Kwelhuachang, Nov. 7.
Suiyuan has been en fete since the arrival of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek jund his party last night. "A full day [of conferences for the Generalissimo and. Mme. Chiang was brought to a close by a race meeting which ended just before dusk fell. this evening. The championship race the wildest of all and" was won by [Chinese boy of only 12 years, who Prize the promise of at the expense of the JGeneralissimo, which greatly delight-Jed the huge crowd.
The Generalissimo and Mme. Chiang engthily explained the New Life movement at a meeting of mission aries, when a committee was formed to ce-operate in the development of the movement. Mime. Chiang also addressed a gathering of Chinese ladies interested in women's clubs Jand urged them to substitute action {for talk and paper planning. was incumbent upon' officials ta take remedial measures immediately so that, by the end of three years, the whole drug traffic would killed, he said, So far as sellers and consumers of morphine and heroin were concerned, they were to be fur rested, court-martialled, and shot. China could not be a great nation until she was a clean nation, He Was determined to use every ounce lof his power to wipe out China's four greatest curses—oplum first of all, {oot-binding well 'To eradicate them, the assistance and ce-operation of the public was imperative, for, alit was easy' for' the Government to issue orders, it was Jdifficult to have them carried out the people themselves were apathetic, Gen. Chiang urged the people much of possible in order things beneficial' to the From the missionaries who how to scorn bad habits, and how to give service at all times to others End of Tour Poking, Nov. 1 Madame Chiang Kai-shek, Dr. LIH. Kung, Minister of Finance, and Mr.
Donald arrived here this atter= noon at 430 ina Ford plane from Taiyuan, The plane flew over the Western tombs and circled the city before landing.
Several members of General Chiang's staff arrived in the Condor plane, while the Generalissimo himself few direct from Taiyuan to "inthe giant Junkers At the Lama Temple, they were the recipients of an impressive welcome picturesquely clad Mongotiau priests and Tibetan high priests, who, with profound and deep obels-Jance, presented the Generalissimo with their cards on sacred blue scarves, to the accompaniment of a Femarkable orchestral performance fon wind instruments " apparenlts peculiar {o this region. The giamout fof the yellow, red, and purple attire fof the priests, the heavy dragon rugs draping the huge pillars, and the magnificent century-old paintings fof the life of Buddha adorning the walls, were sufficiently impressive, but the visitors were awed by the splendour of the adornments of sanc Yuin sanctorum of the Panchen [Lama, which was elaborately furnish-Jed with imposing Buddhas, ornate hangings, and. beautiful masterly carvings. When Gen. and Mme, [Chiang left the temple, they were /given a solemn farewell by ranks of Dowing priests, while the orchestra played its unusual but beautiful Visit to Marshal Yen's Aged Father tentious village of Hopien, where is the equally unpretentious ancestral home of Marshal Yen Hsi.shao, the Pacification Commissioner of Shansi. To-day, Gen. Chiang Kel-shek, accompanied by the Marshal, motored Interviewed on arrival Madame Chiang's party expressed rat astonishment and then amusement at the alleged bombing of the train in which Madame and General Chiang Katshek were travelling between Tatung and Kwelhua on November 6, They described the report as being totally unfounded, and added that the entire trip was without incidents except pleasant ones, The departure of the Generalissimo, his wife and party from Taiyuan this morning ended a tour of ten provinces over a distance of 9,000 miles by plane, train and motorcar, and incid~ entally provided a unique thrill for the Taiyuan populace which crowded the field to watch the three largest planes in China take off in quick The farewell to the Generalissimo was a remarkable demonstration of enthusiasm participated in by thousands of the population headed by Marshal Yen Hsi-shan, Pacifcation Commissioner of Shansi, and leading officials and civilians.
Despite. the strain of over six weeks' strenuous travelling under conditions varying in. the extreme, from country flooded by the Yellow River near Kaifeng to the drought stricken areas and desert sands in the North-west, with changing climate and food, the Generalissimo nevertheless seems much improved in
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