response to a request from certain mission now refitting their premises in Chinkiang, which have been almost ruined by prolonged oceupgtion by Chinese soldiers, an old organ which had outlived its usefulness in Shanghai, was repaired, crated, and sent off to most the need until something better could bbe found. News has been received of the organs arrival—stops torn out, bellows punctured, great pieces hacked out of the back, and notes smashed, So far as can be gathered from the letters which have arrived, the crate in which the organ was housed appeared to be untouched. Yet the" instrument itself was smashed beyond repair. The nature of the smashing up proved that it was done deliberately. No obvious yearn is offered for this wanton piece of destruction save that the organ was of Japanese manufacture, Lerrers from Nanking indicate that the National Registration: Bu-eau is shortly to be renamed and will be known as the National Bureau of Trademarks.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.