There ix a very different. policy manifest, from all angles, to the one that must have obtained when: the Kuominchan first came into the province. From all sides we hear of a spirit of friendliness both for the foreign guests, and for the work. which they have been doing for many years in the province. Mis sion buildings ure being vacated by the occupying troops, and: the men. who were the uninvited guests say they have orders to make life not only possible but: protected. From several of the cities has come, the: report thut the old time friendly. attitude is being restored. In the several school buildings of the An-shean and Baptist missions there still is a considerable body wounded troops, nor is this a. pro blem for the administrative heads. of these two missions, as there prospect of the schools: being reopened this term. If the predietions freely made -sinee the mecting of the two Marshals in this city, last week, are anywhere near the: mark, there will be more wounded here before very long, as something big in the way of " push north ward assuredly is being planned, Kaifeng shows every appearance of being a renovated city these days. Over the south gate of the city there appears in large lettering the caption that Honan is to. be made into a new province. Evidently a start is being made In the capital city, for everywhere one looks there are the "renewed plac-4." Streets are being remade by the Inbour of captive soldiers: Every: morning before daylight these streets have to be fairly clean of ben All store. fronts all the streets have been repaint! in the "blue of the Nationalist flag, with slight trimmings of red. This Jocks pleasant now when it is new, but there may be monotony follow: ing, after the sensation wears off.
'This year, the China New Year' was not allowed, and s0 the former lettering over doors is absent. In all prominent places the 12 points of the Nationalist desiderata fare painted in large letters, beginning with the command "to get up. carly." To assist this motto being ut into effect, the policemen knock at the doors at 6.20 a.m, and bid the inmates of the houses. shal off dull sloth, and got ready for an early start on a new day's business. The temples are being cleansed of all their former denizens and are being turned to more useful avocations for the welfare of the people. The Chin Ku Miao has been restored to the use Marshal Feng determined for it in 1922, as an asylum for the poor and the aged. Thus the streets are free from beggars again, and are cared for under the Government. Department of Philanthropy. As in 1922, the Red Light district again is turned into a respectable quarter.
Many Improvements The Heiang Kwei Si was the largest and, in the way of monetary returns to its Buddhist priest hood, the most profitable temple in the city. It stands adjacent to two of the busiest streets in the city, and so the stalls of what really was an immense bazaar eagerly were booked by the small merchants. The present administration has occupied the site of this temple for a central render-von for the people. The former unsightly mat-sheds that were rented to the small merchants have been removed, central verandah type of built in their pi side temple buildings, an industrial exhibit of Honan' products is ways open to the public inthe octagonal the heart of the area is gallery. The beaut Thousand Armed Buddha, in the inner shrine, is the only one of the idols that been retained in the temple, and it is kept as a work of art, art gallery presents much that is novel la China's art life; there is a good exhibit of the old China
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