The Archive · 1937

Admiral's Big Gift

Matching the donation of $10,000 made on Sunday by General Iwane Matsui, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Expeditionary Forces in Shanghai, Vice-Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Third Fleet, yesterday handed Father P. Jacquinot a Similar amount for use among the refugees of the Nantao safety zone, Father Jacquinot called on Admiral Hasegawa yesterday noon to receive the gift.

The donation was made a token of the Japanese Admiral's appreciation of the efforts made by Father Jacqui not and his associates for the creation and the maintenance of the Nantao area reserved for the residence of the Chinese civilian popula-lion and also as an expression of sympathy of the Japanese naval command for the Chinese refugees in the zone Miss Sarah Glenn, acting superintendent of the Southern Methodist Mission Hospital in Soochow, arrived in the capital by road yesterday evening. She was accompanied by Dr. J. C. Thoroughman, the Rev. R. T. Henry and Miss Chu, a Chinese nurse, Dr. Thoroughman and Mr. Henry had stopped at Yicheng to superintend the moving back of a party of twi Chinese doctors and technicians Five foreigners still remain in Soochow, however. They are the Rev. H. H. McMillan

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