On the secular side, Major A. M. Diniz, now on the retired list of the Isa nephew, whilst Dr. Antonio Diniz, an interna in the Mental Ward at Minghong, is a grand nephew. Mr. C. Diniz, a'son, residing at Hankow, is a frequent cent Dulor to the "Central China Post" of Hankow, covering matters particularly of Russian interest, Another sou Rings to Swell War Funds Chinese Women Urged to Surrender Jewellery Following the example of the women of Italy who flung their gold wedding rings into the crucible to provide war funds, the" women of China: are asked to make a similar snerifiee by an engaged couple who, a letter to the "Ta Kung Pao," Which was accompanied by two engayernent rings appealed to the women of the country to contribute their gold and. silver ornaments to the Government for the struggle against Japan, According, to the letter, the couple who were engaged only 'a few days ago, sent the rings in the hope of starting a movement among. the womankind of this country to dispense with their unnecessary. ornaments, While the individual sacrifices will be triiing, says. the appeal, "which points out that the donated tings are worth not-more than $50, the aggregate of these voluntary' contributions will be immense. Through these means 4 sum of several billions of dollars may not be hard to" realize, which will go to the support of military expenditure, case the people wish to be compensated for their saerisiees with which they cannot very. well dispense, it should be possible, in the opinion of the writers of the appeal, to arrange for the collection of the ornaments by Government banks and postal offices, which will give receipts for the precious metals deposited with them to facilitate their Fepayment in cash once peace restored.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.