"For 73 years the Salvation Army has been at war with vice, poverty and wrong. Directly and indirectly has changed many of the social problems of the slums of London, New York and other great cities of the world, In Shanghai atone dur-Ing the past yeat, despite the fact that the activities of this particular department were curtailed, the Army individually interviewed 11,989 Chinese inmates of the prisons of Shanghai."
The speaker dwelt chiefly on the huge Salvation Army war refugee programme, describing the situation At the various refugee camps and telling what is being done to lighten the burden and sufferings of the unfortunate men, women and child-Fen who hold forth at the camps.
Tt was explained by Brigadier Morris thatthe Army will "ask Shanghaitanders to donate $30,000 for the work of the organization for the next 12. months, Of this sum, although the campaign has not been officially opened, several thousands fof dollars have been pledged, it was stated, Other speakers at the tiffin me cluded Dr. Fong F.
Sec, who praised the work of the Army here and declared the cause to be very worthy; Hans Berents, who stated that every Rotarian should rally to. the support of the Army, and Mr. G. onthustastic
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