Mr. C. F. Strickland's Report to Universities China Committee: Communism Definitely Rejected "The honesty end common senso the Chinese farmer, as measured by the repayment to the existing Credit Societies, exceeds the standard any non-European race which T know fang are equal to those of the best European peasantry." This is the tribute pald by Mr. C. F, Strickland to the Chinese farmer in his report on his tour In China from August 25, 1034 to June, 1935, under the piees. of the "Universities China] Committee in london. Mr. Strick-|, security' which surrounds them in their isolation:
*... Professor Hsieh undoubtedly sniped this function of Ca-operation frchina, and Dr. Sun Yat-sen appears have appreciated it more fully In Ms"later years. And. Just, because Ca-operation is a national plan, real Knowledge of) ce-operative theory and practice shroushout the world faust be. acquired "by ce-operative Teaders, it they are not to fall In Its 3
It 8 mistake to look land spent two months lecturing to] ® €9-operative principle in Mudents on rural finance and. ce-lither the Guilds or the Hui, the operation and travelled over' nine provinees, "being unfortunately pre-Vented by illness from—visiting Kuangtung and Kwangsi. He gave Atty oF sixty formal lectures and informal talks to ce-operative workers, schoolmasters, bankers, soldiers, agricultural experts, civil emeers, and missionaries. He also gave advice to the Hongkong Government on cooperative organization among. the agricultural Chinese of the mainland and the urban population of Victoria and Kowloon. In his lectures to non-English speaking audiences he was assisted by Mr, Chang Lik kwan, of the Agricultural Economies Department, who acted as interpreter, and, whom he expresses his deep also" to the various Including the University of Nanking, who assisted him on his, tour.
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