Hankow, Sept. 17.
"I shall not be satisfied until every woman and every student is participating in the war," emphatically declared Madame Chiang Kai-shek in an interview with Reuter's special correspondent, T "A great deal" she said, "has already been accomplished, but I am out for perfection, Ten teams of young women, college and middle-School graduates, are busy mobiliz~ Ing the population right behind the front lines, instilling patriotism and} teaching first aid so that they can look after wounded soldiers returning from the front as well as themselves, "Whole villages are likewise being persuaded to Keep roads in a good state of repair as their contribution to China's fight for independence, "Troops proceeding to the front are welcomed with hot tea and food by the inhabitants en masse. Likewise, parties are organized to give soldiers a hearty send off, One magistrate recently travelled. over two miles by, rickshaw for this purpose, "A large number of mar propaganda posters ig being prominently displayed ey 1 "The New Life movement is also responsible for the removal of $100,- 000,000 worth of industrial machinery irom Wuchang to Szechuen, Furthermore, it has registered and transported severál'hundred factory girls to Szechuen(ready for the reassembling of plants, Referring to the report that the Japanese have agreed to a neutral safety zone in Hankow, Madame Chiang declared tat the Generalissimo hoped to issue a statement shortly, "Has the world forgotten so soon," she added, "the manner in which Japan abided by her undertaking to respect a.similar zone in Nanking ~and other cities? There is an old Chinese saying, 'Look at the overturned cart ahead.'
I now must leave you, as a freshly-organized unit of women's service corps going to the front is awaiting my final instructions,"
"Thus Madame Chiang concluded a spirited interview, during which she frequently leaned right across -the narrow desk at which she was seated in a sparsely furnished office Reuter,
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