2 coa a sah ray Chungking, Apr. 1.
ALITARY and economic warfare should be waged simultaneously and the greater emphasis should be placed on the latter as China's military crisis has passed, General Chiang Kai Shek, in his capacity as leader of the Kuomintang Party, declared in the opening address before the eighth plenary session of the Central Executive Committee of the party on March 24, the speech being published today only.
Out of the 240 members of the Central Executive and Supervisory Committecs,-159 attended the meeting, his speech, the Generalissimo warned the members present that the Kuomintang hed gradually drifted away from the people, arid that the arly members had lost their revolu-onery spirit and had become lax in their work, He strongly urged them to return to the people and to revive the spirit of the revolution in order thatthe Kuomintang may live up successfully' to its leadership in the' nation's dual task of resistance and 'The Generalissimo then declared that China's greatest crisis has passed, but added' that this did not mean that there will be no more dangers In the future, Greater hardships will have to be borne and greater sacrifices made in order to obtain a Sal victory, he said.
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