Red Spears and Soldiers in "Antagonism: "A-City: with \Barred Gates and Anxiety "Therein:~Canadian Mission's Caution on Treaties From Our Own Weihweitu, Ho, Jan, 31, arrives the Ref Spear men will During the past few days it attack again, The soldiers are has been rather hard to get any] trying to buy food from the news of the outside world as vendors who are outside the walla, trains have been most irregular] lege would likely, and no news has come to us, from cause great hardship at this time the south for three days. There as the business section is outside and stocks of grain and are vague reports of what happening in the southern part of] other staples will soon run out. the province, but little news of a A number of the wounded men definite nature, We know that no brought to the Hospital here, passenger trains have come through is an interesting point to note from the south for two days and that operations on the members that the railway will only sell! of the Red Spear Society who have tenets to Chengchow. No express, been wounded by soldiers are con-trains are running now and we! siderably more simple than when Year that this service will not be they are initiation victims, filled up resumed until through trafic _is with rusty.nails, rather than bullets, established between Peking and which usually make a fairly ele wound, We await with interest the Hankow. outcome of this serap, and although The Red Spears we cannot but deplore the shedding While the nek of mails from of blood day after day, we think the outside tends to make life a that this rising up against the bit monotonous, there has deen soldiery and corrupt officials, on not a little local excitement. The the part of the common people is Red Spear Society, about which I altogether a bad sign, The have "written several times before, numbers of the Red Spear men are constantly growing and they may with the local magistrate, yet do great things. fas been a good deal of feeling aroused by the heavy taxation im-Missions and Treatica posed by the official and the heads The annual meeting of the Honan of the Red Spear Society made Mission of the United Church protest a few days ago to the Canada. is now being held. here, magistrate. Their protest was of and after some discussion no avail and on the 29th instant. political matters, and after hearing large body of the members of the review of the main events of Hung Chieng Hui made a deter-ithe year 1925, the following re-aumed attack on the city. The} solutions were passed: local military forces were evident-(1). We, as 2 Mission, welcome advised of the situation, for the action' of the eight Treaty before the launching of the attack Powers at Washington on December the gates of the city were closed.
10, "1921, in deciding to appoint On the afternoon of Friday, commission to inquire into the 29th, there was a long drawn out} skirmish between the Red Spear tem of China and ite administra warriors and the soldiers, who were tion, with a view to enabling the on the top of the city, wall, and] governments of these Powers well protected. The preparations Scclde how and when the treaties of the farmers were not thorough ow in force in China can beat be enough for the task they attempt ed and they were repulsed with] We are highly gratified that this serious losses. The casualties were lcemmission is now convened la bout 15 killed and something over Peking to carry out those. '50 wounded, all among the Red Spear provisions of the Washington agree. warriors, as far as we ate able to ment. learn, A survey of the scene of the (2) That in_ regard to Extr battle revealed that the soldiers territoriality, "Foreign Concessions, have an easy task, for their defen and Tariff Autonomy, these are en the top of the wall is effective seues that more intimately cone against rife fire, and they feom foreign residents other than can easily inflict serious damage missionaries and asa Mission we among the unfortunate assailants. do not consider that we should cxprets any opinion as to the tims Gates Tightly Barred land under what conditions these The soldiers are on ground on the Treaty rights may be abolish city wall, and the gates are tightly} closed and not only closed but (8) As to thee Toleration sandbagged and barricaded on the Clauses, inasmuch as Chinese. inside, 'The gates have now been Christians would much more than' closed for three days and there missionaries be affected by any does not seem to be any sign of alteration in the present status, fan early settlement as the soldiers we feel that we should refrain from will not open the gates until relief! comes to them and if no relief expressing our opinion at thie time. must have distinctly chuckled who he read the story. Still examin ions must be held to be a neces-even if they are an evil, and tone awaits the genius who will succeed in substituting for the Lvesent system something more useful and rational,
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