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KWANGSI PEACE CONFERENCE.

OPPOSITION TO GENERAL WANG SHAO-HUNG.

MERCHANTS. OBJECT.

Shanghai, Jan: 23. The Nanking Conference for the settlement of political disputes be tween Kwangtung and Kwangsi and reorganisation al the military

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FALL FROM HOLBORN mised him a big position as secrs- tary. Hart had been worried he- VIADUCT.

cause the promise had not m terialised.

STOUT MAN WHO WAS SLIMMING.

A story of slimming treament by which a man lost three or four stone in weight in three months was told

In reply to Mr. Daniel Hopkin, MP, counsel for the relatives, Mr. his brother was Hart said that financially sound,

Dr. J. R. Beddard, St. Batholo- mew's Hospital, sald death was due at the inquest by the City coroner to multiple injuries. The man was on Meyer Henry Hart (30), of suffering from gastric trouble, Anson-road, Cricklewood, who was which would have caused him to found injured in Shee-lane below lose weight. He did not think that Holborn Vinduct.

[the dieting did any harm in view Joseph Hart, of Dim-way, of his condition. Noasdon, a brother, stated that Mr. Hopkin, who aid that he ahimself weighed 14st. Bor., naked since August, Hart, who was stout man, had been dieting, swim the doctor if he (Mr. Hopkin) re- ming and sun-bathing.

duced his weight to 11st. In a short time it would undermine his con- stutition.

The Coroner (Dr. F. J. Waldo): You think that he had been fasting too much 7-Yes, his skin was In Dr. Beddard said that fut in a folds.

healthy active person did not in- He was getting on the lean silo?dicate the need for dieting. -Yos, he was quite lean. He cut The coroner, in recording an open down his food to the minimura.

said that there

Was a

rordiet, "Promised Big Pusition." certain amount of mystery in the Mr. Hart added that his brother case, and it looked as though Mr. had intended to give up his workHart did fail for some reason or and office because a man had pro-other from Holborn Viaduct.

Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PEROY FRANKLIN, at 1 and 3. Wyndham Street, in the City of Vistoria Kongkong.

COMMUNIST PLOTIS BRITAIN BEARING

FRUSTRATED.

JEWS AND ARABS ARRESTED IN JERUSALEM.

MOSLEM'S FUNERAL.

Jerusalem, Jan. 23.

"C 3'8" ?

FITTEST MAY NOT BE

THE BEST.

SCHOOL HEALTH,

The fact that 40,000 lives are It is disclosed that a Communist being saved every year which would plot to create disturbances in not have been saved a generation Jerusalem during the funeral pro- ago in emphasised in the report of ression of Mohammad Ali was dis-Sir George Newman, Chief Medical covered last night.

Officer of the Board of Education, The police acted swiftly and over on "The Health of the School Child be opened at. Nanking to-morrow I thirty arrests were made, includ- during 1029.**** and will be presided-over by Maring both Jews and Arabes,

We are maintaining our popula shal Chiang Kai-shek. Generals

The ceremonies to-day passed off tion, he says, with the "less phyical- Wang Shao-hung and, Wu Ting-quietly, thanks to police

precau-ly fit." yang, ex-Commissioner of Recon- tions, struction in Kwangsi will particl- pate in the conference.

Nanking political circles believe that the Government may reconst

General der the appointment of Wang as Military Governor in view of the strong protest by the Shanghai's Kwangsi Merchants' Club and representatives of the Kwangsi districts.

The Moslem leader's funeral pro- cession, headed by Shaukat All. the was followed Mufti of Jerusalem, by thovennds of mourners,

The pinewood coffin, shaped like a Moslem tomb, was draped with a piece of the Holy Carpet and carried in a motor-car to the grave, which was fashioned in a chamber north of the Western Wall Mosque,

The following are some of the outstanding passages in the report.

Sowing the "C.3" Seeds. Too many seeds of far-reaching i infection are sown in childhood (tuberculosis, measles, rheumatic fever, &c.), but the main stream of "school diseases" consist of slight and remedial departures from the normal, which, if promptly correct.

in an area to which a door had ed, should leave no permanent mark

behind. For instance, 850,000

The mercantile bodies are sub-been specially, built. mitting a petition to Nanking de Funeral orations were deliver-enses of minor ailments were treat- not be re-appointed Military Govered by visitors from Cairo, Amman

and Tunis-Renter.

manding that General Wang ahould

nor.

The two Kwangsi generals are rived in Shanghai tossing and will proceed to Nanking this afternoon.

Marshal Chiang Kaishek is un- derstood to be considering the names of two persons who may be appointed Commissioner of Pacifica- tion in Kwangsi where the Provin- cial Government will not be or- ganised for some time. One of the terms to be submitted by the rebel commanders includes the cancella- tion of the arrest order for General Li Chung-yen und Pei Chung-hui, who, It is suggested, should be a pointed on a Government mission to go abroad.

CORRESPONDENCE.

The Vaccination Laws,

[To The Editor of Hongkong Telegraph.]

Sir,-Articles re vaccination of

LADY MISSIONARY'S HEROISM.

BRAVE LETTER BY ENGLISH-

WOMAN.

The following account of the captivity and murder of Miss Eleanor Harrison and Miss Edith Nettleton by Chinese Communista in given by the Rev. Alfred Sills, of the Church Missionary Society, at Focchow.

ed in 1929. The average degree of severity was considerably less than formerly.

Saving Tens of Thousands.

The infantile mortality rate of 1891-1900 was 188 per 1,000 com- pared with 74 per 1,000 for 1920- 1929. Meanwhile, the birth rate had faller from 25.5 in 1920 to 16.3 in 1920.

We are now saving the lives of tens of thousands of infants who, under former.conditions, would not have survived.

Less Physically Fit. When we remember also that for Mr. Sills stated that the two wo many years the birth rate has been men had to leave Chungan hurried better physical stocks of the popula- declining more rapidly among the ly without escort. Their little boattion than among the less physically

I was stopped by Communists about

20 miles down the river, and theyt, we cannot fail to recognise that were taken up

the present generation of school mountain, and children may be relatively lacking imprisoned in a small house.

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resistance,

At the end of June a letter was in physical stamins and powers of sent to Kienning City, obviously dictated by the Communists, asking This temporary change (provided for a ransom of £10,000, on the it remains transitory) is not neccs- hack was written, "We are praceful sarily bad in itself nor a sound und well treated."

reason for not saving infant life.

In July the nowa that one of Miss

Nettleton's fingers had been cut off was received at Foochiow. Alter

infants, may put it this way? As a resident of 24 years standing in this Colony, belleve me or belleve several attempts to find a messenger me not, it is the first time that the Consul and Mr. Sills at last ever heard about the Registration persuaded a carpenter, well known Ordinance re vaccination in my to the foreigners, to negotiate with case only. Telegraph issues of 21st. ; the Communiats. and 22nd. January, 1931, give rise

to prosecutions towards parents. Now, my experience begins here 21st. and 22nd. January, 1931, Hongkong Telegraph Press.

A Mock Trial.

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physical raca by allowing the feebler In theory we could get a strong specimens to die or be sterilised and breeding from the best stocks. But it is only a theory, for who is to determine which children shall dio? and who is to select the best Blocks?

We hear a great deal of talk about "the law of survival of the He was told that on September 15ttest" which chtains in Nature, the Communists were arranging to but we are apt to forget that for keep a Communist Day, when one man "the fittest" la not necessarily May I ask is It logical to pro- of the women would be shot.

the best. secute for any Infringement?" If On that day, the messenger saw so, then why not find out who is Miss Harrison arrive in a sedan

Study of Hyglene. who, re knowing it all or not, be-chair from the place they were kept, fore blowing

We shall never be in a position so many trumpets | which was a shack up a hill, about against some of the poor unfor- 10 miles from the Communist head-school medical problems until and

to deal satisfactorily with tunate and ignorant population to quarters. There was a mock trial unless we improve the physical en whom I am one. It's better not to The messenger Interviewed tendition of the children between in- put all of the eggs into one basket. men, and obtained a reprieve for fancy and school life.

Miss Harrison. He was able to talk to her. She asked about the enlling for public attention is the One of the matters most urgently Changan Church and Christians. study and practice of personal The messenger returned to hygiene, both in the schools and Kienning City and gave a full re- among the mothers of pre-school port. On September 8 he started children.

As a matter of factatam, I think it should be the business of those concerned re vaccination on behalf of the Law to enforce more com- nion and widely circulated bill posters in all the civilised streets of the Colony na a warning to all. When this is done, less dirty knots and linen will need untying and Spreading out. Cast no stones, for they may rebound!

our

back with an offer of £1,000 for It is disappointing to find how ransom, but the Communists acorn- very little systematic teaching in

such a low sum.

matters of health is being given in The messenger again went buck) the secondary schoola, lo Kienning, bringing a letter from. Miss Harrison, which, like the former ones, had been censored by an English speaking Moscow-train man among the Communista.

Sex Education.

I was never vaccinated during my life. Can a Law vaccinate me?

It is open to question whether direct class instruction in sex edu. Then let them try it! I say this is a farce. Christ never was vac-

cation in this subject is either cinated, nor any of his Disciples.

Miss Harrison was, however, able advisable or practicable. A whole- to send a private letter, in which some view of sex should be induced Granted it may be a good thing to she said, "There seems no end to indirectly by the reasonable teach- those who believe in it, and perhaps our long. dark tunnel. I do not ing of hygiene from a biological; to those who violate nature's law.

see how £4,000 can possibly be standpoint and personal guidance N.B.-Is vaccination a new dis- | paid; is it right to pay so much for to individuals. covery to our Lord? I say no. such a cause and for two old wo- Only to civilised man. Here's luck | men? Our bodies, minds, and

More Dentists Needed.

to vaccination for every human in souls have been wonderfully kept. Advocating a complete school

the world against small-pox.

With many thanks for publica- tion.-Yours, elc.

JAMES EVANS.

SUGAR MARKET.

THE LATEST CABLED QUOTATIONS.

The following cabled quotations at the close of the sugar markets yesterday have been received by Messrs. Pontrenth and Co.

London Terminals, March 6/- up, d. May 6/34 up 3⁄4d. August 6/6% up 1⁄4d, December 6/10% up 0. Buyers at the above prices. lers d more.

New York Terminals. March 1.3 l change. May 1.40 no change. July 1,47 no change. September 1.64 no change. December 1.03 op 1 pt.

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He hus promised a way of escape. You must not do anything you do not think right." She also said she was glad that soldiers had not

been sent.

Food For Prisoners.

The messenger saw the English women four times, and took food to them. About September 16, the Communists heard that £5,000 had heen promised in England.

In a private letter to Mr. Silla, Miss Harrison says, "Is this last a hoax? · If only one can get out it must be Mise Nettleton, as she has a mother ilving. Oh, God is Koud,"

present

dental service, Sir George says: It is probable that there are 4,000,000 school children in need of yearly dental treatment. At treatment is given to 2,234,000.

To give a complete dental treat- ment would require about 1,300 dentists, an increase of about 800. Eventually 2,100 whole-time dent- lata would be required..

The additional annual coat would be £680,000, rising to £1,400,000.

First Year Perila

Of the 74,497 children who died under five years of age in 1920, as many as 47,868 were dead before their first birthday. Thirty years When it was decided to give £5,-go: (1900) the nation lost 142,912 000, it still took a few days to get infanta under one year of age. Bánk of China notes, then the man " is difficult to full the true left on September 23 with instruc-

nurposes

of the School Medical tions that the women must be re- Service," concludes Sir George, "In Sel-leased before the money was given insanitary, ill-ventilated, unheated On reaching Klenning he left the or unclean schools." He hopos that money there and went on another in the not distant future this blot two"days" journey, only to hear may be removed.

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prices.

that the two women had been killed:

Some soldiers had come againal the Communists (led by a man who had formerly belonged to the Com-late Bir John Lane Harrington, Lady Harrington, widow of the munista), and the Communists thought they had been betrayed by United States Federal Courts and has renounced her title in the the messenger, as they killed the resumed her American citizenship.

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