Yang Sen's Desire to Discriminate Against Shipping The following letter, dated June anxiety against British shipping in particular is explained by the fact that, both he and his officials are finanily interested in several competitive vessels, not all flying the Chinese flag. The letter reads:—Tien Shih-chih, the Head of the: here as representative of General Yang Sen to see General Ichang. During a banquet given' him by the Szechuan Merchants Guild yesterday, he urged the merchants to assist in tightening up the boycott against British shipping. He is also instigating the Chinese shipping companies for the same purpose. I learnt that he has definitely promised to release the cargo at Wanhsien which he had previously seized from Chinese-owned steamers in connection with the British boycott, on the strict! understanding that the shipping, hong will bind themselves not to ship by British steamers in future.
The Consul's attention is being drawn to the activities of this undesirable, who is no longer in favour at Wanhsien.
We understand that the Nationalist authorities are contemplating, the establishment of a branch the Central Bank of China in Tientsin. with the help of the nurse from Hwei Wen Girls'
School demon: strated Child Hygiene, the ¥. W. C. A. workers assumed all respon: sibility for the booth on Hom: Hygiene, Models to Teach Hygiene In the first booth, models of organs of the body were shown. Judging from remarks overheard, not a few of the labourers were amazed to learn that the abdominal organs do not. move will from their original locations to the skull or to an extremit} In the second booth, the fly menace was demonstrated by charts and posters, and methods of prevention and destruction of breeding places, carefully explained. As the theme of the campaign was "The Prevention of Intestinal Diseases", in the third booth, the cause and provention of the three most prevalent diseases, cholera, dysentery and typhoid,' were stressed. In the next Booth, students from Central University demonstrated infections in various parts of the body by means of models made of paper-mache'. In the fifth booth, a Public Health ing, dressing and bathing the now-born babe. The Y. W. C. A. booth excellent "picture of a home, a model of neatness: worthy of duplication in any home, ich or poor. In the seventh booth were miniatures of the "Model Village" and one of its houses which the Shanghai Y. M. C. A. have found to be a great success in solving the problem of housing for labourers in Pootung. It will be recalled that Mr. Tehou, the head of the Department of Labour, whil acting in the capacity of industria secretary for the Y. OM. 10. inaugurated and promoted the "Model Village" project.
Malaria, a very. well-known di case in Central China, as demer Strated by means of charts. and specimens showing the life-cycle of the harmful mosquito. 'The hallways were used by. the National AnthOpium Association to. ins? trate by means of posters, the da gers to health from the use of opium. 'The Automatic. Health Glown' amused the visitors by his antics as he explained' numerous health messages. wel, Chief of the Sunitary Buren of the Snip Chao. Ea, representative, of the Association of Labour Union, Each evening at 7 o'clock, meet. ings were held in the auditorium of the building at which health and sanitation were demonstrated in music, dancing and dialogues. One evening was given up to health plays by students from the Hwei Wen Girls? School und the ¥. M. A. Boys School. Motion pictures on Health were also used, Following Up in the Home The daily attendance of Iabourers and their families averaged more than 2.000, hug proved to those interested that education in health is meeting a neod in the lives of the working men which has never deen touched previously. But the work will not end with this Health Campaign. A plan is on foot for social workers to follow up each family, in order to see that at least some of the teachings are put into execution. Public Health nurses will come next to teach the mothers in detail how to feed, dress and train their children. It'is expected that the Municipal Government will establish a curative clinic for the benefit of the labourers. The Section on Education in the Department of Labour proposes to open night schools for parents and day schools for their children. Personal contact between the government agents and the labourers should break down many of the barriers Which formerly "separated these It is hoped that this campaign for health may be duplicated in every centre where groups of labourers can be gotten together.
The Fukien Residents Association have telegraphed to the Nationalist Governnient demanding the arrest and punishment of Marshal Sun 1g. former Inspecting ner of Fukien and Ché-
Kiang; Gen. Li Hou-chi, fonner Tuchun of Fukien; Gen. Chow Yin-
Jen, who held the same position; Gen Wang Yung-chuan, former Commissioner of Defence at Amoy; Gen. Chang Ching-yn, former Defence Com ier at Foochow: and Gen. Kung Chao, who was Defence Commissioner for Southern
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