Just two weeks before this some of our missionaries were kindly permitted to travel down to Hankow with him and his retinue, when Wu Pei-fu urged him to come to his help. They reported him as being quite ill, and very reluctant to obey the summons, but General Wu sent!
special train and a special delega-to insist on his coming, and he had to obey. He has been kindly {to the missionaries in Chikung, and one hopes he will survive the "present tin l, and be permitted to i enjoy his retreat again!
Mails are slow and when we do get news it is out of date. Our mail comes vid Anking- overland, and takes several days even in weather, and we understand in stormy weather the mail-carriers do
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