In the Union Church on Thureda; evening a service was held in The Economic Transition in India By Sir Theodore Munson, x.0.1 (Jobo Marray, London), ice with the Red Cross Society's hospital corps at Hankow. Wreaths and other tokens of mourning were placed about the hall, among a Profarion of white flowers and ever-
The old economic order in Indic found its main anit la the isolated and greene, and a draped portrait of the P*°! and the village had all its r0s-deceased bang pon the wall vants sapphod by the local large and reprove penter, cobbler, blacksmith, lage ora't, oblivious of the prosperity or adversity of Sausmarez, H. E. Shen Tan-ho, Dr. the adjvioiog village, The village mena-Wong, Dr. 8. M. Cox, the Rev. (). E. factores, if that term could be applied Darwent, Pastor, and many to the products taroed out in the members of the Society. mi time village has The service wat opened with problem of over-andre" played production or dumping, which are the li, and after prayer by the bugbear of modern industrial advance-Mr. Darwent, " Danish by ment. There wore few roads, and a sung. A portion of the Fan journey of twenty miles, mostly ander-was read by Pastor Rydberg, and then taken for purposes of Gounod's "Ave Maria" was sung by considered a task more Mrs. Boll, Misa M. Richard playing a that of crossing the Atlan violin obligato and Mrs. Powell accomfic to-day. In sketching th panying at the piano, Theodore lanson makes BLE. Shen Tan-ho sympathetically an pari lei between condi-spoke of the great service rendered to tions in most parts of India to-day and the society by Dr, Olesen. He referred io England about the middle of the to the socces with which be worked: eighteenth century. With the progress on behalf of the society from the of transport facilities in England, be-he came to Shanghai, two years ago, ginning with the constraction of roads as surgeon, his superintendence of the and latterly perfected by organization and equipmentoof the operat jete was an impetus to ing roome having been especially valajai and. wannfacta able, At Hankow he worked with great the end of the zeal and kill. His untimely aod Inmented death' was, be concluded, an nations as a manofactoring country. inestimable loss to the society.
Sir Theodore Morison asserts that what has been achieved in England coald on behalf of the doctors be achiored in India. words, while Eo, rewsed their deep gratitads to those Todi who bad attended with them to mourn Ps ation. What happens land io the loss of their dear comrade. It was the beginning of the nineteenth century unnecessary to emphasize how great) is happening in India to-day, as, for was this loss. Daring the present dreadful strife there had been a call for example the increase in the population towne as compared with that of help for the wounded and suffering, villages. in this call Dr. Olesen The beginnings of a new order of industrial advancement wi given up hi voluntary felt about five decades ago, and Sir Theodore shows that the progress the seat of war demanded that the medical staff and the workers should already made is astonishingly vast, con-share the common lot; eat and sidering the conditions and prejudices drink and sleep amider the sick and] Glosne pices it "Ay ecageny Coal wounded, whilst shell and ballet! aay other country, the feeilitie for whistled through the air, acquiring the modern equipment of friend, whose cool brain and steady industry band brought relief to the wounded aod it is even possible that a offering, came by his death. It bad! already been said that he gave of catch up on England "in " conpltions." The ft for China jost as mesh a8 the soldier sport, the freer circaletina of produce who fell in the field in defence of his aod manofactore and country, and Chioa bad received opening of life in response to ber call. He one who could lest be spared, they most bow their heads to inevitable, bie was. bat the A solo was sang by Mr. V. Meyer, Mre. Powell gave Chopio's tone march, and the service was closed wi 1 Benediction by Pastor Rydberg. ably means greater prosperity to is, Sir Theodore Morison ry interesting account of the in India, aod regarded either ies or history the volume is well-supported treatise, which ha ry claim to attention.
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