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Show ASIA GREAT DANGER POINT l Today, and Hns Been for All Time, the Home of Plague and Pettllence. Asln Is the home of plucuc nnd many other pests. The facilities for travel have brought Asln nntl our Pn-elllc Pn-elllc const together, while the possession posses-sion f tlie-I'iilllppliies hns multiplied the ovenslo'nx for Intercourse with the fnr enst. Thus, lays the Journal of the Amcrlcnu Medlcul Association, the diseases of Aslu threaten the lives mid health of the American population, popula-tion, and the situation has been aggravated ag-gravated by the conditions of war. With the unvarying persistence of bu,-boulc bu,-boulc plague In Asia. It seems timely in lay further' stress on these points. I The obstacles In the way of successfully success-fully grappling with the plague problem prob-lem In Asia are almost Insurmountable. Insurmount-able. The natives object to wholesale whole-sale Inoculation and rat destruction; hence the only effective mode of procedure pro-cedure Is most difficult to carry out, Itellglotts scruples against the slaughter slaugh-ter of anlmlals, even vermin, are prevalent prev-alent throughout India. Consequently It may be taken for granted thnt ptngun will continue to persist In Asia, nnd as It Is extremely rife In the two grent ports of thnt con-tlnept, con-tlnept, Hong Kong nnd .Bombay, It Is not an Impossibility thnt It will be con-Tvyed con-Tvyed thence to American ports on the I'nclllc const. While there Is no doubt thnt our health authorities tire awake to the danger. It Is well to know that the danger exists In Asln. -j |