There appears to have been li stalled a progressive local government. We are told that the soldiers and police are efficient, and are drawn from the local community. There has been established 'a Do-partment for the building and re-air of public roads, and already good deal has been done to improve the highways both in the City and surrounding trade routes. Foot-binding has been banned with a strong hand. A number of new schools have been opened in various} parts, the old, unused temples hav. ing been pressed into service for! this purpose. Education is being promoted among both the young and those more mature in years. We are informed that a new school has been established at Kaifeng to promote the silk industry. The three Pri ciples of the people as brought out by the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen are Prominent to the curriculum of the Schools. Comniunism has been tabooed for some time, but among other propagandist slogans set up on the stations of the the neighbour-setting forth, the virtues of Bolshevism. These we presume, are really out of date Tt looks as though peace had broken out once more and a new era of progress begun. May it prove to be the case. Our present visit is to be a short one, but there would appear to be no reason against our coming back again very soon to renew our work of healing and evan-Kelization. ar Chinese friends seem ready lo heartily ce-operate with us in the work.
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