Real Facts of the Case as Inti imately Known by Missionaries and Others in China; Why Funds for War but None for the Wounded?
'The following memorandum on the appeal now being made for' fonds for the wounded at Hankow has been drawn up by a resident intimately—aequainted with the facts of the case, and shows how unnecessary it should be for foreign countries to contribute to such a fund while there are so many other canises which should come before it Oar attention has been drawn to report from Hankow that an apcal has been sent to New. York and London by a group of missionaries still in resid there asking closed for $100,000 (Mex. work in Hankow, Tt is always difficult to criticize an appeal for help for the distressed without being accused of callousness, And it is therefore necessary at the commenc-_ ment of this communication to say that we are deeply sympathetic With all movements for the relief of suffering which are organized and! managed on sound lines to meet legitimate needs. In particular, we most earnestly desire that as much 45 possible of the terrible suffering of the soldiers and the civilians in hina should be relieved. But considerations of sympathy cannot be allowed to blind us to other cone siderations which ought to be weigh-e¢' bythe philanthropic public 10 that they may give to causes which fare worthy as well as pitiful.
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