The following are the thirteen points of the new programme:—
1, Every morning offer prayers to the Imperial Grand Shrine ior the peace and safety of the Imperial Family.
2. Hoist the national fag with due reverence on national holidays and festivals:
3. Worship day the Deities and Budha, observe courtesy between elders and juniors and take care to observe family harmony 4. Live within one's means, buy everything Yor cash, economize, make regular savings, and invest Ju Government Bonds, Wear simple clothes and avoid a hair-dressing which is a mere imitation of a foreign custom 6. Observe weddings, funerals and other domestic events simply but solemniy; 7. Reform the bad custom of late to bed and late to rise, and utilize time to ihe best means possible; Economize the use of metal wares, woollen textiles, cotton textiles, paper, fuel, etc, and seek to obviate waste as much as' possible; 9. Endeavour to prevent fires and other calamities and provide against air Tur Chairman of the Military Affairs Commission, General Chiang Kai-shek, has sent a message of commendation to the staff workers on the Canton-Hankow Railway for the donation of their reward of $10,000 to the national war chest says a wire to the "Sin Wen Pao."
10." Care for the training and nourishment of children and rear them strong both in mind and body 1l. Encourage walking, take bodil and other exercise every day and deavour to train the mind and body; 12. Be very careful in drinking sake (Japanese wine) and observe strictly the total prohibition of sake drinking and smoking among minors; and 13. Be friendly to neighbours and help one another.
Mr, Tseng Kwang-ching, a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang, arrived in Sian from Hankow on Feb: 24, says a dispatch to the "Sin Wen Pao," Arriving at the same time was Mr. Chen Ti-cheng, Reconstruction Commissioner in the Kansu Provincial Government, who is now returning to Lanchow, The abolition of the kimono for Japanese women may also shortly se advocated, it is learned, and the wearing of trousers encouraged. For he kimono, an Education Ministry official explained, is only really suitable for leisure, and Japanese women from now on are t expected to be mere idle decorative objects.—Reuter.
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