sity are to render their volunteer service by teaching their countrymen. At present, there are twenty men enrolled in this school. They are divided into two classes: the beginners class and the advanced class. Three Chinese Yale men are doing the teacher's job by turn. The work for boys in the Chengtu Y. M. C. A. has entered new fields of activity. Boys' clubs have been extended to government schools, a Mohammedan school, and a Catholic school. The work in these new centers, which is carried on by volunteer workers from the West China Christian University, is largely educational and recreational. The boys' Department is growing so rapidly that there is a real need for larger quarters. The average attendance in this Department alone is 10,000 a month, and the cost of carrying on the entire work of this Association is only $650 gold.-The Chinese Recorder. The eastern section of the Y. M. C. A. for the Chinese laborers in France with its headquarters at Belfort has recently published a local weekly paper named "Ming Hsing Pao" or the Awakening People. The circulation of this paper has spread wider and wider throughout the Chinese laborer camps since the discontinuation of the "Chinese Bi-Weekly." The editor of this paper is Mr. P. S. Chung, secretary in charge of the work of that section. It is interesting to know (1) What are the total issues of the Bible each year throughout the world, (2) how many volumes of Scriptures have been circulated from the first printed up to date. According to the statistics of the three Bible societies which are the largest producers and distributers-the British and Foreign Bible Society, the American Bible Society, and the National Bible Society of Scotland-over 22,000,000 copies are issued in a year by these three societies. A fair estimate of the issues from all Bible societies and publishing houses would be 30,000,000 volumes of Scripture a year. The total issues of these three societies from the year 1816 to the year 1919 are 503,916,492. It is no stretch of imagination to think that 600,000,000 volumes of the Word of God in whole or in part have been printed and circulated since the art of printing became general.-The Chinese Recorder. What the Magazines Say About China THE INTERNATIONAL FETTERS OF YOUNG CHINA By Berroy Kumar Sarkar (a Hindu Professor of Calcutta, India) From the Journal of International Relations, January, 1921 A discussion on the foreign "fetters" which the young Republic has inherited from the old Empire. I. Foreign Possession in China (Hongkong, Kwan-chauwan, Kiao-chau, etc.) II. China's sovereignty in Realpolitik. III. Bolshevik Renunciations. IV. The demands of Young China. V. The never-ending wrongs of the Chinese people. VI. The psychology of the semi-slave, "The constitutional struggle of young China is therefore of trifling importance compared with the international anomalies that are swaying its comatose existence between the actual atrophy of today and the possible extinction of tomorrow." CHINA'S POSTOFFICE-A SIGN OF PROGRESS The Trans-Pacific, March, 1921 From 1861 to the present there has been a rapid growth of the postal service in China. Up to 1911 members of the Customs staff managed the Post Office more or less in conjunction with the Cus toms. Since then the Post Office has been under the control of the Board of Communications, the foreign staff severing all connection with the parent Customs Service. Each year thereafter the Post Office has expanded without check, as indicated by the following figures for the last few years: While the postal business remains trifling in comparison with the population--less than one article per head of the population per annum, the development of the Post Office has been remarkably rapid, as shown by the following figures: Governor Yen of Shansi has been conducting a stock raising experiment by introducing several hundred Australian sheep and American horses to the farms in Taiyuanfu. THE WOLF AT CHINA'S DOOR By Nathaniel Peffer A story of the experiences of the writer during his recent visit to the famine-stricken area of North China: millions of people have to depend on leaves and weeds for diet, the sale of clothes and furniture to buy chaff and perhaps a little grain for living and they are facing death both from starvation and cholera. |