To the Editor of the "Nortu-Curna Datty News."
Sir,—An article or.a quotation' from the "Chinese Christian Advocate" appeared in your paper some time ago which seemed to infer that missionaries in the province of Szechuan are in the habit of leaving their stations very frequently, thus leaving the Chinese Church to suffer because of their lack of bravery and Your paper is read widely and the above statement has caused: considerable disturbance. It is very unfortunate that a statement which is so far from the truth should have been copied so widely. I am writing this in the hope that I may, to some extent, undo the harm that was done, unwittingly by you of course, to the missionaries in the far western province. I lived there myself for 12 years and know positively that no missionaries ]éft their stations except at the time of Revolution in 1911, when all were ordered out by the various consuls; even then some of them remained ati their posts. At no other time have any of them ever left.
I am, ete, James M. Yarv.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.