Shanghai, Sept. 12.
Efforts are being made by local public-spirited persons to raise relief money for flood sufferers in North China, 'The Chinese Foreign Famine Relief' Committee announced yester~ day that it had remitted $20,000 to Tientsin for carrying out relief The usual Kuomintang publicity in connection with the occasion was completely absent from the Chinese press, There was only one article published by the "Central China Daily sews," Mr, Wang Ching-wel's organ, recalling the events leading to the eeeupation of Manchuria by Japan and blaming the then Chinese Netional Government at Nanking for failure in conducting direct negotiations and for relying too much on measures, The announcement which urges the public here to make contributions towards the relief fund states that 14 hsien in the north are affected by the serious flood. Peiping and Tien-{sin are included in the lst. The flood waters are said to be 15 fect deep, The fact that many persons and animals have been drowned said fo be causing concern to health authorities as epidemics may break ut among the 2,000,000 people who are aflzcted by the disaster, Recent Chinese press reports also pointed out the seriousness of tne Mood in the north asserting that it {is the worst in many decades, It was announced by on official of the committee yesterday that already ahong $3,000 had been contributed towards the Tientsin flood fund. A eopresentative of the committee is now in Plentsin doing rel{et work. No large campaign has been planned locally, however, for times are 50 bhard that promoters of the movement have deemed it wise merely to Issue an announcement to arouse the attention of Shanghai, Father McDonald is Honoured at Farewell Shanghai, Sept. 18.
The Catholic Federation rooms in Rue Bourgeat were filled to overlowing yesterday at noon when a farewell" reception was held in honour of the Rev. ° Father D. F. MeDonald $J., who fs about to leave Shanghai after sixteen years Rector of the Church of Christ the King, Rue Bourgeat.
Mr, S, M, Edwards, of the Lester School, presented Father MeDonald with a farewell gift, an- behalf of the parishioners, and Father Mo-Donald. responded to the speech of Presentation, Attending the function "were "the Rev. Father Leo McGreal, S.J,, other members of concluded by saying that after eight Tong years a nation-wide movement has been started for supporting direct negotiations to end chaos, under the leadership of Mr. Wang.
'The day might have been considered as inflicting a necessary evil fon the poor because it was a day on which they could not obtain their nota of the cheap Saigon rice, the distribution of which was started' only last, Saturday when big crowds flocked to the five cheap rice distributing booths erected in the two foreign areas to get their rice at only $20 per picul, "In order to preserve Peace and order on the anniversary of the Manchurian Incident the thorities deemed it necessary to prohibit the distribution of the rice for one day only. Only 8000 bags of Saigon rice will be thus distributed but another distribution is being arranged for the benefit of the poor.
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