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Show WILLIAMS-PORTER HOSPITALS it & m m m m TEHCHOW, SHANTUNG, CHINA. • • - Despite tHe- date, tHe'G'Hina armastl.ce- lot seen t o Have been oigfttofj As a l l may nave Heard^tHere IsCrjq^orTTtHat tHerj^waS* e?< s l d e r a b l e disturbance at Tainan l a s t nigHt', due* t o advane;irii^N#r oousycl: ' some- l o o t i n g , "His wcrd comes v i a a man wlio coxae-lier^ today from Teinan, but' of' course allowances these times- Have to oi> made, Oome of tHe K:\ lea troous of tills- region Have been moving toward^vtHe railway latmt^';and; "A' " ' ' • * - - . .. some- "passed;' tHrougH Tby r a i l en route nortn l a s t ni*r$at.% Kr i.iu"fs.tlie- Tao Yin *s5 family a l l lex't today for tile- nortn,He $Jjx&if reisainlnft. THe r e p o r t yesterday was tHat tlie e f f i c i e n t general who soNably Handled the-flood1 r i s k s Here in the summer went through, wounded, the- day bef ore, and" died; before reaching-Tientsin * He-wanted" t o stem Here but it- WSB not-allowed; A rumor is also g©4*lg t h e rounds- tHat tHe Shantung Governor; on c a l l i n g a. general i n t o His presence,sHot tHe l a t t e r fee some caue-er, and' tHe attendant of t'He l a t t e r immediately fired" s e v e r a l shots into tHe govern or ? - though tHe report is tHat t'He wounds: may not' be very s e r i o u s. A l e t t e r is Here from OHdmg aHIa'K!ou ar&teg tHat they may farm a. branch of the-* Iehc-how Refugee Society (as m ; Yuen Has done), While tHere is-some demand1 tHat tHe-local Society "bo- r e v i v e d , I Have-talked wltH a-, number of tHe of f l e e r s , and tHey agree- with rae tHat i t w i l l be bes-t tHat tHe business men of tHe c i t y , r a t Her tHan tHe leaders In the churcH?take whatev-er ste:;3 in tills direction tHey wish* Certainly the-fopeiprar should" remain in tHe background; though - a l l of tHe church will doubtless be glad t o aid in any way n e c e s s a r y . I understand tHe Property Committee meets s h o r t l y , and maybe the;- w i l l Have some ?re-llmlnary suggestions m to harboring folks ratHer tHan v a l u a b l e s , THe workmen tHat were ureuaring- quarters* for tHe m i l i t a r y are re*- ort'ed to Have quit and evaporated'" away. Likely a l l these i-mors are axaggorated more or l e s s. |