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Vol. XXIXPoughkeepsie. N. Y,. W dnesdav. January 31. 1945Polit Dircussions Mirror Struggles Of Chinese People To Attain DemocracyCliih Mi*ng Considers China’s Past, Present“China’s political position today is the result of its second childhood;* said Dr. Chih Meng, Director ot China Institute in America, open *g die Polit CC.iference on Frida:.Siiit*lt;IIt*v* Lyons Clash* mIn Altitude On Gov’tDr. Meng explained China’s position today as a result of the “Beat Hitler first’’ policy of the Allied powers, which is not to China’s liking. As a result of this strategy less than 1C of the Allied military supplies were going to China at the time of Pearl Harbor, thus slowing up the campaign in the East. The development of China in the future will of necessity be greatly influenced by the position taken by Great Britain and the United States on the issues of international police force, the tariff policy and collective security.Time and SpaceChinese in the U.S. are often asked why Japan has become modernized and industrialized so much faster than China. In reply to this question. Dr. Meng pointed out the importance of the time and space factors. China has enjoyed the largest continuous civilization, and from 2.0(10 B.C. up to the tenth century she was aggressive, imperialistic. and even racial istic. Entangling alliances, high tariffs and interstate wars resulted. Mali, Chinese philosopher 150 years a!-tier Confucius, warned that the wars of aggression must be brought to a close.Glorifying WarChina then emerged from heroli iMhivi/l -I nrl tnrntv! iiwnvSpeaking in the Aula last Saturday on “The Hole of Communism in the War,” Agnes Smedley, writer and lecturer on China, declared, “I despise the Kuomintang because of their terror against the Chinese people.” Defending the Central Government, Jean Lyon, recently returned from China, said that all the Chinese people areiiling to recognize the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek during this war*Working with the Chinese Communist Armies from 1937 to 1940, Miss Smedley said that the “greatest tragedy** in China’s history came in 1927 when Chtang’s government was set up. Miss Smedley compared the situation within China at that time with that within Greece today. The merchants then offered loans to Chiang Kai-shek, representing the Kuomintang party. if he would disarm the peasants. drive the Communists out, and establish his own government. Chiang agreed.Secret TruceChiang’s government was recog-n;zed by foreign government* beau e of its stand against Com-rniism, and, consequently, against Russia. In 1935, M iss Smedley revealed. Chiang signed a secret truce with the Japanese government, agreeing to d« militarize one of ihlt; Wy the. i provinces, withdraw the Kuomintang troops stationed there, and suppress anti-Japanese movements within the country. Later, she continued. Mussolini trained Chinese for the air force .and Germans trained many men for the ground forces.Vera Micheles DeanGriffin Explain;Teachers’ UnionSi re 1 shy L Ihn'iimi'iilMr. Charles Griffin, Professor of History and newly elected president of thy Vassal local of the American Federation of Teachers, told of the purpose of the union on campus and nationally in an interview with the Miscellany News.About ten years ago New York State passed a “Teachers* Loyally Oath Bill” which required all teachers to take an oath of allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and the State of New York Many of those affected by thU hill felt that it was the beein-By Xikand: Associate ProfiOr. Saturday, f . . Avery Hall immittee will \ • entarv films ofera non o/ Pari# Russia. The latte series of seven . films. First sho\ ago, it is a con Russian fact filn made in Russia German and otland an excellent
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