Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17
VA INDUSTRALIzASIU, Moscow
That In our march toward Com

IVA 1NDUSIHALIAAS1O MOSCOW
munist civilization Russia is
LIZ using far too little soap, COM
pared with the pro rata con-
sumption In other countries is very EVIL
dent The United States, for instance,
consumes 10 Kilograms (22 pounds) an
nually per person. Great Britain and
Germany use 8.5 Kilograms, France re
Kilograms, Belgium SO Kilograms "a
pounds Norway 40 Kilograms, while
Russia is at the bottom of the list with
only Ia Kilograms per individual con-
sumed each year.
In conjunction with the five-year plan,
the Supreme Economic Council should
draw up plans to increase the produc-
ton and consumption of soap, so that
the U s. s. r. may eventually equal, or
even exceed, the quantities of soap used
in the foreign capitalistic countries.
Denies Cruelty
In DispOsing Of Stray Dogs.
FL Universal, Mexico, D. F.-The cruel
proceedings employed by the "perreros"
(dog -catchers) of the Department Of
Health have come In for great deal
of censure by the public. 81 Universal
has received complaints alleging that the
methods Of capturing and disposing OF
the dogs are q disgrace to civilization
and have no counterpart save in the
mythical annals Of the Capitalize prison.
DR.. UliSeS ValdeS of the department
of health naturally resents these accu-
sations, and state in rebuttal that Wig
orouS measures against the jeopardies
Of rabies are not to be considered as
| uhduly cruel or drastic when 1t Is con-
sidered that during the first nine
months of this year no less than 1926
have been given treatment against
| rabies, while two of these have died as
the result of dog bites. In all, SO. l8l
persons have been given anti-hydro-
| phobic treatments since the department
| of health turned its attention, few
decades ago, to these measures OF pre-
| caution. This year so far 20,520 pre-
ventive injections have been admins
| tered.
said to justify mild methods of control.
| such, for instance as are employed
| in the cooler climate OF the United
| States where everybody tolerates ca
mines without recourse to muzzle or net.
In Mexico all dogs at large must be
muzzled, and the safety Of human life
demands this precaution. The fact that
| 68 per cent have died CT rabies In
Mexico City since 1883 Is sufncient JUS
| LITIGATION for vigorous control OF THIS
l. terrible danger.
| So far this year, of 1927 unmuzzleF
| dogs picked up on the streets whlcN
died while under observation, So were
! found to be rabid-sufficient reaS-n for
the vigorous campaign against the ca
nine species.
Marshal Chang's Recovery
Restores Confidence in Medicine.
Picking, Peking.-The recovery OF
Marshal Chang Hsiao-liang, son of the
| Inflated Chang Tso-lin, from serious
attack of typhoid fever contracted while
on a trip to Marking, has done much
to add to the repute Of modern medical
practice in China. There can be no
doubt that so impreSSic nable people
as the Chinese will be more willing now
TO trust their ailments to Western
trained doctors than they have hereo-
| fore.
The plight of the Western-trained
doctor in China is not an easy one. un-
| fortunately, he usually is confronted
with two alternatives: He has to select
| the lesser of two evils. He must hang
his shingle out In the foreignized cities,
where there already are numerous ooc-
tors, or else must go into the interior,
where he will be forced. TO abandon
modern conveniences and his contact
will find It difhcult to obtain q reason
| able fee for his services.
The modern trained Chinese doctor
who Is willing to be pioneer enough TO
go into the vast interior of the eoun-
try at the present Instantaneous time
is patriot indeed. A few have been
willing to do so, but they do not even
constitute a drop in the bucket. The
spirit Of service, which should be the
underlying motive of the physician .
life. ecan demonstrate Its existence no