The Archive · 1935

Spiritual Reconstruction Big Need in Kwangtung

BANDITS CHECKED, NOW TO FIGHT "SQUEEZE"

Canton, June 11 The importance of moral education was emphasized by Gen. Chen Chi-fang, Commander-in-Chief of the [Kwangtung armies, in the course of an address here to-day on the work Eaueation It is planned to ask the College Agriculture of the Central University to open one more cotton cultivation training class, to be graduated in two. years; to ask the University of Nat king to open another class to give training in ce-operation between Producers and consumers, to be graduated in two years; and to select and send abroad two more university Li-sung. signed warrants bearing the names of the plaintiff, Lin Kai, and his attorney, Tang-Ping-hui, also held the Court Clerk, Lin' Kung. to suppose that Lin Kai was telling The Chlet Procuraiar found cause the truth, and so reported to the Chief Administrator, who thereupon caused and reconstruction was being carried out in the island, where the civilization of the aborigines was being given prime consideration.

Gen. Chen said that the three-year plan for the reconstruction of Kwang. tung had been carried out satis factorily from the political and Jeconomie point of view. What was wanted now, however, was "spiritual reconstruction." Some Government JoMicials had not carried out their in structions as faithfully as they might have done.

The promotion of moral education was a fundamental necessity if the vigour and strength of the Chinese to be restored. Society's Judge Tan to be dismissed from his tea ult now-a-days, was selfish office, and to be put on trial. After preliminary hearing all the: defen-Gants have been held to answ before the, District Court at Swato Lin Kal for offering the bribe, found guilty, can get as high as three years in prison, or instead can_be ned, not to exceed $3,000. The accused judge, the lawyer and the Court Clerk, "if guilty, can prison for not less than three nor more than ten years. On May 29 the tell opened in the District Court. fess, which was the root of corrupt tion among officials. Gen. Chen cited several instances of "squeeze, and said thal, if Government—officials continued this practice, the whole system of administration would spoilt. He expressed the hope that they would 'Strive for the promotion of moral culture, especially of. this lime of national' emergency. Plans for material reconstruction easily could be carried out if spiritual re construction were achieved—Reuter.

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