Single Scrap of Paper Seen in Streets Pats, Feb, 2 Supplementing his lecture at Sorbonne last Thursday on the problem of China's recovery, Prof, Jean Escarra; technical advisor to the Nanking Government, member of the Institut des Hautes Etudes Chinoises, yester-ay Issued the following statement in oan, exclusive interview, "China's essential problem consist of revising her traditional valu which make of this vast country a static element among dynamic nations. China had to yield to the pre sure of these nations with "unequal treaties.
"However," he went on, "the risk of interior reconstruction in China halrecdy involves a large number of domains, more especially the econo-mie fled, the course of my sojourn in China, T was in a position to observe Impotiant changes, There are now model Chinese municipalities, cities uch as Hangchow, Canton, Peiping ind Greater Shanghai, where not a {single serap of paper can be seen in I the streets. Modern medical help now available in the Chinese country-'Em! side, as well og teams of young off clnls devoted to the cause of public welfare. A large number of model farms can be observed in the interior. Ju the course of two years, 4,000 miles of roads have been openéd.to traffic in the province of Shantung alone, with oe motor buses ensuring public Alr Trafle Progressing "Ale trate is likewise progressing in China with marked success. from 4 purely commercial point of view.
"Many villages have civic education centres, where children are taught to cep clean and to love thet country.
"Economic recovery goes In step with the efforts for political reconstruction aiming at the constitution of a strong Government based on Principles of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, "Finally, th the cultural and sical domain, Ghinese. thought -marks an important progress, an outstanditig manifestation of which 1s the so-called New Lite Movement) which dims at ring the value, of treditiodal Brinciples in China," tH protésior concluded—Havas,
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