Excellent work had been done by 1 foreign medical missions, in Canton, Hangchow and Hupeh, but there iwas agitation now for handing over of the foreign medical hospitals to the Nationalist authorities for_ad. ministration by the Chinere. would, if carried into effect, be like. ly to affect the mission at Hangchow, and that, if the work was not taken over by the Chinese, the Hangchow asylum would be closed.
There were a number of leper institutions in Central and South China, as well as in Shantung, said Me, Wu, but conditions were pretty bad so the Mission was now trying to educate these people to the importance of the use of chaulmoogra oil as a treatment. Mr. Wu said that, after the financial campaign, he would visit other leper centres and continue his investigations, munity as a body to take part in the discussion of Shanghai's problems must also be regarded as an essential if permanent stability and concord are to be assured. In no fother way will it be possible to Protect Sino-foreign relations _and provant a recurrence of the political' jand commercial disasters which we thave recently witnessed.
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