It appears that the whole Scout movement in China, now lies in the ced hands of the military. authorities whose only aim is to train the youth to-day to be the soldier of tomorrow." When asked ax to the truth of this statement, a 8. M. told me; "Unfortunately this is true since the 1927 revolution. The whole Chinese Scout Movement is ill since
Masters and Scouts hate soldiers." hen, bat the majority of the Scout itary training scheme, was confirmed by the demonstrations given by the 47 different troops. in camp (totalling 3,500 officers and Bighty per cent of these demonstrations, consisted of military dul ten per cent. of physical exercises and only ten per cent. of real scout-activities such as first-aid, firelighting. signalling ete.
The boys with the exception of those who do not like to be scouts, are as fine a lot as can be found in Jany other The fare enthusi duties with sin They" enjoy ca scouting-activities.
In order to permit thorough training in all these different items, practical "instruction is "necena yet ninety per cent. of all meetings must be held in class-rooms and the rest in the usually small ice available in the school compounds, her thing, which considerably leaps progress, and infringes on the laws of morality, is the that girls and boys" are trai together, camp together and in she all their scouting activities are cor solidated under the same scout master. els Watch the Boys This point alone shows the complete ignorance on the part of the Fesponsible officials, of the scout ing ideals and the purpose and aim the Scout Movement.
A.S.M, told me that he could possibly instruct his ""Gid Scout in anything, and that the only thing these' girls' did was to. watch the boys. He told me that he could not expected to teach them first-aid, did not know how to sow and did not have the patience to teach them how to pitch a tent Most scout ninstere are very desi us to have the Chinese Boy Scouts sociation recognised by Imperia. Headquarters tu London on the condition that their salaries remain. When it was explained to them that London would never recognise them under present conditions, they plied that anyhow they were China's Boy Scouts and don't need co-opera
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