Hearty Welcome from Local Bodies Dame Adelaide Anderson, formerly Lady Inspector of Factories in England, was entertained at dinner at the Navy Y.M.C.A. last Friday by the National Christian Council, at whose invitation she has come to Shanghai to study industrial conditions in China, and the National Councils of the Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A.
Dr. John I. Lee, acting Secretary of the Y.M.C.A., Mrs. Mei, of the Y.W.C.A., Mr. W. J. Hawk-lings, Vice-President of the Rotary Club, having welcomed Dame Anderson, Miss Y. J. Fan, who presided, said their guest would doubtless find time later to" enlighten them on the problems which they had to face. To-night she would offer a word of encouragement, Dame Adelaide Anderson, who was received with cheers, referred to the warm welcome she had received everywhere on the journey eastwards by such societies as were represented there that night. The gathering, she felt, was a sign of the linking up of all the nations. Of the various countries she had passed through she thought that South Africa most of all had had proved how difficulties could be overcome. They had in that country differences in colour, race and people, yet they had a wonderful unity in the organization of industry.
In Shanghai, she continued, she welcomed the help of voluntary societies and in her guests' kind offers of ce-operation she wag reminded of Home. Throughout her official life she had always had the backing of public opinion and support from societies just such as theirs. She then briefly traced the history of the industrial revolution in its various phases of development. Up till recently China was the only great country unaffected by the industrial revolution and it was to be hoped that the lessons learnt in Europe could be used towards establishing the- welfare of the Chinese industrial population, whose welfare was vital to the world.
Dr. H. T. Hodgkin said that delicate international relations were involved in handling a problem like this one in Shanghai. Tt was significant that they were gathered there og an international group of voluntary workers. Since returning to the Settlement, he had discovered that many of the great employers desired with all their hearts'to see conditions improved. Where and how to begin they scarcely knew industrial conditions into China and had got to see that they did not produce evil results alone in stead of good. Therefore we should put at China's disposal all that they had learnt, now she was forced to face these conditions.
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