It Is Impossible to make a tour of, the Province of Kiangsi nowadays without coming away favourably imrossed, even enthusiastic, over the excellent work which has' been done by Gen. Chiang Kal-shek in the recreation and rehabilitation of the ravaged districts _recently-recovered from the Communists. In the development of those desolated areas, and in the organization and educa tion of the masses he has achieved wonders. "No one can really under~ stand until he has actually seen the improvements wrought by the New Life Movement. On every hand there are changes for the better, all of which offer indisputable testimony, to the immensity of the task under. taken by the Generalissimo, whose motto, "Action and less talk," is being ut Into practice.
'A. visitor cannot fail to be amazed by the transformation that has taken lace, especially in the impoverished stripped bare and. hungry, Generalissimo entered the! capital of Nanchang less they would seize everything we hail our rice, our cil, our wood, on: clothes and our "money (the former being deemed by these poor people! Jmore important than money). They would burn our homes. They were hundred times worse than. the soldiers of former days, who were bad enough," she added.
"When the Generalissime's _troops arrived in Kiangsi province," she continued, "we thought they" would be no different from those who came Defore them, but we were wrong. We thought they would molest us as the soldiers molested us in days gone by. We thought they would treat us like the Communists treated us. But they did not. Instead, they are a well-behaved Jot and we have much t3 thank them for. We are glad to sell them our tea and eggs. (These are sold to the men at & copper a cup of tea and another "copper for an. egg). They pay for everything they take' from us. They do not. seize our belongings. They even help us with our farming and they teach our children, to direct operations Generalissimo Stands no Nonsense No fewer than 1,800 miles of fine highways have been constructed fat the behest of the new regime, hundreds of schools have been opened on a cheap but efficient basis, the Gen. Chiang is standing no nonsense the looks with unmistakeable @isfavour on ill-behaviour on the! art of his troops, who are strictly idden to molest the people, cheat them or take anything from' them without. paying.
One tale" recounted is that of a Lite "Movement, by Gen, and Mme, Chiat assisted by Mr. Yang Yung!
Secretary and Direct cal Department of the Generalissimo's Headquarters, and General Ho Kuo-Kuang, Director of the Military Affairs Department), 1s inculcating new spirit into the masses.
'A new railway, which {s to branch from Nanchang, will join the two neighbouring provinces of Hunai and Chekiang and bring Nanchas ian 48 hours of Shang "Hundreds of tiao-ta0 towers, "block-houses, and fortresses) have been built at strateputbose of preventing "come-back" by the Reds.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.