Jan 7.
Dr. V. K. Ting or Ting Wen-chiang has died at the early age of That is a real tragedy for China [development of the country. distressing to realize that a life s0 rich in performance should be: thus prematurely ended. Dr. Ting's first experience on his return from Europe was gained in Shanghai where was teacher in the Nanyang Mid~ dle School, little dreaming that in course of time he would.be heiled jas one of the makers of modern Shanghai—or Shanghai's "Dick Whittington" as his compatriot, Mr. Z. U. Kwauk once called him, tion these loan -bonds were little better tan flat paper, but wise statesmanship, recognizing that re-
Despite competition from abroad, there should be a promising future for Chinese industries, provided that, and in China's regret Shanghai has peculiarly personal share. A Kiangsu-born man Dr, Ting in 1928
His geological survey of the Yangtze Delta and his standard_worle 'Fifty Years of Mining in China'
Pudiation of Government debt "is Arstly, they improve their internal not only a breach of national hon: cos Associate Director of he indicate the wide range of his scien-[Shanghai and Woosung Port Ad-our but also a step prejudicial to, organization, secondly, they receive sufficient financial support: and tifle knowledge and industry. In the safety of the nation's future, ministration and under the regime thirdly, the Government establishes thus briefly noting his career, this has gradually but surely raised of the late Marshal Sun Chuan-fang a policy to safeguard industria} in-Journal is concerned to express the these bonds to tke proud position of aid the foundations of the municipal forests. China, with its rich re-deepest and most sincere sympathy being accepted by all banks and by Jgovernment which now {s able to with his countrymen in their loss the Investing public as sound Gov-sources, immense population and low level of wages, should find its entertain such notable ambitions ernment stock, To the banks es-and to convey appropriate con-existing industry unable to satisfy funder the vigorous direction of pecially this soundness 1s of vita. jdolence to his bereaved family, It; General Wu Te-chen, In particular Importance, seeing that their. reis at least satisfactory to think }Dr. Ting's pioneer work here was serves are largely composed of these market. the demands of even the domestic that Dr. Ting's indomitable faith Internal toon bonds and that is on Bearing in mind the fact that 90 responsible for the institution of a in the genius of China had det-these reserves that their note issues per cent. of the people of this coun-public health department in the City mite grounds of justification in the are in part based, try are dependent on agriculture Government of Shanghai and to his new spirit discernible in this time These observations should be borne and that industry here is not in an Iabours in bringing that ntant lof special anxiety and heart-scarchin mind at the present time, not Jadvanced stage of development or Jorganization into being his sucing. The best tribute which can only by those who are inclined to Jof more than modest dimensions, cessors. have frequently paid be paid to his memory is to ensure depreciate the achievements of the rapid advances cannot be expected. eloquent tribute, The son of a the maintenance of that spirit and Chinese Government but also by [China cannot hope extensively to landowner, Ting Wen-chiang was encourage it to find full expression, the members of that Government a3 jassait external markets on the pre-put fo study at-an early age, {it faces the diMeult task of economic [carious foundation of her low wage-himself doctored that when' four not by barren gestures of protest but by constructive effort in. grap= rehabilitation. Its beneficent acti-scale. especially in the light of the years el he was already a student pling with realities, Jdevices employed by many countries vities in initiating nation-building [AL twelve he could repeat al! but to deal with so-called dumping, services, such as plague prevention, two of the classics by heart. He threats for the protection of their quarantine machinery, flood control, could not write an ordinary letter, higher standards of living. China road-making, agricultural develop-but he could write verse and an
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