Several hundred Chinese women are marching through North "Anhui looking for the Red general vho carried off captive the Rev, LIS. Ferguson of the China Inland Mis sion, "There is a story, un= vouched for except by Rearnay, that "the grat prograsive roy Chang Chi-tung was forced to abandon temporarily one of his. pet schemes through just such prog Sure being brought to bear. While Chang Chitung was ruler, in Wuchang, he inaugurated a seam ferry service across the Y's The day following this tion, his yamen was invaded by several hundreds of aged men and. yemen who showed every sign of ing come fox a long stay. On being questioned as to their cbjec~ tive, they stated that the viceroy had, by inaugurating the steam, ferry, endangered the means of livelihood of ther junkmen and sampan-men, who were their only support, Hence, the viceroy" being: their "father sind their mother," they had come ti-live at his expense for the ret of their days. The great Chang Chi-tung was ob—Tiged'to make concessions in anier tovgre his yamen courigard of the ral
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