From Our Ome Haichow, Ku., Aug. 7.
Until a few weeks ago the effect of student propaganda had beer practically negligible in this part of the province. It is true that there were some noisy parades and speeches to which the populace Hastened with rather indifferent amusement, clearly recognizing toat the oratory was all imported stut importance, the only foreign member of the "com munity to suffer indignities being the District Salt Inspector and from what we hear of the occurrence the students seem to have come out second best.
But a very disconcerting affair occurred on July 30 on the Grand Canal, a Kaishow, about 70 miles orth' of Chinkiang, in which Dr. D. 8. Corpron, a missionary physician of Luchowfu in Anhui, was sub-Jected to cruel insult and violence. Dr. Corpron was on his way to join his family at the Haichow beach, boat was searched by soldi-on finding a small automatic pi jstol, became violent and hauled him off the boat to the launch office where he was examin. ed by a petty officer, who told him hho might proceed on his journey. When Dr, Corpron requested the return of his pistol he was at one rope, his hands tied behind him and he was joke through the streets to the military headquarters. When he protested that he was perfectly willing to go with his captors without being tied, the reply was a brutal kick.
Finding no fault in Dr. Corpron the officer in command was willing. to let him proceed and Dr. Corpron then requested that the officer would forward his pistol to the American Consul at Nanking or give him written authority to carry it him-up a tree on either proposal and finally let Dr. Corpron proceed on his journey carrying the very item for which had so outrageously been} In justice to this officer it must be sala that chen he learned of the rough hand-Ting to which Dr. Corpron had been submitted he apologized for his "ignorant soldiers."
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