Evening star., 1924-12-14

| the mill a new shift came on and
| each laborer brought with him a
| little round basket holding perhaps
one quart OF rice. The basket was
beautifully woven, far finer than the
average lady's workbasket in the
States. 1t had a tight cover and was
| so made that IT could be dropped
down into the boiling water or steam
to heat the rice.
| r HAVE met here also some Of the
officials of the Nagai Wata Kaisha
and have visited one Of its large mills
| in Shanghai. The company is one OF
! the biggest of the Far East, 1t was
| established 81 years ago with q capi
tai Of 100000. It's capital has grown
to more than eight million dollars
and 1t has a surplus OF over three
| million. 1t now has Is mills. two Of
which are in Japan and the remain
der in China. Its spindles number
almost four hundred thousand and 1t
has about twenty-six hundred looms
The number of its employees In
Shanghai alone Is about fifteen thou
sand.
In the mill I visited 1 found both
English and American machinery
used. 1t Is run by electricity fur
nished by the municipal plant at
Shanghai, and every group of 400
spindles has separate motor, thus
doing away with the forests OF belt
ing in the less modern mills. The
chief business of this mill is spinning
yarn. which the people in the interior
weave into cloth on the tens OF thou
sands Of hand looms still used in
China.
In Shanghai the japanese have
about one thousand children in
schools of their own, and they have
a college here for training Japanese
to do business In China, or to enter
the Japanese consular service. Tung
Weng College was founded in 1900 by
4 Japanese prince who hoped 1t
would help to promote better rela-
lions between the Chinese and Jap
anese. 1t has graduated more than
fifteen hundred students, who have
had an important influence upon both
China and Japan, ana many Of whom
are working in China. The college
has number Of brick buildings Of
several stories and has a big campus
and athletic field.
When l visited it ] found it had 511
students. OF whom about one hundred
are Chinese. The Chinese and Jap
anese boys get along we'll together,
and the professors tell me there IL no
friction whatever. There are 20 pro-
fassors. 8 teachers and 10 lecturers.
I met the president, Mr.. r. Otsu, who
told me that he did not despair OF
order coming out OF the chaos in
China and said he believed the rela-
tions between the Chinese and the
Japanese people were growing
better.
In one OF the classrooms I visited
| a professor was giving a lecture in
Japanese which was being translated
into Chinese by Manchu prince.
The students were good-looking men,
from 18 to % years OF age, some
dressed In foreign costumes, some in
| blue gowns and some in Japane sc
kimonos. They seemed greatly in
terested. Later went into the
gymnasium. where q dozen boys were
practicing jiujitsu under instruction,
pulling each other about on the
padded mats - they tried the various
holds. In another part OF the room
fencing was going on. Here the
students were clad In armor and they
used great swords. yelling out
dercely ~ they struck.
Each year the seniors spend two
months In tours Of China. The boys
are divided up into small groups ana
| sent to different parts Of the country,
| that they may become familiar with
| the customs and dialects of the people
| and study the economic conditions.
Upon their return each student writes
q thesis giving the results of his
| Investigations In the localities visited,
and these are kept among the records
Of the institution. am told that they
contain much information that Is Of
| great value to japanese capitalists
and tndustrialistS interested In China
Like the japanese, most Of the Rus