ARDUOUS TIME IN CHINA.
MISSIONARY'S LETTER,
(Bi Teleerash.—Press Association.! Christchurch, February 15. Mr. H. H. Curtis, of (ho China Inland Mission, has just received a letter from Mr. Samuel Glanville, son of Mr. James (ilanville, of New Brighton, containing several interesting items regarding the stato of the Chinese Empire aud missionaries in different parts of it. Tho letter is dated "Shanghai, January 10, 1912," and following are extracts: — '"J'ho whole of tho west of China, comprising the provinces of Sze-chuan and X'unnan, is in a disturbed state, Szechuan being in a state of anarchy. Tho Imperial Commissioner of Railways, Tuan Sang, who in 1000 greatly helped (ho missionaries, and was the means of saving a number of lives, has been brutally murdered by rebels. Ho paid a big ransom for Ids life, and i as then betrayed. Tuan Sang bore an excellent character, but was haled by the Chinese becauso he was Ifanchu by birth. Most of tho missionaries have already left Sze-chuan. Bishop Cassells, with 50 missionaries of tho China Inland Mission, has already left that province, but there are still several members of other missions who have not yet been able to get to Chang King-su. "Tho Consular authorities in the city mentioned have ordered all missionaries away i'rom Western China. Missionaries in the province of Kwei-cheo have also left their stations, with two exceptions. Mr. and Mrs. Windsor, of the China Inland Mission, were escorted by a party of Imperial troops from Tseni, but, wliilst en route to the coast, they were met by a parly of brigands, with whom (lie Imperial troops kept up a running fight for sumo time. Mr. and Mrs. Windsor eventually reached Chang King-su in safely. "All the missionaries, with the exception of two young men, have left Yunnan. The two who remain are under the protection of the French Consul at Yunnan Su, and have gone to llaiseng, a port in French Cochin China.
"The province of Yunnan is in a fairly peaceful state, but no foreigners are allowed lo remain, as the authorities fear a rising."
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1365, 16 February 1912, Page 4
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346ARDUOUS TIME IN CHINA. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1365, 16 February 1912, Page 4
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