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THE KANSU CATAS TROPHE

TOWNS AND VILLAGES DESTROYED.

*100,000 VICTIMS.

Within a very few years a major catastrophe has again visited Kansa, where but a short while ago an enormous earthquake became known

NO HELP FROM FOREIGNERS!

FENG YU HSIANG'S OPINION.

"WE ARE FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE.”

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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4th, 1927.

CONDITIONS IN THE CENTRAL BANK

KOBE.

OF CHINA.

ENGLISH PAPER'S SHARP CRITICISM.

· NATIONALIST PARTY INSTRUMENT.

BETTER SANITARY SERVICE NEEDED,

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To save -China, it is of no use A leading article in our söntem- to speak ze words or pray to the porary, the Japan Chronicle, gives foreign Powers.

a very interesting side-light on con-

We must have

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as the occasion when " the moan- soldiers, for only guns and rifies ditions in Kobe. This British pap Political Party becomes the re Hong Kong Fire Los.......$ US tains walked." Possibly had some will bring about national salvation." is evidently making a strong stand cognised political head of the Dangd59 baz,

professional writer been in the Thus, declared Marsha! Feng Yu Linngchew district, N.W. Kansu, Hsiang in course of a recent speech on May 3rd of this year when he delivered to bis troops at Again perhaps 100,000 were killed Loyang. Marshal Feng also wants and hundreds of thousands, reader. his men to bear in mind that the ed homeloan, a more detailed report object of the Revolution is to free might have been available: but the people from their suffering and nothing could be more dramatic in that the welfare of the people is its simplicity than the following ac- always the main consideration. A count written by Monseigneur Theo.translatice of Marshal Feng's ad- Buddenbrock, S.V.D., Vicar Apos- dress is given below;-... tolio of Laachan, Kansu. The story appears in the North-China Daily News.

fateful day in the history of Liang- chow district in north-west Kansu. The destructive powers of nature have claimed a frightful holocaust of human beings and annikliated

bear daily the subterranear, thun ders, and the ground under our feet is still shaking. We have stood on the brink of eternity, and our

in escape nothing short of miraculous.

That Monday before Ascension Day of 1997 will never be forgot. ten. It promiked to be a beautiful day of May, the sun shedding his

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Who Are The People?". "We must not forget that we owe Let us always ask ourselves these questions: Who are our parents!

for improvement in what seems to be a very regrettable and quite un- necessary state of affairs. The article states;-

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It is a matter of common know. for funds to carry on its political and military campaign, bence the move to start this political bank in Shanghai, the greatest financial contre in China, which is branded by the same party as the "kennel of the running dogs and the cage of rampant imperialism." It is time Shanghai went on the ramp, and put up the imperial de fence against the unscrupulous issue of 240,000,000 Central Bank of Chins notes recently printed in

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valleys. My morning meditation was suddenly rudely interrupted by

violent shock, that made the win- dow panes rattle and the house quiver. I made a hasty exit, but everything was quiet again. Well. such experiences are not unusual here, so I paid no further attention to it, but went over to the chape. of the orphanage, where about 100 children, some old folks and the

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*CHOU-

Kobe has now grown to be a large city, the fifth in population in Japan with Yokohama as a very bad sixth. and yet it cannot be said that the City authoritics take their duties very seriously. One of the principal duties of the authorities is to pro vide that the city be kept in a healthy, sanitary condition. Yet it Our Militarists.

may be said that while Kobe has Brethren, we have been fighting grown to be a large city the efforts for many years and our sole at bas of the authorities to provide for its May 23rd, 1927, has been the most been to sure China and to oppose sanitation and general cleanliness ledge that the party is hard beset H.Ka Whar

the imperialistic aggremion. But are no greater than would be ap our miltarists have betrayed our plied to country town. In the country, making themselves tools of circumstances it is impossible for Imperialism. Chang Teo Lin, for the city to be kept clean. In fact instance, is a running-dog of the it may be said that the city has Japanese imperialists, while Wagone backwards in regard to clean Fel Fu served the British imperial liness and sanitation, principally ists in a similar capacity. They through the carelessness and ven- immeasurable material values, An

have turned traitors of the nationality of the officials. earthquake so terrible that I felt and are, therefore, the common Some years ago the City autho- eneuries of the people. Since we rities decided to carry out the work the end of the world to be at hand. It is three weeks now since the must bear the following in mind:

are now fighting for the people, we of removing the nightsoil them

stives. Before the work had been disaster came upon us, but we still | (1) Our troope belong to the people; let out to contractors and had been America to finance a particular

(2) We fight for the welfare of the done fairly well. The work was political party in Chins against China Buses

10 (*..... 25† nom. people and not for ene two in done in the night, and the carts the various other political and war HK. Tramways dividuals; (3) We obtain our mean were off the streets by eight o'clocking factions. of existence from the people; (4) in the morning, because the police

Peak Trams (old) The Central Bank of China is Do. The people are our masters, and regulation providing for this was the financial centre of a certain Singapore Tractions. (5) We night to protect our country enforced. Then the City authorities political party. It is not a re- TD and people..

decided that instead of letting the gular financial undertaking back-Amate work out to contractors they would ed by the capital of merchants and Outen 10 this would mean that the work alone would be good enough to back do it themselves. It was hoped that financial magnates, whose name

tions were quickly disappointed. Instead of the work being better stupendous note issue is the youth- The only backing behind this Who are our brothers and sisters'?

done, it was done worse, and more ful hot-air mint of Nanking, and it Who are our relatives 1 Who are our friends? Who are our neigh the day. The regulation, which pro-waste gas from which it emanates. over, it was done at all hours of is as evanescent and fleeting as the bours 7 The comma answer to vides, we understand, that the black these questions is The People.

We must all understand that carts shall be all off the streets of the The crisis has come and our country winter, was still in force, but enfor Chim is to-day in great distress, city by seven o'clock in the morning in summer and eight o'clock in is facing an Lahainent collapse. The foreigners have occupied a good in the regulation against a con- trartor and against an employee of deal of our territory. To save tho. Municipal The Municipal } not accept this "precarious paper dincares. China; it is of no use to speak-

very words or to pray to the foreign officials could disregard the reguin money in lieu of their sound cashUnited Asbestos.......

different things. - I began mass, completed conse- Powers.

We must have soldiers, tion with impunity, since they were cration and just stopped at the for only guns and rifes will bring not going to enforce it against them-country will be forcibly closed Wm. Fowells.

reserves, then their branches up. Wawans {ald) memento for the dead. But what about the national salvation. We is that? Without the slightest must feel proud to have become selves, and there was nobody with down by order of the financiers Telephones. warning the powers of bell seemed soldiers fighting to safeguard the enough public spirit to see that it in Nanking

was enforced. The idea that the to be loosed. An indescribable country. Let us understand our

The first step towards checking noise, terrible thundering from be- principles and work hard for the regulation was for the health of the paper inflation is for every bank law, terrifying echoes from the air. | Revolution."—Hankow Herald.

community was apparently regarded throughout China, both Chinese by the officials as a mere senti- and foreign, to publish a statement And as if carried by a hurricane I was bodily pushed from the altar

mentality. Perhaps there were some to the effect that no Central Bank advantages to the authorities in of China note will be caahed, even through the sacristy into the open. The Sisters with the children had

keeping the black carts in the at a discount, until there has been not yet moved: when they, daw my

streets at all hours of the day in an official notification, open disappear they quickly made for the

leaving them exuding what has been verification, of the financial back- door, and not one moment too early

called the scent of Japan on the ing behind the note issue. The The walls came tumbling down, un

highways, in front of schools, every-bankers' slogan, these days when fortunately falling in our directior

where where there was a convenient slogans are so popular in China, My thoughts went to the little tots,

corner to place them. This is only should be, "No financial backing. who came stumbling over the fall. Widespread Devastation.

a suspicion.

No aceptance of notes." ing bricks. How they got out...I“dų

While the whole village of Sisiang

alations of other banks in Shans but we thought of the good was destroyed, not many lives were the work properly at night, perhaps hai have nothing to do with the Guardian Angel.

We were absolutely dazed. But dreds of cities and villages met with there is a squeeze somewhere. All the Central Bank of China" and lost. All around us, several hun- the wages paid are too low, perhaps Nationalist money-grabbers or with there came rushing from the mis- the same fate. The entire district these are again auspicions. What is will under no circumstances be sion compound our Brother Carpus, of Liangchow is seriously affected. certainty is that the carts are to available for the cashing of the who at once started the rescue The lower city walls of Liangchow be seen at all hours of the day fictitions waste issue. The ing arches, over piles of debris, habitants still remain; but the the streets, to the disgust of the The barrier is up against them, it work. He passed under the tette a city of some 70,000 to 50,000 in standing at corners or going along tral China Bank notes are banned dodging falling stones. Now I could upper parts have disappeared. The citizens and the danger of their that barrier is as effective as if it. survey the situation. There knelt streets are covered with the debris the children with only two of the of houses and arches; the yamen health.

was barbed. The notice to quit has. Sisters Where is Sister Constantia, of the district mardaria is utterly of the removal of the nightsoil that

But it is not only in the matter been posted. the Superior? My God. I hope not destroyed and he, his family and the Municipal officials show their buried. Some 20 children missing his officials are among the dead. laches. There is a general negtig "cially when that city is a port All hands to the rescue.

The two mighty city towers were

ence in the removal of dirt and in- Death of Sister Constantia, bent like straw.

visited by people from all parts of attention to sanitary détails which Several of the Chinese labourera It is impossible to give an ade- seem to indicate & good deal of the world and liable to be infected started immediately, and at that quate idea of the misery.

slackness among

the Municipal at any time. The authorities are moment the Fathers Moritz, Muller who saved their bare lives are officials. and Klein came rushing to the living in temporary huts and has which seems to be the favourite place they appear utterly indifferent to There are certain spots very keen on dealing with cases of sickacas when such cases occur but scene. Child after child was car racks, made of Chinese mats. Even for accumulating refuse, revealing ried out, three of their dead, dead whers a house remains standing, no an utter lack of supervision over the prevention of disease, although also good Sister Constantia, while one dares enter, since the rumbling the men employed in the work of this is mutir more important. They six others soon died from their and shaking continued for several scavenging. One spot to which our have to consider the grast loss that wounds. There they lay, the dead weeks. Within a radius of 70 kilo attention has been called is at the broke out and the necessity of the city would suffer if an epidemic and wounded side by side. I quick metres everything is in rains. The end of Kyo-bashi, right in the eres taking ordinary precautions to give ly administered the last Sacramente city of Kulang is no more. Mar- of all visitors entering the port and to the dying, and some of the cate

darin and citizens rest forever ander calculated to give them a very bad

an epidemic no foothold. At present chumens were baptized.

the walls. A later report states impression of the sanitation of the it may be said that every facility in that in both cities, Liangchow and city. Kulang, at least 10,000 are killed.

Gradually only did we realize that we had not been the only sufferers. When we turned, our eyes met with the sight of ruins, stark remnants of former buildings, the streets im passable, and from all sides came cries of anguish and despair. *

Those

Perhaps the Municipal authorities de not employ enough.men to do

The silver reserves and secur

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offered for disease. The Kobe Muni-

I still wore the sacred vestments. The unhurt children surrounded

At this spot refuge of all kinds is cipality draws a good income from the body of the Sister Constantia, Great World Catastrophe. piled up and left for days, while the citizens, an amount which should their tender mother, azd piteously

The magnitude of the calamity the open space in front is used be sufficient to provide for the city mingled prayers and lamentations. is still unknown, may never be a parking ground for the black being kept in a sanitary state, onc When pulled out from under the known. Post and telegraph were carts. The Sannomiya Police Sta- of the first duties of the autho debris, her soul had fled to heaven, disorganized for some time. That tion is supposed to have a sanitary rities, but which seems to be dis- but in death she protected two of is the reason no report reached section, but evidently it is no part very little direct bearing on the aipated in directions. which have. the children, one being found under the outside world. The lose of of the duties of the section to see welfare of the citizens sa & whole. each arm-alive. -

that nuisances are not committed The Government is preparing to human lives will mount into many, A 'Martyr of Christian Charity. many thousands, if not more than What they consider their duties to place a surplus of the Deposit Fund

100,000. The misery of the surviving be it is difficult to say. in indescribable, since they lost At the corner in Kano-cho facing at the disposal of the local govern- everything. the little they had the end of the Recreation Groundments for advances at a low rate of interest, and they are also ap- There is no food, no clothing, no there is a drain which for every pointing inspectors in the Home animals. No doubt, here is one of summer for the last ten years to Office who are to keep un eye on the the world's greatest catastrophes, our recollection has been a most expenditures of the Municipalities one requiring international help. overpowering abomination at in the large cities in Japan. We sorely need medical supplies, tempt has ever been made to clean Buch steps may be appropriate food and money. We ourselves the drain out, though thousands of enough, but official inspection in have lost practically everything. people must pass the spot every day. Japan has been proved so often in We, too, are living in huts, and so and from year to year the 6th has the past as more on paper-than do the Sister-and-orphana

Weeks have now passed since that udgment day of May 23rd, but daily still the earthquake is heard and felt, often causing a mild renewal of the first terrTHEOD. ENDDEKAHOCK,

Sister Constantia had laboured for -10-years in Shantung when she was appointed the leader of the first Sister of the Holy Ghost coming to Kansu And no better choice could have been mada. Highly gifted and well educated as a graduate teacher, she always was a model in her life and in her work;"

The Work of Rescue. Nothing was left of the chapel, except the altar and tabernacle, that seemed to be untouched. The sacred host had been blown from the altar, but was later found among the ruins. Thus I was enabled to complete the Boly Sacrifice,

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been allowed to collect

in fact, that it into be feared

Japan is an astonishingly healthy little improvement will be witnessed country if ordinary precautions are in the misdirection of public funds taken, but there are limits to which and the consequent scandals, that fortune may be tempted and climate distinguish local government in city on the lines of a village, espe public opinion that these ovila-will exploited. You cannot run a great Japan. It is only by the force of

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