Not Afraid If Only Way to Save Nation: Supreme Sacrifice: Gen. Chiang Enunciates Foreign Policy Nanking, July 1 One of the most important declar tions at the Second Plenary Session was delivered yesterday when Gen. Chiang Kal-shels minced no words in clarifying the foreign policy of the National Government before over 160 CEE, and C.S.C. members from all parts of China, " The Generalissimo's definition of the Government's foreign policy was made as an explanatory reply to the rejected motion submitted by 28 Southwest members, calling for an Immediate expedition against Japanese aggression.
jen, Chiang began by stating that such @ proposal was submitted because the Southwest leaders never have understood the foreign policy of the Central Government, owing to their isolation, Even the resolution by. the Fifth National Kuomin-last November, to the will not be forsaken until there is mo hope for and the idea of sacrifice will lightly embraced until China is driven to the last extremity where sacrifice is inevitable, Gen. Chiang said, has not been quite well stood by the Southwest members.
Territorial Integrity, Clearly stated, the Generalissimo emphasized, the maintenance, of 'China's territorial integrity es the determination point for sacrifice and struggle, China will not stand any nation seeking to destroy her terri-ton ity. "'China,""_ Gen. Chiang declared, "wilt never sign any treaty' detrimental to her territorial integrity." If and when any nation should force China to sign any paper for the recognition of Manchoukuo, that will be the time for China to make the supreme sacrifice, It and when every available political means fails to balk any aggressive designs on. Chinese territory by foreign nation, which aims.——-~eliininating the: existence-ot'the Chinese nation, the Generalissimo added, that will be the time for China to anake the supreme sacrifice.
"This in. brief," the Generalissimo emphasized, "is the Umit to China's struggle for peace and existence Events ouring. the past six mont! have convinced most people that the siluasion has not reached the point where there is no hope for peace. He frankly told the Session thas, compared with previous! six months indeed While the Fifth Natiot tang Congress was in November, the Itulian-Ethiopian ws was. just beginning, and, naturally, world opinion was in sympathy with Abyssinia, but unfortunately to-day Abyssinia is a lost country. The defeat of Abyssinia, however, does not mean that China should not follow the path of Abyssinia, On the other hand, China will not be afraid to be another Abyssinia if that is the only way to save the ciation and the race. "Though we are not afraid to be another Abyssinia," the Generalissimo said, "we shall not, be willing to be a second Aby.sinia."
It the entire nation and all the Kuomintang members, the Generalis~ simo pointed out, were able to stand together solldty' under the Central Government, China could never be a second Abyssinia, The existence or extinction of China is now in the hands of the Kuomintang, and all the CEE. and C.S.C, members particularly should shoulder their responsibility well.
"Are we then," the Generalissimo asked, "to push the nation along the unwalkable path when peace has not come to the stage where there is no hope for peace? Are we to preclpitate the extinction of the nation just because of one moment's impulse when the nation still has hope of salvation?"
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