CO129-496 - Public Offices - 1926 — Page 204

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Naglosure in kr. Pratt's No. 10 of February 14th, 19.

HODOA, February 9, 1926.

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On the 5th a feros of three to five hundred of the Canton soldiers came to Xodoa. We had a band of several thousand of the old regime soldiers in possession of the town, so that we had thousands of refugee women and children in the compound. We knew this force of Canton soldiers were coming, but the women and children said they would wait a few days before leaving the safety of our compound. After keeping our gates looked for a couple of days when the other forge was milling around the town, this Friday a、n, we opened the market gate and had no thought that the soldiers would attempt to crowd in here. The gatesan came saying that one of the petty officers wanted to see the foreigner, and we asked him to come up to Dr. Seaton's house, where we were just having a station Keeting. He said he could not come, but would we please come out.

Unsuspectingly Dr. Jeaton and

I went down to be accosted by a petty officer in Cantonena, saying he wanted to quarter a hundred soldiers in the church. I said there were no living conveniences there, and we had so many women and skildren refugees in the compound, and the girls' school, so we could not let him have the church and

that on Sunday we used the olarak, He insisted and ordered

me to open the loaked deors, but I refused, and we stood just at the door of our compound, so to get in they had te ferde us AWAY. 1 tried to get the gate shut, but a soldier flourished his gun in my face saying "I'll kill you, 1'11 kill you". I said "Well, if you must kill, kill" and did

not move aside, but he ordered a column of young hunkieN

to advance and Dr. Beaton and I were hustled out of the

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