To the Editor of the bably the most difficult question to solve, and, after all, it is our women folk we have to consider first.
"NontH-Ciina Dairy News'
Siz,—Under the heading of "The Prevention of Malaria"—Reuter's Pacific Service—you publish to-day statement purporting to be from Dr, Victor G, Heiser of so grossly iceurate a nature that I find it hard to believe that a man so eminent as Dr. Heiser and with wide a knowledge of the East could possibly have made such a statenent.
The substance of it is that while in the Philippines there are 1800 trained nurses and a legion of doctors, in China there are not even 100 nurses and fewer doters. With regard to China this is absolutely untrue in both particulars.
Nurses—The Nurses. Association of China has practically 1000 Chinese graduates, not counting rome 300 foreign' graduates. The standard of graduation is so high that more than three years ago the N.A.C. was admitted to the International Council of Nurses, Foreign and Chinese delegates from China attended the recent meeting of that Council at Helsingfors. Miss Gage, leading member of the NAE. wi appointed President of the International Councit of Nurses for the coming four years and the next meeting of the Council is to bbe held in China. Besides the 1000 nurses mentioned above there are many with training of a lower standard so that it is hard to imagine anything further from the truth than the statement quoted above relative to the nurses.
Doctors—There are three prominent associations of doctors in China. The National Medical Asociation, the National Medical and Pharmaceutical Association of China and the China Medical Association. The two former are purely Chinese, the last is international in character.
cannot at the moment give accurate numbers of the members of the three Associations, but they reach well over 1000 Chinese and early 500 foreign member: These re all duly qualified physicians. They may not all be of an equally high standard of qualification, but taken all round 1 no doubt that they would re very vourably with the all round and ard of Philippine doctors.
The longer we live out here the more we appreciate the British Empire, and the more patriotic do we feel, and it is distasteful for foreign sky." Confronted with this problem, many of your readers might say: "Where, then, can we to and live a quiet, free life, without the restrictions and conventions that one is surrounded by at home." The dear old British Empire offers attractions to all tastes, and it is not until we study the various parts of the Empire do We realize what these attractions actually are.
For instance, you call attention to the "hospitable West Indies." What do many of us know about the West indies?' In the June number of "United Empire" there appeared article headed "Why Not Robinson Crusoe's Island?" calling attention to the attractions of Tobago, where 2 man and his wife can, we are told, live in comfort on £300 a year, This article was writ. ten by a lady who lives in Tobago, but I find that very few people here knew anything about this delightful Hittle island. There are many other parts of the West Indies which would appeal to old China hand:
Then there is South "Africa, which, with ite beautiful scenery and ideal climate, is now attracting so many retired business men and ex-Government officials as a place of permanent residence, and should also appeal to old China hands.
1 hope you wilt pardon me for taking up s0 much of your valuable space, but the subject of "Peopling Our Empire" is one which should appeal to all Britons, and Tam sure you will not grudge this space in aiding such a good cause. am, ete H.'P. Kixo Hon. Secretary for Shanghai, Empire Community Settlement Committee.
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