"Although I have been away for over three months it seems as if T left Shanghai only yesterday, for with the rapid means "of transportation Canton. is brought practically within stone's throw of this thriving city," declared General Wu.
The former Mayor of Greater Shanghai appeared to be in good spirits and did mot conceal his enthusiasm over the expected completion of the Nanchang Pinghsiang Railway which will pro vide rapid and comfortable overland travel between Shanghai and the city of Rams, Questioned as to his present trip, General Wu Te-chen said that, sides attending the 10th anniversary of the Greater Shanghai Municipal Government, his primary purpose was to proceed to Kuling to report to the Central authorities on actual conditions in the province of Kwang tung following his assumption of office as civil governor.
"There is no doubt, that Kwang tung's main handicap is agricultural under-production, and one cannot help feeling a sense of overwhelming alarm when confronted with the dis-concerning fact that, over one hundred million Canton dollars' worth of Tice has to be Imported yearly to feed the thirty million people of the province. The more T study the problems of Kwangtung the more Tam convinced that practical economic salvation ties in agricultural reconstruction. For this reason we fare bending all our energy towards improving rural economy, increasing more scientific means of production. instituting reforms in the curricula Jof the schools to suit rural needs, promoting rural sanitation. work, and above all, assisting the farmers in every possible way to. solve their problems, find the people' of Kwangtunie are just og industrious and intelligent as those in any other part of the country, and I should say' very anter-prising and progressive, and' that is a. very hopeful sign for the future. The Bonefits accruing from national unifteation and the Fecent readjust ment of the currency problem should result in greater prosperity for the whole of South China," General Wu said. according to Kuo Min,
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