the National, "Military " Council The Information Ofce of May 4" issued the following sale:
"Sensational reports on alleged massacres of lepers in. Kuangtung. have probably been caused by the medical examinations which have been proceeding: to separate those In an advanced state of leprosy, from those for whom some tope of recovery exists, "The Central authorities. took prompt action when the were first circulated nearly' "month 'A telegram was sent to the provincial authorities in Kuangtung ordering them to stop the ill-treatment of lepers it it were occurring. The Mayor of Canton, Mr. Tseng Yang-tu, replied that the rounding up of lepers had been carried out for hygienic "These unfortunates, according' to the Mayor, were Incréasing in num~ ber.and hid been mixing freely with the uncontaminated population, The action taken by othe police was for
lation, and was not designed to harm the protection of the general popu: the lepers, "Soon after his arrival in Canton, General Wu Te-chen, chairman Kuangtung, caused steps to be taken to ensure' that those afflicted. by leprosy should be properly cared for in suitable surroundings. A state of congestion exists at the " present leprosy hospital and no more sufferers "A. new hospital 1s to be built, for the lepers on an uninhabited island called' Yuankangsha, in the neigh bourhood of Panyu, "This, Jand 1s 800 mow in area, and the preliminary work for the hospital, for " which $140,000 has been appropriated, has begun. The. Kuangtung authorities have expressed the hope that the hospital. will be available: for lepers within three months"
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.