Shanghai, Jan, 13. Walled of from the rest of the world by high mountain ranges to the east, south and west and by vast tracts of desert land to the north, the province of Szechuen during past centuries has developed along its own Tines, apart from the other provinces of China and, even more so from events which have stirred the rest of the nation. Even modern communi cations—the steamship, the motor highway, and the radio—have "done Dut little to lift the major portion of jand changing rapidly, with the move: ment of the National Government offices to Chungking and with a great migration of students. from all over China, siuidents who have seen their colleges and universities shelled and Fazed by war and who desire to complete their education so that they may. be more ft to serve their country.
As a result, Szechuen is becoming more and more conscious of the part it can play in the future of China and the Chinese people. Its great agricultural population in the most densely populated region of its kind in the world has hitherto been conent to li the sell around the vil-Jage and reap the crops, placidly letting the rest of the country and the world slip by.
'To-day, asa result of the movement of' the government organs 10 the provincial capital and the Indux of the students, the people of Szochuen, observers state, are becoming more "aware" of the fact that they constitute an integral part of China and that they maybe destined to play 8 very vital role in the near future.
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