The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-03
Chinese Striving
To Rescue Youth
In Wake OF War
Children AID pied Tennor.
arily: Being Trained
in Camps
By C.. AYLWIN HOCG
United Press Correspondent

HANKOW, Dec. 3.---(UP)-
Here's a receipt for your son.
Don't worry, wen take him to a
very safe place where there is
no bombing. He will he fed well,
well teach him to read and write
and trade. And when the war is
over you present this receipt and
you'll have him back"
Thus hundreds, even thousands,
Of Chinese boys and girls become
temporary orphans" for the du-
ration of the war, to be cared for
and fed by nationwide organiza-
tons instead of left as a burden
on already starving parents.
For the same war that makes
tens of thousands of Chinese chill
dren homeless and robs them OF
whatever start in life they would
have had in peace, paradoXlcally
$ providing many with better
care and more favorable condi,
tons than they normally would
have had. The majority OF the
children left destitute by the war
are the children of the. poor.
RECEIVE EXPERT
SUPERVISION :, '-.
Organizations have sprung up
to collect these children from city
and hamlet, and to. send them IN
groups to new country homes IN
the interior, where they will re-
ceive expert attention. Not only
this, but they will partake in the
construction of the New China in
hitherto unexpected territory:
The poor children of China
have no lack of famous guardians.
The Wartime Child Welfare asso-
citation has Nine. Chang Kai-shek
as chairman. Groups of women
"New Life" workers in co-opera-
ton with the War. Area Service
corps. collect children from the
bombed areas and cities lying
within the war zones. One asso-
citation has more than 49, 900 chill,
dren on its books. $685.. -
Most of the children are not
orphans in any but an economic
sense. Their parents are living,
but themselves penniless and
homeless. They are in no position
to support their children, That
thew should give them up TO an
organization which lis able to look
after. them in safety is common
sense, the parents realize. -
Brought from within a 100
mile redius of Hankow, the chill
dren are fed, clothed white
blouse and,,blue oyerallsl and Civ
en- badge on which is written
their name, age and group. Three
photographs are taken-one for
the associations file,' one to be
sent to the future camp or home
in the interior, and one for the
godparents who undertake to pay
their expenses at the home.
COST LESS THAN 81 49,.
MONTHLY -. ..
1t costs about SO cents month
to adopt" a child in this way. In
Chungking numerous pledges Tor
the support of war orphans have
been made by the rich. The for
mcr mayor of Chungking, LII Ken
ku,. set the example by offering
to support 20 of them for an, in
definite period, A well known
banker is playing godfather to
do. There are cases where for
eigners living abroad are support
ING a hundred or more children.
Thus far there is only one case
reported in which the godparents
actually adopted the child into the
home. :, , -.
be obtained, groups of children
set off with teachers for their
new homes. Most of, them are in
Szechuen, Kwangsi, Kyeichow,
and Kwangtung. A camp also is
being prepared in northern HUI
peh province within hiking dis
lance Of Hankow.
The children in; these refugee
camps are taught handicrafts,
such as spinning, weaving, bam-
boo work, knitting and also gar
dening. In this way they become,