The first and most difficult task which confronted the government officials, the statement said, was the speedy execution of relief projects on behalf of the Chinese masses who had suffered hardships in warfare and floods and been plagued by bandits and guerillas.
To solve the acute unemployment problem the government launched a programme of dyke and highway construction and community farming.
Supplies of raw cotton were purchased and seeds distributed among the poor, When disastrous floods followed the destruction of sections of dykes along the Yellow River by Chinese troops last July the government dispatched engineers to the stricken areas and formed a special commission to supervise relief and reconstruction. The sum of Y.200,000 was expended on these projects.
Maintenance of peace and order was given special attention by government officials; Peace Maintenance Commissions were formed in each principles of Sino-Japanese cooperation," the statement said.
Anti-Japanese educational ideas were being eradicated, the statement declared. The Hsinmin institute was established last January to train youths to become officials in the new government. A National Teachers College was opened in Peiping in April. Text books for schools in North China have been revised since September, the statement disclosed.
Schools of medicine, natural sciences and engineering were opened in the University of Peiping in September.
Schools of literature and law will be created soon to provide complete university training for the youth of North China, the statement continued.
The Hsin Min Hui was formed on December 24 of last year to foster adult education. The Cultural Association of East Asia was formed in Peiping on August 29 to lay the groundwork for Sino-Japanese cultural ce-operation.
Establishment of a central government of China is only a matter of time, the statement declared. As a result of the "effective administrations" of the "Provisional" and "Reformed" Governments the time was past approaching when a new unified regime will be set up, the statement said Since the formation of the joint commission of the two regimes an agreement has been reached, the statement reveald, for joint jurisdiction over common administrative communications, postal adtrations, finances, Customs, consolidated taxes, cultural movements and political ideology.—Domei.
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