In this alone the work is incom= plete, Mr. Chang continued, for the greatest part of the work is in help-Ing. the people, making them self Above all, it is hoped that within the next' four years the training which is being carried on among local young people will bear fruit local leaders, replacing those who fare now imported, and. giving the latter a chance to move on.
"China is too large a country for lus to stay in one place for ever," Mr. Chang said, "and we ho Province, starting the work there.
Several instances of the work done the leaders were recounted, There was the quarrel between the Hislung and the Liu families. The Hsiung family were scholars, and. the Liu family tillers of the sell. They disputed the ownership of a small {plece of land, of about two or three mow. The Huss started to cultivate it, and the "Hsiungs retaliated by putting a cow to graze, This anger fed the Huss, who seized the cow, and the families then came to blows.
'The dispute was taken to the local magistrate, who favoured the Halungs, and then' to a higher court. with the same result, The Huss wanted to lake it to the Supreme Court when the welfare centre was started. The N.BC. worker stepped in and found the contestants adamant. They had Japent many hundreds of dollars over the dispute, but neither was willing to lose face. Bach wanted apology from the other, To make a long story short, the welfare. work-for brought the two families together Jat the village temple and there each apologized to the other, and the dis-ute was over, except for the owner Ship of the land. The Hslungs.'declared that they would be solisted the Huss did not own it, and. the Huss cut the Gordian knot by giving the two or three mow to the welfare centre, This successful arbitration was the foundation of arbitration bodies in many villages around, all formed of local elders, in which many Local disputes since have been amic~ ably settled,
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