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This cold snap' coming on a day predicted by the jealendar is considered timely and the Jougur of a good and fruitful year In this city of progress one cannot {fail to get a vivid glimpse of the soul fof the nation, For some time the (Government has been straining every effort {0 create a road consciousness the minds of the travelling public. Their efforts have not been. without success for there is a marked improv iment in street orderliness.
Last week the metropolis was in a great stir in a new effort which was. /mean: to instil the importance of be-Jcoming air-minded, and a general pre-Jparation to meet the exigency of ait-raids. "Where: there is no defence of the air, there can be no defence of the country," Let us all unite with the Government in taking precautionary measures against air raids" and such rans gave adequate warning of the experimental manceuvres which took place on a wide scale. During the Say, for a short period, all business communications were brought to a standstill, while night was turned into ay with the playing of the searchlights Brilliant flares, attached parachutes, called illuminated um-bBrellas by the Chinese made a wonerful glow, not soon forgotten, 'The Boy Scouts and Girl Guides gave a good account of themselves seeing that the order "lights out" w maintained. 'The protection of the air fs quite a new feature of Hangchow lite' and" the recent experiments brought something more than a tin of novelty. It was a spectacular sight and impressed the people with a deep, sense of the danger which now can be expected with this new kind of warfare in the air.
The ebb and flow in the tide of National events is closely scrutinized bby the students of the schools and colleges. A monster demonstration of protest against the new administration ropesed for North China Nas just taken place. There is quite a flair of "and denunciations come 'a hammer smash against the suggestion of any policy which would mean signing away any rights and liberties within the border of their own land, Awakened National Changes, rapid and radical, are taking place all over the province and nowhere is it more marked than Chinese ofeialdom. The old time trappings of Government officers are ast ceasing to exist and the present day sees a group of young cultured and ficient, who have vision for service, The youth of th and refuses to be bound any longer by the chains of old customs and it most interesting to them grab: pling with the problems of an Awakened nationalism.
The 72 counties of Chekiang, with but few exceptions, now are connected with highways. The call of the road in this province is irresistible to all, who love scenic beauty. Guests from Shanghai find easy access to the inland towns and markets and must be
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