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Show p a t r i o t i c Chinese i i-aders to flee* Returning to the compound with Mr. Wang that Stinday I visited the Standard Oil Company's premises described l a t e r, he said again in his simple c_anneri nl wonder who i s to blame for tlie pi-osent situation. Is i t because of China's sin, or i s i t because of Japan's sin?* v 1 could not answer him, but since then I could not help but think - 8Xes, both countries hava sinned, but so have the Western nations sinned," For we have not only brougit much t h a t i s good to these peoples but wo have also set ^good® examples ofwhat death-dealing Instruments of war and the almost insatiable power of militarism can do. ]gi too, are to blamef At our residence compound we found our persaonl servants who stayed on a ll througi the trouble, and I must not f a l l to mention Old Ke, our faithful i | f $* watchman. Toothless, deaf, and in many other ways an unusual man, he nevertheless i s a faithful old soul, and devoutly %ristian« • I s l e t t e r s which he had his son write for me to take back t o Tientsin for the various members of the station, he said among other things that he prayed for us emr^ night during our absence, 'and hoped that a i l of us would coon return. Even though deaf, nothing much gets by hlaS , Much also could be said but time forbids, and now follow a l i t t l e bit of a diary of see® offthe remaining days of my stay in Tonohow. Harold and I are taking l i f e somewhat wasy when i t comes ;_o r i s i n g in the morning, for we get up about 8 o'clock, and sometimes a l u t t l e 1atari Last n i g it several of our hospital workers came again to report and consult, and the problems which are discussed, such as how to take care of employees and others who are out of work, what to do about re-opening the hospital and schools, and many other per-piexing d i f f i c u l t i e s , wear on one samewhat and so wo feel justified in staying in bed a litti©longer. If you tap how -cold i t i s these days in a house that has been unheates for sometime, you111 say that the foregoing reasons are merely good alabisl! Well, ba that as i t may, the day i s full from the time we get up until we go to bed l a t e «_& night. Harold had to preach ia our South Suburb Church t h i s A,M## kit I did not go, for we thougit i t best to have someone stay here a l l the time, althougi that i n s n 't going to be possible always* i spent the morning writing a report to the American Consulate of the damages done to our property. In the afternoon I decided t© go to the Standard Oil Company1© premises about two miles from here to look over the place and seo i f any of their employees wore s t i l l there* The o f f i c i a l s of the Company in Tientsin had asked a* to go and see in what condition their place was, and 1 also wishett t o ascertain i f i t Bight ^® possible to purchase kerosene should we need some when, and if, we open the hospital. I found the premises entirely occupied by the Japanese military. Before going on with what happened from then on, I must report the heart* rending sight which met us as we stepped outside of our compound gate and Halted along the road to the city. ISr, Wang Sheng-kuang, whom I have already described, offered to go with me to the Standard Oil Company. As wa walked along the road we cane upon a group of some t h i r t y or forty people, aged men and women, boys and g i r l s , suckling babes and one man was pushing a wheel-barrow loaded with bedding, clothing and odds and ends. A few had anali bundles.. fo asked one of the f i r st ones we came to where they were from and were told that they were returning from |