"The iti of to-day has not only the opportunity of a good edueati but a duty to acquire an education. The West has brought to China x ]vast_wealth of information worth should be acquired the wisdom out of China needs strength, 1 China needs courage and determined leadership: all these qualities prevailed her in years gone by and the lesson of how to obtain them is waiting: to be learned.
"The tragedy is that so many soring people misinterpret and misfapply modern education, failing to employ that best of it and publish ing to the world its worst features. What an opportunity there is for young women of modern training' who have the personal outlook and the public spirit of the Empress Wen Wang! It an opportunity remake a nation! An opportunity which once only Empresses could command!
"France had her Joan of Are: why should not China have in the midst of this critical period women leaders who are equally successful?
is a decided challenge."
Priggess der Ling is in the city to serve as Technical Director of Oriental Pilms, the new $500,000 motion picture concern. She will also act a leading role in the initial production of the company.
Practically All Provinces Now.
Said to Be Ready to Join in November Meeting Official announcements have been received in Shanghai by Mr. Y. F. Lieu, adviser to Mr. Hsu Shih.
(general secretary of the National Citizens' Convention), to the effect that the Convention will be held in Peking during November, instead of October, "as previously announced. All preparations are now going on in full swing.
Mr. Heu, who is the right hand man of Marshal Tuan Chi-jui (the Chief Executive), was in Shanghai recently in connexion with the election of delegates. He was formerly Minister of Justice and Communications and Civil Governor In his instructions to Mr. Lieu, Mr. Hsu says that many letters and telegrams have been received from the different military and political leaders throughout the whole country, with the except of one or two provinces, indic that they are prepared to afford their ardent support to the scheme if it is intended to bring about real peace and unity in China.
Telegrams from Marshal Hsiao Yao-nan (Tupan of Hupeh), Gen. Li Ching-lin (Tupan of Chibli) and Gen. Sun Yueh (Civil Governor of Honan) report that all arrangements have been made in their wishes and generous which Inspector E. Mellows, on comrades of the collecting staff, presented him with handsome pair of binoculars. The party then adjourned to the 8. V. C. Club, to speed their departing colleague according to the time-honoured custom in Shanghai, and many were the expressions of best wishes for happiness in the future tendered to Mr, Marshall by his old comrades.
Mr. Chenig Chien, Civil Governor of Kiangsu, has sent six subordinates to Shanghai to sce that his order the suppression of lottery tickets it respective provinces for the preli-minery elections. Telegrams from Sah ing (Civil Governor of Fukien) and Gen, Yen Shih-san, Tupan of the "Model Province" of Shansi, inquire whether the heads of the different district educational bureaux have the right ito vote or whether the teachers. higher primary schools have the privilege of being elected. Messages from the Consuls abroad indicate that the Chinese abroad have elecicd their representatives.
Practically every province is now busy calling for the preliminary jelections, says Mr. Hsu, and the Chief Executive is very optimistic lover the result of the conference jand thinks that China has a bright future. production prohibited without permission.
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