In Kansu now there one probably 40,000 or 50,000 Kuominchun soldiers. They have now all adopt-Jed the new badge of the Revolutionary or Nationalist party, the white sun in a blue sky, as they say "'tsing tien beh rib." And also the Nationalistie flag for China which is the white sun in the blue sky, in one corner, with the rest of he' flag red, which they describe 8 "tsing tien beh rib man di hong."
'The change over to the new flag was made this month, on the Sun Yat-sen anniversary.' Our shop keepers had of course all to put up the new flag which is charged at the price of $4 each, so that someone made a good thing out flag selling, The merchants did not wish for the change, but most fof them at least have the fives feoloured flag of the Republic safely put by, to be brought into use i and when another change in the government occurs. Even the wild goose flag of the post office with the five colours in the comer was changed to one with the Nationfalistic badge in the corner, wisely too, for why look for trouble in these troublous times? At the gates of the Mission hospital the Red Cross flag was flown, an em= blem of the neutrality and sympathy that is obviously the policy of the foreign missionary of the day. and subjected to a stiff examination because during a police visit to his. home, in his absence, they had found in hie library a book on Marxism. "AL these books were burnt," says, Dr. Sasaki, "but they may be found any day in the average book-shop in Japan!
The Law's Ca Ore strange thing about the study of Sovietism in Japan is that it no offence to do so alone, each at his or her home or boarding hous: But if you band together, then you. are violating the law. The police declare that not only did these stud. ents study Sovietism together, but} exchanged communications and lec-ures and passed these areand. "They practically broadcast their lof a good education." Three badges lof servitude were mentioned which must be done away; with one of which at any rate we should all heartily agree: foot-binding, piereing the ears (for earrings) and long hair. "The article seemed to be taking shingling and bobbing as the [criterion in the last named. A good many foreign ladies up in Szechuan have adopted this fashion. The layerage foreigners would think enrings and short hair harmless enough, just a matter of taste; but lone who knows what a lot her jewlellery means to a Chinese woman as a part of her charms will not be surprised that these enthusiasts in-
We are getting used to the inferences and deductions," the Po-thought that Chinese women are lice eay, and that is q violation of|very go-ahead Shanghai and the legal statutes.
All the Presidents of the various Universities to which the arrested] students belonged have been severtly disciplined by the Government. With regard to the youngsters themselves, the Inw declares that! "any person who tries to propagate 'a theory or practice against pr'va's ownership of property shall be liable, to penal servitude for a period not exceeding seven years." That is the sword hanging over the heads, of these students.
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There is, comparatively speaking, little progress in the average inland city at. present; but in some, as that article reveals the ice is more than broken, There is much more insurgent thought about than appears on the surface, An article such as peared in the "Women's Messenger' recently entitled "Should there be clash of sex?" is read widely by a large circle of women of various and it cannot but make them think. For example: excep tion was taken to the Chinese
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