The fortu with funeral and. feasts, some of} which were held in the Import Export Lumber Co.'s hong, wi Was interpreted by the bandits as the hong's own celebration and as an indication that they were safe from attack, led to the relaxation of the guard without which the camp [could not have been surprised.
Mr, Mackay was in a very bad condition when rescued, as he had been for ten days without shoes and stockings. His broken arm had been improperly set and there were great sores where he had been roughly bound. The night when they were captured he was fired at, but the bullet just grazed his head. The wound bled copiously and the rain which fell washed it clean, so that he escaped from the infection which caused Mz, Dinsmore's sad death.
On July 25 the Japanese Legation sent a Note to the Waichiaopu reminding the Chinese Government of the promise made by the latter in 1920 to open eight treaty ports along the Tsingtao-Tsinan railway—Renter's Pacific Service. jovernment," he added, payments of the et free, to edueatio ul Government fof the wisdom of the step.
"It is the purpose of the Chinese government," he added, "to continue the policy with the further pay remitted by the present act 8 experience anil th demands of the time may dictate Ax the demand for scientific educa tion has in recent yours been ins creasingly urgent in China, my Government, now proposes to devote the funds thus made available the generosity of the America Government to educational ant cultural purposes, paying expeeinl attention quirements. Moreover, it is the intention of my Government to entrust the administration of the funds to a board which shall be composed of Chines and American inbers and also to avail itself of the ser= ices of experts on working out the details along the lentod, Upon the formulation of some do. finite plan, T shall take pleasure in sing it before you for sideration."—Reuter's Amer
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