Six foreign residences of the missionaries there present the sad-dost picture of destruction and desolation one has seen in China.
Not only: doors and windows gone Dut also the frames and in four of those residences all. floors, joists, sills, and even the lathing has been torn out and one of the homes has the root caved in because the supporting, wall on one side has hech removed, One whole section of rooms for students in the Boys! School has completely been carried away, also the. kitchen, section of one of the residents. "Trees and shrubbery in the compounds have een cut down and taken away, One can hardly imagine a more complete picture of desolation.
Outside of the city, on a. small prominence is a large foreign-style residence, built and owned by one of the wealthier Chinese residents of the city. This was occupied by soldiers when the writer was there.
The Catholic compound and the Duildings of the Taing-Hai Railway Compound all present a picture of disrepair and neglect, the city one finds many of the older and wealthier residents moved to places of greater safety, Shanghai, Tsingtao, ete. At preterit the missionaries are carrying on. their work as before, living in cramped land unsuitable quarters because repair of their homes may but invite nother looting and pillaging. does seem sad. that the group of people who have probably done the most (o relieve suffering and open up that section of the Province to the (transforming and restraining influences of Christianity should be thus placed, At one time the welter felt that the Chine: shoul not be the systematic loot tion of foreig witnessing Ww occurred at Heaichow one is convinced that the fair thing to the Government is to insist that just reparation be made, 40 obviate a repetition of the same thing again,
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