American Legislator on Things Seen During His Tour: South Unfavourably Constrasted with North Speaking before about 225 members of the Rotary Club and the American University Club and their guests at a tiffin given in his honour] fat the Astor House on Wednesday] Senator Hiram Bingham, who has} conditions in China for some four months as the representa. tiye, of President Coolidge, chronicled This experiences and observations} hie touring this country. In subtlely drawing his conclusions, the Speaker did not mince matters, and foretold early in his speech, probably trampled on a few tors.
In-a polite way the Senator told the Naiking and Haykow Governmenis what he thought of the Aeseoration of missions and the loot ing ut foreign homes and business! hhonjes. "He, contrasted the recent outrages committed in the name of the Nationalist Government to the onerly conduct of the Northern retreating armies. He also lauded the way_in which Yen List-shan is con ducting affairs in his model province of Shansi.
Senator Bingham was introduced] vy Dr. Fong Sec, president of the 'Anierican University Club, after meeting had been turned over to him ty Mr, L, M. Joe, president of the Rotary Club, Dr. Fong Sec gave a short sketch' of Senator Binsham's career as it appeared in "Who's who," thie giving him as eminently known]
a professor, a lecturer. a writer, a statesman, a politician, an aviator, find an explorer. At present Mr. Bingham ix on the Committee of Foreign Affairs and the Committee of Naval and Military Affairs in the U.S, Senate, Toes to he Stepped On In_ opening his talk, Senator Bingham said that he was invited telegraph to speak at the] function while he wi in Manila. He had been assigned no topic, 0 tonight that he would probably talk about. his explorations in South America, However, this did not reem to suit the heads of the two] organizations which were entertaining him, go he would try and pay for, hia meal by speaking had found during his travel China... "I'am afraid that there are some toes here that will be stepped on. I had no intention of doing] this, but if yon do not like what 1 going to say, you will have to} blame it on to your presidents," he aid.
"It may be that this speech will not be interesting, as I will not ways be able to quote my authorities. It i8 mot always safe in times of evolution to say all that you junaw. 1 do not believe that I would talk og frankly as Tam going were not staying with Jud Purdy and were not sailing for home impression of China after any the Orient was on may. Korea. In Seoul!
met a group of missionaries from the Yangtze Valley who had been advised to take furloughs after the Nanking in "The first impression was that there was a very different situation in the north of China than in the south, Those missionaries coming, from the Yangtze Valley felt very inch depressed.
"A doctor whom I had known for many years and who had spent 20 years of his life and a great deal of his private fortune in a h in the Yangtze, Valley told me that he believed there was no use in his going back and that he did not be-Fieve that there was. any future for, hig work, family reason. This any family yeason; I found, would take in 365 days of the year.
"In one instance, the doctor related, a head Jaundryman of the hospital was known to be a thief and swindler and was hated by the rest of the staff. He was finally discharged, and immediately the unions demanded that he be given one year's salary. Finally it was decided to try the case. The court equated of an ex-riesha ecole and 'envoy dismissed from the hospital. They decided that the laundryman id be reinstated.
Soon after meeting these missionaries from the south, I met a group from Shantung and Chili, They wanted to go back and could not see why they had been recalled. They had letters from prominent] Chinese in their towns asking them to come back and were promised every protection and every possible assistance.
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