Borodin was also the leading speaker at the far greater meeting which was held on Saturday in Hankow at the Water Tower. One estimate of the numbers at this gathering is about a quarter of a ion but this is probably a fairly big exaggeration. At any rate, all shops were closed, all business at standstill and the whole city was on holiday. It was undoubtedly the greatest meeting which Wuhan has ever witnessed, Borodin's speech. was framed very closely on Dr. Sun Yat-sen's "San Ming Chu I." He called first of all upon them to remember that the work of the Revolution was not yet completed and that they must unite and unity the country under one Nationalist Government. He laid before his hearers the prospects of better times to come, of better government, independence, of improved finances, of modern communications and, last but not Toast, better pay for' work done and a reformation of the land system, whereby the wncarned increment would be secured for the benefit of the country and not retained by the landlord. "He emphasized the necessity of the Chinese using their own capital in building up their own railways, banks and trade. He repudiated any intention on the part of the Nationalist Government to flood the market with worthless unredeemable paper money and stated that, while a period of unrest following on the war was inevitable, it, was only "transitory and would shortly be followed by an era of consolidation and progress. Finally ho roundly denounfeed Imperialism and the "unequal" treaties, which he described as a "charter of slavery handed from a corrupt, degraded and prostituted dynasty."
Both the above meetings were conducted with complete order-Hines and the tremendous ovation accorded to the speakers shows the animity of opinion in favour of the newly established government, The AntisBritish Faction It seems as if a dead set is to be made at all things British in Central China. A society has been formed which is working out carefully and thoroughly a scheme of thorough-going boycott. Whether the scheme will fructify only time will show.
At the end of Inst week the newly arrived British Minister for China, Mr. Miles Lampson, was in Hankow studying the present situation first hand. Whilst here he conferred with Mr, Eugene Chen, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the National Government, It is to be hoped that this meeting may have done something towards res toring a better understanding b: tween the two countries.
Wuchang tings day by day from lovery quarter with sounds of sold-jets at drill—the new National Army in the making, Every avail able tint space has been commandeered for the purpose.
The Religious Test It may interest some readers to hear of the new departure made at the Central China University and Boone Middle School in the, matter of voluntary religious worship and
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