Modern-minded leaders in Kiangsi Jprovince have been faced with the Jquestion of how they may best secure the ce-operation of the people jin the immense task of rehabilitation and reconstruction in the areas recently recovered from the Com-
Many district executives and village elders, in the past, looked upon their appointments as a chance to exploit the tiers of the soil. The welfare tot the "people was forgotten. The people did not get a square desi.
They were exploited by their fellow
\Surrounaings, poor communications, ack of educational facilities—these land other evils following in the wake of corruption, and civil warfare—all helped to make the farmer what he is to-day. Each change of Jgovernment left him poorer and a [great deal more depressed.
The task of changing such an Inherited "set-up" was one for men with vision and stout hearts, and, on every hand, there is evidence that he leaders in Kiangsi at the present time nave set this as their goal.
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