The. prominence given to the
work's press has been assisted by Nenshvang'"ksapping' in' the the amiable but not always edify ing "tendency. of the "popul journals to exploit the sentiment which, through the ages, hay clung to feminine beauty' in distress, carried too far, nly is if there is danger a overlooking the fact that Mrs. Woodruf?'s murder in' Harbin and the kidnapping: by Russian bandits apparently. in Chinese employ. fof a young Russian citizen tu the same city are deserving of anxious attention, "Drastic measures are required in Harbin and. it is to be hoped that they will soon be effec: tive. "Then, too, there are the eases jot the Rev. Bert Nelson and: the Rev. H. S. Ferguson, the former captured "by "bandits in. October 1930 and the latter carried off in May last, Both. those gentlemen fare. reported to be receiving from their captors comparatively decent treatment. They ure. employed on educative works "That does jot their own choice. "1¢ would te imply that they remain in captivity satisfactory" to know that some: thing could be done to restore them to their friends and to labour which they were able to give of their own free will. Tt is true that their plight arises from conditions different from those surrounding the outrages at Newchwang. and Harbin, where a "sort of war" has been in progress for over a year. They were engaged on work in which risks of capture by Com. /munist-bandits are recognised. They
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