Organization for Work in Coming: Trouble Nanking, Aug. 1.
'As China is forced to sacrifice for the sake of her national honour, Madame Chiang Kai-shek, in 2 speech to-day, predicted that "a final victory, matter how belated it may be in coming, will' erase forever the humiliation days that have for Jong crowded our calendar and remove the sorrow that has for years past bent our heads and bowed our hearts"
Speaking before " group of delegates of various women organizations at 415 o'clock this afternoon, alme. [Chiang urged them to form a' united body to comfort and support the nation's defenders, The speech follows:
"To-day we meet with the ration facing the gravest crisis in Its history. 1 is with great sorrow that we find necessary to come together under the shadow of war, for war is a ter-Bible thing. It means that we must sacrifice a large number of our soldiers; masses of our innocent people: much of the nation's wealth and re~ sources; and see ruthlessly destroyed the considerable amount of recon struction that we have been working upon so successfully for the past ten years. But sometimes it is necessary That we make the supreme sacrifice for the sake of our national honour. Now that our Government clearly has demonstrated that we have home all the suffering that a self-respecting People can possibly bear, we must Unkesitatingly and with throw the last ounce of strength and energy into an effort to secure yhational survival, There is nothing left for us to do but to obey the orders of the Government and fortify others to do likewise, Woman's Share "To-day every one of us Chinese must fight according to our ability.
order to preserve national unity and defend ourselves against aggression. We women are citizens just as much as are our men, Our positions, our capabilities and our line of usefulness may be different but each must do that which best can be done to contribute our share to rescue our nation from defeat and slavery. hands to do, we must strive to do it.
"wherever there is work for our To-day in Spain, women are standing.
the fighting lines with their men; and during the Great War in every' country they gave: of their best to ald in the realization of victory. No woman of "China is one whit less patriotic or less courageous or less capable of physical endurance than our sisters: of other lands, and that we shall show the world. "Therefore T know that I need not urge you be patriotic because the fact that you! are here Is proof sufficient that high: patriotism is inspiring you.
"The purpose of our meeting today here Is to unite and so organize ourselves' that we shall not unco of energy, time or money in fan effort to make or work as effec: tive as possible, As avrule, to organize for such a purpose we should have to go through much formality, }but necessity is the mother of inven= ton. During war time we want to get the best results in the shortest time possible. T have therefore already delegated certain persons to draft afew simple working rules of organization and to suggest afew ames of people who may head and direct different avenues of work. I hope you will accept what we have Jdrafted and remember only that we re not working for name or fame but for the very life of our country
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.