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Show i i f e l t was s t i l l trespassing in the war son©, although actual fighting had long ceased there. At ItfB P.M. we reached Tohchew, Ifcw what! Again we t r i e d to look as if we had m®rj right to be there, and pass t!irou#_ the gates without being noticed, but Just a® we were about to go through a Japanese military police officer reached out his hand, and tf* didn't need to understand Japanese t o know that he wanted to to see something! Calmly we took out our Consular permits and shra.o 1 ' X * (% W the way, these have our photographs attached, and may 1 say here that someone remarked recently that passport photographs were doing a real Iff f i n to humanity, because * they keep us humble!) ' l e i i , our Japaaeoe friend saw the Japanese visitf and although there s^mad oome douX in hio rind, he apparently had no orders from ^higher up,w and allowed us to go through* What a reliefI However, m s t i l l vere not sure that we would not be stopped between there and our compound, and. only breathed our last breath of relief wheii our rickshas safely lyylY: \ _t« I our aonpaaati gate some two silos away. And now to describe the welcome which hospital servants' and others $&v* ust They could have put their *&&* around us, I believe. Aside from servants a few of the oiaX had recently rXiOTxea* cr*ong whom were our Pharmacist, Mr*. Hsftj Kbangellst, Mr. Wangi and Assistant O-aXXr, Mr. Hsieh, I must not go"Hthout reporting here tiie nobis work which saaa of these people did to protect proa arty under nest trying conditions. Especially did Sun Chin-Sing, our Hospital Messenger, brave many storm®, so much so that on one occasion he completely lost control cf his voice after Japanese off!cos" . k x » xa xv I X Xxak.X to be shown around, threatening him with drawn revolver a if he t r i e d to hidesnything from then! He thought his hour had coast However, after escorting thorn a l l around and with satisfactory O2_plaaationo the officers left, and, as he put i t i "They were kg® eh1!,"*" in other -words'- quit) polite!! The five M l referred tc in the accompanying r.T.ort-to the American Consulate General, deserve a reward for their faithfulness. The five an ?ere _ta, kex3 • . rst Wang, the Carpenter, Liu, Kight oatchaan, lang, Fl'iaix- ,. i t # laipflli Vapii ^oat Horde--. The f i r s t night Chin-ting offered to supply our food, the next norning, the earpeAt- W% at noon X . Wang, and in the evening Hr. Hsu, so W9 were well care.I for. We f l t f t at the ftatpltai that f i r s t nigfrt, and talked t i l l quite late'with our Chinese friends. Mr. Wang's return suet have heartened all who cXyX on, because of his splendid Christian character. He and his wife with their two young daughters were brave to return from F W - chuang, a village BO. . f3 Eteen mii©s west, to which they fled witli others. He was often fearful lost his daughters m i # t be deoandod ^ the soldiers, so ho kept them out of sight at ail times. In h i s quiot way, he said to the two aigllah Hethocliat missionaries ffffttUd to l a t o r i - Naturally, we know L t Itlnlm soldiers have t h e i r tarA relatione and a l l ****** hi has seen much 5 i ^ ^ , ^ o o , ) « b u t the my the Jop, *•* f A i M l some around so ***** and bra,- only ask for girls and women, i s fee#0ai x ; » During m ^tay of a week mumy sad t a l e s U N told of some of coworkers who fled, to thsi7home villages * 4 lost all because of Ghinooo bandit « x d s . For seme seven years or more the Province of Shantung, foixeriy noted for i t s baddxtry in the days of Chang Tsun^ifc«H| a ^i l 5 > * • * * ! ^ a e i f , has not only been free of bandits, but has seen many other improvenents under tit* leadership of the Governor, Han Fw&iM. Much of the present anarchy can be blamed on the Japanese invaders, who have caused |