Surely the time has come that China's friends should adopt policy and save China from destruction. Lovers of China who have spent decades in China, unselfishly striving for the better: ment of her people are convinced that salvation cannot come from within, If left alone they cannot Dut devour one another. A system with unlimited power, with proven efficiency, unostentatious in its working, unprejudiced in its details, fatherly' in every attitude toward the nation, must be established in the warp and woof of her government, her industries, her commerce, and in every department of her lite, To work such a system there must be an organization composed of the wisest and best trained men of the nations.
Notwithstanding the troubles, the foreign communities in the various tations have been able to spend the period of heat, in the usual summer resorts. West Szechuan is very fortunate in having excellent places near the centres to spend the holidays. There are four popular mountains. 'The widest known is 'Mount Omei, the holy mountain of Buddiism. The next Lest. kxiown Kuanhsien, the head of the irrigation system of the Chéngta plains. Beh-lu-ding, is the highest, and surrounded by' popular pilgrim peaks Douglas Heights has a lower altitude, yet contains @ number. of bungalows as it is convenient to foreigners living in and around the salt well district, Travellers Warned jing to the disturbed conditions, and the fear of other rebber bands Following the example of the Mienghuh brigands, a Consular noti-
British to curtail their holidays and return to their stations, provided the roads are clear and they can obtain a 'There is a silver lining to the black clouds that hang over the West. The rich Chéngta plains and jo the foot hills promise coops quite above the average. When food la so dear, and famine threatening in other parts, a bumper crop on these' Diaine is am indesevibable blessing.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.