The Dangers of Disbandment: Bandits Peking, Jan. 22.
jinese leaders here have just decided that banditry and famine, [which have come to be regarded as China's own peculiar problem, are merely this country's version of the whole world's problem of unemploy~ ment. ° vist Viewed in this light, provincial of Honan "have announced that province alone there 2,600,000 unemployed Neti 1,000,000; soldiers 490,000; jobless there is as follows: Famine Sandits 400,000; unemployed factory workers 200,000, Of this vast number only the 200,000 factory employees have ever been trained for any industrial oceupation—and the disorders cat the 800,000 bandits and Soldiers have thrown them out of work How to demobilize the soldiers without creating still more bandits was discussed at length this winter [by all the government officials of North China, but no satisfactory conclusion could be reached.
reliable statistics are unis estimated that the Pumber of unemployed persons. Bil China now totals 158,470,000 ind the problem here is to make jobs for men and women who have never been taught useful labour.
Elaborate plans have been made on paper to absorb the beggars and bandits in great, land reclamation schemes, in developing the fishing industry, and in, cultivating once more the ancient handicraft arts of China, But as all of these plans Fequire government subsidy and as the government is kept bankrupt feed its soldiers, the plans remain fon paper. while everyone still seeks fu vain for some escape from this vicious circle—United Press.
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