The Archive · 1903

The Tien Tsu Hui

To the Editor of the "Nonru-Cara Day News." formly hoon shewan wish the Ton Tsu Hui Sm,—Warm sympathy has almost uni-

(Natural Feet Society). Whilst opinions differ as to whether or no Manchurian resources would develop better under Manchu rule, whether the Coresns would he happier governd by Japan, there has never been any difference of opinion as to whether Chinese little girls would develop better, be happier, with unmutilated fect, untortured toes. "We fared forth on our crusade with but one poem published by a Chinese lady of Hanuchow, an appeal. We circulated it by tons of thousands and gradually a whole literature has grown ups around it, twenty-two tracts, leaflets, and placards.' Many of them also we have circulated by tens of thousands, till rather over a year ago came an Imperial Edict calling upon those in authority to dissuade from binding; this has been followed naturally by appeals from Viceroys, a command secompanied by threats of punishment in Hunan, " command without any indic.tion of whut is to come in case of disobedience in Fukien. Chang Chih-tuny had led the ven in. this as in 80 many ways years before, Tein Chun-hsuan; the most dreaded Viceroy. in China,

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