Show CHINA REFORMS 1 WRITING SYSTEM j 1 Phonetic genetic C Method l With rith Only 1 39 S Symbols Approved by b r Educators f T I New dew Haven cn Conn Doc Chin 14 China a has Aas adopted a n system of ot phonetic writIng writing writ writ- Ing Ing- which is b expected to revolution rO elementary education of or that nation natio n I ns I and reduce existing Illiteracy It was we s l announced here today by Edwin jn C C. Lo Lo- Lo H i I who has boon been In conference e I with the ln China homo home office The system Invented by the Chinese themselves and approved od by the gOI gO gov- l I board of ot education at l Peking Pekin g consists of ot only thIrty nine symbols Any ny sound Bound In tho the language can bo be represented rep rep- resented by combining two or at th tho e most moet throe of or these symbols and ex experiments experiments ex- ex exI I rondo made with hundreds of Dt In Individuals In- In Individuals have conclusively shown hown that an au adult Illiterate man or woman n can learn loarn to read b by tho use us of ot a n system of ot this kind In throe or four tour weeks It now Is being boing taught In all the government gov- gov I 1 higher normal norm schools In tho countr country I 4 In connection with tho announcement announcement announce announce- ment mont It Is pointed out that as S nine nine- I f tenths of ot the Chinese aro are Illiterate tho the republican government go cannot ex expect expect expect ex- ex to succeed until tho the mass masses Os aro arc Informed of or events through tho road road- t Ins int of or books book and newspapers I II I. I |