But a light has arisen in this difficulty. A new general, Sun Chuan-fang, the marshal of the three provinces round about Shanghai, has publicly said that he is ashamed of the condition of things, and intends to make the neighbourhood of Shanghai as clean and well governed as the settlement. We have grown sceptical of generals who talk largely the regeneration and unific tion of China. But this is a brave man, for he has acknowledged the thorteomings of his people, which. the others" labelled misfortunes.
And he has begun by appointing someone to do the work and start at once, Moreover, he has chosen V. K. Ting for the part. Dr. 'Ting struggled his way with many' hardships to a brilliant degree. a Scottish university. So he has the pluck he will need to bring this thing through.
Tt is, indeed, the only solution—to make the garment as fair as the fringe upon it. Undoubtedly there! will come many causes for friction yet between Chines and foreign Amongst many other virtues, howe lever the Chinese have supremely that patience. If they have endured their own' misrule for so. many years, surely we can endure a few misunderstandings and take example from their patience. All the Virtues are not on the one side—
Lady Hoste in "The Observer.
In a terrific storm on the North Atlantic during the second week of August 52 men wore lost in shipwrecks. Three ships were destroyed. Of the lost men 47 were fishermen from Nova Scotia fishing hamlets.
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