Shanghai, July 1.
Comprehensive in scope was the panorama of China sketched yester-@ay afternoon by the Rev.
Rattendury, who will sail for England to-morrow in the Empress of Canada after slightly over 30 yeara of service with the Methodist Mls-Slonary Society in Hupeh. Quiet spoken, almost excessively" modest, Mr. Rattenbury had little to say regarding his own achievements, but Preferred to speak about developments in Cama during the past three Gecades from the point of view of an uncritical, put interested observer. Only waen he touched upon the increasing opium traffic, did he become critical, and then outspokenly Missions had interested him, almost from childhood, he confessed after some pointed questioning, rapidly switching to a balanced survey of various developments in the interior. "Most of the changes have taken place in China since the Rev-elution," he volunteered, "and, I think, on the whole, they have been good," both for China and for the Church, Missionaries enjoyed halcyon days during the Revolution of 1911, when they offered refuge for the vie-tims of the strife that prevailed then, and in consequence, their work was greatly accelerated. Stationed Wuchang and Hankow since 1902, first as a teacher in Wesley College, fand later as chairman of the Hupeh District, Mr. Rattenbury next out-Yined the Communist activities in
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