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Show Tainan, to T.angohow a 1 other places near there from which they fled at beginning of h o s t i l i t i e s . They had already trudgodX'or eight Axj<* aaX .;ould have to walk at ieact from sight to ten days more in biting cold and dust-laden winds* % heart was rent as n&^or before at the sight. Further along ! . v A . -an s upon i AXM, who was in change of this groupj he represented a 2u! L a o 5ty an , | ,- pleasant and sympathetic person. I gave him some *©ney from relief funds which I happened to carry with A/A. I t Wat only a small amount,rchi oh I gave, but la % j was such gratitf ie x a a a ) "I It ts uohe-I i o door; l y . They get what help they can at towns and vil3 ., » .it * ; X x .my. Mo d_XX..._ bak; ao A. „ a tkaj flaae iu t h i s bliaaark which has driven thousands a J theus ndS **ea t Lr h a « ' « :k , ? ' I L x place* in the Uorki m - orthwsst a a j , aX «Jh -a, x : u d c ' i r t ;X~ >x x - \. . "• X aixd southern China* Some will never ra&urn, and thooo wko do reach their homes raay find nothing but bare mud wails l e f t W doora, -Undowo, and a l l s»V«& ! arts having lorn, iisappearea, used as fuel by both Chinese and Js; U ft a1 others. 1 fender if HHre has been a parallel to such conditions as aXat hers, A x*j ether time in history, - and t h i s i s a so-called modern era! God forbid that MUfc p c i v i l isation? xXaXral as i t is by military po^er, should long exist. WeU| cosing back to ay v i s i t at the Standard Oil Company's former offices. I t was l i k e going into a l i o n ' s den, at least ao I f e l t , to interview the Japanese officers! > x Xak I i' a w ! i x X X a u ^ AY, Xat X "ax aXxX rf beirg X-eotXned what right 1 had t o be there. A new octa Wilt'Iff iH&ed to b® in charge, who spoke neither Chinese nor tkigliah, and ea am XX; y f a,, c xU A from ocr » ether * lace, uho h a b e r e ' to T~i a . ; I k a l - ' l e e r . His l^aglkX was atrocious and i t t ok :.3 some time to explain i^f v i s i t . One i s always wider deep suspicion, and unless you oan satiafactorily explain your presence, you are apt to be in a ^spot*81 After much talking I then s t r e s s e d a hope of returning to Tientsin in tPO days * could I get a military pass or was i t necessary since I had the pass from the .American Consulate ^ro-porlf visaed by 'the Japanese Consulate? That could not be arranged there, so the medical ckk ??r took ne to the Railway station where lie consulted with the officer a " tireatly in charge of such n a t t e r s , wliiljf Mr* fang ana I waited outdoors. After several minutes ho cane out and said we would need to go to the Gendarme Headquarters. He frankly told me that the man lie Had just 3een was suepioioui if my presence here! le f i n a l ly oasts to the Gendarmerie where there was much further explaining as to ioy presence and purpose,- to the cXXear in charge there. How did we ever get by *ikat:a;how? It was somewhat of a mystery to the gentleman! Sid we anew that i t was ^varboteti1* to go hoymid there? The result was that I was requested to acme with Harold at tan tomorrow perhaps for another *crosa-exaainationl n Will we be asked to return to Tientsin willy-nilly, leaving cur homes again to the mercy of the looters? But, more important than, t h a i a must ws leave our Chinese., friends At: hairo been greatly hesiriemed hy our coming? However, the efficers were a i l vary courteous, ae iu ffjfta R»l MA -**a v/a nust pass sentries, a g % dar ;s v;..e deopa&ohad to accompany us, who would have gone a l l the way t o the compound with us, but when we passed the archway at the and of tlio village where the ' a t try was posted, we urged him to return, ana we drudged Ihe r e ainii : Xxil 3 he > i Lthcut any fear of being molested. fiSufficient u. k -J U k : x x the roiY What the morrow briago regains to be seen* This afternoon the hospital nessongor brought a bunch of nail which had been |