Among the American evacuees leaving on the President Coolidge today is the Rev, W. H. Hudson of the 'American Southern Presbyterian Mise sion' at Kashing, Chekiang, who has been a correspondent of this journal since 1898. With the departure of Mr. Hudson almost complete with Gtawal of American missionaries from CFekiang has taken place.
For more than 30 years, Mr. Hudson has been a correspondent of this journal and, only a few days ago an article by him telling of conditions in Kashing was published. Aged 73, he still looks very fit and he has been repeatedly asked to stay at his post despite the fact that he has passed the retiring age.
Bust before he left, Mr: Hudson said that there was' no. use for mnerican- missionaries to stay here! for if war broke out: between his country and Japan, their stay would be a hindrance to the Chinese and also to his government. 'The Japanese would put the missionaries' in concentration camps and those Chinese, who associated themselves with the missionaries, would meet with the same fate, he 'He said' that American women and children related to missionaries of the 25 churches in the Kashing dlstrict "have completely withdrawn, leaving one or two men behind to look after the church property.
*NCDN." Photo, Commissioner of Police, felicitated Supt, D, B, Ross, pPY function tu the Police Club lims of Britain By far the most interesting of 2 series of excellent British war Alms, which were shown to a large inter~ national audience in Shanghai yester~ evening at the offices of the Press Attache, was that which had. been taken by a camera fitted in the wings of a British plane shortly' before that machine went into the air 10 engage German bomb ers. The film ran for many minutes minutes that were packed with lon as the camera caught the fight fof tracer bullets and the doom of Nazi bombers as the British pilots brought one after another down {0 earth, Among the rest of the films were many which showed the damage to London wrought by the Nazis, That this damage has been extensive the Him clearly showed, but that London a mass of ruins was clearly re-tuled by the many seenes taken in undamaged parts, where trae an business, flowed as in peace time, Also screened were films. showing the surrender and capture of an Htalian fort in the western desert, on abortive attack on Dover by the Nazis, another equally abortive at tack on a convoy in the Straits of Dover and many others showing how Britain is fighting back against the Nazis with continued success There were scenes showing Land Aretighters working during and after raids, Lieut, Davies and his men removing the huge St. Paul's time bomb, Britain's women rallying, to the Empire's call and countless others, all of which were highly appreciated by an audience, whose confidence in Britain's final' victory must have been heightened after such a show of the country's siren Good Response to
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