the Radio Yesterday, Children's Day, was suitably observed under the auspices of the National Child Welfare Association and, as it was the first National Children's Festival to be observed in this country, General Te-chen, Mayor of Greater Shanghai, was asked to give a special message. This was read over the radio last night by Dr. Paul Tsu, the Commissioner of Education for {the City Government, To celebrate the. occasion, the Shunpao"" yesterday morning" pubished special Children's Festiva Lady Hope Simpson was the honorary chairman of a special cele~ bration at 250 Rue Prosper Paris from two to four o'clock, when a programme of entertainment was provided by war orphans and other parentlers children, "The following is a translation of the message issued by General Wa Lite-chen in connection "Upon the recommendation of the National Child Welfare Association, ithe National Government of Ching For the. Childrea's Festival "to promulgated last year and, act
take "place annually on Aprit 4 Touday inthe. occasion of the "frst celebration of the Festive Day. This act of the Government ts in order to realise the fort-quoted sentence of the late Dr. Sun "Yatssen from. the chapter. on Universalism of the Li Yuin, "That the young may be" properly' reared.
Tour national holidays ike the Double First. (Wanuary. 1), Double Fitch (May 5), Double Tenth (Oct ber 10), ete, have their signifeance, ithe National Childven's Festival, oF {he Double Fourth, recognises that the children are the life cells com poring the new organism of China.
has, therefore, greater sigaifiance than other' festivals. They. Jeommemorate the past, but this illumines the fature,
while the child temporarily bela Our people, should how tha his family, the future and grews, part of his life belongs to the country. It behoves us, therefore, following the ideal split of the) upon. strow familyism to Look iam of the It Yuin, to enlarge
pon all little ones as our own children and to strive for their wellbeing in the same. spirit as that motivating the National Child Wel-
Tare Association of China, Ail parents "love their own children," However, there are still facts of wilful neglect of training and. feruelty to children. Such acts, wholly devoid of consideration for the Welfare of the coming generation, are similar to killing the flower or the New Ching at its bu. And four people should know that any tigen of the country may interfere in the event of any auch act taking The National Children's Festival has, therefore, a positive. and also A togativg significance, "Both are Acconpinc to. reports received here, a group of overseas Chinese have collected a fund for the ostablishment of Home for Disabled Chinese Soldiers. It is expected that the new institution will be opened some tine next month, roup of handsome new buildings were erected ay well as the new Jworkship and Laboratories for the engineers, The university, equip: nent is German property, the legal Jowners being the Verband fir den Fernen Osten, whose representative here is Dr. Siotnarin, eat.
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