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WOUND IN THE HEAD. GRIM DISCOVERY IN KENNEDY ROAD

Yet another tragedy involving the death

a well-known local tailor.

About 7.30 yesterday morning an Indian

CHINA MEDICAL MISSIONS. BIENNIAL CONFERENCE CON-

CLUDED YESTERDAY.

CHILD HYGIENE, WANTED, After a comprehensive and interesting

In 'a discussion which followed the twɑ. papers, it was agreed that they wore ad mirable and that the suggestions made in them shuild be carried out, but that the dieulty was to get the Chinese do it. It wits, however, unanimously agreed. that community" hygiene and 'child wel- fare work should he instituted and that a special staff of aurre must be trained for the work..

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A Chinese Correspondent of the Peking and Tientsin Times writes:-

"There are no real communists in of a European was reported yesterday, programme-comprising reports, paper China, and those who profess themselves the dead man being Mr. F. C. Higgins, and slisussion-dealt with during the past few days, the Chiun Medical Mis- so are only out "for Russian money. If

sionary Association concluded an excep- The proposed revision of the Constitu- the Moscow Bolsheviks stop their sub- aidy to-day, all the so-called Chinese

policeman was on duty in Kennedy Road tionally busy 17th Biennial Conference tion and by-laws of the China Medical as the Hongkong University yesterday Missionary Association were presented communists will discard their communiso'

At the close, the delegates, although per and discussed in detail during the morn- lab to-morrow and throw in their lot just above Wanchal, when he noticed a with other parties" This is the opinion figure lying on a seat. He went forward haps wearied after the strenuous sessions ing and the early part of the afternoon of Mr. Feng Shih Yu, an old member to investigate and found an cnconscious held during the Conference, had the session, after which, with minor amend- ments to the wording, they were adopt- of the Kuomintang, and one of the lead European, who was grasping & revolver satisfaction of knowing they had accom-

in his hand. The man was shockingly plished much usefiri, profitable and im-ed. rra of the right wing of that parts.

RESOLUTIONS. !portant work during its cour Mr. Feng, who is now staying at the wounded in the head.

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two empty cartridges in the At the morning session yesterday, the Various resolutions, recording the Central Hotel Peking, axpressed himself freely on the subject of communism in revolver, and it was clear that the fatal disenssion of the previous day on the thanks and appreciation of the China China in ar interview with a special cor- shot went through the head, from ear to advisability or act of having B Grade Medical Missionary Association for the Medical Schools was continued. The messages received from different bodies, respondent of the Peking and Tientsin Times. He admitted that the leadership car. The fact that Mr. Higgins was alive of the Kuomintang was now in the hands when, found suggested that the wound had following resolation was passed: That hospitality extended, and assistance the standard of Medical Education be given them during the Conferenco by of the communists who held most of the

not further mised, until it is possible for different persons were passed at the important positions in the party; bat heen recently inflicted. denied that the rank and file bad any The constable immediately communi- the large balk of existing schools to ob morning session: while others were pass sympathy with the gospel of destruc tion and murder as preached by Moscow.sated with the Central Police Station, and tain fall, recognition according to the q in the afternoon at the closing meet

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posed to the spurious followers of way to the Government Civil Hospital | present standards be maintained, subject Among the resolutions passed, were

Marxism and had decided to organize a separate party to fight their pernicious the wounded in an expired. activities in this country.

to such minor modifications; or as the thanks and appreciation to the National

· Police investigations followed the dis. Council of Medical Education and Exe Medical Association of China, for their cutive, after very careful consideration, congratulatory message to the Commis- The so-called Chinese communists," continued Mr. Feng, are in a decided covery, and the deceased's identity was

ings; to the Executive Officer of Chios, as soon established. The seat where r, finds it desirable to make it necessary for sioner of Foring Affairs for his greet minority, although well organized

schools to register." compared with other parties. They are Higgins was discovered was not far from principally drawn from the ranks of students, aniversity professars and dis the home of Mr. and Mrs. Simpson, with gruntled politicians, and their principal whom he lived. object is to obtain money from the Rus

The circumstances of the case indicate sians have no knowledge of the exact amount which the Bolsheviks spend an- suicide, and it is stated that Mr. Higgins ually on propaganda work in this coun- had business worries. Divisional Inspec- try, but it must be a tremendously large one, as in Canton alone they have already tor C. Ariq is in charge of the case. spent $2,000,000. Most of this has gone A man of about 50. Mr. Higgins came into the pockets of the leaders with thei result that those who profess themselves to Hongkong about 30 years ago from communists, al have far motors and Australia, and was employed as a cutter by Dr. F. F. Ticker.. palatial residences."

RACING IN SHANGHAI.

RESULTS OF SECOND DAY OF I.R.C. MEETING.

RACE 1 (One Mile).

It was reported that invitations bad for his message to the CM.B. for their financial grant to the Association; to been received from both Feking, and Tsinanfu, Shantung, to hold the next the American College of Surgeons, for their greetings and interest in Medical Conference there...

Education in China; to Dr. E. W. Wallace, for the paper and report on the " ricent. conference on School health; to Dr. Paul C. Hodges, for his personal in- terest and help in developing X-Ray service in China, and to the C.M.b. for their assistance in making the work of Dr. Hodges possible; to Professors Sheil- shear, Earle and Anderson, for their con- tribution to the success of the confer- ence; to Dr. T. Maitland, for his

NEED OF CHILD WELFARE. A paper on the subject of "Community and Child Hygiene, or the Opportunity for Preventive Medicines in China, prepared by Dr. E. J. Wampler, was read

at the Conference.

THE NEXT CONFERENCE.

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In the afternoon, the question of the with certain diseases, such

infuence which American films were pro diphtheria and cholera and initiate the ducing in China, especially among young people into the bise of anti-toxins and people, was raised, and the hope was expressed that this question would bo teach them how and when to use preven taken up as part of the regular work of tive measures and medicine, before the the China Medical Missionary Society. disense took hold of them. If there was Several delegated pointed out the harm an epidemic in an adjoining area, surely that was being done, and suggested that they, as a medical body, for the sex it was better and inore desirable to use question was involved should take some measures to prevent it from coming to action. After further discussion it was decided to refer the matter to the their own district, It could be seen National Christian Council in Shanghai from the tables that nearly half the for their consideration. children in China died before they reach-

by Messrs. Lane, Crawford, Ltd. He left In it the author dealt with the spread Asked for bis opinion whether Dr. Sun's present strong profession of love the Colony and travelled in Russia, and of disease and its character both in for the Bolsheviks was sincere, Mr. Feng during the war served as an interpreter wide distribution over China and also paper on Health in Industry; and to the replied in the negative. Dr. Sun, be in Archangel. Returning to Hongkong where it was confined to local areas, He Association in Ladia and Siam and to said, was a great opportunist, and had no principle of his own in spite of bis in 1920, he joined the tailoring firm of asked whether it was better for doctors Dr. Mair (their president) for his help repeated pronouncefriend England, Ame-months. Mr. Biggins had carried on

to the contrary. Mesara. J. T. Shaw. For the past nine to wait until a few people came to the He had tried to

hospitals, or was it not better for part! rica, Japan in ture, and it was because he iniled in his political ambitions with business of his own in ice House Street. of the Medical Staff to visit areas affect these countries that he had decided to He leaves a widow and one son at Home.ed turn to the Russian Bolsheviks. It was

The funeral will take place to-day. ease of political expediency pure and simple.

England, or America, or Japan, chose to support him in his poli tical ambitions to-day he would hare no usa, for the Bolsheviks the next morning. Concerning the agitation for the abro gation of all oral treaties of Chins, he movement is un. Mr. Feng said: timely and bound to defeat its own ob-

ret. That some of China's treaties with Meeting held under the auspices of the The second day of the New Year Race the Powers need revision, not only Chia-International Race Club of Shanghai took es but all reasonable foreigners are, place on Tuesday. The results follow: agreed, hut the present moment is parti

The question of co-operation, with the Chinese Christian Church in medical cularly unsuited for launching such an ngitation.

For example, the extra-ter Little Drummer (Mr. S. Liou) 1ed their fifth birthday. Surely they work, hospitals and dispensing was also ritorial rights of the Powers in China Impudence (r. J. Brand) could not leave it at this. They must raised, and it was agreed that this mat are the result of one of the unequal The Whinechat....... (Mr. E. MeRain) 3 treaties which they have concluded with. China, but if they have conferred benefits on foreigners they have benefited Chinese in an equal measure, as many of the Chinese political leaders, including Dr. Sun himself, have owed their lives to the existence of these rights. Moreover, the k Chinese people bave no confidence in their own courts and, are, in many cases where it is possible, willing to have their

Advancement cases heard by a foreign judge rather

Contractor than a Chinese. I don't say that the

Prize Money Shanghai Mixed Court is perfect, but I am sure that a Chinese litigant, has more

Time: 00.3.5. chance of obtaining justice there than in

Racz 4 (1) Miles), Chinese court. When China develops an efficient judiciary and shows the world

(Mr. A N. Dallas) "1 that she can govern herself, foreigners

(Mr. J. R. Brand) 1 will be only too glad to give up their The Koulan........................ (Mr. W." Hu) extra-territorial rights, but until then

Dead-beat for first place. is futile to hope that they will surrender

Time: 2.43.3-3," them at the mere behest of a few irrea-i ponsible agitators. As to Dr. Sun's part he is under the influence of Moscow and in the agitation, it is entirely because not due to any conviction that the abol tion of the unequal treaties will really pave the way for good government in China"

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RACE 2 (One Mile). Zouave... (Mr. M. O. Springfield) (Mr. J. Liou) Censorship Mexican Money

(Mr. V. M. Haimovitch) Time: 2.06.1-5.

RACE 3 (One Mile).

(Mr. J. Liau) (Mr. W. Hu) (Mr. V. M. Haimoviteb)

Borderland Moonstar...

Zambo Dignity II. Great Lake

Hospital Administration.

allow the Good Samaritan spirit scope ter 'should be referred to the Council for The conference decided that the ques- and try to do something in this matter. 1A great deal of the disease "prevalent in tion of the arrangement of the variona China was the result of sexual vice. An sections at the next conference should be left to the Executive Committee, and important thing to' achieve was the sup- that the choice of the place for holding pression of commercialised vice and the it also be left to the Executive.

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of vice. A greater effort should be made

closing of the houses of a certain class

2, to make people get vaccinated instead

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG DAILY PRESS."]

of inoculated. They should make vacci 3nation more popular than inoculation,

which had the disadvantage that there last Sunday evening I am made to say S12,-In your condensation of my address was an average of one death in 500 cases that if a man would look into the work There was also the great danger of dis of inedical missions instead of standing cases caused by sexual vice. They should outside and criticising he would soon discover & benevolence which nothing to attempt to get the Government to carry do with the spiritual nature," What out an intensive campaign in which the I said was. “he would soon discover that people might be taught about personal the benevolence which has nothing to say 1 bygiene. They could protect a person half its mark, and that the greater to the spiritual nature of man misses from his Beighbours, but unless he or half. Yours faithfuly,

Race 5 (11 Miles). ......... (Mr. J. K. Brand) (Mr. A. J. P. Heard) (Mr. W. Ma)

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she understood what personal hygiene

meant, they could not protect them from

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themselves. They should, as members of

the medical profession, give all they

Time: 1.47.2-5.

3. KIRE MACONACHIE

THE NEW G.O.C.

could and impart their knowledge to GEN. LUARD'S MILITARY CAREER.

China on the subject of preventive medi- cine and hygiene, especially as regarded C.B., OM.G., who has been appoint

Major-General Charles Camao Lüard. the mother and the child.

ed to the command of the British Contributing a second paper on Cem troops in China, is a member of an old munity Child Hygiene," Dr. Iva Miller. naval and military family. He passed 3 said modern hygiene as regarded the his regimental service from 1885 to 1916 mather and the child was at present un- in the Durham Light Infantry, and later known in China on the part of the in the Indian Army.

His first active service was in the Zhoi majority. When the child was ill the (Mr. L. Quincey) 1. mother either prayed to her gods to Valley Expedition, 1860-91, when he was (Mr. C. Encarnacio) 3 foreign doctor and asked him to guar War, 1900-02,, when he commanded the (Mr. E McBain) 2 spare the child's life, or came to the Assistant-Superintendent of Signalling: followed by service in the South African antee that the child would live to be an (Mile).

old man. Dr. Miller added that cam-: (Mr. A. N. Dallas) (Mr. J. Lion) (Mr. E. McBain)

Time:" 2.46.

RACE 6 THE DERBY (1 Miles). Mr. Feng also touched on the present Warrenfield (Mr. A. J. F. Heard)

Bargain Money anti-Christian agitation in Canton, say

Mr. V. M. Haimovitch) ing that it was the work of the com- Diomedes

(Mr. E. McBain) 3 munists, and that the majority of the

Time: 3.18.2-0. members of the party disapproved it, as freedom of belief in one of the planks

BACE 7 (7 Furlongs). of their party. He also said that he did Shenkoland (Mr. A. N. Dallas) 1 not agree with those who say that the Green Chrysanthemum

that Kuomintang is a failure, declaring

(Mr. C. Encarnacao) 8 the party has many capable men and Henry H. (Mr.L. P. Quincey) that so far only five per cent, of these: have been tried and found wanting.out.

RACZ 8 (1 Miles). Asked whether, it was true that. Dr. Sun said at a meeting in Canton Inst Distinen big homintang were, tried for their Athens Spring when the anti-communist leaders Tarsus

Lopposition to the communists, that op

position to communism meant opposition to one of the cardinal planks of the Pineapple party and that according to Russian law Little Monk they deserved the death penalty but he Grantchester cause of his generous nature ho recom mended only their expulsion from the party. Mr. Feng said that he could vouch for the accuracy of this statement in Avery respect. It was made in the pre sence of over a hundred people.

Mr. Feng concluded by saying that there was little hope for the Reorganiza- tion Conference or for the so-called People's Conference and that the Bolshe viks are trying their best to monopolize the proceedings of the latter, as indient Swallowfield ed by the fact that many of the dele. Altai gates sent by Dr. Sun to the provinces Polydamus

Time: 2464-5- Bace

Time: 1.35

Burma Mounted Infantry with much

1paigns had been successfully carried out success (mentioned in despatches, promot in England, America, the Colonies, India ed brevet major, Queen's" medal with and Siam, and remarked that as a result our claspe and King's medal with two of this extensive education on these sub clasps).

in the late

war he saw much and jects the infant mortality had been con-

the staff, and as varied service on HACE 10 (1 Mile).

siderably reduced and the general health brigade commander against the watin Greenhorn

(Mr: Sokoloff) 1 of both mother and child materially im- and Mohmands and other tribesmen of Greenapple (Mr. Haimovitch 2 proved. These results should stimulate the North-West Frontier, who, at the German agente, wero Comedy General (Mr. W. En) 3 the interest of the doctors to attemptingbigation of The Turostle (Mr. E. McBain) 3 similar education on these lines through giving a lot of trouble, and also the

Dead-heat for third place.

China in their respective areas. She turbulent Mabsuds, one of the most. Time:12.10.2-5.

suggested that health and child welfare treacherous and bloodthirsty of the hil centres should be started in as close a tribes. Again, in the closing phases of the proximity to the hospitals as possible and; war he commanded brigade. in (Mr. H. E. Morriss) 1 that a certain number of nurses and Mesopotamia (mentioned in despatches (Mr. E. Maitland) 1 native workers should be specially train three times 1914-15, Star. British War (Mr. E. McBain) 3ed by the Nurses Association to carry Medal, Victory Medal, C.B. and C.M.G.)

BACK 11 (1) Miles).

to explain the nature of the people's Dead-beat for first place. No time out the training of Community Child He was promoted major general on New Conference, are communists.

cabled.

Hygiene in China.

Year's Day 1023.-

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