Tehchow, Dee. 26.
Christmas was different in one respect, though in others a sati factory' one, The morning ws marked by a procession of some six hundred Labour union and student union members, with banners, marching to all' the Catholic and Protestant churches and compounds, shouting slogans in accord with the lurgings of their loaders, There was large variety, such as:—"Down with the Catholic Church, with the Protestant Church, imperialistic usurpation," was all intended to be patric rather disgusted the man in. the [street as well as the man behind the been promised, and came to schedule, Orders had come from the provinieal Tangpu that this demonstration must take place, and the various newly-formed labour unions were compelled to par full' representations, together with paper banners and streamers. Such the province and function of the Tangpu! The schools of the city were also well represented, and even I pupils joined. in the ery. to "down the Christians, small running dogs of foreigners." ''There were no girls in the processions Tt was pecially noticeable that the outery was not made against foreign A few hours before, Christmas fearols had been "'on the air," a link in the universal message of good /will which every hamlet sends to every other hamlet in the world, re~ gardies of race, colour, or creed: This opposition demonstration was a static" interference which jarred somewhat, but one has to recall that the demonstrators were forced to do their bit along the line of Tangpu nationalism.
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