The Kuominchun seem to have come to the conclusion that, taking into account, north not worth living in for they too retired from it about November 10 and retook themselves to the south of the Yellow River.
However, before leaving Changteho they broke into three hitherto untouched residences. in the eastern compound of the United Church of Canada, and carried - off those articles' which struck their fancy and were easily removed. The summary of this one mission's losses Christian General at: Fault Some people try to defend the dock-sliddenMarshal on the ground that he was not present in person. in the north end of the province and that his troops disobeyed his orders to protect foreign life and property, One would like to think that he deserves such a defence but, unfortunately, the proof seems' con-elusive, from his own conduct, that the proclamation of protection was only camouflage, Tt is contained in the fact that, when he reached Kaifeng knowing that" the Honan International Famine Relic [Association had funds in a local bank with which it had for years been doing famine prevention work, the honest Marshal at once laid an injunction upon the bank, forbidding: it to pay out any money to the officers of the association upon the ground that the organization was "imperialistic"! Then he forced a "loan" for the relief of "bandit rid-
Jden districts." The evidence seems to be that the loan was for the "Riders" in these districts, for his final step was just brazenly to confisente $60,000 for his own warchest. And positly more of which we have not yet heard. How his Inck" look "white" we do not It can scarcely be laid to the disobedience of his troops, Diticulty in Transmitting Money the" Chinese Post and native, Buslness ngencles will not even attempt {etransmit money or credits to many Sand place to: meet mission obligations. in th interior ig. somotim em) The Post Office 12 per cent for postal orders on Honan. We heard the other day of a Post Ofice order on when $12 per $100 was charged for remitting. a few hundreds of miles, Good silver dollars were paid in at the Post Office which issued the order. Depreciated Nationalist bills were handed out at the office which paid it, so that the payee actually got eas out of it. than money go to?
The confidence in, towards the Canadis the part of old business acquaint ances has been amply demonstrated by the fact that they have transmit ted thousands of dollars from Tiontsin to Honan without asking for one cent of commission. This is very gratifying at a time when, in spite of the existence of the govern. ment railways, cotton and other farm products are being transported by cart and boat for hundreds of miles from Honan to Tientsin and the owners have to pay 10 per cent, to have their money remitted back to their homes. And what a commentary on the railways!
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