Every district should have its Child Protection Bureaw. China has always had refuges where abandon-€il children might be succoured, but these have been insufficient for our needs, Now, each village should Aecleet. men of probity and public elect them to a committee of from five to seven members, Our people have always Deen noted for their willingness to contribute to every good work. This committee should collect. subseriptions. and open bureau in every district, Those who contribute 1iberally to the scheme should Yecoxnition and all should couraged to have a part in the good Qwork, Parents to poor to support Uheie children should report to the Durea and be given a certain sum of money, according: as funds would permit; the subsidy to diminish Fear by your og the child grows Sider, "When taking the consist of district a record should be kept fof expectant mothers. Since woe men have a natural reticence about these matters the village elder should be made responsible for geciiring the information. He should inform the prospective parents that the destruction of girl babies prohibited and that, if too poor to Ting up the child, help will be given from the bureau, A Criminal Offence These things having been accom plished, the practice of infanticide Bhould be made a criminal offence.
the taking of life, even child Jife, is murder. But the practice has been a custom for many years nil people do this thing unthink-innly. So it is fitting that—the people should first be instructed that the law ai custom will he" stringently enforced and ater this has been done any par-tents destroying their offspring must be severely dealt with and thus we may hope to see the bad habit reformed, The duty of making these regulations known devolves on the Silage elders and responsible peo-pie.
These should fo from door to their districts and explain heinousness of the evi me to the cable. If there is no change in any district and the practice of infanticide still continues the elders, well_as the guilty parents, should be punished, Relative to the' custom Of destroying girl babies is the usage of parents demanding exorbitant betrothal gifts before consenting to the marriage of their daughters; the need for industries in which women may gain economic independence and the recognition of the equality of the sexes, but these matters must be dealt with opportunity arises.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.