English newspaper comment on the German raid upon the Yorkshire coast—in which it appear that three battle-cruisers were engaged is singularly unperturbed. The ily Mail" says that the best thing to do is to abandon the debating habit of flinging the Articles of the Hague Convention in the face of the enemy. All paper restrictions on the conduct of warfare went into Germany's wastepaper basket the moment war was declared. She has made not even pretence of observing them. The "Daily Telegraph" says that Official Germany seems a little ashamed of this frightfulness."" The wireless report from Berlin refera_ to Scarborough and Hartlepool aa fortified towns." An of dishonour and piracy is not mitigated and an evasion. Everyone who 8 anything of England knows that Scarborough is as some of their friends. The Military Governor, Chin Tutuh, and the Civil Governor, Ts'ai, with officers of the staff and yamen officials, the British Consul and a number of Chinese gentry and some of the Indies of the missionary community were alo present. The meeting was held in one of the class rooms of the College and Dr. James B. Neal, President of the College, occupied the chair.
Governor Ts'ai_ gave a short address, in which he said that foreiga missionaries might be described as more patriotic than the Chinese themselves, because they had the interests of the people more at heart, as such institutions as they were now meeting in bore witness, After this the Rev. W. P. Chal-fant, p.., President of the Arte Department of the Shantung Christ ian University, gave an address on behalf of the Faculty and students of the Institution. The student choir then sang, after which Gener al Chin addressed the meeting, referring to the importance of the instruction received in the Medical College. Other speeches were made and the proceedings ended with all present being photographed, gin fr
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