Repyarp Karntse, in th ye February May New ght by Ruslyard Ki York. (Copy: up the White end forth the bind your sons burden— ye breed—lo And bid the s And when your (The end for Watch sloth and folly Bring all your hope to nought, Tak up the White Man's burden—Riv iron rule of kings, But toil of serf The tale of on thi The ports shall not The roads ye shall not of those ye be fter The hate of those'y humour "Why bre Our loved One of the members of the Committee of the above relief in Shanghai has received the following letter from Mr. R. Forsyth who is acting both' as Secretary and Treasurer of the Relief Committee ini Shantung:
As T wrote you previously, Mr. Hinds of the English Methodist Mission in Lading has been engaged in_ relief work for some time back and now Mr. Hamilton of the American Presbyterian Mission, Chinanfu has gone to help him for a month or so till another man, probably Mr, Candlin of Tientsin, can come to take his place.
We have held off relief work except ina limited way with private funds amongst cur own Christians for several reason 1,—Because our funds were limited.
"Because the worst pinch comes during the Inst three or four months before the wheat harvest.
3.—Because Government relief on a fairly liberal seule has been extended to the sufferers in our districts, 4—We have been requested by the Governor of the province to refrain from relief work till this spring, when the need would be greater and the funds available less, Owing to these considerations we have been till the proper time came, which we think has now arrived. Four of our number, Messrs. Drake, Harmon, Nickalls, and Burt, are now enrolling those whom' we have funds enough to relieve till the eud of May.
more funds are received, more will be enrolled and relieved to the extent of our ability, The arrangements for. relief are very simple.
Begin enrolling those villages where there are Christians and enrol those who are specially in need, and in the Same village an equal number of heat!
Relief to be paid fortnightly or monthly, at the rate of 600 small cash per ' mouth' per moon (=30 cents mex.) not more thin four persons to be reckoned in one family.
The enrollment is as far as possible made by the foreign missionary, and failing him, a reliable native helper.
The money is paid by cheque on neigh bouring native bank to the village elder appointed to receive it, and the money is then distributed by him to the individuals concerned. Lists are of course carefully prepared and placed in a prominent position, that all may know how much they should receive, and who ate to receive the sums promised. This is to prevent "squeezing" as fur as possible.
Unfortunately the means at present at our disposal are so limited that we shall be able to do comparatively little. Want of means will also hinder us from doing anything in the way of public works a8 we hoped We huve tried to get bands of refugees at work in Tsingtao but so far have not been successful, owing to an abundance of labour from surrounding districts being available,
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