Chapter 15 11. Fundraising to support Suiyuan Anti-Japanese War

On November 16, 1936, Japan drove a large number of bandit and puppet troops to attack Suiyuan.General Fu Zuoyi commanded the soldiers defending Suiyuan and resisted bravely, and the Suiyuan Anti-Japanese War broke out.In order to provide material support and spiritual encouragement to the soldiers of the Suiyuan Anti-Japanese War, the Peking Student Nation Salvation Federation launched a fundraising campaign.Our National Salvation Committee of Peking University Students immediately set up a fundraising committee and started fundraising work.He also asked the school authorities to stop heating coal fires in student dormitories and classrooms for three days, and all students automatically fasted for one meal; the coal fire expenses and fasting money saved were donated to Suiyuan Anti-Japanese War Soldiers.The faculty and staff of the school also donated one day of their salary as a labor force.In order to expand off-campus fund-raising, the Peking University Fund-raising Committee, after consulting with the school authorities, suspended classes for half a day on the afternoon of November 20th, and held a meeting of teachers and students of the whole school to discuss the issue of fund-raising for aiding Sui.A resolution was passed at the teacher-student meeting held, and the school will be closed for one day on November 21 to raise donations outside the school.

All the teachers and students of Peking University, according to the arrangement of the fund-raising committee, set off in teams on the morning of November 21 to collect donations in various prosperous areas of Beiping City.I led a team to collect donations in the area from Dongsi to Chaoyangmen in Beijing; there are some shops opened by fellow Shandong villagers in this area, and they all donated enthusiastically.As of November 23, a total of more than 1,000 yuan has been collected from the coal fire expenses saved by the three-day ceasefire for Peking University students, the meal expenses saved by one meal abstinence, and the donations raised inside and outside the school.All were sent to the fund-raising committee of the Peking Student National Salvation Federation, and steel helmets and leather clothes were purchased and sent to the front line of Suiyuan.Peking University faculty and staff donated more than 1,300 yuan a day, all of which were used to buy medicines.Together with a batch of velvet trousers and velvet gloves sewn by female students of Peking University, they were taken to Suiyuan by a delegation of Peking University teachers and students.

On November 25, 1936, the soldiers of the Suiyuan Anti-Japanese War recovered the Bailing Temple and won a great victory in the Suiyuan Anti-Japanese War!When the good news came, the students in Peking were extremely excited. On December 4, the Peiping Student Fundraising Committee received a call from General Fu Zuoyi. The full text is as follows: The Peking Student Nation Salvation Federation Fundraising Committee Public Review: Call for your kind attention.This time Suidong was alerted, and the whole country cared about it, and Nai He Xun encouraged him to raise donations and aid.When the three armies heard their orders, they strengthened their prestige.Since then, I will be more aggressive, fight the enemy bravely, and be loyal to the party and the country, and I will also look forward to the earnest hope of my patriotic colleagues.Thank you in advance, but I hope Quancha.Fu Zuoyi kowtowed.