"All buildings on the campus had been broken into and looted. Practically everything in the way of movable contents had disappeared from the residences, dormitories, laboratories, and from the Administrative and Treasury buildings. The only ray of hope came from the fact that a considerable portion of the library and twelve pianos are there.
"The property is still held by the Japanese. The University has not been returned to the American Baptist Missions, Negotiations for the return of the University and compensation for damages are pending. The Commissioners will continue to press for the return of the property.
"So long as the American Baptist Missions are deprived of full and free use of the property we shall continue to claim compensation from the Japanese authorities, based upon the full value of the and the property losses being deprived sustained by of it.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.