Dr. Yen referred to the return of the Boxer Indemnity to China by different nations as gestures of goodwill. Various uses had been igned to such funds, he said.
merica used it in the cause of education and culture; France used it to help stabilize finances; Holland expended the money on the Yellow River Conservancy work. Japan has devoted her share of the Boxer Indemnity upon an Oriental library and research laboratory. Britain has come to no decision as to what definite use the money should be applied, but a Commission has been, appointed to' investigate. There have been several suggestions put forward for the utilization of the money, but Dr., Yen stated that the most effective use it could be put to for establishing international goodwill was medical work. He said that it would be fitting for Britain to use the money in this direction as her prestige in China was high in medical and_ public health matters, 'Many of China's leading nfedical' men with international reputations, such as Dr. Wu Lien-teh, Chief of the North Manchurian Plague Pr vention Bureau, Dr, W. L. New, president of the National Medical 'Association, and others were re~ turned students from England. If the funds were allocated for' such work, the board of trustees should be composed of men with experience in public health activities instead of officials or politicians. The west ern nations have seen how such work can be corrupted by politicians.
Tf £100,000, one-forth of the fund, can be allocated, the capital should be invested and' only the me come expended. Assistance and en~ couragement could be given to government: authorities,.who have programmes of public health work but are short of funds to carry them through. The capital could also be used in the public health work by lending it at interest to provincial authorities with proper security for the installation of waterworks and public similar utilities, Dr. Yen, in conclusion, said that public health work was the most needed and would be the most appreciated of any the fund could be doing the most general good.
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