The Archive · 1926

DEATH OF A LOCAL WAR -VETERAN

Mr, Martin Jansen: Served in Three Wars Martin Jansen, a local of the Spanish' American War, died at his home on Monday jut 3am, He was well known Shanghai and had made his home here for the past eight years, Mr, Jansen was a member of Shangaai-Camp No, 1, United Spanish War veterans, having served in the U, S. 8, Boston during the battle of Manila Bay in May, 1808, later in the U. S. 8, Bennington in 1899, during the insurrection in the Philippines.

He also fought during the War with Germany, retiring on February 18, 1919, after 30 years in the U.S, Naval Service. He is survived by a wife and daughter. immaturity and inability to think for themselves. "More foolish still," says Mr. Chang, "is the statement made by one of the professors of Peking University that riy teacher who regards education means to use for some acco pushment but not as an end to aim fat is not a teacher.'" Mr. Chang's reply is, "no one believes aimless education." A student who sees through sophistry as this one does will yet go far.

Dr, Chiang Liu, who is a graduate, of Tsing Hwa, Cornell and Iowa State universities, writes a rather bitter article on "Foreign Rel and Chinese Culture." He Christian criminals were often protected by churches and the Chinese magistrates were not allowed to terfere and when they did their interference was seized as an opportunity for the home government to start trouble with China." Ti oft quoted criticism of mission: is well answered in a letter from Bridlington, England, which seems to have come to hand opportunely. The writer says: "When I went to China in 1910 T found my senior in the mission at Swatow strongly opposed to taking cases to the Consul. (Direct communication of the missionary with the Chinese magistrate was distinctly forbidden by his government). And nothing more threatened our good relations with our Chinese brethren than our extreme reluctance ever to inter "vene. Going up and down the churches, I have found instances of prolonged hostility to missionaries: because someone has refused take up a case; and I have had member stay away from communion: because I refused to send my eard th' eid him in a civil action, bia

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