The Archive · 1934

Brilliant Future for China

The World's Greatest Nation Within Ten Years Peking, Nov. 1 During an informal chat, with or~ eign newspaper correspondents, yes terday, Mme, Chiang Kai-shek spoke with pleasure of the aerial tour of the northwest which she, her husband, and Marshal Chang Hsueh-Hang recently made, Among the faults of the past, she asserted, was the gulf between the leaders of the the people, and it was such tours in future Mme. Chiang said she felt that China's greatest hope was the New Life. movement, which had been Yaunehed with the object of preserve ing all the best of China's ancient culture and blending with it those parts of Western culture which China Needed. The ce-operation of foreign missionaries was being enlisted, because they were close to the people fand able to help the Government. A start had been made in the places they had visited by attacking the chief local evils—the opium habit in tone centre, foot-binding in another, teachorma in a. third, Under the stimulus of the New Life movement, Mme. Chiang pre~ dicted that China would have every chance of becoming the greatest tion in the world within ten years, niven a period of peace and pros perity, which, she fell, was now Assured, Once China regained her tribute to the wolf fand make avery valuable spiritual contribution, Questioned concerning the G: eralissimo's conception of the best form of government for China, Mme. Chiang smilingly dismissed the suggestion that he was trying to emulate Herr Hitler or Signor Mussolini, and quoted an old Chinese parable to support her assertion that What was suitable for one country was not necessarily suitable for an~ other.—Reuter. the Red capital in southeast Kiangsi, 130° miles west of Changting.—Rehabilitation work is now being started by the Government troops in the city, which has been in the hands fof the Reds for mers than three: years—Kuo Min.

Reds Moving into Human Canton, Nov. 3.

The desperate attempt of the Com-Jmunists in Kiangsi to penetrate into Kuanjtung and make a drive towards Canton appears definitely vw have been foiled. Tke Reds are moving away from the Kuangtung border Jand official reports confirm that they were heading for Hunan, Tt appears that the Red bands are making' their inroad into Hunan in two directions. One column is. marching towards Sungyi via Nanking to move into Hunan and Kweichow. Another column is moving between SYucheng and Jenhua, also with the intention of invading Hunan.

with many troops massed on the northern Kuangtung border, rein~ forced by fighting and bombing. planes and tanks, the Kuangtung {frontier is declared to be entirely safe and further attacks from the Reds are not expected—Reuter.

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