Praise and Condemnation for Provinces Visited Nanking, May. 8.
"rhe most vivid impression 1 gathered "from my recent trip Szechuan, Kweichow, and Yunnan, was that' the people' of the three provinces no longer present a haggard ud grieved appearance. This is a taleful sign and shows that political progress is being, achieved," said Gon! Chiang Kai-shek, after he re turned here from his 28-day tour of fix central and" western provinces, Including Hupeh, Szechuan, Yunnan, Kweichow, Hunan, and Kiangal, He considered the headway made the opium suppression campaign fs the greatest progress in Yunnan, Kweichow, and Szechuan. Not only' had. the provincial authorities succeeded in banning poppy planting fand opium smoking, but many addicts automatically had cured. themselves.
the habit. As a result of the conversion of poppy fields into farm-Tands, there "had been increased agricultural production and the livellhood of the peasants had boon proved.
Ropid progress also had been achieved in communications and reconstruction. While admitting. that political progress has been made, he thought there still was room ' for' Improvement, "Greater care should be exercised in the selection of] magistrates, and public education should. be further promoted. The organization of militia corps and the {raining of the masses also warranted the attention of the local authorities "The greatest negligence had been found in the development of land resources, afforestation work, river Gredging," and promotion and' devel-lopment. of people's economy, He exhorted local authorities to take Steps to ameliorate the situation. Gen. Chiang also was dissatisfied with the compulsory labour service "system now being undertaken in the three: ravinees. The greatest defect he found was that' all the labourers: Grafted belonged to the poor class. while the well-to-do failed to con~ tribute their service. He asked that this be immediately corrected.
The absence of public health facili-tes In Szechuan, Yunnan, and Kweichow also came under criticism, Sev-feral districts in Yunnan and Kwel-chow, he discovered, do not even have drug stores, Since public health directly. concerned with the promotion of public education. public @efence, and the people's livelihood, sucha' deplorable situation should, bettered.
As 10 local administration, Gen. Chiang admitted that the machinery was working smoothly. Neverthe. less, he saw one great defect, and thai was that the work so far done was "impracticable. Furthermore, there wat no ce-ordination and little In his opinion, control and ma ment were equally essential.
By control he meant constant inspection and supervision, with the object of attaining public order and discipline. By management, he meant well worked out plans, with special emphasis on the order of execution of various projects, All. these should
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