A Little Venture in Opium Smoking and Gambling Stopped Canton, Nov. 19.
Information from police héndquarters shows that the clash between the police and soldiers on November 15 was due to the latter's attempt to run a gambling and Smoking den in a residential section of the city in defiance of police regulations.
The soldiers belong to one of the local garrisons and kept a gambling den in Wang Chi Street. The police heard of it and an attempt was made to raid the house. When the squad of police arrived they found two armed soldiers posted: outside the door who refused them admit tance. Their excuse was that the house was occupied by their commanding officer who allowed no interference by anyer The district superintendent Police, who -led the raiding party, paid mo attention to the soldiers and went right into the house. AS. the two soldiers found they were hopelessly outnumbered they ran away and sought reinforcements. The police searched the house. and arrested several opium smokers and gamblers.
"The prisoners, opium Jamps and tripes, dice and cards were all being' taken to the Police Station when way the Police met adage of soldiers who insisted on ber, assisted in the service. The interment took place in what is known as the Martyrs Cemetery, a beautiful spot about two miles vltside the Eust Gate of the city, eon-secreted as the resting-place of those who laid down their lives in 1900, and of others who have died while in missionary service Early in life, Miss Mann had felt the call to devote herself to missionary service, but she was hindered for a number of years by the illness of her mother. She remained at home until after her mother's death, and, having tule filled her filial duty, came to China at the end of 1925. She had completed her language study, and had taken some part in the work of the Baptist Mission in Taiyuanfu, but had been transferred to Sin-chow, and was on her way to take her duties there when she met hee tragic death.
Miss Mann was one of there who are convinced that it is only by acceptance of Jesus Christ as Savi and by the carrying out of principles, that the sins and wor-rows of this world can be removed. She was a keen advocate of the Teague of Nations. She had ale randy won the affection of a num ber of the women of Taiyuanfu during her period of language study. It is hoped that the traxie circumstances of Miss Mann's untimely death will Tend to the cone sce ration of others to the cause of peace, and to the uplift of women through the of
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