The casual visitor to any little town-ship in any, part of Kiangyi is appalled by the harrowing tales he hears of the misdeeds of the Tnwless communists. We had occasion to go a mi little town out dine with a Chinese farmer. our way back we were held up): a Chinese guard who blazed their powerful flash-lights in our faces, demanding who we were. A few words explained our business we were allowed to go on, But this little incident revealed th state of the country districts and the constant terror under stich the people live. In another city we hes of the bands of communi coming down ye night and 1 ing and looting. Karly ne: ing they carried some twenty: chants to the north gate with the intention of shooting them. the merchants were two Chri men, father and son, the father he-
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being led out to be shat the father exhorted his son "with one heart to follow Jesus" and thinking his boy might not hear tke father shouted out to him amid the wild rabble, and the boy replied that he had heard. Outside the north gate, a Taoist priest, who had coolied food for the' communists,, asked them if they ware going to kui these two good m7. at the same time speaking a word on their behalf, The shoo: then began and seventeen merchants were shot down before the! ald man and his son. The ordzall was terrible but the communi Jet the two Christian min go.
Jold.man returned to his looted shop while: the on has gone to another Kueiki and for safety the Indies run to Anren, getting into the! chapel just in time to avert an 9c~ cupation by the: military. Foreign Indies have frequently had to hide overnight in the fields and in barns, and of times. have had td fley from one city to another. We spent a few days in one city where} the foreign ladies gave quite start when they heard some nese fire-crackers. go of. Some days previously the-foreign house _had been fired on:' The communists learn how many Chinese soldiers are in a particular town, 0 all they have to-do is number the, tYobps and come down done time and again and in every part of Kianj Will the Abwlition of. Unequal Treaties solve"the. terrible question of Communisnt?" If so, them to-morrow and I have rest from: this i pus. jo octo-
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