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Show V * these wae some reason other than the usual delays of Chinese Juetiee to account for the failure of the municipal government to releaee Mr. Li* J?&et©r Shih csae to me last Wednesday, five days ago, with the news that there was running in the Tsinan newepapcrs an advertisement thanking the coaoaader of the l?th division ef the conetabulary for hie aid in saving Dr. Hsu fro® bandits on the night of the attaek, signed by Dr. lieu, by me, by the church, and by the student body ef the schools, mat after* aeon he wae able I© buy e copy ef one ©f these mper® and X found a similar announcement, but in another newspaper* She next morning, ThureAay* we haA a meeting te mmt&mr the subject. The questions eoneenliig this Mvcrtisemant were very involved, In the f irst place I saeintalned that the internal evidence mm ail against Br. Bm hewing written eltner the etwertiiemeat of the signature. It wee full ©f ©utepeken praise for the ecojraAert and specifically stated that the bandits came with the intent of capturing the foreigners and holding them for ransom, and in the signature 2 was referred t© as "the American fhyeieian. Dr. *obiaeon*f &m the wording of the phrase for the Chinese Christian Church was not the same as we usually use, and the name for the church workers is one newer used here, though it is fretuently used in non-christian circles mr$ for us. I Indicted that an outsider wrote 'the advertisement, end maintained that at the most Dr. Hsu had aeen it ami said it was all right. 1 told them about Dr. Beufs haws* sent the telegrams to the governor mid to the other official in Ssineafu at the eesmaader's urging, and told them that 1 thought that this advertisement had been forced upon J)r. Ben at the same time, and ventured the suggestion that the eesstander had added the names of me and of the church and student body afterwards. 1 even sale* I hoped t© find out that Dr. Hsu had had no part 1& it at all, snd that it was entirely a to^mry on the commander's part* Mr. »u, a coal merchant, said th*t the name of the church, the hospital and Dr, Hsu was r®ry bad in the syce of the public since this advertisement had come out. The eommander has gotten into a g^od deal of trouble around here, with extortion, unwarranted confinement, torture ani so forth, and no one likes him. He maintained, and Mr. Shin*, the principal of the school also explained, that the seamen opinion was that the ehur#h was the only friend the commander had amongst all the ciKsnl sat ions and officials in Llatsing. It seems likely that the asglstmtt, who is above the ©cmtiandcr in authority, im tryiB*s tc alienate enc'igh of the troeps actually under the eoimanterfg hand to be aula tttftgfet hisi with success. It wee emphasised over and over again that tils advertisement must be disavowed immediately, because if the church *ait#d until it commander were deprived of hit petition and then we published a £isa» vowel it would be thought of as being of n© account* It was alsa said, by $raetieally ell the Chinese In the committee, that iisportani thing was t© think ef the good name :.-f the church and not tc consider the welfare of any individual, net to be swayed by « y cenilAeration ©A friendship, £§r res&ark thai m ought art t© fear the consequences of disapprove! i-hen we knew that the ground® for the disapproval unfounded.wms met with no approbation whs tever. The ©pinion was expressed that we must wash clean the mm of the church, without regard tc consequences to Dr. Esu. We became involved in various rather theatetlosJL ethical question©, with halted reiartee, in which ^y Chinees was 110 match for theirs, but sy opinion of **heir viewpoint wan v^ry Alaappeftit* lng« One ©r two insisted that e©Rsei«nae wan no more then vtewpclsii, and Pastor Shih had t© say that In doling with CMnese official® and counts cnefs conscience should not be ones guide. X advanced vmaloua doctrines which 1 considered Christian, such as forgiveness, f©rWarsnce, reasonableness and so forth, *nA got a rsirprlelng set cf answers. Jfr. wu felt that the Lord might bo able to forgive things that we could not, tm& so on. Various persons remarked about the many workers In the hospital who had been offended by4$r. Hsu and said that the collection |