Nanking, Dec. 3.
In order to expedite the work of ational reconstruction, compulsory Labour in the service of the state is ordered by General Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Military Affairs Commission.
In a circular telegram to the civil authorities of sixteen provinces—Kiangsu, Chekiang, Fukien, Kiangsi, Honan, tung, 'Suiyuan, Ninghsia—General Chiang. instructs that plans be drawn up immediately for' the utilization of compulsory labour in such projects as water conservancy, Jand reclamation, afford station, and highway construction, These plans are to be submitted within two months to the Provisional [Headquarters of the President of the Military Affairs Commission at Nanchang, provincial capital of Kiangsi, for approval—Kuo Min.
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