K.DS. Tag Day With the advent of autumn come the inevitable tag. days, and while to some. people these a source of annoyance, there are some Me tion which avail themselves of this means fo raising money which deserve the almost con-Sicraios, Suck a one ig the King's Droghiers Society which. will be holding. its annual Soy on Saturday. They will be Pealing for support" well realizing the changes nich: have been brought. about. in Shanghai iby reason of is own troubles, and the world crisis But they do such oxcetlent, work, and Rave done so for so many years past, that they have an especial claim upon the sympathetic rnsideration of the residents of this port. Those She are able to meet the increased cost of living Rowadaye must fully appreciate the state of the enitte who sre living om a small grant from banty: 'They cannot cut out small luxuries Shianes their budget sail they have are the bare necessaries of Ife, and in order to enable acm Yo keep body and' soul together the King's DaughlersSoeicty must increase their grants others In order that the public may obtain Some idea'ot the work of the Society. the ro-ord of what was done urine a recent month Seco rove: interesting, Visitors to the RDS. frizes numbered 209. They were given assist-[ance towards one or more of the following: ent, food. education, transportation and clothes iter se, auseevicn, dental work massage and medicines. were paid for. Persons ally receiving bread numbered 38. Eighteen families were supplied with 300 pints of mill Tue convalescent home. sheltered 6). children and. few adults, 14 children for. whom. the FEDS. are responsible were cared for during the holidays while their boarding schools were losed. "The repatriation of one-man, two Sromen and four children to England and (we Suidren "to Caneda was oecisted, while vestigations were carried out-on behalf of the Stanleipal Counc, and. various societies such the Masonic Charity, the United Services and father' nations! associations. At present the EDS, have complete control of 18 boys and Negiris many of whom are orphans and have {a, b brought up in the Society's nursery, The Paveationst Committee take a special interest in them and. when. they are old enough employment Ts found for them, The Society has Siso" arranged for the adoption of a number of Jchitdren who are now living in happy surround-ngs, while It also keeps records of practically charitable eases in Shanghai, the informa: ion thus accumulated being available to any. organization interested in this work, thereby preventing a great deal of overlapping. In ad: tition to all this the Society during Christmas visits all" hospitals, "presenting the poorer' Datlents with useful gifts, and the children with [Christmas stockings. Foreign prisoners in local jails are not forgotten, while over 50 hampers fare' distributed to needy families A Society) with such a record of work to ite credit can with confidence approach the charitable people fof Shanghai with its appeal for assistance. This] is no time for cutting down contributions for such. good work as is being done in Shanghai, which always has Its poor with it, and contri-Butors who purchase a tag on Saturday may rest assured that every cent they subscribe lnwarlably very carefully spent.
Mr. T. Funatsu Leaves With the departure for Japan on retirement yesterday of Mr. T. Funatsu, Shanghai loses an outstanding member of the Japanese community, and one who has served the port well during' his long connection with it. It was some fifty years ago that Mr. Funateu first came to Shanghai and. in the course of that half century, The has represented his country hero fas. Consul-General, served, after retirement from that post, on the Shanghai Municipal [Couneit and for some years has represented [Japanese cotton interests in Shanghai os chairman of the Japanese Cotton Mill Owners Association. After having studied in Peking, land a short stay at Chefoo, Mr. Funatsu came to Shanghai in 1887, From then on he occupied various Poste at Chicago, New York, New-Jchwang, 'Nenking and Tientsin, returning to [Shanghai as Consul-General at' the beginning Jof the last decade, Retiring from the Japanese Jeonsular service, Mr. Funatsu remained in [Shanghai and energetically set out to servo Jnot only his own rationals but the community [at large, and for years he was a hard working member' of the Municipal Counc! fadviee was always in demand and respected. }With a ready capacity for making friends he was greatly liked by all with whom he came contact, and the large numbers who realized land esteemed the character of the man was to seen in the big attendance at a recent cocktail party at which he said goodbye to them. During his long career he did much to foster a beller understanding between the JJopanese and other foreign communities. His departure from Shanghai will consequently be widely regretted, but he takes with him' the best wishes of all who knew him that he will be spared many years of happiness in his retire-Jment so richly earned after a long and arduous The Double Tenth On Tuesday, for the third time in succession [China is celebrating the festival of the Double Tenth, Chinese Republican Day under the cloud lof Sino-Japanese hostilities. Since the foundation of the republic twenty-eight years avo this Jcountry has passed through many vicissitudes but none'so Serious as that which she is now undergoing. For well over two years now Chinavhas been doing her utmost 19 withstand the Japanese invasion, and, during the past year, the Japanese have made no very appre! fable progress in the interior of China. That may be because Japan does not desire to increase, her commitments in that area, but rather to Jconsolidate the gains which have already been made. In that she may be wise, for it is clear tha: the more deeply Japanese armies penetrate into western China the greater do the difficulties become. "That the Chinese have fought with the greatest determination is admitted by the whole world, and their armies, neither [welt equipped nor so well trained as the Japanese, have given such an account of them= [selves that the Chinese may well be proud. At the moment a state of stalemate has been reached, and large numbers of Chinese themselves as well as foreigners are wondering when ther i would not be possible to put a termina tion to the present state of affairs, and seek. to [bring about a beticr understanding between the two nations. Both sides at' the moment dill [appear determined to continue until their will prevails, and if this determination is adhered there may still be years. of unnecessary and expensive warfare ahead. That various schemes {or peace have been put forward from time to time' is well known, but it does not appear that anything acceptable has at any time been suggested. With the hideous spectacle of Europe on the verge of a general conflagration it is desit~ able that some method should be devised where-'China and Japan can compose their dlffer~ Jences, and put an end to a slate of affairs which doing no one'any good and enormous num~ bers of people considerable harm.
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