The Archive · 1933

BUSINESS BAD IN SOUTH SHANSI Rumour Mongers and the Currency

From Ocr Ows Consisronone

S. Shansi, June 6.

'The wheat harvest is being res under very favourable conditions. The autumn crops give good promise, and on the score of' food always has the opportunity of doing district of this Colony. The mem-riding, four pack anime ing Yoor peek animal Carrying Tachienlu. A fight lunch and we amerong thal day, ten miles from so in the headman's house. the village people have no special our own belongings, and one pack were off. Outside the North Gate bers are all Chinese and ate said to fears. As the object of our visit to the unal carrying two Chinese sold-we mounted our unknown Tibetan receive financial support from Nan-Chinchuan was to preach the Bi chang and Nanking. 's belongings. The persond. of el, the headman's house inva the expedition comprised, Perfec-I was no sooner on the back of 'The Blue Shirts are reputed to be gave us the crowd we desi a of Benito Mussolini and jeertainty of the political conditions tion, our Tibetan boy, two Chinese mine' than' the brute bolted for Being a large house it held all who China based on ship and the fasten government in' affecting Tientsin trade. some unknown reason. It tore with came and being a public residence four Tibetans in charge of me for some considerable distance the villagers felt they had a right animals, our old teacher who was before palling up. Apparently ion of the opposi to enter. We usually carry several At one time it is Yuan Shi-kai's returning with his brother to his these little Tibetan ponies are not high military com-"Geographics" with us and these Jeyes on the. dollar, Those with home "oepond, Danba, a lady and manders in Kiangsu, Kiangsi _and accustomed to the U.S. cow be help to break the ice id fanilisr-Mupeh are reported to be supporters Jopen eyes may be discounted and stirrups covered as they are wit ise the 'Tibetans with our' talk, and members of this new political those "'Wwith™ the "usual" peacefully leather, so as soon as they were After a few pictures have been ex: benign visage showed to pass. as

along the frontier and considerably pony took fright ring let down and. had mounted the plained we begin by making known arty standard currency. quite peaceful, and what they desire activities in Hongkong are the whole ten miles my litle ani the object of our journey.

Sudden rumours oont the Shansi "God, who is God?"

Bank depreciate the note currency, isation of a start has frequently became used to these until some local authority issues. been described and travel along the wide dangling stirrups.

The reply to this question is, agjtying announcement' on the border calls for some organisation if the journey is to be profitable, Drumeh we had some difficulty: wi On another occasion when leaving "Oh, there are three gods, Buddha, ment are given about $30 per month, subject." And each exchange rises the Law, though inthe meantime they have fand. falls so unexpectedly that our animals. Our lady companion We tel our jolly Jexcept to stand by for orders. Many. "obligation to the: Barry [alarms are common Just. noW. had walked some distance to de-Jamas in Tachienlu who have wives, cided to ride. All she got was one and_children, ind who enjoy a New Exam Methods foot in the stirrup when the horse smoke, glass' of wine, and a pipe unemployed but' ambitious youths Provincinl Educational kicked out sending three or four of of opium, and we ask, surely a god in South China have Joined this faction. thorities are evidently justly ala

altitudes walking may be done, but ching the wag girl with a heavy us in diferent direct must be' different from that fed at the abuses of the examination Agents are sent to Canton, Kongbundle on her back into the bush, Gol'he Paunee Sin the Son, and to explain ist ian Trinity, Jexplain "the Ghraian tung moon, Fatshan, Wuchow and' Macao system recently in vogue, and this

is party pure se of finan lat new iambers, Some join' week a new departure is being: pub tried her on another arum into effect. inducements, while others desire to 1 and this creature bolted for its the Comforter the Holy Spirit. ions for Middle Schools 'At 10,000 or 12,000 ft. walk life whereupon the would-be rider pony short visit we can. only explain back a new' movement which is re-fave no longer tobe conducted in not comfortable ided to walk. "Later on we mi that God is the Creator, the Pre-ported to be sponsored by a powerful local schools, but various centres another ca tempt and managed to server, and Sustainer of all thi valley." These. Chinese Fascists itary figure on the lower Yangtze are being established where scholars set her into the saddle but she did iving; and that God made for examination and obtain Tibetans live on yak butter, too nerve racking.

sit Tong og the experience was heaven and the earth. If there are believe that strong men are needed certificates quite irrespective of the tea, and barley flour; they eat this drabas present they will argue that hold the "reins of government, schools they have attended, three times a day and three hundred The following day when leaving the world is, "rang-jong" that is hence. "Swastika" methods will be The evangelistic society known as and sixty-five days in the year. The Kuyong some member of the flag butter is not clean (they Gropped a. tsamba\ bag and again we can make is "Through faith we elt became" and the "only. reply Used in dealing with political oppo-the Bethel Band has just concluded nents, visit to several centter in Shansi. her horse tore off like a streak of understand that the worlds. were Where is Headquarters?

Cly, John Sung and Rev. Andrew single fle along & narrow "pad Hehtning, We were marching framed by the word of God." The Jo is learned that the headquarter Gib "with "two others conducted mattress) the tea is not tea, and lama will never make the statement of this se ing meetings in each place the barley flour would convince a with the river below us when the that Buddha made the world or located either in. Shanghai or Han-using methods not very familiar microscopist that after all we ai of the frightened animal sends the rain.

Kow and that money "is being re-[Shansi congregations but presenting fearfully and wonderfully "mat tied us out of our wits. Tt was The headman's house always has local branch, So far the police have ted here regular to support the jin impressive ways the Christian We have frequently heard travellers soon pulled up but not without large cheery fire with plenty of Evangel. The audiences included Boast that they don't care if they siderable danger to the cara Seem for a large company to sit taken no notice of their ad many who tramped or cycled one never saw any other thing, being At Dong-g brought Perfection horse, There ground and if the traveller is) not since they ave orderly and hundred or more miles to attend perfectly satioied with. the' native tired a very pleasant evening intention whatever to create troubles these services, food, yet_we have offered no apology Wwas some suggestion of putting the be spent. The Tibetans being here, There is an ominous silence about for winking when fried egg number Indy saddle om the brate but this igious people regard us more however, Canton officials take a the political situation. The well five disappears. There is absolutely Was countermanded" Perfection hag ha friendly eye and need to live entirely on native Tough time with this angel {iferent view and charge the. Blue informed public men say they do food. With cheap transport lots of during tie'dey" was thrown several ud this 0 begin with opens door for Shirts as gang of ruffians paid by not know what is happening, and what we have tos hey are, self-secking militarists to. further the business men deplore." that nice things may be carried along timess "One day on the read to however, very fond of arguing and their selfish ends. Mr. Tsou Lu, business is bad, but there making the journey both pleasant Drumen T'was siding one of these being Scotch I frequently fall into and comfortable. Tibetan four. is SUnknowate™ when i€ stumbled. sind Tending: member of the South-west the trap, Discussion. Everyone remains friendly and courteous and Political Council and president of the special visit atthe present. The voice of the students does mot seem quite cheap, five or six catties for threw me over its head. "Fortunate: Sun Yat-sen University, accused the to be heard these days. But every Iy'we were on a aote grassy patch we can clearly explain the idea Blue Shirts of creating' all sorts of remark about polities seems to, be so apart from a shaker was none of God and man's duty to worship annoyance to his institution, accompanied with the "knowing Hod" the" worse: The wag antaiva Tu fact, he said" that the recent which signifies "you know as much perfectly all righty the disadvan movements of the undergraduates to jas I do and the less said the better." Eager ie you know nothing of thee itt of His Sor im and to impeach him at the Wise Shansi! more forceful than ud ory. many a pleasant breakfast' did we enjoy under some-Change to Donkeys

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