Sir Cadogan' Interviewed im London London, May 4.
The growth of the Central Government's prestige was the outstanding feature of conditions in China, declared Sir Alexander Cadogan, former British Ambassador in Chino, in en interview with Reuter following his return here last night, Sir Alexander, who was accompanied by " Lady Theodosia Cadogan and their daughters, returned to London to take up his new post as Deputy Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Admiration for General Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Executive Yuan of the Nanking Government. was expressed by Sir Alexander. "His capacity for work is enormous," he declared. "He never spares himself and I regard him as a statesman and real patriot."
The economic work being done by the Nanking Government, he continued, was very remarkable, while Gnancially, the outlook appeared to be improving. Sir Alexander said he thought that China's new currency promised to work well and stressed the importance of the stabilizing in-nonce of the Central Bank of Chin:
The conditions of the peasantry, east in Central China, he stated, were improving. They had suffered severely from the recent fall in prices and there was still too much irregular taxation, but they were no perpetually able to have all their substance devoured by hordes of uncontrolled and rapacious generals.
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