Nanking, Sept. 28.
In order to provide students with facilities for advanced research, the Medical Education, "Commission of the Ministry of Education has proposed the establishment of medical Fesearch seminars at the Peiping Union Medical College, the Medical College of National Peiping University, the Tungehi Medical College, Shanghai, and the National Medical Unlversiiy "of Shanghal.—Central Prominent m of Pacific Relations visited Taiyuan recently in the persons of Mr. Bruno Lasker of Yonkers, New York, who has been doing some investigating work in South China and who will also work a month or more in Japan before returning to the States; Dr. K. A. Wittfogel, specialist in' economics who is spending several months in China, and Mr. Owen Lattimore, editor of "Pacific Affairs" ud author of several books on Mongolia and Manchuria. While here! they saw coal mining conditions, visited. several factories of the: Northwestern Industrial Ca, and other places of Interest and conferred with prominent citizens learning of conditions generally in Shansi particularly the economic situation and plans for possible improvement. Mr, Lasker gave a very enlightening! and informative talk to the Y.M.C.A. star which was highly appreciated.
'Mr. Lasker returned to Peiping, while Messrs. Latlimore and Wittfogel, Accompanied by Mr. Woodbridge Bingham, son of ex-Senator Bingham of Connecticut, started south through the' province "visiting the Shansi-'Oberlin Memorial Schools, irrigation projects at Taiku and other places of Interest en route to Sian. Thay. travelled over the new Shansi rail way part of the way. It is being pushed rapidly to completion at the southern end so as to connect with the Lunghai at Tungkuan. After several days in Sian and vicinity they. will return to Peiping.
Communism en Shanst Communist influence in several insfens. bordering the Yellow River: adjacent fo the Communist stronghold in Shensi is giving Gen. Yen Hsi-shan, Pacification Commissioner: of, Shanst and. Suiyuan, and other omeiais "here. considerable concern.
addressing the provincial ad-<pinistrative omcials recently Gen. '¥en declared that the best way 10 prevent Communism in China is to Introduce the system of public ownership of land. He said that though farmers have the right to cultivate land the ownership should belong to the public and sale or rent, of land between individuals should be prohibited. It is reported that the Government of Shans! plans to) fiseue bonds to buy up land with a view to put into effect the proposals of Marshal Yen. In order to check, the immediate Communist influence in the troubled hsiens, mentioned above along the Yellow River, he encouraging wealthy land owners to rent their land on more reasonable terms and loan money at lower rates, confident that if the masses are well fed and content they will not be much Interested in the enticing ofters of the radicals. Fourteen hsien Magistrates were called to the Capital for conferences and instrustion in ways and means of dealing} with the growing Red influence within their territories.
The English Baptist Mission of} Shansi held a very interesting and fruitful conference with Dr. H.R.
Williamson of Tsinan, Shantung! their Inter-Provincial General Secretary, a leading spirit. "At one of their night meetings others were invited in to hear Dr. Williamson speak on. Wang An-shih, one of China's great men of the past, whose work and Jarge contribution og a social and political reformer only in recent. years are being appreciated. He has! been widely known and highly respected as a man of letters. but due biased writings about him, his social and political ideas have not been given recognition in text books and educational literature of the resent day. Dr. Williamson has mode careful and extensive research of the life and work of Wang An-shih and at this meeting presented some of his ridings ina very interesting and masterly manner.
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