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A CHINA DIARY.

Items From A Missionary's Note Book.

AT WỤCHANG COLLEGE.

Last Year's War Experiences.

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THE CHINA MAIL,

THE YM.C.A.

BATHING AND BILLIARDS ACTIVITIES.

of the Chinese Chamber of Com-tered, before "ons reaches the city merce here has run away in con- gates. It is not very far from the sequence. Of course it is impos-gates of the city to our school, but |sible for them to raise the money. we are outside the city, and when Half a dozen Chinese gunboats at night the gates are closed, we and some troop-ships are lying at are left alone with the many coun-. anchor here.

try folk who live round and near to the school. As ona travels about the country ao one finds the people show differences of tem-unfavourable weather at present,

We are suffering from a spell of]

and arrangements are apt to be altered at the last moment.

perament.

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Great Poverty. In the South there are consider-

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MONDAY, MAY 28, 1928.

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ST. DUNSTAN'S.

THE SCHOOL OF BLIND SAILORS & SOLDIERS.

USEFUL INSTITUTION.

Friday, September 10-Up at daybreak from force of habit, and wondering whether we shall get a

tion, gives the following particu- known as St. Dunstan's Hostel A General Foat Office notifica- The world-famous institution boat for Kiukiang to-day. Wrote a letter to Mr. Rowley, our chair-

tars with regard to unclaimed cor- for Blinded Soldiers and Sailors man, and went to the bulk at 11

respondence, etc, waiting at the was started by the late Sir Arthur Mr. Wm. H. Smith, manager of the Wesleyan Soldiers' Home, a.m. to wait for down steamers.

Next Saturday, leaving Kowloon Post Office, and also unclaimed Pearson, himself a blind man, in whilst home on leave recently, reproduced in a Kentish newspaper If we fail we plan to start after able variations in dialect. Every at 8 p.m. and Hong Kong at 8.15, radio telegrama at the Radio Tele- a private house in Bayswater, of great the first moonlight plenic will take graph Office, Government Build with two soldiers and one sailor interesting extracts from the diaries he kept while engaged in tiffin by road for Kuling, as a where there are signs

strong east wind is making it too poverty amongst the peasantry, place at Island Bay, wind and fag:-

as inmates. Its purpose was to Wesleyan missionary work in various parts of China.

rough to travel by sampan. At and at times when the crops fall, weather permitting. (This is al-

rescue its patients from the living In ways understood during the rainy Continuing his story from where we left off in last Saturday's1 p.m. a Jap boat hove in sight the distress is very great.

grave of perpetual darkness and and there waJ rush from the those places where the oplum season ()

R. Adlam, Manager (Bank of make them self-reliant, self-app- "China Mail" Mr. Smith says:-

B. & S. hulk where we were, to habit is still common, poverty Is Tickets, limited to seventy, are Chosen), Madam Beauville, Miss porting members of society once the Jap hulk. Nevertheless the seen in its most Intense form and to be purchased beforehand. P. W. Brown, Mr. Bouchard (Pilot), more. Marvellously has it suc- Wednesday, September 8-We along the bank for some dis steamer passed by in mid-streams general air of dilapidation and Service Men's Billards' Knock-out Capt. E. Cuttle (H.M.S. "Hawk"), ceeded. So swiftly did its work

shots and tance, and at the critical moment at full speed, and many an "Ai-decay characterises whole com

Master G. & H. Clark, A. E. C,' expand that in 1916 it moved to machine gun firo early this morn-pushed out in the swirling ya" was heard from the waiting munities and even the houses the

Corbet (c/o Cox & Kings Mr. Otto. Kahn's house in the ing and

Saturday was the final day for (Agents) Ltd.), J. T. Crocker, Outer Circle, Regent's Park; since were told that foreign' waters, only to see the Jap boat, Chinese crowd. Fessimistic re-people occupy. Most of the, people steamers were passing up river. crowded with passengers, atand marks accompanied the approach who live otside the cities spend sending in applications to join this Mr. Fitz-Henry, A. Flattinghoff, when it has once again moved to We got a few hard boiled eggs and out a little farther and pass by of the B. & S. "Poyang" which their days in the fields. Practical tournament, and during the week Gillespie & Sons Mrs. A. Gillespie, the Inner Circle, and this is still biscuits for breakfast and hired a with unslackened speed. We came along half an hour Inter. sampan for Huang Shih Kang. made a last hopeless attempt to The company's flag flying at the fly every house has its little plot or official intimations will be sent to P. Green, Mr. Groove (Musical, the centre of the "After Care" Director), Miss D. Henderson, work. For St. Dunstan's not only Left at 7 a.m. and won met a Jar-, get the Jardine boat, which was bow gave us hope (this is a siga bourhood and the men (and most of competition has been drawn up ber Estates), Miss, Ho Mei-ho, living; it keeps constant watch

ground somewhere in the neigh-the teams concerned.

A list

of rules governing the Hopkins, Dunn & Co. (Taiping Rub- teaches men to earn their own dine steamer gain up river. It the last of the three, but were that they intend to stop), and passed Huangchow without inci- equally unsuccessful, and came when just as it appeared to have the women) spend their time in

We made good time and back to land, with the feeling that passed us by, its nose began to cultivating it.. I was struck by the and printed here for the benefit of II. S. M. Hoare, Manager (Koin Sai' over them to see that, they do not were in sight of Huang Shih Kang we had spent a whole day here for come round, our faces broke into careful and neat way in which the when we saw two steamers Coming nothing. Mr. Simon decided, un-smiles and we shook hands with people attended to their land. They down the river, both British. Welder the circumstances, to return each other feeling more or less certainly do not carry the neatness could not get to Huang Shih Kang to Taych, so took a sampan for like Robinson Crusoe being res-into their homes. If there is no We rain there is famine, although the in time, so we wondered if by any Shih Huei Yao, to get his connect-cued from a desert island.

heard

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Tournament.

those concerned.

Rules of the Tournament.

4. Any team not keeping its ap-! pointment, without mutual arrange ment, shall be considered to have forfeited the game by default.

Tuin Express office of Wuchow), | fall by the way.

Work and Play.

E. G. S. Kay, G. H. King, L. H. Up to the Armistice, St. Lamb, P. Logue, S. D. Lund (e/o Dunstan's had cared for 1,405. Asiatic Exploration Co.), Mrs. blinded men; since thon and to B. H. M. Lloyd, Madame V. Lang- the present date another 816 have bank, T. H. Morrison (Morrison come under its charge. All done Motors). A. C. Montgomery, John by voluntary subscription. There Melkle, Miss. M. Montrose, Mr. & has never, been a suggestion of a Mra. Noll-Walker, Mrs. Buckham Government great. (c/o Mrs. Noakes), A. Petroff, Pin

In August, 1927, the Training Scoe-cheah, H. J. Renniks (Hotel Bolfonte), J. Robertson, Julius Centre was removed from London Rieken, M. A. Sofaer, Mrs. W. B. to Brighton and here at the pre- Stewart, H. Shaw (Aalatie Ex-sent time 76 men are being train- ploration Co.), J. Samson, E. de los ed to trades and professions. One Santos, A. Surin, R. W. Taylor, Mr. Thesing, A. A. L. Tuson, G. E. Towns, J. Wilson, Hollis Wilbur, Mra. G. F. Young, B. Zipper

Unpald Correspondence,

T. W. Campbell, T. Van Leenwen, N. Perkins, E. Stilley, (c/o H.K. Hotel), S. Saguisng.

never ceases to marvel at what sightless men can learn to do. Every man is taught to type- write and to read and write in Braille as a matter of course. They knit like Scottish shepherds and weave baskets with the best. Poultry farming they excel at. And among the St. Dunstaners are clergymen; lawyers, and 11 Registered Articles,

The members of Parliament. Bank of Chosen, F. Hordivilliers latest candidate is Mr. Ap Rhys,.. the cept the final, which shall be for & Co., Heimendinger & Levy, Hwho will contest Bangor against

Mr. Lloyd George. Lensvelde, J. G. G. Leask, Miss 180 points.

B. & R. Moroukian, Archie Mingis St. Dunstan's skill at sports. Even more wonderful, perhaps, (H.K. Christian College), R. A. Rowing, running, football, sivim- Rodriguez (c/o Am. Consulate). Cming, fancy diving, the long Ramson, M. A. Sofaer, C. Tang, A jump-St. Dunstan's men are

5. All games shall be 100 up, ex-

List of Teams Entered, 20th Heavy Battery R.A. 18 Mess. H.M.S. "Tamar." R.A.0.C. Sports Club. R.A.F. (Kal Tack) chance we could get on them direct jion. The students got a sampan gleaned the latest news from the mighty Yangtaze is only a mile or

R.A.M.C. (Bowen-road). from our sampan. We tied our going down to Chichow, and Dulf captain and this morning's Han-to away. There is no means of ir-

31st Heavy Battery R.A. handkerchief to a bamboo stick and and I, with the servant, got on akow paper. Ordered tea and rigation and any water which, is

It is hoped that there will be a started signalling "S.O.S. British-large sampan with ten other tonst on board in lieu of tiffin, and needed for the ground has to be

unless the cup for competition, to be played ers here. Can you stop for us?" Chinese bound for Wusueh, 180 imagined ourselves arriving in carried by bucket. We started signalling when the (60 miles) distant. We got Kuling to-night.

farmer has been able to sink a well, for every six months, with a re- steamer was a good stance off. away about noon with a light fol- End of Diary. We reached Ku- and I did not see any in or round plica for the winning team. and after we had sent the message lowing breeze but with some in-ling all right and walked up about Wuchang.. A large percent- a second time, she altered her tervals of calm, during which our the hill, arriving there

age of the Chinese are coolies. 1. Each team shall consist of six course and came straight for us. diminutive boatman whistled for 10.30 p.m. Everyone wanted to They spend their days on the members. His hear the news. Our hopes rose high and we gather-a breeze to come again.

I stayed at Ku-streets with ricshas, or if they 2. The matches shall be played ed our baggage together ready to efforts were finally too successful, ling for two weeks and

are not able to do that one finds on the Y.M.C.A. Tables, in the get on, but instead we had to watch for some distance below Chichow came down to Hankow again, it pass at full speed within a

we struck a brisk head wind, where I am now staying with the them carrying loads from the early Y.M.C.A.-building, Kowloon.

3. Each round must be played off stone's throw, and realised that it which raised a choppy sea, and chairman at Wu Shea Miao, the hours of the morning until late at

It is surprising too, the according to the schedule display- had changed its course, only to gave us a rough passage. native city about four miles out. night.

Darkness fell *AS round a point of land. Both attam-

we I have heard that soldiers at weight that one man will carry so ed in the Billiards Room. Fu Tez ers were crammed with Chinese passed

K'eo, but Wealey

looted that he can get more money. If he College have passengers and we re concerned we went on tacking back Dixon's house, where I live, and did not carry it at all it would mean to see that they pass 3 Huang Shin and forth across the Yangtze, have stolen all our clothing, etc. two men and he knows that in that Kang, also without stopping. We while the lights of Wusueh came Nine soldiers have been executed case the money would have to be arrived at Huang Shih Käng about nearer. The bank was lined with for this. I am now left without shared. They therefore often try 11 nm, and went directly to the junks and boats, with Northern anything except what I stand up to do the impossible. Inside Wesleyan Street Chapel, sending soldiers in crowds on ship and in and winter is coming on. Wu-city one finda all kinds of trades.

6. All games shall be played in the boy funt in featabit Ile and after much altercation and which we have received says that stables, with living and sleeping the presence of a member of the

out to engre about boats, shore. We entered a small inlet, chang is still besieged and news Little shops, which look more like

Committee of reported that the Jap down boat cursing among the boatmen, the people are starving. They accommodation crowded into

an Biliards would stop, hul that it was not managed to nose our way in have caten all the cats, dogs and area of about 10 feet square with Y.M.C.A., whose decision shall be

next day. among the 'her boats and got to rats in the streets, and many are chickens and pigs enjoying the

7. Scoring shall be by points, No soldiers are here now, but a the bank. A couple of tough fel-lying dead on the road sides. The companionship of perhaps, ten to a few southerners came

in a for lows on our sampan (so we learn-aeroplanes of the Southernera dozen people, abound everywhere, and not by games. The north-ed afterwards) had their eyes on have been over the city and caus-There are tin smiths, undertakers who might be willing to participate In view of the fact that some days ago to look round.

case I was carrying, ed fearful destruction, and I can ricsha makers, coal merchants, erners have gone, but the people a leather fear bandits. We had just finish-thinking it was full of money, only conclude with an appeal for butchers, green grocers, fortune in this tournament, have not seen ed some tin goods we bought at but the servant told them casual your prayers. China needs Christ tellers, pawn shops, all huddled to these notices, it will be possible Wachanghaien when the Chinese ly, unknown to us, that we carried to-day more than ever.

gether, and it is not an uncommon for any other entry to be admitted preacher. Mr. Tien came in and revolvers. (of course we didn't),

thing to find that one man will not later than this evening. As made us a welcome offer of a tub. and nothing happened to us.

What is going to happen I have a hand in several of these

Last night at 9 Mr. H. A. China?" This question is constant- trades. Many young boys are em- ly being asked to-day by all sorts of played in the shops, and it is not an wibur, of the Chinese Y.M.C.A.

men are won-uncommon eight to see youngsters

short .address.. Mr. people. Business dering how the situation is going of from 12 to 14 years of age doing wilbur is leaving shortly for to affect industry. The man in a man's work. The pay is of Shanghai, and yesterday was the

course very small. A Chinese will act opportunity to hear him. the street wonders how soon may be called to join some regi- live on three dollars a month The speaker next Sunday will be ment en route for Shanghai, whilst (about 78.), but in far too many Mr. J. H. Hunt, who is due to re- the missionary tries to figure out cases they have to do with much turn at the latter end of the week.

are thronged how soon it will be before he can less. The streets

due until 3 am, the

I had mine first, using the chapel, it was, these fellows ran off with- as a bathroom. What a different out paying the boatman his fare appearance to our chapels at home. Neither of us had a light, but by Just a rough-looking room, dirty the glimmer of a lantern on shore, stone floor, and a few wooden we saw sufficient to pull ourselves up the bank with the help of a handhold on an overhanging willow.

forms for the people to sit on.

Warding Off Malaria. Very little about it to denote what it is except the Chinese texts on the walls, Mr. Tien, in the meantime, prepared a meal for us consisting of Chinese pears and biscuits. He also produced

a can of Klim, which, he said, his

nephew had given him. We were

The Situation in China,

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good at all these. And one of them has run the 100 yards in 10 sec. dead.

AT CHEER 'O.

An Ever Present Need How many years hence the Magelang Hostel will be able to close its

doors with the departure of the last veteran, one cannot say. Perhaps never. For the present it has great work to do and does Namdinh it greatly and we are certain it 8.4. "Kashgar" will not appeal in vain for further 8.8. "Mongolia" help from the town which has ........... Makasser been so generous to it. For, ob- Kashmir viously, it must continue to look Lahaddatu to the public for support. Hotel)... Medan San Antoniotox Jesselton Cholon Naidinh At the Cheer 'O Y.M.C.A., City Hall, the following events will take his friends were lighting candles no one are we able to get any real solutely blind. The people one Their. language is so difficult. Many

Soerabaja place during the weeks-on Tues- and preparing to burn paper idea of what is going to take place meets in the street seem very un- of them have had no education. 9272

Swatow day, May 29, a special farewell con- money for him. We did not stop next. China is a land of changes, healthy. I think I should be speak- They are just illiterate specimens Papker

... Wuchow cert in the Misses E. & D. Wooda to look on as the place was full of What is happening to-day may be ing quite truly to say there is hard. of humanity craving for some A. C. David (HK. Hotal)

and others are rendering items. soldiers, but following a passer-reversed to-morrow. I suppose all ly one person in twenty who has thing better. They are

St. Loula Mo commencing at 7.35 have seen how General Chiang Kai- not some complaint. Consump with boats, and manage their pecu-Charioteer ........ Tandjongselor Wednesday, May 30, a whist drive- shek bas suddenly been turned tton is very common, and in the liar craft with great dexterity. ANg The Ga (c/o Knowledge') commencing at 7.30 p.m.j. on down and Feng, Yu-hsiang; ap summer fevers take off a large great deal of fishing is done. The

"Pres. Wilson" Thoraday, May 31, a dance, com- pointed in his place within the number of the people, whilst inrivers seem alive with fish and Geo Kagodale.. Sacramento Calif. mencing at 7.80 p.m.; on Friday, last week. When I left China six September, when cholera rages, there always seems plenty for any Anshanche Sanhoaeng Cholon June 1, a dance commencing at 7.30 weeks ago Chiang was their idol- thousands and thousands die all one who comes along. The stu- Chiang Sui-yu........ New York p.m.; on Sunday, June 8, a concert

a different Felucca

Portland Ore arranged by Miss Stubbings 001- now he goes because he does not over the land. Many of the people, dent body are quite

Celebration ..... 8.8. "Ranpura" mencing at 7.30 p.m. please them. That is China. Ever in fact, most of them, cannot read. fcrce.

Just

3

A Dead Man. where we landed dead man was laid out on a board with a towel over his face, and

able to instruct him in how to mix

by with a lantern, we made our

resume his labours, whilst from with beggars, most of them ab.

changing.

of

it and enjoyed a refreshing drink. Then we made ourselves comfort able on bamboo chairs in the way along a rough and narrow chapel and rested for a couple of street with black water close on hours. I had a touch of the sun, one side, until we reached the and we are both foot-sore, but are centre of the town where the taking quinine to stave off mal-streets were familiar to Duff aria. About 4 p.m. the ser- (who had previously stayed here vant came in to tell us that Mr. for a year). The main street was Simon (the Rev. A. G. Simon, of barred up for fear of looting sol- Taych circuit-one of our mis-diers, so we went along a dark sion) had rived at the Jap narrow alley to the side street,

The province of Hupeh is situat- |-... steamer office and wanted to see which we followed out towards ed between the provinces of Honan us. We waited to partake of a the mission houses. Our friend in the North and Hunan in the mea! Mr. Tien had provided for ly lantern bearer had parted com-South, Wuchang-that old, old city, us, and he then came with us to pany with us, and except for alies six hundred miles up the River the Jap office. Simon had arrived passing lantern or weak beans Yangtze, practically in the heart from Tayeh, en route to Kuling of Hght, coming out from the of Hupeh. The population to bring down the ladies to his cracks of barred doors, the street Hupeh is over 35 millions, and in station. He treated us to some was quite dark. However, it was size it is considerably larger than of his stock of food, foreign tea, familiar ground to Duff, and we England and Wales put together, with milk and sugar, cocoa, etc., got along slowly, though feeling or more than six times the size of and we found some tinned fruit rather shaky due to our long fast. Belgium. But I would say that all on the street to complete our We found the iron gates of the statistics relating to the popula feast. We fixed ourselves up for Helao Ch'iao Pien compound shut tion of China, or any part of it, re- the night on benches in the room and locked, and the gatekeeper quire to be taken with a great deal upstairs. Some small guests looked at us dubiously and ascer of reserve, as there is really "no were there before us, but we man- tained that we were foreigners satisfactory way of computing the aged to locate them in time and before admitting us. Mr. Heady actual numbers of the people with keep clear. It became cloudy in (our Missionary there) heard the the evening and lightning flashed noise of our arrival and came out anything like, accuracy. un- fh different quarters, but we got with a lantern, expecting to hear parts the population is very little rain though a cool breeze news of looting on the street. He evenly distributed, and in the

cities large

like Wuchang sprang up which kept the malarial was naturally surprised to see us

Hankow great numbers mosquitoes away, and gave us a and gave us a most hearty wel- and

contained in comparatively good night.

come, while we for our part felt of people are Thursday, September 9-Hot we had reached a haven at last. very limited areas. It was In ngain. We were up at daybreak, (Liveslyy, another of our these two cities that I had the pri packed up and looking for the ex- Missionary was also there). vliege to work for about 12 months pected Jap boat, but the fir to We had a good tuck in before finding myself on a river arrive were two coming up fver | while ..telling. OLT story, boat bound for Shanghai as 'n re-

Jap and the "Ningehao." The after which a bath awaited us, fugee. latter came in close and took up and we went to a proper spring. some passengers from the lighter bed, with pyjamas to wear, the worked in Wesley College for The Jap, on the other hand, kept first time we had had our clothes most of my time in Wachang. It is

The People

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at full speed on the other side of off at night for over a week very fine missionary college, the river in spite of the signals Wusuch is said to contain over situated about 400 yards or 20 displayed from the flagpole of the 80,000 troops, Wu Pei-fu's men outside the great city wall. It is steamer rest office. We took this Anbuel men and some Kiangsi:

an interesting, but long, walk from as an evil omen, but continued to men wait, hoping for the best but ex- The latter were here rather to the river, taking one through the pecting the worst. Just before 11 protect their own province from winding streets and alleys, past the three down steamera came in the retreating Northerners than Bulle shops and occasional ® tem- view, one behind the other. The to take any active part in trying pits, on past the Government build- first was a B. & S. freighter, to defeat the “Reds.". Wa'z menings (where the Southerners, have which passed, heedless of the have been said to have made an installed their Government), down Mehter attempting to reach it. impossible demand on the local through a harm

ANITOW market street, We got on the Jap lighter, which merchants here for 600,000. dol- on past the barracks, where hun worked up against the current, lars (56,000) and the Chairman, dreds of Chinese soldiers are quar

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