Formosa Conference Source of Apprehension New Life in Kwangtung $50 Maximum Set For Wedding Ceremonies General Chen Chi-tang, inspired by the "New Life Movement" in China. has decided to take @ more parental View of the lives of the people living within his jurisdiction, according eporis in the Chinese newspapers.
Marriage limits, the clothes to be worn, birthdays and the distribution of gifts are all included in his new Set of regulations issued to the people In Kwangtung province. The object at the new ruling is to encourage th people to lead a thrifty life instead of the luxurious one to which they have been used. According to the regulations, those who disobey the stipulations are liable to receive Punishment from their superior offcials or from their teachers in case of students.
The most important points of the regulations are as follows:—That no boys and girls be engaged before they reach the years of 17 and 15 respectively and then the engagement ceremony to be conducted by the parents of the young people concerned. The cost of the ceremony should not, exceed $50.
The clothes of bridegrooms and brides should be made of Chinese products.
Nobody is allowed to hold a birthday celebration unless they exceed the aye of sixty.
Tu case of marriages, child births, funerals and birthday celebrations the fitts should never exceed $2 in value, Canton, May 30, Concern is still felt in Chinese circles here over possible developments the Sino-Japanese situation in South China in view of the forthcoming Japanese Consular Conference at Formosa. In spite of the Japanese denial that the conference will discuss political questions, the apprehension has not been allayed that Japan {intends to extend aggressive activities to the south,
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