gen. Wu said they were all honest people and the Provincial Government had difficulty in coliceting them.
Many overseas Chinese who went abroad and became rich have returned to their villages in Kwangtuag {to build spacious residences, according to Gen, Wu. They are there for show, and villagers belonging to the same family, whether they are in the village or in the city, are all welcome to live in Kiwangtung is still using small currency. This could have been abolished and substituted with the national currency. had not the war broken out, Gen."Ww said.
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