July 1
A very great tribute has been paid to the Salvation. Army by Its being asked to take in hand the actual, tangible w f the Prisoners' Aid Society in Shanghai, That it has accepted this the value of this organization in the midst of a community such.
and the hope may be expressed that all, both Chinese and foreign, will see to it that its efforts are adequately financial-and otherwise—supported, While the Salvation Army has been functioning in Japan for a very considerable time, with magnificent record of—work] there, it did not emerge in China. until' a considerable time later, and then in the first place only in Peking. In 1927,—however, the Salvation Army appeared in Shanghai, and under the charge of an. energetic officer commenced its work in the eastern trict of the Settlement, the initial idea being to care for the foreign down-and-outs who, unfortunately too often, find themselves adrift in Shanghai. Excellent work was done in looking after these people, and that the portance of the work in Shanghai was appreciated by headquarters may be gauged from the fact that subsequently a senior officer was appointed to take charge of the area. Obvious-was never contemplated at the outset that he should sooner or later take charge of the arduous work of the Prisoners' Aid Society, but he is now going to do so,' and the whole of Shanghai will wish him success! in a matter which calls for the greatest sympathy and the most careful handling which is demanded by almost any human problem, Perhaps in China it is more difficult than elsewhere As the greatest metropolis, and the wealthiest, in, the country Chinese of the adventurous
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