General Chiang Kai-shek has done some very straight talking in the course of his visits to various prov. inces in pursuit of the Reds, but nothing has been more direct and more needed than the speech which made before the leaders in Szechuen on June 3, After pointing out the richness of the province and the art it ought to be playing in the rehabilitation of the fortunes of the country, the Generalissimo declared. what he had found og a result of his visit, Szechuen was divided against {tself—divided into disorder and confusion, and he then went on to place the blame fairly and squarely upon the shoulders of those he found to be responsible—those in charge of party, political and military duties. They knew, he said only of their own gala fat the expense of the nation; they had formed habits of pride, extra'
nee and immoral dissipation and they had become cunning and treacherot's caring for their own private benefit at the expense of others. Those who have followed the history of Szechuen for the last few years with any degree of attention will heartily agree with what the Generalissimo has said. The province has been the battlefield. of warving factions, the countryside has been oppressed and all for the glorification of one or two generals completely devoid of any sense of the responsibilities which their high office entailed. It is to be hoped that the Generalissimo's words will have due effect for there is much room for improvement in Szechuen, perhaps, more than in other province, and he can stir those to whom he spoke s0 fearlessly to a realization of their faults and a desire for amendment he will indeed have rendered the unhappy people of Szechuen a real service.
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