The Archive · 1938

British Ship Pirated in Lower Yangtze

The Britich steamer Teeangtah, owned by the China Import & Export Lumber Ca, and at, preterit wader charter to the Ma Tung Steamship Shanghai, July 6.

Since the outbreak of" Shanghai hostilities the National Leprosarium has. removed—three times, On Sepiember 16, 1937, when Tazang became the scene of one of the fiercest battles, the patients were evacuated from there to the Chung San Hospital at Fenglingchiao off Route de Zikawei, On December 7 the second removal was found necessary and done in a short notice as a sequel to the general retreat of the Chinese troops from Shanghai, This time It was removed to the Fourth International Red Cross Re-Het Camp on Ferry Road which was being run under the auspices of the Salvation Army, For little over half-a year the Leprosarium seemed to be getting along splendidly and the patients feeling happy and con~ tented in their emergency home, But on May 14, like a bolt from the clear sky, a word was received from the Japanese land owner that the whole camp ground must be cleared before June 45, After many fruitless searches all over the city for a suitable unoccupied building or vacant ground, The authorities of the Leprosarium were almost driven to despair hardly Kenowing what to do, 'Thanks to the sympathetic support of Dr, Alfred 'Sze, the former Chinese Ambassador 'London and Washington, who voluntarily offered his private vacant Jand on Brenan Road to meet the acute' need, the Leprosarium Shanghai has now removed fon third time, It is needless to say that this constant removing is a very expensive business and an extra financial burden to the supporters of the in= Bitution," tes hoped, however, that to to eighty or more, scrambled over lahy. or mora, scrambled, over] Pant {0 fake Our ives mess they Sod Statdered not far from Wootung'ow the evening of July's. "She is Cerore the cessation of hostili plunder the ship. They seemed not Bomber, Coy and, protees yang Or ofer heving been ald bp pirate no"'reare oth Taller at mhachinesguns, and fell they had to—but must say the seen here lying at the Roosevelt Terminal not long after her speedy and that the patients wilt be able to return to port with three wounded passengers. of fora few minutes the danger was little experience we had at Wuhu last go back in the not distant future to very cal indeed as, in what seemed year caused us much less worry!" their beautiful old home in Tazang, to be an attempt to bolster up their He was here referring to the in-where the buildings are so far still courage and scare off any ideas of re~ cidents at Wuhu last December when Interference with Boatmen's Guild Want Intact, though washed of their constance, they fired wildly in all fa number of British merchant. ships tents including expensive laboratory directions, and gunboats were fired on by Japan-

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