Thomson's knowledge of the history and beginnings of the Settlement drew from him a reflecting comparison which, curiously enough, has often been repeated, especially in the past two years, but which has never been acknowledged to ite original author, What, pangs of regret and fe writes, "among these ightensd' men when, Setti wipercaive. that a they cast their eyes upon this Stadt
er" barbarians have, the pace, of thirty" years, tone more with. the tittle quagmire teat dgingly allotted." to themselves, with highest, efforts, have achieved anywhere in there own wide Empire, uring all "the untold centuries. of "As T have already said, there is a finish" he continues, "about the whole neti splendour "and Sumptuousness about "ite building, Tinie ro vd and hreathin spaces. its Spacious wharves a clézini warehouses, that stand
Ress' and. grinding despotism. which, a alen' rebuke (3 the niscarale within the narrow limits of "the Heeatest walled celtics of Ching, have Hennes) hundreds of thousands. of Struggling beings inthe moat temporary abode: there to earrya convelese For existence, Breathing the fetid air of marrow pollute "alleys, exposed ta the cone stant risk of fearful. conflagentions, fund the grim horrors o€_pestilones, and famine. and true t Knew exist' among "the nflicials China: and they, aeeing all this, and, feeling vicious" of the fre adam which European othe feriers that have n the enirit and woud HfL th new gatate,"to taste the pure Freed, for which the: wav rebellion that have nwepe across, the Paces of their history tell us: that They "nave never ceased to: pine The passage of nearly a cycle has seen definite, vust and wor erful improvements in those very menities of settlement Jife which 30 impressed Thomson, while around and beyond us the great masses of China's population continue ent acceptance to endure the same Jife and unrelieved of the same bur= dens and struggles as of yore No Bsieshas Then Asa closing impression, 'Them: son noted thit there were' no cabs in the "Model Settlement," but, he ys, the residents, many' of them, possess private carriages, The sub: stitute for the eh was the wheelbarrow—the riesha had not yet then been ieed from Japan—a fied sort of convey but Thomson, being on the of re-embarking, procured two from the nearest stand, and thus, gage, and his dog "Spot," set out for the Ningpo steamer—-and "more animals and hasan transparent. hopes to achieve the same thing with living bodies very" shortly.
Your motives, love, twere needless to dissemble.
Clear ax the pool that mirrored Melisande Your every thought shall be, and you'll resemble A windowpane, plus muscle, bone and gland, A last farewell, then, to our warm affection:
Our plighted troth never realized may be. home and foreign agencies for 1! int as:—322,599 Bibles, ments, 8.932.511 portions, giving a total of 10,033,491 volumes. The total for 1926, as stated in the 111th annual report, was 9,907,361, alumes. So 1927 is therefore' the record year. wWevcan hear the son) the Pattie of chains, and the dull splash anchors ax they drop into. the tur bill water. "Advancing further up pane rows of stores Next the sun:
Tulldinges on the American and then a fall view fore aa of the public saddens ahd the imposing array of Suropean tices; which front the siver om the Bhalish" concession. ground: "What
ent was' the absence. of anything irae me eet thie ates Temporary ished "Ta the! style of ite buildings, such ax might fie that the plate "was nothing more than a] I roi tion in "apito of its appearance ex-the riers of the Thomson's vivid estimation of Shanghai, as it unfolded itself to is gaze, might be that of any observant traveller to-day coming up the river in a palatial modern concession,' however, erly strained, although he leaves room for doubt as to the exact impression the appearance of Shang kai from the river ercatod in his Pex to the Chinese press report that the Northeastern, Dockyards at Hulutno, Fengtien Province, will be formally opened on. Tuesday' next, when 13 northern, men-of-war will be taken in for repairs, Tue vernacular press publishes reports from the district. between Wusih and Soochow to the effect that bandits are very much in evidence and are terrifying the countryside population, while some are so bold as to attack the towns, On Monday last the inhabitants ug noticed a gathering: of some nds of men, all armed with big swords, coming from the dircetion of the Chujung district. The police of the Bureau of Public Safety, together with the Chamber of Commerce volunteers, resisted the entry of the bandits into the city, but were outnumbered and had to retreat. The bandits freed the Prisoners in the gaol, and severely wounded the sguoler, while the director of the police force and about a dozen of his assistants were killed or injured. There were over 20 casualties amenest the bandits, Later advices report that the city had been recaptured and that cond tions were normal again, though score of prisoners were still in the hands of the bandits,
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