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The following Interesting count of the treatment of mis sionaries in the Kwangtung Pro- vince, has been forwarded to the SC. M. Post by Father Robert J. Cairns of Worcester, Massachu setts, a Maryknoll priest státioned at Sun Chong und woll-known in Hongkong.

MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 1926."

SEQUEL TO CRIMINAL

PROSECUTION.

bandit who recently capture Fr. BANKRUPTCY COURT. O'Molla, the pastór. · of Sanofan Island, and Fr. Rauschenbach, my companion at Sun Chong, Tho bandit chief refused to let us go, so there was nothing left to do But wait until his royal highness changed his mind. Now the gates of the city are locked, the five their booty, and we, with little hundred bandits are gathering food, and all markets closed are ja a sense, priioners.

Mr. D. MoCalline rando à success- ful application for adjudication at the Bankruptcy Court on Saturday Shing Shan arm. in respect of the affairs of tho Wing.

Appoaring for the petitioning creditor, Mr. McCallum mid that an interim roceiving order had boon granted and catered into for the sale of the business by the Official Recover.

contract had been

Some business men have taken refuge in one of the Kwong Hoi The detalls given, throw a vivid forts. The bandit chief asked light on the state of banditry ex-Monsignor Walsh to notify them iating in the district and the Im. that the bandits would send for pptence of the officials to control cannon, blow up the fort and kill.sale certain of the other partners the activities of the organised every man inalde, if they did not gungs which make their living agree to pay him some

| Monsig or delivered the menяnge,

money.

In consequence of an alleged false prosecuted the mannging partner but he was later acquitted. Tho sale having heon, carried out there

tion, added Mr. McCallum.

from the dwellers in the country and the men said they will sond was nothing to prevent adjudica

aide. Father Cairu's story is a personal document, urelaborated

and published exactly as received.

Sun Chong, July 14.

their answer, by the postmuster, in one day.

Soldiers Arrive.

I arrived at Kwong Hỏi,' one of

Yesterday morning we sent a my mission stations about 4 p.m., mesacnger to the head of the on Saturday, July 11. and found bandits, to ask whether we could Monsignor J. E. Walsh, my Su- love, but we were again refused, perior, awaiting me. After we ate Some soldiers have arrived for fir- rice, the bandits began an attacking has been going on all day; sv on the city. We are merely pas- we hope that if the force is strong sing through, and were scheduled enough, the bandits may be driven to hoard a boat for Sancian Is-out; but the city is on a hill, and land, at eight o'clock the following has a strong wall with immense morning,

so we did not worry. iron gatos, so it may be a long Many people fled from the city; sfoge.

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the shooting was dangerously We have sont another missen- near, and the bullets whistled so to the bandit chief this muzaing. close that we had to take refuge | to see whether he will see us; and on "the ground floor. We were two bandits are looking over my Lired after a long day's journey, so Corona as I write. We are hoping we went to bed at night and slept to get out today, but one can soundly, despite the holac of the never tell ammunition.

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500 bandits, were afild of their lives, and fled, leaving the strong walled city unprotected,

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July 16. At Kwong Hol, the bandit chief. let us go, together with our eare- would bring i message to the taker, and his family, providel we

soldiers, five thousand of whom At three o'clock Sunday morn had surrounded the city. We were ing, we were awakened by loud supposed to return to Kwong Hoi shouting, and a pounding on our with an answer, but the soldiers door. And because we could not first tried to dissuade us and open it fast enough, the banditswhen Monsignor Walsh said that started "shooting. We appeared he wanted to keep his word, even with a lamp in our hunds, fearing to such a bloodthirsty bandit, the that a stray bullet might find us, for these

desperadoes meant business. Our only hope, was in letting them see our white faces before they shot us. They broke in the door before we had time to open it, but when they saw that we are foreigners, and that this is the Catholic Mission, they moved to other houses for their phunder.

The Plunderers.

Although the Officid Receiver had apparently been dissatisfied with the conduct of the "fannaging partner, it could not be held that he had no authority to carry out the sale, in view of of the Court's decision. If any of the other part- ners wished to oppose the applica- tion it was up to them to be present in Court, but they had not come before His Lordship that morning.

It was to be presumed that by their absence they did not desire to oppose the application.

His Lordship mintle an adjudien. tion order.

THE SORROWS OF SMITH.

things," remarked Smith recently "I was getting fed up with

to his chum, Brown, "My wife nothing seemed to go right. WAS always complaining and Sho

and looked worn out, ret what was nervy and rundown. I know, could I do? Often in trying to soldiers refused to allow us to re-mand matters I made them worse, turn, within the city walls. They or made her cry. said that Chan Chuk Suam, the bandit leader, would either kill us or hold us for rassom; and at all events, if he did not, we might get killed by the soldiers, who were even then preparing to shell the city.

So we went along and at the first town we stopped, Hoi Hau, we were befriended by Dr. Lay Yick, formerly of Salem, Oregon. 1 said Mass about half past And it was good for us that he three, then remained on watch.

gave us a room, good meals, much until daylight, as many groups of "face" and protection. For many bandits were prowling about with of the Kwong Hoi refugees were torches and guns in their hands. living in the Doctor's house, and They smashed in the doors of they claimed that we were bandits. houses and stores, and took every-For we arrived mysteriously, just thing valuable that they could May their hands on.

when the bandils did, stayed with them for several days, and talked peace for them to the soldiers and the business men at the fort. The Doctor, who spoke English well, explained it all away, as we thought. But the poor excited people had a bad impression of our actions,

We finally arrived safely at Sun Chong, and are glad to get back,

Another Arrest.

"All morning long the procession went by, the men carrying all sorts of things; bags of rice clothes, suit-cases, lamps, rolls of money, hata, shoes, holta.of new cloth from the stores; which they piled together at the end of the street where the mission is located. '↔ It was ludicrous to watch them; one bandit garried only two rolled oats tins; another. carried nothing, but

Rev. Brother" John Dorsey, wore on his head a baby's straw A. F. M., a medical missionary, hat; a third carried a gun in one

went into the excited district the hand and a feather fan"in the day we left it; and he was taken out of his coolie chair at the point If we had been alone, we should of a gun, and treated. roughly, his have attempted to walk right out of the city; for all boats had sailed Cassock was. lorn, and he was marched through the streets and away the night before; but our made the laughing, stock of the mission caretaker with his wife people. For behind

him were and family of five, were in the three bandits, with chains around house with us,and they were

their necks and feet. The Brather afraid of being shot or taken for

was then confined to a dirty Chin- random. Therefore Monsignor Walsh and the caretaker went to of the Tui Shan Prefecture.

csc jail in Sunnlag city, the capital

the bandit chief, Chan Chuk Saum, to get permission for us to, Monsignor Walsh and I went to leave the city. This is the same Sunning to get him out, and

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though the magistrates did not know us from Adam, they let the prisoner go merely because wo vouched for him.

This morning Monsigner Walsh and Brother John Dorsey have just left for Canton, where they will report this injustice to the Ameri- ean Consul.

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