The following is a translation of! the latest letter from Honan. It shows that still another of our; stations has been looted. Mona has passed through many vicissitudes Jof war in recent years but, strange, to say, the only troops since Boxer Jdays in 1900 who have been guilty an attack on our Mission buildings fave those of the erstwhile "Christian General," as perfected by _his residence in Moscow. The lett from the caretakers of the premises, and is as follows:—"The Church in Taokow isin' in Honan respectively to Kiangsu, en the Lunghai Road, and to Tsao-chow in Shantung.
From other very reliable sources I Tear that the Shantung forces cceary Tangshan, the. border! town of Kiangsu, on' the Lunghai me, but that choy have not crossed the border into Honan, to make any effective demonstration, A letter just received from Yung-cheng in the far southeastern part. of the province where it joins! Kiangsu and' Anhui has another story to tell. Chang Ching-yao, former Tupan of Hunan, and now commander of one of the Allied: armies, is in occupation of that city and of the Hsiah-ili hsien city. These two places are just over the border from Kiangsa in. Ho This seems to be in line with declared policy of the Northern command, to enter Honan from the sides, and thus divide Marshat "Feng's forces, and keep him guessing where the blow is to fall hardest on him, trouble. At 8 o'clock on the morning of August 8 a sablier, jeccompanied by three police suddenly entered the compound Bate and roundly reviled us as foreign dogs," "foreign slaves" and "hunting dogs of foreigners." When they had finished cursing they made us take them to look at the residences. They, smashed—the Jdoors and carried off the attractive personal articles from every room of, teach house. At noon a general, accompanied by a guard, arrived in his automobile and entered the premises. After taking a look at the; three houses, he ordered us to remove the remaining things to a small building to be sealed up, and] then drove us all out, Twenty Thousands Bandits My Yungeheng correspondent hi a pitiful tale to tell of the inros of the bandits in that district. says in part:—"All about us there are bandits, perhaps not less than 20,000 of them. More than half of the large market towns in this district have been attacked, and the farmers are afraid to work in their fields. Hueitingchi has been entered a number of times by them, and. in that area alone during this month of August several thousands of victims have been carried off to be held for ransom. The mission quarters in Hueiting city have been robbed and the furniture destroyed."
'Next day a Brigadier General, Jwith a great many soldiers, and. occupied to overflowing' every room in the buildings. These troops Sard Brigade (of the 49th Division) of the First. National Army at Feng Yerhstang. wonder if you have any method of procedure. Please give a -speady reply, for we are cert A Glimpse at the Real Conditions This kind of thing is a common story wherever the Revolutionary Jarmies go. Perhaps a reference to hospitals alone will give a clue to the real conditions under the general Nationalist regime, which its-Communist propaganda department has assiduously whitewashed in the Press of the Us States and Jelsewhere. Of 170 hospitals (nearly missionary) in territory now controlled by the Nationalists only '35 are running normally.
Fears Attendant upon Arrival of Kuominchun Fully Justified Twos Ove Hvaixive, Conscsroxoext Tientsin, Sept. 7.
The following intermat friend just recently from the Yellow River district who has first liliand knowledge of most recent events.
Two months ago the Wonancse with mixed feelings of fear and gladness welcomed the Kuomingstretch of charitable judgment 71, may be said to be "running" (but unning" like "cripples") with a few more or less competent assistants in control. Some have been [seized "by the military, and the remaining $5 are entirely out of Kiukiang, Sept. 8.
The beginning of August found concentration of Chang Fa-kuei's troops, consisting of the 4th, 11th, land Kiukiang and Nanchang. Taese troops had been.ordered to leave! Hankow, and the opinion was held, that Chang Fa-kuei intended to advance with them through Kiangsi Province, down the Kan River, to Kwuangtung, his purpose being to take possession of Canton and jeccupy it as his base. Chang Fa-kuei was believed to be i close touch ith the Russians and it is, perhaps, belief that. gave rise to the report that the Russian plan, after their ejection from Hankow, was to obtain control of Canton again and [start a new movement to sweep up through China, Whether Chang Fa-kuei wavered in his allegiance to the Russians, is Jnot known, or whether for some lather reason, the communist elements in his three armies, the communist ug Nanchang, but for a time the situ tion hung in the balance but wit the arrival of some men of the 6th Sheng-chi's 35th suppressed, The mutineers now moving southeast towards Nan-feng. and the Fukien border, where, Ino doubt, they will eventually jain the ever-increasing hordes of bandits which are spreading throughout the province.
Thorn in Nationalist Flesh Chang Fa-kuei, in accordance with his original pian, is gradually! moving his remaining troops down the Kan River to Kuangtung. Once safely established in Canton, there is no knowing to which side he may Jean and he may yet be a thorn in the flesh of whatever Nationalist government is in control on the Yangtze, With the removal of Chang Fa-kuei's troops. in the direction of! Kuangtung and the advance of Ten; ISheng-chi's armies towards Anbu ud Nanking, the north of Kiangsi has become practically denuded of troops and Chu Pei-teh with his 3rd Army is again left in control.
conference was held at Kiau-Ikiang on August 25 at which we present Messrs. C. C. Wu and If Tsung-jen from Nanking and Teng Sheng-chi, Tan Yen-ki, Sun Fo, Wang Ching-wei, and Cheng Kung-po from Hankow. The conference chun to Honan as they entered from the west in the trail of the retreating—Ankuochun.
Tt was remembered that four the ist Army of Feng gave peace and wrought useful reforms during the time o their occupation, but it was also remembered that the 2nd Army before going west to join the Kuomingehun two years ago had a bad record to leave behind them. The question fu the minds of all was; what sort. of general and army is returning to tus from the west. Everyone knew quite well also that the Soviet influence was at work in the Kuomin chun while they were in the west,
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