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Show 0. On December t6y9$l* officers from the Hsl Wei PU (Military Headquarters) arrived after our employees reported damages, and they pasted ordinary paper notices on r e s idences and Hospital reading - "Chili Shih XUXIFA HO seal of any kind was affixed, but merely the name of t h i s Department. Ihey than went to the Sohoole-where some of the looters came from, and early the next A.K. a .X ilea of-belongings were found dumped near one oi" the residences which our servants then put away. Apparently these cffleers ordered the men in charge of the units occupying schools to see that the belongings scattered ail over the houses be put in order, but no one came and our - irvaats X*J then asked to de the ..o.;k. Ik W rt j ; >- AY | to eX. NTS from headquarters arrived and after everything was put in some sort of or a j r . the houses were again entered and when "Br. Oraddook and Mr. Heoiop came they found things in a t e r r i b l e "mess," and whan Mr. Robinson and I arrived'wo, too, saw the indescribable confusion in every house, cupboards, trunks, cabinets, and other tp&taitters slashed and smashed ©pan and contents strewn all cxmr the place. It will be difficult to t e l l how much has been stolen and tm% returned, for e*id* krea things & xl aw^y i t i s evident that son® things were burned, for a bunch of keys, which hunr in my locked study cupboard, was found among the nshoe on the school gwundwahSo mii?o were lZinA ^c^kTA°TQ ImadQd *• ue **** I rstumed. Among things carried awav rax rax S ™ j £ £ £ - A a a ; ^ wc-vsrs a aXEk^rX--a =rs^s " »4ii -t t, 1 mbt UPDR ^ ^ ^ examination the other houses HU also show evidence of such f i l t h y practices. Accompanying this l e t t e r I wish to append a detailed report of d * * * and loss •f b a i o . x x ; e in terms of financial value which I believe are axtrxlly'cc^ervativ®, and I believe that we are justifiec.; in asking for payment of such losses. It will be zona oared that our Mission was approached hy Japanese l f c « i i i ® d X l X a ^ / authorities in Tientsin requesting the use of our property, - -t A A0& t o .pay rent for the use of these buildings and also any damage a o n tc Ay x - e r t y. we could not give ooraiaaion for masons ae stated at that t«- i in • - - - k e d our decision in ixy y ao this to both your office and the Bmbaaav X Poipinr. The Japanese Mf. sy in reipina and Xa k^a.aene Tientsin Consulate were also notified W both the ll.S.ISmbassy arid your offio a In :» 1 AA xc Qx secamt ir 2' ,1937, to you * - f v >-i"- i -ormation relating to this matter. One January 20, 19:58, a party of five *j Xa of us are expecting to return to Tehohow and i f the Japanese Consular officials wish to make an inspection at the time we reach there, we shall be very glad to show them the conditions. If we can be notified of such v i s i t before we s t a r t xe Sill not begin to straighten things out in our homes and wait for then, but ail of us will want to set the places in order as soon as possible after our a r r i v a l. I -xsh to thank you,in behalf of our Mission, for your I-rlnd consideration of t h i s affair. Yory respectfully yours, (Signed) Albert 0, Hauss. ®, Per G» |
