Mysterious Arrival of Chinese Proclaiming Five Days of Total Darkness Readers will doubtless recollect the article on the "Prophet of Woe in West China" which appeared in these columns last week. The article was written by the Rev. R. A. Whiteside, a member of the Church Missionary Society, shortly before he was murdered by brigands in Szechuan on August 14.
The Chih Chiao Hui (Seventh Religion) to which Mr. Whiteside referred appears to be spreading its propaganda in all parts of the country in an extremely alarming manner. Peking. Canton, Nanking and Hupeh all have branches, and Shanghai is by no, means behind.
At Chuansha, a village in the vicinity of this port, the manner of the propaganda has become so alarming that the Educational Association: has addressed a petition to the Chinese authorities praying that steps be taken to suppress it before. it gets too strong a headway to cope with.
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