But what strikes one most in Canton is that it is all infinitely remote from Peking and even from Central Chine, One 35 ne 1 world apart and the odds an: ends of news which trickle down from the capital might have come from the planet Mars, Moreover one cannot resist the feeling that whereas the war on Peking is the sole interest in Canton's political thoughts, the war on Canton is but a side srs ae the many MYfow shall these two. ends of yeoccupations of Peking.
China ever come together, so utterly discrepant as they are in physical appearance, in character and political aims? And if this difficulty were overcome, what of the vast remote lands of Szechuan, of Yunnan now a wholly—independent kingdom, of the uncharted wilds of Kansu and Chang Tso-lin's enormous kingdom? The machinery of centralized government has been so utterly smashed under republican experiment, that it seems impossible now to construct any system in which they shall all work in harmony.
Dr. Sun has an answer pat. "Let the Powers withdraw the moral and financial support which they accord to Peking. Let them observe in fact. that neutrality to-rds China's internal troubles which they profess in theory. The only thing which keeps China in turmoil is the prestige which the illegal government, of Peking, which we do not and never will veeognize, derives from foreign recognition. And until that is iehdraye T will never cease BIN 4 Avren despair ig oe finding a bullet in the arm of a woman who had been shot at by loafers in a Nanking Road alleyway on Sunaentaths closter Be Bhantang see it ros chia sleeve after the wound had been id of the patient's dressed. The woman, who is 45 and of the poorer class, is stated to have told the police that she was carrying no valuables at the time. eS
Child Labour Commission which ties been appointed by the Shanghai Municipal Council to inanire into the conditions of child labour in Shanghai and the vicinity and to make recommendations to the Council with reference thereto is now engaged in taking evidence. All persons—whether employers, workmen or others—who-are interested in this question and who can give information thereon are invited to communicate with the Secretary of the Commission. Communications should be addressed to:—Mr. Jas. W. Fraser, Secretary. Chiid Labour Commission, C/o S. M. C. Secretariat,
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