Drive for Scholarship Fund of $50,000
A drive for $50,000 for the formation of a scholarship fund for the benefit of poor Chinese students will be one of the features of the fiftieth anniversary session of the China Con ference of the Southern Methodist Mission which was begun on Tuesday and will last until noon on Mo.day, November 4. This scholarship fund will enable a number of students each The second group was concerned with economic affairs, its most notable laws being the Land Laws and the Labour Laws. With regard to the Land Laws, Dr. Sun was. greatly Influenced by the doctrine of Henry George, and indeed suggested that George's "Progress and Poverty" be translated into Chinese. He was, however, too practical to put ideals Into service without devising means to do to smoothly and gradually, and his principles wore closely followed by the Land Law Codification Committee of the Legislative Yuan a few years ago when the present laws were drafted footing. and shared equally in the Inheritance from their parents. Furthermore, the system of compulsory portions provided in the Cede guarded against the exclusion of daughters through a disinheritance clause in the will.
Betrothals and marriages were no longer agreements entered into by the families concerned. but were contracts between the two individuals and arranged of their own accord. Further, equality in the matter of conjugal fidelity was also provided for, and he could go on quoting fron the revised Penal Code to provide further Mustration year to go through college and complete an education which might otherwise be unfinished through lack of Gnaneial resources, The conference will be under the leadership of Bishop Arthur Moore, who arrived in Shanghai a fortnight ago from a tour of his diocese, which, it may be mentioned, consists of Mexico, Africa, Europe, and 'Asia. In less depressed times,' this Jdiocese is split up between three bishops.
The Kuomintang differed from the Communists inasmuch as it never advocated class struggles. Dr. Sun had made it quite clear that the fruits of the revolution were for the /Bood of all the people. and they firmly. believed that ce-operation was Possible between the different classes for the common good; the Labour Laws were drafted, along this line Jot thought.
The Individual and Society 'The last group, social affairs, could' bbe more definitely dealt with under three headings, of which the first was the relations between individuals and society. The Kuomintang cor sidered men not as self-contained Jentities, but in relation to the society of which they were a part. It assigned rights and duties only insofar jas. the exercise of rights and duties tended to the pacific and. orderly [progress of the community, It restricted their activities when they [would be harmful to the group.
The status of the rich and the poor jeame next. In order to retain the [Chinese conception of morality, as Well as to secure a more equitable On the whole, their better halves Jseemed to. be satisfied with their status under the new laws. In con clusion, however, he would whisper that to satiety woman was the hardest task in the world. and he had always prayed that it would be easier in the ext.
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