Wuhan haa of late been acquiring a reputation for seeing that things are not done by halves. When the Nationalist Government issued edicts aguinst superstitjoys habits and beliefs, the authorities in the Wuhan district decided that that was all right from an academic point of view but that no end diets oF sermons would ever wean. the people from their inherited superstition, 0 they decided to call the army and. suppress this bugbear of China by force. In lorder to he thorough they then put into force a scheme for registering: all such places as temples whi Exist upon superstition, knowing full well that the last thing the average loves is to be registered. have tackled fortunetellers, and whereas other people, like those in the Government, have tellers that they practice, Wuhan again goes a atop further, and says that they must change their pro fession with must confess tion for th beings for instance, did nothin timate that he had red into private life, he would be almas: Certain to carry on his business the quiet, and #0 their ends wou'd be What the Wuhan ofo ne is to gee him trun wheelbarrow or sweeping streets or doing something that will both be useful and keep him out of mischief.
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