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FENG ON CHINA'S WEALTH AND
OPPORTUNITY.
STRIKING TRIBUTE TO FOREIGN WOMEN PIONEERS.
APPEAL FOR MORE ENTERPRISE
BY CHINESE.
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Feng Yu Hsiang the "Christian General made a stirring address recently to the students of Nanking. After expatiating on the size and wealth of China, he pointed out that it was being exploited more by foreigners than Chinese. He paid tribute to these pioneers, many of them women who governed little kingdoms." He wants enterprise and courage of that sort shown by his own country men and women. General Feng Yu Hsiang recent- 1 women. ly lectured to the students in Nan king University. He began by ex patiating on the immensity of the territory in the great Northwest, He pointed out that, for instance, in Niangan and Chekiang a dia trict (Shanghai is a district city) comprises a territory something over twenty miles in extent but in Kansu there, are districts like Lunhwang which is 250 miles north and south and more than 400 miles
east and west.
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This is all fertile land, capable of producing rice and with large trees whose girth would require three men to span. There are wells producing rock oil, little inferior to that imported from foreign landa into China, and plenty of coal, iron and other metals. 320 he said what a good land our Bocestors have handed to us and we who are their descendants have not been able to make any use of it. The wars of the present time are all for the possession of just those minerals which we have in such abundance and, for lack of communications, leave buried in the ground. Here in the South we
Some of them" are Ameri- Caan, some Belgians and some and public business are managed Dutch and all kinds of litigation by these foreign women themselves. of other countries dare the danger Now, you think of it! The women
COMMUNISTS IN JAPAN.
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YOUTHFUL INDISCRETION. OR DANGEROUS AGITATION!
TOKYO, Oct. 30th.
More than seven months have now gone by since the police car- ried out their sudden round-up of alleged Communists in March this year. Though exact figures are unobtainable, it seems that about 1,000 persons in all were arrested on that occasion, though a number
effected since then. Of the total of additional arrests have been. number about four or five hundred have been committed for trial, al of the long journey to these far the remainder having been released distant lands withous a tremor, and, needless to say, our women after examination. The trials will sit idly at home, not so much as probably be held early next year int stepping outside their own front four or five main centres. door. Even our men do not dare to take one stop abroad toward distant parts. A number of Hoaan men go to Shensi in search of a livelihood and, although this is a neighbouring province and cannot be called distant, when they are about to set out their women seize the lapel of their gowns and sob out Ai-ya, my loved one, why will you go to that far-away place?
Hi "Friends, think of it, our people häre not the enterprise to tackle even a small journey like that. If we continue to be as spineless as this what is to become of us? Other people's women spread their sails to the wind and travel ten thousand i to
accomplish their purposes, and we1-We do not progress a single inch in anything
The majority of those who are to be tried are said to be youthful intellectuals," social theorists of the student class, while men of the abouring classes are only few in umber. The authorities appear to regard the whole affair in a serious light, but the country at large, now that the first excitement is over, is inched to adopt a ́more lenient. view sad to look en it as being mainly the outcome of youthful indiscretion.
The vernacular Press, which a pears to reflect the general trend of public opinion in this matter, naturally regrets the existence of
Let Us Blame Ourselves. "Is it any wonder we are laugh healthy social tendencies amongst ed at by the Imperialist countries certain sections of the youth of the who treat us contemptuously as nation, but is inclined to the view though we were their little grand that à sound admonition rather sons? They do not even esteem us than severe punishment is what is De much as their cats or dogs. Our required in the majority of cases, ancestors bequeathed to as these though (the Press thinks) there are great rivers, these boundless hills. probably a certain number of bider Shall we murmur them for givinen who deserve harsher treat- ing us too great an inheritagee 1 ment. No, let us blame ourselves, their rise up, we do not exert ourselves, is by no means certain, as the unworthy children, that we do not "What the final outcome will be we are not willing to endure hard-authorities are very reticent as to ship. Brothers, I have just return-
how much incriminating evidence
Outcome Uncertain.
over-populated but in the Northwest are great spaces where one may, travel for days and bard- ly meet a fellow traveller, Here we are straitened for houses to shelter our people; there is an abundance of large houses with no one dwelling in them and falling to pieces for lack of care. There are wide stretches of fertile land! around Ningh in which was dense, į
populated in the days of the and is now desolate without in Han dynasty (206 B.C.-148 A.D.)
habitants. In fertile places in these provinces are even to be found many independent kingdoms ed from this great Northwest; it has been discovered and what this with police, schools, hospitals and
is & wonderland of broad spaces evidence amounts to, but the fol wide roads of their own construe-
and fertile fields There melons tion.
grow to thirty or forty pounds in What Others Do We Can. weight and people eat them sitting "Who
established those king-over the fire. The summer is hot doms? Let me tell you; it was
enough to ripen the melon and the foreign missionaries and
succeeding winter comes so fast chants. They have broken up
that fires are needed before the muck land and often those who are time for melons is past. From this in charge of rich little kingdoms you an see how fertile the land are only two or three foreign
mer-
KWANGSI RICE SHORTAGE.
RELIEF MEASURES.
According to the Canton Gazette the local authorities in Liuchow, Kingyuen and other districts in Kwangsi have formed a Provision Maintenance Committee for the purpose of importing big quantities of rice to be sold to the public at cost prices. Since Kweichow has been for some time prohibiting the exportation of its rice to Kwangai, the said committee has despatched a telegram with the endorsement of General Wong Shao Hung and Wu Ting Yang to the Kweichow Gov- erament, describing the situation of these districts in Kwangsi, and re- questing that such prohibition bc repealed.
According to a telegram from General Chan Si Shing, head of the Kweichow Government, replying to the said Committee and the Kwang- si Government, it is caplained that the prohibition has been enforced
15."
£500,000 GIFT FROM A ̈ MILLIONAIRE.
NEW BENEFACTION BY NR. BERNHARD BARON,
Mr. Bernhard Baron, the well- known English tobacco magnate, who is famous for his benefactions, bas set aside £500,000 in trust for hospitals and homes for orphans and crippled children.
lowing points have a close bearing on the whole affair and are worth noting:
(1) As the arrests were carried out before the revision of the Peace Preservation Law, the maximum punishment that can be inflicted on any one of the accused is ten years' imprisonment. Few, however, are Sikely to be given such heavy punishment.
(2) The Jury System has beca instituted since the round-up took place, but it is still uncertain whether the accused will be allow. ed trial by jury.
No Amnesty.
(3) The amnesty to be given to tens of thousands of prisoners on Ceremonies next month (November) the occasion of the Enthronement not to be extended to any of the
accused.
(4) The authorities are exercis- ing extraordinary precautions in The trustees are to use for this order to prevent any untoward event, at the time of the Enthrone purpose whatever part of the in- come and capital they think fitment, and everyone suspected of during the next twenty years. The
harbouring dangerous thoughts fund 15 so arranged that in each is, therefore, either to be detained year the total amount available temporarily or else watched with
the greatest care. shall be approximately equal.
The distribution will take place every December 5th, Mr. Baron's birthday.
Mr. Baron, who is Jewish, stipu- latee that three-quarters of the money shall be given to Christian and andenominational institutions and one quarter to Jewish institu- The Marquis of Beading is to be
tiona.
chairman, of the trustees.
"
__(5) Owing to the fear of dangerous thoughts spreading amongst the student classes, the Cabinet recently decided to appoint 63 student supervisors and 70 assist ants to guide the thoughts" of youths in the Government colleges and universities, and sanctioned the expenditure of Yen 146,000 for this purpose on their own respon sibility.
(6). The majority of those com mitted for trial, appear to be guilty of nothing more concrete than hold ing advanced social theories.
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SHERFIELD, Oct. 5th laboratories that have been built at The Safety-in-Mines Research Sheffield will be in working order on account of Kweichow's own short- age problems and since the present
when the Prime Minister, Mr. Baldwin, officially declares them year has yielded excellent oгops,
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Greatest Happiness.
The laboratories will be operated ready and willing to relieve its Mr. Baron has for years chosen
under the Safety-in-Mines Re- neighbour from dificulties In his birthday he will be seventy-
search Board, which, administers ponsequence Kweichow Government; eight in December-for large
(7) Soviet money is exid to have | the funds and directs the research has given instructions to the differ- charitable distributions, as he says been used by some of the alleged on behalf of the Miners' Welfare ent magistrates in the Southern that he finds the greatest happiness Communists, but the report has Fund. They have cost £300,000. districts to permit the exportation in using his wealth to relieve never been confirmed. It is ex- Small-scale scientific experiments at rice, and calling for the exemp-sufforing.
tremely doubtful if my large will be carried out in them, and tion of all taxes on the rice pur- It was authoritatively estimated amount has found its way into they will be complementary to the chased by the Ewangai delegates lately that he had given to charity Japan, and in all probability the large experimental station at Bux- It is learned that General Chan more than £1,250,000, so that the report is entirely lacking in found tou, waere Beld tests are conduct- has personally contributed 200 present gift probably brings the | ation. picula of rice to be shipped to the total close to £2,000,000.
The staff in Sheffield and Burton affected districts as relief.
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THE
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* Light Punishment Expected. He gave £15,000 last July to wards the cost of rebuilding the
Although the authorities are premises of the Bernhard Baron worked up to a high pitch of ex- St. George's Jewish Settlement, the citement at the present time on the gift being supplementary to one of subject of "dangerous thoughts" on The Sheffield building is. 140ft. £50,000 for the same purpose last account of the coming Enthrone long, soft. high, and nearly 40ft. November. His other benefactions ment Ceremonies, it is probable wide. It has four storeys, each Armenian Catholics suffered while include such gifts as 25,000 to the that this excitement will die down with a central corridor, and the Balfour Forest Fund, and £4,500 very appreciably after these cere they were being persecuted by the to the Mansion House Fund for monies are over. The severity of movable partitions so that the sizes rooms on each side are divided by. Turks were fully revealed by the the relief of distressed miners. the punishment of those under ar- important conference recently held Their range is catholic.
of laboratories can be changed to rest, if the case goes against meet particular aseda. in Rome to deviso a reorganisation
He gave, to celebrate his seventy- them, is likely to depend to some
All the rooms used for research of the Church in Armenia.
seventh birthday last year, an extent on how much the present ex- purposes are supplied with gas, Out of 2,250,000 Armenian Catho extra week's salary to each of his citernent has subsided, and this in
water, vacuum, and steam services, lies who hyed, before the war, in employees, and presented more turn will depend largely on whether and electric current. the dioceses of the East, only than £32,000 to 200 philanthropic or not any untoward incident oc- Experiment will not be confined £225,165 remain. Nine Bishops (of institutions.
curs at the time of the ceremonies to the investigation of known dan- whom one was burned alive and The new trust has been created in Kyoto. Taken all in all, the gors that have already caused at sze buried alire), 120 priests and by transferring £575,000 in Four probability is that most of the accidents. Steps will be taken to 47 nuns were martyred or died in per cent. Consolidated Loan. The cused will escape with a compara probe and guard against the pos exile. Three dioceses remain out fund will be known as the Bern- tively light punishment, and only sibilities of fresh risks arising from of 17 and one, in which there was hard Baron Charitable Trust, for fey will suffer the maximum the latest developments in mining formerly a population of 200,000 Hospitals and Asylums for Os penalty of ten years' imprisonment. practice, such as, for instance, the has now only 0.-The Rock, phans and Crippled Children. -Bouler,
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