Great regret will be felt throughout North China and Manchuria at the death of Dr. James Webster, late of Manchuria, one of the best-known and most respected of China missionaries, says the "N. Daily Mail." Dr. Webster went home in the spring of last year td Edinburgh, where he died on Monday last. When passing through Tientsin on his way home he appeared to be in the full vigour of manhood. He made no disguise of the fact that he was a great admirer of Chang Tso-lin.
Olid residents will not have forgotten that the Rev. James Webster was one of the band of missionaries, with Mr. Annand, Mr. Moir Duncan and others, who rendered valuable service to the British military command during the Boxer campaign of 1900. He was attached to the British headquarters staff at Peking. During the European war he served in France, not as an officer but in the sphere of commissioner of the P.M.@.A. recreation huts for the troops. His ever-cheerful disposition and buoyant spirits were a source of encouragement to everyone in contact with him. He was instrumental in directing the attention of the Y.M.C. A. managers to the social needs of the Chinese Labour Corps in the field, the China coolies being many thousand miles away from home and cut off from ordinary means of relaxation, while at the same time sharing!
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