PRESIDENT OF CHINA
APPEAL FOR CHRISTIAN SUPPORT. [United Press Association. —By Electne Telegraph.—Copyright.! (Received this day at 8 a.m.) SHANGHAI, December 3. The hope that the Christian Church would assist in a just, peaceful settlement -of'the Si no Japanese conflict. President’ Generali Chiang-iKailtShqk solemnly entertained twenty-six ior-' eign missionaries of every denomination at dinner. Chiang v Recently embraced Christianity through the Methodist Episcopal Church. Madame Chiang is also a Christian and helped to entertain at the President’s Nanking residence. , ‘ Chiang told tile missionaries that China was at the cross .roads of peace and Bolshevism, and urged his guests to pray for China. All present engaged in prayer. The President said nothing about the many Christian missionaries brutally murdered in territory under Nationalist control in recent years. The missionaries presented Chiang and wife with a’ Bible and pledged Chrisianity’s support. ' <
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 December 1931, Page 5
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139PRESIDENT OF CHINA Hokitika Guardian, 4 December 1931, Page 5
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