Evening star., 1942-04-24
ny NINE. CHANG KAI.sHEK.

ny MME. CHANG KAI.sHEK.
II may not seem. 10 be the best
81 good sense to prepare plans for
architectural improvements while
the house In still afire and one Is
having hard work 70 extinsuish the
flames.
Yet the United Nations realize
that after the war Is won new prob
lens viii automatically arise which
viii demand for their solution as
much thought, devotion and prac-
tical application Of idealism as win
ming the war itself.
We IN China. though We have
been harried for years by death and
destruction, have been giving care
ful thought toward the perfection
Of political and social system that
will insure In the future the great
est good for the greatest number.
All the existing systems OF gov
eminent In the world-and this ap-
plies to the aggressive as well
as to the aggressive nations-are
DCsaAE Ntt&hto AtAF ifitlbi st icSs
balance Of war. Some We are sure
will not survive the test. but all
have shown weaknesses that call
for drastic alterations 1T is only
the very wisest and the very
stupidest who never change" OBJ
served one OF our sages.
No More Exploitation.
We have chosen the path that
we shall tread in the future.
We are determined that there
khan be no more exploitation of
China.
have no wish TO harp on old
grievances, but realism demands
that should mention the ruthless
and shameless exploitation of our
country by the West in the past
and the hard-dying illusion that the
best way TO win our hearts was
TO kick us in the ribs. Such asinine
stupidities must never be repeated.
as much for your own sake as for
ours.
America and Britain have already
shown their consciousness of error
by voluntarily offering to abrogate
the iniquitous system OF extraterri-
torialty that denied China her in
herent right to equality with other
nations.
While as nation We are re-
solved that we will not tolerate
foreign exploitation, we are equally
determined that within our country
there be no exploitation of any sec
tion OF society by any other section
or even by the State itself.
China Not C0mmunistic.
The possession of wealth does not
confer upon the wealthy the right
10 take unfair advantage OF the
less fortunate. But neither, as a
nation, does China believe In Com
munism or wish to obtain 1t In our
land.
We have no use for most isns
which pose as panaceas for all the
ills of the human race. In fact,
all forms of authoritarianism
adopted by some European coun-
tries. Japan, and certain Latin
American republics (which In late
years have hirted little, discreetly
perhaps. with dictatorship leave
the Chinese people cold
In postwar China, although we
shall not countenance exploitation,
international or national. we shall
grant private capital its rightful
place, for 1t implements individual
initiative. and we Chinese. being
realists, fully recognize basic facts
Our aee-old civilization has been
developed through harmonizing con-
ditions as they existed and as they
ideally should be. But no individual
will be permitted to wax rich at the
expense of others. The rights of
the people will be protected by pro-
gressive taxation.
Private Capital Necessary
I maintain that when incomes
exceed legitimate needs and a
reasonable margin to insure free
dom from want the excess should
belong to humanity.
On the other hand, private capital
must be given every encouragement
to develop the resources and in
dustrv of the country-but only in
cooperation with labor. All public
utilities should be State-owned
ANY governmental policy in China
ought TO take cognizance of the
ell-importsnt fact that we are an