FUTURE OF CHINA

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19140, 8 October 1936, Page 9

FUTURE OF CHINA

WEARING UNIFICATION CHIANG'S CONFIDENCE NANKING, Aug. 1-1. Marshal Chiang Kai-Shek, bend of the Nanking Government, stated to-day that, following the bloodless settlement of the dispute between the centra! authorities and (.'anion. China was nearer to unification than it had been at- any time since the overthrow of the empire in 1912. He added that, be believed that the problem of Kwangsi, the South-Western province which si ill resists Nanking's authority, could also be solved without resort to force.

"With the solution of the SouthWestern problem." lie said, "will come the final elimination of those, factors which for the past decade or two have been responsible for the so-called civil war.

"L'nless outside influences are able by intrigue to create. View opposition to unification, then it may he said that at last all the provinces of China will be United. The people of China are more enlightened now than at. any time in the past, and: (hey realise the benefits which the Central Government's policy is conferring on them. Marshal Chiang Kai-Shek pointed out that, unity would "reduce the menace of

external aggression hy virtue of the strength resulting from singleness of purpose.'' He predicted that, it would contribute lo the. material progress ot tho country as significantly as it would stimulate the spiritual forces. "Out. of these combined factors spring patriotism and power," he contented. "The » great Anglo-Saxon nations. America and Britain, have consistently shown friendship towards China, and from their innate sense of justice China can gain much.

"From their achievements in government, science and industrial development China has much to learn. Li these Powers accord China, sympathetic understanding in this period of travail much, will be gained by ail."