Tue letters from Mr. Webster and other missionaries in Manchuria which we have published from time to time, and the letter from Dr. Christie which we extracted a few days ago from the "China Medical Missionary Journal," have given our readers some idea of the splendid relief work that has been done and is still being done at the seit of war, but otherwise the work has been done so quietly and unobtrusively that its extent and value have been hardly realised. The Shanghai Branch of the International Red Cross Society was founded, in the words of the prospectus issued in March 1904, "for the purpose of enabling persons of all nationalities to jon in the relief of suffering occasloned by the war between Russia and Japsn under the rules of the! Geneva Convention. In particular! it is considered that endeavours should be made to succour such nun-combatants (whether neutral or belonging to one of the belligerent nations) as by reason of their prox-unity to the seat of war are in danger or distress." That the claims of the Society have not been more strenuously urged on foreigners in North China is due to the noble liberality of the Chinese, who have contributed to date no less a sum than four hundred thousand tuels/ to the funds of the Society. In the letter from the chairman of the Society, Mr. F. Anderson, which we published last week, a short sketch was given of the good work that has been done in the past sixteen months "Over 100,000 refugees have been} sent to their native districts; the Chinese railway and steamer companies have ce-operated generously im the work, either granting free Uafares, The Chinese Bolegeaph Ad-! passages or accepting greatly reduc-
ministration send all telegrams free of charge. About 150 cases of hospital supplies, thousands of piculs of grain, and last winter over 15,000 suits of waded gitments have been forwarded from here. Food and shelter have been provided for a constant stream of refugees, and for thousands of women and children} who are utterly destitute. Branch societies engaged in active work have been established in Chefoo, Tientsin, Newchwang, and about a dozen other places in Manchuria, including Liavyang and Mukden, "Experienced and competent foreigners and Chinese are in charge everywhere. The Scotch and Irish Presbyterian Missio.s lave placed their hospitals and men at the dis-po-al of the society."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.