far the agitation had followed the now familiar lines, but in September it took a more sinister turn. On the night of the 12th the main es at both the Church and the ital compound were set on fire. With the help of buckets and the running water system the missionaries managed to save the gates of the hospital, though those of the Church were burnt down completely, Later enquiries revealed that the fires had n started by members of the!
gesso police, and that the roads Found about had been patrolled by Police and Japanese ' cavalry to ent any of the. neighbouring villagers from coming to help to put out the fire.
All these efforts to force out the missionaries having failed, still more drastic measures were resorted to. About midnight on the 16th the missionaries were awakened by the sound of several violent explosions as of bombs, that seemed to come from the direction of the hospital. A cursory examination in the dark having revealed no signs of damage, it was concluded that the bombs must have exploded outside the walls, and the explosions not being followed up by a raid of bandits or of a military patrol to investigate, the missionaries returned to bed. On a further examination next morning, together with the Chinese police, the place was found where three or four bombs had exploded, as also three unexploded grenades; part near the front gate inside the compound and part near a small gate in the rear wall very close to the building in which the missionaries had been sleeping. In all, no less than five unexploded hand-grenades of the "potato masher" type were found, making in all a total of nine grenades thrown that night.
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