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Rounds in England: The Need for Telling the Truth About 100 persons, including several ladies and a number of mise sionary. refugees now in Shanghai, attended in the Royal Asiatic Society's hall last Friday evening, in response to Mr. W. Bruce Lock art's "God helps those who... invitation, By permission of the Captain of I. M. 8, Esterprise, the Band of that vessel also were present. My. Lockhart announced that unfortunately some of the instru ments were "frozen up" and therefore the band would have to lead off with "Loyal Hearts" in order to "try them out." This dare, National Anthem was played, company singing the first verse.
Mr. Lockhart said he had called the meeting because he could not understand why Britons in China should not do for themselves what, they expected others to do for them. They blamed the Government and everyone at Home, but they dig not lift a finger themselves to counterfact the evils of which they complained. The real point of the meeting was to consider whether, if they took the trouble, it would be Porsible to inform the people at Home of the real state of affairs.
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