New Britain herald., 1930-03-15
PROGRESS IS MADE
 BY NATIONALISTS
New Chinese Government Ad-
 VanCeS Despite Instability

. Washington, March 15.-The Chi
 ntsc nationalist government as
 Nanking, 'of which many Americans expected great strides toward recon and permit Ranking to extend its victories of 1927, has been trying to live up to the expectations
 The measure of its success will de- pend upon it's ability to strengthen <, itself and peacefully persuade war [ lords in wide areas of China to dis , band large sections of their armies ' and permit Nankng to extend its influence. Meanwhile China is changing slowly, regardless.
 Basic economic. and intel lectualt forces are at work moll- ing what twill in fac be the new China" says q report of the For eign Policy Association. City walls arc torn down 10 make way for modern highways, even while aviation and radio are transform ing older methods of communities ton; the ancient guilds are disin- tegrated by the cheaper products of western industry, and labor proletariat develops in the citie.: literary revolution scraps an elo- &ant classical language, and thou sands of illiterates are taught 10 read and write in the tongue thcy speak"
 To Limit Army to 500.0OO
 The extent of the Ranking gov prnnpnt'S
 reconstruction is contingent on Is area of administrative control. II las undertaken 10 continue for eign loan payments, institute an improved military appropriation and limit the army to 500,OOo men with fixed annual military appropriation and establish a sound banking system with re- formed currency. The Foreign Policy Association reports partial progress m putting these vitll measures into effect.
 Despite success in some phases of 1t taxation policy tho government has had little luck in collecting it's national consumption taxes and so has been severely pressed for ready funds, it's collections having been rrlnclpally obtained from the near- by provinces of Chekiang and Xii angsu. Failure to effect army limi- tatlon and financial unification s:s China have forced it into precarioIs methods of financing.
 Controls Only Nearby Provinces
 While the Nanking government pruends to De responsible for the whole of China it's army until ca- coiftly has controlled only adjacent provinces. There are least a mil non more troops unde.. arms in China than it's policy Lals for and the generals in charge of these troops have been raising taxes for themselves. Defeat of the kwangei reXolt last year, however, was given Nankmg commanding position in central and south China. it's iroubles now lie in the'north. where Feng lu-Hsiang revoltcd after a GIsbandmeHt conference last August. It's lack of control in Manchur,a Nas demonstrated when the Man churmn government negotiated separately with the Soviet govern H'tnt in the railway dispute. Army demobiization and the proposed national budget plan appear 10 nc no nearer realization than ever b. cause of the .stalwarts in north 1 China.
 With a territory larger than the | | nlted States and q population as great as Europe's, China has 7000 | miles of. railways and, 10000 of motor roads as compared with o75,- "on miles of track and 5000. .0ao | rlics of motor roads in the Unitel 1 States Railways and waterways Lave suffered during civil w,tr. l The Nanking government. how 1 ever. has an ambitious develop nent program. It has improved present railroad service and plans new badly needed lines. Road | construction is now being carried on enthusiastically in nearly every provice and 1881 probably will | show 25.009 miles of motor roa Is as compared with about 100 in | 1921. Air Mail Service Now in Operation i Air mail "crVicc is opcratin., | 'rtwecn some of the principal :. Chimes" cities: passenger aAl freight air service is "Ntcndins. l The government is making rapiI | progress in developing radio com- 1lunication and large incrcale 1 ih uso of telephones is reported
 Agricultural development offers | fast field and Nanking mas shaped an ambitious program.
 Sale of school textbooks is said | to have doubled between 1918 and | 1928 and an estimated 100000 | Chinese students are enrolled in | modern schools. It appears that about per cent of China's 4O0.- o00.O00 people arc cnrolled' m school at any given time as con- pared with about 15 per cent i1 | Japan and D per cent in the United States.
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