Son of Dr. D. Willard Lyon Slain in Los Angeles Los Angeles, Nov. 12.
negroes were held by the Los JAngeles police to-night on suspicion of slaying Mr. Lawrence lyon, Shanghai-born son of Dr. D. Willard Lyon, Young Lyon apparently was killed Jduring a hold-up near Los Angeles.
The murdered man was born in the period that his in making a number of surveys in China on behalf of tre Rockefeller "Foundation.
The Rev. D. Willard Lyon, n>., was for many years associate general secretary of the National Committes Jor Y.M.C.As. in China and it was lhe who organized the first Y.M.C.A. in this country.—United Press and Sheer Panic sion, both women -deinurred, had" been through brigand and upheavals before, and it seemed folly to give way before a disd lined army," they commented, "hi our Chinese pastor insisted that this was "quite another matter. Only when we learned of the Red tactics, when news peeped throu. and only when the Chinese put it to us that! they could not go. without us, did] we yield. That was on January 1993."
Tt_was small wonder the Chinese} pastor insisted upon leaving the} mission post, for at Tonzkiang the Reds declared themselves. Utterly rushed by. taxation, the populace at first looked forward to the ime of the Red Army as to a saviour. People everywhere hed lost large proportion of their crops and even their livestock was going to satisfy taxes, Anything must. be) better, thought they, after the fashion] of simple. folk. Wealthy persons! made no attempt to flee, for they! knew nothing of their conquerors, Suddenly It was too late.
The Mark of the Beast The Reds, advancing at a terrific pace—150 i a day—had. surrounded) the city, Then, with well-designed thoroughness, the army systematically looted the large houses, taking what they wished, and throwing the whole open to the city's riffraff to dismantle completely. Whoever was} old, whoever smoked opium, who-fever is in possession of more than the necessities of life promptly was} slaughtered, Even the children who were unfortunate enough to be bora to well-to-do parents summarily were put to death." As for the poor, they Jost "whatever worldly "goods " they had, and their young men were Pressed for service with the army. Only, there was no abuse of women by the soldiery. The army had. ils own camp followers, and its. own]
'There was no withstanding such] tactics. Miss Dix and Miss Wright] gathered about them the orphans and students in their charge, and, in' bitter cold wealther, they' started for the next mission station, at Pao. ning. No bearers were to be _obtained, The Government military] impressed bearers for the party of eleven who started forth with what few supplies could be snatched at the last_moment, but the men were} no carriers, and most of the six-day Journey was afoot, Snow well over foot deep made the trip more ter rible, while hunger gnawed at the little' group until all were _nearly exhausted. "Food of any description was" looked upon as treasure before the women, the pastor, and their! charges finally staggered into the mission station at Paoning.
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