To the Editor of the *Nont-Cha Dany News'
Sin=As the casualties at the Kao-chiao Beach have been very considerable since its first opening to the general public due partly to the lack of emergency facilities, 1 would Uke to suggest the following:—
L—That "Emergency Qnly" ltenote, Insaed on tne Beach, wr{rethat 20 poles be installed for the! 20; "Fimergendy" Gol ivebiays:
'a-rtiiatinese poles." be sunk animately at areciianee of 36 rom each other wat poles be "sunk 10 Tedch when the water competent Lis Garde rorcigm and Chinese) "be Srp these tite guards always be amar aS ear ates 5 Sihat ator ufebeate and Sim—In the review of the January number of "The China Journal," which appeared in "your valuable oper to-day, there is a slight error. If says that the tomb of Shih Huang-ti, of the Ch'in Dynasty, builder of the Great Wall, is in Sloan Fu. 'This not correct,' The tomb of this great Emperor, one of the China ever had, is located miles to the east of Lin-tung, which place itself is about twelve miles fast of Si-an Fu. I enclose a photograph of the tomb of Shih Huang.
token by Messrs. Rewi Alley and W. S. Gilbert, og it may interest your readers, Tt was while staying ai the Hua Ching Ssu at Lin-tung, famous for its hot springs, that Generalis~ simo Chiang Kai-shek was al lacked by" Marshal' Chang Msuehilang and hole associates and taken prisoner' to Stan Fu.
It Is strange how history repeats: itself. The missionaries and other foreigners being evacuated from Si-an Fu to-day calls to mind another Incident of the same nature. which took place twenty-five years ago almost to the day, when the members of what was known s the Shensi Relief Expedition escorted "some thirty or so missionaries with their children and many Chinese converts and officials out of that city to the railhead. at Lo-yang. When the Revolution broke out In October of 1911 Shenst Province was soon in a 'The grave of Chin' Shih Muang Lin Tung. te of chaos owing to the activities Of several secret societies, the most notorious of which was the Ko Lao Huei, or "Elder Brother Society," and the lives of the foreign missionaries throughout the province were on-angered. Many of the outlying mission stations were completely cut off, and it was to rescue the mis-Sionaries in these that the Shensi Relief Expedition was formed in Cai-yuan Fu, capital of the neighbouring Province of Shansi. Nine foreigners, well armed and mounted, rode west: ward from Tal-yuan Fu, crossed the Yellow River into Shensi and then travelled down the province to Si-an Fu, picking up the missionaries at various stations en" route. They reached Si-an Fu with their charges late in December. Here they found many more missionaries awaiting on opportunity to get away to the coast and safety. Early "in the outer the School for foreign children in the south suburb of the city hed been attacked and the children and teachfers killed by an angry mob; while tone parly of missionaries on their way out from. Si-an Fu had been ailgeked near Lo-yang and one of their number killed, Two other missionaries, a Mr. and Mrs. Donald [Smith, had been attacked and left buoy for dead at a small villa near Si-Jan Fu, but were later rescued by some of their converts, The Relief Expedition undertook to escort all the missionaries gathered at Si-an Fu to safety.
The procession of earls, pack mules, sedan chairs and ' riding animals, which was formed by the Fefugees and their escort as they eft the city and proceeded across the plain toward Tung-kuan was some two miles long. It took nine Jdays to reach Lo-yang, where Sir John Jordan, the British Minister, hhad™ arranged Yo have a specs train waiting to carry the whole party to Peking. oran lat", was cet i oto a Be line Sean leash ces Sere ban hang ole 1 Meee st teen sot ES Sapontint He Boeh epee RS eae edit ie Tet of Moler Sein wh ea preted Here eta State Bie Senate art Red Mae ai Seiad Today the refugees are being evacuated by aeroplane, taking fewer hours to reach safely than it took days In 1911. "History repeats itself but with what changes in: detail Anmiun po Canto Sowenn Shanghai, Jan.
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