The peasants are thus in contact with offers of the regular army, and every effort is being made to ensure thorough ce-operation between the lanny and the people.
"The army and the people must junite"—this is the present slogan in Many times I have heard people sing the "Ho-Hal-Ho." or the "Army jand People's Song." which begins with the words: "Our army and people ce-operate: you fight at the front; 1 work at the rear."
watched closely for signs of any hack' "of spontaneity in gatherings 1 Jencountered, but could not detect any. On the contrary, 1 saw much evid-fence of the keenness with which the people took up their new wartime activities, T happened to be the first news:
an to visit this part of fmotest Shansi, The population united their efforts to welcome me, and {told me they intended to fight hard.
Local self-defence corps of their Jown accord turned out to greet me, jes have sometimes deputations of villages, besides ofcials. Some members of the defence corps are armed with spears, others quite unarmed.
Creditable exhibitions by peasants Ihave been given after only one or two weeks' training. "The most con-vineing evidence of the present spirit fin Shansi, however, was found in the [behaviour of peasants towards the soldiers in romolo places where we [stopped for food and guides.
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